Re: Lag, packet loss, stuttering since patch

@kamaleont_007 

Are you saying clearing the cache worked and you're able to play now?

@IndigoRain 

Do you have QoS (Quality of Service) enabled on your router with your PC prioritized? Also, check to see if UPnP is enabled. Something else you can try is opening the ports for Battlefield 2042. Help with that can be found here.

@Metal_Daryl97 

What platform do you play on and is a wired or wireless connection being used?

@EA_Aljo QoS is not a feature on my router, uPnP is enabled, All ports for 2042 are open.

@kamaleont_007 

We are currently investigating this. When they're back up, let me know if you see an improvement.

@IndigoRain 

Let's see what happens when the servers are back up. If you still are experiencing the increase in ping, let me know and we'll continue working on this.

i play on PS5. Ping seems to be back to normal, although now i can't get into any game because of the persistence error thing :-/

@Metal_Daryl97 

We're working to get this resolved as soon as possible. Apologies for the trouble!

@EA_Aljo Ok thanks

@IndigoRain 

It looks like you should be able to log in now. Give it a shot and let me know what happens.

@EA_Aljo i have had this issue since launch were i can get into a game no problem, but every game no matter what is very very laggy and i have gone over all the steps i could find, cleared cahce, port forwarding, uninstall reinstall, different hard drives (all SSD and 1 M.2 SSD) , i use a wired connection with high speed, i got it through steam, verified files, i dont know what more i can do at this point i know its not an issue on my end, my ISP has even replaced my modem for me and still i cant play a singe round with out it lagging and having massive packet loss

same here:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Update-1-0-game-stuttering-packet-losses/m-p/11545604#M25357

Hello, @FullMetalR0nin 

As a test, could you switch your connection to a mobile hotspot and let me know if you have the same issue?

@kamaleont_007 

Great! So glad to hear this. If you have any more issues, please let us know. Good luck on the Battlefield!

I have similar issue and cleared the cache under Documents/battlefield 2042, this seems to solve the issue but it might happen again. 

The game shouldn’t be using this folder to store data, documents folder by default is syncing with one drive. storing and constantly creating files will trigger uploads and syncs with one drive which could exacerbate the performance issue.

There are folders in windows to store this data, i.e.: AppData.  BF2042 should use that folderinstead of the Documents folder.

Surprisingly, this has been mentioned since November but nothing has been done to address that. https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Cache-being-saved-to-documents-which-gets-synced-by-Onedrive/m-p/10971190#M4439

@EA_Aljo I don't have a hotspot feature with my phone provider, but if i try it wireless it makes no difference 

@EA_Aljo Hey. I have managed to get into a couple of (UK) evening sessions, 3 hours-long on Exposure. I haven't tried any other maps yet. Thursday night, after the cuffuffle, was silky smooth. Really enjoyed that first night. I have some Network Graphics clips from Thursday. I also noticed last night that in Portal Browser servers, European servers are back to 45ms ping, not 260ms, as they should be.

However, last night (Friday) some creepy-crawlies were coming back into play, namely:

- Servers were feeling laggy, hit reg seemed off. Nowhere silky smooth as Thursday PM.

- There is an issue I have had on both days where the first trigger pull by me results in a single bullet fired, a delay, then continuation of firing - this has happened more than once, on both days with the PBX and PP29 - needless to say it results in my untimely death! ;-)

- Last night, using the PP29, tried switching barrel using the + system, no options available to me.

Unfortunately, I don't have footage of these, but will try to capture it again, for reference.

@FullMetalR0nin 

The point was to completely get off your current network. This rules out issues with your ISP. Unfortunately, switching to a wireless connection doesn't do that so we can't rule out ISP issues. Try using alternate DNS settings with the instructions here. Let's see if that helps. It would also be good to try what @segundovolante suggested.

@IndigoRain 

It sounds like you tried what @segundovolante suggested. Is that helping?

@kamaleont_007 

It sounds like clearing the game cache helped. I'm very glad to hear it!

@FullMetalR0nin 

That's unfortunate. Do you have access to the router at all? If so, can you check to see if QoS (Quality of Service) is supported? If so, it should be enabled and your PC should be prioritized.

Have you always had this problem with BF 2042? Are any other games lagging?

I'm getting intermittent stuttering / lag and it appears to be because the CPU is at 100% on all cores constantly ...even if I stand in a corner away from the battle or even in the menu / lobby.
Huge CPU bottleneck that seems to be worse now. I have 8 cores on a 9700k and even at 1440p ultra with a 3090 RTX on ULTRA settings....it's still a CPU bottle neck. Ridiculous.

@EA_Aljo I can confirm that de-syncing my BF2042 folder did stop the latency, packet loss and stuttering immediately. I have a capture if you require, but contains personal info so I don't really want to share this. It is clear as night and day, literally like a switch, on and off.

@IndigoRain 

Thanks for the update.

@FullMetalR0nin @RascalUK 

Can you try what @IndigoRain suggested?