Battlefield 3 - PC Players Thread

[mackie1]

dele said:

mackie1 said:

Very cool! How long will it be up for?

Mine was just shipped!

6 Months, with the option to extend it at some cost afterwards if needs be

Nice one. Could be very handy for getting several squads together from PH. Can you password protect certain slots etc?

[Daaaveee]

VEA said:

Single 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8700m GT graphics card

Thats your problem I'm afraid. For console graphics quality at 720p resolution you need at least a 512mb 8800 GT according to DICE.

[dele]

mackie1 said:

dele said:

mackie1 said:

Very cool! How long will it be up for?

Mine was just shipped!

6 Months, with the option to extend it at some cost afterwards if needs be

Nice one. Could be very handy for getting several squads together from PH. Can you password protect certain slots etc?

Not sure yet, might be something that comes out in a new server patch, i know there's still issues outstanding for example the one mentioned earlier about needing a minimum of 8 players to start

[neema_T]

I'm playing it on an ATI 4870HD at the moment, it runs fine, on the lowest settings, which still looks pretty good.

[Zaxxon]

Amazon showing as dispatched.........Giggedy Giggedy!!!

[VEA]

Daaaveee said:

Thats your problem I'm afraid. For console graphics quality at 720p resolution you need at least a 512mb 8800 GT according to DICE.

That's what I thought too. Bugger it, I can't afford to upgrade at the moment. Maybe I'll just go get a PlayStation... but then I lose out on the mouse and keyboard, I just prefer the way things play on PC... hmmm what to do!

[dele]

VEA said:

That's what I thought too. Bugger it, I can't afford to upgrade at the moment. Maybe I'll just go get a PlayStation... but then I lose out on the mouse and keyboard, I just prefer the way things play on PC... hmmm what to do!

Can you not hook up a keyboard and mouse on the PS3? I thought they were quite flexible like that

[RussellG]

Sitting in front of my pc now with my copy of BF3. Cant install it just now though because apparently the origin activation servers are down. Looks like the standard battlefield/EA problems with new the new release just like BFBC2. Still wasnt really expecting the game to work tonight, would be more shocked to come home and installed the game without problems.

[Fabric 2.2]

Daaaveee said:

Use this to change your Origin and therefore BF3 soldier name on PC:

http://www.origin.com/us/change-id

Has anyone who's changed their Origin name managed to get the game up and running successfully? The reason I ask is, a friend is having a nightmare trying to connect as it appears his account is still tied to his old Origin name, despite changing (he now has two soldiers in Battlelog, one registered to his old name, and one under the new name). I think there's a problem with the activation code going by default to his original Origin name, which is now no longer active!

It's getting me worried as I've changed my Origin name (and can't even access Battlelog to check, without buying a copy) and don't fancy spending hours deciphering broken English at the hands of EA's support come midnight.

[flat-planedCrank]

What drivers are the ATI users running?
11.10 preview 3 ?


How are they?

[RussellG]

Games installing now I have sent my request to join the platoon now.

[RJames]

flat-planedCrank said:

What drivers are the ATI users running?
11.10 preview 3 ?


How are they?

I am currently running the preview 3 with no issues.

[FUBAR]

Installing now, although it keeps saying it's downloading not installing from disk. According to the internet Im not alone in this. Faffed around long enough, I'm just going to let it do its thing.

Tried the Origin name changer but Fubes is not available so it looks like Im stuck with Foobes

[RussellG]

FUBAR said:

Installing now, although it keeps saying it's downloading not installing from disk. According to the internet Im not alone in this. Faffed around long enough, I'm just going to let it do its thing.

Tried the Origin name changer but Fubes is not available so it looks like Im stuck with Foobes

Make sure you start the install by using the autorun on the disc rather than clicking the download link in origin, It will still say downloading but it will actually pull the files from the dvds.

[FUBAR]

I think I did that Russ. Currently at 75% after about 15mins of 'd/l' so doubt it's running off my internet as it aint that fast lol

Hope I wont have trouble installing a second copy on my daytime (:cough: work :cough PC tomorrow


ETA: It's just asked for disk 2 so it is loading from the disk, despite saying downloading

Edited by FUBAR on Thursday 27th October 22:35

[RussellG]

I think I might play through the single player campaign before I venture into multiplayer.

[Fewzz]

What a nightmare to install, worst ive ever seen!?!

Anyways its working now so im jumping straight into the action, hate this web login and launch of the game too!

BTW any of you guys get yours from Play? how do you get the dogtags?

[Fabric 2.2]

Fewzz said:

What a nightmare to install, worst ive ever seen!?!

This!!

What a pain in the arse! Finally just completed installation on the 2nd attempt, first attempt was only reading from the disc at 1mb/s and quoted me a four hour install time.

Just got to finish the 470mb update, and pray there's no other hurdles to clear, then it's battle time!

I'm Kommander_Lulz on Battlelog if anyone's up for a game (if I ever get it running!)

[Fewzz]

Well so far its a nightmare, finally got into MP and the servers lag too much and its unplayeable, lots are complaining lol

Ive had enough allready and gonna goto bedm hope things are better tomorrow.

[onlynik]

not a great fan of teh web interface. I bought mine from Origin, and I finally activated the game, had a few games but there isn't a manual, and I don't know how to remap the keys .

Bed time now, but I won't be able to play the game for 4 weeks.