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moonbogg

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Looks like we got some other low sensitivity lovers here and I was wrong about twitch kings. They go low as well. This means I am cool

But again, have you guys experienced FPS drops on Lancang Dam since the patch?
 

satsau

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Looks like we got some other low sensitivity lovers here and I was wrong about twitch kings. They go low as well. This means I am cool

But again, have you guys experienced FPS drops on Lancang Dam since the patch?


Played on L. Dam today, didn't notice any FPS drops.
 

VulgarDisplay

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The trick to low DPI flying is binding pitch up to something on the keyboard. I use space bar. That way you can precisely aim and still hold turns indefinitely.
 

Carfax83

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Nov 1, 2010
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Anyone noticed that the foliage physics has been disabled? Before, if you used C4 explosive right next to a tree or something, the tree would register the explosive shockwave.

But it doesn't anymore. Even on single player it seems to be disabled..

Honestly, BF4 doesn't seem as next gen as it did when I first watched the "fishing in Baku" trailer.. It seems that DICE disabled a lot of things in the retail version, which pisses me off.

Fishing in Baku trailer

One thing that's gone is cloth physics on the characters. In the trailer, Irish, Pac, Dunn etcetera all had clothing and gear that moved in concert with the motion of the character. You can see it on their sleeves, scarves, ammo, weapons...

In the retail version however, all of that is stuck like glue to the characters. D: Why couldn't they just leave it in for the single player campaign? I can understand why they'd want to disable it for multiplayer, but not single player..
 

balloonshark

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Quick question. I bought BF4 digital deluxe edition and I haven't played online yet. It comes with 3 gold battlepacks. Should I use them now or is there an advantage in using them later?
 

looper

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The trick to low DPI flying is binding pitch up to something on the keyboard. I use space bar. That way you can precisely aim and still hold turns indefinitely.

It's amazing.

It seems to me there's a small group of excellent chopper pilots (less than @ 20%) who just absolutely kick ass, and then the rest who basically stink but think they're better than they really are... I know I'm in the latter category, and that's why I hardly EVER pilot, nor ride along as a gunner... because it seems I always get stuck w/ a suck-ass pilot...

I play BF4 on primarily East coast servers, mostly Conquest/Hardcore, and I love the 'Golmud Railway' map. My game user-names are 'Wall_St_Thief', 'DFWallace', and 'PopcornHeaven', among others... (I get bored and change my name on a regular basis...)

I've been playing FPS's since @ 1992/93, and I think BF4 is awesome. I realize it's not fashionable to say that, but I just really like the game.
 
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maevinj

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Quick question. I bought BF4 digital deluxe edition and I haven't played online yet. It comes with 3 gold battlepacks. Should I use them now or is there an advantage in using them later?

There's no penalty for opening the battlepacks.
 

Phoenix86

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Open all battlepacks asap, you might get an attachment/gun combo you actually use. Sooner rather than later. The only real question on them is, when do you use your %xp bonuses. I use 25-50% often, and save the 100-200% ones for double xp weekends.
 

balloonshark

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There's no penalty for opening the battlepacks.

Open all battlepacks asap, you might get an attachment/gun combo you actually use. Sooner rather than later. The only real question on them is, when do you use your %xp bonuses. I use 25-50% often, and save the 100-200% ones for double xp weekends.
10-4, thanks for your replies.

I checked out spectator mode a bit ago. Sometimes the view gets blurry like I'm looking at a 3d movie without 3d glasses. Is that a known bug or is it a sign I'm going to have problems playing online? I can fix it by pressing ESC and then resume but it always comes back.
 

Canbacon

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10-4, thanks for your replies.

I checked out spectator mode a bit ago. Sometimes the view gets blurry like I'm looking at a 3d movie without 3d glasses. Is that a known bug or is it a sign I'm going to have problems playing online? I can fix it by pressing ESC and then resume but it always comes back.

That is the commander's EMP attack. Very annoying.
 

imaheadcase

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I do have to wonder why they did not just port Planetside 2 pilot controls over to BF4. Planetside 2 controls are FANTASTIC. Takes a few minutes to get it down and good to go. I've never been able to fly helis in bf4, jets "somewhat".
 

Ackmed

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It's amazing.

It seems to me there's a small group of excellent chopper pilots (less than @ 20%) who just absolutely kick ass, and then the rest who basically stink but think they're better than they really are...

And it is infuriating when they have one or two Engineer's repairing them. Because they're basically invincible. Unless you have serious team work, and on a pub that is not often. I would like to wise and beautiful woman punch these people.
 

GullyFoyle

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xdnet.com -
Battlefield 4 banned in China over national security

Summary: Chinese government outlaws the first-person shooter game, accusing Electronic Arts of developing content that threatens China's national security and is a form of cultural invasion.


By Liu Jiayi for View from China | December 27, 2013 -- 06:36 GMT (22:36 PST)


The Chinese government has officially banned first-person shooter game, Battlefield 4, calling out Electronic Arts (EA) for developing content that threatens the country's national security.
It also accused the U.S. game developer for depicting a form of cultural invasion, according to a PCgames.com.cn report Friday. China's Ministry of Culture issued a notice prohibiting all materials related to the game in any form, including game downloads, demos, patch downloads, and news reports.

Set in the year 2020, Battlefield 4: China Rising features a fictional war in China triggered by Admiral Chang with plans to overthrow the current government. His success will be supported by Russia, but will bring China to war with the United States which relationship with the Russian is tensed. The game showcases the U.S. military's fight against the coup and Chinese Liberation Army.

The ban confirms previous predictions about the fate of the EA game in China, after an earlier report in state-run newspaper China Military, said Battlefield 4 "smears China's image" and was a new form of "cultural invasion".

The word "ZhanDi4", the Chinese translation for Battlefield 4, is already censored on the country's biggest social media site Weibo.com, however, online users in China are still posting peer-to-peer download links of the game under its English names and acronym "BF4".

Released in October, Battlefield 4 is available in North America, Europe, Jana, Australia, and New Zealand, and was not officially launched in China.

Since its release, the game has been plagued with major technical bugs and glitches across all platforms it runs on including Microsoft Windows and Xbox, and Sony PlayStation. Last week, a class action lawsuit was filed against EA for allegedly issuing "materially false and misleading statements highlighting the purported strength" of the game's rollout. Filed by investors who bought the company's stock, the lawsuit accused EA of violating the Securities Exchange Act 1934 and artificially inflating its stock price by making the statements.
 

balloonshark

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Thats something more than EMP. Are your drivers up to date?

With the i5 rig in your sig you should have no problems running the game.
AMD drivers are up to date, the rest are the one's I grabbed from my MB site in August. My BIOS is up to date. Haven't updated to windows 8.1 yet.

I haven't played online yet so I've only seen this in spectator mode. Pressing ESC and then resume usually clears it up for a short while. Campaign mode worked fine.

It's not a good idea to uninstall/install or update inf drivers without a clean windows install is it?
 

JTsyo

Lifer
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AMD drivers are up to date, the rest are the one's I grabbed from my MB site in August. My BIOS is up to date. Haven't updated to windows 8.1 yet.

I haven't played online yet so I've only seen this in spectator mode. Pressing ESC and then resume usually clears it up for a short while. Campaign mode worked fine.

It's not a good idea to uninstall/install or update inf drivers without a clean windows install is it?

I would only be worried about graphics drivers.
 

imaheadcase

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Second largest economy of the world at work. They must be doing something right.

With a defense budget increased almost %10 a year, by 2015 they will SURPASS the US Defense spending budget. You know how China took over Tibet and also is slowly taking parts of India over? Yah not many do because no one says anything when a mighty nation does it.
 

satsau

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With a defense budget increased almost %10 a year, by 2015 they will SURPASS the US Defense spending budget. You know how China took over Tibet and also is slowly taking parts of India over? Yah not many do because no one says anything when a mighty nation does it.

Tibet I've read. India? Explain please!

Nvm. I googled it. Africa also.
 
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Bill Brasky

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Does it affect both teams?

This is what I see. That is the back of a tank.

The chromatic aberration is by design. Are you saying the game gets stuck that way? It should only last a couple seconds and then go back to normal after the commander's emp effect is finished.
 

Paul98

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Thats something more than EMP. Are your drivers up to date?

With the i5 rig in your sig you should have no problems running the game.

That EMP screen effect only happens on spectator mode. You don't have to play like that in the actual game. They should eventually fix that.
 

Phoenix86

Lifer
May 21, 2003
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That EMP screen effect only happens on spectator mode. You don't have to play like that in the actual game. They should eventually fix that.
It's only supposed to affect vehicles because you are using electronics for display (no idea if this is as granular to not affect jeeps/motorcycles). It used to affect soldiers too (bug), a work-a-round was discovered to disable blur, then a patch came out to fix the soldier bug.

I guess that patch didn't fix spectator. You shouldn't see that as a soldier in game.
 

Ackmed

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Oct 1, 2003
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Tibet I've read. India? Explain please!

Nvm. I googled it. Africa also.

Was in Africa a lot in the past few months. Several countries in fact. In a certain country there was a ton of Chinese there drilling. And factories in a few places. Definitely using Africa for resources, but who can blame them.
 
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