Battlefield 2042 Dev Tracker

Originally posted by CombustionEngine

Hey, I have my problems with the game, but thank you for the communication. I know you're just one person, but I think it helps a lot to see it from the team. Just to know that people aren't just screaming into the void and that through all the low effort posts some stuff is being heard by someone working on the game. Have a good weekend. But maybe don't spend it here lol.

Originally posted by Tobikaj

Did you by chance see the bunnyhop video on the battlefield2042 subreddit right now? Grappling hook and then skirt across the map.

Originally posted by needfx

This article shares a similar feeling and basically says what I was trying to say, with better words.

It's a different feel and apparently not what you expected. I hope that you will appreciate it more over time and especially when more tweaks and QoL changes are coming in during launch.

I do hope so. I can see this is different feel and a differrent direction, and maybe in the end this game won't fit my personal taste, which is fine.

Anyway, thanks for your time!

Originally posted by gtmustang

Love seeing a continued interaction from you guys/gals. It really humanizes this whole feedback experience.

I had a quick question if you had a moment, will the main game give players the chance to make their old gadget combos? (Rocket+ammo, repair+c4, etc) It seems like that's a bubbling subject at the moment.

Greatly appreciate all the hard work y'all are putting into this game. I cannot imagine what it's like putting years of your life into a project, then to see some of these tasteless comments. Don't forget those mental health breaks!

-Thanks!

Originally posted by mrbagal

there has been some noise in the community wanting some of the bf v movement back

like crouch sprinting rolling, and so-on, i was wondering if it is software wise possible to add these to the game? i think adding them early after release would be very positive if possible

edit: or for release but i have a feeling that's not very probable

Originally posted by Tobikaj

My main concern is that unless it's downhill (and maybe not even then), sliding shouldn't be faster than running.

Originally posted by DMunE

That response is awesome news. I understand what we’re playing is an old build, however I couldn’t help but notice the Plus System appears to take place of weapon attachment unlocks and customization before loading in. Is this just in the build we’re playing now? I’ve always loved to customize my weapons and the Plus System in this beta left me desiring for more in that sense.

Originally posted by needfx

I should have said "satisfying" or "gratifying" instead of using the term "pleasant". I personally don't think it's clunky, I never had this feeling of being stuck at any point like in some previous Battlefield games. I was rareley, if not never, stopped from moving or from doing what I was trying to do or felt like I was losing the control of my character. Movement technically works fine in BF2042. That being said, I do think many animations make it look clunky. For exemple, the vaulting animation is too fast, not smooth enough, and a little bit over the top, making it kinda hard to "understand". The same applies to others animations which are a little bit jerky. I guess this is also due to the fact BF2042 is trying to be more fast-paced.

In BFV, in terms of mechanics, running around then vaulting a barier and falling on the ground while making a roll was super smooth and satisfying. Those animations also worked pretty well. Running into a building and then jumping through...

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Originally posted by space__sloth

Thanks for the response. Overall it's a good experience. I just thought it was kind of funny how the quality of the elevator contrasts with everything else.

Originally posted by F8RGE

This is a super simplistic version, and doesn't do justice to the work involved.

It's the nature of software development. We work in branches, so while we have our launch day branch any spin-offs (betas, demo, E3, gamescom etc) all get created from it.

The beta was taken a few months ago from our main build, and from there you then go into hardening mode. This is where you focus on bugs, stability and no further work should get checked in. With each check-in, comes the risk of new issues coming up (as is the case with Software Development). We're making so many changes to the build so you have to make a call between locking the build or stopping active development.

We don't want to stop development of our launch build, so you have to 'cap' the branched build (in this case the beta) at a specific time.

This won't be unique to us, this is how the industry will operate as a whole.

The same thing will happen to release builds the clo...

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It's the only way to deal with a project that is worked on by tons of people (mostly working from home) spread across all continents. some things might seem to be an easy fix for "missing feature X" or "minor bug Y" but doing so could unknowingly create 10 more bugs that wont be found until someone stumbles across it after testing for a week or two.

Theres a lot of systems in place to catch the big bugs and errors early on but theres always this domino/butterfly effect of a change to the data/code leading to unforeseen consequences.

Even with the best intent, there's a big risk some game changing fix or addon will end up breaking a much more important element in a different part of the game that seems to be unrelated to the change.
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Originally posted by Koda_20

I think most of what people are calling clunky is just server stress because at least in my experience the lag and slight rubberbanding is what makes it feel clunky.

I think the acceleration from crouch sprinting is too high, it shouldn't hardly speed you up, but it basically teleports you forward and it just feels too quick.

Otherwise IMO it feels good.

Originally posted by Mizyaku

please don't listen to everyone on here yall are doing a great job and the slide is perfect! If anything maybe if on an incline you slide longer? thatd be kinda fun lol

Originally posted by Scooter_S_Dandy

I'm not who you replied too but I personally don't think the regular ground movement from point A to B is bad, for instance, I like the new sprint mechanic and grapple. I do think the slide seems too fast and the way you gain momentum isn't something I'm used to in BF. I also don't think spammable bunny hopping or sliding like this is the type of evolution that I expected either. that's not something I ever really expect in a BF game. I think most people expected the "grounded" feeling of movement in BFV, rather than the more momentum based sliding and jumping. In BF2042 some of the movement feels very glidey. The movement is very smooth, fast and fluid, which leans into a more arcadey playstyle, it's fun but doesn't seem to play to the strengths of BFV movement mechanics.

I don't think the movement is clunky, it's very smooth, just not very grounded, it seems we have traded leaning, rolling, crouch running, and high mantling for double sprint, turbo slides, grappling and w...

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Originally posted by RedPum4

The movement on foot is great honestly. Also things like the grappling hook and pulling up on ledges work very good from a technical perspective. Probably wasn't easy to implement.

The beta has a lot of netcode or server performance related problems with movement of other players though, like rubberbanding etc. But that's obviously not your area or what this comment chain is about.