Battlefield 3 thread: ENEMY APC SPOTTED

[Wolfey]

Anyone on the PC have framerate stuttering issues and texture pop-ins? It's really a major pain in the ass, and makes the game almost unplayable. I can pretty much run any other game on max setting without issue, but even on medium, it's really bad. Really hoping that it's just a beta issue being poorly optimized.

Also, I can't use quick match, and it doesn't show ping rates on the server list. Is this common, or just me?

[Natas]

yeah, not into the demo which might scare me from buying. cod will likely continue to be the only fps i acknowledge

[guardianoftheblind]

lemme guess, domination?

[fallbacktostone]

[fallbacktostone]

An interesting nugget of news has come out of last night's Battlefield 3 preview event in San Francisco held by EA and DICE. While speaking with GamerZines, DICE's Patrick Liu revealed that the game would allow players to install content from one disc that would let the game stream higher resolution textures.

"There's a voluntary install on the 360," Liu said to GamerZines. "I think Rage did it as well, where you can install content to stream higher res textures. We're pushing that technology to the limit, and compared to our competitors, I would argue that we're the best looking game."

IGN reached out to EA for a statement or confirmation on this additional feature, and they responded:

"Battlefield 3 for Xbox 360 ships on two disks with endless hours of spectacular high-definition gameplay; disk one features the stunning multiplayer, co-op levels and HD installation content, and disk two features the superb single-player campaign."

Additionally, we asked EA whether or not the game would offer the same feature for PS3 owners, and fortunately this seems to be the case. "The PS3 version requires the same install but it's all on the one blu-ray disk," a spokesperson for the company confirmed.

So, it appears that the game will offer support for HD installations across both platforms, resulting in better looking graphics in exchange for some HDD real estate.

[guardianoftheblind]

mmhmmm

[copstache]

[fallbacktostone]

[ThePhillyExperiment]

http://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-3-Lim ... slicinc-20

[copstache]

so did KRB get to join the lan party on the aircraft carrier today?

[guardianoftheblind]

[badgevvrecker]

fuck yeah, good to know that they finally brought back a thing from BATTLEFIELD 1942!

[copstache]

OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
RAM: 4GB
Graphics card: DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950.
Graphics card memory: 1 GB
Sound card: DirectX compatibl sound card
Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version

apparently this is what you're gonna need to make the pc version not run like crap

on the positive side, i'm effectively saving myself $50 now

[fallbacktostone]

what does that mean? you're not playing?

[copstache]

not on pc. strictly console for the foreseeable future

i have to build a new one from the ground up and seeing as how i could maybe spare $200 right now that ain't happening.

if i still have a job in january we'll see then

[copstache]

i was really looking forward to those big 64 player maps.

shrug

[fallbacktostone]

[copstache]

i'm taking off at 3 on tuesday. baming til my eyes bleed and i fall asleep at my desk the next day

lyfestyle

[guardianoftheblind]

in my humble opinion, when i played on PC you couldn't even fucking think straight because as soon as you spawned you had a shitload more assholes shooting at you.

but what do i know

[fallbacktostone]

hopefully i have the common sense to not be on before wednesday but after that it's going to be bourbon, underwear, windows open, stereo cranked to 11 slugville for as long as my body can sustain it

[Comrade Slinky]

What's the player cap for conoles?

[copstache]

12 per team, but like andrew or somebody said earlier apparently they made the maps scalable so the big ones won't be huge and barren on console

[Wolfey]

So are any of you assholes getting this for PC?

[guardianoftheblind]

who will be on truebox tonight?

[Comrade Slinky]

I was looking at the game today, didn't see anything on the packing indicating any sort of VIP code like there was for bad company 2. And there wasn't any option locally to pre order the game.