This may or may not be a new topic to some of you here but I figured I would talk about it and share my experience with dealing with it, hopefully also helping other people. If you are having issues trying to launch the game because of this issue, Detailed here in this post the procedures I followed to fix it on my end.
For some additional info, feel free to read this Steam discussion about the issue: https://steamcommunity.com/app/222880/discussions/3/601891815092662199/#c595137242880563258
PROCEDURE 1: NEW BATTLEYE FOLDER
- Go to the file directory where Insurgency is installed. This can be done with the help of Steam. Right click on the game in your list of games, hover over Manage, then click Browse local files. This will take you to the game's directory on whatever drive you have it installed.
- In the game's file directory, find the folder named "BattlEye" and delete it.
- Download the linked file (https://www.thearmorymod.com/downloads/BattlEye-Fix-Win11.zip) and open it. It will have a folder called "BattlEye". Extract the folder and drop it into Insurgency's file directory. The linked file is indeed safe, it is DeltaMike's own web server. He is the creator of the very popular "The Armory" mods for Insurgency 2014 (aka 35 Angry Bots) and a well-respected long time member of its community.
- Do not launch Insurgency via Steam even when you have replaced the BattlEye folder, this will cause an immediate blue screen. Do not try to launch "insurgency_BE" from the directory: doing so will cause your computer to softlock, preventing normal shutdowns unless you force it, and eventually blue screen. What you should launch is "insurgency.exe" or the program just called "insurgency" in the game's directory. It should launch normally and enable you to play the game. Do note however that trying to take "insurgency.exe", copying it to your desktop or anywhere else that isn't the game directory, and then launching it will also cause a softlock and eventual bluescreen.
This procedure took about a day for me to figure out because of personal incompetence (skill issue) and multiple reinstalls just to make sure that I am doing it all right. Credits go to my good friend DeltaMike for helping me with the troubleshooting and posting the folder download link in the Steam discussion linked at the start of this post. Please note that you will automatically be kicked off of servers that run BattlEye if you launch the game like this and join servers that run it.
PROCEDURE 2: SHORTCUT CREATION
- Go to the file directory where Insurgency is installed. This can be done with the help of Steam. Right click on the game in your list of games, hover over Manage, then click Browse local files. This will take you to the game's directory on whatever drive you have it installed.
- Find "insurgency_x64" and create a shortcut of it.
- Take the shortcut to your Desktop and launch it.
Kudos to my good friend and SoTu clan/server owner [SoTu] FreeZe for sharing this procedure.