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[bf4] minimap in battlelog

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 11:49 am
by cairdazar
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http://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield_4/c ... er_leaked/

We will be able to have the minimap in a secondary screen and on a tablet/mobile in bf4, FINALLY!

hmm it is only if you are on the same local network, the plugin probably talks directly to the game client.
If they are still sending everything without encryption, we can make our own client to record the minimap and replay it later.

So much you can to with that info, both GC and pubs, make heat maps for deaths, mines etc show the most traveled routes for inf/armor/air.

Dam now I want to poke at this, ah well hope that it is enabled for the beta.

Re: [bf4] minimap in battlelog

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:01 pm
by solmartig
this looks amazing, i hope it also works so you can put it on a second screen on pc, but does this means that you cannot change your gear in game? do you have to change it outside of the game or is it just like an extra feature? what do you guys think?

Re: [bf4] minimap in battlelog

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:06 pm
by Jokerle
finally some use for my tablet, lol

Having a separated minimap (where you can even click to set objectives) is way awesome!
Some more reasons to spent money on a second monitor :D


edit: its all browser (battlelog) based, solmartig.

Re: [bf4] minimap in battlelog

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:07 pm
by cairdazar
solmartig wrote:this looks amazing, i hope it also works so you can put it on a second screen on pc,
you can, one of the devs is in the reddit thread.
solmartig wrote: but does this means that you cannot change your gear in game? do you have to change it outside of the game or is it just like an extra feature? what do you guys think?
You can change your loadout in battlelog to day, but the game only syncs with battle log when you start the game.
Sounds like they have fixed it so it syncs eminently.

Re: [bf4] minimap in battlelog

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:32 pm
by Hgx
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I give this a 10/10 useless crap.
Edit:
Reason 1: for PC most of these things should be added in-game. (Not sure if that's gonna happen, but as show in this video, it's not there yet)
Reason 2: I live in Argentina, walking on the street or the bus stop with a fking tablet (or sometimes even a expensive phone) it's the most stupid thing you can do.
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Re: [bf4] minimap in battlelog

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:25 pm
by solmartig
Hgx wrote: I live in Argentina, walking on the street or the bus stop with a fking tablet (or sometimes even a expensive phone) it's the most stupid thing you can do.
haha it almost sounds like you are blaming dice that you live in argentina... :D

considering dice is a swedish company located in stockholm i can understand where they are coming from due to 99% of the ppl in the subway or in the streets in stockholm are on their smartphones and tablets, so for those ppl is something useful, now i dont really think it should be something they should focus on though but they are kind of trying to expand an routine that already exist here

Re: [bf4] minimap in battlelog

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:30 pm
by wizekraker
solmartig wrote:this looks amazing, i hope it also works so you can put it on a second screen on pc, but does this means that you cannot change your gear in game? do you have to change it outside of the game or is it just like an extra feature? what do you guys think?
yes finally use for 2nd monitor.

Re: [bf4] minimap in battlelog

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:01 pm
by Necromancer
not being able to do the same thing from in-game with 1 monitor is crap.
2 monitors is the new game requirement?

Re: [bf4] minimap in battlelog

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:27 pm
by Jokerle
Necromancer wrote:not being able to do the same thing from in-game with 1 monitor is crap.
2 monitors is the new game requirement?
Alt-Tab out...
All these things are kinda gimmicky (except the second minimap)

Re: [bf4] minimap in battlelog

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 5:44 pm
by matsif
guess I'll need 3 monitors or a way to figure out how to make teamspeak overlay thing work more than 50% of the time.

Re: [bf4] minimap in battlelog

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:24 pm
by Sarantini
I'm more "excited" about the all new Damavand Peak map they are showing on the minimap :thumbdown:
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Re: [bf4] minimap in battlelog

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:44 pm
by Hgx
Sarantini wrote:I'm more "excited" about the all new Damavand Peak map they are showing on the minimap :thumbdown:
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Good, at least im not the only one.

Damavand Peak 2.0, and with SNOW

OMFG HOLY JESUS CHRIST. . . :roll:

Re: [bf4] minimap in battlelog

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:28 pm
by axeman22222
cairdazar wrote:
We will be able to have the minimap in a secondary screen and on a tablet/mobile in bf4, FINALLY!

hmm it is only if you are on the same local network, the plugin probably talks directly to the game client.
If they are still sending everything without encryption, we can make our own client to record the minimap and replay it later.

So much you can to with that info, both GC and pubs, make heat maps for deaths, mines etc show the most traveled routes for inf/armor/air.

Dam now I want to poke at this, ah well hope that it is enabled for the beta.
Im wondering now if because its unsecured that if an app could be made to watch everyone on a server so i could see enemies as well while i play (like always being able to see an enemy on the minimap kinda thing) but also yea if you could trace everyones movements that would be really neat for GC for example a commander could look at the most used travel spots and try to counter it for next time.
But for the new map that they showed I cant tell but it looks like its all indoors :?

Re: [bf4] minimap in battlelog

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 11:56 pm
by V_
axeman22222 wrote: But for the new map that they showed I cant tell but it looks like its all indoors :?
OH GOD METRO!!! 8O *shoots face*

Re: [bf4] minimap in battlelog

Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:30 am
by Fanne
BlackIce wrote:
axeman22222 wrote: But for the new map that they showed I cant tell but it looks like its all indoors :?
OH GOD METRO!!! 8O *shoots face*
hmmm- at E3 vid those round flags where... destroyable ( if I remember correctly ) ? maybe it starts in door and ends out door ?