Battlefield 4 - Catch-All (It's ALIVE)

Unparking totally worked. I was on a mix of Medium and High at 40 fps and can now jack it up to High settings at 60 fps. Well worth it.

ilduce620 wrote:

Unparking totally worked. I was on a mix of Medium and High at 40 fps and can now jack it up to High settings at 60 fps. Well worth it.

Are there any Vista increases?

alexjg42 wrote:

Quick question. How big is the day 1 patch? I'm getting BF4 and CoD today and just want to know which patch should I leave overnight. I know CoD is about 1.9gig. Just not sure about BF4.

alexjg42 wrote:

Quick question. How big is the day 1 patch? I'm getting BF4 and CoD today and just want to know which patch should I leave overnight. I know CoD is about 1.9gig. Just not sure about BF4.

There's been several patches since bf4 has come out, so I'd say at least 1.5gb

Pawz wrote:

There's been several patches since bf4 has come out, so I'd say at least 1.5gb

Thank you Pawz =)

I have a question about voice chat and Vent. I heard someone say they were switching to in-game voice (I thought it was Edwin?), but I don't think I saw anyone actually leave the Vent server. Then I was thinking about the fact that if everyone was on the vent server, wouldn't both teams be able to hear what the others are saying? So basically any strategies being planned would be known by everyone.

So basically is there some rule about going into in-game voice when a match starts, then switching back to the open vent channel? If so, how do you switch between the two (just a different push-to-talk button, for instance?), or is it more about just relaxing and chatting it up with everyone at once? Just want to make sure I'm not inadvertently annoying anyone by calling out strategies for our team when the other can hear

I do just as you said.
left alt key is squad chat using in game voip
mouse5 is vent for trash talk and other chit chat.

it does happen though that people will say things that should be heard in squad but hey, just pretend you didn't hear it

groan wrote:

it does happen though that people will say things that should be heard in squad but hey, just pretend you didn't hear it

Yeah, I was figuring that might be the case

Does the game (or vent, for that matter) give any indicator that someone is talking? I'll be honest--I was too busy trying to find people to shoot to really notice. Everyone sounds kind of the same to me so it'd be nice to actually know who is saying what.

CptDomano wrote:
groan wrote:

it does happen though that people will say things that should be heard in squad but hey, just pretend you didn't hear it

Yeah, I was figuring that might be the case

Does the game (or vent, for that matter) give any indicator that someone is talking? I'll be honest--I was too busy trying to find people to shoot to really notice. Everyone sounds kind of the same to me so it'd be nice to actually know who is saying what.

yes, their name changes color or something. I have a display on my G15 keyboard that has a ventrilo plugin and I can look down to see the name of the speaker.really helps to identify who belongs to all the funny sounding American and European accents. lol at funny accwnts!

Gimpy_Butzke wrote:
ilduce620 wrote:

Unparking totally worked. I was on a mix of Medium and High at 40 fps and can now jack it up to High settings at 60 fps. Well worth it.

Are there any Vista increases?

Unparking only works with Windows 7 & 8, since CPU parking was added in Windows 7.

CptDomano wrote:

Everyone sounds kind of the same to me so it'd be nice to actually know who is saying what.

I just pretend they're all one person doing impressions of other people. That way you don't form any emotional bonds in case they're on the opposition and you have to kill them repeatedly. "Die! And take your damn impressions with you!"

groan wrote:

I have a display on my G15 keyboard that has a ventrilo plugin and I can look down to see the name of the speaker.really helps to identify who belongs to all the funny sounding American and European accents. lol at funny accwnts!

Thanks for selling me a G15 keyboard I didn't need, jerk.

The other day I was hearing "PRG, wait I am repairing." or "PRG, guy on hill".

I still have no idea who that was!

I finally got my new headset.

FSeven wrote:
groan wrote:

I have a display on my G15 keyboard that has a ventrilo plugin and I can look down to see the name of the speaker.really helps to identify who belongs to all the funny sounding American and European accents. lol at funny accwnts!

Thanks for selling me a G15 keyboard I didn't need, jerk. :P

I do the same. It's awesome

TempestBlayze wrote:
FSeven wrote:
groan wrote:

I have a display on my G15 keyboard that has a ventrilo plugin and I can look down to see the name of the speaker.really helps to identify who belongs to all the funny sounding American and European accents. lol at funny accwnts!

Thanks for selling me a G15 keyboard I didn't need, jerk. :P

I do the same. It's awesome :)

I have had a G15 and now a G510, and I can never look down to figure out who's talking. I'm much better off with either an overlay on my screen or Vent on monitor 2.

Had fun last night. Really enjoyed that close quarter map. Love the destruction. I think I might have even killed Mannishboy once..... maybe.

Slevinsins wrote:

Had fun last night. Really enjoyed that close quarter map. Love the destruction. I think I might have even killed Mannishboy once..... maybe.

I got killed a lot

One round, it seemed like every time I died it was at the hands of a fuzzy bunny.

BlackSabre wrote:
MannishBoy wrote:

Also, TV missiles on boats are fun.

Not if you're on the receiving end. I had a guy just park his boat on Lancang Damn and then fired TV missiles every time the opposing team got in their boat. He just camped the enemy boat to the point where as soon as you got in, disabled boat, then a nice swim back to shore.

Also, wonder when they're going to fix the sound cutting out on that map.

TV missiles are a nice way to give your air some support on that map by taking out the AA Tank from range. Or at least, engaging it to give your guys time to handle it.

Server updates:

1. Working Chat Filter that warns, kicks and bans on the severity of bad language. Racial slurs are an instant ban. (it works as I banned myself..oops)
2. New map list: 9 Conquest, 7 Domination, and 8 Rush maps. I mixed them up, but since Map Vote is working, the rotation is not so important.
3. Tweaked Auto Balance to keep Squads together. Auto balance last joined first, Scramble on lopsided score of more than 120 tickets.
4. In game admin commands work.
5. Procon tool working. (Thanks to Groan and Ranalin for testing it last night)

Tonight should be awesome!!

MannishBoy wrote:
Slevinsins wrote:

Had fun last night. Really enjoyed that close quarter map. Love the destruction. I think I might have even killed Mannishboy once..... maybe.

I got killed a lot

One round, it seemed like every time I died it was at the hands of a fuzzy bunny.

BlackSabre wrote:
MannishBoy wrote:

Also, TV missiles on boats are fun.

Not if you're on the receiving end. I had a guy just park his boat on Lancang Damn and then fired TV missiles every time the opposing team got in their boat. He just camped the enemy boat to the point where as soon as you got in, disabled boat, then a nice swim back to shore.

Also, wonder when they're going to fix the sound cutting out on that map.

TV missiles are a nice way to give your air some support on that map by taking out the AA Tank from range. Or at least, engaging it to give your guys time to handle it.

Thin_J had my number last night. One round he killed me at least 8 times before I finally killed him.

Hell, I think Thin_J had everyone's number. I would check the leaderboard every so often and see some sort of crazy score like 20-7.

What's your secret?!

KEA_Lightning wrote:

Server updates:

1. Working Chat Filter that warns, kicks and bans on the severity of bad language. Racial slurs are an instant ban. (it works as I banned myself..oops)
2. New map list: 9 Conquest, 7 Domination, and 8 Rush maps. I mixed them up, but since Map Vote is working, the rotation is not so important.
3. Tweaked Auto Balance to keep Squads together. Auto balance last joined first, Scramble on lopsided score of more than 120 tickets.
4. In game admin commands work.
5. Procon tool working. (Thanks to Groan and Ranalin for testing it last night)

Tonight should be awesome!!

know what would make it better? An obliteration map

CptDomano wrote:

Hell, I think Thin_J had everyone's number. I would check the leaderboard every so often and see some sort of crazy score like 20-7.

What's your secret?!

He alternates keyboards and headphones every kill.

ThinJ is silent and deadly. Like a fart in the wind.

Looking forward to some more games tonight!

CptDomano wrote:

Hell, I think Thin_J had everyone's number. I would check the leaderboard every so often and see some sort of crazy score like 20-7.

What's your secret?!

Damn straight...I died at Thin_J's hand so many a time...grrrrrr...

Nice find, MannishBoy.

I think at some point we need to try out either a scout helicopter or transport with a group of us. In the scout, one pilot, and two repair/AA rocket guys. In the transport, a pilot, two gunners, and a pair of rep/AA rocket guys. Or maybe an AA and a regular rocket guy.

I think those combos might be a bit overpowered with coordination. Probably would end up rammed by an annoyed jet, but it would be fun up until that point.

BTW, I know how to kill Thin_J. Get him in your helicopter and get shot down due to your limited heli skills [size=10]Sorry Thin![/size]

(Thanks to everyone who helped me last night in helicopters, as I'm still learning when to engage/disengage in fights. Sometimes I get in over my head.)

I'm pretty sure this is ThinJ.

ranalin wrote:
KEA_Lightning wrote:

Server updates:

1. Working Chat Filter that warns, kicks and bans on the severity of bad language. Racial slurs are an instant ban. (it works as I banned myself..oops)
2. New map list: 9 Conquest, 7 Domination, and 8 Rush maps. I mixed them up, but since Map Vote is working, the rotation is not so important.
3. Tweaked Auto Balance to keep Squads together. Auto balance last joined first, Scramble on lopsided score of more than 120 tickets.
4. In game admin commands work.
5. Procon tool working. (Thanks to Groan and Ranalin for testing it last night)

Tonight should be awesome!!

know what would make it better? An obliteration map ;)

I'll throw them into the mix.

Obliteration on Operation Locker is crazy fun. I've found that obliteration succeeds where conquest fails. Namely, getting people to defend.

Conquest ends up being a game of musical chairs. Control points change hands frequently and everyone focuses on the most hotly contested control point.

With Obliteration there is much more incentive to defend a point and as a defender you will rack up more kills by defending as opposed to sitting at a controlled point in Conquest and waiting 5-10 minutes for an enemy to come along Lone-Wolf to try to cap the point.

If Dice would implement repeating defense points (similar to the repeating control points system) I think folks would be much more inclined to defend on Conquest but as it is, it's more lucrative to constantly cap points and let points fall to the enemy so you can cap them again. I liken Obliteration with a face paced game of Chess to Rush's Checkers. Conquest could be much, much more fun and emulate the concept of a war much better if it was rewarding for players to defend points.

Since there is map voting now, I think will just add all maps for Conquest, Domination, Obliteration, and Rush. Are some still experiencing crashes on Shanghai? Other thoughts? Ideas?

Great story. The guy is darn lucky his PTSD doesn't impact his everyday life, too. All of the guys I've known with PTSD have had at least an occasional flashback just going about their business, not to mention other (in some cases severe) issues.

This is my first Battlefield game, but the sound design is what really stands out to me too. There are other venues that are far more like "real" combat, but the sound in Battlefield is incredible. I can totally understand how some people might not be able to play it for that reason alone.