# BF4 Top Issues Communication **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Updates\ **Created:** [July 17, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372 "2014-07-17T17:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![coldkillercy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/bc8723/32.png) [@coldkillercy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/coldkillercy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/41 "2014-07-17T19:30:00Z")
T1gge pls you have any more info on the freezing issue because I don’t know what you have done in the latest update with some maps but is working pls do it again but fast because is getting worst.pls respond and thanks i n advance ---
**Author:** ![Aotearas](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@Aotearas](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Aotearas)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/42 "2014-07-17T19:33:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _t1gge said:_ > > > [@](#): > > > > _Rand0mwarrior said:_ > > i hope you can also look at the netcode since the DLC launched. > > alot people expirienced alot more deaths behind cover, kill trades and oneshots than before. > > > > before the dlc is was fine, now it feels like we got the vanila netcode back. > > > > it only happend to me on dragon teeth maps. i was recently playing some vanila maps and the netcode was fine there. ( atleast for me ) > > We are monitoring this, yes - but it didn’t change with Dragon’s Teeth. If you see it happening now, you should have seen it since the 8th (when the patch was out - that’s where netcode changes could be). > Maps themselves is not related to netcode in any particular way, and especially not behind cover. There could be other issues tho - as you think you are behind cover and it doesnt really stop bullets etc. No, I can confirm that the “netcode”/hit detection in particular is incredibly wonky in DT. Just today (when I could still play) I had a handful of killtrades (more than ever since the “netcode” patch combined, in fact pretty much ever since the TD release I’ve been having absurd amounts of killtrades again!) and one particularily eggregious case of die-behind-cover on Propaganda map where I saw a scope glint, instantly dove into prone position behind the solid cover between the points A and C (Conquest Small), went through the entire going prone animation and THEN, just shy of a second, suddenly was dead, with the kill cam showing a sniper vapor trail going over the cover. I was fully covered and had height advantage, so the sniper did not hit any exposed part (nevermind it showed the headshot icon) and could not have arced the shot above the cover to hit me. Old netcode woes are back. Don’t know how (because as you said, it makes no sense), but empirical, personal experience belies that notion. ---
**Author:** ![Rusted\_Ace2013](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/rusted_ace2013/32/103327_2.png) [@Rusted\_Ace2013](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Rusted_Ace2013)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/43 "2014-07-17T19:40:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _t1gge said:_ > > > [@](#): > > > > _Rusted\_Ace2013 said:_ > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > _t1gge said:_ > > > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > > > _Rusted\_Ace2013 said:_ > > > > Yesterday, I noticed that when spawning in Lumpini Garden on the Conquest Large game mode, I’ve experienced an issue where all I can see is a weird teal background where I can’t see anything and the minimap is focused on a fixed position where I should’ve spawned as I can move my player icon in any direction. I was even shot and killed by an enemy while stuck in this glitch. I got this trying to spawn on the US deployment as well as trying to spawn on the C flag. I even experienced this twice on Sunken Dragon either when spawning on the Chinese deployment or when my EOD bot gets destroyed while controlling it from the deployment. This issue occurs randomly as I can’t reproduce this every single time and the platform I play on is Xbox One. > > > > > > > > Is there any word about this spawn glitch and if it will be fixed? > > > > > > Did you spawn on a squadmate? There is a known issue with spawning under ground. > > > > No, I didn’t spawn on a squadmate. > > Did you get revived right before? We got another issue where you can get stuck in limbo through that system? No, I wasn’t revived right before any incident of this glitch occurring. It even occurred right after my EOD bot was destroyed by an enemy while I was laying prone at the Chinese deployment on the map Sunken Dragon. ---
**Author:** ![JuustHyper](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@JuustHyper](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/JuustHyper)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/44 "2014-07-17T19:43:00Z")
@t1gge Please fix this [http://cte.battlelog.com/bf4/forum/threadview/2985968005061698212/](http://cte.battlelog.com/bf4/forum/threadview/2985968005061698212/) [[cte.battlelog.com](http://cte.battlelog.com)] You are the best! ---
**Author:** ![Aotearas](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@Aotearas](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Aotearas)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/45 "2014-07-17T19:44:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _t1gge said:_ > > > [@](#): > > > > _Aotearas said:_ > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > _t1gge said:_ > > > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > > > _Aotearas said:_ > > > > How about making the game playable? I am still getting the same Port 3659 UDP error message and no matter what I do (and I have tried EVERYTHING!), the problem persists until for some reason the problem just disappears as randomly as it popped up. > > > > > > > > I can give you guys a neat list of potential improvements/bugs/issues, if only I could play the game when I wanted to and not when the game decides to not give me the damn finger. > > > > > > Platform? And how do you get this error? when, etc? > > > > PC, Windows 7, rig directly plugged into the modem, all ports manually forwarded. Error appears completely random from what I can tell and persist until it equally randomly disappears. > > > > Have tried repairing the game (and every individual DLC), fresh reinstall of the game and all DLCs, updating PunkBuster, fresh reinstall of PunkBuster, fresh reinstall of the Battlelog plugin, fresh reinstall of Origin, disabling Origin ingame. I even did a fresh reinstall of my web browser (Firefox). Have tried restarting PC and powercycling modem. > > > > Nothing fixed the issue so I typically just left it and checked back a couple hours later. Usually the problem disappeared by then (though not always, or it had reappeared again, who knows). > > Ok, so you are saying it works sometimes but others not? And you get this failure in the game or in windows? (where do you see the error?). > > To me this looks like network hardware issue (especially if it comes and goes). I am saying the error randomly appears and randomly disappears. Or conversely, most of the time Battlelog/the client works and other times it doesn’t, fo whatever reason (it is certainly not port 3659 UDP not being forwarded!). It is a well known issue: [Check your network connection port 3659 (UDP)](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/check-your-network-connection-port-3659-udp/154763) It happens in Windows when trying to join servers via Battlelog. I can play on a server perfectly, exit it, try to join a new server and suddenly get this message “Game disconnected: Client closed down connection… make sure that port 3659 (UDP) is open”. From that moment on, I can’t join any server until the error somehow disappears. I do not believe it is hardware related. ---
**Author:** ![denjoga](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/denjoga/32/101691_2.png) [@denjoga](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/denjoga)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/46 "2014-07-17T19:54:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _t1gge said:_ > > > [@](#): > > > > _denjoga said:_ > > …to make sure we do actually fix issues and not introduce more. > > Well, that would certainly be a sea-change for DICE. > I hope you can pull it off. ---
**Author:** ![t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/t1gge/32/103682_2.png) [@t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/t1gge)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/47 "2014-07-17T19:56:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _coldkillercy said:_ > T1gge pls you have any more info on the freezing issue because I don’t know what you have done in the latest update with some maps but is working pls do it again but fast because is getting worst.pls respond and thanks i n advance What platform are you experiencing freezes on? PS4? ---
**Author:** ![t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/t1gge/32/103682_2.png) [@t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/t1gge)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/48 "2014-07-17T19:56:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _Aotearas said:_ > > > [@](#): > > > > _t1gge said:_ > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > _Aotearas said:_ > > > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > > > _t1gge said:_ > > > > > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > > > > > _Aotearas said:_ > > > > > How about making the game playable? I am still getting the same Port 3659 UDP error message and no matter what I do (and I have tried EVERYTHING!), the problem persists until for some reason the problem just disappears as randomly as it popped up. > > > > > > > > > > I can give you guys a neat list of potential improvements/bugs/issues, if only I could play the game when I wanted to and not when the game decides to not give me the damn finger. > > > > > > > > Platform? And how do you get this error? when, etc? > > > > > > PC, Windows 7, rig directly plugged into the modem, all ports manually forwarded. Error appears completely random from what I can tell and persist until it equally randomly disappears. > > > > > > Have tried repairing the game (and every individual DLC), fresh reinstall of the game and all DLCs, updating PunkBuster, fresh reinstall of PunkBuster, fresh reinstall of the Battlelog plugin, fresh reinstall of Origin, disabling Origin ingame. I even did a fresh reinstall of my web browser (Firefox). Have tried restarting PC and powercycling modem. > > > > > > Nothing fixed the issue so I typically just left it and checked back a couple hours later. Usually the problem disappeared by then (though not always, or it had reappeared again, who knows). > > > > Ok, so you are saying it works sometimes but others not? And you get this failure in the game or in windows? (where do you see the error?). > > > > To me this looks like network hardware issue (especially if it comes and goes). > > I am saying the error randomly appears and randomly disappears. Or conversely, most of the time Battlelog/the client works and other times it doesn’t, fo whatever reason (it is certainly not port 3659 UDP not being forwarded!). > > It is a well known issue: [Check your network connection port 3659 (UDP)](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/check-your-network-connection-port-3659-udp/154763) > > It happens in Windows when trying to join servers via Battlelog. I can play on a server perfectly, exit it, try to join a new server and suddenly get this message "Game disconnected: Client closed down connection… make sure that port 3659 (UDP) is open". From that moment on, I can’t join any server until the error somehow disappears. > > I do not believe it is hardware related. Ah, lemme check what that error really means and get back to you. ---
**Author:** ![t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/t1gge/32/103682_2.png) [@t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/t1gge)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/49 "2014-07-17T19:57:00Z")
We are currently seeing drops on EA-online, this is affecting alot of users. We are investigating the cause. ---
**Author:** ![coldkillercy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/bc8723/32.png) [@coldkillercy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/coldkillercy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/50 "2014-07-17T19:57:00Z")
Ps3 do you have any info pls ---
**Author:** ![JTRRoaR](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@JTRRoaR](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/JTRRoaR)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/51 "2014-07-17T19:58:00Z")
Hi! I cant play bf4 online on ps4 .it says lost connection to ea online first when i started the game. Then i restarted it and now i cant even get into the menu??? I only see the background now and nothing else… Whats happening?? I played online yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![SIX-SH00T3R](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@SIX-SH00T3R](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/SIX-SH00T3R)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/52 "2014-07-17T20:15:00Z")
Had a weird texture-glitch today where the textures of soldiers would expand over the whole world, basically blinding me. Went to update Catalyst to latest drivers, restarted pc. servers are basically offline, origin blaming my network speed ( [http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3631309050](http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3631309050) [[speedtest.net](http://speedtest.net)] ), ‘‘try again later’’-\> problems logging in to battlelog via browsers (chrome/FF). When eventually getting somewhat through, it says it cannot connect to BF4.exe. This is getting ridiculous, I didn’t pay for premium with very high expectations, but this just blows. Please fix this, or throw away this battlelog-thing and remake it to be in-game. ---
**Author:** ![ManOfTomorrowH](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@ManOfTomorrowH](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ManOfTomorrowH)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/53 "2014-07-17T20:17:00Z")
Hi, t1gge! Are you looking into the issue where the sound and map textures in the beginning of a round is not present? I mean, the sound and textures take about 15-20 seconds to get work. Also, any eta on the second CTE-to-Vanilla patch? Any time given is hella appreciated 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/t1gge/32/103682_2.png) [@t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/t1gge)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/54 "2014-07-17T20:18:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _Aotearas said:_ > > > [@](#): > > > > _t1gge said:_ > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > _Rand0mwarrior said:_ > > > i hope you can also look at the netcode since the DLC launched. > > > alot people expirienced alot more deaths behind cover, kill trades and oneshots than before. > > > > > > before the dlc is was fine, now it feels like we got the vanila netcode back. > > > > > > it only happend to me on dragon teeth maps. i was recently playing some vanila maps and the netcode was fine there. ( atleast for me ) > > > > We are monitoring this, yes - but it didn’t change with Dragon’s Teeth. If you see it happening now, you should have seen it since the 8th (when the patch was out - that’s where netcode changes could be). > > Maps themselves is not related to netcode in any particular way, and especially not behind cover. There could be other issues tho - as you think you are behind cover and it doesnt really stop bullets etc. > > No, I can confirm that the "netcode"/hit detection in particular is incredibly wonky in DT. Just today (when I could still play) I had a handful of killtrades (more than ever since the "netcode" patch combined, in fact pretty much ever since the TD release I’ve been having absurd amounts of killtrades again!) and one particularily eggregious case of die-behind-cover on Propaganda map where I saw a scope glint, instantly dove into prone position behind the solid cover between the points A and C (Conquest Small), went through the entire going prone animation and THEN, just shy of a second, suddenly was dead, with the kill cam showing a sniper vapor trail going over the cover. I was fully covered and had height advantage, so the sniper did not hit any exposed part (nevermind it showed the headshot icon) and could not have arced the shot above the cover to hit me. > > Old netcode woes are back. Don’t know how (because as you said, it makes no sense), but empirical, personal experience belies that notion. This is all related to what ping your enemy had there (and how much the server allows that) - it would still have happened on a vanilla map. We got more fixes for this coming, but I assure there is no changes in this patch regarding this. If anything you play against more different people (more people are playing) and the possibility of high pingers is bigger? ---
**Author:** ![t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/t1gge/32/103682_2.png) [@t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/t1gge)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/55 "2014-07-17T20:18:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _coldkillercy said:_ > Ps3 do you have any info pls Which map in particular? ---
**Author:** ![lewkev](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/b487fb/32.png) [@lewkev](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/lewkev)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/56 "2014-07-17T20:18:00Z")
Hello, while playing a round of Conquest on Sunken Dragon, I suddenly lost quite a few of the controls. I couldn’t ADS, I couldn’t sprint, I couldn’t throw Grenades and I couldn’t jump/vault. I lost these controls when I was on the water barrier. I do not think it was my controller as when I died (I redeployed), I had regained full controls of my soldier. Therefore I think this could be a possible bug. _ **THIS IS ON PS4** _ ---
**Author:** ![t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/t1gge/32/103682_2.png) [@t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/t1gge)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/57 "2014-07-17T20:19:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _JTRRoaR said:_ > Hi! > I cant play bf4 online on ps4 .it says lost connection to ea online first when i started the game. Then i restarted it and now i cant even get into the menu??? I only see the background now and nothing else… Whats happening?? I played online yesterday. The service was down momentarily - it seems to be recovering now, try again! ---
**Author:** ![t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/t1gge/32/103682_2.png) [@t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/t1gge)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/58 "2014-07-17T20:19:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _SiX-bloodshedder said:_ > Had a weird texture-glitch today where the textures of soldiers would expand over the whole world, basically blinding me. Went to update Catalyst to latest drivers, restarted pc. servers are basically offline, origin blaming my network speed ( [http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3631309050](http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3631309050) [[speedtest.net](http://speedtest.net)] ), ‘‘try again later’’-\> problems logging in to battlelog via browsers (chrome/FF). When eventually getting somewhat through, it says it cannot connect to BF4.exe. This is getting ridiculous, I didn’t pay for premium with very high expectations, but this just blows. Please fix this, or throw away this battlelog-thing and remake it to be in-game. This is because of EA-online connectivity issues (the login problems), that caused the disconnect. I’d force stop the bf4.exe (if its still there), and restart the browser and try again. ---
**Author:** ![t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/t1gge/32/103682_2.png) [@t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/t1gge)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/59 "2014-07-17T20:20:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _lewkev said:_ > Hello, while playing a round of Conquest on Sunken Dragon, I suddenly lost quite a few of the controls. I couldn’t ADS, I couldn’t sprint, I couldn’t throw Grenades and I couldn’t jump/vault. I lost these controls when I was on the water barrier. > > I do not think it was my controller as when I died (I redeployed), I had regained full controls of my soldier. > > Therefore I think this could be a possible bug. > > _ **THIS IS ON PS4** _ Interesting - can you reproduce it? has it happened more than once? ---
**Author:** ![t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/t1gge/32/103682_2.png) [@t1gge](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/t1gge)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372/60 "2014-07-17T20:21:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _DorkKnightRises said:_ > Hi, t1gge! > > Are you looking into the issue where the sound and map textures in the beginning of a round is not present? I mean, the sound and textures take about 15-20 seconds to get work. > > Also, any eta on the second CTE-to-Vanilla patch? Any time given is hella appreciated 🙂 Which maps in particular (this is per map) - we got some of them fixed on the CTE already, but there might be more. The CTE to vanilla patch is coming - but it will be some time before it does (we want to get many more things in it). [Previous page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372.md?page=2) [Next page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf4-top-issues-communication/252372.md?page=4)