The AT Battlefield 4 F.A.Q., News, and Discussion thread

[Carfax83]

Hm...couldn't really tell. Seemed the same.

It's easy to forget that x86-64 doesn't just increase the memory address space, but also doubles the amount of general purpose and SIMD registers. This can lead to significant performance increases in CPU limited scenarios.

Perhaps they disabled the cloth physics in 32 bit due to the lack of additional registers for computation, which would result in an unacceptable performance hit. Cloth physics has always been very difficult to run on CPUs afterall..

 

[Termie]

Thanks. That's actually not bad. Does it look better than BF3?

I think it looks much better. The colors are much sharper - BF3 in comparison almost had a haze across the screen. The weapon models are much more detailed as well.

 

[5150Joker]

Some levels like the one that gets flooded is a lot of fun. Shame the damn game keeps crashing for me over and over.

 

[Termie]

I can't believe how smooth this game feels. Would people believe me if I said the game is absolutely playable at 40fps? Try that in BF3 and it's like your stuck in molasses.

This is on a single OC'd GTX670.

 

[chimaxi83]

You know what's amazing? This bullshit:

Apparently, it's my ISP's fault.

 

[Childs]

I live in the UK. Do you think using a US VPN will work?

US or Korean VPN should work.

http://np.reddit.com/r/battlefield_...players_unlock_through_chinakorea_400cet_via/

 

[smackababy]

There is a person on the leaderboards with 30 hours played. How is that possible?

Domination is really fun. Sadly, I can't seem to ever bring up any hardcore maps when I search for them. It is like DICE wants me to play sissy mode.

One thing I really like that I didn't notice in the beta was when you reload, you lose whatever ammo was left in that magazine. Nice touch! I actually have to ask for ammo now or think before I reload.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

One thing I really like that I didn't notice in the beta was when you reload, you lose whatever ammo was left in that magazine. Nice touch! I actually have to ask for ammo now or think before I reload.

Wait, really? Then why do they show you your total ammo pool instead of number of magazines remaining, that's silly.

 

[Childs]

There is a person on the leaderboards with 30 hours played. How is that possible?

Domination is really fun. Sadly, I can't seem to ever bring up any hardcore maps when I search for them. It is like DICE wants me to play sissy mode.

One thing I really like that I didn't notice in the beta was when you reload, you lose whatever ammo was left in that magazine. Nice touch! I actually have to ask for ammo now or think before I reload.

I saw people with 20 hours of playtime...at 1AM PST last night!

 

[hondaf17]

Anyone else having a lot of crashes when the server changes map? I'd say 1 out of 3 times my game causes a hard crash of my PC when server changes map. Screen goes entirely red, PC freezes, and have to do a hard reboot.....

 

[hondaf17]

Anyone else having a lot of crashes when the server changes map? I'd say 1 out of 3 times my game causes a hard crash of my PC when server changes map. Screen goes entirely red, PC freezes, and have to do a hard reboot.....

I'm going to quote myself. Did some reading on Battlelog and it seems like my above symptom is fairly common.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

So I've been reading that the PS4 version is limited to 900p.

So much for 8GB GDDR5+HUMA+"Code to Metal" being an i7+Titan killer...

The only people who said that were anti AMD idiots that attempted to put those words into people's mouths from what I saw.

 

[5150Joker]

The only people who said that were anti AMD idiots that attempted to put those words into people's mouths from what I saw.

Actually there was a guy who was claiming that huma + to the metal programming etc would make ps4 as powerful as three titans.

 

[2is]

The only people who said that were anti AMD idiots that attempted to put those words into people's mouths from what I saw.

Look harder

Actually there was a guy who was claiming that huma + to the metal programming etc would make ps4 as powerful as three titans.

Yes! that's the guy, so it WAS this forum. Kind of odd that Vulgar never saw this considering how active he is...

I believe with his math, he concluded it would be more powerful than 2 titans, but 3 titans would beat it.

 

[moonbogg]

Most of the out door and wide open maps get 80-130fps, sometimes 60-70. Shanghai lags the most going to the mid 50's when facing the buildings. Shanghai seems like the Oman of BF4 performance wise. I shouldn't complain because the back to karkand maps had lows in the 50's as well.
I did notice a few momentary freezes or skipps. Possibly Vram causing it but I can't say for sure since the game has bugs still. All in all the game runs much better than I had expected. I must say though, some out door maps seem kind of bland and don't look as detailed and nice as some BF3 maps. Other maps with more colors, buildings and lights look hella nice. Colors are more natural and vivid. This one is another good BF game that should keep me happy for a while. Plus, i'm already progressing toward that M98.

 

[2is]

I noticed that too about the maps. Some look dull and rushed with not much attention to the art work, while others are very pleasing to the eye. It's unfortunate but it happens in almost every game. Either the designers got lazy or the talent pool was weaker on some maps vs others.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

seems really freaking laggy right now. Every time I die I only get hit once.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

11.5 gbs / 24gbs down. Ill see you guys soon! LoL

 

[Childs]

The lag is kinda ruining the game. Yeah yeah, first day, blah blah, but still. Imagine how crappy its going to be on the weekend when most people will be playing.

 

[2is]

Hopefully by the weekend they'll be on top of it. October 30 is when the game opened up in a few more regions so that's probably why the sudden lag on nearly every server.

 

[AgentUnknown]

Won't let me play today. Says it being on oct 30. Played for a few hours last nite.

 

[rh71]

Too many people said things like this....
These systems don't even outperform an HD 7950.

My 6800 is stuttering even in campaign with low-medium settings? Is it because of the older 13.4 drivers for Vista64 or is it really that far behind? Q6600 w/ 4GB RAM.

 

[cmdrdredd]

My 6800 is stuttering even in campaign with low-medium settings? Is it because of the older 13.4 drivers for Vista64 or is it really that far behind? Q6600 w/ 4GB RAM.

That far behind I would say.

 

[Termie]

Most of the out door and wide open maps get 80-130fps, sometimes 60-70. Shanghai lags the most going to the mid 50's when facing the buildings. Shanghai seems like the Oman of BF4 performance wise. I shouldn't complain because the back to karkand maps had lows in the 50's as well.
I did notice a few momentary freezes or skipps. Possibly Vram causing it but I can't say for sure since the game has bugs still. All in all the game runs much better than I had expected. I must say though, some out door maps seem kind of bland and don't look as detailed and nice as some BF3 maps. Other maps with more colors, buildings and lights look hella nice. Colors are more natural and vivid. This one is another good BF game that should keep me happy for a while. Plus, i'm already progressing toward that M98.

Is that 670SLI, 1440p/Ultra?

I haven't played enough maps to see the bland ones - I played the flood level and the rooftop details was just amazing. Colors, debris, textures, etc. Really a cut above the concrete rooftops in BF3.

 

[DeadFred]

Im getting 130+ fps on the outdoor maps with my 670SLI @1920x1200, everything set to Ultra with AA off. Shanghai has been the most demanding map Ive seen so far. There Ive seen dips into the high 50's, but havent noticed any slowdowns or hiccups at all.