Brother can't paid for BF3 but can't download it from Origin.

[Northern Lawn]

My brother bought BF3 on Origin but it won't let him even start downloading it. It says he needs to update his operating system which is XP pro. But it is updated.. any ideas?

I also bought it on origin and mine is downloading as I type but I have win7 ultimate.

 

[queequeg99]

I could be wrong, but I think the message may have been asking for your brother to do more than just update his WinXP install (i.e. it may have been asking him to upgrade to a more recent OS). Will BF3 even run on XP? I know it's not supported but I don't know if that means it won't run at all or if they aren't offering any sort of ongoing support for that OS.

 

[terry107]

BF3 won't run on XP. Time to upgrade to Windows 7.

 

[Anubis]

BF3 won't run on XP. Time to upgrade to Windows 7.

this is correct

 

[Northern Lawn]

Thanks.

Edit: he told me twice now that Xp and direct X 10 are in the minimum requirements?

 

[Texashiker]

Edit: he told me twice now that Xp and direct X 10 are in the minimum requirements?

Nope, you "have" to have vista or windows 7

http://bf3blog.com/battlefield-3-system-requirements/

However, please note that Battlefield 3 won’t support DirecX 9, meaning it won’t run on Windows XP.

Minimum requirements for Battlefield 3

OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7

 

[Tikerz]

Wait I thought your brother can't paid for BF3? Where did XP come from?

 

[gorcorps]

Sorry OP, brother should have read the min requirements better. It's been quite outspoken and well known that BF3 won't support DX9. There's been a couple threads discussing it here as well.

 

[Zenoth]

BF3 only runs on Vista / 7, as far as I know.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Thanks.

Edit: he told me twice now that Xp and direct X 10 are in the minimum requirements?

Your brother isn't very smart.

 

[Northern Lawn]

Shut up^^

 

[Mike Gayner]

No.

 

[paperfist]

Sorry OP, brother should have read the min requirements better. It's been quite outspoken and well known that BF3 won't support DX9. There's been a couple threads discussing it here as well.

Might not have been totally his fault, at least with Amazon their pre-order listed it available for XP.

 

[goobernoodles]

 

[BladeVenom]

If he doesn't want to pay for Win7, then he should look for an old copy of Vista. I imagine there's plenty of those around.

 

[HeXen]

Mistakes happen, doesnt make someone dumb. Its not unreasonable to think that since most all games run on XP that some people won't think to pay attention to what OS it runs on.
Now if it said Mac/Linux only, i wonder how many others with Windows anything would make the same mistake.

 

[Northern Lawn]

If he doesn't want to pay for Win7, then he should look for an old copy of Vista. I imagine there's plenty of those around.

He's buying win7 home premium. I actually told him to upgrade to win7 over a year ago, I love it.