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Some BFV Easter Eggs Compilation
Here are some of the BFV Easter eggs found as well as some theories I put together from our findings over at the Battlefield Easter Egg (BFEE) Discord (link in my signature at the bottom). This, of course, doesn't include all EEs, and some of the EEs haven't been compiled yet (at least not by me). Anyway, join the Discord and help us discover new EEs! BFV Firestorm Hangar Room Transcription Compilation With the 23 May 2019 patch, a new room appeared on the west side of the Firestorm preround hangar. There are cryptic writings strewn about on the north and south walls of the room. In addition, among the objects in the room, you will find the same orange devices seen on various vehicles on each of 2 doors on the south wall, 2 Sulis machines along the north side, 5 generators, and a 3-storied catwalk at the room's west end that you can climb to the top with the help of others. Among the wall scribblings, you can make out some of the more coherent texts: *Images by player Jaokait* + On the leftmost south wall, a possible reference to the Library of Alexandria: ALEXANDRIA ALL IS ABLAZE MY TIME IS UP MY RESEARCH IS LOST CONSUMED https://i.imgur.com/UeHPaOg.jpg + On the rightmost south wall, and the leftmost north wall, respectively: SPONTANEOUS GEO-COMBUSTION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE GROUP https://imgur.com/cdcnss8 https://i.imgur.com/xjEEj3C.jpg + Towards the right of the north wall, there is a line from Robert Frost's poem, "Fire and Ice". Note that "IN FIRE" is encircled: SOME SAY THE WORLD WILL END IN FIRE SOME SAY IN ICE https://i.imgur.com/MHK1lDi.jpg + On the center north wall, site 9 appears to be the new excavation site 650m east of Pluto Dig Site A: MARCUS LOCTUS 0 IS INVALID! YOU WERE RIGHT. I'M SORRY SITE 9 IS CONFIRMED BY THE GROUP AND OUR <illegible> BUILD THE DOME! ≈ 650m E https://i.imgur.com/1aqoko6.jpg <illegible> starts with B, E, F, P, or R Other texts, some that repeat: + WE ARE SAVED + 333 + 32115 + TK ECRKFR + HELI (?) BFV Telephone Compilation *Interactive phone compilation by @HotelMama, images by @PriimalHunter There are a total of 47 telephones found so far in BFV. Note that there are more telephone assets throughout the game; however, those phones aren't interactive or out-of-place. 45 total phones can be found among all 9 multiplayer maps, with these attributes: 1) Phones do not spawn in the preround 2) Phones are indestructible 3) Phones can be seen in spectator mode 4) One phone randomly spawns per round 5) Phones spawn in one of five locations 6) Phone visibility is distance/FOV based + Aerodrome: <https://i.imgur.com/Ev5V3IW.jpg> + Arras: <https://i.imgur.com/ZRjTmQD.jpg> + Devastation: <https://i.imgur.com/xfKgYVn.jpg> + Fjell: <https://i.imgur.com/JTswymR.jpg> + Hamada: <https://i.imgur.com/zK4iO4V.jpg> + Narvik: <https://i.imgur.com/VkwkVaz.jpg> + Panzerstorm: <https://i.imgur.com/t7MQXVR.jpg> + Rotterdam: <https://i.imgur.com/lqRa7je.jpg> + Twisted Steel: <https://i.imgur.com/4y8VQpy.jpg> After you hold the interactive key for 1 minute, you'll hear either static or a variation of "Hallo? Hallo? Ist jemand da?" ("Hello? Hello? Is someone there?"). This is similar to the dialogue by the German POW still left in the trunk of the car from the outro cinematic at the very end of the Under No Flag campaign - "Hello? Hello? Is someone there? ...Please.": <https://i.imgur.com/5T5zpbf.png> + The 46th phone can be found when playing Grand Operations on Day 3 of Battle of Hannut at Arras (Rush). Navigate to the Change Appearance screen. To the left of your soldier, a phone can be seen on the ground. Image Reddit u/Fila1921 https://i.redd.it/o14idybvsri21.jpg + The 47th phone can be found when playing Breakthrough on Mercury at the Change Appearance screen in between your soldier's feet. The door in the back is closed, as you can see the door handle and key hole (i.e. it's a lighting bug). https://i.imgur.com/vDAuKMu.png -------------------------- BFV Teddy Bear Compilation As of now, there are a total of 12 "static" teddy bears, and many more "dynamic" teddy bears at MCOM objectives found in BFV. These teddy bears are indestructible. Single Player There are a total of 7 teddy bears found in single player. + In Act 1 of Tirailleur, "Liberté", after the first section of enemies, you'll come across a wide open field. Beyond the concrete barricades, steer right. There you will find a teddy bear with a helmet and rifle. https://i.imgur.com/IEJh3hV.jpg + In Act 3 of The Last Tiger, "Tooth and Nail", there are a total of 6 teddy bears found strapped on top of select US Sherman tanks. https://i.imgur.com/GUpq9wu.jpg Multiplayer + On Twisted Steel, you'll see a teddy bear with a helmet and rifle on Conquest objective B on top of the beams on the west side of the bridge. https://i.imgur.com/VVyg3KM.png + In game modes that involve arming an MCOM, such as in Frontlines and Rush, teddy bears can be found on top of the MCOM. The number of these teddy bears are equal to the number of MCOM objectives across all relevant game modes and maps. These teddy bears are "dynamic" in the sense that they don't appear in other game modes. Here's an example on Arras in Rush mode: https://i.imgur.com/UycFiUK.png Here's an example on Twisted Steel in Frontlines mode: https://i.imgur.com/6w3i7Go.png Firestorm There are a total of 3 teddy bears found in Halvoy. 2 are located NW of the map, and 1 is SE of the map. + 1 teddy bear can be found just NW of Minerva Docks hiding under a little door beneath one of the main entrances of a home. Use an explosive to break the door open to reveal the teddy bear. https://i.imgur.com/gvTShXH.jpg https://i.imgur.com/8F14lTj.png + The other 2 teddy bears can be found at or near Nannahavn at the locations shown in the map below. One is near the train tracks among luggage, and the other is located at the stairs of one of the homes at Nannahavn. https://i.imgur.com/P7EJqaO.jpg Trailer + In the first reveal trailer at 0:14. https://i.imgur.com/Vil92fl.png ------------------------------------------- BFV Dinosaur Compilation There are a few dinosaur references within BFV, and some references made by an EA DICE designer outside of the game as possible hints to dinosaur EEs. Single Player + In the second act of Tirailleur, "Égalité", find your way to the wrecked plane site (second to last sector). You will find a pile of boxes near the tail half of the plane wreckage. Hidden in between them is a T-Rex toy. This toy *is* destructible with explosives. https://i.imgur.com/yAlItL0.jpg Multiplayer + As a spectator, join any game on Devastation. Pan over to the SW of the map, well out-of-bounds into the open area - you will find a single track that resembles a T-Rex's, but MUCH bigger. https://i.imgur.com/lPgBcnV.jpg + On Wake Island, go to Conquest objective B. At the mess room building, you will see 5 coconuts at either end. Destroy all 5 and a Dungeons & Dragons game will appear on one of the end tables, with the game already in progress. A T-Rex toy will be among the figurines. https://i.imgur.com/PcLUQqCr.png -------------------------------------------- BFV Snowmen Compilation There are a total of 24 snowmen found so far in BFV. Single Player In Act 3 of the Nordlys campaign, "Wolf & Dog", you will find 3 snowmen. + The first one can be found at the cabin near the village, east and up the mountain of the first red house with three enemies and an alarm. This cabin has three enemies. https://i.imgur.com/TsPz4WY.jpg + The second one can be found at the furthest red house at the village. You'll see two versions of the snowman - one with the Panzerfaust sticking out and one without. - it appears to be RNG. In either case, shoot the snowman to pick it up. https://i.imgur.com/HKf58b0.png https://i.imgur.com/bjMbc0u.png + The third one can be found at the cabin in between the heavy water truck and docklands objectives. Go through the three enemies stationed there, and look behind the cabin for the snowman. https://i.imgur.com/2v6ZgDQ.jpg Multiplayer 2 snowmen were found on Narvik. + The previous location of one of the snowmen was at the yellow house near Conquest objective A. That one was pre-built and had to be destroyed and rebuilt for the ToW assignment. https://i.imgur.com/AKb6E9U.jpg + However, that snowman was removed and there's a new snowman near the fences at Conquest objective A. https://i.imgur.com/CAS6LFE.png + 1 snowman was found on Fjell 652 near Conquest objective E. https://i.imgur.com/rlLJ69M.png + 7 snowmen can be built on Wake Island. https://i.imgur.com/6L59MCd.jpg Firestorm + 10 snowmen can be found NE of Halvoy. In particular, they can be found at Hodstad, the village SE of Hodstad, NW of the dome, and north of the Pluto dig site. Here's the solo snowman found north of Pluto dig site: https://i.imgur.com/rRG4s52.png Check the Cartography Compilation below for specific locations. Combined Arms + 1 snowman can be built on Fjell 652 in the High Intelligence mission. The snowman can be built near the extraction area. https://i.imgur.com/LZYDQ7j.png -------------------------------------------------- BFV Gnomes Compilation There are a total of 11 locations where you may find gnomes in BFV. When you find and destroy the gnome, its behavior is as follows: 1. Periodically, the gnome(s) you destroy will follow you around, then vanish and reappear repeatedly until you repair the gnome(s) at the original location. 2. When you look at them, they will turn to face you with glowing red eyes. 3. The gnomes are only visible to the player that destroyed it, e.g. if you destroy both gnomes on Fjell 652, both will follow you and are only visible to you; whereas, if someone else destroys one and you destroy the other, then each gnome will only be visible to the respective player who destroyed it. 4. They will not come indoors (e.g. a house). + At Arras, you will be able to find a gnome at 8 possible locations. Note that only 1 gnome will be available among the 8 locations per map load. Images in part by @priimalhunter: https://i.imgur.com/4l1xYyH.png + On Fjell 652 on the Combined Arms mission "High Intelligence", you will find a set of 2 gnomes at the village in the home closest to the field gun. Directly opposite the doorway at the bottom left corner, you will find 2 gnomes. Despite the fact that these gnomes are found indoors, the gnomes don't seem to follow you indoors. Image by @Bobwire Bob (Bundgaard): https://i.imgur.com/2wJHmiT.png + At the Practice Range's introductory cinematic, you'll see a gnome inside the cockpit of a plane. https://i.imgur.com/RuvmFOE.png ------------------------------- BFV Cartography Compilation - Firestorm Raw Maps High Res In-game Map: https://i.imgur.com/ncxQ48H.jpg Sulis Map: https://i.imgur.com/Qr8krOf.png Satellite Map: https://i.imgur.com/ncxQ48Hr.jpg Maps w/ Points of Interests (POIs) Updated Halvoy Map: https://i.imgur.com/gP44Om3.jpg In-game Map w/ All POIs: https://i.imgur.com/YY3xf2b.jpg In-game Map w/ Sulis Map Overlay + "Relevant" POIs: https://i.imgur.com/RzjZyjl.jpg Satellite Map w/ All POIs: https://i.imgur.com/X57yKGM.jpg Satellite Map w/ Sulis Map Overlay + "Relevant" POIs: https://i.imgur.com/OqK81Ul.jpg Satellite Map w/ Sulis Arrows + "Relevant" POIs: https://i.imgur.com/Qb5ZMoG.jpg Satellite Map w/ 300M Scale: https://i.imgur.com/izZ5oPY.jpg Practice Range Items of Interest: https://i.imgur.com/VUiVULY.jpg At Halvoy, the supply point balloons will have alpha-numeric digits on them: 04B 6D 06F 7H (this balloon's location changed since the 23 May 2019 update to make room for one of the watchtowers; the alpha-numeric # changed from 12F) 7I 10D 10J 29I 30K (appears twice) 38K 50A 51K 57D 60G 61K 70D 75G 82H 98I 99C --------------------------------------- BFV Keys Compilation Two interactable keys can be found in BFV. It is not yet known what the keys are for, or that they have any function besides being able to pick them up. Note that you can repeatedly pick up these keys each time you load into the map, but only once per map load (i.e. they do not respawn). In other words, after the keys are picked up for the first time, there is no way to pick up the keys again unless you restart that map. + The first key can be found on the single player campaign, Nordlys in Act 3, "Wolf and Dog". As you near the village objective, you will see a red house with an alarm and three enemies. Enter the red house and reach the attic. You will see a key on the window sill. https://i.imgur.com/jK9F45Y.png + The second key can be found on the Combined Arms mission "High Intelligence". When you reach the village, go to the furthest house closest to the extraction area, right by the field gun. Once there, directly across the door you will find a key on the window sill. https://i.imgur.com/xu8wqQk.pngBattlefield V Tips, Part II: Settings
This is the Settings overview of my Battlefield V Tips (you can find part 1 on Strategy tips here). It's primarily aimed at improving performance, so do keep that in mind as relative visual quality will obviously suffer. Some gamers may have developed various preferences which may detract from the settings below, but many folks will probably find the following to offer a moderate to massive improvement in performance and / or convenience. Mouse-specific settings are in bold red text below. Over time, I'll add to or update the settings tips below. Comment if you have other suggestions, opinions, etc. to add to the list below. Out-of-Game Settings + Update your graphics card Do this first. Nvidia users: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx AMD users: https://www.amd.com/en/support If you're an Nvidia user... Make sure to enable "Use the 3D application setting": Right-click desktop > Nvidia Control Panel > 3D Settings > Manage 3D Settings > Global Settings tab > Vertical Sync > "Use the 3D application setting" You can update your graphics driver directly via Nvidia's GeForce Experience, which automatically detects your GPU and lets you know when a new driver is out. Restart your computer. + Wired > Wireless Use a wired ethernet connection instead of a WiFi connection. Wireless is inherently slower and less reliable than a direct wire connection, all else constant. If your computer is a little too far from the modem to connect to, then it may prove worthwhile to invest in an (appropriate length) ethernet cable. If for some reason a wireless connection is the only option, then there are some settings on your (modem-)router that you can adjust yourself by going to "192.168.01" via your browser's address search. There you can adjust a myriad settings to your router to help mitigate connectivity issues, such as limiting which devices have access to your router, establishing a proper WiFi password, and removing guest accounts (i.e. is someone leeching off your internet?), along with more advanced options that require of you to research your specific device further. + Disable "Enhance pointer precision" This Windows feature makes your mouse movement inconsistent. You want the mouse pointer's distance to move in proportion with your mouse movement's distance traveled, as opposed to your mouse movement's speed. In other words, all else constant, if you quickly nudge your mouse a small distance, your mouse shouldn't change behavior and jump to the other side of the screen. Control Panel > Devices and Printers > Mouse > Pointer Options tab > Uncheck "Enhance pointer precision" If you're using the Logitech Gaming Software for your mouse, there's also an option that defaults-in the Enhance Pointer Precision, and overrides your Windows settings. Make sure that this is left unchecked. + Disable Windows Fullscreen Optimization Disabling this Windows feature leads to fewer crashes when you ALT+TAB out of the game. I'm sure there are other benefits, too. Right click Battlefield V executable file > Properties > Compatibility tab > Check "Disable fullscreen optimizations" + Automatic console commands This displays the FPS at the top-right corner of your screen automatically upon the game's launch so that you don't have to enter console commands every time. The second line affects the size shown of the FPS value - a value of 3 is good on 4K, while a value of 2 is good on 1920 x 1080. You can fudge around with the third line but I like mine at 2. If you want to explore this topic in greater depth, check out the pinned thread at the Technical Issues sub-forum on how you can maximize your FPS by @2042isNotBF. Open Notepad and enter these three lines: PerfOverlay.DrawFPS 1 PerfOverlay.FpsDisplayScale 3 Gametime.Maxvariablefps XXX Save the file as user.cfg, and save it to your Battlefield V's main directory (typically under Program Files... but you can simply right-click the BFV exe on the desktop and choose "Open file location"). Note that the "XXX" in Gametime.Maxvariablefps XXX is the max fps that you want. For me, that number is 119. For you, that number may be different. Foremost, as a bit of an overview of optimizing your FPS... I like to think of it like rhythm, or analogous to clapping on beat to a song. If you have say a 60 Hz monitor, then 120 FPS in-game is at double its rhythm and is on beat. Basically, a whole number factor of your monitor's native refresh rate jibes well. If you're playing "off beat" at say 83 FPS, then the frame rate is not synced, and you'll see that mismatch in-game (e.g. screen tears). This is part of the point of V-Sync and framerate limiters - to sync the FPS produced with what your monitor can handle, to produce a smooth visual experience. A few FPS off won't really make a difference, but the more off you are will cause screen tears and other non-desirable effects. First, go to a V-sync monitor test site such as vsynctester.com and find out your true refresh rate. Although my native refresh rate was supposedly at 59.94 Hz, the real world test showed that it was a little under that, closer to 59.5 Hz. Next, find out what your in-game FPS typically peaks at, or take the mode (the most consistent FPS value). Then take your refresh rate and multiply it by the highest whole number within your peak / mode FPS value. For instance, if you have a real refresh rate of 59.5 and you max out your in-game FPS at 130, your maximum value is 119. This 119 value is set as the "framerate limit" value in RTSS. I find myself playing at a much more consistent and constant refresh rate of 119 without volatility, which helps with consistent shooting (i.e. the FPS doesn't keep jumping all over the place from say, 130 down to 119 to 125 to 119, etc.). + Disable Origin In-Game You can avoid any sort of lag due to Origin In-Game running within Battlefield V. Also, the Origin FPS counter is redundant with the automatic console commands. Go to Origin > Origin In-Game: Enable Origin In-Game: OFF Also, you must disable Origin In-Game on a per game basis. Go to Origin > My Game Library > Right click the BFV game image > Select Game Properties: "Enable Origin In-Game for Battlefield V": OFF Similarly, eliminate any further lag due to Origin by not sending data to Origin. Go to Origin > Diagnostics > Help Improve Origin: Share hardware info: OFF Share system interaction data: OFF Origin crash reporting: Never send + MSI Afterburner This program overclocks (OC) your GPU. I won't get into the nitty gritty of it, as you can find a lot of resources online regarding it. Instead, this'll be a very simple overview of what you can do if you're looking to get even more performance out of your GPU. This should be the last thing you do among the out-of-game settings listed here, as other, much simpler steps can be taken without taxing your GPU and shortening your GPU's life. After you've downloaded MSI Afterburner, make sure to click on the buttons circled in red below until their highlighted. Since this will be a very brief and a beginner's guide to MSI Afterburner, we'll only be focusing on the Core Clock value. Increase this value in 50 MHz intervals. If you don't crash after playing several games, then you can continue to increase the MHz. Keep going until your game crashes. Then either revert back to your previous MHz value, or tweak it further between the last two values. Note that this is just the maximum MHz value, and it isn't necessarily the best setting. If you're getting a huge increase in performance by overclocking it to say, 100 MHz, and further increases don't see much more improvement, then you don't need to go any higher, even though your game won't crash even at say, 300 MHz. After you've determined your core clock value, click on the save icon shown below. The numbers to the left will blink. Select a number (e.g. 1). This will save that configuration to profile #1. Then, change all of your values back to 0 (i.e. core clock = "+0"). Click on the save icon once more and select a different number to save that configuration (e.g. 2). As it stands now, these profiles need to be applied manually so that the desired overclocking value takes effect. But, that'll be tedious and you don't want the GPU to overclock when you're out of the game (even though MSI Afterburner may revert back to the default 0 value when you exit BFV, this is a safeguard). Thus, you want to have the correct profile load automatically when you open up and exit out of Battlefield V. Settings (gear) icon > Profile tab > Automatic profiles management: 2D profile: 2 <Your default profile when you're on your desktop> 3D profile: 1 <Profile when you play Battlefield V> + Mouse DPI & Sensitivity This is a contentious topic with lots of theories on how to maximize your performance. In reality, it's all relative to your setup and your play style preference. Other mouse settings are in bold red headers above and below this section. Although a higher DPI will offer a smoother mouse movement, the trade-off is that precision aiming becomes too volatile - the slightest nudge will throw your aim off. That's why in some games like CS:GO, the tried and true way to go is low DPI (i.e. 400-800) and low sensitivity. However, there are many other factors to consider, including but not limited to monitor size, resolution, distance to monitor, mouse movement style, etc. You will basically have to do some trial and error to fine tune your mouse's settings to maximize your performance. Here's one method to manually fine tune your mouse: Set your DPI to a factor of your resolution scale: if you're playing at 4K, or 3840 x 2160, then you can try a dpi of 3840*0.5= 1920. Your mouse may only allow you to set your DPI in increments of 50, 100, etc. In which case, round to the value closest to your target number. In our case, that'll be 1900 when you have increments of 50. Next, go to the practice range to test out how your mouse feels. If you tend to drag your mouse with your arm, take the maximum distance of your horizontal mouse movement (typically the lateral width of your mouse pad), look straight ahead at a reference object (e.g. a pole), and drag your mouse all the way across to the other end of your mouse pad. You should end up at the same reference object, i.e. you should have done a single 360° rotation. If not, tweak your sensitivity accordingly, and do the 360° test again until you end up at the same reference point. If it still feels awkward, then that's when you modify your mouse DPI (e.g. from 1900 down to 1800); you'll have to readjust your sensitivity after you do another 360° test. Keep repeating these steps until you are comfortable moving, turning, shooting, aiming, etc. Now, if you're a wrist user, instead of using your entire mouse pad width as your distance, you'll want to measure the actual maximum distance traveled as you pivot with your wrist. That is, measure the horizontal distance you actually travel with your mouse as you do a 360° turn. The rest of the methodology from the arm-mouse player applies. + Close all other programs when playing This is a bit self-explanatory. Depending on your computer's hardware setup, this alone may help you see a marked decrease in in-game lag. Make sure to close all other programs such as internet browsers, and don't forget to close any unnecessary background processes. + Latency Variation (FIX)- If you get the symbol below, you are having latency variation issues. That basically means that your latency, or "ping", is not consistent or stable enough, which may be responsible for a significant amount of lag on your end. To resolve this issue, I've found that a hard reset of the modem/router works best. 1. Unplug your modem's power for 5 minutes. 2. Plug it back in, and wait 2 minutes as it loads back up. 3. Repeat these first 2 steps for the router. If you have a modem-and-router-in-one, then you can ignore step 3. If you're still experiencing issues with your modem, then you may want to dig a bit deeper and see if it may be a hardware issue. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In-Game Settings All of the following in-game settings are meant to focus on performance. Obviously then, the trade-off is that you will see a relative decline in visual quality. Keep that in mind as you consider the following in-game settings. Check out the screenshots and match them up. There are a lot of small and large impact settings to go through, so I'll leave it at simply showing you screenshots of what I have. And, just like the out-of-game settings from earlier, some of these settings minimize variability in your mouse's input so that it's more predictable and consistent. + Graphics - Video Basic Fullscreen Resolution: <Native desktop resolution recommended> Field of View: 74* Vehicle 3P Field of View: 95 ADS Field of View: OFF Motion Blur: 0% Chromatic Aberration: OFF Film Grain: OFF Vignette: OFF Lens Distortion: OFF *Note that a value of 74 is equal to a value of 90° in horizontal view. If you put the value at its max, then it becomes a 120° viewing angle (the actual viewing angle of humans in real life). You actually don't want this "real" value because your entire viewing angle is scrunched up onto the monitor, which makes objects harder to see the further away they are (unless you have an ultra wide monitor or multi-monitor setup). However, a value of 74 (90°) basically mimics your actual depth perception and cuts off the periphery. In other words, for most single monitors, a value of 74 is closer to how you actually see things in real life. This 74 value may or may not equate to a different horizontal degree value than 90, depending on your monitor, resolution, etc. Make sure to hover your mouse over the "Field of View" item to see the viewing angle over to the right. + Graphics - Video Advanced DX12 Enabled: OFF Resolution Scale: 100 (or less; note that I set my resolution scale to 80 as a personal preference) Framerate Limiter: <Matches RTSS's "Framerate limit" value from earlier as close as possible> Future Frame Rendering: ON Vertical Sync: OFF GPU Memory Restriction: OFF <Important if you're using programs like MSI Afterburner> Graphics Quality: All set to LOW or OFF (If you're playing on 4K, LOW is the lowest I'd go; if you're playing on 1920 x 1080, MED is the lowest I'd go). + Key Bindings If you're struggling with flying your plane, then these plane control settings should help you tremendously. Some people like to change a key or two, but these work well for me. Throttle Up: L-Shift Throttle Down: S Yaw Right: D Yaw Left: A Pitch Up: SPACE Pitch Down: W + Gameplay - Basic HUD Motion: OFF Share Usage Data: OFF + Gameplay - Advanced Camera Shake Scale: 50% Character Lighting: ON Soldier Aim Assist: 0% Soldier Aim Assist Zoom Snap: 0% Vehicle Aim Assist: 0% Vehicle Aim Assist Zoom Snap: 0% Reload Hint: HIDE Hint System: HIDE Network Performance Graph: HIDE Aim Lead Indicator: HIDE The network performance graphs can be moved accordingly. Turn them on or off as you test your network performance. I personally leave them off in-game, but they may be good for troubleshooting purposes (from @EA_Atic) You can see the network graph now has bullet registration system and a button bar to see all active stats and instances. + Controls - Advanced Uniform Soldier Aiming: ON Coefficient: 100% Uniform Vehicle Aiming: ON Coefficient: 100% Vehicle Aim-Relative Controls: ON Decouple Aiming from Turning (As Driver): ON Decouple Aiming from Turning (As Passenger): ON + Controls - Advanced (Continued) Soldier Aim Ratio: 100% Vehicle Aim Ratio: 100% Note: If you're a wrist user, since your vertical mouse movement is more restricted, then setting the Soldier Aim Ratio closer to 50% may be more comfortable. + Controls - Controller Tuning Raw Mouse Input: ON Vibration: OFF + What different in-game server symbols mean Although the specific symbols may be a little different in BFV, the symbols below are similar enough to what's in BFV that you'll recognize them. When you see the respective symbols in-game, you'll know what's causing any sort of performance slumps or lags. When it's server side, there's nothing you can do besides switching servers. Everything else may be reason for you to take a look at your settings more carefully. + Search servers manually, not automatically. This'll help to alleviate any frustration with waiting too long for games, or getting stuck on low population servers. This "old school" method is still the best way to search for the best servers. Go to Play > Multiplayer > Advanced Search > Choose the quick filters on the right, or select the Full Filter button I like to filter the servers by region to see only servers available in my region. It's also nice to show only the servers that aren't empty via Free Slots. Check out the screenshots below as one example to refine your search.
Our Anti-Cheat Approach in Battlefield V
Playing Battlefield™ V should always be a fair experience. We have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to cheating and the anti-cheat team here at DICE is constantly working towards identifying and banning players who use hacks to ruin the experience for honest players. We’d like to answer some of the most asked questions on this topic and detail how we’re working tirelessly to create a safe, secure environment for the community. This article will touch on the current state of affairs, but our anti-cheat work is, of course, an ongoing endeavor. Going forward, you'll see more status updates on our anti-cheat efforts. Please note: in this article, we are intentionally leaving out some of the key details of our anti-cheat efforts to avoid revealing anything which cheaters and cheat program developers may take advantage of. What are the top five things DICE is doing to prevent cheating in Battlefield V? 1) Working on better prevention, hardening the PC client against exploits. 2) Scaling up detection efforts. 3) Investigating supplementary deterrence methods which can work alongside banning accounts. 4) Investigating methods of improving the reporting flow, including easier reporting. 5) Keeping up to date with the latest cheat developments and reacting to them in a faster and leaner manner. How are you identifying cheaters in Battlefield V? We use a combination of in-game and server technology, such as FairFight, along with information from external websites, player reporting, and social channels. Having worked on anti-cheat for a long time, we have the knowledge combined with a refined set of procedures to identify cheating. However, finding the cheaters' unique identifiers and issuing bans based on them is not a silver bullet. Cheat developers work tirelessly to get around these methods, which creates a cat-and-mouse game in which we constantly need to be vigilant. How are confirmed cheaters being punished? After the launch of Battlefield V... all bans for cheating in the game are now permanent. No more one-week suspensions. We can’t guarantee that cheaters won’t come back using new accounts, though. Players will be banned as soon as we reliably detect them and will be removed from the active game if need be. How can one tell the difference between a great player and a cheating player? This is one of the challenges of anti-cheat work. There are many skilled players who do seemingly impossible things in game, and they are often wrongly reported as cheaters (shout out to Stodeh who highlights this with some amazing plays). Our team at DICE is trained to spot cheaters through its knowledge of different hacks and cheat types, which we constantly keep up to date with. Some cheaters are good in masking themselves. Some are not – and some do not care. These aggressive players are getting dozens of kills without attempting to hide their cheating and are often harassing other users through the chat. Getting into Spectator mode and observing the player is your best bet to spot cheaters. Are they consistently tracking enemy players through walls? Did they make an aim adjustment which seems inhuman? Do they kill players in less than the expected bullet amount? Are all their kills headshots? These can all be clues to help you make an informed decision. How do I report a suspected cheater? You can submit a report through the Origin overlay if you're playing on PC or through your respective consoles if you're playing on Xbox One or PlayStation® 4. This walkthrough on the Battlefield™ Forums will show you how: https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/report-players-for-cheating-abuse-and-harassment/ How do you know you won't incorrectly ban players? Before activating bans on players, we always do thorough investigations. In 2018, the number of false positive bans in all DICE titles could be counted on one hand. (Compromised accounts would not be classed as false positives as they were banned correctly in the first place.) We are always cautious to avoid issuing false positive bans that would cause trouble for players fighting fair. You can learn more about banned or suspended accounts here: https://help.ea.com/en/help/account/information-about-banned-or-suspended-accounts/. How does cheating impact PC versus console players? Due to the nature of the platform, PC is by far the platform where cheats are most common. We are however aware of the (few) potential ways to cheat on console, and we're constantly following developments in both Battlefield and the consoles themselves to see if further ways to cheat will be made possible. How can I protect my EA Account so it won’t be compromised and used by cheaters? Follow this link to learn how you can protect your EA Account: https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/account/how-to-maintain-account-security/. What can I as a non-cheating player do? Remember to secure your account to prevent compromises. For the health of the game, we will be unable to discriminate between a cheater who is using a compromised account or not, so save yourself from potential heartbreak and learn how to protect your account with a strong password and log-in verification here: https://help.ea.com/help/account/how-to-maintain-account-security. Also, you should be aware of Battlefield V's code of conduct: https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/battlefield/battlefield-v/play-by-the-battlefield-v-rules. (Source) With this update, we'd like to remind you to please report cheating through our official channels, instead of discussing or highlighting it via forums. This means going forward we'll close threads regarding cheating to ensure our dedicated teams can action the reports via the appropriate channels.
Broken Rank Advancement
Product: Battlefield V Platform:PC Please specify your platform model. PC AMD or Nvidia Model Number GTX 1080 Enter RAM memory size in GB 32 Which part of the game is the issue happening in? Game Menu In which game menu were you when the bug occurred? Company Please select your region North America On which server did this happen? N/A When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) 11/9/2018 Summarize your bug I am level 10 support. However, around level 7 I noticed that rank advancements for support are not unlocking associated weapons. For example, at level 8 I can't access the Bren LMG. When I try to select it, it says it will be available during the next game, but it never frees up. This has continued to be a problem with each additional support rank. I currently can only access rank 7 or lower weapons and equipment, even though its telling me its unlocked. How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Go into my account and review the My Company area for my support specialization. What happens when the bug occurs? I can't access new equipment. What should be happening instead? I should be able to access new equipment as I rank up. Attached is my bug report on broken rank advancement for Support. I'm level 10 support, but can't access equipment past rank 7.
[FIXED] Server Outages - April 5th 2021
Heyo Battlefielders, I just wanted to stop by and firstly apologize for the lack of acknowledgement from our teams over the weekend, this is attributed to lower coverage over the holiday period of Easter. We have seen your various posts on the possible server outages for Battlefield you're currently experiencing and have escalated this to the appropriate teams. Hopefully with this we can see some traction on getting this issue resolved. Please standby, we'll update this thread as we hear back from teams on the resolution of these issues. 2pm CT: Currently no update from the team on an ETA of expected fix. 4pm CT: Currently no update from the team on an ETA of expected fix. 6am CT /11am GMT - We have rolled out updates this morning and servers should now be working.
Set up for the most FPS in BFV
Updated... I put this topic into part 1 and Part 2 in part 2 I will put a group of settings to use for the 20..RTX video cards. As well as programs to keep off a PC with settings to use to keep your FPS as high as they can be and your PC stable. The part 1 section is for the PC having a harder time with BFV with FPS... Part 1.. All of this was tested on Dx11 and Dx12 Last part only works on Dx11 it will work in Dx12 if you remove one line see below ... last part in part 1 ... Take note I am still pushing for more FPS to check back as I update this post. First step open Nvidia Control panel under 3D settings go to Adjust image settings with preview Pick use my preference and set it to performance and hit apply. Next in Nvidia control panel go to .. manage 3D settings add BFV and make sure this in in place.... BATTLEFIELD V NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL SETTINGS: Anistropic filtering: Off Antialiasing – FXAA: Off Antialiasing – Gamma correction: Off Antialiasing – Mode: Off Antialiasing – Setting: None Antialiasing – Transparency: Off Maximum pre-rendered frames: 1 Power management mode: Prefer maximum performance Shader Cache: On Texture filtering – Anistropic sample option: Off Texture filtering – Negative LOD bias: Allow Texture filtering – Quality: High performance Texture filtering – Trilinear optimization: Off Threaded optimization: ON Triple buffering: Off Vertical sync: Off For Origin turn off cloud storage and turn off origin in game. Next step in game video settings advanced ..... Make sure frame rate limiter is set to 200 future frame rendering- off --you can put this on for a few fps but you will get input lag and makes it more harsh to get a kill. vertical sync- off GPU memory restriction- off Below set everything to custom or low <--I use low as I want FPS over eye candy. Under video Basic .... motion blur set to 0 For windows 8.1 do steps in the video link minis the DX12 for Windows 10 turn on DX12 do above steps as well as follow this video and do his steps but I would still keep future frame rendering- off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k5wipJmMcg To make a cfg for steps below please do this.... To see fps in game with no typing do this.... To see FPS in game with out fraps etc: 1- open note pad 2-put this in the note pad..... perfoverlay.drawfps 1 Perfoverlay.fpsdisplayscale 4 <<< this can change to 3 or 2 or 1 depending how big or small you want it. 4 is large. 3-when you make the user.cfg in notepad,change the file type from text to all. And name it user.cfg 4-Put in .....:\Program Files\Origin Games\Battlefield 5 5-Also close Origin to put cfg in just to be safe :} 6-You will see your FPS in top right of screen when you start BFV 7- Add settings below to help fps as well to this cfg.... Below will only work on Dx11 Last part add this below to the FPS cfg you made and start the game to test if you like it or not. At the very end of this topic I put haw to make a FPS cfg... For this to work on Dx12 remove the line... WorldRender.LightTileCsPathEnable 0 Or set it to 1 and your game will load correct. PostProcess.DofMethod 0 PostProcess.DynamicAOEnable 0 PostProcess.DynamicAOMethod 0 Render.VSyncFlashTestEnable 0 WorldRender.TransparencyShadowmapsEnable 0 WorldRender.SpotLightShadowmapEnable 0 WorldRender.SpotLightShadowmapResolution 1 WorldRender.LightTileCsPathEnable 0 WorldRender.PlanarReflectionEnable 0 WorldRender.EmitterSunTransmittanceMapEnable 0 WorldRender.EmitterSunTransmittanceMapResolution 0 WorldRender.FilmicEffectsEnable 0 RenderDevice.VSyncEnable 0 RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 2 RenderDevice.StereoConvergenceScale 0 RenderDevice.StereoSeparationScale 0 RenderDevice.StereoSoldierZoomConvergenceScale 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 2... For 20xx RTX cards For Origin turn off cloud storage and turn off origin in game. ___Make sure you turn both OFF Open Nvidia Control panel under 3D settings go to Adjust image settings with preview Pick use my preference and set it to performance and hit apply. Next step in game video settings advanced in BFV ..... DXR enabled OFF sorry its still making crashing in BFV and not worth keeping it on just yet. Nvidia DLSS OFF High Dynamic Range OFF Make sure frame rate limiter is set to 200 future frame rendering- off vertical sync- off UI Upscasling AUTO GPU memory restriction- off Below set graphics quality to custom Everything on med or low play with it see what works best for your PC but stuff below... Mesh Quality is on Ultra Antialiasing post processing is on TAA LOW Ambient Occlusion is OFF FX amount is on LOW DXR you cant turn off its on Ultra Under Basic Video settings do this for settings in BFV motion blur set to 0 Under video Basic .... ADS Fild of View - OFF ADS DOF Effects OFF Chromatic Aberration OFF Vignette OFF Lens Distortion OFF If you still have issues look at programs on your PC and try a clean boot to try and pinpoint the program making issues .. https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows It could also be Armoury Crate , Discord overlay 1-If you have discord installed turn off overlay..settings- App Settings- Enable Overlay- Off , origin in game. origin cloud storage on or GForce experience if you have them installed uninstall them or turn them OFF. Never use a program like GForce experience to set up your video card it only make bad FPS and issues. By playing with your settings yourself you can get more FPS out of your games and your PC will be more stable. To be sure its not the game crashing your PC. It is very easy to blame the game and yes the game has issues still but it is best to rule out everything on your PC first. No question BFV is a CPU hog but BFV can be more stable if your PC is stable. To be sure windows is not the issue please try this to rule it out , I run this after every format once every driver is in and windows update is done it is normal to find a problem the first time you run it so please run it 2x with reboot between.. Test your windows for errors as a clean windows install does not always make a stable windows. NOTE: Running SFC does not guarantee the crash will not happen, but it will ensure it is not because a windows Dll or file is corrupted in windows. This works in all windows O/S vista Win7, Win8 , Win8.1 and win 10 windows system file checker :] Copy and past this to note pad and put it on your desktop. As open programs can give you errors when you run this. -For win7 go to start/ bottom left screen / windows globe .. Right click in search type cmd and right click cmd pick run as administrator. -For win 8.1 and win 10 right mouse click start bottom left of screen / windows box and pick command prompt administrator or Administer windows power shell. 1-Open administrator command prompt and close web pages and programs like Origin, Steam etc. 2-Type or copy and paste in sfc /scannow and hit enter, This takes 5 min to 15 min SSD vs HD 3-This can go one of a few ways ..... no errors ... it fixed some errors ..... could not fix all errors...... does not finish checking and errors out ....... and the last one could not fix errors at all :/ 4-After its done REBOOT PC and Run sfc /scannow again even if you had no errors the first time or had errors, could not fix run sfc /scannow again and when its done a second time reboot. You need to do this a and get no errors 2 x in a row ... 5-So if you ran it 2x and no errors your safe you can stop. If you had errors first time but not the second then run sfc /scannow again and when its done reboot. You need to get could not find any errors 2 x just to be safe. If it still finds errors try and run it a few more times until it finds no errors 2x AND ALWAYS REBOOT BETWEEN RUNNING sfc /scannow. 6- If windows scan keeps failing you should format :/ Regarding Over clocking .... I will never tell anyone to remove a OC on GPU, CPU or ram as long as it has been fully tested and fully stable. With my ram manual OC it was tested 12 hrs on one PC and 8hrs on another PC its fully stable on both PCs. With the new generation of ram you should not use mem test 86 as its not good for the new generation of ram. What I use is Karhu ram test and it turned out to be the best $15- ever spent for ram testing most errors are found very fast. https://www.karhusoftware.com/ramtest/ You can also use the free version of mem test 64 For me I did not like it but that's just me lol, you may love it and it is free https://www.techpowerup.com/memtest64/ Video card driver installs... Yes different video card drivers give different FPS in game as well as how you install them makes a difference how stable your PC is so to try and help more this is how I do my video card drivers in our PCs. And when I find a driver to give the best FPS keep a copy on your desktop so you have it if you need to go back to it .. Copy and past all of this to note pad and put it on your desktop... Try this and do all steps to get you PC cleaned up ...... Note = All the extra JUNK video card drivers install can and will make issues for many. And all the extra junk is just not needed for most people. This is how I do a clean graphic driver clean install......... 1- For NVIDIA go download your driver put it on your desk top. https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us For AMD http://support.amd.com/en-us/download 2- Go download DDU ...Display Driver Uninstaller and unzip it on desktop... Read the page fully if you have never used this program and yes it must be done in safe mode for it to work ... https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html NOTE... If you have never used DDU then please read this link first.. https://windowsreport.com/display-driver-uninstaller-windows-10/ 3- Go download the free version of CC cleaner install it.. https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner .... install it and clean your registry before you start the video card driver. 4 Once everything is downloaded and on your desktop then reboot your PC in safe mode... to get to safe mode type ... msconfig in run will bring up safe mode go to boot tab and check off safe boot Minimal hit apply and reboot PC. 5- Remove old video card driver in safe mode using DDU in safe mode 6- Once DDU is rebooting unplug your net so windows does not install a video card driver on you if you did not set in DDU settings. Once back in windows then install your video card driver but only install what I stated in step 7 7- When the time comes to install the video card driver you will be picking custom advanced you will only install two things from it for Nvidia cards 1- Graphics Driver 2- PhysX System and check off clean install with a 20XX RTX card you will check off a few more things but keep OFF... G-Force Experience and sound driver they are not needed for most people and G-Force Experience makes problems on a PC . For AMD card Advanced only check off display driver and catalyst control center as well as check off clean install. 8- When new video card driver is installed reboot your PC 9- Once rebooted use CC Cleaner to clean the registry, reboot PC and check the registry one last time for any issues. If it finds any repeat steps until it finds none. CC cleaner will give you the choice to back up or not and the first time you run it it is normal if it finds 80 + errors in the registry as every installed or uninstalled program will leave fragments behind in registry and CC Cleaner will clean this up. 10-Run windows scan again just to be safe I run this about once a week on all my rigs it can save you many a format. sfc /scannow and reboot PC and no open programs as they can give false errors. Once rebooted from windows scan then do step 11 11- Now to pull the most FPS out of your rig open NVIDIA Control Panel and under 3D settings .. Adjust image settings with Preview set it to use my preference and set it to performance and hit Apply. To see fps in game with no typing do this.... To see FPS in game with out fraps etc: 1- open note pad 2-put this in the note pad..... perfoverlay.drawfps 1 Perfoverlay.fpsdisplayscale 4 <<< this can change to 3 or 2 or 1 depending how big or small you want it. 4 is large. 3-when you make the user.cfg in notepad,change the file type from text to all. And name it user.cfg 4-Put in .....:\Program Files\Origin Games\Battlefield 5 5-Also close Origin to put cfg in just to be safe :} 6-You will see your FPS in top right of screen when you start BFV NOTE... this works for BF1 as well
Med/Ammo Crates Keep Falling Through Building Floors
Product: Battlefield V Platform:PC Please specify your platform model. PC AMD or Nvidia Model Number 1080 Ti Enter RAM memory size in GB 16 Which part of the game is the issue happening in? Multiplayer Which part of the mode? Airborne Please select your region North America On which server did this happen? Official DICE server When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) Summarize your bug If you're inside of a building and you place ammo or med crates down, then they will either fall entirely through the building's floor, or they will go most of the way through. It may happen on other locations or platforms, but the outside seems to work fine. I'd still try and test other areas and platforms to see where the crates are falling through. How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? As a support or medic, drop an ammo/med crate inside of a building. For instance, drop a med crate in a house. What happens when the bug occurs? The crate will either fall completely or mostly into the fall (through the map). What should be happening instead? It should not fall and be on top of the floor. If you're inside of a building and you place ammo or med crates down, then they will either fall entirely through the building's floor, or they will go most of the way through. It may happen on other locations or platforms, but the outside seems to work fine. I'd still try and test other areas and platforms to see where the crates are falling through.
