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Battlefield 2042 Beta |OT| October 6 (Early Access) October 8 (Open Beta) till October 10
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Okay hold up what even is this squad system? Is it automatic because I can't even join other squads so if it's just me or 1 dude I'm screwed.
...did they take out squad join?...
...did they take out squad join?...
Can confirm. Comparing my PC build (2070 super, 3900X) to the XSX beta and it's night and day, unfortunately. :/
Open beta starts on Friday, early access allows you to play from today
I think I've finally realized with this beta that I'm not looking for a Battlefield with a focus on Conquest. I just haven't been able to get into the last few releases. Here's to hoping for a Rush focused entry in the series sometime in the future :)
Not having the PC issues some are having comparing the PC to PS5 is a huge jump in clarity and performance for me. rx 6800/3900x/32gb 3200mhz.
And Dice should be commended for finally, after all these years getting rid of the truly awful direct x 12 stutter. Its completely eliminated.
And Dice should be commended for finally, after all these years getting rid of the truly awful direct x 12 stutter. Its completely eliminated.
Mixed feelings on balance/map flow combined with tendencies of the BF community but I'll have to hit it again after I'm fully awake. Not worried about technical issues. Other people have already covered my thoughts on flat lighting/audio.
Biggest gameplay takeaway during beta regardless of map: Does M&KB work on Series X? Vehicles on controller feel like a step back from V and air combat is already a lost cause in crossplay.
Biggest gameplay takeaway during beta regardless of map: Does M&KB work on Series X? Vehicles on controller feel like a step back from V and air combat is already a lost cause in crossplay.
Yeah that sucks, I'm busy over the weekend. I wish they'd stop gating betas with a paywall.
Either you preorder the game or have EA Play to get in before the 8th
Maybe, haven't thought about the colour specifics, it's just I don't associate a screen colour/tint with... 'information about the map/game flow'.
Usually in games the screen tinting or changing colour means you are about to die (or have been spotted, caught a disease, have gone out of bounds)... almost certainly nothing good anyway.
I think I have to call it with this beta. There is this constant flicker of a stretched out texture and it's make me feel queasy. I've never felt like this playing a game.
This what people who get motion sickness feel like?
This what people who get motion sickness feel like?
Ah damn, I'm not really looking to buy it yet tbh. Especially with what I'm reading in here. I just kinda wanna dip my feet in to see if I like this one since I hated V. I'll have a look into ea play though
Agreed, I think both application and choice of colourings have been bad here.
Is there no traditional scoreboard?
Yeah this seems odd. I'm hoping just left out of BETA.
Yeah this seems odd. I'm hoping just left out of BETA.
elenarie I bought Battlefield on my PS5 account, and my brother's account is not able to play it on his account on my PS5. Weird because every other closed beta has worked on all accounts on my PS5.
Is this a bug or was this intentional?
It literally still says the code when you attempt to log in and the message about pre-ordering the game when attempting on his profile.
Is this a bug or was this intentional?
It literally still says the code when you attempt to log in and the message about pre-ordering the game when attempting on his profile.
anyone knows what is the key on PC to switch between scopes for the hybrid scope?
also, the HUD definitely needs improvement. why is the compass and firing mode only shown when ADS? and there is no clear indication of which key to press to switch to the grenade launcher with the AR. me and my friends had to figure that out via pressing random keys on the keyboard. there is also no button indicator for the elevators which made me think elevators weren't working in this game.
and the 'M' key to bring up the map ingame straight up does not work
also, the HUD definitely needs improvement. why is the compass and firing mode only shown when ADS? and there is no clear indication of which key to press to switch to the grenade launcher with the AR. me and my friends had to figure that out via pressing random keys on the keyboard. there is also no button indicator for the elevators which made me think elevators weren't working in this game.
and the 'M' key to bring up the map ingame straight up does not work
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I thought Halo Infinite had an overly complex settings page for controller sensitivity
BF: hold my fuckin keg.
What a damn shit show. I appreciate devs have the option to provide such granularity, but that's a confused mess of a page that is not even close to being user friendly.
Hopefully by the time I get home from work people will have established settings I can copy
BF: hold my fuckin keg.
What a damn shit show. I appreciate devs have the option to provide such granularity, but that's a confused mess of a page that is not even close to being user friendly.
Hopefully by the time I get home from work people will have established settings I can copy
BFV has phenomenal sound design. This shit is a downgrade from BF2 lol. A massive downgrade.
The game looks and runs fine at 1440p on my 1080ti, but good god the UI is hideous. Garish, clashing neon text and buttons all over my screen, huge objective markers filling my field of view, a scoreboard I can see about five names on because it looks like a 640x480 menu stretched up to the resolution I'm running at. It's horrible.
When you walk past cold things it does this, and the screen will frost up at the edges. Like being near the large leaking pressurized containers and such, or some of the buildings appear to have some sort of fire suppression system that can be deployed, which sprays stuff everywhere. It's a bit annoying, I dunno if there's anything happening gameplay wise beyond the color filter on the screen.
I just tried it on my series x. Lol why is it so much better on console than PC? (Still not great...)
Played a few games this morning. It's rough. I mean you can assume the most obvious stuff will be fixed before launch but its still a rough beta. This is not a super polished experience that gives you complete confidence in the full game even though I'm still getting the gold edition.
There is a lot of gameplay feedback stuff that just needs work. Like I feel I don't have a lot of the information I need as I'm playing that is in say Battlefield V. Like when I die are there any medics around me who can revive and how close are they. There are just a lot of little stuff like that, that adds up to big stuff.
That was my initial impression. I'll play more this afternoon obviously to form some more detailed and coherent opinions and maybe useful feedback.
There is a lot of gameplay feedback stuff that just needs work. Like I feel I don't have a lot of the information I need as I'm playing that is in say Battlefield V. Like when I die are there any medics around me who can revive and how close are they. There are just a lot of little stuff like that, that adds up to big stuff.
That was my initial impression. I'll play more this afternoon obviously to form some more detailed and coherent opinions and maybe useful feedback.
There's been some comments that the stuttering on PC might eventually go away and it's the shaders being created. Another good point was that this is similar to how BF5 remains unplayable in DX12 for some players to this day, me included. I have to use DX11 in BF5 for it to be smooth, and it is damn smooth in DX11! BF2042 seems to be all DX12 though, and this is the scale of stuttering I have on a 5900X/3080 even after playing for quite a while already (so it shouldn't be the shader creation):
That seems pretty bad, right? But that graph max is limited to 50ms. In afterburner it looks more like this (short gameplay session only in this one):
Frametimes are spiking up to full 1 second and beyond. All the time. The only other game where I have issues like this is BF5 in DX12 mode, though it's not nearly this bad in that game.
That seems pretty bad, right? But that graph max is limited to 50ms. In afterburner it looks more like this (short gameplay session only in this one):
Frametimes are spiking up to full 1 second and beyond. All the time. The only other game where I have issues like this is BF5 in DX12 mode, though it's not nearly this bad in that game.
Oh one other thing. I can get the series X version running fine but I can't seem to get the xbox one version running on my series X. I wanted to try that version also. It just stays on the main menu screen and the buttons don't seem to react. Anybody having this issue or gotten it to work who is on series X? Thx in advance.
I think they've tried to simplify it a bit, but somehow made it worse. Once I got hang of it though, helos are pretty much the same as before. Its all about maintaining momemtum and the correct angle for your current needs.
I'm pulling off low altitude strafing runs and evading missiles without needing to use flares easily enough.
I'm having fun with this but I'm really, really hoping this is an old build because the BF4 launch PTSD is starting to kick in.
Without being all negative, while the map is a bit larger than it should be, the capture point parts of the map are VERY cool so at least it's got that going for it.
Another gripe I'm noticing is that characters running around just looks bad. BF4 had it silky smooth while here I can look at a dude and he just sort of stutters around very unnaturally, the animation for character models seems somehow worse than even BF3, like they're stuck with less animations than they should have or something.
Without being all negative, while the map is a bit larger than it should be, the capture point parts of the map are VERY cool so at least it's got that going for it.
Another gripe I'm noticing is that characters running around just looks bad. BF4 had it silky smooth while here I can look at a dude and he just sort of stutters around very unnaturally, the animation for character models seems somehow worse than even BF3, like they're stuck with less animations than they should have or something.
There is lot of bad thing but man... I just witnessed a pure battlefield moment. All the players were fighting near the rocket and that was AMAZING.