Official Battlefield 4 Thread

I just can't wait for platoons, and also rent-a-server capability on console. I would rather deal with useless abusive admins than play some of the maps.
 
New patch is live. No patch notes on the forum yet.

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Looks like the patch is Mantle related.

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The new game update for Battlefield 4 brings the Mantle renderer that DICE has developed in conjunction with AMD. With this first release of Mantle, you can expect performance increases in the game if you have the hardware to support it.
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How to enable Mantle

In order to use Mantle you will need the following:

-AMD Catalyst 14.1 Beta drivers. AMD will post them here.
-AMD Radeon GPU with Graphics Core Next
Note: AMD Catalyst™ 14.1 initially supports the AMD Radeon™ R9 290X, R9 290, R7 260X and “Kaveri” APU (learn more)
-64-bit Windows (7, 8 or 8.1)

If you have the above you will see a new “Graphics API” option in the in-game Graphics Options settings after starting the game, here you can switch between using DirectX 11 and Mantle (remember to restart the game after changing).
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Man, this is exciting stuff. I'm keen to see what this Mantle update does for AMD GPU owners. If it really is the massive leap forwards that AMD have said it should be, then my next GPU is an AMD. R290X more than likely :)
 
Guys, I've been playing BF solidly since BF2 - but I have no idea what this platoon thing is you guys are talking about?
 
Platoon is the term they use for clan. Go into Battlefield 3's battlelog and take a look. You can see who has the highest SPM in you clan, who is best in what role (support, assault etc) as well as some other cool stats.
 
Neo said:
Guys, I've been playing BF solidly since BF2 - but I have no idea what this platoon thing is you guys are talking about?
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Was introduced with Battlelog and BF3 - Allows you to create a group, which friends can join which allows easy comparison, shares etc. Probably group missions as well.
 
Damn ducky you jumped the gun on me there i wanted to post the mantle info, but what pisses me off is there is support for the low end and the high end but WTF about the Mid R9 270 i didn't spend 2.5K on a card for mantle and then it's not even considered in the beginning that is just utter BS

btw stunt did you know there is another stunt on the SA servers same name as you but with something else at the end not ZA
 
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AlienTaker said:
Damn ducky you jumped the gun on me there i wanted to post the mantle info, but what pisses me off is there is support for the low end and the high end but WTF about the Mid R9 270 i didn't spend 2.5K on a card for mantle and then it's not even considered in the beginning that is just utter BS

btw stunt did you know there is another stunt on the SA servers same name as you but with something else at the end not ZA
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Why are you assuming there will be no benefit to mid range cards just because they didn't list it?
 
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btw stunt did you know there is another stunt on the SA servers same name as you but with something else at the end not ZA
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Check you battle reports to see who it is, If you're thinking 2 nights back on BOB/BmW's server - it was me.
 
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Stunt said:
Check you battle reports to see who it is, If you're thinking 2 nights back on BOB/BmW's server - it was me.
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No had a guy last night because i didn't check you in my friends list that's why i double checked didn't play 2 nights Ago.

And @Isengard i assumed because EA/Dice as usual messed up and only stated certain ones but i see they posted on their FB page that they supporting all ne cards and will inform EA to update the details cos it seems a ton of people were a bit pissed
 
So can anyone see any changes after the new patch cos once again i couldn't play last night because Origin is useless when it comes to Auto update
 
Yeah a couple changes.

There is now a headshot indicator when you get killed by headshot:

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Also, there is now a packet loss indicator which is in the form of 4 blocks on the right side of your screen:

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Another thing I noticed is that now when a teammate types something, the text is in blue. When a squadmate types, the text is green. Any admin messages are now in yellow. Not sure if it was a placebo effect, but spawning definitely seemed to happen A LOT quicker.

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out of interest... how big is this update? xD

The packet loss thing is cool and i guess the headshot thing is to help people who rage when they die in one shot (correct me if i am wrong)
 
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