Battlefield 2042 Update 4.0 Full Patch Notes – Is The Game Fixed?

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Weapon Attachments

The behavior of many weapon attachments has been overhauled to ensure that their impact when customizing your weapons is unique, and noticeable. Previously, some attachments had effects that were too similar from others, and it was unclear what the impact on your weapons would be when switching between them. Here’s an example of updated behavior while customizing the AC-42:

  • A – Warhawk Compensator
    • Update 3.3: improved horizontal recoil control, reduced vertical recoil control<
    • Update 4.0: improved recoil control, reduced weapon accuracy
  • B – Rattlesnake Light Grip
    • Update 3.3: improved accuracy while moving, reduced accuracy while static
    • Update 4.0: :increased hipfire accuracy, reduced accuracy while ADS
  • C – Maul Hybrid 1.5X-3X
    • ADS speed decreased in 4.0
    • Zoom levels and Optics toggle options persist
  • D – Subsonic Rounds
    • Base recoil reduced in 4.0
    • Reduced Muzzle Flash visibility
    • Decreased projectile velocity

Further changes to Weapon Attachments:

  • Factory and Extended Barrel descriptions now display the correct fire rate changes
  • Weapon modifiers are now correctly applied when swapping attachments while the bipod is equipped
  • Fixed an issue that would cause the 40mm Grenade Launcher attachment to hit an invisible wall when fired indoors
  • Fixed an issue which would grant unlimited ammo if magazine attachments were toggled in between firing the underbarrel attachment
  • Fixed some weapons displaying wrong ammo counts for specific magazines
  • Adding and removing attachments in the Plus Menu will now always correctly apply their statistic changes
  • Underbarrel activations such as flashlights and laser sights will no longer be reset after getting revived
  • Bipod attachments will no longer toggle on and off while reloading
  • The ADS time on the BKS 8X now matches that of other scope attachments
  • Adjusted the size of the DD Holo scope to bring it in line with other scopes
  • Reduced blur on the Ghost Hybrid scope
  • Some underbarrel attachments should no longer have a shared ammo pool
  • The Maul Hybrid and the Ghost Hybrid now correctly displays both scope zoom levels in the Collection screen
  • The Fusion Holo attachment no longer clips through the meshes on the following weapons: AK-24, LCMG, PP-29 and the SFAR-M GL
  • Fixed clipping issues with the camera when the Fusion Holo optic is equipped while ADS

Weapons

  • The high powered magazine for the AK24 now shows the correct amount of bullets
  • Fixed an issue where players were unable to fire straight away after reloading the Grenade Launcher attachment on the M5A3
  • Updated text descriptions for both the NTW-50 and DM7
  • Fixed an issue which caused the extended magazine for the PBX-45 to have a slight delay before it fires after reload
  • Located a missing ‘R’ in the description of the PKP-BP
  • Increased PKP-BP Base Recoil
  • Fixed an issue that would cause weapon lag across scopes for the M44
  • The missing bullet on the M44 has been located
  • The M44 now displays the correct reload animation while in prone
  • Fixed an issue with the M44 that caused the scope to move a lot more than intended when aiming around
  • Arcom Tactical Muzzle Brake no longer floats when equipped onto the MP9
  • Increased the long range damage on SWS-10 light ammo from 35-40 over 75 meters
  • The Iron Sight will no longer be visible when the Fusion Holo is equipped to the PP-29
  • Fixed an issue with the incorrect ammo pools to be set on the PP-29, which would show incorrect ammo quantities
  • Fixed the PP-29 medium and subsonic ammunition having inverted ammo pools
  • Fixed an issue which could cause underabarrels on the SFAR-M GL to unexpectedly run out of ammo
  • Recentered the iron sight on the DXR-1
  • AC42 Bullet Damage dropoff increased
  • AC42 effective range has been lowered
  • Reduced scope shake when firing on the DM7 and VCAR
  • Fixed an issue where weapons would have inconsistent dispersion or recoil
  • Fixed an issue which prevented bullets from dealing the correct damage amount
  • Bolt Action Sniper rifles now correctly play their animation after opening the Plus Menu and firing
  • Reload prompt will no longer stop flashing when there are only a few bullets left in the magazine
  • Reloading while ADS will no longer reset the camera zoom
  • Fixed an issue which could cause weapons to become invisible while climbing a ladder
  • Fixed an issue which caused some players to be unable to shoot or ADS after exiting a vehicle
  • Toggle Scope is now affected by soldier controller schemes
  • Weapons in the collection screen will no longer compare to the weapon selected in deploy screen which caused incorrect comparisons
  • Improved the visual quality of the crosshairs and red dots within high powered scopes while on low/medium graphic settings
  • Removed some double spacing within text descriptions of multiple weapons
  • Reduced scope shake when firing on the DM7 and VCAR
  • Fixing broken arm when doing pump action while crawling with the MCS-880
  • Improved weapon animation when deploying from a vehicle
  • Added a game hint for steady scope
  • Weapons should no longer slide over the floor when dropped
  • Made improvements to the position and drop timing for dropped weapons
  • Underbarrel shotgun crosshair does not disappear after zooming 

Melee

  • Animation fixes related to melee takedowns
  • Fixed an issue where the camera was misplaced during a takedown
  • Fix related to targets flying away when doing a takedown on a moving platform
  • Fix where melee hits didn’t register consistently on moving targets
  • Fixed a bug where the player could throw a grenade and melee at the same time
  • Fixed a bug where player could get stuck in melee animation
  • Fixed a bug where doing a melee attack in prone could make the knife stuck until another melee was initiated
  • Fixed an issue which would cause guns to instead play a knife animation
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