A clear sign that the holiday season is behind us and the New Year is well under way, the first Battlefield 4 game update of 2014 is now live. As per usual, PC players can install the update first, which is live right now. Have a look at the complete patch notes below.
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- Various fixes for improving general stability.
- Fixed a memory leak issue occurring after level shutdowns, which could result in a out-of-memory crash in longer play sessions.
- Additional fix for the “sound loop” deadlock when running High/Ultra graphics settings.
- Added a warning for using Legacy AMD drivers that were out of date.
- Fixed a player feedback timing issue where blood was appearing before other damage indicators, and before damage was actually done.
- Fixed a bug where players’ rank icons on the scoreboard would not be updated.
- Fix for Asian users unable to start Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 on Windows 8.1.
- Normalized repair rates across all vehicles.
- Fixed problem with killer health in kill card not being correctly updated (showing 100% health even though the soldier was hurt).
- Fix for friendly marker not always showing when needed to, resulting in players shooting team members.
- Fixed a bug where a Main Battle Tank Coaxial HMG ammo box was occasionally blocking the driver’s camera.
- Increased damage by 25% for the Stealth Jet 20mm cannons.
- Stealth Jets now have more similar handling attributes to each other. F35 & J-20 are slightly more agile, Su-50 is less agile.
- Attack Jets now have more similar handling attributes to each other, and all 3 are now slightly less agile than earlier.
- Fixed camera glitch when switching weapons while moving in crouch.
- Fixed an occasional bug where players could experience intermittent engine sound dropouts when driving wheeled IFVs.
- Fix for player spawning under the map when deploying on Lancang Dam.
- Fixed flickering in map and mini map on Rogue Transmission and Operation Locker.
Users for the Sony PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 can expect their update to go live on January 14, 2014 around 02:00 PST, 05:00 EST. Down time should be expected. As of right now there is no word on game updates for the Xbox 360 or Xbox One.
Stay tuned to Prima Games for more Battlefield 4 news and strategy.