Battlefield 2042 developer DICE promised one more update for the beleaguered shooter in 2021, and now we know what it will offer. While not nearly as big as the last update, version 3.1 continues to work on various vexing problems, including weapons spread and bullet hit registration, while improving the game’s audio and fixing a myriad of bugs and other issues. You can get the full rundown on update 3.1, below.

　　Gameplay Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

　　General

　　Players that are not the Party Leader can now cancel while waiting in a queueXbox - Cross-Play can now be enabled/disabled in the Options menu on XboxYour Sort settings will now be correctly remembered when refreshing the Battlefield: Portal Server BrowserFixed an issue where loadouts would sometimes be empty on the spawn screen after joining a server, preventing weapon selectionMade improvements to ensure Aim Assist is more consistent during console gameplayRanger’s effective combat range and overall health has been decreasedAudio

　　Made various tweaks to the overall audio experience to improve clarity, distance, and directional perceptionFixed an issue where soldiers would not always play indoor specific footstepsWeapons

　　Removed bounce from Underbarrel Grenades when firing at short distances40mm AP Grenades now properly damage vehiclesFixed some weapons displaying wrong ammo counts for specific magazinesDXR-1 and NTW-50 Bolt Action rifles reload animation increased by 0.2 secondsAdjusted dispersion values for most weapons, which results in a faster dispersion decrease when tap firing or doing short burstsAdjusted dispersion increases for most weapons. It now takes slightly longer for weapons to become overly inaccurate in sustained fireAdjusted the recoil values to prevent over aggressive recoil jumps for the AK24, LCMG, PKP-BP, SFAR-M GL, and PP-29Improved hip fire accuracy for all SMGs to make them better stand-out from other automatic weapon archetypesLMG dispersion and recoil lowered to improve performance in sustained fireAdditional improvements to recoil control for all weapons, more specifically automatic weapons.Increased close range damage and consistency of the MCS-880 when using Buckshot Shell or Flechette ShellsFixed a bug that caused bullets to be fired below the player’s aims for the SFAR-M GL and the K30Vehicles

　　Fixed a bug where vehicle weapons sometimes did not deal blast damage on a direct hitWe’re reducing the Ground Vehicle 30mm Cannon effectiveness versus infantry. It now overheats faster, has a slightly reduced rate of fire and blast damage, and increased fall off damage at distanceRate of Fire 350 -> 330Heat Per Bullet 0.13 -> 0.14Heat Drop Per Second 0.5 -> 0.475Blast Damage 20 -> 18LCAA Hovercraft - 40mm GPL Grenade LauncherBlast Damage lowered from 55 -> 35The 40mm Utility Pod upwards firing angle is now easier to useEBAA Wildcat - 57mm CannonRemoved dispersionAmmo 12 -> 8Impact Damage 85 -> 75Blast Damage 70 -> 35Gadgets

　　Frag Grenade

　　Increased the time to detonate a Frag Grenade from 1.1s -> 1.4s after first bounce on a hard collisionIncreased damage of Frag Grenades across game modes to deal 120 damage and guarantee a kill on armored players tooReduced Frag & Incendiary Grenade max ammo account from 2 -> 1Prox Sensor

　　Lowered spotting radius from 30m -> 20mLowered uptime from 30s -> 14sLowered amount of Prox Sensor a player can carry and deploy from 2 -> 1Battlefield Hazard Zone

　　Fixed an issue that caused the roaming Occupying Forces LATV4 Recon to spawn at the wrong times or not at allBreakthrough

　　Kaleidoscope - Rooftop Capture Objective has been removed. There are now two Capture Objective at the bottom in BT large and one at the bottom in BT smallOrbital - Rooftop Capture Objective has been removed. There is now a single Capture Objective at the bottom in BT large and BT smallHourglass - Rooftop Capture Objective has been removed. There is now a single Capture Objective at the bottom in BT large and BT small. Also fixed an issue where players were spawning out of boundsSoldier

　　Improvements on backpedaling into objects when being in prone positionFixed a rare issue where players could turn invisible when spawning on a full/destroyed vehicleDICE developers will be taking a break over the holidays, so don’t expect further updates for a while. Information about further patches and Season 1 content is promised for early 2022.

　　Battlefield 2042 is available now on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5. Update 3.1 drops tomorrow (December 9).