Server tickrate
It may seem strange, but why even in advancing modes by EA in 16v16 or 32v32 is the same 45Hz tick rate used (not 60 or higher)? Okay, maybe in 128 player modes this worked very badly and increased t...
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I also recognized that the server of 2042 does not offer a good experience. But i dont know that the tickrate is only 45 hz. This is a shame if its true. BF4 had 244 hz servers (rare ones). And today the most servers run on 60 hz. Also BF1 had 60hz servers. That 2042 with much more action has only 45 hz is...
@ProDeMatrix wrote:I also recognized that the server of 2042 does not offer a good experience. But i dont know that the tickrate is only 45 hz. This is a shame if its true. BF4 had 244 hz servers (rare ones). And today the most servers run on 60 hz. Also BF1 had 60hz servers. That 2042 with much more action has only 45 hz is...
Hi @ProDeMatrix ,
Just to clarify, as for BF4 we still have the Battlelog.com server browser, so we have full transparency to the servers there:
For the consoles, then the vast majority of servers are just running 30Hz. All of them are 64 player servers.
There is like 1 out of 10 servers that runs at 45Hz. And they are all less than 64 player servers. Some though up to 44 players.
So though not sure, but it could be that 64 player servers are not enabled/capable to support higher than 30Hz tick rates?
Multiplayer - Battlelog / Battlefield 4
With regards to higher tick rates, there could of course be some, but when I checked the list just right now, there is not a single server running anything higher than 45Hz.
Maybe they are only there for PC BF4 these days, as when looking at the server list for PCs, there all are with 60Hz tick rates? (but no live servers above that either?)
As others rightfully shared in this thread, its all about the money, as renting more computational power to run our servers costs more money. => less profit to EA/DICE. We daily observe how the old servers are suffering to deliver the required processing capacity to deliver a fluid gameplay and timely hit registration even at the low 30Hz tick rate. This is something we have complained about now for many many years. But despite this, we are still observing the servers set to support the game are not up to the task. Rubber banding, bullet sponging and players frequently loosing the connection to the server mid game are all part of the daily experience playing this game. And it has been an issue across now multiple BF game generations...
The player experience is suffering badly from this.
Higher tick rate the higher cpu usage your gonna get so I doubt very much it’s ever going to increase.
Many people are struggling on pc with poor performance as it is!
The 45 hz tick rate is why you get killed around corners, unload a clip into a player to kill them, and feel like the enemy one-shot you, because if you are getting more than 45 fps, your system/screen is updating more than there are updates going in and out.
60 hz should be the standard for first person shooters.
60 Hz Servers for BF2042.. a dream.
@CyberDymeBattlenonesense make some nice videos about this topic:
Dice tested 55hz servers for Xbox One: https://youtu.be/GoZqakBAoHM?t=127 (we now have Xbox Series X/S....)
Battlefield 1 has 120hz servers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSkPRNXN6e8
And what a higher Tickrate mean for a Battlefield game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nO9bZm8ceY
The reason why there are so less high tickrate server today is, that they cost more for the community and most admins decide to use 30 or 60 hz for his smale playerbase.
Iam as an customer expect a more advanced product than the previous.
@ProDeMatrix wrote:@CyberDymeBattlenonesense make some nice videos about this topic:
Dice tested 55hz servers for Xbox One: https://youtu.be/GoZqakBAoHM?t=127 (we now have Xbox Series X/S....)
Battlefield 1 has 120hz servers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSkPRNXN6e8
And what a higher Tickrate mean for a Battlefield game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nO9bZm8ceY
The reason why there are so less high tickrate server today is, that they cost more for the community and most admins decide to use 30 or 60 hz for his smale playerbase.
Iam as an customer expect a more advanced product than the previous.Thank you for the links. Learned a lot.
