**OFFICIAL** AT Battlefield 3 FAQ and News Thread

[KaOTiK]

This is really really starting to piss me off. At the start of a match, I go to customize to make sure for my tanks i have normal stuff, one of the things is thermal optics. EVERY FUCKING TIME when I get into a tank for the first time in a match, I have crappy smoke instead of thermal optics, when I die and check my customize screen it now has smoke listed. Happened 7 times in a row tonight...........................................................................................................................

 

[Phoenix86]

Jschmuck2 knifed me, pretty sure he was aimbotting.

:|

 

[Spike]

It was fun playing on the ATOT server with you guys. I am finally coming out even in rounds, amazing the difference it makes to actually be able to spot people and see dots above allies!! Hopefully the bug will be fixed soon so I can go back to eyefinity.

 

[Childs]

The lack of stability in the game really ruins the fun. If its not lagging its crashing. And it always seems like when you have a good game it crashes, and you lose your stats. When you have a bad game you get dropped from the game, but the stats are retained. wtf.

 

[sigurros81]

The lack of stability in the game really ruins the fun. If its not lagging its crashing. And it always seems like when you have a good game it crashes, and you lose your stats. When you have a bad game you get dropped from the game, but the stats are retained. wtf.

I feel you man, I've had several games where I went like 20/3 and while my game didn't crash, Battlelog didn't do it's job of logging your battle? /cry

 

[smackababy]

I am getting a strange every other time I try and join a server the game doesn't load bug. I also have been DC'd from servers randomly for no reason. =( Still loving the game though.

 

[Zargon]

The lack of stability in the game really ruins the fun. If its not lagging its crashing. And it always seems like when you have a good game it crashes, and you lose your stats. When you have a bad game you get dropped from the game, but the stats are retained. wtf.

I feel you man, I've had several games where I went like 20/3 and while my game didn't crash, Battlelog didn't do it's job of logging your battle? /cry

guys there is a chance its on your end....

Im 22 hours in and have had almost zero issues since they fixed the dc's from day one

check your drivers, mess with your routers, ETC ETC

even update sound drivers

 

[GullyFoyle]

I had minimal issues for the first week, and now I am having issues with the maps loading. It freezes, and when I tab out I see a message stating that the program has stopped working.

I had to shut down and attempt to load three or four times before I got in to the game last night. Then, I was also getting freezes in the middle of a match, less frequently. The screen just stops, as well as the sound.

It first happened over the weekend where it froze up twice when I finally started flying the jets on Operation Firestorm. Twice in 5 minutes. i thought it was related to flying, but now it is happening randomly.

What kinds of thing would change without my intervention? PB? Anti-virus definitions?

Should I try running a hardware monitoring tool to see if it is a heating problem?
I haven't tried reviewing the system logs yet. either.

Edit: I also noticed the FPS showing in the upper right corner during map load. I'm not running FRAPS ATM. I'm thinking I must have turned the internal one on at some point, and it sticks. I wonder if that thing causes issues?

Sucks.

 

[Homer Simpson]

guys there is a chance its on your end....

Im 22 hours in and have had almost zero issues since they fixed the dc's from day one

check your drivers, mess with your routers, ETC ETC

even update sound drivers

manually updating your punkbuster might help too. there was a news post on battlelog about that.

 

[Zargon]

i have had a couple of those in the last few days, but maybe 3 of themm, in like 6 hours of play

no idea what is going on, its not my CPU overheating, I need to reinstall GPUz to check on the 6970

 

[QuantumPion]

So what is you guys' favorite perk to use? On Operation Firestorm as an engineer, the rocket ammo one is a no-brainer for me. But otherwise I am torn between sprint, ammo, or suppress. I take ammo on 32 player servers on small maps like bazaar where I tend to live long enough to use up my ammo. Suppress sounds like it should kick ass but there is no way of knowing how effective it actually is, I wish there was a youtube video showing it off.

 

[Zargon]

depends on the situation

I have the FRAG and love it on smaller maps as assualt/recon where its unlikely I will run out of ammo or support guys to feed me.

bazaar/siene its explosive as engineer so I can mine hell out of everything

 

[CVSiN]

The lack of stability in the game really ruins the fun. If its not lagging its crashing. And it always seems like when you have a good game it crashes, and you lose your stats. When you have a bad game you get dropped from the game, but the stats are retained. wtf.

hmm the ATOT server hasn't crashed at all in days..
play with us instead..

however.. I cant stand that they added the rush maps to it..
god do I hate Rush..

 

[CVSiN]

It was fun playing on the ATOT server with you guys. I am finally coming out even in rounds, amazing the difference it makes to actually be able to spot people and see dots above allies!! Hopefully the bug will be fixed soon so I can go back to eyefinity.

you can try to re-build your array like that post said.

I was able to get mine working by making the center monitor the display port monitor and then rebuilding the array making sure it was the primary.

after that it worked.

 

[mc866]

hmm the ATOT server hasn't crashed at all in days..
play with us instead..

however.. I cant stand that they added the rush maps to it..
god do I hate Rush..

Crashed last night while I was playing

 

[SLU Aequitas]

So what is you guys' favorite perk to use? On Operation Firestorm as an engineer, the rocket ammo one is a no-brainer for me. But otherwise I am torn between sprint, ammo, or suppress. I take ammo on 32 player servers on small maps like bazaar where I tend to live long enough to use up my ammo. Suppress sounds like it should kick ass but there is no way of knowing how effective it actually is, I wish there was a youtube video showing it off.

Squad Sprint, Squad Explosive, Squad Suppressive!

 

[liquidblue]

Found my problem with spotting. I reassigned spot/comm rose to R and Q (default) to knife. I saw a few threads on EA about this an apparently and it's bugged where Q is spotting even if you reassign it. So I've been spotting and using the knife at the same time. Reassigned it to default until issue is fixed.

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

Just wow:
http://www.computerandvideogames.co...latform-switched-to-consoles-mid-development/

After all the "PC is lead platform" chanting, they switched to console lead.

 

[Worthington]

you can't reassign Q.. but assigning Q to a mouse button for instance still works.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Any reason the AT server isn't hardcore? haha

 

[sigurros81]

Another issue I find very annoying is the spawning of you and enemies. Sometimes you spawn right next to an enemy just so he can shoot you in the back of your head, WTF.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Just wow:
http://www.computerandvideogames.co...latform-switched-to-consoles-mid-development/

After all the "PC is lead platform" chanting, they switched to console lead.

Me and a another forum member posted about going to Best Buy to pick up our preorders at the midnight release.

We both had good numbers but out of the 30 or so at my local Best Buy only 2 or so got a pc copy all others got console versions with alot of people getting the ps3 version.

Just based off that tells me alot and sadly i do believe MW3 might outsell BF3 on pc due to people not wanting to upgrade for BF3 and since BLOP pc players know MW3 will play as well as Blops that might interest budget gamers not looking for $300 gpu upgrades.

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

Me and a another forum member posted about going to Best Buy to pick up our preorders at the midnight release.

We both had good numbers but out of the 30 or so at my local Best Buy only 2 or so got a pc copy all others got console versions with alot of people getting the ps3 version.

Just based off that tells me alot and sadly i do believe MW3 might outsell BF3 on pc due to people not wanting to upgrade for BF3 and since BLOP pc players know MW3 will play as well as Blops that might interest budget gamers not looking for $300 gpu upgrades.

I think it boils down to one thing - yes, the graphical staleness from no new engine is bad, but they keep the gameplay the same, but with new maps and stuff. For a lot of people that's all they want, they are not looking to readjust to a completely new gameplay style with every release. For indeed, it's about what you enjoy, not about proving that you can adapt.

 

[GullyFoyle]

Just wow:
http://www.computerandvideogames.co...latform-switched-to-consoles-mid-development/

After all the "PC is lead platform" chanting, they switched to console lead.

And it says...

Battlefield 3 lead platform ‘switched to consoles’ mid-development

The DICE boss shared the news in the latest issue of PSM3, where he revealed that despite Battlefield 3 looking very much like a shooter designed for advanced PC hardware, the latter stages of Battlefield 3′s construction lead on PS3 and Xbox 360 in order to meet release on time.

“We said originally that the PC was the lead SKU of the game, but in mid-production we switched to console as lead platform to make sure we could get all the versions done for release,” Troedsson confirmed.

“Our ambition at DICE is to use the power of each individual platform to get the most out of the game,” he added.

“In the case of the PS3… I understand that if you compare it to a high-end PC, it’s not going to look as good. But if you compare it to other games on the PS3, including other games we’ve done previously, I have to say I’m very happy with how it looks.

“Hopefully people will agree when they look at it in the same way.”

EA previously said it lead development on PC because that audience “has been the one complaining.”

Exec producer Patrick Bach said: “We actually haven’t heard any complaints from the console audience. We are letting the PC audience make use of the very expensive hardware that they just bought so they can tick all the boxes and go for the 64-player fights.”

In the press release announcing Battlefield 3′s impressive “estimated” 5 million week-one sales, EA said it’s making “daily improvements” to multiplayer servers.

 

[Glayde]

I wonder how many others are in the same boat I am in. I originally played bf1942 and loved it, including various mods (desert combat and galactic conquest). I tried the BF2 demo and really never got into it at all and haven't touched a single fps since.

With BF3's hype i decided to give it a go. I'm certainly enjoying it, but one thing I'm still getting used to, is the amount of unlocks and how powerful they are. In BF1942, everyone was at the same level. Can you even compete as a newer player down the road vs. people who have unlocked gadgets and special abilities? When they give us the first set of maps with Wake and such, will there be a large number of people who have every unlock?