FusionSaint logo

Launch Patch Notes (v1.0.1.0)

Battlefield 6’s day-one update is massive—over 200 changes have been made for launch, addressing feedback from the Open Beta and adding significant polish. This includes major gameplay adjustments, bug fixes, and quality-of-life improvements across the board.

This breakdown focuses on PC (mouse & keyboard) play and covers everything that has changed since the beta.

Movement & Player Mechanics

Movement has been significantly rebalanced to be less “twitchy” and more grounded, rewarding positioning over exploitation of movement mechanics.

Slide/Jump Nerfs

Momentum Reduction

  • Speed and momentum from sliding into a jump greatly reduced
  • Prevents extreme slide-jump chaining seen in beta
  • Repeated bunny-hopping now incurs larger stamina penalty
  • Jump height slightly lowered
  • Successive jumps slow you down more

Impact on Gameplay

  • Can’t spam slide-jumps with beta effectiveness
  • Movement spam is no longer viable
  • Positioning and tactical play rewarded over twitchy movement

Accuracy While Moving

Grounded Gunplay

  • Shooting while airborne far less accurate
  • Shooting while sliding far less accurate
  • Jump or slide and fire = big accuracy penalty
  • Discourages mid-air run-and-gun tactics

Improved Stability

  • General weapon handling while moving normally has been refined
  • ADS transition is smoother
  • Retains accuracy better when strafing
  • More consistent feel for controlled movement

Parachutes & Landing

Physics Tweaks

  • Initial acceleration when deploying chute reduced
  • No more sudden unrealistic speed boost
  • Landing animations updated to be quicker and smoother
  • No more heavy, drawn-out landing delays after short drops
  • Cutting chute mid-air no longer kills all momentum
  • Movement flow after parachuting feels more natural

Animation Improvements

Responsive Transitions

  • Sprint to ADS is snappier for better target acquisition
  • Vaulting and climbing animations refined
  • Soldier mantles obstacles more fluidly
  • Crouch-to-stand transitions finish faster
  • Overall movement and traversal more responsive and less clunky

Camera Shake & Bug Fixes

Camera Improvements

  • Camera shake toned down in various situations
  • Camera kick when exiting slide reduced
  • Less shake when rapidly stopping/starting sprinting

Major Bugs Fixed

  • Weapon dispersion randomly spiking extremely high resolved
  • Takedown victims being flung upward fixed
  • Exploit allowing forbidden third-person camera view removed
  • Getting stuck in downed state after revive from headshot fixed
  • Numerous melee takedown, drag-and-revive, and vault detection improvements

Vehicles

Vehicles received significant handling improvements and survivability buffs, making them more powerful and responsive while maintaining balance.

Helicopter Handling Buff

Improved Agility

  • More engine power and agility
  • Easier to control and survive with
  • More responsive altitude adjustment
  • Better strafing capability
  • Helps pilots dodge incoming projectiles more effectively
  • Overall more powerful and maneuverable than beta

Tanks & Countermeasures

Turret Improvements

  • Tank turrets can turn faster
  • Increased turret rotation speed
  • Tank gunners can track targets more easily

Survivability Boost

  • Vehicle smoke countermeasures buffed
  • Popping smoke more reliably breaks missile lock-ons
  • Smoke breaks spotting more effectively
  • Helps shake enemies targeting you

Unified Aiming Controls

Consistency Across Modes

  • Vehicle aiming now matches soldier aiming sensitivity
  • Same default ranges/values as on-foot aiming
  • Works for both mouse and gamepad
  • Less jarring switching between infantry and vehicle aiming
  • Tuned mouse sensitivity transfers to turret control

Missile Improvements

Smarter Missiles

  • SAM missiles have Navigation Terrain Avoidance enabled
  • AA missiles try to avoid slamming into ground
  • Makes anti-air missiles more reliable against low-flying aircraft
  • MBT-LAW false alarm lock-on warning fixed
  • No more continued warning sound after being hit

UI & Feedback

Better Information

  • Ground vehicles with boost now display visible boost bar on HUD
  • Can tell how much boost energy is left
  • Explosion and hit indicator visuals adjusted
  • Kill-feed icon for explosive kills updated

Visual Clarity

  • Hit markers when damaging infantry with vehicles clearer
  • Explosion bloom/flash reduced for better visibility

Collision & Physics Fixes

Improved Interactions

  • Leopard tank wreck collision fixed (climbable from behind now)
  • Tank treads and vehicle wheels handle destructible objects more realistically
  • Won’t get completely stuck on small debris as often
  • Physics for running over things improved
  • Jet off-screen flyby sounds tuned (less overly loud boom when far away)

Gadgets & Equipment

Extensive balance tuning and bug fixes for explosives and specialist gear, with particular focus on reducing explosive spam and improving gadget reliability.

Rocket Launcher Balancing

Spam Reduction

  • Backblast damage reduced to reasonable level
  • No longer excessively hurting shooter or friendlies behind you
  • Rockets do less splash damage to infantry unless direct hit
  • Discourages using rockets as “mini-grenades” against soldiers

Improved Mechanics

  • Arming distance removed—can detonate at close range
  • Shooting wall or floor nearby will explode immediately
  • Opens up more destruction indoors
  • Rocket explosions properly check for cover
  • Can no longer abuse splash through thin walls or objects
  • Cover protects more consistently from nearby rocket blasts

Specific Launcher Tweaks

RPG-7V2

  • Iron sight/reticle picture adjusted for better aiming
  • Increased dispersion when ADS to prevent “quick-scoping”
  • Won’t erroneously hit cover when aiming just over an object

MBT-LAW — Now Default Engineer Launcher

  • Uses auto-guided missiles (lock on and fire—missile guides itself)
  • More accurate/predictable missile trajectory
  • Can’t hip-fire blindly anymore (must aim)
  • Sight and HUD reticle cleaned up for clearer targeting
  • Blast damage against vehicles now registers properly

MAS 148 Glaive

  • Missile flight path adjusted for realism (no weird curving)
  • Two levels of zoom on scope for better long-range targeting
  • Can lock onto deployable weapons and emplacements
  • Cannot lock onto targets closer than 40m (needs distance)
  • Scope clipping and reticle display issues fixed
  • Damage against vehicles registers properly

AT4

  • Now uses “aim-guided” missile system
  • Can steer missile after firing
  • Gives Engineers another guided option

Other Gadget Changes

SLM-93A Spire

  • Can no longer lock onto ultra-low flying air vehicles
  • Missiles now properly deal damage on hit

Airburst Incendiary

  • Projectile detonates on impact reliably
  • Properly credits kill/damage to firing player
  • Reduced structural damage to buildings
  • Can’t ADS while reloading
  • Smoke produced blocks spotting and lock-ons

Thermal Scopes

  • Prone/dying players show up “colder” (dimmer heat signature)
  • Sprinting players appear “hotter” and more visible
  • Helps distinguish targets by activity

Grenades

  • Smoke grenades no longer fail to detonate
  • Thermobaric grenade stun effect nerfed from 2.5s to 1s
  • Non-lethal grenades have distinct sepia-tinted UI icon

Repair Tool & Defibrillator

Balance Changes

  • Repair Tool overheats faster during continuous use
  • Can’t infinitely repair vehicle under fire
  • Both can now damage enemy equipment

Defibrillator

  • Melee damage reduced
  • No longer one-shot kill healthy enemy

Spawn Beacon

Major Change: One-Use Per Player

  • Each player can only spawn on particular beacon once
  • Self-destructs for that player after use
  • Up to 4 spawns total per squad on one beacon
  • Prevents infinite squad spawns from single hidden beacon

Quality of Life

  • Enemy beacons show icon on minimap when pinged
  • If spot is invalid, beacon drops at soldier’s feet as fallback

T-UGS Sensor & Recon Drone

T-UGS Persistence

  • No longer destroyed when owner dies
  • Stays active until enemies destroy it or time expires
  • More effective for area defense

Recon Drone

  • Flies faster while carrying C4
  • Battery drains faster when carrying C4 (fair trade-off)
  • Movement improved to feel more realistic
  • Self-destructs after 3s if flown out of bounds

Weapons & Gunplay

Automatic weapons retuned for better balance, with emphasis on rewarding controlled fire and proper positioning.

Recoil & Spread Adjustments

General Retuning

  • Recoil patterns adjusted across many guns
  • Sustained full-auto fire at long range less effective
  • Increased bullet spread when firing automatics while ADS
  • Need burst fire or tap firing for distant targets
  • Rewards controlled fire

Movement Accuracy

ADS Movement

  • Aim more stable when ADS and moving
  • Makes tracking targets while strafing smoother

Jump/Slide Shooting

  • Shooting mid-jump highly inaccurate
  • Shooting during slide highly inaccurate
  • Need to be on ground to land shots reliably

Weapon-Specific Changes

Shotguns

  • M87A1 requires more pellet hits to secure kill
  • Rewards accurate center-mass shots
  • Crosshair properly represents pellet spread or slug accuracy

Sniper Rifles

  • “First-shot boost” now applies to every shot
  • Consistent and easier to predict
  • Each trigger pull behaves the same

Attachments & Sights

  • Numerous display bugs fixed
  • Reticles made more visible with slight glow
  • Can preview locked attachments
  • Scope zoom levels display correctly

Maps & Modes

Map layouts redesigned for Rush and Breakthrough modes with better balance, plus numerous exploit fixes.

Rush & Breakthrough Reworks

Layout Changes

  • Cover placement adjusted
  • Objective locations tweaked
  • Spawn points refined
  • Better balance between attackers and defenders
  • Additional cover at chokepoints
  • Alternate routes added where needed

Map-Specific Fixes

Siege of Cairo

  • Spawn kill problem resolved
  • Out-of-bounds exploits patched
  • Glitched rooftop spots inaccessible

Iberian Offensive

  • Out-of-bounds exploits patched

Liberation Peak

  • Improved Anti-Air balance
  • Jets and helicopters less dominant

Operation Firestorm

  • Better framerates and less stutter
  • Player traversal improved
  • Indoor areas made brighter
  • Spawn animation bounce effect removed

Spawn System

Squad Deathmatch

  • Simplified to one-button respawn
  • Faster deployment without extra clicks

General

  • Warning prompt if leaving match early
  • Explains XP progress loss

UI & HUD Improvements

Extensive UI polish with accurate information display, better menus, and improved feedback systems.

HUD & Icons

Accurate Information

  • Weapon and gadget names displayed correctly
  • Class icons and names show properly
  • UI updates correctly after switching class
  • More accurate and easier to read

Loadout Menu

Better Organization

  • Improved organization of attachments and gear
  • Can preview locked attachments
  • Controller navigation improved
  • Mouse navigation smoother
  • Stay on screen feature for continued editing

Feedback Systems

Friendly Indicators

  • Nametags show when being resupplied or revived
  • Understand when being helped by teammate

Ping System

  • Correctly marks enemies
  • Pings animate and show arrows at screen edge
  • Enemy through smoke shows as red danger icon

Vehicle Feedback

  • Hit markers and damage indicators more informative

Minimap & Icons

Improvements

  • Geometry layering fixed
  • Size options added (Small/Medium/Large)
  • Objective markers have directional arrows
  • Non-lethal grenades have sepia-tinted icons

Settings & PC-Specific Changes

Settings menu refined with PC-specific options, new toggles, and better organization.

New Options

Voice Over Volume

  • Separate VOIP volume slider
  • Adjust voice chat independently of game sounds

Camera & Accessibility

  • Disable camera roll during combat roll
  • Reduce camera shake/bob while sprinting
  • Great for motion-sensitive players

Minimap Size

  • Adjust in gameplay settings (Small/Medium/Large)
  • Perfect for high-res monitors

Flick Look

  • Threshold setting for quick turns
  • Adjust or disable on PC
  • Prevents accidental super-fast spins

Usability Improvements

Reorganization

  • V-Sync moved to Display settings
  • Surface customization button added
  • HUD auto-hide now default
  • PC/console settings clearly separated

Defaults

  • Voice chat defaulted to OFF
  • Must manually enable VOIP
  • Improved audio mix out-of-box

Audio Improvements

Major audio pass for better clarity, awareness, and immersion with improved positional audio and weapon sounds.

Positional Audio

Better Awareness

  • Directional ping sounds more audible
  • Commorose sounds quieter
  • UI sounds balanced to be helpful but not overwhelming

Weapon & Vehicle Sounds

Enhanced Audio

  • Tank cannons and vehicle HMGs sound more powerful
  • Distant explosions balanced
  • Suppression audio effects added
  • Environmental reverb based on location
  • Shotguns have more “punch” and differentiation

Bug Fixes

Fixed Issues

  • Helicopter flare sounds play for all crew
  • Tank Active Protection System triggers on time
  • Vehicle damage states match audio correctly
  • Squad radio chatter plays in exposed vehicle seats

Wartapes Preset

Refined Experience

  • First-person weapon sounds louder and more detailed
  • Explosion reverb toned down
  • Better clarity without muddiness
  • Volume difference between first/third person reduced

Network & Performance

Critical netcode optimizations to address “dying behind cover” issues and improve hit registration consistency.

Netcode Improvements

Fairer Gunfights

  • Network code optimized for fairer time-to-death
  • Reduces desync issues
  • Fewer instances of getting shot after reaching cover
  • Peeker’s advantage reduced
  • Damage matches what you see more closely

Hit Registration

  • Cases of invisible damage sources minimized
  • Health bar updates immediately
  • More reliable hit detection
  • Damage feedback consistent with screen events

Performance

General Improvements

  • Operation Firestorm runs smoother
  • CPU and GPU optimization work
  • Better stability
  • Server performance improved for 128-player modes

Portal Mode Changes

Adjustments to cross-play settings and AI behavior for better custom server functionality.

Cross-Play

  • Option to toggle cross-play removed for Portal servers
  • Cross-play standardized (likely always on)
  • Everyone plays together

AI Soldiers

  • Now obey weapon/loadout restrictions
  • Will follow rules you configure
  • Important for practice modes and PvE scenarios

Final Notes

Battlefield 6 at launch will feel noticeably different from the beta. Movement is more controlled, gunplay is tighter, and over 200 bugs and glitches have been fixed across the board.

PC players using mouse & keyboard should enjoy the new settings options and better performance optimization. Re-familiarize yourself with updated recoil patterns and the slower movement pace—it’s a deliberate change to make the game more tactical and in line with classic Battlefield style.

With these launch patch changes, coordinate with the new spawn/beacon rules, dial in your settings, and prepare for a refined Battlefield experience.

↑ Back to Top