Battlefield 4 Beta Discussion

ScretHate said:
Just installed a 60MB patch. Here's hoping the stuttering goes away.
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Good luck with that, my performance seemed to tank after that patch and the lag is worse than before. From what I understand the update had something to do with PB.
 
Patch completely reset all my preferences and settings in-game. Nice.

Can't tell any difference after setting my preferences again.
 
I've experienced less stuttering after the patch.

2500k @ 4GHz
GTX 660 320.49 drivers
Windows 7 64
 
WhyYouLoveMe said:
Patch completely reset all my preferences and settings in-game. Nice.

Can't tell any difference after setting my preferences again.
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Pretty much my experience as well. Preferences reset, but no appreciable difference with in-game performance, though I'm not one of the ones who's having problems with the game. I did notice about 10% less CPU usage, but I have to play again and look closer. I was too busy remapping my keys my first time back in a game after the patch.
 
I can't believe that they made RPG's capable of locking on to targets....like WUT???

I can't believe that a tank shell being fired into a wall behind someone doesn't even register as a hit from splash damage...

I can't believe that the vehicles take SO LONG to reload. What the hell is that???? Why can I fire 5 shots then have to wait forever for them to reload in a tank?
 
BroHamBone said:
The close quarters style does except the surroundings are still not as compact as CoD. Conquest will always separate BF from CoD.... The last DLC for BF3 with capture the flag was amazingly fun. I hope they bring it over to BF4
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Conquest and Rush mode, both. Add in larger environments even in "Close Quarters" modes, and CTF + vehicles, and it's far far different an animal.
 
The patch smoothed it out a bit for me under windows 7.. no stuttering at all. Haven't tried it again in windows 8.1 yet.
 
cageymaru said:
http://www.twitch.tv/widgitybear

Nice BF4 stream.
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Widgity is definitely a beast. and currently #1 in scout heli for beta. watch him for a while and you'll definitely learn the way Scout Heli's should be played. and they feel much better in BF4 since they're so maneuverable now and the cannon spread was narrowed. once the retail hits and they get the other unlocks like 30mm cannon, look out.
 
I'm really tired of people walking away from a direct tank shell hit, then continuing to walk away from my 50 cal shots.

Why did Dice have to destroy the gameplay for this one?
 
Dallows said:
I'm really tired of people walking away from a direct tank shell hit, then continuing to walk away from my 50 cal shots.

Why did Dice have to destroy the gameplay for this one?
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Huh? I've never had a direct main turret hit NOT kill someone on foot. If I'm off by a couple of feet, they usually live with a small amount of health, and a couple of quick 50cal shots to the chest or head kills them. Are you aiming for their feet? :p (/half-sarcasm)

DPI said:
Widgity is definitely a beast. and currently #1 in scout heli for beta. watch him for a while and you'll definitely learn the way Scout Heli's should be played. and they feel much better in BF4 since they're so maneuverable now and the cannon spread was narrowed. once the retail hits and they get the other unlocks like 30mm cannon, look out.
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Heh, yep... I saw someone earlier in this thread whining that a million shots from the turret in the scout heli wasn't killing anything despite tons of hit markers and pretty much just face-palmed. People die EXTREMELY quickly if I'm actually hitting them, chest/head, like within 1 second. I'm scared how badly people will get owned, including myself, by these heli's come retail with unlocks :p.

Years of CS taught me to aim for the head, and use chest shots as a backup when I can't immediately ;). I don't even take the shot if it's just going to hit their arm :D, I wait a split-second and aim for the head. It usually works out better ;).
 
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I ran over a guy with a tank. His friend runs out into the road and tosses a couple of the basic med packs onto his body. Then he tries to revive him. I hit that guy point blank with a tank shell. He tries to revive his buddy again. So I shoot him again with a tank shell. He tries to revive his buddy again. I shoot him a 3rd time with a tank shell. He finally dies, but not before his buddy spawns back onto him and one shots my tank with the grenade launcher.

Needless to say I don't ride in tanks nor use them after that event. :)
 
cageymaru said:
I ran over a guy with a tank. His friend runs out into the road and tosses a couple of the basic med packs onto his body. Then he tries to revive him. I hit that guy point blank with a tank shell. He tries to revive his buddy again. So I shoot him again with a tank shell. He tries to revive his buddy again. I shoot him a 3rd time with a tank shell. He finally dies, but not before his buddy spawns back onto him and one shots my tank with the grenade launcher.

Needless to say I don't ride in tanks nor use them after that event. :)
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I've had my share of tank problems. Opponent hits me two or three times I'm out, but I hit him four or five and he kills me?

And what happened to bullet drop? I sniped from the top of C to the building next to E. A short burst on a spec got me a head shot, dead on accuracy. Tried it with the RPG as well, top of C to a tank by B. I accounted for drop and missed because there wasn't any.
 
Patch made my game a shit show. Not that I really care as this game is a turd, oh well. I would bet that many of the issues people are having with this game are due to Punkbuster. PB is a POS software.
 
I haven't been following any bug lists but I'm convinced there are bugs with the tank shells. I've been behind enemy tanks by like 20 ft firing right at the rear of the tank and the shells don't even register as hitting. It's like they go right through or something.

I've had cases where I'll be in a 1v1 with another tank. I'll fire maybe 4 shots at him with seemingly no effect. He'll then take me down in 2 shots, from 100% mind you.
 
GoldenTiger said:
Huh? I've never had a direct main turret hit NOT kill someone on foot. If I'm off by a couple of feet, they usually live with a small amount of health, and a couple of quick 50cal shots to the chest or head kills them. Are you aiming for their feet? :p (/half-sarcasm)
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I have, I've also been on the receiving end of a direct hit and not died.

I like the game bit it has a LOT of bugs and optimizations issues. It feels like they still need another 4 months of development time.
 
I just wish the f'ing downloader would work :mad:

I've about given up complaining about it online because no one seems to have a working solution.
 
As a noob so far i like the game, bf3 was just a leet fest and i got frustrated playing it in the first 2 month. Iam only a casual player so iam not good, but its great not to feel like a s/? *.. Lol

I agree for the tank shell being weak to player on foot, maybe its the lag? I have less problem gunning with the turret

Also it is just me or the engeneer ar is complete crap? Lol
 
Dallows said:
I haven't been following any bug lists but I'm convinced there are bugs with the tank shells. I've been behind enemy tanks by like 20 ft firing right at the rear of the tank and the shells don't even register as hitting. It's like they go right through or something.

I've had cases where I'll be in a 1v1 with another tank. I'll fire maybe 4 shots at him with seemingly no effect. He'll then take me down in 2 shots, from 100% mind you.
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There are more bugs than just the tank shells. There have been times I've unloaded a full clip into a guy at point blank range (we're talking several seconds of shooting here, so I doubt it's just lag), only to be killed and notice that his health is still at 100%. Maybe some clipping issues?
 
glad to see my fx6300 (@ 4.5ghz) finally getting all it's cores used, but I'm bummed it's bottlenecking my 7950 and I can't push my OC anymore with this cheap ass mobo.

Hopefully performance is better with the full release.. still don't think I'm going to buy it though.
 
Ryoohki360 said:
Also it is just me or the engeneer ar is complete crap? Lol
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It's a PDW, not an AR. And it's just you. Stop going full auto and recognize that the gun has limited effective range. Fire in bursts if you must use automatic mode, and try to pick guys off rather than engage groups.

Eventually, you'll unlock the AK5C after getting enough points with the MX4. The AK5C might be the best gun in the beta.
 
Loser_guy said:
glad to see my fx6300 (@ 4.5ghz) finally getting all it's cores used, but I'm bummed it's bottlenecking my 7950 and I can't push my OC anymore with this cheap ass mobo.

Hopefully performance is better with the full release.. still don't think I'm going to buy it though.
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If your CPU usage is like 80% or more overall and GPU usage is low, that's a bug, not the intended performance. It causes stuttering and such. I have that problem and have not been able to fix it. It's hurting my ability to judge this beta.
 
i didn't bother spending much time last night looking into this, but does anyone understand how the battlepacks work? i unlocked the first two bronze battlepacks and i'm not sure which weapons receive which unlocks. one battlepack unlocked the Coyote sight which i can now equip on the MX4 but not any other weapon.
 
I was going to skip this iteration of BF...But after these open beta days I will purchase. I'm just having fun. Most since BC2.
 
Porter_ said:
i didn't bother spending much time last night looking into this, but does anyone understand how the battlepacks work? i unlocked the first two bronze battlepacks and i'm not sure which weapons receive which unlocks. one battlepack unlocked the Coyote sight which i can now equip on the MX4 but not any other weapon.
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If you review the battle pack items it states which weapon it's for. Just click the item and it will tell you which weapon it goes with.
 
Porter_ said:
ah i'll do that tonight. thank you sir.
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Actually, you don't even have to click it. Just go into the battlepacks page from battlelog and you can see which item it's for. Clicking the item takes you to the Unlocks page and will highlight the weapon that uses it though.
 
overall does this seem better than BF3? is it at all a step back in the right direction?
 
Not sure if this is BS or not
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/battl...-optimizations-win8-dx11-1-still-best-option/

Johan Andersson, Technical Director on Frostbite at DICE, revealed – just a minutes ago – that the open beta build of Battlefield 4 will get a new patch that will come with some CPU optimizations. As Johan claimed, performance will be improved on Windows 7, however the ‘Win8 + DX11.1′ will still be the better option for those who want to enjoy DICE’s upcoming shooter
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It's not BS. The patch was issued last night. Or at least a patch was issued last night.
 
last night's patch resulted in no noticeable change in performance for me. it did however reset every single one of my settings and key bindings, like others have said.
 
I have a question maybe someone can answer. When you're playing and the radio says "there is a sniper spotted West of your position" - where are they referring to? A west on the map, or to your players left? I can't ever see anyone on the map or mini map when theyve been spotted.
 
west of your player's position, regardless of which way you're facing.
 
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