Battlefield 4

Battlefield 4

Developers
	DICE
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	Frostbite 3
Release dates
Windows	October 29, 2013

Warnings

Mantle graphics API option requires an AMD video card with a driver version earlier than Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.5.1.

General information

Official website

Official Battlelog Forums

Official BF4 Tech Support Forums

Battlefield Wiki

Secret tips and tricks

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Green Man Gaming
EA app
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.

All versions require EA app DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Air Vehicle Shortcut Kit	Can be obtained by ingame leveling
Assault Shortcut Kit	Can be obtained by ingame leveling
Dragon's Teeth
Carbine Shortcut Kit	Can be obtained by ingame leveling
China Rising
Community Operations	Free
DMR Shortcut Kit	Can be obtained by ingame leveling
Engineer Shortcut Kit	Can be obtained by ingame leveling
Final Stand
Grenade Shortcut Kit	Can be obtained by ingame leveling
Ground & Sea Vehicle Shortcut Kit	Can be obtained by ingame leveling
Handgun Shortcut Kit	Can be obtained by ingame leveling
Legacy Operations	Free
Naval Strike
Night Operations	Free
Recon Shortcut Kit	Can be obtained by ingame leveling
Second Assault
Shotgun Shortcut Kit	Can be obtained by ingame leveling
Soldier Shortcut Bundle	Can be obtained by ingame leveling
Support Shortcut Kit	Can be obtained by ingame leveling
Ultimate Shortcut Bundle	Can be obtained by ingame leveling
Vehicle Shortcut Bundle	Can be obtained by ingame leveling
Weapon Shortcut Bundle	Can be obtained by ingame leveling

Essential improvements

Performance boost!

This command may give a huge FPS boost in some map areas and doesn't change anything in the graphics

Instructions

Video Tutorial:

• Easy to Follow Tutorial to boost Performance!;

Use Battlescreen on secondary monitor

If you are using a multi-monitor resolution in-game the secondary monitor can't be part of the spanned resolution.

Instructions

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location

Save game data location

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System	Location

meta.xml, PROFSAVE, PROFSAVE_header and PROFSAVE_profile are the save files.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
EA app

Video settings

In-game video settings.

Input settings

In-game general control settings.

In-game advanced control settings.

In-game key/button map settings.

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese				Chinese interface is only available on PC.
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Servers use PunkBuster and Fairfight anti-cheat protection.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		64

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking		May not work reliably.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Servers must be rented from approved providers.
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	80, 443, 9988, 17502, 20000-20100, 22990, 42127
UDP	3659, 14000-14016, 22990-23006, 25200-25300

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Battlefield 4.

Devices
3RD Space Gaming Vest

Issues fixed

Stuck on Loading Screen / Game Closes with No Error Message / PunkBuster Initialization Failure

PunkBuster issues may cause the game to become stuck on the black loading screen with the flashing indicator at the top-right, or cause you to be kicked mid-game by the server with or without the following error messages:

• Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster kicked player '(player name)' (for 0 minutes) ... RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrA.exe.

Instructions

Game launches but window is not visible (Windows 10 Anniversary Update)

Support for borderless fullscreen windowed mode is currently broken under Windows 10 v1607 (Anniversary Update). This fix will switch the game to fullscreen mode

Instructions

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11
Mantle support		Requires an AMD video card with a driver version earlier than 19.5.1 (2019).

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	PunkBuster

Performance Monitoring Tools

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

Console commands

Launch console with ~.

You can have these commands run automatically, whenever you start the game, by entering them in user.cfg in the Battlefield 4 installation folder (the file won't exist by default, you can create it through a Notepad and save as a .cfg file).

Command	Description
PerfOverlay.DrawFPS 1	Show FPS counter
PerfOverlay.DrawGraph 1	Show performance graph
GameTime.MaxVariableFPS #	Limit frame rate (where # is a positive number)
RenderDevice.TripleBufferingEnable 1	Enable Triple-Buffering (only recommended if Vsync is on)
RenderDevice.ForceRenderAheadLimit 1	Force rendering only 1 frame ahead (can remove stutter, default value is 3)
NetworkPerfOverlay.DrawGraph 1	In depth network debugging information
Screenshot.Render	Take a screenshot (into %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Battlefield 4\Screenshots\)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista SP2		8
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz		AMD Six Core Intel Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB		8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 3870 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB of VRAM		AMD Radeon HD 7870 Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 3 GB of VRAM