# BF4 Going to use frost bite 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 27, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-going-to-use-frost-bite-3/109718 "2013-03-27T20:13:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sizoo100](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@sizoo100](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/sizoo100)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-going-to-use-frost-bite-3/109718/1 "2013-03-27T20:13:45Z")
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**Author:** ![ElCazador528491](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ElCazador528491](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ElCazador528491)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-going-to-use-frost-bite-3/109718/2 "2013-03-27T20:23:07Z")
BF3 currently uses Frostbite 2, correct? If so, I look forward to improvements in Frostbite 3. ---
**Author:** ![FthrJACK](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@FthrJACK](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/FthrJACK)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-going-to-use-frost-bite-3/109718/3 "2013-03-27T21:01:03Z")
This isn’t news ---
**Author:** ![Goronmon](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@Goronmon](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Goronmon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-going-to-use-frost-bite-3/109718/4 "2013-03-27T21:08:38Z")
This is truly meaningless information when you get down to it. They could call it Frostbite 2.00.01 or Frostbite 923 and it still doesn’t really tell us what improved over the previous version. ---
**Author:** ![BitWarrior](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@BitWarrior](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/BitWarrior)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-going-to-use-frost-bite-3/109718/5 "2013-03-28T02:08:23Z")
This means nothing. They very, very clearly have not made a completely new version of the Frostbyte engine from the ground up - I’m sure any Battlefield 3 advocate would be able to identify dozens of things in the 17 minute release video which were identical to the behaviors in Frostbyte 2. All this is evidence for is the marketing department finding that fans got really exited over the idea that Battlefield 3 was on Frostbyte 2, so if we just say Battlefield 4 is on “Frostbyte 3”, surely they’ll be just as excited! ---
**Author:** ![the\_oskie\_woskie](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@the\_oskie\_woskie](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/the_oskie_woskie)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-going-to-use-frost-bite-3/109718/6 "2013-03-28T03:57:56Z")
thanks for no information ---
**Author:** ![hwkfr](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hwkfr](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/hwkfr)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-going-to-use-frost-bite-3/109718/7 "2013-03-28T13:11:47Z")
You really believe this BS? Remember this? This is called marketing bro ---
**Author:** ![SirMaster](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@SirMaster](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/SirMaster)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-going-to-use-frost-bite-3/109718/8 "2013-03-28T13:56:57Z")
It’s not meaningless… It means we can expect engine changes. The other option was to just use Frostbite 2.0 with no engine changes. ---
**Author:** ![SirMaster](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@SirMaster](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/SirMaster)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-going-to-use-frost-bite-3/109718/9 "2013-03-28T13:59:28Z")
Um, of course it’s not a new engine from the ground up. If it was new from the ground up it wouldn’t be called Frostbite… Incrementing the version number implies they started with the previous version and modified that. If they started a new engine from the ground up why would they call it Frostbite if it would be completely different and new from Frostbite? ---
**Author:** ![Goronmon](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@Goronmon](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Goronmon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-going-to-use-frost-bite-3/109718/10 "2013-03-28T14:54:36Z")
There is also the option to continue to improve Frostbite 2 without changing the version number, just like they can release patches to Battlefield 3 without calling it Battlefield 4. ---
**Author:** ![SirMaster](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@SirMaster](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/SirMaster)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-going-to-use-frost-bite-3/109718/11 "2013-03-28T15:16:52Z")
OK. > They could call it Frostbite 2.00.01 or Frostbite 923 and it still doesn’t really tell us what improved over the previous version. This I agree with since you are right. It doesn’t matter what they call it. > This is truly meaningless information when you get down to it. This I disagree with because there is meaning. If instead they said it was going to run on Frostbite 2 then we would expect no engine changes. But they said it’s running on Frostbite 3 so we know we can expect changes. ---
**Author:** ![Youngy798](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Youngy798](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Youngy798)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-going-to-use-frost-bite-3/109718/12 "2013-03-28T19:09:24Z")
Consoles are holding it back. ---
**Author:** ![carbonraft](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@carbonraft](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/carbonraft)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-going-to-use-frost-bite-3/109718/13 "2013-03-28T19:33:14Z")
the door frame is made out of really good material