Battlefield 2042 Update 4.0 Live With Patch Notes

Made several improvements to the Portal Browser

Made adjustments to the chase camera on a number of vehicles in Battlefield Portal

Fixed an issue which could cause a game crash when players were near a Kübelwagen

Players no longer remain in a stuck trigger animation after deploying C4 and immediately jumping into a vehicle

The Defibrillator can no longer be equipped while swimming

Stationary Machine Guns will now be destroyed alongside accompanying towers

Added new VO lines for destroying or capturing objectives

Added new VO line for tower collapse event on Caspian Border

The tower on Caspian Border will now have improved barrage & projectile VFX before its collapse

Players can now switch back to their secondary weapon on an Experience with all primary weapons disabled

The Cycle Primary Weapon key binding now properly cycles to the secondary weapon if the player doesn’t have a primary one

You should now always automatically have your last played loadout in the next round

Spawns on El-Alamein have been moved to prevent becoming stuck after deploying in FFA Mode

Battle of the Bulge – the screen now changes to sepia when going out of bounds near the tank battle vista area

Numerous fixes for floating rocks and cliff faces in Valparaiso, Arica Harbor, El-Alamein, and Caspian Border

Fixed the wrong VO playing when giving attacking orders as Dozer

Fixed issue where Falck’s gadget VO would trigger when hitting enemies

The healing sound will now always play when Falck heals herself with the S21 Syrette Pistol

Adjusted Wingsuit audio for Sundance so they are easier to hear for enemies

Added surface scrape sounds to vehicle with tracks when rotating stationary

Improved audio across amphibious vehicles

The MD540 Nightbird and AH-64GX Apache Warchief now have the correct audio cues when Air-to-Ground missiles are ready to be used

Destroying a gadget should no longer trigger vehicle destroyed voice over

Improved at range audio for the Recon Drone

Low health sound should no longer get stuck when going into a vehicle

Added audio VFX for turning on/off the Flashlight attachment

The Prox Sensor should no longer emit warning sounds if no enemies are within reach

Soldiers should no longer hear the opposite ping VO being triggered from a 3P view

Improved audio consistency for vehicle call-ins

Improving cockpit audio experience when driving enclosed Land Vehicles in first person

Tweaked the vaulting sound when climbing ladders

Added audio for birds on Renewal

Added audio for destroying screens in the Synseco laboratory lobby in Renewal

Improved audio for damage caused by storms

Improved audio for vehicle gear shifting

Fixed an issue where rapidly pressing fire on a Sniper Rifle would play an audio cue as if two shots were fired

Improved audio for the M5C Bolte, EBAA Wildcat and MD540 Nightbird when they pass by players

Fixed some issues where the player would be impossible to hit when entering an exposed vehicle seat

Fixed an issue where dead soldiers or friendly soldiers would block bullets

Fixed further instances of not being able to revive players when some of their body parts were clipping with assets/geometry

Fixed players not being able to place deployables in certain areas

Fixed an issue where the player would not be able to jump or vault after reviving someone

Fixed an issue where players would have 2 hands on a rifle while sprinting on a steep slope

Fixed losing input when jumping on/off the ladders

Fixed players appearing to fly after meleeing water

Fixed soldiers sometimes becoming invisible while downed

Fixed players sometimes going into downed state, instead of dying if killed in an out of bounds area

Fixed players entering a downed state after crashing with an air vehicle

Fixed players sometimes entering a downed state state while under water

Fixed players sometimes being thrown up in the air after getting revived 

Fixed an issue where redeploying your soldier could cause dropped weapons to float

Fixed an issue where it wouldn’t be possible to crawl under certain obstacles while prone

Fixed an issue where the player’s camera could sometimes clip through the ground or objects when prone

Fixed an issue where the soldiers could fly when dropping down from steep areas

Fixed an issue where certain camera transitions would force the player’s FOV to be reset to the default FOV (55°)

Fixed an issue where it is possible to die when entering a vehicle right after performing a melee attack while in the air

FOV should no longer break after switching weapons on ladders

Improved traversal across moving objects

Updated animations for directional vaults

Soldiers will no longer die when swimming close to or under a water vehicle

Fixed an issue which would cause broken weapon animations while sprinting into world objects such as a wall

Fixed an issue where reload animations would play incorrectly

Fixed an issue where aborting a revive caused first person animations to break

Resolved several corrupted eye animations

Improved the preview animations of deployable objects

Improved left arm animations while crawling with a MCS-880

Improved left hand animations when using an under barrel attachment while sprinting

Sprinting out of water while swimming no longer puts you in a stuck sliding animation

Left hand animations should no longer break when entering and exiting vehicles

Players should no longer experience looping revive animations when downed

Gunners should no longer sometimes clip behind vehicles while driving

Made revive animations smoother

Switching weapons in a vehicle open seat will no longer result in a broken animation

Toned down weapon movement during initial ADS after deploy

Smoothed out the transition animations for camera and weapon movement when switching between stand/crouch

Jumping into water while reloading will no longer cause a broken reload animation

You can no longer see through your hands while using the SWS-10 or DXR-1 in prone position during reload

Polished idle animations for rifles

HUD – hints for Reload, Low ammo and No ammo will now blink a few seconds and then fade out. Switching weapons in these states will restart this animation

HUD – added critical (red) and out of bounds (gray) color to WorldInfo, SoldierInfo and SoldierCompass HUD widgets

HUD – centered soldier compass direction readout and added positioning arrow shape

HUD – added scaling options for the Mini-map/team, Personal Log, World Log, Player/Vehicle Info, Chat and Vehicle Passenger List

HUD – added critical state for vehicles

Added new options that allow players to scale the transparency of many different icons in the HUD (Friendly icons, Squad member icons, Enemy Icons, Revive Icons, Objective Icons and Ping Marker Icons). Each icon type can have a different transparency when zoomed or not zoomed. The option can be found under DISPLAY > HUD ICONS.

Added a Chat Log Visibility option to allow players to set the default visibility mode of the chat log (which allows it to be turned OFF on console where no key bindings exists to change visibility in-game)

Adjusted scaling of objective icons over distance, they will now start scaling at 50m (instead of 100m) and stop scaling at 500m instead (instead of 1000m)

Solved an issue where friendly icons were too enlarged

The “Need Healing” icon is no longer visible over friendlies while playing as Angel without a Medical Crate

The grenade indicator no longer remains after the grenade has already exploded

The killcard should now always update after being killed by AI Soldiers shortly after self healing

SG-36 Sentry Gun and OV-P Recon Drone are now shown/hidden depending on gadget availability

Fixed a bug where the minimap didn’t update when entering an air vehicle from the ground

Fixed a problem that caused hints to disappear on initial deploy into vehicles

Made animations for the Plus Menu smoother

Added 24 new options to control the opacity and size of HUD icons

Added missing Always Traversal Sprint option under CONTROLLER tab

Fixed an issue that prevented equipping of the IBA Armor Plate if you were being healed at the same time

Using the IBA Armor Plate no longer causes the plate to flicker and reappear on screen after use

Fixed a bug where players were able to deploy items to clip ladders and ziplines which could block passage

Improved the positioning of the preview of deployed objects (such as Boris’s turret) to better reflect the surface the player is trying to place it on, instead of hovering in the air.

Gadgets should no longer be destroyed if a door opens or closes close to them

Fixed an issue where gadgets resupplied via the Loadout Crate caused the player to not be able to redeploy their chosen gadget later on during that life

EMP effect from grenades no longer extend past their visual explosion radius

Fixed an issue that allowed players to drop Ammo and Medical Crates through thin walls

CG Recoilless M5 / RPG / SMAW will now one shot Ranger if it’s a direct hit

The CG Recoilless M5 will no longer automatically reload while you are downed if you died after firing it

Fixed an issue causing empty reloads on the Recoilless M5 to be interrupted when vaulting

Fix for issue where users were able to detonate the C5 Explosive while being hacked

Fixed an issue where both soldier Anti-Tank Mine & the Bolte’s Anti-Tank Mine would despawn after a short while if the player died

The Repair Tool now turns off when a player dies

Made it easier to place the Insertion Beacon

You’ll now spawn in the same direction where the Insertion Beacons is facing when spawning on it

Fixed an issue that would allow players to shoot FXM-33 AA missiles while their target was in smoke

Fixed an issue where FXM-33 AA Missile did not become enabled again until the user switched to another weapon and back again after being affected by EMP

Fixing a issue where Smoke Grenades did not explode on moving cranes

Factory and Extended Barrel descriptions now display the correct fire rate changes

Weapon modifiers are now correctly applied when swapping attachments while the bipod is equipped

Fixed an issue that would cause the 40mm Grenade Launcher attachment to hit an invisible wall when fired indoors

Fixed an issue which would grant unlimited ammo if magazine attachments were toggled in between firing the underbarrel attachment

Fixed some weapons displaying wrong ammo counts for specific magazines

Adding and removing attachments in the Plus Menu will now always correctly apply their statistic changes

Underbarrel activations such as flashlights and laser sights will no longer be reset after getting revived

Bipod attachments will no longer toggle on and off while reloading

The ADS time on the BKS 8X now matches that of other scope attachments

Adjusted the size of the DD Holo scope to bring it in line with other scopes

Reduced blur on the Ghost Hybrid scope

Some underbarrel attachments should no longer have a shared ammo pool

The Maul Hybrid and the Ghost Hybrid now correctly displays both scope zoom levels in the Collection screen

The Fusion Holo attachment no longer clips through the meshes on the following weapons: AK-24, LCMG, PP-29 and the SFAR-M GL

Fixed clipping issues with the camera when the Fusion Holo optic is equipped while ADS

The high powered magazine for the AK24 now shows the correct amount of bullets

Fixed an issue where players were unable to fire straight away after reloading the Grenade Launcher attachment on the M5A3

Updated text descriptions for both the NTW-50 and DM7

Fixed an issue which caused the extended magazine for the PBX-45 to have a slight delay before it fires after reload

Located a missing ‘R’ in the description of the PKP-BP

Increased PKP-BP Base Recoil

Fixed an issue that would cause weapon lag across scopes for the M44

The missing bullet on the M44 has been located

The M44 now displays the correct reload animation while in prone

Fixed an issue with the M44 that caused the scope to move a lot more than intended when aiming around

Arcom Tactical Muzzle Brake no longer floats when equipped onto the MP9

Increased the long range damage on SWS-10 light ammo from 35-40 over 75 meters

The Iron Sight will no longer be visible when the Fusion Holo is equipped to the PP-29

Fixed an issue with the incorrect ammo pools to be set on the PP-29, which would show incorrect ammo quantities

Fixed the PP-29 medium and subsonic ammunition having inverted ammo pools

Fixed an issue which could cause underabarrels on the SFAR-M GL to unexpectedly run out of ammo

Recentered the iron sight on the DXR-1

AC42 Bullet Damage dropoff increased

AC42 effective range has been lowered

Reduced scope shake when firing on the DM7 and VCAR

Fixed an issue where weapons would have inconsistent dispersion or recoil

Fixed an issue which prevented bullets from dealing the correct damage amount

Bolt Action Sniper rifles now correctly play their animation after opening the Plus Menu and firing

Reload prompt will no longer stop flashing when there are only a few bullets left in the magazine

Reloading while ADS will no longer reset the camera zoom

Fixed an issue which could cause weapons to become invisible while climbing a ladder

Fixed an issue which caused some players to be unable to shoot or ADS after exiting a vehicle

Toggle Scope is now affected by soldier controller schemes

Weapons in the collection screen will no longer compare to the weapon selected in deploy screen which caused incorrect comparisons

Improved the visual quality of the crosshairs and red dots within high powered scopes while on low/medium graphic settings

Removed some double spacing within text descriptions of multiple weapons

Reduced scope shake when firing on the DM7 and VCAR

Fixing broken arm when doing pump action while crawling with the MCS-880

Improved weapon animation when deploying from a vehicle

Added a game hint for steady scope

Weapons should no longer slide over the floor when dropped

Made improvements to the position and drop timing for dropped weapons

Underbarrel shotgun crosshair does not disappear after zooming 

As outlined in our recent Core Feedback, we are adjusting the number of active vehicles across maps and modes, and you’ll notice the first iteration of this change within this update. As an example of how that plays out on Breakthrough 64 for Kaleidoscope, here is how we adjusted total available vehicles in the match, per Sector:

Health for soldier and vehicle now show correct values for all seats in the vehicle

The radar will now appear correctly while redploying on a team/squad mate in the Mi-240 Super Hind or MV-38 Condor

Killing someone with a Tuk-Tuk would sometimes show the wrong vehicle icon the kill card

Destroying either the Tuk-Tuk or Polaris Sportsman in a tunnel will no longer cause floating debris to be present

Players can now ping while driving vehicles in 3rd person view

Fixed an issue that would cause reversing in a tank to be problematic

Fixed an issue that would allow players to skip the equipment cooldown timer while in a helicopter

Players will no longer find themselves in a floating state while exiting a fighter jet upside down

Fixed an issue which would cause vehicles to not be deployed when called-in, but still shown as ‘in-play’

Fixed an issue that would allow players to shoot AT missiles while their target was in smoke

Adjusted text on the vehicle zoom options in order to make it clearer what the option does

Tornados should no longer throw a helicopter under the world, resulting in passengers ending up under water

Fixed an issue that would sometimes affect the visibility of flares

Exiting and re-entering a tank will no longer result in a misaligned camera

Fixed an issue that could allow helicopters to fly under the game world on Hourglass

Fixed an issue that would cause the AA missile launch to skip the yellow lock on phase, jumping straight to red

Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause helicopters to spawn on the ground

Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause players to fall through the world when deploying into a tank

Fixed an issue that would allow players to manually reload weapons on certain vehicles

Air radar should now correctly display enemies

System repair would sometimes only replenish a few health points, this has been corrected

It was possible for players to hurt themselves with some explosive vehicle weapons during the vehicle enter animations, this has been disabled

It’s no longer possible to shoot yourself for a short period of time when entering a vehicle

Vehicle hints will now show up on initial deployment

Vehicle “invert look” settings are no longer connected to flight controls

Fixed an issue that would allow players to instant lock onto a vehicle after flares have been used

Lights on air vehicles are now turned on when a player is in the cockpit.

Fixed an issue which would occasionally see the AH-64GX Apache Warchief or KA-520 Super Hokum Smart rockets ignore their target.

A specific concrete block was causing the T28 to become stuck. The T28 has overcome its fear and can now traverse over it

Invert vertical look is now working as expected on transport vehicles

Vehicle 3rd person camera no longer clips through the environment.

The ‘Hints for Controls’ option now displays for all intended vehicles.

Fixed an issue that would cause the bridge to clip while in 3rd person view in a T28 on Hourglass

Backpacks can no longer be seen sticking out of the side of the B17 Bomber.

Taking a Tuk-Tuk into an elevator will now display the correct health

Made tweaks to various VFX while in a helicopter and firing counter measures to reduce photosensitivity risks

Vehicles spawned through Deploy Screen will now be eventually abandoned if they are left

Fixed an issue which would cause animation issues when going from vehicle to downed state

Helicopter lights are no longer offset from their initial position while in the matchmaking countdown screen

Deploy animation will now only play once after the player has switched seats multiple times in a row within vehicles.

Tanks should no longer get stuck in the mud while in a storm on Orbital

Weathering effects are now applied more consistently to vehicles.

The soldiers physics representation now better matches the the actual animation pose when in a Tuk-Tuk or a Portal RHIB

Added a freelook 3rd person view crosshair to vehicles

Vehicle hud while in 1st person view now turns red when in a critical health state

Vehicles now show both soldier and vehicle health for all seats occupied by the player.

Updated the “Transport Look Behind” option to “Reset Camera View”

Tweaked camera pitch while in 1st person view within a helicopter to better reflect the direction of travel and increase visibility

Fixed spawning of vehicles in elevators

Vehicles should no longer incorrectly be slowed down when driving over certain platforms like bridges