Battlefield V

Battlefield V

Developers
	DICE
	DICE Los Angeles
	Criterion Games
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	Frostbite 3
Release dates
Windows	November 20, 2018
Reception
Metacritic	81
OpenCritic	79
IGDB	77
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	Cosmetic, Currency
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Vehicles	Automobile, Flight, Naval/watercraft, Tank
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	World War II
Series	Battlefield

Battlefield V is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Battlefield series.

General information

Official franchise forums

Official franchise Discord server

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
EA app		Definitive Edition also available and included with EA Play Pro. Year 2 Edition is included with EA Play.
Epic Games Store		Definitive Edition. Included with EA Play (Epic).
Microsoft Store		Year 2 Edition. Included exclusively with Xbox Game Pass for PC as part of its version of EA Play.
Steam		Definitive Edition. Included with EA Play (Steam)

All versions require EA app and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Version differences

Pre-orders included a Paratrooper outfit, special in-game assignments and immediate access to 5 weapons in Battlefield 1.

Standard Edition contains the base game.

Deluxe Edition included 3 days early access to the final game, 20 weekly Airlift items and 5 Paratrooper outfits. No longer available.

Year 2 Edition includes immediate access to Year 1 Chapter Reward items: 13 weapons, 4 vehicles, 2 epic soldier outfits, 10 weapon skins and 4 vehicle skins. No longer available.

Definitive Edition includes all Year 2 Edition content along with all gameplay content from launch to present, all Elites, 84 outfit variations for the British and German armies, eight soldier outfits and two weapon skins from Year 2 and three vehicle dressings. This is the default edition when purchasing from Steam and Epic Games Store.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via EA Play.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	Cosmetics for soldiers, weapons and vehicles.
Currency	Battlefield Currency is used to unlock cosmetics in the in-game store.
Free-to-grind	Prior to April 2020, the game used a system titled Tides of War which replaces the Premium Pass of older installments. All rewards could be earned for free with additional cosmetics being available for purchase in the store.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Battlefield V\settings\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1238810/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Battlefield V\settings\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1238810/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher		Handled through the cloud sync of the EA App.
EA app
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud		Handled through the cloud sync of the EA App.
Xbox Cloud		Handled through the cloud sync of the EA App.

Video

Basic graphics settings

Advanced graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Centered HUD.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		64° to 120°. Uses vertical FOV. In-game horizontal FOV conversion assumes 4:3 resolution. See FOV Calculator for help.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA always on. See Anti-aliasing (AA). SSAA up to 200%.
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 1.0
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray traced reflections. Requires restart to enable; only available on DX12 renderer.
Color blind mode		User-set colors.

Anti-Aliasing (AA)

Disable/customize AA settings[dubious – discuss]

Download Windows Game Patches. Copy the contents of !ASI_Loader_x64 and BFV.NoTAA to <path-to-game>. Rename dinput8.dll to winmm.dll. Run the game to create BFV.NoTAA.ini, which can be used to customize AA settings: PostProcessAAMode_None: 0 PostProcessAAMode_FxaaLow: 1 PostProcessAAMode_FxaaMedium: 2 PostProcessAAMode_FxaaHigh: 3 PostProcessAAMode_FxaaCompute: 4 PostProcessAAMode_FxaaComputeExtreme: 5 PostProcessAAMode_Smaa1x: 6 PostProcessAAMode_SmaaT2x: 7 PostProcessAAMode_TemporalAA: 8 Notes Disabling TAA may break some of the game's lighting or remove it altogether.

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  Basic gameplay/UI settings

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  Advanced gameplay/UI settings

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Toggle Raw Mouse Input in Controls > Controller Tuning.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Can create custom control schemes by going to "Settings">"Controls">"Gamepad Schemes". Then set your pre-set to "Custom" than press Y to remap keys. Also includes predefined layouts/presets from the console release.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		Game no longer allows virtual controllers as a workaround.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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  Basic controls

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  Gamepad schemes for different player types

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  Advanced controls

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  Controller tuning

Keybindings

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  Common

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  Soldier

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  Vehicle driver

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  Transport driver

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  Pilot

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  Helicopter

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  Gunner

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  Spectator

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, music, voip.
Surround sound		Can be selected in the menu.
Subtitles		On or Foreign language only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Audio in Background.
EAX support		3D Audio in Options.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech				Fan translation; download.
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Audio located only in multiplayer.
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish				Audio located only in multiplayer.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		64	Versus, Co-op Combined Arms and Practice are Co-Op
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking		Server browser also available
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Official servers
Self-hosting		Private Games, accessable through Community Games
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Stuttering issues

Once the free memory is exhausted, performance takes a big hit - games with heavy caching like BF1 suffer horribly. The only way to fix it previously was restarting the computer (thus clearing the memory), which explains why it was only happening after a while and not on a fresh boot.

Use InSpectre[citation needed]
Notes May lower stuttering and frame rate issues on configurations with low RAM and weak CPU. Restart needed after changes. The system will be vulnerable to Spectre and Meltdown.

Disable any in-game or out-game frame limiter[citation needed]

Most frame limiters control the frame rate by limiting CPU time rather than GPU time, however BFV eats more CPU than GPU. Frame limiter makes the frame rate lower than set value on devices with low frequency but many cores CPUs such as Xeon family or throttled mobile CPUs. Try this fix if GPU utilization is not constantly over 90%. Set in-game frame limiter to 200 for monitors below 90 Hz, and for those with higher refreshrate monitors use command GameTime.MaxVariableFPS 0 in console or in user.cfg. Disable frame limiter in NVIDIA control panel and RTSS. If having the GPU fan spinning fast isn't desirable, the only way to limit the frame rate but not cause stutter is Vsync.

Disable "Control Flow Guard" in Windows Defender

Use this instruction and choose executable. Don't turn off CFG globally - it's a major security breach. Notes If using another antivirus software, someone would naturally assume everything Defender related is disabled, however it's a wrong assumption. If using Defender, the Windows Defender Security Center will appear straight away, but if not using it, a Settings page will appear saying that Windows Defender is not available because it's turned off. Click "Turn on Windows Defender Antivirus" - don't worry, the other antivirus software will disable it again straight away.

Future Frame Rendering Reverting

Two Frame Buffer Reverting In Game Workaround (DX12 only) The video setting of Future Frame Rendering can be set to "on" or "off". Depending on hardware configuration one could see an decrease or increase of performance and may notice a corresponding shift of less and more input lag. For a full explanation of what this setting is and how it functions see here. When running the game in DX11 and attempting to set the frame buffer to 2 (IE RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 2), either via console command or user.cfg file, the game will quickly revert back to a 1 or 3 frame buffer upon death and re-spawn of the player depending on if one has future frame buffering set to off or on correspondingly. To fix this: Turn on DX12. Turn off future frame rendering. Exit the game. Ensure Nvidia control panel is set to "use 3d application settings" or "off" under the game profile for the setting "Maximum per-rendered frame" or "low latency mode" (current name for the maximum pre-rendered frame setting as of driver version 436.02). Create a user.cfg file in the root directory of where the game is installed (should be same location as the games main .exe file). Enter the following in the user.cfg file "RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 2" without the quotation marks. Save and close the file and set it to read-only. Notes The game should now consistently use a two frame buffer and not revert to a 1 or 3 frame buffer upon player death or map rotation. To test what the current frame buffer is at any time simply open the console in game and type RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit without the quotation marks and hit enter. A value of 2 should be returned upon following these instructions. This workaround currently only works in DX12.

Use DirectX 11 instead of DirectX 12
Notes Despite lower frame rates, the game can stutter less in DX11 mode.

Limit the frame rate (e.g. by Vsync or MSI Afterburner/Riva Tuner) and increase resolution to 1440p on higher end GPUs
Notes It will decrease CPU usage in cost of GPU usage, which can result by less stuttering.

Stuttering Cinematics

Disable HDR
If in-game runs fine, but the cut scenes stutter.

Crashes on Vega and RX 5700 / XT GPUs

The problem still persists in drivers 20.1.4.

Use DirectX 12 instead of DirectX 11
Open Documents → Battlefield V → settings → PROFSAVE_profile (with WordPad). In this file look for the line GstRender.Dx12Enabled. Change it to 1.

Downgrade drivers to 19.12.1

Replace atidxx64.dll from 19.12.1 on current drivers according to this instruction[citation needed]

Settings lost every restart of the game

Go to C:\Users\Yourname\Documents\Battlefield V\settings, delete the "_tmp" part of PROFSAVE_tmp

Videos recorded by Nvidia Shadowplay's Instant Replay are in 720p

Set startup resolution in user.cfg
Nvidia Shadowplay's Instant Replay uses game's startup resolution for recorded videos. Battlefield 1 and V start with 1280x720 and later change to user's chosen resolution. One way to fix this is the following: Create user.cfg in the game's folder and paste: Window.Width 1920 Window.Height 1080 Change values to correspond to the desired resolution.

Input lag on mouse and keyboard

Disable the Origin overlay from the Origin client[citation needed]

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Battlefield V (DX11).
vorpX		Z3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	Switch in Video - Advanced.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Anti-cheat	EA Javelin	Previously used Fairfight. Transitioned to EA Javelin in April 2024.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10 (version 2004), 11 (version 21H2)
Processor (CPU)	AMD FX-6350 Intel Core i5-6600K AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (DXR) Intel Core i5-8400 (DXR)		AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Intel Core i7-4790 AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (DXR) Intel Core i7-8700 (DXR)
System memory (RAM)	8 GB 12 GB (DXR)		12 GB 16 GB (DXR)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	50 GB		90 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon RX 560 AMD Radeon HD 7850 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 (DXR) 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible		AMD Radeon RX 580 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 (DXR) 6 GB of VRAM DirectX 11.1 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Support for Battlefield V on Windows 7 and 8.1 has ended in November 30th, 2023.

Specs denoted with (DXR) are the Minimum and Recommended specs for playing with ray tracing enabled.