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    Battlefield 3 Discussion Thread

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by usapatriot, Jan 25, 2011.

  1. Vapkez

    Vapkez Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey, I have Logitech G700, and I cannot bind any keys to it. I am trying to use crouch and prone, any ideas?
     
    Vapkez, Oct 2, 2011
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  2. Seville

    Seville Notebook Enthusiast

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    If anyone wants to play add me Krytical_Hit
     
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  3. TearTaker

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    It doesn't natively support that. You can go into the logitech software and bind the button to the key on the board. Example: Bind mouse thumb button to key c. I think you can do that anyways.
     
    TearTaker, Oct 2, 2011
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  4. fatlardo

    fatlardo Notebook Consultant

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    Does chat work in this game?
     
    fatlardo, Oct 2, 2011
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  5. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    Uhh, if PC was the main platform DICE will have hell to pay for not supporting a 5 button mouse. I am hoping something is just busted in the beta build. I have tried assigning two of my mouse buttons which are actually bound to "[, ]" keys, and those wouldn't bind either (what you mentioned above).
     
    rschauby, Oct 2, 2011
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  6. Tyo

    Tyo Notebook Deity

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    I'm having great time with my Razer Naga mouse, even though it was supposed to be mmo mouse it's great for fps gaes for fast weapon changes and whatever binds you need.
     
    Tyo, Oct 2, 2011
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  7. Pluberus

    Pluberus Notebook Evangelist

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    Pluberus, Oct 3, 2011
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  8. mew1838

    mew1838 Team Teal

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    Stupid tactical flashlights...what happened to skill?
     
    mew1838, Oct 3, 2011
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  9. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    You mean shooting in the dark? Like Doom 3? :p
     
    HTWingNut, Oct 3, 2011
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  10. Dag-A

    Dag-A Newbie

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    @Kingpinzero

    I'm sorry for clogging the forum with this, but I tried to find msg or pm option and cant find it.

    Anyway I have some concerns about the driver install procedure, I read your guide and another guide that was stickied that i missed the first time.
    And I noticed that when you have switchable GPU sets I need to reinstall the intel driver or at least check for it switching between the gpus as it should, witch is all ok. But how do you test if its switching propperly?
    And also you mention in your guide that I have to disable the activation on crysis 2 (witch I have in origin), but not how so I was wondering if this ment anything other than just turning off origin?
     
    Dag-A, Oct 3, 2011
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  11. GapItLykAMaori

    GapItLykAMaori Notebook Evangelist

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    played this on my mates g73... im so glad i got rid of my "gaming" laptop and got my sig rig. Beta is hardly optimised imo.
     
    GapItLykAMaori, Oct 3, 2011
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  12. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    katalin_2003, Oct 3, 2011
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  13. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    This how us NBR guys roll... :p
     

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  14. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Awww, you should have brought me into it too.
    I usually play the same or better than Phistachio. xD

    But once we get retail, us NBR folks must make squads, voice up and troll the leaderboards. ;3
     
    DEagleson, Oct 3, 2011
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  15. Tumbbu

    Tumbbu Newbie

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    You mean NOPE? nope.avi - YouTube :D

    I changed my preordered xbox360 version to PC. :cool:
     
    Tumbbu, Oct 3, 2011
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  16. Phistachio

    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    Awwww yeah :cool:
     
    Phistachio, Oct 3, 2011
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  17. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Oh yes. We must make an an NBR platoon and troll some servers with epic skills! (I'm Chewie_77) btw. :D
     
    usapatriot, Oct 3, 2011
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  18. hockeymass

    hockeymass that one guy

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    I continue to be atrocious because I am too lazy to play at my desk with a proper mousepad. The armrest of my leather chair makes a horrendous mousing surface :D
     
    hockeymass, Oct 3, 2011
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  19. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    I'd like to play online with you guys sometime too.
     
    HTWingNut, Oct 3, 2011
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  20. ValkerieFire

    ValkerieFire God Follower

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    Alll this team talk has sold me. I decent at CoD, but never got good at BFBC, but with time I will get better.

    If I can get to a desktop today I am going to pre-order this on newegg for $48 w/the new mappacks.
     
    ValkerieFire, Oct 3, 2011
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  21. rcjonessnp175

    rcjonessnp175 Notebook Enthusiast

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    i have a g73sw like to play to, name bigjeep06 :D
     
    rcjonessnp175, Oct 3, 2011
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  22. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    If needed i can help organize the European NBR Platoon. :)
    Already got the game preordered and will download at launch.

    Also Origin ID is DEagleson.
     
    DEagleson, Oct 3, 2011
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  23. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

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    HT And Deagleson you two are welcome anytime! HT add me my name on Origins is DirtyBiscuits.

    We did straight run that server the entire time we where in it! The Phistachio decided to defect to the other side to "help them out" :p :p :p :p :p :p

    16/16 was not my best game though! C4 FTW!!!
     
    Mechanized Menace, Oct 3, 2011
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  24. aussiek2000

    aussiek2000 Notebook Consultant

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    Can anyone point me in the right direction? I could play the beta fine the day it came out. But the last couple of days, I have been having a few issues. I join into a came, but I get kicked almost immediately. It either says "lost connection to login server" or "connection has timed out". Is there any way to fix this problem?
     
    aussiek2000, Oct 3, 2011
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  25. Phistachio

    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    My Battlelog name is the same as my Origin name : NBR_Phistachio
     
    Phistachio, Oct 3, 2011
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  26. Kirrr

    Kirrr Notebook Deity

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    Now, I'm starting to hate the beta. Fking lag, campers, level400 snipers, one bullet deaths from the opposite side of the map with a pistol and so on... I don't want to buy it anymore... move on to Rage or back to bf2.
     
    Kirrr, Oct 3, 2011
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  27. HTWingNut

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    Yeah, I don't think EA is doing themselves any favors by releasing only one buggy map, infantry only, for open beta. I know beta is really for feedback to EA, but when it's an open beta, they also have to appeal to the masses. Curious that there hasn't been another patch yet. Usually there's one every day or so with beta's. And if they will open up another map.
     
    HTWingNut, Oct 3, 2011
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  28. Tyo

    Tyo Notebook Deity

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    I'm getting a bit bored with the beta, whole week of same thing over and over, time to open up another map EA.
     
    Tyo, Oct 3, 2011
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  29. hawk1410

    hawk1410 Bird of Prey

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    To all the CoD players who moved to BF3, change your f**kin play style
     
    hawk1410, Oct 3, 2011
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  30. Mjolner

    Mjolner Notebook Evangelist

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    Apparently the build for the Beta is actually a month or two old, so the final game will be more polished. DICE's explanation for why they turned out an outdated beta doesn't really make much sense; they claim that they needed the beta to test the "server backend performance," which I guess means that they don't care about fixing bugs for the final release since they are already far ahead of where the beta is now (hopefully...).
     
    Mjolner, Oct 3, 2011
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  31. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    I was beginning to think it was old code. To not patch the game on a daily basis just seemed odd. From other beta's I've been in it seems you could hardly keep up with the patches they were so frequent. I guess it's fine to use it to test their servers. But it doesn't bode well with the public when they don't make it abundantly clear what they're testing for, and users are expecting some fairly polished code.
     
    HTWingNut, Oct 3, 2011
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  32. Shobster

    Shobster Notebook Consultant

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    The beta is dead to me, in a good way.

    Giving DICE feedback was my only reason to play the beta, other than that I would leveling up for nothing. I played the console versions as well and gave them a feedback too. Regardless, I hope everyone gets to play this game bug-free at launch. Of course, that's easier said than done.
     
    Shobster, Oct 3, 2011
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  33. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    I don't know how much progress we can expect in a month. I think the build we saw was at least 2 months out from stable, but it was probably also a few weeks old.
     
    masterchef341, Oct 3, 2011
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  34. Mjolner

    Mjolner Notebook Evangelist

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    Actually according to the BF blog:
    "The Battlefield 3 Open Beta is based on software that is more than one month old. "
     
    Mjolner, Oct 3, 2011
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  35. hockeymass

    hockeymass that one guy

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    It actually makes a lot of sense. Think about it. They can test for bugs inhouse, I'm sure that DICE and EA have quite a large testing group. What they can't simulate inhouse is thousands and thousands of connections to the backend database.
     
    hockeymass, Oct 3, 2011
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  36. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    Hmm, just realized I didn't have my K10stat profile running when I've been playing BF3. LOL. Just got it up and running again and significant gain in speed. :D
     
    HTWingNut, Oct 3, 2011
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  37. mrcarter

    mrcarter Notebook Geek

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    ^^ by speed do you mean fps boost?
     
    mrcarter, Oct 4, 2011
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  38. HTWingNut

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    Yes. My CPU is a bit weak to begin with. 1.8GHz with boost to 2.5GHz, but with all four cores, on its own it rarely exceeds 1.8GHz. I can clock it to 2.4GHz with boost to 2.8GHz using K10stat, and helps bump the FPS up by a good 5-6FPS. Smooths things out a bit.
     
    HTWingNut, Oct 4, 2011
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  39. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I'm so over with Metro Rush.
     
    usapatriot, Oct 4, 2011
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  40. AznImports602

    AznImports602 Notebook Deity

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    Same here! Got on and play for 30min and became bored so I just left.
     
    AznImports602, Oct 4, 2011
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  41. Tumbbu

    Tumbbu Newbie

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    Today I made my way to the Caspian Border server. (32 players)
    I was totally surprised how my laptop runs it.
    Gameplay videos coming soon.
     
    Tumbbu, Oct 4, 2011
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  42. HTWingNut

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    I'm bored too. Got the night scope though which is awesome in the tunnel. Although I am getting so fed up with all the glitches. I can't see how some people managed to get all the way to level 40+. I think I saw someone with a 1 with a silver badge. Is that General or something? I think I'm level 14.

    Meh, less than a week left. I was hoping they'd open up Caspian for everyone for a week. Haven't had a chance to play that.
     
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  43. putino

    putino Notebook Consultant

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    Be warned, the Caspian Border servers are not official, and the DICE could ban your Origin account if you play on unofficial and hacked servers.
     
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  44. hockeymass

    hockeymass that one guy

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    They're not hacked. They're password protected because DICE wants to restrict who plays on them.
     
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  45. putino

    putino Notebook Consultant

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    Not anymore. The Caspian Border server have been shut down definitely on September 30th.

    See the following news:

    Battlelog / Sign in to the Open Beta

    Any Caspian Border server you found now is unofficial and hacked. So you risk the account ban.
     
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  46. hakira

    hakira <3 xkcd

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    width='560' height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3bP8_Dmfbe0?version=3&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3bP8_Dmfbe0?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width='560' height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

    They should leave this glitch in the real game so you can do this while waiting for the planes to spawn
     
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  47. xxERIKxx

    xxERIKxx Notebook Deity

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    hahah that was great.
     
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  48. hockeymass

    hockeymass that one guy

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    The glitches really are nothing short of amazingly awesome. The stretchy neck is the best.
     
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  49. AT39

    AT39 Notebook Guru

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    Quote for truth.
     
    AT39, Oct 4, 2011
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  50. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Every time I play Operation Metro, I rage in like five minutes. You either have a really good team that steamrolls the opposition or you have a really bad team that gets spawn raped. Most games don't even make it to the subway and rarely the last set of MCOM's.
     
    usapatriot, Oct 4, 2011
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