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Battlefield 4 PS4 multiplayer issues

Fersis

It is illegal to Tag Fish in Tag Fishing Sanctuaries by law 38.36 of the GAF Wildlife Act
You guys with audio issues at the beginning of matches on PS4, have you replaced your hard drives?

It's quite possible the game isn't optimised properly for non-standard 5400 rpm drives which causes data not to load and cache in the appropriate amount of time or order.
I have the one that comes with the PS4, and audio starts working about 10 seconds into the match. Streaming data issue i guess.

Also the patch was a huge game changer for me, i can actually play now!! Played Conquest without freezes!!
And so far not a single sync'd Deaths or One Hit Kill !

Server browser still borked though T__T
 

Ardenyal

Member
Still die a second after killing someone and get shot three times with a DMR when going around corner for cover.

So much for that netcode improvement.
 

Fersis

It is illegal to Tag Fish in Tag Fishing Sanctuaries by law 38.36 of the GAF Wildlife Act
Still die a second after killing someone and get shot three times with a DMR when going around corner for cover.

So much for that netcode improvement.
You cant perfectly hide lag but theres a huge improvement for sure.

there has to be a catch. people are saying the game doesn't crash as much anymore, but what's broken now?
Well the in game server browser is still broken. I had to use Battlelog on PC to join Conquest and China Rising maps. =/
 

JAYSIMPLE

Banned
is china rising available for non premium? and when's second assault out. Kind of excited that this game could finally be stable....ish?? lol
 

Rainy Dog

Member
No crashes in 2-3 hours of Conquest for me yesterday as well. So fingers crossed.

I do think it's laggier since the last couple of patches, however. Then again, I've only just finally started playing Conquest so maybe it's down to that.

Still so much left to fix, though. Can see it still going on for months. And that's without even taken into consideration addressing balancing issues.
 
You guys with audio issues at the beginning of matches on PS4, have you replaced your hard drives?

It's quite possible the game isn't optimised properly for non-standard 5400 rpm drives which causes data not to load and cache in the appropriate amount of time or order.
stock PS4 and it happens on some maps.
 

kitch9

Banned
Still die a second after killing someone and get shot three times with a DMR when going around corner for cover.

So much for that netcode improvement.

The internet will always lag, nothing anyone can really do about it. One of the benefits of client side hit registration is that if you aim at something that is displayed on your screen you'll be awarded the hit, even if the other guy thinks he got behind cover on time when he didn't.
 

DryvBy

Member
China Rising should be free for this whole mess. Or more double-xp weekends for a few weeks. This ruined my launch a bit since I took the week off to BF4 zone out.
 

Tunesmith

formerly "chigiri"
there has to be a catch. people are saying the game doesn't crash as much anymore, but what's broken now?

If you get revived, you sometimes get to keep the Accept/Decline revive UI prompt while you continue on living.

Small catch, I'll take that if I get stability in return! :D
 

Ardenyal

Member
The internet will always lag, nothing anyone can really do about it. One of the benefits of client side hit registration is that if you aim at something that is displayed on your screen you'll be awarded the hit, even if the other guy thinks he got behind cover on time when he didn't.

This I know, there will always be lag.

The amount of lag is unbearable though. 500+ millisecond lag with a dedicated server? One of those battlefield moments for sure, can't get that anywhere else.
 

Fersis

It is illegal to Tag Fish in Tag Fishing Sanctuaries by law 38.36 of the GAF Wildlife Act
If you get revived, you sometimes get to keep the Accept/Decline revive UI prompt while you continue on living.

Small catch, I'll take that if I get stability in return! :D
The patch notes said that its going to get fixed in the next build.
Hopefully the in game Server browser gets fixed too.
 

terrible

Banned
The internet will always lag, nothing anyone can really do about it. One of the benefits of client side hit registration is that if you aim at something that is displayed on your screen you'll be awarded the hit, even if the other guy thinks he got behind cover on time when he didn't.

That's the worst part about client side hit detection. Dying way behind corners.. fun. Seems to benefit people who lag more than anything too.

Since I'm in a complaining mood I'll point out that this whole "we fixed the kill trading!" claim in the patch notes is a complete joke. It seemed worse than ever this morning when I played. Why do they lie like this? They must think we're pretty dumb.
 

Rippa

Member
Hopped on last night and played for about 3 hours straight without a single crash!

I do agree though that the China Rising DLC should be free to everyone else that doesn't have it. After all this launch mess and what not.

Anyone have an extra code laying around? :)
 

jiiikoo

Banned
I've been experiencing quite a lot of lag for the past few days. Everything on the map stops for a few seconds and then springs back. Blah. BF4 hasn't crashed at all in a few days though...

There really needs to be some sort of compensation and like someone suggested, free China Rising DLC would be a good start.
 

Tunesmith

formerly "chigiri"
I have an extra European China Rising code if anyone wants it as well. Can PM it once I get home from work (not sure if these codes work universally or not).
 

Shadybiz

Member
According to this post over on the Symthic forums, some graphical effects have been toned down.

Can't say I noticed this myself though, has anyone else?

I played a little last night, and I can't say I noticed any difference. I've never had the best eyes, though, so I can't say for sure.
 

Floex

Member
China Rising should be free for this whole mess. Or more double-xp weekends for a few weeks. This ruined my launch a bit since I took the week off to BF4 zone out.

Well, CR is 'free' if pre order. Second Assault, maps from the last game most definitely should be though.
 

jiiikoo

Banned
According to [URL="[/URL] post over on the Symthic forums, some graphical effects have been toned down.
Can't say I noticed this myself though, has anyone else?

I played for a few hours an hour ago and I didn't notice anything different in the environment, but I wasn't looking for it. Gotta check a bit later when I play again.
 

Lakitu

st5fu
Anything that's available in Premium won't be free, since people already payed for that.

They should give us a couple of free maps, weapons, camos outside of that though :))
 

Kssio_Aug

Member
Just downloaded the Battlelog, made the scan. And when I try to enter at any game by my smartphone, I get this message: "You need to be online on PS4". But, Im online in my PS4... I also tried it with the BF4 app opened, and online. Not to mention that this battlelog app do not recognize my PS4 soldier. I already changed it at configurations, and it start always with my PS3 character...

Am I missing something, or it is one more broken system by EA/DICE?


Im starting to get sick of this Battlefield bs!
 
Just downloaded the Battlelog, made the scan. And when I try to enter at any game by my smartphone, I get this message: "You need to be online on PS4". But, Im online in my PS4... I also tried it with the BF4 app opened, and online. Not to mention that this battlelog app do not recognize my PS4 soldier. I already changed it at configurations, and it start always with my PS3 character...

Am I missing something, or it is one more broken system by EA/DICE?


Im starting to get sick of this Battlefield bs!

I tried it for the first time last night on iOS, and got the same thing. I haven't had a chance to look to see if this is an ongoing issue, or just a blip.
 
I want this game but I can't bring myself to pay for it until it's running well. Sounds like the latest patch should help but I want to wait a little more. Thanks for the updates guys.
 

kitch9

Banned
This I know, there will always be lag.

The amount of lag is unbearable though. 500+ millisecond lag with a dedicated server? One of those battlefield moments for sure, can't get that anywhere else.

Dedicated servers as we know them will not really exist on either Xbox or PS4. Most games will use a clientside server model, with the clients doing the bulk of the calculations along with hit registration and the servers being used mostly for traffic routing (Mitigate host advantage.) and matchmaking to save on bandwidth and CPU cycles.

There's nothing inherently wrong with this model, and indeed it has advantages and disadvantages over the standard server setup, your issue is that you got hit whilst in cover, when in fact your latency made it so the other guy legitimately hit you at his end and you actually weren't in cover in time.

Make sure you check your connection thoroughly for packet loss and jitter, you really don't want either of these if you want to make sure all your shots hit and on time.

I'm not sure how you can possibly know you have 500ms lag, well you would know because the game would be completely unplayable.
 
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