Re: (PC) Severe Packet Loss After Season 3 Update

@EA_Leeuw Hi, I am having the same issue and have recorded as requested. The video will be at this link once uploaded and processed: https://youtu.be/YQQtC6WYl_0

I have been having these issues since the patch. It feels like lots of micro lag and packet loss - often people will be jumping around a few meters when you're trying to hit them. I'm not the best player but the significant lag doesn't make things easier.

A few key times:

01:46 - Grenade

02:50 - Delayed shots

04:05 - Can see the glitchy enemy movement. Happens more often in close quarters.

05:25 - Stuttering

05:50 - Door confusion

06:05 - Delay to bullets - fully auto almost sounds burst

07:10 - Grenade delays

Cheers, Jack

https://youtu.be/8t5b05CZ3FU

Ive been having similar issues ill leave here a screenshot of the network grafs, ive run a clean install of windows and of the game and the problem persisted, server TN high int the 1000's, cpu 90%, game does not go above 30 fps does not matter the settings high or low always the same, game plays in slow motion and less than 30 fps. this is all after the 3.0.0 patch before it was 30% cpu /70 % gpu 100+ fps high .

No I'm not streaming anything. I even did a cleanboot and still the same issue. 

As I've mentioned, the game ran fine before the season 3 update. Now suddenly the game has frequent packet losses and the CPU shoots up to 100% usage. This is definitely not a problem from our side but from EA's side. 

I don't know much about how Networking or this Game Functions internally, but I can assume the reason there is such lag is because the game has just been released onto Xbox Gamepass Ultimate, resulting in more players playing the game. The servers were likely not prepared for this many players, just like when the game was in Beta with the Netcode Lag with a full server.

It can be all kind of issues!
Network, do ya use adsl , broadband or fiber ? Via a VPN maybe ????
Any other devices at same network ?

Some background software running who use network ? Windows update , a torrent downloader ? ect ect
Anti virus busy in the background or optimizing tools ? Streaming software ?

Use a tool to make sure you set CPU cores as reserverd for Game and System to !
Latest system drivers installed ? Latest GPU driver installed ?

Make sure your fans and cool block from CPU / GPU / PSU are clean , so they dont block cooling from your system

(new patch uses CPU a lot more, so more heat <-- could throttle down your cpu or even gpu)

henche everything get hot without a good cooling / airflow !!!!!

With a "low end" cpu you need less resources to run , check for:

POWER PLAN ULTIMATE
How to disable unneeded services
Ingame max FPS settings
Nvidia/AMD gpu windows settings
Bios XMP/DOCP settings !

google for it !

Disconnect all unneeded hardware (only 1 mouse , 1 keyboard, 1 headset should be connected ->>> no game controlles, no usb drives, no cameras , no dac, ect ect ect)
Always try a cleanboot to make sure no other software is running in the background !!! test game with a WIRED connection

Post always a dxdiag so people can check and investigate if there is any issues (old drivers / software issues ect ect ect)

Cheers !

@BertHandsome, thanks for the video! I can indeed see the packet loss. Jeez, it sometimes goes up to the 20%+ packet loss. That is not good.

@Dissidian84, packet loss as well, hmm.

Did this happen to both of you after Season 3 went live and have you never had this issue before?

@BigJackJones, @Sam_The_Bear_xD, @Rockumo, I can indeed see that you suffer from high TN. I have the feeling that this can be related to the CPU constantly at a 100% usage issue, that the teams are investigating. When you have a high TN, have you also ever checked your Task Manager > Performance to check if you can see if your CPU is also constantly at 100% usage?

@EA_LeeuwCorrect. Significantly worse.

Again, I've always dealt with occasional packet loss, but it would only last for a second, not minutes, and never to the extent of not being able to reload or crouch or throw a grenade or having enemies pop in and out of my screen, etc.

Also. As stated in the original post, I have another PC on the same network, and it runs fine without constant packet loss, so while the DSL speed may be a factor, I highly doubt it is the main factor.

I will also add that I do NOT run into the issue at all when playing Solo/Co-Op with bots, even with both PCs playing.

And. The issue isn't nearly as prevalent when playing on smaller game modes such as Rush.

Edit: I have attached a copy of DxDiag if that helps.

Hi @EA_Leeuw,

Attached a screenshot for you - I got 85% CPU usage just booting to the game menu, no actual gameplay in progress and no other games or intense applications running, so I would suggest that this linked. I've also included a DxDiag for info.

FYI I also have an open and long-standing ticket where I can only access Sundance's scatter grenade. No idea if this is relevant but thought i'd mention.

Cheers,

Jack

@BigJackJonesHey man, i see Gcloud and battlenet running ! are there any other network processes running (do not see whole taskmanger list) No dxdiag included here !

@Rokebo73 My friend, since before the latest patch I haven't had to have a single concern about background tasks, even installing other games while playing without instability 🙂

If I have to treat my PC as a battlefield-specific bubble for it to run properly (which I don't think will fix the issue, when you look at the numbers) it stops being worth the hassle I'm afraid. We need to focus on fixing the sudden hunger for resources, rather than bending over backwards to accommodate it.

@BigJackJones  maybe USER.CFG make some difference, need to be saved in BF2042 installation folder. Just to share CPU workload and game load over the cores from your cpu ! For some people its was an improvement, for others not much or even nothing. But maybe worth to try ?! 😉

Thanks for the tip, but let's see what the devs come back with 🙂 If there's an interim solution posted I'll be happy to give it a go.

Looking at the different DxDiag here and on other topics there is a constant :
many have Asus motherboards... wouldn't the update 3.0 have some compatibility problems with this manufacturer?

Ok This is so weird but when I played today there was zero packet loss and the game ran fine (Except for the 100% CPU usage issue). So I have no clue what caused the game to fix the packet loss problem. 

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@BigJackJones wrote:

Hi @EA_Leeuw,

Attached a screenshot for you - I got 85% CPU usage just booting to the game menu, no actual gameplay in progress and no other games or intense applications running, so I would suggest that this linked. I've also included a DxDiag for info.

FYI I also have an open and long-standing ticket where I can only access Sundance's scatter grenade. No idea if this is relevant but thought i'd mention.

Cheers,

Jack

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@BigJackJones, this topic is about packet loss after the Season 3 update, not a CPU issue. It looks like you mention 2 different, unrelated, issues in one post, that you posted in the wrong thread. Please don't do this, as this will mess up the flow of the thread and will make it go off-topic. I would recommend using the search function of the forums to check if there are any existing threads about the issues that you are experiencing.

So far it looks to be quiet in this thread with fewer new reports from people who are experiencing network-related packet loss. I even see some posts mentioning that it has been resolved.

Question; are you now still experiencing packet loss? If so, can you record a video with the in-game network graph enabled and share this video here?