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

[pontifex]

What graphics settings are you running? Running mostly low graphics settings with a couple on max can help you so you can see players better.

1920x1080 - max settings

 

[JTsyo]

For some reason I do much worse on Armored Shield than any of the other maps. Must be the rolling hills that allow vehicles to fire from distance. Anyone find difference in how they play different maps?

 

[Zargon]

1920x1080 - max settings

do you know your FPS?

try turning down:
texture quality
shadow quality
effects quality
terrain quality
terrain decoration - should b ethe biggest cause of hard to see people......

 

[Paul98]

1920x1080 - max settings

Try running everything on low or off except AF set to x16, Mesh to Ultra and Terrain quality to med.

 

[moonbogg]

1920x1080 - max settings

On a laptop this might be a problem. If your FPS is too low it will be hard to see what is going on.

 

[DeadFred]

i also have the same issue with seeing enemies in sp as in mp. unless they are like within 25 yards, i have a really hard time seeing them. like on the bridge lmg part i spent more time scanning trying to find enemies than shooting. when i did find one, he was so tiny i couldn't tell if i was hitting him or not. They also blend in with the surroundings.

If you are playing on normal servers hit the Q button to "spot" enemies, if any are in the general direction you are looking then they will be lit up with a big orange triangle over their head and will be lit up on your teams HUD. So get into the habit of spamming that Q button.

 

[moonbogg]

If you are playing on normal servers hit the Q button to "spot" enemies, if any are in the general direction you are looking then they will be lit up with a big orange triangle over their head and will be lit up on your teams HUD. So get into the habit of spamming that Q button.

Totally spam Q. I am shocked that I haven't broke my Q button yet.

 

[darkewaffle]

It takes a while to 'learn' what to look for and where to look on maps really. I think it gets easier with time as you become accustomed to common action spots and begin to anticipate where people can be/will be. Also picking out the character models and discerning team at a glance helps, but again that just comes with time.

 

[AgentUnknown]

Started to play this again. Stopped after expansions came out. Do I really need to buy premium when I have Le?

 

[JTsyo]

Started to play this again. Stopped after expansions came out. Do I really need to buy premium when I have Le?

LE gave you 1 expansion (Back to Karkand), Premium gives you the other 4. If you are not interested in getting them all, you can buy each expansion for $15.

 

[pontifex]

not sure what FPS is but this is a high end laptop with 2gb ATI HD6990

 

[QuantumPion]

Totally spam Q. I am shocked that I haven't broke my Q button yet.

Spamming spot doesn't work. If you press spot 3 times without getting a hit, your ability to spot is blocked for several seconds. This prevents people from just swooshing their view around the entire visible area while mashing Q from spotting the entire enemy team.

 

[Childs]

so yeah, after playing this for a little bit now it's exactly like the previous BF games except it has better graphics.

I suck at the BF games. I can never see where the enemies are, i get shot from behind all the time. I get shot from no where a lot, i'm dying in 1 or 2 shots but I unload a full mag into a guy and he's barely hurt. weapon accuracy sucks balls.

do the beginner weapons really suck that bad compared to the unlocks?

if I am trying to aim at a dude I can't see him in my sights. he's so damn tiny and the sights cover him up. even worse if he's moving.

the only way i seem to be able to get kills is by using vehicles, randomly finding a dude facing away from me, or randomly running into a dude (like physically running into him like around a corner or something so we are point blank) and unloading full auto into him (and sometimes that doesn't even work)

Play lots of Metro. There are lots of direct engagements and you can zero in your aim and get a feel for the different weapons.

 

[DeadFred]

Spamming spot doesn't work. If you press spot 3 times without getting a hit, your ability to spot is blocked for several seconds. This prevents people from just swooshing their view around the entire visible area while mashing Q from spotting the entire enemy team.

Hmmm, I didnt know that.

As a helo gunner I spam the Q and R button almost constantly to spot and reload when using the main cannon, I spot people all over the map that way.

 

[DeadFred]

not sure what FPS is but this is a high end laptop with 2gb ATI HD6990

Hit ~ in game to bring up the console and type render.drawfps 1 to show your in game frame rates.

 

[DeadFred]

Well it took me nearly a year but I finally got it........

 

[Canbacon]

Well it took me nearly a year but I finally got it........

Congrats! Now it is time to master flying.

 

[pontifex]

Hit ~ in game to bring up the console and type render.drawfps 1 to show your in game frame rates.

getting about 48-54 fps

thats after I lowered everything that zargon posted. didn't try it with max settings.


still extremely difficult to see enemies and always getting shot from nowhere/behind.

 

[pontifex]

well i had some fun that game.

1st thing I noticed was that if I switched from full auto to semi auto, i was much better at killing people. got the red dot for the engineer rifle too which did help some.

got in a tank with a good driver and we racked up a bunch of kills.
then got in AA vehicle and was taking out the jets and helos left and right.

 

[Leon55ia]

I love it how both the person asking the question and Demize dodged the real question.

 

[Zargon]

getting about 48-54 fps

thats after I lowered everything that zargon posted. didn't try it with max settings.


still extremely difficult to see enemies and always getting shot from nowhere/behind.

Well if you were below

 

[Zargon]

If you were below 40 fps.....it would be hard to do anything....

 

[DeadFred]

Congrats! Now it is time to master flying.

UGH

Ill definitely devote more time to jets but have no confidence that I will ever "master" flight.



PS- MOH Warfighter will be here soon!

 

[GullyFoyle]

twitter.com/DICEfigge: "Check out the winners of the "design your map contest!". And again, thanks for all your awesome entries!" Link

 

[Sureshot324]

Spamming spot doesn't work. If you press spot 3 times without getting a hit, your ability to spot is blocked for several seconds. This prevents people from just swooshing their view around the entire visible area while mashing Q from spotting the entire enemy team.

IIRC the rule is you can only press spot once per second (pushing it faster than that has no effect) and if you mash too much over a short time your spot ability is disabled for a few seconds.