Star Wars: Battlefront

Star Wars: Battlefront Dev Tracker




30 Jan

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    /u/F8RGE on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by Ewokitude

How much rework goes into porting maps between MP game modes? Like for instance bringing Crait and the ship interiors to Co-op? 😏

Still a considerable amount. Crait is tricky (and unlike other planets) because a large part of it is nothing but a totally flat layer of salt. Doesn't make for interesting gameplay.

Capital Ships to Co-Op, would still require all the game logic to be placed into the map, full setup, AI pathing done, and quite a few other bits and pieces.

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    /u/F8RGE on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by AfroFlower

Hero showdown and HVV can pretty much be played anywhere

SP maps are usually higher quality than MP due to not having to be played online with a bunch of other players. As a result it's not a simple case of just bringing them over as some of them may require significant rework to bring them in-line with performance and memory requirements.


29 Jan

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Originally posted by ovalcircle1

Would you look at that. It specifies the modes now instead of saying "Across all modes".

Yes, I took the communities advice onboard with that :)

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    /u/F8RGE on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by NexusPatriot

u/F8RGE

I don’t really play Battlefront that much as I just overall don’t enjoy the game, but as a lurker on this sub I just wanted to throw some love your way.

You honestly might be the most engaging and verbally direct community representative for any AAA studio.

You’re just such a fun dude.

Genuinely, keep up the great work you do. I’m obviously far from the only one who appreciates you.

May the Force be with you, Ben.

Thank you, appreciate it greatly.

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    /u/F8RGE on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by ficerc

As you requested. Bossk is currently at the “content” level.

Magical

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    /u/F8RGE on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by ficerc

Now do Bossk when he realizes he’s getting some bug fixes and QoL additions

We need a Bossk meter that details the overall happiness level.

Someone make it so.

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Hey Folks,

It would appear that this was released a little bit too early, some events are still being locked down, however, due to the way PlayStation Events works it had gone live a little too far in advance. We will be releasing the full Community Calendar once we've got everything sorted and approved.

The event for this weekend is accurate, Jan 31st - Feb 3rd we will be having a Fast Spawn Event across the Assault Modes playlist.

Roger, Roger.

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    /u/F8RGE on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by WhoopingKing

Plz /u/F8RGE, don't let them forget about our beloved repitilian

We've timed the UI elements of Bossk's Proximity Mines to reflect the moment when they actually become armed, i.e. the moment when they can start to detect enemies in its vicinity.

Now, when you see the yellow radius circles appear around the mines, you know that they have become armed. This will also make it easier to experience the improvement to their arming speed that the Star Card Trap Arming Speed brings.

We have also fixed an issue where Bossk would throw only three functional proximity mines, while having the Multi-Traps Star Card equipped, and an issue where the Active Time of Bossk´s ability Predator Instincts was ending before intended.

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    /u/F8RGE on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by red_hawkx21

Any explanation why the november update was delayed? Or is that another thing to be swept under the rug?

November update was moved to coincide with the Celebration Edition release. We didn't want to release new appearances and then two weeks later players potentially find themselves able to get them for 'free' if they purchased the Celebration edition.

This was not swept under the rug and was communicated back at the time, once the Celebration Edition was released.

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    /u/F8RGE on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by [deleted]

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We did, that's how bugs like this get found.

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Originally posted by arczclan

I assumed it was referring specifically to the new droids and them not being able to deal damage, pure speculation but that’s just how I interpreted it

Nope, anyone, not just Droids.

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    /u/F8RGE on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by GreedoughShotFirst

Any chance for a x1.5 or x2 credits payout too?

No, we will not be doing this.

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Originally posted by F8RGE

Correct. Some appearances are quicker than others. There's more to just making an appearance than the art side of things too, it's the testing, integration into the game, UI, localisations, testing and much more.

...and if the skin has new VO coming with it:

Design -> VO manuscript -> Casting -> Recording -> Localisation -> Implementation -> Testing

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    /u/F8RGE on Reddit - Thread - Direct

In the meantime we'll also be enabling x3 experience for this weekend.

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    /u/F8RGE on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to drop a quick note about the update that was due to release on January 30. During our testing we found a critical issue that means we will be pushing the update to early next week. We already have a new build going through its regular pre-release checks and things are looking positive.

Unfortunately, this is sometimes the reality in game development where testing continues right up until an update is deployed onto our live servers. Although disappointing, we feel that it is much better that we found the issue now, rather than have it slip through and make it to our live servers.

We’ll bring you a more concrete release window as soon as our pre-release work is complete and everything is in the green.

This update brings with it two new heroes, the offensive based BB-8 and the support orientated BB-9E. Both heroes come with 3 abilities as well as 3 passives, and yes BB-8 will be able to do the thumbs up emote.

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    /u/F8RGE on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Please stop, threads like this are not needed. There are no heroes or rockstar on the team, and it's just that, a team. Plenty of people behind the scenes doing great work.

Appreciate the sentiment, but is the Star Wars team at DICE you should appreciate. Everyone plays their part.

(It never stops being weird waking up and seeing yourself on Reddit)


28 Jan

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Originally posted by 6RogerRoger6

January 30th, which is oddly enough my actual birthday.

We all hope you have a fantastic Birthday! o7.

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Originally posted by dart278

F8RGE: I am going to post this meme.

Mods: But it's not Saturday!

F8RGE: 👋 I am going to post this meme. 👋

Accurate.

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    /u/F8RGE on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by mbenkeia

Will bb8 and bb-9e cost money?

Nope