Re: TDM no longer backfills with AI since 6.1

I have crossplay on, and the issue still exists. I did confirm Orbital, Flashpoint, and Redacted all work, filling up with AI as intended. 

BF3, BC2, and 1942 maps appear to work ask well, with their respective characters and weapon sets.

Confirming the bug still exists on PS5

Absolutely brutal that EA is not even responding to this. Seems like a simple AI balancing bug ignored resulting in a huge TDM community of PC players that just aren't playing anymore.

This game began on the PC and Ea doesn't seem to care about the non cross play experience. Worse they willingly choke it off with bugs.they ignore.

TDM is literally the only populated game mode for PC. Non cross  play.

It is still happening on PC only TDM today.

I agree Quaker. The lack of response to a huge issue like this is making my decision to not buy the next Battlefield game a good one.

I'm thinking that it has something to do with the limited time game mode (Dark Protocol). It might get fixed with the next weekly missions.

Can anyone else confirm whether the 2042 maps Orbital, Flashpoint, and Redacted have working AI?

I'm curious if those three only work with PS4 or if all platforms work with them.

The AI bug is not map specific. It occurs on those three maps and the rest randomly. It seems that you can get working AI approximately every three TDM rounds.

It breaks the following map and hasn't worked for me two games in a row

Hi

Since season 6 started I have an issue with bots. I play portal tdm and the first match is fine all works bots are there but once the round will end and I will be taking to the next round the map is empty, its only me and not even one bot. When I played with 3 other players the same happend. When second round started there was only me and 3 other players but no sign of even one bot. This happens in tdm 32 players as well 128 as this is all I play

Hi @iplayer2013 I've merged your thread with this bug report as it's about the same problem.

Thanks mate!

@ElliotLH thanks for chiming in here and letting us know someone is listening.

Just wanted to let you know that the dev team's understanding of current AI bugs as described in the November check-in seems to be missing this backfill bug entirely.

Matchmaking with AI Soldiers

As we’ve previously indicated on BattlefieldComm, we are aware that sometimes players are matchmaking into matches where AI Soldiers take up too many slots.

While AI Soldiers will always be there to ensure that matches remain full, no matter the player count, we will continue to improve this experience over time.

To be crystal clear, the bug in this thread that is widespread and reproducible is that AI Soldier aren't spawning at all.

It has nothing to do with taking slots or ensuring the matches stay full.

AI Soldiers are greyed out and never spawn, it's that simple.

I hope you can ensure the dev teams know this.

It would be really unfortunate if they skipped fixing this bug for the 6.2 patch due to a communication issue.

Also if we aren't being specific enough, or need to provide clearer information to the dev team, we're happy to.
I can take a quick video of the issue and that would be crystal clear. Not sure where I could upload that.

@EA_Leeuw  I don't see anything about this bug in the patch notes, can you please let us know if this issue is resolved in 6.2?

https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/188fktd/battlefield_2042_update_62/

With update 6.2
Flashpoints and redacted no longer spawn AI, which was not a problem before.

It appears that for PS4 at least, some maps are back working. Discarded, Hourglass, and Kaleidoscope work, I don't have enough time to test them all out though.

I know Breakaway didn't work though.

After a quick test, the only normal size TDM maps that still have this issue for PS4 are Breakaway, Reclaimed, and Redacted.