Battlefield 4 PC update tweaks stealth jets, addresses stability

An update for the PC version of Battlefield 4 was issued this morning, bringing with it some stability, balancing and player spawning fixes. Among the more tangible differences players will notice are tweaks to the stealth jets in the game, which see a 25 percent damage increase to their cannons and some changes in their handling attributes. DICE also fixed an issue where the friendly marker didn't always show when it was supposed to, which resulted in players shooting their teammates. Looks like you're all out of excuses for shooting at your team, Doug.

Head past the break for the full update notes.

Battlefield 4 patch for PC on January 13

• 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• Added a warning for using Legacy AMD drivers that were out of date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. Vehicles with lower health points, like aircraft and transport vehicles, now repair more slowly than before

• 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 M1 Abrams 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