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

[bob4432]

i just updated and it was 890MB, not 4.4GB?

 

[Teizo]

Wow this update destroyed the graphics. Lots of texture pop and flickering. All the grass is pretty much gone.

Using latest drivers, i tried both single card and crossfire and same problem. 290s.

Yes. Same here. It sucks. I can't believe how bad they've handled this game release.

I'm not going to play it anymore until they fix it. Really pathetic. Almost impossible to focus on what you are doing with the screen flickering the whole time.

 

[Kev]

It's always fun to check out what they fucked up after each patch. Now I get randomly changing colors, and in my 2nd attempted game the round just cut off in the middle and started loading another level. In the middle of attempting to load that level, the game decided to load another level instead.. . fucking amazing.

I will never buy anything with DICE's name on it again. They make the new infinity ward look like geniuses in comparison.

 

[SLU Aequitas]

Not a single crash since the last patch, and no graphics issues either on a GTX 780.

 

[pieguy]

Just got to try CR for 2-3 hours. Didn't encounter any problems. My initial impression is "meh". It just felt way too vehicle heavy overall. I kinda liked silk road but the littlebirds were ruining the balance. Also liked Guilin Peaks somewhat, but it seemed a little too small at times.

 

[lozina]

Found a new obvious hacker tonight... the dude was sniping people with a shotgun from long range lol.

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/user/squadwiped/

 

[taq8ojh]

Found a new obvious hacker tonight... the dude was sniping people with a shotgun from long range lol.

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/user/squadwiped/

I don't see anything suspicious just looking at the stats though, so if he is cheating, he is doing it in a smart way.
Unfortunately the fact you saw something ingame doesn't mean anything on the report.

 

[Exterous]

It's always fun to check out what they fucked up after each patch. Now I get randomly changing colors, and in my 2nd attempted game the round just cut off in the middle and started loading another level. In the middle of attempting to load that level, the game decided to load another level instead.. . fucking amazing.

I particularly enjoy the new revive bug. Get and accept revive? 60% chance you are now stuck with the 'accept revive' box taking up a good portion of your screen until you die.

 

[Joeydubbs]

Is this game out of post release beta yet? Thinking about taking the plunge but I have no patience for bugs/crashes etc...

 

[Ackmed]

Not a single crash since the last patch, and no graphics issues either on a GTX 780.

No crashes for me since I updated to this patch. Probably 7-8 maps. Normally that would have been 7-8 crashes. Alienware m14x, 650M GT.

 

[BrightCandle]

When it released it was beta quality for me, there were obvious bugs but it worked well enough. Now it crashes frequently, I have to turn off SLI or the textures flicker and there are a lot more bugs than before. The game just seems to go two steps backwards for every step forward. Its actually pretty bad and still very much in a beta like quality state. The beta however was more like an alpha, incomplete with severe performance problems for almost everyone. So it is slowly moving forward, I expect we might have a game with no obvious bugs in 4 months time assuming they can get their act together.

 

[Phoenix86]

It's always fun to check out what they fucked up after each patch. Now I get randomly changing colors, and in my 2nd attempted game the round just cut off in the middle and started loading another level. In the middle of attempting to load that level, the game decided to load another level instead.. . fucking amazing.

I will never buy anything with DICE's name on it again. They make the new infinity ward look like geniuses in comparison.

That second part is an admin changing the maps/mode. Then doing it again because they picked wrong/changed their minds and loaded a 3rd level.

 

[GullyFoyle]

It's always fun to check out what they fucked up after each patch. Now I get randomly changing colors, and in my 2nd attempted game the round just cut off in the middle and started loading another level. In the middle of attempting to load that level, the game decided to load another level instead.. . fucking amazing.

I will never buy anything with DICE's name on it again. They make the new infinity ward look like geniuses in comparison.

Sounds like the server admin wanted a different map, not a bug.

 

[Phoenix86]

Is this game out of post release beta yet? Thinking about taking the plunge but I have no patience for bugs/crashes etc...

I'd give it another patch or two. This last patched fixed most of the issues I have seen, but obviously caused more for other people. I suspect when texture and new revive bug are fixed it should be good enough.

 

[Zargon]

Canbacon and I used to really tear it up there with our G3A3's.

god we owned that server all the time

so many MVPs there

 

[slayernine]

Hardcore is for campers.

campers/snipers love HC. I find HC doesn't work as well if you are trying to play as a team.

 

[Zargon]

campers/snipers love HC. I find HC doesn't work as well if you are trying to play as a team.

hows that exactly?

 

[slayernine]

hows that exactly?

In regular mode, snipers and campers get highlighted on the map and I can sneak up behind them and knife them.

 

[darkewaffle]

Well the lower health pool means sniper rifles and DMRs are noticeably more lethal with fewer shots. I don't know that it makes camping more effective necessarily though, they kill faster but at the same time they're more susceptible to airburst/nades/etc.

 

[uclaLabrat]

Parachuting down in obliteration mode and C4ing the bomb carrier from on high is now my new favorite method of trolling....death from above!

 

[DeadFred]

god we owned that server all the time

so many MVPs there

Yeah it was great!

Hoping to find something similar for BF4 but so far the TDM maps just arent all that impressive to me compared to BF3's Canals. Dragon Pass, Zavod, and Silk Road are decent but the rest are just wide open sniper fests IMO.

 

[DeadFred]

campers/snipers love HC. I find HC doesn't work as well if you are trying to play as a team.

I play plenty of both HC and normal games, so I play them in the same way. Its just more eye straining on HC, especially when flying.

 

[felang]

I´m trying to optimize VRAM usage at 1440p with a pair of 2GB 680´s. What settings should I look at lowering first apart from MSAA? Or in other words, which settings are actually worth it at ultra compared to high? I definitely get some stuttering if I´m completely maxed out at ultra, and it goes away as soon as I disable MSAA and HBAO (Vram usage goes under 2gb), but then my cards aren´t really stressed, so I feel like I´m leaving eyecandy "on the table" so to speak. I´ve tried setting resolution scaling at up to 120% without MSAA and that seems to get me over 2gb also.

 

[akahoovy]

I play plenty of both HC and normal games, so I play them in the same way. Its just more eye straining on HC, especially when flying.

Funny but true.

 

[Gigglinpig]

Not a single crash since the last patch, and no graphics issues either on a GTX 780.

Same. No more sound loop errors, and I have been able to play 2-3 hours straight without any crashes for the last 2 days. SLI/crossfire seems to be having lots of issues though.