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Battlefield 2042‘s next big patch, update 3.1, will be released on December 9, DICE has announced. This update includes changes, improvements, and fixes in a variety of areas, including hit registration, bullet dispersion and recoil, and a bug that could cause players to become invisible.
The 3.1 patch also makes balance changes to ground vehicle cannons to make them less effective against soldiers on foot, while it also fixes a number of bugs pertaining to grenades and launchers. On Xbox specifically, it should become easier to opt out of cross-play, while the patch also makes some audio improvements to improve the overall clarity of sound and to give players a better audio experience as it relates to understanding where sounds are coming from.
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You can find the full patch notes below. The update goes live at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET on December 9, so be sure to set your game to update automatically so you can get started as quickly as possible. There is no scheduled downtime for this new update.
This is the final major Battlefield 2042 update to come before the holidays. The game’s development teams are taking time off for the holidays and will return in 2022 to get the game ready for its Season 1 launch.
In other news, Battlefield 2042 is reportedly adding a battle royale mode soon, while it has been discovered that you can pet the game’s robot-dog murder machine.
Additionally, EA has officially announced plans to create a Battlefield universe, with multiple new “experiences” in the works, including story content from Halo veteran Marcus Lehto’s new team. Additionally, Respawn boss Vince Zampella is overseeing the entire Battlefield series going forward.
Battlefield 2042 Update 0.3.1
Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
General
Players that are not the Party Leader can now cancel while waiting in a queueXbox – Cross-Play can now be enabled/disabled in the Options menu on XboxYour Sort settings will now be correctly remembered when refreshing the Battlefield: Portal Server BrowserFixed an issue where loadouts would sometimes be empty on the spawn screen after joining a server, preventing weapon selectionMade improvements to ensure Aim Assist is more consistent during console gameplayRanger’s effective combat range and overall health has been decreased
Audio
Made various tweaks to the overall audio experience to improve clarity, distance and directional perceptionFixed an issue where soldiers would not always play indoor specific footsteps
Weapons
Removed bounce from Underbarrel Grenades when firing at short distances40mm AP Grenades now properly damage vehiclesFixed some weapons displaying wrong ammo counts for specific magazinesDXR-1 and NTW-50 Bolt Action rifles reload animation increased by 0.2 secondsAdjusted dispersion values for most weapons, which results in a faster dispersion decrease when tap firing or doing short burstsAdjusted dispersion increases for most weapons. It now takes slightly longer for weapons to become overly inaccurate in sustained fireAdjusted the recoil values to prevent over aggressive recoil jumps for the AK24, LCMG, PKP-BP, SFAR-M GL, and PP-29Improved hip fire accuracy for all SMGs to make them better stand-out from other automatic weapon archetypes.LMG dispersion and recoil lowered to improve performance in sustained fireAdditional improvements to recoil control for all weapons, more specifically automatic weapons.Increased close range damage and consistency of the MCS-880 when using Buckshot Shell or Flechette ShellsFixed a bug that caused bullets to be fired below the player’s aims for the SFAR-M GL and the K30
Vehicles
Fixed a bug where vehicle weapons sometimes did not deal blast damage on a direct hitWe’re reducing the Ground Vehicle 30mm Cannon effectiveness versus infantry. It now overheats faster, has a slightly reduced rate of fire and blast damage, and increased fall off damage at distance Rate of Fire 350 -> 330Heat Per Bullet 0.13 -> 0.14Heat Drop Per Second 0.5 -> 0.475Blast Damage 20 -> 18LCAA Hovercraft – 40mm GPL Grenade Launcher Blast Damage lowered from 55 -> 35The 40mm Utility Pod upwards firing angle is now easier to useEBAA Wildcat – 57mm Cannon Removed dispersionAmmo 12 -> 8Impact Damage 85 -> 75Blast Damage 70 -> 35
Gadgets
Frag Grenade
Increased the time to detonate a Frag Grenade from 1.1s -> 1.4s after first bounce on a hard collisionIncreased damage of Frag Grenades across game modes to deal 120 damage and guarantee a kill on armored players too.Reduced Frag & Incendiary Grenade max ammo account from 2 -> 1
Prox Sensor
Lowered spotting radius from 30m -> 20mLowered uptime from 30s -> 14sLowered amount of Prox Sensor a player can carry and deploy from 2 -> 1
Battlefield Hazard Zone
Fixed an issue that caused the roaming Occupying Forces LATV4 Recon to spawn at the wrong times or not at all
Breakthrough
Kaleidoscope – Rooftop Capture Objective has been removed. There are now two Capture Objective at the bottom in BT large and one at the bottom in BT smallOrbital – Rooftop Capture Objective has been removed. There is now a single Capture Objective at the bottom in BT large and BT smallHourglass – Rooftop Capture Objective has been removed. There is now a single Capture Objective at the bottom in BT large and BT small. Also fixed an issue where players were spawning out of bounds
Soldier
Improvements on back pedaling into objects when being in prone positionFixed a rare issue where players could turn invisible when spawning on a full/destroyed vehicleBest Battlefield Games, Ranked: Where Does Battlefield 2042 Place?
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