Battlefield 4, back to old status.

[Gareske]

Right so up until about 3 weeks ago, (after I initially fixed the game) Battlefield 4 goes back to its old habits of crashing, frame stuttering, and glitching. I've tried every bit of advice given to get it back to a workable order (minus netcode issues) but none has worked.

-Been inside the registry,

-Did the command prompt bit

-Changed out SOME hardware (video cards + motherboards)

-Changed Compatibility modes

-Changed the system running modes in origin.

Again, Nothing has worked. Some Advice would be really welcome right now.

Side note, Why can i not change my graphics option anymore?

[2042isNotBF]

Since I do not know everything you have done I will give you a list to do and look at...

Run the game as Administrator:
Go to the Origin games folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Battlefield 4) and find Bf4.exe. Right click it and go to PROPERTIES, then COMPATIBILITY and check the box next to RUN THIS PROGRAM AS ADMINISTRATOR.
Do the same with BF4_x86.exe as well.

Run Origin as Administrator:
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin and right click on Origin.exe and go to properties. Then go to compatibility tab and check the box next to RUN AS ADMIN.

Disable Origin in game:
In Origin - Application settings - Origin in Game - disable Origin in game

Origin Cloud Storage turn it off
Origin, settings, General

Latest version of DirectX see this page
http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/confirmation.aspx?id=35

Reinstall Microsoft C++
http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=30679

Update your Microsoft .NET framework.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=30653

Adobe Flash Player update
http://get.adobe.com/de/flashplayer/

Go to Punk Buster site
Download PB then extract files to your desktop then open Punk Buster folder. Click on the PB setup and it will open.
Add your BF4 game to punk buster its at the top of Punk Buster.
Then update punk buster again at the top of Punk Buster.

http://www.punkbuster.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php

Make Sure BF4 is set to 64bit if your windows is 64bit
1- open origin and go to My Games
2-Right click BF4 and go to Game Properties
3-Under when launching this game set it to x64 and check off disable origin in game.
4- Hit apply and test you BF4

Look at ALL programs turn everything off you do not need to run the game mileyhappy:

Disable Mantle and try Direct X

Others have said if they uninstall MSI Afterburner issues / crashing is stopped. So if you have this installed remove program and test BF4. Also look at other programs as Fraps, Geforce experience, be sure to turn off the streaming function that is enabled by default ,Raptr, ASRock eXtreme Tuner and xfire are known to make issues as well. And I am sure more programs not in my list yet turn one off at a time and test BF4. Since last patch more programs now give issues :/

Uninstall the HD Audio Driver from the video card driver install add/remove programs. This silly thing makes issues in BF4 for some. Reboot then repair BF4 to be safe.

Another thing to try is re- install origin only.

If all this fails to fix it then try this...

BF4 folder in my documents holds game configs and screen shots even if BF4 is installed on different drive. When you uninstall BF4 it does NOT remove this folder. So when you install the game again you can still have the same issues. Even if its not a new install it is still worth trying as the game cfg could be mucked up.

1- Go to my Documents and remove BF4 folder place it on your Desktop or trash.
2- Be warned you do have to set up your in game settings again.
3-Repair BF4
4- When done go test your game. If it fails reboot your PC and run repair game again and test BF4.

[Gareske]

Failed attempts across the board. still getting some bad stuttering. Anything else you got?

[2042isNotBF]

Test your windows for errors
This works in all windows O/S vista Win7, Win8 and Win8.1 windows system file checker :] Copy and past this to note pad and put it on your desktop. As open programs can give you errors when you run this.

...... sfc /scannow ..... ever hear of it if not your going to love this .... it will inspect all the important windows files as well as the windows DLL files. If windows system file checker finds any issues with the windows files and windows DLL files it will replace them. This little tool as well as the event viewer saved me and fully helped me fix my BF4 issues as well as saved my .... many a format since I found it. This is the best toy they ever put in windows :]

For win7 go to start left click in search type cmd and right click cmd pick run as admin

For win 8.1 right click start bottom left of screen and pick command prompt admin

1 - Open administrator command prompt and close web pages and programs like origin.

2 - Type or copy and paste in sfc /scannow and hit enter, This takes 5 min to 15 min SSD vs HD

3 - This can go one of a few ways ..... no errors ... it fixed some errors ..... could not fix all errors...... does not finish checking and errors out ....... and the last one could not fix errors at all :/

4 -After its done reboot and do it again even if you had no errors the first time or had errors, could not fix ... run sfc /scannow again and when its done a second time reboot. You need to do this a and get no errors 2 x in a row ...

5- So if you ran it 2x and no errors your safe you can stop now for now lol, If you had errors first time but not the second then run sfc /scannow again and when its done reboot. You need to get could not find any errors 2 x to be safe. If it still finds errors try and run it a few more times until it finds no errors 2x AND ALWAYS REBOOT BETWEEN RUNNING sfc /scannow

6 - If you get a message indicating that it can not be repaired and you ran sfc /scannow more then 3x in a row on win vista or 7 mm you need a format or try repair win 7 :/ But after format or repair and all updates are done run sfc /scannow to make sure your windows is stable same deal 2x error free reboot between them.

If your O/S is Win8 or Win 8,1 then you can run this next command / line in administrator command prompt. Sadly this does not work for win vista or 7 :/ It will restore the health of your PC and you dont lose anything and it will also fix errors in the registry :]

dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth ------- ONLY works for windows 8 and 8.1

7 - When its done reboot

[Gareske]

Negatory, This method failed also.

[2042isNotBF]

Checking your windows for errors was not going to fix it for you it was to rule out windows making the issue. My advice to you is to look in you event viewer and look at your errors on your PC and fix them if you have any. And taking another good hard look at all programs you have on when in BF4 and turn off everything you do not need to run the game. 

Battlefield 4 System Requirements
Minimum: this will not run game well at all
OS: Windows Vista SP2 32 bit (with KB971512 Platform Update)
Processor: AMD Athalon X2 2.8 GHZ, Intel CORE 2 DUO 2.4 GHZ
Memory: 4 GB
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 3870, NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT
Graphics Memory: 512 MB
Hard Drive:
30 GB

Recommended:
OS: Windows 8 64 Bit
Processor: AMD Six-Core CPU, Intel Quad-core CPU
Memory: 8 GB
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 7870, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Graphics Memory: 3 GB
Hard Drive: 30 GB

[Gareske]

Sorry it took so long to get back to you. 

Thats just the thing though, my hardware could handle it naught but a few weeks ago. ~August 1th, Then out of nowhere it started stuttering. I've checked my hardware and even ran batlefield 3 on it. BF3 works just fine. Albiet Bf3 does have a tad less going on compared to its "successor" Bf4. My hangup is that it worked fine a few weeks ago, and the hardware isnt damaged or quitting. I'd rather not sink in money on parts just to play 1 game when i don't have too.

[2042isNotBF]

Another thing that may be worth trying: run a Clean Boot:

http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-clean-boot-your-pc/
This should ensure that no programs are interfering in the background.

Just to rule out programs making the issue worth a shot.

Edit... Also do you have Rapter  on your PC if so turn it off as it makes issues in BF4