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Seasoned Novice

4 months ago

Solved

BATTLEFIELD 4 SCREEN FREEZES MID-GAME

This is really annoying. I bought BF4 during the spring sale, but ever since I started playing, the screen freezes mid-game, or it freezes right after one game ends and the next one starts, or sometimes after about 12 minutes when joining a server. The worst part is that it doesn't save any of my progress, leveling up, or unlocked accessories. I've looked for solutions everywhere. - I've already updated my Nvidia GPU drivers, reinstalled and added the game to PunkBuster, deleted the Battlefield 4 folder in Documents, repaired the game and all its add-ons, and completely reinstalled the game and add-ons. I've enabled administrator privileges, disabled all available overlays from the EA app and MSI Afterburner (although I tried without using MSI Afterburner and it still freezes), tried launching the game in a browser and in the game itself, and it freezes sooner or later in both. I've also enabled Windows Firewall and used Windows repair commands like sfc. I've tried running `/scannown` or `DISM` and nothing works. It's gotten so bad that I'm thinking of quitting this game altogether. I've never had a similar error in any other game. I have Battlefield 3 and it works perfectly. Anyway, if anyone has a solution, I'd be eternally grateful. 🙏 Edit: In case you're wondering, it's not overheating and the FPS is very low, and the problem persists.

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REZ7siete
3 months ago
PROBLEM SOLVED
The problem in Battlefield 4 was 100% CPU/GPU synchronization and thread management, not a power or graphics issue, much less a PC problem. The solution was to create a user.cfg file with the command `RenderDevice.ForceRenderAheadLimit 1`. This prevented the CPU from accumulating too many frames. It eliminated "render queue" crashes and limited the number of threads to 6. It also prevented Frostbite engine conflicts with CPUs with many threads, since my XEON processor has 8 threads in total—some kind of incompatibility or something like that on Frostbite's part.

In theory:

It wasn't necessary to reinstall the game.
It wasn't necessary to switch to DX10.
It wasn't a PC or power issue. It no longer freezes at any point; I can finally enjoy the game! :'D

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danisoff
Hero+
4 months ago
Hello REZ7siete,

Can you provide us with the specifications of your PC and what is your average FPS when playing the game?
REZ7siete
Seasoned Novice
4 months ago

Okay CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3 (3.40 Ghz 4 cores, 8 threads), GPU: GT 1030 OC GDDR5 2 GB Asus , RAM: 12 GB, Storage: 1 TB SSD and 446 GB SSD. Average FPS in BF4 consistently above 70-80 FPS
danisoff
Hero+
4 months ago
The issue is most likely related to your PC, have you had any issues in any other games?
REZ7siete
Seasoned Novice
4 months ago
I haven't had any other problems with other games, whether purchased or downloaded from elsewhere; this is the first time I've encountered this type of error, where the game freezes at any moment. Another detail is that now, when I enter a game server directly in the game (not through a browser), the background image freezes and stays that way. Sometimes it loads normally, but after 15 minutes or more, the image freezes.
danisoff
Hero+
4 months ago
You could try reinstalling the game, but I believe the main issue is related to your system specifications. You could try talking with EA support, they might be able to provide you with more relevant information.

EA Help
REZ7siete
Seasoned Novice
4 months ago
como me puedo comunicar con el soporte de EA ? hasta ahora sigue el problema ys busque en todo lado e ise un monton de cosas mas ya reinstale el juego 4 veces por un momento pense que se soluciono pero a la tercera ronda se congelo de nuevo

I'm including this screenshot showing the information about BF4 in the Windows Event Viewer after the freeze occurs and the task is terminated via Task Manager.
REZ7siete
Seasoned Novice
3 months ago
PROBLEM SOLVED
The problem in Battlefield 4 was 100% CPU/GPU synchronization and thread management, not a power or graphics issue, much less a PC problem. The solution was to create a user.cfg file with the command `RenderDevice.ForceRenderAheadLimit 1`. This prevented the CPU from accumulating too many frames. It eliminated "render queue" crashes and limited the number of threads to 6. It also prevented Frostbite engine conflicts with CPUs with many threads, since my XEON processor has 8 threads in total—some kind of incompatibility or something like that on Frostbite's part.

In theory:

It wasn't necessary to reinstall the game.
It wasn't necessary to switch to DX10.
It wasn't a PC or power issue. It no longer freezes at any point; I can finally enjoy the game! :'D