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Battlefield 4 Beta Thread: Prepare 4 Battle (Update to beta drivers)
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I've had exactly the same experience. Feelsgoodbro.gif
DarkoMaledictus
Tier Whore
That's kinda lame an operating system boost your performance. I find this fishy and smell foul play... no way I'm re install my system to put that pos W8 for this game. Might just have to skip it!
You can just dual boot. No re install required.
Oh no, that will hurt their bottom line. Please don't.
Yeah, I've been getting a crash every 2-3 games. Sucks that they only started happening after the patches started rolling out. My initial install was perfect 
EDIT
Is that a known fix for crashing? hmm, will have to check that when I get home
EDIT
Is that a known fix for crashing? hmm, will have to check that when I get home
I am still getting a lot of crashes after patch 3
Do you have Effects set to medium?
No i have them on ultra, i am going to turn them down and see what happen, brb.
I am still getting a lot of crashes after patch 3
Yeah, I've been getting a crash every 2-3 games. Sucks that they only started happening after the patches started rolling out. My initial install was perfect
That's strange. I had been getting a DirectX error sometimes and the crash would crash on me sometimes. Every time I loaded BF4 up for the first time since turning on Origin and starting my computer, it would crash like clockwork the first time before even getting into a game.
After the patch from yesterday (or the day before?), the game has been working flawlessly for me.
Woo-Fu
Banned
Different DirectX, different WDDM.
Basically. DirectX 11.1 / DirectX 11.2 support which is probably the main reason right now, as it offers some optimization. There's WDDM 1.2 and 8.1 will feature WDDM 1.3 and DXGI 1.3. Then you add stuff like the much improved memory management and you have some good coding groundwork in Windows 8.
Update i played 2 games, first game i run flawleslly, then i crashed it was more stable thought, but i just notice i am using more memory in my card now? around 3700 mb, and then i crash, Im on 1440p with 2xmsaa.
These last 2 patches have made the game unplayable for me. I can only play between 2-5 mins before I crash to desktop. Since the new patches I have yet to complete a full game.
My rig info:
i5 2500k
16GB Ram
GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores
Win 7
Done a complete re-install of the beta drivers. Has anyone had success reverting to non nvidia beta drivers?
From what I've noticed from the 2-5 mins on gameplay is that its much smoother. There are still those huge FPS drops to dingle digits but its way less.
Hope they have some sort of fix.
My rig info:
i5 2500k
16GB Ram
GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores
Win 7
Done a complete re-install of the beta drivers. Has anyone had success reverting to non nvidia beta drivers?
From what I've noticed from the 2-5 mins on gameplay is that its much smoother. There are still those huge FPS drops to dingle digits but its way less.
Hope they have some sort of fix.
Do you have any oc on your system? and on what graphic spec are you playing bf4?
Woo-Fu
Banned
No overclock, a mix of high and medium for settings, no AA, 1920x1080.
going to play on lowest settings and see if still have same issues thanks!!
still crash even on low settings
So I need to ask, as a keen tank user -- Is everyone in this damn game playing as Engineer? I mean, after I started using tanks I often end on top of the scoreboard and getting quite good at it but holy shit, every single player I see is firing rockets at me. Not as in that one guy that constantly spawns but every. single. one. A group spawned on a roof and all 4 had RPGs. Every single time I see an enemy he is firing RPGs at me. I don't think I've seen anyone actually hide from me, try to get away because they are all very eager to fire RPGs at me.
Its a heavy vehicle map. Will be lots of engies.
I also play a lot of tank and have noticed the same thing. Get lots of kills and rank high yet have to endure lots of RPGs. I guess that means working as intended. If we were unable to do well with the tanks because of all the RPGs, then it'd be a problem.
Oh indeed. It does serve as a nice challenge but I do miss seeing someone flee while I'm mowing them down. They just go full kamikaze and start RPGing my ass
Unfortunately its also lead to a dearth of assault medics with the defib. I think I've been revived once during the beta. I played this class a lot in BF3 and its sad to see it neglected so. Hopefully DICE will buff this class a bit.
It doesn't help that there's so many tanks around--medics w/ defibs are sitting ducks one on one, which perhaps was DICE's intention, to force them to stay with their squad...
It doesn't help that there's so many tanks around--medics w/ defibs are sitting ducks one on one, which perhaps was DICE's intention, to force them to stay with their squad...
Oh indeed. It does serve as a nice challenge but I do miss seeing someone flee while I'm mowing them down. They just go full kamikaze and start RPGing my ass
Maybe when the stats get reset and become "real" people will be a little less suicidal (i know I will!)
The Faceless Master
Member
you have to unlock iron sights!?
Oh god the game crashed as I planted the bomb on the last mcom station :<
The lag is killing me though. Would love if there was like some 'confirmed' stuff that we know causes the latency.
is it due to some people being above 150 ping? Sometimes.
is it due to the tower falling? Sometimes.
is it due to having more than a 50 people on the server? Sometimes.
is it due to server providers gameservers.com that just sucks? Sometimes.
Also only getting crashes on the Obl gametype.
So I can either crash randomly (mostly when changing rounds) with no lag playing OBL or I can play conquest which is just a test of sanity with the rubber banding.
Also fuck domination, spawn points is completely fucked and its the only game type where I have twice received friend requests just so I can get told to go fuck a dead whore for killing some dude.
The lag is killing me though. Would love if there was like some 'confirmed' stuff that we know causes the latency.
is it due to some people being above 150 ping? Sometimes.
is it due to the tower falling? Sometimes.
is it due to having more than a 50 people on the server? Sometimes.
is it due to server providers gameservers.com that just sucks? Sometimes.
Also only getting crashes on the Obl gametype.
So I can either crash randomly (mostly when changing rounds) with no lag playing OBL or I can play conquest which is just a test of sanity with the rubber banding.
Also fuck domination, spawn points is completely fucked and its the only game type where I have twice received friend requests just so I can get told to go fuck a dead whore for killing some dude.
Iron Sights are locked as Battlepack items for some weapons.
BeekleMatter
Member
The #1 most played PC player is some kid with 165 hrs... and it's been out for 197 hrs I think. Is this... Is this even possible?
If I'm actually understanding this right, the Battlepacks are random? Which means that if I get all the "free" Battlepacks but never actually get the attachment I want, I need to buy more BP?
That's kind of shitty. Especially in a competitive game. Plus it seems that some of the BP-locked attachments are simply better than the "free" version.
That's kind of shitty. Especially in a competitive game. Plus it seems that some of the BP-locked attachments are simply better than the "free" version.
Having attachments in Battlepacks is so dumb.
The Faceless Master
Member
Really? I can pick Iron Sights for most of my weapons?
most? or all? there's a difference.
Every single one of my currently unlocked weapon has iron sights available and I've only got one battlepack.
SirButterstick
Banned
Hmm the latest patch totally fixed my stuttering issue. The gunplay in this is great, but I do wish they added more recoil. I just went 40-4 being solely assault.
Anyhoo, it's already my GOTY 2013.
Anyhoo, it's already my GOTY 2013.
You've got iron sights for the default sniper rifle? And the default LMG?
Hmm, the battlelog reports aren't entirely accurate. Just had an amazing game in a tank - Went 55 - 5 ( Well that's good by my pitiful standards )
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/battlereport/show/1/389151723630959104/175043133/
The report says 48 kills but my tank kills is 51 ...
Yes and I barely used recon and nothing in the battlepacks.
) http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/battlereport/show/1/389151723630959104/175043133/
The report says 48 kills but my tank kills is 51 ...
Yes and I barely used recon and nothing in the battlepacks.
probably 2 or 3 kids on the same account. i know when i got up there in stats on Gears 1 there were people doing this.
Hmm, the battlelog reports aren't entirely accurate. Just had an amazing game in a tank - Went 55 - 5 ( Well that's good by my pitiful standards
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/battlereport/show/1/389151723630959104/175043133/
The report says 48 kills but my tank kills is 51 ...
Yes and I barely used recon and nothing in the battlepacks.
Are you on the PC? Maybe it's a console thing. I've heard there's a disparity with the reload system between the platforms as well.
Yeah, PC.
Must be the console beta. Very messed up, it lists several iron sights as being battlepack unlocks for me in-game, yet on the Battlelog website, it tells me they are not only unlocked, but equipped.
Well... I have faith in the retail versions. Hope this battlepack business isn't as bad as it seems.
Definitely a bug of some kind, having to unlock the iron sight makes no sense. Even the iron sights description on Battlelog is "Use the iron sights built into the weapon" which makes it sounds a bit "meh" and like it's a default feature.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
If anybody wants some light podcast-like listening, my buddy Anthony (who is a member here) and myself sat down to record our thoughts on the Battlefield 4 beta. He's playing on Xbox 360, I'm playing on PC, and we've both spent many hours with the series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUSQwgWeGec
Backed the audio with some of my own gameplay footage from PC. See how terrible I am.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUSQwgWeGec
Backed the audio with some of my own gameplay footage from PC. See how terrible I am.