Battlefield Discussion Thread

[sarg1010]

I saw it after the US vs EU match (which was lame...), and Gamespot has previews of them on their site. Metro doesn't look like it's going to be much different. But I'm actually kinda excited for Oman and *gasp* Caspian Border.

[DownToFletch]

Anyone watch the preview footage of the 2nd strike maps? New Gulf Of Oman looks fantastic!

Yeah I heard a lot of butt hurt about it from someone with a PS4. He was mad they were talking about the second map pack (first for Xbox since they got it today or something) and they hadn't fixed the game to even be played on PS4... I told him to man the [cabbage] up and play another game and be responsible because no one on a paintball forum can fix it for him. He then went back a couple pages of that thread and quoted every post I made about my computer not working and all my lel's about it not working, claiming I was raging or some [bleep].

 

Word. PC works fairly well from my experiences. I got a collateral sniper rifle kill (Idt they were headshots:() while lagging really hard because my modem decided to go from 2Mb/s wireless to like maybe 500Kb/s (It dipped to <50Kb/s, I noticed today) and got a lag kill.

I was on steam voice talk thingy with my friend and literally said something like "toplel, eat [cabbage]"

Then I lol dc'd :P

 

I saw it after the US vs EU match (which was lame...), and Gamespot has previews of them on their site. Metro doesn't look like it's going to be much different. But I'm actually kinda excited for Oman and *gasp* Caspian Border.

Didn't bother watching that. No point IMO, I don't try hard in games unless my friends and I are trying.

Metro has some subtle differences that I can remember from watching the video (I'm rewatching and posting things I notice them, not in any particular order) 

For those who want to watch it;

• The subway track areas have now filled with water, slightly. That's kinda cool. 
• The Russian spawn (conquest) looks a lot different, as does the front of the metro station area thingy.

*I would continue past there but I'm downloading Assassin's Creed 4 on a choked internet speed of MAYBE 2Mb/s (when it runs strong) and I can't watch youtube videos in any other quality than like 144p. So as soon as I remember to update this post with new things I will, once it's down downloading :P

[Miner_Guy]

What graphics will next gen we playing BF4 on? Also do they get any advantages or added features compared to PC?

[DownToFletch]

Compared to PC console is moving at turtle speed. Next gen gets better graphics or something, idr. Unimpressed. 

[Low Levelled]

Nothing seems to be up to your standards.

[RpgGamer]

So... This last patch seems to have broken more things than it fixed

[sarg1010]

Did you really expect anything different? BF4 has kinda been a huge flop...

[Miner_Guy]

I posted this in the EA Help forums but no response, anyone else getting this? Its ruining the game.

 

Hey, half of the games I join as the title says lag. It feels like my opponents are one second infront of me. Sometimes it will be normal but then everyone will stop then 2 seconds later they have teleported to where they should have been. I will be moving, then I wont be able to control myself and e.g I will walk off a roof. Its ruining the game, this doesnt happen in any other game and it isn't my connection as thats fine.

Is it just me experiencing this or does everyone?

[DownToFletch]

Nothing seems to be up to your standards.

I used to play console. Now I have something to compare it to.

 

 

I posted this in the EA Help forums but no response, anyone else getting this? Its ruining the game.

 

 

Hey, half of the games I join as the title says lag. It feels like my opponents are one second infront of me. Sometimes it will be normal but then everyone will stop then 2 seconds later they have teleported to where they should have been. I will be moving, then I wont be able to control myself and e.g I will walk off a roof. Its ruining the game, this doesnt happen in any other game and it isn't my connection as thats fine.

 

Is it just me experiencing this or does everyone?

 

Yeah that's rubberbanding. Maybe your internet?

Also, what are you playing on? PC, console?

 

I'm playing right now btw.

Anyone down for some PC grind?

[Miner_Guy]

I play on PC, I dont see how it can be my internet as I never got it on BF3 and I play tons of other online games and dont experience it.

[DownToFletch]

Yeah same here, but it isn't consistent, so I don't worry about it

 

Anyone wanna play? I'm on right meow

Origin: Notaplaugerist

[sarg1010]

What's your ping usually, Miner? Also, what graphics card/settings are you using?

[DownToFletch]

You didn't ask for mine but I'll throw them in anyways.

 

10-30 ping

EVGA GTX 660 SC, automatic (high)

[RpgGamer]

I'm on ps3 playing bf4 and I think they actually broke more than they fixed last patch. I connect to 1 in every 10 attempts, and then I usually disconnect or freeze after about a half hour of game play. The game play being rubber banding and lag out the wazoo. Literally unplayable right now. Kinda ruined my night.

[Miner_Guy]

What's your ping usually, Miner? Also, what graphics card/settings are you using?

In the 20-50s usually. Radeon 6950, medium settings.

[DownToFletch]

Miner, what's your rig setup lookin' like?

[DownToFletch]

Dec 16 PC Game Update Notes

Fix for a crash that would cause the game to stall, resulting in a sound loop. This should eliminate most of the problems relating to this. 

Fix for the SUAV (introduced in the China Rising expansion pack) not exploding when hitting enemy soldiers. While these indeed should be deadly, they were never designed for “roadkilling” opponents. 

Fixed one of the issues related to the so-called “Netcode” (see below for details) 

Fix for player tags not always showing when needed to, resulting in players shooting team members. 

Fix for graphical flickering appearing on terrain. 

Fixed the instance where players suddenly would transition into Spectator Mode while playing the Defuse game mode. 

Fix for a Defuse bug where none of the teams would win a round by letting the timer run out. -Fix for players getting stuck in the revive screen after being killed. 

Fix for players getting stuck in the kill camera after being revived. 

Fix for the game mode specific ribbons being counted twice in the multiplayer progression. 

Made NVidia 331.82 or later driver versions mandatory for all players. 

Disabled DirectX 11.1 on NVidia cards that have outdated drivers. 

Fixed driver version not being properly detected on NVidia Optimus systems. 

Fixed a minor crash that could occur when bringing up the scoreboard. 

Fix for the issue where the game would get stuck in loading screen when players tried to join a Second Assault map without actually owning Second Assault. 

“Netcode” improvement We’ve addressed the so called “Kill trading”. This refers to when two players fire at each other and, seemingly, both die at the same time. The time window where a bullet could cause damage from an already dead player is now calculated as intended, decreasing the timeframe when players with high latency could get a kill, even though they should be dead according to the server.

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Dec 16 PC Server Update Notes

Various server side crash fixes, including the top seen crashes on R15 

Performance enhancements 

Client patch compatibility to make servers compatible with the Dec 16 client update 

UCAV ammo replish time changed

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[Miner_Guy]

Miner, what's your rig setup lookin' like?

Here are the parts of my PC

 

http://imageshack.us...pandabuild.jpg/

 

I have 8GB of RAM now not 4.

 

I have tried changing my settings to low, turning off my firewall. Nothing works, the game is completely broken for me and I don't understand it was fine 3 weeks ago. I wonder if one of the patches broke the game for me or something.

 

I have tried posting on the forum which EA suggests to do, but I got no answer from any EA people. It's a disgrace.

[DownToFletch]

 

Miner, what's your rig setup lookin' like?

Here are the parts of my PC

 

http://imageshack.us...pandabuild.jpg/

 

I have 8GB of RAM now not 4.

 

I have tried changing my settings to low, turning off my firewall. Nothing works, the game is completely broken for me and I don't understand it was fine 3 weeks ago. I wonder if one of the patches broke the game for me or something.

 

I have tried posting on the forum which EA suggests to do, but I got no answer from any EA people. It's a disgrace.

 

You lag too much? Did you play around with that latency setting?

[Miner_Guy]

The latency slider is set at 0% which is suppose to be the option which stops bad latency.

[DownToFletch]

You should try moving it around, some people have found that they can play better at other settings. Some sacrificed fluid movements, while others sacrificed barely anything. Give it a shot

 

I haven't played with mine yet because usually I'm fine, but when I lag it gets icky. My ping is usually around 30. Sometimes it sticks at 80 but I'm still fine. When it randomly jumps to 300, 400, or 999 is when I have problems. I think it's my router. I got a new modem and my router is a year or (3) old by now. Might be time to get a newer one that's got better specs.

[darkace21]

If anyone is looking for a BF4 clan, pm me.

[Miner_Guy]

I dont know if this is just a coincidence but I restarted my BT Homehub and now its fixed. I dont rubber band any more and the game runs fine, just as it did a couple of weeks ago.

[DownToFletch]

BT homehub?

 

bluethooth home hub?

 

You mean to tell me you unplugged your modem/router from the wall/surge protector and it fixed it?

 

m8, I could have told you that eons ago

[Miner_Guy]

BT homehub?

 

bluethooth home hub?

 

You mean to tell me you unplugged your modem/router from the wall/surge protector and it fixed it?

 

m8, I could have told you that eons ago

BT, its a broadband and telephone company in England. Ye it wasn't very clever on my part, should have done that first but I didnt think anything was wrong with it as the speed was fine.

 

China Rising is ok, the maps are pretty good but nothing special. I would say they are better than most of the vanilla maps. I cant decide whether to get premium, its alot of money for just some new maps especially as 4 of them will be from BF3 plus the game is still pretty broken.