Battlefield 4 Netcode... Horrible!

New videos show how horrible Battlefield 4 netcode is
Video examples of the horrible state of the netcode in the game.
November 5th, 2013 IN Videos


Last week we posted an article where we called Battlefield 4 “unplayable” and that it wasn’t worth the money. If you still aren’t convinced that the game is unplayable, watch some of the videos below. If you manage to get past the crashes and game freezes, you’re stuck with a netcode that’s just plain atrocious, by any standard.

While DICE has promised they’re working on a patch to fix the crashes, we’ve heard nothing regarding the netcode, which governs all of Battlefield 4 multiplayer.

DICE has previously said that “you can never have perfect netcode“. Maybe not, but at least we expect it to be somewhat playable.

We stand by our initial report: the game is unplayable and not worth $60. It hurts us to say this, but DICE has shipped what is quite possibly the worst release in Battlefield’s history.

We hate to be the ones constantly pointing this out and “complaining”, but someone has to say this. Someone has to speak up and let EA and DICE know that this is unacceptable. This is not what a $60 product is supposed to be like.

DICE should be ashamed of themselves.
Battlefield 4 netcode videos

The first video shows the current state of the netcode. The video speaks for itself.

9 VIDEO EXAMPLES AT LINK ABOVE.  2 SHOWN HERE.

I've yet to see anything like this in my hours so far

New video suggests the BF4 “netcode” issue could be client-side
A new video shows proof that the netcode issue could be on the client side as well as on the server side.
November 19th, 2013
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We’ve heard plenty of things about the Battlefield 4 netcode — mostly just how bad it is. The recent PC patch seems to have made some improvements to the netcode, but players are still reporting about various issues, such as lag, hitbox registration, and more. You can see a bunch of videos on the bad Battlefield 4 netcode here.

A new video might shed some light on the netcode issue, though. Done by YouTuber PixelTwitch, the video shows that some of the “netcode” problems might actually be on the client-side of things.



He booted up the Battlefield 4 test range, and did some experiments firing at the moving targets. The video clearly shows that there is some issue with the way hits are registered on the hitbox. This could mean that some of the netcode problems could be on the client-side, because, as far as we know, the BF4 test range is run locally.

When he fired directly at the moving target, he would miss, but if he fired shortly after the target, it would register as s hit. He tested the above video with “network smoothing” setting set at 0 and 100, and the results are the same.

DICE has previously said that the Battlefield 4 netcode is “top priority”, and the recent BF4 PC patch included some fixes for it.

This has been happening in the series for a while in the Battlefield series, where players would shoot at a moving target without any of the hits registering. But when they shot slightly behind a horizontally moving target, the hits would register. Take a look at the video below to see how this happens in BF4: