PC players attempt to avoid crossplay with consoles in Battlefield 6 with this trick

The aiming assistance on Xbox and PlayStation is generating controversy among PC users.

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The debate over balance between console and PC players has reignited, and Battlefield 6 is right at the center. The latest installment of EA’s war shooter has sparked complaints from many PC users, who claim that Xbox Series and PlayStation 5 players have an excessive advantage thanks to aiming assistance.

This feature, designed to balance mouse and keyboard accuracy against controller aiming, has gone too far. According to several players, the current level of assistance allows console users to lock onto targets with ease, which adds to a 25% reduction in recoil on their weapons. For many, the result is a system that breaks cross-play balance.

PC players have already found a way to avoid cross-play with consoles in Battlefield 6

Faced with the lack of an official option to disable cross-play, some PC players have discovered a manual method to block mixed rooms with Xbox and PlayStation. The solution involves editing a game file, specifically the “PROFSAVE” file located in the settings folder:

Documents/Battlefield 6/Settings/Steam/PROFSAVE

Inside it, simply add the line:

GstGameplay.CrossPlayEnable 0

This disables cross-play entirely, preventing matchmaking with console users. It’s not an official option, but according to the community, it works correctly without affecting performance or the game’s main files.

Tutorial

• Close the game completely
  Don’t leave it minimized. Make sure Battlefield 6 is not running in the background.

• Open the file explorer
  Go to your user’s documents folder:

  • C:\Users\YOUR-USER\Documents\Battlefield 6\Settings\Steam\

• Locate the PROFSAVE file
  Inside that path, you should see a file called:

  • PROFSAVE or PROFSAVE_profile
    It’s the file where part of your settings are stored.

• Make a backup
  Very important:

  • Right-click on PROFSAVE → Copy

  • Paste it in the same folder as, for example: PROFSAVE_backup
    So, if something goes wrong, you can easily revert back.

• Edit the file with a text editor

  • Right-click on PROFSAVE → Open with… → select Notepad or any plain text editor (Notepad++, etc.).

  • If Windows doesn’t let you choose, open Notepad first and drag the file inside.

• Add the line to disable cross-play

  • Go to the end of the file (or to a similar settings area, if you see other GstGameplay entries).

  • Add this line on a new line:

    GstGameplay.CrossPlayEnable 0

  • Respect the spacing exactly. If a similar line with a different value (1) already exists, change it to 0 instead of duplicating it.

• Save the changes

  • File → Save.

  • Close the text editor.

• Restart Battlefield 6

  • Launch the game normally from Steam.

  • Matchmaking should no longer include console players since cross-play has been disabled.

• If something fails, restore and you’re done

  • If the game gives an error, delete the modified PROFSAVE.

  • Rename PROFSAVE_backup to PROFSAVE.

  • That’s it, you’re back to where you started.

For now, the studio behind Battlefield 6 has acknowledged the complaints and promises to adjust the aiming assistance in a future patch, although they will maintain the recoil reduction, as they consider it a necessary feature for overall balance.