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

[KentState]

this game is so frustrating. one game i'll do so well, and the next game, it's like i can't even hit water on paracel storm

I'm getting a lot of that. Some games I can rack up kills and the next is mostly assists with a low number of kills.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

I'm seeing trade kills, one hit kills, and horrible hit detection all the time. The latest patch has also introduced rubber banding and the new revive bug which is caused by the new death animation they put in. The death animation is an obvious attempt to cover up the 1 hit kills instead of fixing them.

The game seems to get worse with every patch.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I dont have any of these new problems you guys have. Either that or I haven't been playing enough to see it.

 

[Grooveriding]

I have never had the extensive crashing issues with BF4 that so many people experience. I have been running Win 8.1 since the release of the game, I've heard that has some impact. The only crashing I experience is sometimes the client crashes on map switches or the game server I'm playing on crashes.

This latest patch really is terrible though. I cannot use SLI at all, the whole screen flickers constantly if I do and I agree that hit detection seems completely hosed now. It was bad before, but now it is really bad.

 

[LtMikePowelll]

LOL

Muzzle break or any other attachment have way shorter barrel.

 

[akahoovy]

Yup. The starting shotgun is better, because you can spam it and some of the shots will always hit.

Starter shotgun does 95 damage, it just isn't reloaded by a magazine. All the other semi-autos are 70.

 

[taq8ojh]

This latest patch really is terrible though. I cannot use SLI at all, the whole screen flickers constantly

This is getting fixed in about two hours.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

Just in case you guys didn't know.

The avoid the revive bug when you get the really stupid death animation you'll notice the screen zooms in. When you are dead, take your hands off your keyboard and mouse, do nothing. If you get revived, wait for your screen to zoom back out to your normal FOV and then his spacebar.

Like magic, the bug isn't there. Enjoy, or don't, since we should not have to work around the game to make it playable.

How did they not catch this one in play testing???

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Just in case you guys didn't know.

The avoid the revive bug when you get the really stupid death animation you'll notice the screen zooms in. When you are dead, take your hands off your keyboard and mouse, do nothing. If you get revived, wait for your screen to zoom back out to your normal FOV and then his spacebar.

Like magic, the bug isn't there. Enjoy, or don't, since we should not have to work around the game to make it playable.

How did they not catch this one in play testing???

Funny thing is, this is the one bug that I've never experienced. Memory leak, unplayable crashes, etc etc but not the revive bug.

 

[taq8ojh]

Dec 20 PC Game Update Notes
-Fix for terrain flickering when using SLI/CrossFire setup
-Fix for three of the top crash issues on the PC platform
-Fix for case when soldier can die with 1 HP instead of 0
-Fix for the issue where the revive UI could be permanently shown after accepting a revive


There is still hope for the game, apparently.

 

[raasco]

Dec 20 PC Game Update Notes
-Fix for terrain flickering when using SLI/CrossFire setup
-Fix for three of the top crash issues on the PC platform
-Fix for case when soldier can die with 1 HP instead of 0
-Fix for the issue where the revive UI could be permanently shown after accepting a revive


There is still hope for the game, apparently.

Patching patches. I hope they are smart enough to go with a three year cycle next time.

 

[DeadFred]

-Fix for case when soldier can die with 1 HP instead of 0

Had this been right from the get go, my KDR would be double what it currently is. LOL

 

[taq8ojh]

I don't even understand what's that bug about. You die so quickly and usually instantly I don't get how would you notice if it was 1 or 0. I don't even think it makes much difference

 

[KentState]

Well this sums up how well my teams have been recently.

 

[raasco]

Well this sums up how well my teams have been recently.

Ouch. Squad up with some AT players in the future. I haven't been on much lately, but I'll probably give it a go tonight.

 

[scooterlibby]

Man, the SLI flickering is unbearable. Is there a fix (other than disabling SLI)? I have the most recent beta drivers.

EdiT: Just read above. Fix coming today.

 

[Anubis]

they just pushed out a patch this morning to address the SLI/X-Fire issue

i tested it quickly and it seems to be fine for me

 

[Chocu1a]

Confirmed sli flickering is fixed. Just played a few rounds & no issues as of yet.

 

[96Firebird]

Ouch. Squad up with some AT players in the future. I haven't been on much lately, but I'll probably give it a go tonight.

Word, we usually do pretty well together...

 

[gregulator]

Two things:
1) What is the story with the China Rising DLC.. I purchased BF4 through GMG with a discount, but just the base game, no premium or anything. I noticed in my battlelog the other day that it said I upgraded to it? Today it downloaded the 4GB DLC, and sure enough I can play it. Did they give it away for free or something?

2) I really have an unhealthy obsession with ATVs and trying to just run people over, and use them with C4. It is so much fun to sneak up on snipers and run them over (giving a courtesy beep of course), and also finding AA way on the other side of the map and blowing them up!

 

[raasco]

Two things:
1) What is the story with the China Rising DLC.. I purchased BF4 through GMG with a discount, but just the base game, no premium or anything. I noticed in my battlelog the other day that it said I upgraded to it? Today it downloaded the 4GB DLC, and sure enough I can play it. Did they give it away for free or something?

2) I really have an unhealthy obsession with ATVs and trying to just run people over, and use them with C4. It is so much fun to sneak up on snipers and run them over (giving a courtesy beep of course), and also finding AA way on the other side of the map and blowing them up!

If you preordered the game it came with China Rising for free.

 

[moonbogg]

Haven't tried, but I heard about the update. Sounds like its coming together for this game. I did notice last night that the kill trading was really bad for me close quarters with auto weapons. It happened several times and was quite peculiar. It really seems like an issue that needs to be fixed still.
I think they will be fixing this game until BF5 comes out, then the whole mess will repeat itself.

EDIT: All of these issues do give me an appreciation for how complex a game like this really is. Its easy to take games for granted when they are released in a spotlessly perfect state. It seems strange that they couldn't have built the game on top of the already refined BF3. Didn't they do that? It seems like this is a new game from scratch with all the issues.

 

[Alamat]

Since last patch:
Hate the new death animations, as you spasm with both hands in the air. Just doesn't seem right. Maybe I'll get used to it like everything else.
Notice more ground texture problems and taking longer for it to correct.
Also something seems to happen to the graphics right before I respawn...kinda like gets better?
Hit detection got bad but at times its seems seemingly too good? I was using an MG4 last night and I was doing spurts of fire with it and was getting headshots from a good distance. Told myself several times that I could not believe I got that guy!

 

[darkewaffle]

I don't understand why kill trading is seen as a problem, to me it makes more sense. [I don't know this to be true but] I think it's actually representative of one of the (imo) worst problems in BF3 getting fixed. In BF3 whenever you died your projectiles died with you - rockets in flight just disappeared. Judging by the fact that kill trading was so rare in BF3, I think the same thing happened with bullets. I think in BF4 because projectiles are still 'live' even when the shooter isn't, bullets that have been fired can still hit their target and 'finish the job' so to speak.

 

[jessieqwert]

Argg, I want to like this game but it is so maddening! It looks great but it seems like they traded functionality for sexy graphics.

It doesn't help that I still only have a few weapons unlocked