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| # The game will now work normally with the Battlescreen showing map information in real time during the match. | | # The game will now work normally with the Battlescreen showing map information in real time during the match. |
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| {{ii}} Running the game borderless makes it quicker to switch between the two but might reduce performance. | | {{ii}} Running the game borderless makes it quicker to switch between the two but might reduce performance. |
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Revision as of 04:48, 23 July 2016
Warnings
- Mantle graphics API option requires an AMD video card with a driver version earlier than Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.5.1.[1]
General information
- Official website
- Official Battlelog Forums
- Official BF4 Tech Support Forums
- Battlefield Wiki
- Secret tips and tricks
Availability
- All versions require Origin.
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Air Vehicle Shortcut Kit |
Can be obtained by ingame leveling |
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Assault Shortcut Kit |
Can be obtained by ingame leveling |
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Dragon's Teeth |
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Carbine Shortcut Kit |
Can be obtained by ingame leveling |
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China Rising |
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Community Operations |
Free |
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DMR Shortcut Kit |
Can be obtained by ingame leveling |
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Engineer Shortcut Kit |
Can be obtained by ingame leveling |
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Final Stand |
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Grenade Shortcut Kit |
Can be obtained by ingame leveling |
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Ground & Sea Vehicle Shortcut Kit |
Can be obtained by ingame leveling |
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Handgun Shortcut Kit |
Can be obtained by ingame leveling |
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Legacy Operations |
Free |
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Naval Strike |
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Night Operations |
Free |
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Recon Shortcut Kit |
Can be obtained by ingame leveling |
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Second Assault |
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Shotgun Shortcut Kit |
Can be obtained by ingame leveling |
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Soldier Shortcut Bundle |
Can be obtained by ingame leveling |
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Support Shortcut Kit |
Can be obtained by ingame leveling |
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Ultimate Shortcut Bundle |
Can be obtained by ingame leveling |
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Vehicle Shortcut Bundle |
Can be obtained by ingame leveling |
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Weapon Shortcut Bundle |
Can be obtained by ingame leveling |
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Essential improvements
Performance boost!
- This command may give a huge FPS boost in some map areas and doesn't change anything in the graphics
Video Tutorial:
Use Battlescreen on secondary monitor
- If you are using a multi-monitor resolution in-game the secondary monitor can't be part of the spanned resolution.
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
-
meta.xml
, PROFSAVE
, PROFSAVE_header
and PROFSAVE_profile
are the save files.
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
In-game general control settings.
In-game advanced control settings.
In-game key/button map settings.
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Network
- Servers use PunkBuster and Fairfight anti-cheat protection.[2][3]
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
80, 443, 9988, 17502, 20000-20100, 22990, 42127 |
UDP |
3659, 14000-14016, 22990-23006, 25200-25300 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
Issues fixed
Stuck on Loading Screen / Game Closes with No Error Message / PunkBuster Initialization Failure
PunkBuster issues may cause the game to become stuck on the black loading screen with the flashing indicator at the top-right, or cause you to be kicked mid-game by the server with or without the following error messages:
- Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster kicked player '(player name)' (for 0 minutes) ... RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrA.exe.
Unable to connect to Battlelog error message
Other information
Performance Monitoring Tools
Console commands
- Launch console with ~.
- You can have these commands run automatically, whenever you start the game, by entering them in
user.cfg
in the Battlefield 4 installation folder (the file won't exist by default, you can create it through a notepad and save as a .cfg file).
Command |
Description
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PerfOverlay.DrawFPS 1 |
Show FPS counter
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PerfOverlay.DrawGraph 1 |
Show performance graph
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GameTime.MaxVariableFPS # |
Limit frame rate (where # is a positive number)
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RenderDevice.TripleBufferingEnable 1 |
Enable Triple-Buffering (only recommended if Vsync is on)
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RenderDevice.ForceRenderAheadLimit 1 |
Force rendering only 1 frame ahead (can remove stutter, default value is 3)
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NetworkPerfOverlay.DrawGraph 1 |
In depth network debugging information
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Screenshot.Render |
Take a screenshot (into %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Battlefield 4\Screenshots\ )
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API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11, 9 |
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Mantle support |
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Requires an AMD video card with a driver version earlier than 19.5.1 (2019).[1] |
Shader Model support |
5 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Vista SP2 |
8 |
Processor (CPU) |
AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz |
AMD Six-core CPU Intel Quad-Core CPU |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
30 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
AMD Radeon HD 3870 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB of VRAM
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 3 GB of VRAM |
References