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Jckramer's avatar
4 years ago

Selecting a spawn point is not user friendly

Product: Battlefield 2042
Platform:PlayStation 5
Please specify your platform model. Sony PlayStation 5
Are you using any software with an overlay? No
Which part of the game is the issue happening in? Multiplayer
Which part of the mode? Breakthrough
Please select your region Europe
On which server did this happen? ?
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) All the time
Summarize your bug It is not logical how to select a spawn point. If a item is below the current selected item you often have to go left instead of down. The selection should be in the direction you point your controller.
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play the game
What happens when the bug occurs? Almost always when trying to select a spawn point
What should be happening instead? Selection should be in line with your controller movements

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6 Replies

  • Exactly this, it's incredibly frustrating ...... what gives!?!


    @Jckramer wrote:

    Product: Battlefield 2042
    Platform:PlayStation 5
    Please specify your platform model. Sony PlayStation 5
    Are you using any software with an overlay? No
    Which part of the game is the issue happening in? Multiplayer
    Which part of the mode? Breakthrough
    Please select your region Europe
    On which server did this happen? ?
    When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) All the time
    Summarize your bug It is not logical how to select a spawn point. If a item is below the current selected item you often have to go left instead of down. The selection should be in the direction you point your controller.
    How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play the game
    What happens when the bug occurs? Almost always when trying to select a spawn point
    What should be happening instead? Selection should be in line with your controller movements

    Nothing else to add


  • @Jckramer Finally someone noticed this too! The problem is that you cant choose spawnpoints in diagonal direction, only up, down, left, right.
  • @Jckramer Deploy screen is a joke for console players. If you connect a mouse to your Xbox/PS the deploy screen is working fine. Also, you can't spawn on teammates vehicles at the start of the game if you're on console..
  • @Snusnn How are you using a mouse on console? I thought that wasn't supported.

    Also, I have the same issue with not being able to select anything at the start of the game. What gives?

  • Seriously, nobody tested this game out at dice. Nobody. If they did, it was only PC. Let us freely move a cursor with our joystick just like a PC mouse cursor to select our spawns. Nothing more infuriating than trying to select a base with this stupid simplified system, only to have it keep avoiding the spawn point you want

  • I agree that it's not user friendly. A zoom in/out feature should be implemented for the deploy screen map.

    It'll help to differentiate the different spawn points better, as well as to be better able to select the spawn point you want.

    E.g. a teammate, vehicle, and objective spawn point may be overlapping, so zooming in will help one to tell which is which while selecting any of those points becomes easier.

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