Battlefield 3 patch to drop this week

Vdubchaos

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About time, this is probably the most unstable game I have ever played.

Makes Red Orchestra 2 seem stable...
 

Arkaign

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Yeah I've honestly had zero problems, although about 1 time in 50 I'll try to connect to a server, and it'll say server disconnected, but I reconnect 5 seconds later and it's all gravy.
 

jjj807

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the first server i join always leads to battlefield has stopped working error. after that its all good
 

KaOTiK

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I just want to know, does this patch fix the bug where your mouse/keys stop responding and if you hit ESC than hit ESC again it works (it is not a hardware problem). Also does it fix the bug where it would say you have xxx upgrades on a tank but when you first jump into one you don't (I always have thermal optics selected, but the first time I get into a tank during a new round I have smoke instead even though the kit says I have the optics, wtf)
 

paperfist

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http://bf3blog.com/

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.
 

Regs

Lifer
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the first server i join always leads to battlefield has stopped working error. after that its all good

After that your game stops working!!! Or do you simply have to restart the game browser and continue? I had a lot of these problems lately. Even with Firefox 8.0 and the Chrome.
 

jjj807

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After that your game stops working!!! Or do you simply have to restart the game browser and continue? I had a lot of these problems lately. Even with Firefox 8.0 and the Chrome.

The browser crashes and I have to rejoin. It happens the first time I log in Origin and try to join a game. First game I join crashes on me and I have to restart battlelog, after that I can join any game no problems.
 

Vdubchaos

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The browser crashes and I have to rejoin. It happens the first time I log in Origin and try to join a game. First game I join crashes on me and I have to restart battlelog, after that I can join any game no problems.

Same here

I still get the "reinstall the game" error every 2-3 days.

PS. I actually reinstalled it 3 times now, but noticed restarting ORgin fixes the error.
 

mooncancook

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Looks like the patch broke more things for me than it fixes. Now I have more crashes and server disconnections, and it seems to take longer to load. only positive I observed so far is that it automatically starts the game at the video option I last used.
 

Glagorx

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After every new patch game just stop working few days for me ? Why every patch crashes the game instead of repair ?
 

Regs

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Punkbuster is likely my problem. I connect then disconnect with a BF stopped working error. Happens precisely after 2 mins into the game after every server connect. I tried everything from reinstalling the game, uninstalling and reinstalling Punkbuster, stopping and restarting PB services, and of course manually updating.

I give up. 50 dollar game down the shitter.
 

s1njin

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Punkbuster is likely my problem. I connect then disconnect with a BF stopped working error. Happens precisely after 2 mins into the game after every server connect. I tried everything from reinstalling the game, uninstalling and reinstalling Punkbuster, stopping and restarting PB services, and of course manually updating.

I give up. 50 dollar game down the shitter.

And people on this forum wonder why some will play this on a console instead. Eye candy and experience are wonderful if they, you know, work. I have a rig that can hold its own w/ this game, and I'm afraid of ending up just like you !
 

skipsneeky2

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After patch i get constant messages like this"you were disconnected from ea online" while attempting to connect to a server

You google up this issue and its a very common issue heck i found a freaking facebook page dedicated to this error and them protesting ea ffs.

I was rocking on a round just now i had tons of points and this fu*king battlelog drops my game exclaiming a error on that server...3 other servers i get the nice ea online error....then the fun when i get one that doesn't drop me the server loads up campaign mind you these issues arised over night.

I don't care what any fanboy or anyone says battlelog is such a huge piece of sh*t...explain why battlelog loads up campaign when i had attempted to connect to a server and you get a cookie...

The other BF3 thread suggests its my end but please explain how it is if these issues happened right after the patch with zero hardware or software changes...it played fine i installed the patch i played a round i went to bed shut off my pc..next day volla issues..
 

destrekor

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just love that even when things are perfect people try to make them even better.....

perfect?
Are you suggesting BF3 was perfect at launch? You must have been one of the lucky few.
My game, other things were considered, was remarkably stable at launch on the brand new rig I built a few weeks before launch.
However, it was impossible to play with with triple-monitors, and the game (even after patch) is still completely lacking an option for Color Blind Mode.
I refuse to play in squads at times because it makes me likely to hesitate when stumbling upon an enemy with a 3D tag over his head.
 

Rhezuss

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Weird issues i'm having (don't have the latest BF3 patch yet i'm at work).

The games runs great except when Trixx is installed...pretty weird. Now if I want to play all my games including BF3 I have to uninstall (since disabling Trixx doens't work either) and OC with CCC...

I'll try with the latest pacth but my hopes are low.