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

[uclaLabrat]

I'm averaging 11.5-12.5 MB/s. God I love university internet. Whole game in 15 min.

 

[Stuxnet]

So any chance someone will find a hack around this?

 

[drizek]

Has anyone tried changing the date on their computer to the 26th?

 

[uclaLabrat]

Has anyone tried changing the date on their computer to the 26th?

THe origin client phones home to a central server for the date check, I believe.

 

[ViviTheMage]

This is a fast download ... love my HOME internet .

 

[GullyFoyle]

Animated gif's from today's trailer

Download today's Launch trailer in 1080P

 

[KaOTiK]

grr crappy origin

Game was stuck on 86.39% done downloading. I click on it and tell it to resume and so, sure it resumes, but at 0% again............

 

[minmaster]

btw, how do i uninstall/trash the beta?

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Right click on it and choose uninstall. I don't know whey it still shows up as available though, because I just reformatted and it still shows up in Origin.

 

[Jschmuck2]

This is a fast download ... love my HOME internet .

Showoff

 

[imaheadcase]

This is a fast download ... love my HOME internet .

Thats weird, i don't even have the Beta listed in origin anymore..just bf3.

 

[Zargon]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it only takes 2 Engineer shots to disable a tank. If you've browsed EA UK BF3 forums, you'd see the out rage at the vehicle nerfing for BF3. Your reaction comes off as a little ignorant, and unaware of the core community citing how vehicles are under-stressed and underpowered in BF3 compared to BF2.

remember that disabled doesnt mean you cant shoot

also LOL,. ea uk forums is a trollboat of fail, those assholes would complain if the game with a victoria secret model sex slave for a preorder bonus

 

[VulgarDisplay]

I am somehow downloading at 1mb/s from origin with a 3.5Mb/s connection...

Pretty crazy. I like it so far.

 

[J-Money]

How does Origin get the download speed so high? With Steam I get maybe 1.5mb/s max. Downloading BF3 at ~5mb/s. Never reach those speeds normally.

 

[The-Noid]

How does Origin get the download speed so high? With Steam I get maybe 1.5mb/s max. Downloading BF3 at ~5mb/s. Never reach those speeds normally.

Akamai maybe. I agree on Steam being slow as well.

Digital River, Microsoft, Amazon, etc. all max my connection at 100 mbit, Steam is a laggard.

 

[Zargon]

blasphemy steam is bestest and onlyest digital game provider allowed!!!!!

 

[jackstar7]

Meh. This is what's next. Either you have fun playing the game and ignore the rest, or you don't. If this is something dramatic for you... you might need a little less computer time.

 

[drizek]

THe origin client phones home to a central server for the date check, I believe.

Lol, ya this particular trick stopped working at some point in the late 90's.

 

[GullyFoyle]

How does Origin get the download speed so high? With Steam I get maybe 1.5mb/s max. Downloading BF3 at ~5mb/s. Never reach those speeds normally.

They use a system similar to a torrent, where they get parts from people near you that have downloaded it already.

 

[GullyFoyle]

Battlefield 3 - TV Launch Trailer (Official)

 

[96Firebird]

Origin is showing me downloading at 13.0MB/s, but in reality it is just transferring over my Amazon download to a new folder...

 

[SLU Aequitas]

Battlefield 3 - TV Launch Trailer (Official)

Since it made use of live action, I figured that this clip of a real life enactment of BF3 is particularly appropriate.

 

[rgallant]

Since it made use of live action, I figured that this clip of a real life enactment of BF3 is particularly appropriate.

-yea the cut scenes can't\won't do that in the ports we all have been playing.
lets go back to the ports ,the real world can't handle a rendered pc game.
-cut scenes ftw

 

[acx]

They're really going all out with the PR for this game.

 

[s44]

I put my Amazon codes straight into Origin and it attached to my account no problem.