Battlefield V Dev Tracker

I don't know ALL the details, but from the conversations I've seen in Slack over the years, it seems the devs are all connected to a hub (probably the wrong word, forgive my ignorance) and they apply changes to the build by uploading various fixes, tweaks, changelists, etc.

The whole process is something I'm very interested in learning about as there's tons of dependencies on when and what they upload to main build. Once it's done/locked, then a "candidate" for the update is determined and then created. That's tested - and if it passes - it gets sent on to our 1st party partners for approvals and that's how it gets deployed.
(I'm sure it's a lot more complicated and detailed than my very rudementary understanding/explanation).

Because I had information about the distance haze question and was able to answer it.

We had planned on have information about the next update this week, but unfortunately, due to extenuating circumstances, the dev team is re-analyzing how we'll roll out the next update and what will be in it - and when. I don't have any other information to share at this time.

Tbh, no devs I know at DICE LA or DICE Stockholm build games on laptops. And taking DevKits (PS4 or Xbox One) home requires a lot of security - mainly due to requirements from our 1st party partners.

I don't know what your job is, so I'm not going to assume it's easier/harder to work from home. Unless your company also builds games on a proprietary engine, it's not a fair comparison.

Plus, connecting everyone from their personal home internet - not being physically connected to our intranet - can create challenges (if their ISP goes down, bandwidth, etc. And most people can't afford to have T1/T3 lines in their homes, so uploading new builds is slowed just due to network traffic.)

Other than Clay Pigeon Shooting I've never done much real life Firearms shooting. Played Paintball in a WWII bunker in Exeter once - that was DEAFENING - I cannot begin to imagine how loud that lad must have been inside there

The last time I asked about “locking Elites” it was pretty much a “no”. If folks are using it to gain an advantage/impact visibility, I can definitely call that out to the team.

Apologies. There’s a global pandemic going on and the teams are adjusting to working from home to stay healthy. Appreciate your patience. Stay safe.

(And before anyone assumes the worst, I genuinely do empathize with disappointment and frustration. Trust me: no one wants to be working from home. Our teams are doing everything they can to keep our games - and this goes for the whole games industry - up and running, adding new things, etc. Stuff happens, unfortunately, and I will say I’m really impressed with how quickly EA has transitioned thousands of global employees to work from home so we all can still play games and support our titles.)

No, as it’s not officially announced. We don’t engage with rumors or datamined stuff - reason being is some things may be left in the code that are scoped out.

Yep. Posted this from one of our Lighting Artists last week:

Hi! Lighting artist here. I don't think there is any easy way of disabling/toning down the atmospherical haze in the distance without losing layering visibility and visual quality. There are no plans to changing it and we would have to customize each individual level for it to work. That is outside our current scope.

Stay safe and healthy. And 6 feet away.

Mentioned last week, but will share what was posted last week:

Hi! Lighting artist here. I don't think there is any easy way of disabling/toning down the atmospherical haze in the distance without losing layering visibility and visual quality. There are no plans to changing it and we would have to customize each individual level for it to work.

Currently not in scope.

Our global teams on all franchises continue to work to keep games going, per EA Update on the Coronavirus Situation. Below is the calendar for the week. 

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They can verify your account details, your class ranks, and assist with missing weapons from progression.

This is a known issue. Looking to have it fixed with the next update. Sorry for the frustration.

It’s one of the few modes I can be at the top of the leaderboard on. I feel your pain.

Thanks for the reply! I’ll share these details with the Dev team and see what they say. As soon as I have any info to share, I’ll let you know.

We actually can do this (so long as the player counts align - Rush for example cannot be played with Breakthrough, nor can Grind be played with Rush) - basically treat it like the way CG works in terms of playlist creation, show me what they are and I'll happily take it to the team.

With the world being a little scarier than usual and more people needing the escape, spending more time playing Video Games I'm all for helping to find a way to make a little easier until the chaos clears.

Build me some playlists, get them upvoted to show me whats popular and I'll get it done (u/ tag me on them, and as I say use the laws that govern CG as a guideline. Grind can feature in all of this despite it not being present in CG due to the ways its coded).