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Weekly weapons Scrap Exchange updates
I have calculated the theoretical amout of scraps you would need if every item would appear in the weekly exchange and you could buy it that way. Amount of scraps needed by category and total: 10.000 x 17 = 170.000 2.000 x 195 = 390.000 800 x 262 = 209.600 300 x 372 = 111.600 TOTAL x 846 = 881.200 Puzzles are NOT taken into account here! Meaning the number would be higher still. But since you tend to get all pieces over time with the OP Battlepacks I excluded them from here. At least without the special rare melee weapons which are otherwise unobtainable like the Ararebo, Coupe Coupe, Arditi Dagger(still unobtainable, has never been seen in the exchange) and Barbed Wire Bat If we assume the average loot per day looks like this we roughly get 1k scraps every day 30+90+270 & 90+270+270 = 1020/day Now that we have the total amount of scraps needed and a rough estimate on the average loot based on personal experience from over 1 year of daily grinding we can calculate how many days of grinding we need to earn the necessary scraps to be able to buy every skin in the game which looks like this: 881.200/1020 = 863.922 days This accumulates to this timeframe of DAILY grinding needed to earn every skin in the game: 2 years 4 months ~2 weeks (11 days) Again, this is assuming all skins where available in the exchange which is far from the case making the situation even worse. This timeframe is unacceptable for a AAA game you paid over 100€ for at release, me included. Some free2play games involve less grinding than this just to earn some textures. I understand that there was monetary incentive behind making the game intentionally grindy (though I still find this practice to be in a AAA game unacceptable by principle) to boost Battlepack sales. But this game is almost 8 years old now and I really doubt you're making anywhere close to the amount of money compared to the release period. Meaning there is no more incentive to make this game intentionally grindy anymore. My suggestion would be to either remove the daily limit of Operation Battlepacks, increase the limit from 2 to something like 4 or 5 per day or have them drop 2 or 3 crates instead of 1 at a time. Unlike currently this is much more respectful of the players time. Money is one thing but to disrespect the players time to this extent when we know that everyones time is limited both in daily terms and total just so you get some textures is ridiculous. Due to the age of the game please reconsider the current way of earning scraps to make it more tolerable. I've come too far to give up now but most people don't have this patience. Me included (for future or other games) since this will be the last game I'll grind this much for. If the next Battlefield turns out to be this grindy I'll really think twice before buying something which doesn't respect anyones time. Thanks in advance, hope to see some changes to this system!
Battlefield 4 keeps crashing on PC [Jan 9]
I've been playing for about 3 hours and the game launches smooth, runs fantastic, but after 3 or 4 games it will crash. The audio will loop (sometimes) and the video will freeze. There doesn't seem to be any reason for it in game. Getting real sick of doing something important and watching it freeze up and die on me. What's going on? Running Windows 7. Everything is up to date. I shouldn't be having any problems. Edit: It appears I'm far from alone: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/forum/threadview/2955065217450058306/ Lots of posts like this over on the battlelog forums. Edit 2: Wow, just got home. This is a 60 page thread now as of 9PM EST on 10/31 I just wanted to thank everyone for posting here. Hopefully this gets the message across that this is an urgent issue. Users who want to help in this thread, please post your hardware specs. You can open your start menu on Windows and type in dxdiag and paste the relevant info. To reduce clutter on this thread, paste your info in a spoiler tag. Click the 5th icon over on the toolbar when you make a post. I urge all of you who know people who are having this issue to have them get on this website to post here so we can make some noise. If I have time later I will post another edit here. Things the community has tried to resolve this issue so we don't need to keep discussing the same fixes that don't work. No longer necessary thanks to EANils Click the spoiler to see previous updates: Edit (via EANils): List of a couple of fixes that were provided by fellow players. These are in no way solutions to every issue out there, but you may want to give these a try in the meantime: http://answers.ea.com/t5/Battlefield-4/Battlefield-4-keeps-crashing-on-PC/m-p/1768465#M31273 For now, do not use the M320 (LVG and FB), as some players have noted that they are causing crashes. Update #23 (Dec 10) - Top Issues Tracker Check out the link to the new Top Issues Tracker for Battlefield 4 that DICE just implemented. Update #24 (Dec 16) - R16 Server Update Notes Fix for some of the more common server crashes Overall performance enhancements UCAV ammo replenish time was set from 20 to 90 seconds Round time limit intervals were added for the different server types Update #25 (Dec 16) - PC Game Update Notes We’ve rolled out a new PC game update and will continue to make improvements based on your feedback. The update includes fixes with the aim to increase the general stability of the game, and eliminates bugs that you may have experienced. It also includes an improvement to the so called “Netcode”. UPDATE: We have noticed that players who have SLI enabled on their graphics card may experience graphical flickering. Also, we're looking into the issue where the revive bar would get stuck on-screen in some instances. Both of these have our attention, and we're investigating them. 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 the NVidia 331.82 driver version 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 Update #26 (Dec 20) - R17 Server Update Notes Servers are updating to a new server version (R17) throughout the day. Fix for two server crashes Fix for a graphical bug that could occur when players accepted a revive within 1 second Server performance optimizations Update #27 (Dec 20) - PC Game Update Notes Fix for terrain flickering when using SLI/CrossFire setup Fix for three of the top crash issues on the PC platform Fix for case when soldier can die with 1 HP instead of 0 Fix for the issue where the revive UI could be permanently shown after accepting a revive If the game update doesn't start automatically for you, you can trigger it by going into the Origin Client, right clicking Battlefield 4 and selecting "Check for updates". Patch notes below. Update #28 (Jan 9) - The Road Ahead Just a short note that we are finalizing the next game update for multiple platforms, aiming to release them later this month. Stay tuned for the full details in the Battlefield 4 Control Room. Note: As always, you can find the latest info here: www.battlefield.com/bf4controlroom[INFO REQUEST] PS3/XBOX360 freezing/crash issues
We need some of your information in order to investigate some freezing issues with the PS3 and XBox360 console. It would be great if you guys could provide us with the following data, it will help us to analyze this problems: What were you doing before the game froze? (E.g. just joined server, in the middle of the match) Where is it freezing? (E.g. on the deploy screen/ when player clicks deploy) What Version of the PS3 or Xbox360 do you have (Slim, Super Slim, 1 st generation) What class were you playing at the time the game froze Do you have any additional information for us? Please make sure that you provide us the information in the form above. You can post any additional information under point 5. You should all make sure that you have tried the following workarounds in advance: PS3 Update: If you are experiencing crashing issues while playing as support, please do not select "Indirect Fire" or "Perimeter Defense" as your FIELD UPGRADE. Clear your game data; This will clear temporary and downloadable files from the PS3 hard drive; some games may need to redownload patches or updates after the game data is removed. Process: Navigate to the Game section of the main menu. Select Game Data Utility. Highlight the game you are troubleshooting and press Triangle. Select Delete. Restart the console. Clear your temporary files: From the Cross Media Bar (PS3 Main Menu), locate the internet browser. Once there, select the Internet Browser with X. From the internet browser, press the Triangle button to reach the options menu. This menu will have multiple options. Please navigate to the Tools section. In the Tools section, there are a few items available for deletion near the bottom of this list. All of these options can be deleted without any negative consequences. Please see the Tool section here and delete the items below. Cookies Search History Cache Authentication Information Power cycle the PS3 console. Try to connect once again. XBOX360 To make sure that no corrupt data is causing your issue, you should clear your cache: From the dashboard, click on My Xbox. Select System Settings. Select Storage. Highlight Hard Drive Device. Press Y to select Device Options, then Clear System Cache. Reboot your console. Redownload the updates for the game. NOTE: Not all games have a Title Update File. From the Dashboard, click on My Xbox. Select System Settings. Select Storage. Select Hard Drive Device by pressing A. Select Games and Apps. Select Game Title. Delete Title Update File. Restart Game. Download the update when prompted. Cheers Basti /UPDATE: Xbox360 added /Update2: PS3 new workaround added
Known Battlefield 4 Issues and Next Steps (Updated: Mar 25)
Taken from the BF4 Control Room on the Battlelog forums - source: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/forum/threadview/2955065219584248915/ Update #46 (Mar 31) PC Game Update Notes Similar to the notes from console update below, with just the following addition: PC Mantle Mantle now requires Catalyst 14.2 or later drivers. Fixed multiple crashes. Fixed memory leak when switching between windowed and full screen. Optimized memory management which can reduce amount of performance stalls when video memory is overcommitted. Improved performance when vsync is used. Fixed bug with offset mouse cursor when using full screen and horizontal windows taskbar. Multi-GPU: Added initial support for frame pacing for smoother frame rate in full screen mode, enabled by default. Can be disabled in console / User.cfg with “RenderDevice.FramePacingMethod 0”. Multi-GPU: Fixed black screen when starting on machine with multiple GPUs where the weakest GPU has the display attached to it. Multi-GPU: Fixed intermittent crash when switching between windowed and full screen mode when having multiple GPUs PC DirectX Fixed bug with borderless window not covering entire screen when starting up Update #45 (Mar 25/27) PS4, PS3, Xbox One, X360 Game Update Notes GENERAL FIXES General stability improvements Fix for a crash that could occur when players were customizing vehicles. Fix for an issue in the Rush game mode where end-of-round screen would always indicate that there were 60 minutes left of the game. Fix for an issue where the splash damage for IFV shells, Helicopter rockets, and Mortar rounds was unable to destroy deployed equipment. Fix for an issue that could cause the quad bike to explode when it hit indestructible objects. Fix for an issue that would cause sniper rifles to display too much bloom when aiming in snowy conditions, especially the outside areas of Operation Locker. Fix for an issue where the ECM would sometimes fail to jam incoming missiles. Shortened the take-off distances for jets to match the length of the runways in Second Assault maps. Fix for going above ceiling exploits in Operation Metro. Fix for a new MAV riding exploit. Fix for kill camera jittering/strobing sometimes if colliding with other world objects or terrain. Fix for soldiers getting catapulted when walking on steep surfaces “NETCODE” Fix for an issue where the kill camera would display the incorrect killer. Fix for an issue where the kill card won’t show up when playing on servers which have the kill camera turned off. Fixed an issue where other soldiers would appear to fire in the wrong direction when turning quickly. Fix for weapons firing twice, or not at all in some instances. Fix for an issue where explosions didn’t do any damage to infantry and vehicles that were outside of the combat area. Fix for an issue where late-joining players wouldn’t correctly experience Levolution events on Paracel Storm and Flood Zone. Fix for an issue that could cause packet loss. PROGRESSION Added Gold Battlepacks as rewards for Class Service Stars, allowing players that have reached the max Rank to continue earning new Battlepacks. WEAPONS / GADGET TWEAKS Increased the damage of the normal buckshot against targets with Body Armor. Reduced the vertical recoil of the M4 and M16A4 to give these burst fire weapons a tighter burst accuracy in their mid- to long range role. Reduced the side-to-side and first shot recoil of the G36C. This weapon now has the lowest side-to-side recoil of the carbines, giving it a clear controllable low rate of fire role, especially when compared to the AK5C, Type-95B-1 and the AKU-12. Tweaked the detonation time of the 40mm LVG so it bounces less before going off. The maximum damage has however been reduced to 80 like the RGO. Reduced the number of how many 40mm HE and LVG rounds players can carry, from 4 to 3. Increased the time it takes to get new 40mm round from ammo boxes. The time is longer for HE and LVG grenades and shorter for utility grenades like SMK and FLASH. GRENADE TWEAKS Increased the time it takes to get new RGO IMPACT, V40 MINI, M84 FLASHBANG and M18 SMOKE grenades from ammo boxes. Since the player now carries more of these grenades, the resupply delay needed to be longer to prevent grenade spamming. VEHICLE TWEAKS Significantly improved the suppression from mounted vehicle weapons, including miniguns, HMGs, LMGs, and all shells types for all armored vehicles. AIRCRAFT TWEAKS Further reduced the repair rate for the Scout Helicopters and the Transport Helicopters. Significantly increased the damage of Transport Helicopter miniguns. Changed the flight ceilings on Gulf of Oman, Caspian Border and Operation Firestorm to better match the height of the structures in those levels. Adjusted the damage of the 25mm and 30mm cannons for both Attacks Jets and Mobile AA to be equal in Damage Per Second to the 20mm default weapons. These weapons were clearly poorer choices in all circumstances, and their different rates of fire are intended to be the player's choice factor for these weapon systems. AC-130 GUNSHIP TWEAKS Increased the splash damage and the range at which the JDAM bombs can achieve max splash damage. The JDAM's power was not properly balanced with its difficulty to use. The JDAM remains a primarily anti-vehicle weapon, though this change will increase the effectiveness against all targets. Increased the accuracy and direct hit damage of the AC130 40mm cannons. 40mm cannons can now be used to fire pinpoint shots in 2-3 round bursts, enabling them to provide accurate fire on infantry and vehicle targets. Their velocity has also been marginally increased to aid their accuracy. Increased the splash damage and range of the AC130 25mm cannons. These cannons now do approximately 50% more damage, in a slightly increased area of impact. The increased damage as well as increased suppression effects will allow the 25mm cannon to fill its role as an area of effect weapon against infantry. Update #45 (Mar 18) R30 Server Update Players will no longer be able to pick up deployed AA mines Players will no longer be able to equip an AA mine together with rocket launchers Fix for an issue where players could have two Javelin projectiles in the air at the same time Javelin damage has been reduced from 34% to 30% Active Radar cone on the Ground Active Radar Missiles has been reduced from 5 degrees to 2 degrees Reduced the resupply time of the Flares from 25 to 20 seconds Reduced the resupply time of the ECM from 30 to 25 seconds Increased the resupply time of Active Protection from 30 to 35 seconds Bullpup weapons with 1x sights should now all properly benefit from increased movement speed while aiming down the sight Increased the damage of the CBJ-MS all ranges to better balance its low rate of fire Reduced the direct damage of the Attack Helicopter Zuni rockets as they were slightly too powerful after the last adjustment - as a result that last increase has been toned down to 50% Increased the side to side recoil of the AWS to balance it with other 800 RPM LMGs and keep its unique firing behavior Reduced the damage of the FIM-92 Stinger and SA-18 IGLA to 35% from 45% against Scout, Attack Helicopters and jets Toned down the helicopter flip caused by FIM-92 Stinger, SA-18 IGLA and Starstreak HVM-2 impacts For UPDATE #1 to #44, click on the spoiler below. Thanks for your Patience We would like to thank all players who have been reporting their issues to us – your feedback is invaluable when making sure we can deliver the Battlefield 4 experience you all deserve. In true DICE fashion, we will keep supporting Battlefield 4 for a long time, and we appreciate your feedback and patience as we work these issues out. /The DICE team Note: As always, you can find the latest info here: www.battlefield.com/bf4controlroomBFBC2 - Failed to login soldier.
Tried to login to BFBC2 this morning, got the message 'failed to login to soldier' when i tried to login. Edit (by EANils): Update #1: http://answers.ea.com/t5/Battlefield-Bad-Company-2/BFBC2-Failed-to-login-soldier/m-p/1535991#M4587 Update #2: Please check the latest update provided: http://answers.ea.com/t5/Battlefield-Bad-Company-2/BFBC2-Failed-to-login-soldier/m-p/1557369#M5859 Note: As many posters appear to have missed this update, I am temporarily marking it as "solution" with the sole purpose of increasing its visibility. Edite (By EaBastian): Update #3: We have deployed a fix on our servers within the last couple of hours. Please check if you are able to login now. If you are still seeing issues, please let us know as it is important for us to verify that the issue is resolved. Unfortunately, this fix has taken more time than expected. This can happen with problems which are not fixable with a server bounce, where the cause of the issue is hiding within the code-structure. We are sorry for the inconvenience and hope that you all are back in the game. Cheers BastiBF4 PC Beta is crashing during loading screen
This topic is only for the freeze issues during loading screen. If you experience other issues, like a crash with a network error message or a crash during the game, please check our board first. We merged several topics in this one to help our team gathering your feedback and provide information and updates for you all. If you want to provide us details about your issue, please post your hardware and software specifications (we would need your driver built and your version of windows). Please keep all in mind: This is a Beta. The reason for this Beta is to test our gameclient out to its. We are collecting your data and working on this issues, as we are preparing the game for the launch, just be patient. Please try following workarounds before you reply in this topic. Some of those workarounds are collected from our community. I am sorry that we are not able to give everyone kudos here in this post. Possible fixes: Windows 7: Update Windows to the latest version, SP1 is recommended and helped several people to fix this issue. We have the highest rate of solved issues with this workaround. If you are playing the Battlefield 4 Beta with a Radeon or Geforce card, please make sure to install their respective Beta drivers: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst13-10WINBetaDriver.aspx Radeon 13.10 Beta Drivers http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/nvidia-geforce-331-40-beta-drivers-released Geforce 331.40 Beta Drivers Please keep in mind that some graphic setups, especially from your graphic card control center, can cause trouble. Go to your custom settings of your video-card software. Disable all extra options for enhanced graphics and set the preferences for AA and anisotropic to “use application settings” or even disable it. Disable especially all graphic boosts from your Nvidia control center or ATI catalyst application. Check your task manager; disable ALL not needed third party applications. If you are running SLI or OC cards, disable your SLI Bridge aka your overclocking option (if possible). You can find the file to manually change your graphic settings under: C:\Users\User X\Documents\Battlefield 4\settings Make sure BF4.exe is added to the whitelist of your firewall. We recommend to disable all firewall/antivirus software before launching the gameclient. Update Punkbuster manually: http://www.punkbuster.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php Put each PunkBuster exe into Compatibility Mode. For 64 bit OS's the PunkBuster exe's are located here: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PnkBstrA.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PnkBstrB.exe Put your BF4 exe into Compatibility Mode as well. Cheers BastiBF4 PC Memory leaking? 94% Memory usage with 12GB
I have a strange issue. out of 12GB of ram, 94% is pegged but it shows no process taking it up, it happens about 20 minutes into game and it gets really choppy. BF4 seems to be eating it up but I'm not sure for what.. When going into task manager, it won't show a single program taking the memory.. it's leaking and ruining my game! Windows 8.1 Radeon 6970 Latest Beta drivers (tried/trying them all) 12gb RAM Anyone else having this kind of issue?
[Battlefield 1943] Network error: Login failed
ive been trying to log in for 5 days now , im getting really sick of it now , beaceause this is my favorite game , at least tell us what the hell is going on , ive been trying to google and search everyday day about 3 hours to finding a answer or a solution , but i cant find anything , im not even getting a email and im almost a top 1000 player with a huge score on leaderboards , i cant take it anymore tel me at least who ore what is f***NG up my weekend ? and my score/position on leaderboards !!!!! i had planned this week to reach on a milion points so i would be in the top 1000 players list , and now i got this anoying error message all the time i see friends of my in the usa stil playing bf1943 , im from holland(the netherlands) , and maybe it will help if other people post here were u are coming from so we can get an idea in wich countrys this network error is 2 , thanks for posting already m8's , i think wil have to figure it out ourself's , please post in this topic were u come from , and how long u have this network error already wel since this is my best readed topic and that we dont know how long this issue will going to take i decided to do something else , im trying to insist game developers to make better games , ever wondered why the weapons from bf vietnam 2004 looks better than in bf 3 ? read it here : http://answers.ea.com/t5/Battlefield-3/wishlist-BF-vietnam-2004-weapons-look-better-than-BF3-read-why/td-p/1126398 thanks ea for solving this issue , i can finally play again now
Battlefield 4 Rubberbanding Lag
I have had the same exact problem in the BF4 beta and I didn't think I would get the same problem in the full game. This lag seems to only affect me and it doesn't matter what game I'm in at all. This lag seems to pull my character back a couple feet every 3-7 seconds, sometimes when I reload it will show the animation of reloading but it never actually reloaded, same with switching between weapons or equipment. It will sometimes just show the animation and not actually do as I intended. This is very frustrating and I don't know how to fix it. All other games and fps games seem to play perfectly fine, completely lagless. I have a new 2013 Alienware 17 with a GTX780m and fairly good hardware but I don't know what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! ;3 <3333[Info Request] Sound issues after latest 30 Jan patch
We are aware that some players having sound issues after the latest patch. We created this topic to gather your feedback. Please tell us your hardware details (especially soundcard and videocard) and if this issue appears on specific game modes. I merged several topics in this one to make it easier to collect your details. Update: Thanks for all your feedback. We are working to fix this issue and letting you know as soon as we have updated information. Update 31 Jan: We are aware that this issue occurs even on some consoles. Please tell us your console model in this case. Cheers Basti
DirectX function GetDeviceRemovedReason failed with dxgi_error_device_hung
[Removed offensive comment - Admin.] You didn´t fix it in BF3!, even tough there were thousands who had the same issue... And making a new bf with the same **bleep**! How dare you ! really, how dare you! ppl are paying for it and by that it should work, without happen to be a PC freak who dig in files and put alil magic in to it and fix it by himself..... SHAME ! we want a soulution and that is now! PS . im not going to by the game, just bcuz of that stupid **bleep**! Windows 8 64-bit 16384MB RAM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048 MB Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (8 CPUs) and pls dont give me any stupid answers aboutm y rig being to bad for the game ![25-28th Dec READ FIRST] Engine / Connection / No contact / 0 lvl etc.
There's currently problems causing connection problems meaning the game probably wont work. This is affecting online play, Battlelog and all platforms. EA / DICE is aware of this and working on the problem. Read more on the Battlelog forums: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/forum/threadview/2955064787744884126/ Threads about this might and should be moved to this thread to avoid making the forum messy. Update from: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/forum/threadview/2979150494098132966/ Personal notes: There's rumours about this being caused by a DDOS attack on the servers. http://map.ipviking.com/ could suggest that is correct PS. Please notice I don't work for EA, I just put this up for the people too lazy not to check the Battlelog forums and to avoid 500 identical threads messing up the forum so people with other problems don't get help. FAQ: What is happening? Details about what is happening, if DICE/EA chooses to tell us will most likely be posted on Battlelog. Until then, we will just have to wait. The server status is showing green but the servers are down, what's up with that? This is true, don't blindly trust the server status icons - they apparently don't work for whatever problem this is. Will the XP event / my gametime be extended? DICE will tell you if it is. Where's my post gone? It's probably been merged with this thread as there's no point in 7000 identical threads. I'm having problems with this Battlefield 4 related service, can you help? Wait with asking for help until the game actually works, we wont know if it's the service being down or or something else causing your issue. Where can I get a refund? Within 48 hours you can use the Great Game Guarentee: http://help.ea.com/en/article/what-s-the-great-games-guarantee/ Otherwise you will have to contact Support : http://help.ea.com/en/contact-us/