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
- Trial-Version available on Origin.
- All versions require Origin DRM.
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
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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Traditional Chinese |
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Chinese interface is only available on PC. |
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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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Network
- Servers use PunkBuster and Fairfight anti-cheat protection.[2][3]
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
Players |
Notes |
LAN play |
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Online play |
| 64 |
up to 64 players, 2 commanders, and 2 spectators |
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 |
- This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
VR support
Issues unresolved
Can't pass swimming part in the South China Sea mission
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.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
10, 11 |
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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 |
4.1, 5 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
Havok |
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Audio |
Opus, libvorbis, libogg |
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Multiplayer |
PunkBuster |
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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) / '0' unlocks framerate beyond 200FPS
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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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Disable HUD
- Open the console (~).
- Type
ui.drawenable 0
. You can auto-complete the command by pressing Tab after ui
.
- To restore the HUD, open the console once again, repeat the same command (quick access by Arrow Up), but this time use 1 instead of 0.
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 Intel Quad Core |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
30 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
ATI Radeon HD 3870 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB of VRAM
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 3 GB of VRAM |
References