Battlefield 2042 Tick Rate

I'm going to say 30Hz max, but I haven't run a WireShark capture to verify this.

Frostbite uses a dynamic tick rate. Meaning soldiers and tanks far away update at a lower tick rate than when they're close to you.

The tick rate is probably going to be lower than BF1 and BFV though. Probably only 30Hz for close proximity.

EDIT - Server network tick confirmed to be 45Hz for both send/recieve. See WireShark capture pics below.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Battlefield-2042-Tick-Rate/m-p/11064670#M59128

Nothing to do with console limitations. Just that doubling the player count from 64 to 128 also doubles the internet bandwidth requirements. But if the servers tick rate is cut in half, then the bandwidth requirements end up staying the same.

Plus the technical play test was capped at 30fps. Like I said, a WireShark capture will verify the tick rate. Maybe Chris at Battle(Non)Sense will do a netcode video when BF2042 comes out.

Oh boy - doesn't tick rate talks on battlefield forums bring band fond memories 👿

Definitely hope Battle(non)sense will analyse for us again. 

But yea.. The added playercount makes this a complete new talk than previous CTE testings. 

"Plus the technical play test was capped at 30fps. Like I said, a WireShark capture will verify the tick rate. Maybe Chris at Battle(Non)Sense will do a netcode video when BF2042 comes out."

Chris has tried to test the netcode on Battlefield 2042 Open Beta, but stated  that, due to there being no server browser or team switch option, testing the tick rate was virtually impossible. He did notice that the game client and server exchange was locked at 45 packets per second in both directions.

@Maj_MeerkatWell it seems you *probably* have your answer for now

Actually he does not @carsono311.  

But it does give us some indicators at best...  😋

If @Maj_Meerkat refers to "BF2042 Tick Rate", as meaning Server Tick Rate, then the best way to describe it with the current meaning attached to it, is that it's generally the frequency that things update on the server itself.

Because when looking at multiplayer shooter games like BF, there are 3 tech values that are important:

• The Server Tick Rate (server simulation rate) - This is how often the server updates the game world.  And please note, that this is not how often it receives/sends data.  It is the frequency by which it simulates/calculates the data in the game world. This value has typically been 30Hz in recent BF games on console, some higher at 45Hz or even 60Hz.  PC have often been at 60Hz or even higher at 120-144Hz (sorry, not followed this tech recently, so not aware what latest and best have been for PC on aka BFV).  Such Server Tick Rate cannot easily be changed or just turned up at will, as many things in the game engine and interdepending infrastructure rely on this value.
• The Client to Server Send Rate - This is how often each client sends an update to the game server. This is the value that was confirmed to be 45Hz during our Beta.
• The Server to Client Send Rate - This is how often the server sends an update to your game client on your local platform. This value was also confirmed to be 45Hz during our Beta.

By increasing the server to client send rate, we would see a more accurate and updated version of the game world.  However, it cannot be increased above the Server Tick Rate, as it would just be sending the same information twice then, if the the server simulation rate is just at the same 45Hz.

So it would be fair to say that the Server Tick Rate was most probably 45Hz or more during our Beta gameplay.

It could have been better and higher.  But we don't know for sure.

Actually in most past BF games, there we had a slower Server to Client Send Rate than the Server Tick Rate.

And I definitely hope that we will get minimum 60Hz Server Tick Rate on our regular BF2042 game servers.

EA, please do not go cheap on us here, as it directly impacts the gaming experience in a bad way if you do!  🙏

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@carsono311 wrote:
@OskooI_007Oh I absolutely expect a BattleNonsense video.

I remember his Battlefield V video and I think I remember him saying that game only needed like 2 or 3Mbps download and upload… so I don't think bandwidth would be the issue on the client side. Server side should not be an issue either, but I guess there would be an associated increase in cost for leasing a higher throughput cluster…

I would be very interested in knowing this!

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Yeah @carsono311 ,

Past many 64-player BF games only required at peak around 2.8Mb download and around 750kb upload speeds.  So most modern internet lines will have no problem handling this or more for BF2042.

But your comment regarding the server parks that EA rent from their partners is the sensitive point, as these will need a boost to handle the more clients connected on each logic server unit.  EA have run cheap on these in the last games, as they stack several logic servers onto the same physical unit.  Which then if all loading up, have suffered from not able to timely serve all game simulation calculations and updating all connected clients within the server tick time.  Especially caused by many out of region connected players and poor line qualities resulting in packet resend requests non-stop...  

Reason again why we desperately need/want the full player live scoreboard, including the latency listed for each connected player there!