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EAC Cannot Be Instantiated

Nexus2060
Nexus2060 Member Posts: 4
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SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Game won't even load in because it tells me the "EAC Client Cannot Be Instantiated" then the game automatically closes.

Also, yeah I know there is another thread on this here but it is closed, I cannot reply to add my logs so I am doing it separately as this is very much still ongoing.

PLATFORM: Steam

STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: You open the game, it closes itself.

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PLAYER LOGS: The logs requested by a moderator in the other thread.

anticheatlauncher.log
DeadByDaylight.log
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  • YulechkaLive
    YulechkaLive Member Posts: 155

    Today I have the same problem and I can't play. I tried all solutions that i found on the Internet, and even rolled back Windows to yesterday's state, when everything worked. And reinstalled the game again. Nothing helped.

  • YulechkaLive
    YulechkaLive Member Posts: 155
    edited October 21

    Well, I restored Windows to its factory state, and the game started working normally again.

  • Jahtiainen
    Jahtiainen Member Posts: 2

    In Steam, the same place where the "Verify integrity of game files" is, there's "Move install folder"… I moved installation to my C drive and then it worked.

  • Nexus2060
    Nexus2060 Member Posts: 4

    The funniest thing is, I decided to download Epic Games Launcher and see if I had the game on there. Actually, I do. I think I downloaded it when it was free for a time. Works absolutely fine… just without my hundreds of hours of gameplay and money spent. So it's not my PC at all. It must be something to do with how the Steam version is interacting with EAC in my opinion. The EGS version ran fine at ultra graphics etc. I actually feel like it ran better than the Steam version ever did at the moment, but it feels like I can't play this game without problems at the moment; until now.

  • Nexus2060
    Nexus2060 Member Posts: 4
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3824717#Comment_3824717

    I did that but after a few games it reverted to the same problem.

  • Nexus2060
    Nexus2060 Member Posts: 4
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3825955#Comment_3825955

    I use a gaming laptop because I live abroad right now. I only have one drive.

  • YulechkaLive
    YulechkaLive Member Posts: 155
    edited October 24
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3825956#Comment_3825956

    I read on the Internet that EAC can conflict with antiviruses and produce such errors in games. Therefore, after restoring Windows, I have not yet installed my usual antivirus. And added EAC and DBD folder to Windows Defender exceptions. So far, I have not had such an error anymore

  • BlackJimmy88
    BlackJimmy88 Member Posts: 32

    I keep getting this message when I start the game.

    I've tried everything that has been suggested in other threads and nothing has worked and even a factory reset has done nothing.

    I don't know what else to do.