Does anyone happen to know why the screen tends to go ‘fuzzy’ every now and again when playing online. Does it happen when you do something specific?
Someone told me it was EMP. I’m too lazy to disagree. Also, post in /r/battlefield_4
Yeah. Your commander has the ability to put enemy positions on his team’s minimaps with UAVs and various types of scans. These scans last a few seconds but have a very quick cool down. The enemy commander can block areas from scans using an EMP (which has a longer cool down). For example, if a lone soldier is trying to capture a point, their commander can support them by EMPing the area around the point to block any UAV scans that could reveal the attacker. The annoying blurs mean you’re in an area the enemy is EMPing.
tl;dr - If you see the blurring and have a commander, don’t trust your minimap if it’s empty. If it looks all clear, still be careful.
The upcoming patch removes this:
PC Game Update Notes
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Removed the blur effect on soldiers that appeared when Commanders were using EMP attacks
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Fixed the audio bug where audio sometimes randomly dropped out while playing on certain multiplayer maps (typically Golmud Railway and Hainan Resort)
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Fixed the “one-hit kill bug” where occasionally damage from a single bullet was applied multiple times
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Fixed a common crash that would occur when exiting from the Single Player Campaign to Main Menu
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Tweaked the network and computer performance screen to show proper values. Players can now test their compute