Battlefield 4 on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 doesn’t look quite as good as it does on other platforms; most notable the PC where it looks like Real War Life: The Videogame. Or at least it would; if it actually worked properly. The PC version, you see, has been beset by bugs and crashes and all manner of other issue. Actually, so have the other versions. DICE is busy fixing then,
“Players on all formats have been experiencing game crashes and freezes while playing. We have logs of the most frequently occurring client crashes, and we are actively working to Obliterate the cause of these crashes in upcoming updates,” the developer said in a post on Battlelog.
DICE have actually been quite incredible with post-launch support; and have done 6 or so server side updates to fix the server crashes that have affected just about everybody playing.
As for the PC version that’s been crashing the most?
“We are working on a PC client patch at the moment and hope to release it soon. We will share the patch notes once we have the patch contents finalized. The main focus is to fix as many crashes as possible, starting with the issues affecting a large number of players,” DICE said.
Have you been having issues getting Battlefield 4’s multiplayer working properly?
Last Updated: November 4, 2013
Uberutang
November 4, 2013 at 14:32
Other than rubberbanding on mweb servers my BF4 so far has been really smooth, and oh so pretty!
Kagutsuchi
November 4, 2013 at 14:48
The MWeb servers really are the worst at the moment. I get lag every now and then, but it’s especially bad when playing on the mweb servers. 😐
Uberutang
November 4, 2013 at 14:52
Yeah I really dunno why. Every other server is lag and issue free, but rubberband around on the mweb servers (with 10ms ping!). Odd.
Mark Treloar
November 4, 2013 at 14:57
If it was the 64 player servers its because the severs were setup on the wrong hardware
Uberutang
November 4, 2013 at 14:58
They are now 50 players only, and still same issue.
Desmond Kurz
November 5, 2013 at 11:17
Quite right, the 64 player servers were put onto the R520 servers in error. Things go wrong in the heat of a launch. The Gameservers.com guys have transferred the instances last night onto the faster R210 servers, so the big servers should be behaving tonight (i.e. rubber banding should hopefully be a thing of the past). There’s been plenty of patches for the servers, so hopefully the disconnects problem should also have been taken care of by the DICE team. All the other smaller servers (40 and below) we are hosting (all BF4 servers in the region are hosted by us and Gameservers.com) seem to be behaving correctly. If anyone is having hassles, please let me know.
B4d R0b0t
November 5, 2013 at 11:50
Yes this is true. Apart from the other crash issues we noticed on the 40 players servers that they seemed far more reliable. Thanks for working on this, am sure your users will keep you informed.
Desmond Kurz
November 5, 2013 at 12:30
Yup, those 40 player and less servers are running on the 520’s as intended (they made for mass rollouts of smaller servers). We’re keeping a watch on this – we want the play experience to be good for players.
SaintsRowNigri
November 4, 2013 at 14:56
Uberutang you deceiving cow whore!
Mark Treloar
November 4, 2013 at 14:56
Ah yes the joy of para-batting off a roof to land behind your victim for some epic melee action
Sageville
November 4, 2013 at 15:37
….then he turns around and you get skewered with your own knife….
Mark Treloar
November 4, 2013 at 16:10
Nope didn’t happen luckily, he was too focused on trying to shoot someone else.
Scruff304
November 4, 2013 at 17:04
I’ve managed to do that twice so far… I was all like “Ha ha, screw you you loser noob!” While pointing at the screen and fist bumping myself… Then both times I got stabbed anyways… Serves me right for acting like a douche…
DOA
November 4, 2013 at 16:03
Yea, MWeb servers have been bad all the time in my experience. I tried them a number of times just to give them a chance after I heard they had fancy servers etc.but no, they rubbish. Other than MWeb I have not had issues on other SA servers or EU servers, they have all run well and so has the game for the most part. I had a few hours yesterday afternoon where I could not play due to the rubber banding (and have played 20 hours total) but that’s it really.
B4d R0b0t
November 5, 2013 at 11:51
All the servers in South Africa are MWEB. They are gamerservers.com hosted in MWEB infrastructure, it was just a setup issues that has been resolved.
Johan du Preez
November 4, 2013 at 17:10
Try the “gmz jhb 01” 64 player server its the only one that can handle the load.
Scruff304
November 5, 2013 at 08:42
Last night I got my first red screen of death… And multple server and client crashes… Was easily the most annoying session I’ve had since got BF4 so far.
VinTaco
November 4, 2013 at 14:35
I’m not a Battlefield player, but is this acceptable? I mean, it sounds like problems from a beta version.
Mark Treloar
November 4, 2013 at 14:53
Problems are intermittent and honestly I didn’t experience any of the disconnects during the Beta so it may not be something they expected.
ToshZA
November 4, 2013 at 14:54
Yeah the Beta was smooth and had no issues.
DOA
November 4, 2013 at 16:08
For me, the game is running allot better than “beta”. I have no complaints. Dice are doing what they can, they have already loaded a number of patches…so yes, its the nature of development on this scale. I don’t know of any game that has not had launch issues. For me, BF4 issues are minor.
Nick
November 4, 2013 at 21:12
Lucky. I used to get Red screens of death, fixed that issue, now just disconnect every 2 games or so and lose all progress from those games. great times.
Johan du Preez
November 4, 2013 at 17:15
The game was hardly playable in beta, they have made some great improvements. I am not a big fan of dice but the rate they are rolling out patches is really impressive compared to other studio’s.
El Capitan del Blade
November 4, 2013 at 14:39
“Back in the Cartridge days, releasing a buggy game was punishable with a Stomping by the company Brontosaurus” – Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw.
Why are bugs so easily allowed these days. Especially in AAA titles…. :/
Uberutang
November 4, 2013 at 14:41
Companies know that with internet everywhere software can be updated post release.
Games get released on a release date, not on ‘when it is bug free’ date.
ToshZA
November 4, 2013 at 14:54
Also, games are just so much bigger, more detailed, and have a much larger day 1 player base. It’s become harder and harder to iron out every bug before release, and with companies being under pressure to get the game out, they make a decision that looks a lot like “it’s ready for release, we may experience some bugs guys, so please be ready to nail them asap.”
Sageville
November 4, 2013 at 14:54
Also theres alot more issues that can arise.
SaintsRowNigri
November 4, 2013 at 14:54
Because they know that gamers are a bunch of ninnies that are okay with day one patches, broken product and day one DLC…
Johan du Preez
November 4, 2013 at 17:22
You are comparing a 300 kilobyte game to a 25 gigabyte game … that’s why …
A game that used the cartridge is over a million times smaller than any games these day’s.
George
November 4, 2013 at 14:45
Wouldn’t know about the problems. Picked up my pre-order on Friday, but the girlfriend took it away until my exams are done.
On a side note. Anybody know what is happening with BT Games and the China Rising pre-order problem? Have they sorted it yet?
NostalgicMossel
November 4, 2013 at 15:00
She’s a keeper. Or is she?
Maxiviper117
November 4, 2013 at 16:48
Ya? i was wondering about the pre order china rising, nothing in the box or code
Mark Treloar
November 4, 2013 at 14:51
I like how they are working to “Obliterate” the cause.
SaintsRowNigri
November 4, 2013 at 14:53
Sometimes, things that are fixed can get broken again. If you obliterate something, that’s it. No more cookies for that…
Sageville
November 4, 2013 at 14:59
Playing the PS3 version, I had 1 or 2 crashes, in the Single Player there are a number of hang-ups and texture issues (nothing critical through).
My biggest issue with BF4 is being unable to change my loadout when I’m not in an actual battle. I mean really, BF3 had this feature. Now we need to have battlelog app or website open on another device to make loadout changes, WTF!
Uberutang
November 4, 2013 at 15:01
Use your tablet to do it.
Sageville
November 4, 2013 at 15:33
Granted that is what I’m doing, but really when you buy a console it never said “Tablet Required” or “PC Required” for a convenient feature that’s been in previous BF games for ages.
Also try join a friend in a battle, “No commander Slots available”.
Not sure how competitive games are supposed to work without a party join feature.
Uberutang
November 4, 2013 at 15:35
Ah. I have not had that issue on PC 🙂 The squading up seems to work for a change! But yeah kinda silly that it does not work the way it should on console.
Lourens Jordaan
November 4, 2013 at 15:12
I is a bit frustrating, but I’m fine with changing my loadout just before deploying the first time. My only major issue with the game is that I got about 80 % through the single player campaign, checked out some multiplayer and when I tried to continue SP, all progress was lost. It’s a short campaign but I really don’t want to go through it all again.
ElimiNathan
November 4, 2013 at 15:09
Strange thing for me is the CT MWEB servers seem to be the most unstable even though they have the lowest latency (3 – 10) bcos I stay in CT. JHB servers with 30 latency don’t seem to give as many issues.
But yes I’ve had a couple freezes/game crashes and even the infamous red screen if you have an ATI card.
Kerrits
November 4, 2013 at 15:11
I had about 1 crash of some sort for every two maps before I installed the beta AMD catalyst drivers. I haven’t had an issue since. Other than the mweb server lag despite my single digit pings.
On some international servers I have no issues on 300ms pings.
Double-O-Six and a half
November 4, 2013 at 15:37
Only had 1 very minor issue on my PS3, got the screen going all fractal and weird on me when zoomed in like some of the old PC Nvidia cards did in the old days when your driver wasn’t up to date, other than that the little bit I was allowed to play was pretty good, no server hangups or anything… okay if I want to nitpick there were occasions when it said it was loading one map in MP and then loaded a different map to what it said…
Uberutang
November 4, 2013 at 15:39
LOL just noticed that the same Bad Company bug is still there: You win the round, it announces you lost..etc etc
Sageville
November 4, 2013 at 15:40
I wish I had that problem Le Sigh~
Devourer of Small Bunnies
November 4, 2013 at 15:42
Header win
Rags
November 4, 2013 at 16:27
Only had 2 crashes between map changes. Not too bad, that stuff even happens in good ol Quake. Found some good servers and have been enjoying a few games. Pretty fun game. Wish it came with a SDK.
Skyblue
November 4, 2013 at 23:18
Quake never crashed, except when switching video cards, mid-game…
HeniQpotter
November 5, 2013 at 10:11
I have experienced a whole lot of crashes on xbox, some in choppers, some in plains, some in ATV’s. But that might be because I’m a nood. But really, there seems to be some issues regarding freezzzzupzzzz. I have noted one map being prone to this, Hainan Resort, I think FrostBite3 might me biting us in the arse…
Bad @ss
November 5, 2013 at 10:33
MWEB should get their ducks in a row as all the other servers you get a better playing experience by far than on the MWEB servers
GriAulE
November 5, 2013 at 11:02
People clearly don’t understand the problems inherent in trying to design a game that is meant to run on literally millions of possible hardware setups. How they can expect a flawless system from day one is beyond me. Any time you are involved in a software rollout you expect trouble, and frankly Dice handles the troubleshooting and patching far, far better than most other companies.
B4d R0b0t
November 5, 2013 at 11:48
The most notable change from DICE this version has been the communication. They have in my humble opinion been keeping us all notified of planned changes or fixes. I hear the are even working on changes to the Domination mode to make it more compatible to eSports.
I am waiting to see fixes for CPU issues and crashed caused by audio diver compatibility. All in all they till have a long way to go, hopefully a small patch will be out in the next day or two.
Peckavelli
November 6, 2013 at 19:19
Freezes up constantly. I have great connection and still can’t get through 5 games without have to reset my box!!!!! almost unplayable it seems shouldn’t have to deal with this for the money I spent
Axel Liew
November 7, 2013 at 16:07
hi my BF4(PC) doesn’t Launch, After i press play in battlelog the blue bar pops up and says initailizing and i see the cloud sync window pops up and disappear. I waited for awhile the blue bar disappears and nothing happens. Anyone knows what is the problem? I have already updated my driver and yet still have the same problem.
Drpooperstein
November 24, 2013 at 11:58
Give Xbox More anti aliasing