Battlefield 4: PC stability patch out today, memory leak addressed

Battlefield 4 developer DICE has confirmed it will release a new PC patch later today, addressing stability and memory leak issues.

It follows a pair of DICE developers teasing future Battlefield 4 updates on Twitter. Hit the link to see what they teased.

A post on the Battlelog forum explains that he update will roll out later today. Here are the patch notes in full:

Jan 13 PC Game Update Notes

• -Various fixes for improving general stability
• -Fixed a memory leak issue occurring after level shutdowns, which could result in a out-of-memory crash in longer play sessions
• -Additional fix for the “sound loop” deadlock when running High/Ultra graphics settings
• -Added a warning for using Legacy AMD drivers that were out of date
• -Fixed a player feedback timing issue where blood was appearing before other damage indicators, and before damage was actually done
• -Fixed a bug where players’ rank icons on the scoreboard would not be updated
• -Fix for Asian users unable to start Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 on Windows 8.1
• -Normalized repair rates across all vehicles
• -Fixed problem with killer health in kill card not being correctly updated (showing 100% health even though the soldier was hurt)
• -Fix for friendly marker not always showing when needed to, resulting in players shooting team members
• -Fixed a bug where a Main Battle Tank Coaxial HMG ammo box was occasionally blocking the driver’s camera
• -Increased damage by 25% for the Stealth Jet 20mm cannons.
• -Stealth Jets now have more similar handling attributes to each other. F35 & J-20 are slightly more agile, Su-50 is less agile.
• -Attack Jets now have more similar handling attributes to each other, and all 3 are now slightly less agile than earlier
• -Fixed camera glitch when switching weapons while moving in crouch
• -Fixed an occasional bug where players could experience intermittent engine sound dropouts when driving wheeled IFVs
• -Fix for player spawning under the map when deploying on Lancang Dam
• -Fixed flickering in map and minimap on Rogue Transmission and Operation Locker

Via Polygon.