Bloodbathnbyond
Banned
This game is almost unplayable after the patch for me. Games don't load, immediate crashes at the start of a game, rubberbanding, etc.... At least for me the patches seem to mess up the game more than before the patch.
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Battlefield 4 PS4 multiplayer issues
- Thread starter MThanded
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I mostly agree with you on this. After the patch rubber-banding is horrible while playing conquest when before it wasn't an issue at all. I don't get why they didn't address the lack of sound on some maps. Finally wth at least toss in a squad option to play with friends
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I think EA needs to call for an "all hands on deck" moment and get some help from their other studios to help if its possible.
schwabdizzle
Banned
One thing I noticed last night, and I am not sure if this is related to online issues, is sound coming through the controller when I play online. it would just cut out and I know its not my headphones.
Unknown One
Member
I don't get disconnect anymore, but I still get game crashes. Dice fix that and rubberbanding and I'll be satisfied.
schwabdizzle
Banned
Especially since EU is launching Friday. It's going to be a mess.
it's funny, because, it's so true, hence, funny
I think EA needs to fix the current thinking of release broken fix later mind set
MMaRsu
Member
Fucking hell I really want to pick this up but it's a sad state of affairs Dice is shitting this release up to the maximum.
Why can we not get consumer organizations informed about this product blatantly not working and almost no response from DICE?
If the single player doesn't work, and the multiplayer doesn't work then how the FUCK can they sell this shit in stores and actually get away with it?
I mean gamers supposed to have a bigger voice in all this, let them know we aren't going to stand for this fucking bullshit.
Problem is, next to Killzone what other PS4 game do I buy :/. Certainly not Knack ( looks to short and uninteresting for 60 euro's ), AC4 ( played this a bit on PS3 and while it's cool it's not worth 60 to start again at 1080p. ) or NFS Rivals ( the PS3 game sucks, and while the PS4 version is probably better, Most Wanted or Hot Pursuit seem like the better games )......
Yeah seems like some great Q&A Frances :/ :/ :/.
Why can we not get consumer organizations informed about this product blatantly not working and almost no response from DICE?
If the single player doesn't work, and the multiplayer doesn't work then how the FUCK can they sell this shit in stores and actually get away with it?
I mean gamers supposed to have a bigger voice in all this, let them know we aren't going to stand for this fucking bullshit.
Problem is, next to Killzone what other PS4 game do I buy :/. Certainly not Knack ( looks to short and uninteresting for 60 euro's ), AC4 ( played this a bit on PS3 and while it's cool it's not worth 60 to start again at 1080p. ) or NFS Rivals ( the PS3 game sucks, and while the PS4 version is probably better, Most Wanted or Hot Pursuit seem like the better games )......
Yeah seems like some great Q&A Frances :/ :/ :/.
DrGonzo615
Banned
I was actually able to play a few rounds with a friend last night so it seems like there has been some improvement for me....
But goddamn, why is it that with every iteration of BF it gets harder and harder to play with friends? Why the FUCK did they take out the squad join option before a match? and why the fuck cant I go on to my in-game friends list and join from there?
Overall the UI is complete shit.
-Why cant I customize my soldier BEFORE I join a match?
-Why is it such a cluster fuck to customize your soldier when it was so easy in BF3?
-Why is the server browser completely busted?
The hardest pill to swallow is that, knowing DICE and EA....most of these problems will probably never be fixed.
But goddamn, why is it that with every iteration of BF it gets harder and harder to play with friends? Why the FUCK did they take out the squad join option before a match? and why the fuck cant I go on to my in-game friends list and join from there?
Overall the UI is complete shit.
-Why cant I customize my soldier BEFORE I join a match?
-Why is it such a cluster fuck to customize your soldier when it was so easy in BF3?
-Why is the server browser completely busted?
The hardest pill to swallow is that, knowing DICE and EA....most of these problems will probably never be fixed.
Fleet_of_Foot
Member
The simplest answer to this kind of thing is just simply NOT buy the game. Unfortunately so many of us already have, it's hard to send that message now.
If we're smart, we'll remember this for BF5 (or whatever game it is). I know I'll think very hard before giving any more money to a DICE-developed game.
It's very simple - if we keep buying, they'll keep doing the same thing. They have no reason not to.
If we're smart, we'll remember this for BF5 (or whatever game it is). I know I'll think very hard before giving any more money to a DICE-developed game.
It's very simple - if we keep buying, they'll keep doing the same thing. They have no reason not to.
MMaRsu
Member
Sadly this is one game I want to buy, because in the past I've had such fun times with BF. And I would love to play 64 player conquest ( at or near 60fps ).
I cannot forgive them for all the shit that's going on with this game though. Do we put the blame on EA or Dice? Knowing EA Dice had to meet some kind of deadline, and after that it just had to be shipped but goddamn DICE let the people know wtf you are doing in that office.
I wonder if DICE employees read this forum.
Codiox
Member
sooo much this. i thought i am blind but there really is NO way to customize your goddamn solder before a match....
Definity
Member
The patch on PS4 didn't do much for me. Played 3 hours last night and crashed about 5 times with a blue screen, locked up once after accepting a revive and locked up again while looking at battlelog.
I can't get any more responses out of Peter Moore on twitter since he said the game didn't have any issues. I did get a response from customer relations after I opened up a case with the better business bureau but it was pretty much a standard response.
Looks like the only voice the gamers have in all of this is to simply not buy any future DICE games. Frustrating as hell.
EDIT:
Also, why is so hard to play with friends? The game is focused on team work but it's literally a pain in the f'n ass to get your buddies in the same server and then on the same team/squad.
I can't get any more responses out of Peter Moore on twitter since he said the game didn't have any issues. I did get a response from customer relations after I opened up a case with the better business bureau but it was pretty much a standard response.
Looks like the only voice the gamers have in all of this is to simply not buy any future DICE games. Frustrating as hell.
EDIT:
Also, why is so hard to play with friends? The game is focused on team work but it's literally a pain in the f'n ass to get your buddies in the same server and then on the same team/squad.
I have the rubber banding too. You can get into conquest? I still can't.
Fleet_of_Foot
Member
It might be EA's fault that DICE was forced to put the game out too early, but right now it's definitely DICE's fault that we're not hearing much of anything about what they plan to do about it.
The only way is to use the iPad app or use your laptop. It's so insane.
I will say having a laptop open with the entire map showing is pretty sweet.
the_log_ride
Member
THIS. This drives me absolutely mad!
nhlducks35
Member
Oh for people worried, I'm pretty sure you keep your points when you crash. If you crashed while still alive, then you lose those points you obtained while alive.
Heh, I too saw three games and was in a party and had to ask them what map they were on since I had no clue which of the three they were in. I thought I was just missing how to find out.
Anyone run into this revive bug where you get revived when you are selecting your spawn point but you can't accept/decline the revive? You just sit there and you're able to be killed again but it just sits there at the death screen and the only way to get out of it is to quit the server....
It's ridiculously annoying
It's ridiculously annoying
I'm finding the TDM playable and fun. Have only gotten crashes a few times. I'm hearing from friends that own both consoles the Bone edition plays a lot smoother online, especially 64player conquest.. Very frsutrating! Add to that I keep getting NAT errors in party chat (thanks sony). Lots of work to do if they want this to be a top tier service.
Junior Mint
Member
In all my years of playing console games, I have never seen a game crash this much. I'm probably just going to stop buying EA games.
That bug was in BFBC2!
So whats the deal with the Join Squad feature? You cant longer join a friend like in BF3?
Man i thought it got better in the last week
DICEY PLS
Im NAT type 2. ps4 is in the DMZ.
I thought it was a term used to describe AI in single player games that automatically "gets better" if they're losing to keep the match/game close. I'm at a loss as to why people are saying the online portion of this game has rubberbanding. How does that work?
i believe its where the game lags so bad that players are moving in one direction and then they teleport back to where they were originally. so basically characters just looking like they are warping around.
Fonz72
Member
I've had multiple crashes since the damn patch! The bug from the beta where it sits at a blank screen with a blinking cursor instead of loading the match is back! WOO FUCKING HOO!
Also, keep my shitty K/D stats if I quit a match, but if it's good and the game crashes FUCK YOU GONE!
FUCK OFF DICE
Also, keep my shitty K/D stats if I quit a match, but if it's good and the game crashes FUCK YOU GONE!
FUCK OFF DICE
You know it's a $10 upgrade to ps4 if you have the PS3 version right?
Also how do you get open nat on PS4? I cant find any port information to forward.
I know it's not much of a consolation, but you CAN customize your soldier in the Test Range. I usually do that if I got a bunch of unlocks and have a lot of fiddling to do. Changing 1-2 things mid-battle isn't too big of a deal.
My biggest issue is that customizing your soldier from the main menu AND a working party system were both things we had as options in BF3..... there is little to no reason they couldn't have recycled most of the code to make those two things work.
Rivals is fun for what it is, though as the sole driving game available for the PS4 at launch I guess it didn't have to do much.
You are correct in assuming that Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted are better games. They both really are.
Rivals is like a cross between the two - the racing feels like HP which is a good thing, but it's open world instead of structured events. The problem I have is that Most Wanted had a much better world to drive around. Rivals' roads all feel the same with the exception of the interstate. Even the city part of the map is just made up of a couple of curvy roads - no blocks to prowl around and hide in waiting for speeders or to try and ditch cops in with your 90 degree turning prowess.
Like the rest of the launch lineup for the next-gen consoles, it feels like a rush job. It's still god and it's still fun to play, but you just know that more time in the cooker could have resulted in a better game. There are good IDEAS here, they just aren't very well-realized.
if your router does upnp properly you really shouldn't have to go through the trouble of manually forwarding ports.
N0REGARD4L1FE
Banned
This. Obviously DICE is incapable of fixing their FLAG SHIP FRANCHISE themselves.
Latvian Hitman
Member
You'd want to forward TDP: 80, 443, 465, 983, 5223, 10070-10080
And UDP: 3478-3479, 3658, 10070
Type 2 is as good as it gets if you're behind a router. The only way to get Type 1 AFAIK is to plug directly into your modem. Are you sure it's you who's having the problem and not the persons you're trying to chat with?
Latvian Hitman
Member
Like with the Vita, I haven't seen a upnp setting in the PS4's network setup. Maybe it's just on by default and they don't give the option to turn it off?
Yeah constant rubber-banding has been awful.
JohnnySasaki86
Member
Rubberbanding? Wtf is that? This isn't a racer. BTW when does the double XP start?
Boss Man
Member
It would be cool if they added the ability to do private servers too, since the game can never really be competitive without it. With BF3 didn't they charge for this? Kind of ridiculous how they're holding themselves back with this. Without the competitive scene you're putting an unnecessary ceiling on the game's community.
Psychoward
Banned
Is singleplayer save corruption still happening?
Im exactly the same and find the game mostly fine...a rare crash now and again but its been very enjoyable for the past few days.
I think theres something going on in the ps4 OS that we have no clue about thats causing random bugs.
I bought the game knowing full well not to expect it to be "fine" for 6 months..its assumed with BF games now, so I cant complain, unfortunately.
SirMossyBloke
Member
Rubber banding in an fps is when you run forward then jump back slightly when it glitches, almost like running in mud.
Seems to be working now for me.
Ah, I've noticed this a few times, mainly on large games.