Author Topic: battlefield 3 (Read 6627 times)

[ES] Semicidal · « **Reply #105 on:** Fri, 18 Nov 11, 18:50 GMT+5 »

59.99 new. The $5 put down for preorder counted towards the overall game.
Now here in Nova Scotia we also have 15% sales tax so....yeah.

[ES] Entropy · « **Reply #106 on:** Sat, 19 Nov 11, 13:12 GMT+5 »

In case anyone missed the news:

Incoming: Battlefield 3 update!

"The DICE team are hard at work supporting Battlefield 3. To date, we have implemented several server updates to improve stability and performance. Next week we are publishing a significant Battlefield 3 client update for the PC. Console patches take a bit longer due to the certification requirements for console content, but it will follow shortly after the PC update.

So what’s in the PC patch? You’ll see improved polish, stability, weapons balancing, squad control functionality, user interface enhancements, and several feature enhancements that address feedback the community has provided to date – plus we’re removing the so called “negative mouse acceleration” that some of you have experienced.

Regarding cheating and boosting, we continue to analyze data to identify and hold accountable (ban, wipe stats) players that cheat or boost. We’ve received questions about what to do when faced with unsportsmanlike conduct in Battlefield 3 – the best course of action is to click the warning sign next to their profile name in Battlelog, or head to the EA Help Desk and report your issue. These leads will enable us to follow up on the report.

We appreciate all the feedback. Keep it coming to help us with future improvements. Check back next week to confirm the patch launch date and the detailed fix list. Thanks for playing and sharing your feedback with us!"

Fingers crossed.....

[ES] Rooster · « **Reply #107 on:** Mon, 21 Nov 11, 14:31 GMT+5 »

Well, my loving wife just presented me with my copy - early Christmas present. Haven't installed it yet, probably do it over Thanksgiving holiday.

[ES] Mindflayer · « **Reply #108 on:** Mon, 21 Nov 11, 15:10 GMT+5 »

Quote from: [ES] Rooster on Mon, 21 Nov 11, 14:31 GMT+5

Well, my loving wife just presented me with my copy - early Christmas present. Haven't installed it yet, probably do it over Thanksgiving holiday.

Mindflayernet.

[ES] NEMESIS · « **Reply #109 on:** Tue, 22 Nov 11, 08:38 GMT+5 »

Battlefield 3 PC patch coming tonight, fix list released

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On November 22nd, 2011 in News

As promised, DICE will be rolling out a big Battlefield 3 patch tonight, and they’ve released the full change log/fix list, which you can find below:

Visual and performance fixes
•General performance and loading time improvements
• “Black Screen” fix for an issue occurring on some PC Configurations
•Stereo and Rendering Support for Nvidia and AMD Graphics Cards
•Adjusted the “stuttering” encountered on some PC configurations.
•Fixed several Crashes when joining MP and Co-Op sessions
•Fixed multiple problems when using multiple monitors (Eyefinity / Surround).
•Fixed visual corruption issues on certain Nvidia Cards
•Improved loading times for certain textures
•Added console command “GameTime.MaxVariableFps” to limit max FPS
•Added console command “UI.DrawEnable” to hide UI for screenshots / videos

Balance and gameplay adjustments
•Fixed a problem with high speed mouse movement
•Added back some missing Growlers on Kharg Island Conquest Large
•Added back EOR sound for SQDM and TDM
•You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position
•Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it(note the affect this will have on Hardcore mode!)
•Spawn protection now should work in Conquest. You should no longer spawn on points too close to enemies
•You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM
•Combat areas on Kharg Rush tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after 1st base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun
•Fixed a problem with revived players not suffering suppression
•Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in COOP
•Added joystick deadzone setting
•Fixed sound for when climbing ladders
•Fixed an issue with some weapon sounds in first person
•Fixed a swim sound loop error
•Increased the damage of Helicopter Miniguns, AA guns, and Jet Cannons against infantry
•Increased the damage of Helicopter Miniguns against jeeps.
•Reduced the physics impact of AA guns and Jet Cannons, players under attack from these weapons should no longer lose control.
•Increased the damage of the 44 Magnum slightly.
•Increased the range and minimum damage of the .357 Round from the MP412 Rex.
•Increased the range of all .45cal and 9mm weapons.
•Slightly increased the range of the P90 and MP7 and PDW-R.
•Slightly increased the range of the 5.56mm PDW-R and decreased the minimum damage at long range.
•Slightly increased the minimum range of the Mk11, SVD, and M39 EMR 7.62mm rifles.
•Decreased the maximum damage and maximum range of the G3 and SCAR-H 7.62mm weapons.
•Reduced the damage from FIM-92 and SA-18 IGLA missiles against aircraft.
•Increased the damage and range of the 40mm BUCK rounds.
•Reduced the damage .50cal weapons do against Helicopters.
•Updated T90 canister shell tweaks to match Abrams canister shells
•UI Changes (PC)
•Added round duration and ticket summary at EOR
•Advanced squad polish – should be more intuitive
•Significant changes to the Join Squad functionality (see below)
•Fixed a problem regarding keybindings while playing
•You should now get a better error message when being disconnected via Battlelog

Server updates
•EOD Bot exploit fix
•Several crash fixes
•Anti-stat padding measures taken, disallowing ranked servers to run obscure settings
•Improved team kill kick configuration
•Support for unranked servers. Unranked servers do not report players’ scores to Battlelog, but server administrators can freely control all settings

Squad changes
•Removed FIND ME A SQUAD option
•Allow players to join empty Squads alone, thus having 1/4 squad members
•Change order of options to LEAVE SQUAD, INV A FRIEND, SWITCH TEAM
•Disable Privacy flag when 1 man squad
•Reset Privacy flag from Private to Public when squad drops to 1 player
•All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad Selection screen
•Players who choose not to join squads will also show up as Blue in the “Not in a Squad” line
•Squads that are currently empty will display as white — if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text

The patch will be released on Nov. 22nd 7:00 AM UTC / Nov. 21st 11:00 PM PST. You can find the full patch release note and changes on Battlelog.

[ES] Rooster · « **Reply #110 on:** Tue, 22 Nov 11, 11:00 GMT+5 »

From what 'Flayer was saying, isn't an increase in range and damage for small caliber weaponry the exact opposite of what was needed?

[ES] Rooster · « **Reply #111 on:** Thu, 24 Nov 11, 11:36 GMT+5 »

BF3 patching now! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

ETA: Welp. It appears my laptop won't play it. Oh well.

[ES] Mindflayer · « **Reply #112 on:** Fri, 25 Nov 11, 08:41 GMT+5 »

Quote from: [ES] Rooster on Thu, 24 Nov 11, 11:36 GMT+5

BF3 patching now! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

ETA: Welp. It appears my laptop won't play it. Oh well.

Wut! Turn down settings?

[ES] Rooster · « **Reply #113 on:** Fri, 25 Nov 11, 08:55 GMT+5 »

I'm not a computer guru like some of ya'll, but it appears that my video card is not supported. I took a look at all that before buying, and my computer specs show a GeForce 9400M G. According to min specs that should be ok. Anyway, when I try to run the game, I get an error message saying I need to update the video drivers. I tried that, but the nvidia site states that I have a different card alltogether and it doesn't meet the min specs.
I took a look at the hardware and it seems I have two video cards; the afore mentioned 9400M G and GTX 260M. The 260M doesn't come anywhere near min specs. So... I have no idea what to do now, other than see if I can maybe have a better video card installed in my laptop, or purchase another computer.

Unless ya'll have some ideas?

[ES] Semicidal · « **Reply #114 on:** Fri, 25 Nov 11, 11:47 GMT+5 »

I THINK (as in could be wrong) that your laptop has one of those hybrid cards that switched from the more powerful GT260 to a 9400 when in a low power mode. Were you plugged into the wall? Want to maybe try fiddling around with your power settings and make sure your laptop is giving it her all when plugged in?

*Edit* There are also drivers specific to BF3. Maybe those would help? (I play on 360 so have avoided these problems. The smaller games seem to work to my advantage.

[ES] RandomHero · « **Reply #115 on:** Sat, 26 Nov 11, 05:34 GMT+5 »

Semi might be onto your issue, power related. As far as BF3 specific drivers, I haven't seen any from NVIDIA just some ATI Crossfire specific profiles. Unfortunately, when it comes to mobile chips you have to get the drivers from the laptop manufacturer, NVIDIA does NOT support them in their universal drivers. This is a HUGE headache as the manufacturers do not support them for long. Fortunately most laptops are actually made by 3rd parties and rebranded by the major guys (HP, Dell, Alienware, etc) so you might have some luck looking up the hidden model number and finding a matching unit from another manufacturer and getting drivers from them.

This is the major reason I've strayed away from laptops for gaming. Video drivers are a huge problem. I doubt you can upgrade the video "card" in your laptop, even the "upgradable" ones are very limited usually only letting you go forward a generation before they change the "standard" or just drop support all together. Most are not upgradable at all unfortunately. If you provide some detail on your laptop model and such we might be able to help some more. Because of the lack of major driver support, there are a few groups that host and repackage drivers for mobile chips. I may be able to point you to one of them.... There are also ways to force the universal drivers to run the mobile chips...it's not exactly straightforward and I can't stress a personal disclaimer enough.

As far as min requirements, if the drivers are somewhat up to date the game should run just not very well.

As a future note, if you are in a position where you can purchase another computer. I would recommend that, as you can build a pretty bad-ass budget rig that will last you a few years easily and offer a lot of upgradability for somewhere between $800 and $1200 these days. In fact, Mindflayer and I could probably put our heads together and come up with something even cheaper that would do the job decently.

[ES] RandomHero · « **Reply #116 on:** Sun, 04 Dec 11, 17:44 GMT+5 »

New Patch in 2 days

Includes fixes for Tactical Light, Mortar, USAS, etc...we'll see how effective it is considering how minor alot of the tweaks are. For example, they simply changed the effective range on the tac light when outdoors....which wont do much probably since people are using it to charge and blind opponents...etc

http://www.giantbomb.com/battlefield-3/61-27006/huge-bf3-patch-incoming-on-6th-of-december/35-526939/

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