Battlefield 1

Battlefield 1

Developers
	DICE
	DICE Los Angeles
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	Frostbite 3
Release dates
Windows	October 21, 2016
Reception
Metacritic	88
OpenCritic	87
IGDB	89
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	Loot box
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Vehicles	Automobile, Flight, Motorcycle, Tank
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	World War I
Series	Battlefield

Battlefield 1 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Battlefield series.

General information

PC Report

Official forums

EA Answers HQ

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Not available in North America.
Amazon.com
Microsoft Store		Revolution. Included exclusively with Xbox Game Pass for PC as part of its version of EA Play.
Origin		Included with EA Play. Manual link for EA App purchase.
Steam		Revolution. Included with EA Play (Steam).
(unavailable)
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
Humble Store (unavailable)

All versions require Origin and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Version differences

Pre-orders included the Hellfighter Pack of weapons and cosmetics, in addition to early access of the map "Giant's Shadow".

In addition, pre-ordering Titanfall 2 grants three "battlepacks", and pre-ordering Battlefield V grants immediate access to 5 weapons in Battlefield 1.

Standard Edition contains the base game.

Deluxe Edition included 3 days early access to the final game, the Hellfighter, Red Baron and Lawrence of Arabia packs, and five "battlepacks".

Revolution includes all released DLC and the Premium Pass. This is the default edition when purchasing from Steam and Epic Games Store.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	Additional multiplayer content.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via EA Play.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Premium Pass	Included with EA Play Pro and Battlefield 1: Revolution.
Apocalypse	Included with EA Play Pro and Battlefield 1: Revolution.
In the Name of the Tsar	Included with EA Play Pro and Battlefield 1: Revolution.
They Shall Not Pass	Included with EA Play Pro and Battlefield 1: Revolution.
Turning Tides	Included with EA Play Pro and Battlefield 1: Revolution.
Heroes of The Great War Pack	Previously Deluxe Edition Upgrade. Included with EA Play Pro and Battlefield 1: Revolution.

Shortcut Kits for each of the classes are also available.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	Cosmetics for soldiers, weapons and vehicles.
Currency	Warbonds' are granted through gameplay.
Loot box	Battlepacks could be bought with Warbonds, which are granted through gameplay. Battlepacks could also be purchased separately.

Game data

In-game general gameplay settings.

In-game advanced gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Battlefield 1\settings\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1238840/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Battlefield 1\settings\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1238840/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		50-105 VFOV on foot, 45-95 VFOV in vehicle
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Low to Ultra (Up to 16 samples)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA (Medium & High), TAA and SSAA (through resolution scale)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		200 FPS cap 200 FPS cap can be removed with console command GameTime.MaxVariableFPS 0.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Added along with the "In the Name of the Tsar" expansion pack. HDR10 and Dolby Vision supported.
Color blind mode		Deuteranopia, Tritanopia, Protanopia

Input

In-game general control settings.

In-game advanced control settings.

In-game key map settings.

In-game gamepad layout settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Raw Mouse Input
Mouse sensitivity		For soldier and vehicle
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Currently only main menu tabs can be switched with right and left bumpers (tested with Xbox 360 controller) but selecting options is not possible. Navigating through options is fine
Controller remapping		Set presets to custom in "Controls">"Control Schemes" menu to remap
Controller sensitivity		Listed as Soldier or Vehicle Left/Right Stick Sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 5.1.
Subtitles		Available for active Voiceover Language and foreign languages
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		Dolby Atmos support over HDMI
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Traditional Chinese
Czech				Fan translation.
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, by 'The Baker Company'
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Turkish

Network

Battle(non)sense has created a comprehensive video explaining network performance graph variables. It can be found here.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		64

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking		Server browser also available
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	80, 443, 5222, 9988, 17502, 20000-20100, 22990, 42127
UDP	3659, 14000-14016, 22990-23006, 25200-25300

This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Battlefield 1.
vorpX		Z3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues fixed

Stuttering on Creators Update 1709 and up

Instruction

Once the free memory is exhausted, performance takes a big hit - games with heavy caching like BF1 suffer horribly. The only way to fix it previously was restarting the computer (thus clearing the memory), which explains why it was only happening after a while and not on a fresh boot. Download EmptyStandbyList and put it somewhere where you won't move it. Right click > Properties and select Run as Admin under compatibility. Open Task Scheduler > Create Task on the far right General Tab (give it a name). Under security options > Change user or group > Advanced > Find Now > go down and choose SYSTEM (important to make it run silently in the background). Tick 'Run with highest privileges' and 'Hidden' at the bottom. Pictures here Triggers tab > New > On a schedule > One Time. Tick repeat task every 5 minutes (possibly excessive but it causes no issues). Also choose 'for the duration of: indefinitely' Actions tab > Start A program > Point to the EmptyStandbyList.exe file. Done! Standby memory is automatically cleared every 5mins.

Use InSpectre
May lower stuttering and FPS issues on configurations with low RAM and weak CPU. Restart needed after changes. Your system will be vulnerable for Spectre and Meltdown.

Disable "Control Flow Guard" in Windows Defender

Use this instruction and choose executable. Don't turn off CFG globally - it's a major security breach. If you use another AV software, then you would naturally assume everything Defender related is disabled, and you would be wrong. If you use Defender, you will be brought to the Windows Defender Security Center straight away, but if you don't, you will end up on a Settings page saying that Windows Defender is not available because it's turned off. Click "Turn on Windows Defender Antivirus" - don't worry, your AV software will disable it again straight away.

Use DirectX 11 instead of DirectX 12
Despite lower FPS, the game can stutter less in DX11 mode.

Limit FPS (e.g. by V-Sync or MSI Afterburner/Riva Tuner) and increase resolution to 1440p on higher end GPUs
It will decrease CPU usage in cost of GPU usage, which can result by less stuttering.

Stuttering during pre-rendered cutscenes

Turn off FreeSync (AMD) or GSync (Nvidia)

Videos recorded by Nvidia Shadowplay's Instant Replay are in 720p

Set startup resolution in user.cfg
Nvidia Shadowplay's Instant Replay uses game's startup resolution for recorded videos. Battlefield 1 and V start with 1280x720 and later change to user's chosen resolution. One way to fix this is to create user.cfg in game's folder and paste: Window.Width 1920 Window.Height 1080 Change values to correspond to your desired resolution

Stuttering In-Game (Nvidia GPUs)

Set Maximum pre-rendered frames in Nvidia Control Panel to: Use the 3D Application Setting

Disable Nvidia's Low Latency Mode

Input lag on mouse and keyboard

Disable the Origin overlay from the Origin client.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12
Shader Model support	5, 5.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Interface	Qt
Anti-cheat	FairFight

Uses the Enlighten middleware for Global Illumination.

Console commands

Launch console with ~.

You can have these commands run automatically, whenever you start the game, by entering them in user.cfg in the Battlefield 1 installation folder (the file won't exist by default, you can create it through a Notepad and save as a .cfg file).

Command	Description
PerfOverlay.DrawFPS 1	Show FPS counter
PerfOverlay.DrawGraph 1	Show performance graph
GameTime.MaxVariableFPS #	Limit frame rate (where # is a positive number) / '0' unlocks framerate beyond 200FPS
RenderDevice.TripleBufferingEnable 1	Enable Triple-Buffering (only recommended if Vsync is on)
RenderDevice.ForceRenderAheadLimit 1	Force rendering only 1 frame ahead (can remove stutter, default value is 3)
NetworkPerfOverlay.DrawGraph 1	In depth network debugging information
Screenshot.Render	Take a screenshot (into %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Battlefield 1\Screenshots\)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8.1	10
Processor (CPU)	AMD FX-6350 Intel Core i5-6600K	AMD FX-8350 Intel Core i7-4790
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 7850 Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	AMD Radeon RX 480 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 4 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Battlefield 1 will end of Support Windows 7 and 8.1 in November 30th 2023,