Battlefield 3 Open Beta

If someone had the option of playing it on pc or console, I have no idea why they'd choose console.

Also, agreed with whoever was talking about the default mouse controls. Sorry, but I don't use default mouse controls and it has little to do with "getting with the times." I want a toggle aim button and I don't want it on mouse 2.

That being said... once again, it's a beta. It's good enough now for me to get an idea of how the game is going to go. It's a really good game, I suspect I'll be playing it for a long time to come.
 
Perm;1037814501 Also said:
They have already said it will be changeable in the retail version. Bitching about it now is nothing more than nit picking and whining.
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DASHlT said:
It is kinda shitty, Been using my control Scheme for 15+ years, not about to change it now.

I know ALOT of people will be unhappy with it
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Unhappy but still playing because it's not retail.
If this happens in the final release, then we have a problem.
 
It's amazing what a few hours of playing will do. I had early beta access and got up to Rank 13 with a few unlocks for each class and got pretty familiar with Metro but I could hardly manage more kills than deaths.

First round of Rush after the beta opened up? 13-2

If you're feeling frustrated with the game, my advice is to give it a few days and get a few unlockable weapons under your belt. It make a world of difference.
 
A lot of fucking around for nothing. I can't even change my controls in the game. I go to change them and it won't do anything when I try to input a new binding. I guess you have to be a WASD player in order to play the beta. My X2 runs the graphics decently though against Nvidia's recommendation , not maxed of course but now I'd just like to be able to try the game out!
 
[RIP]Zeus;1037814242 said:
Holy shit Origin is fucking junk!

I gotta figure out what ports need to be opened up to download the content...

No problems with steam EVER!!!

This is retarded.
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That settles it.

<-- not interested
 
ehh its ok. just another fps.

i played it earlier today for about a half hour, got bored and then logged out.
 
Yawn. I'll wait till the game is actually good enough to play after a couple of patches. When has Dice ever released a BF game which didn't truly suck at first?
 
I can't even get origin to run. win7 x64 ultimate, installed it and ran it, error message saying it didn't have MSVCP100.dll which is part of the c++ runtime, tried to install it but i get an error message on the installer as well about "generic trust failure, installation failed". WTF
 
wow is this buggy. Graphic glitches everywhere. Clipping issues. Full Screen issues. Graphic settings not taking. They have lots of work to do to get this ready..
 
Can't wait to see kyle's performance analysis on this game. The dev said it needs 2 580 in sli for super smooth gameplay on ultra settings...
 
Apparently you can get around the no mouse config option with this: http://www.autohotkey.com/

I haven't tried it yet, not even sure if I will, but I know people have been having success with it. Beta or not if PC was really the primary platform you would expect the ability to configure your buttons int he beta. Betas are supposed to be for bug checking something that is basically a finished product. This is a missing basic function like button mapping; alpha territory.

BF series launches as a rule can come with some pretty nasty issues though, so those of us that have played them all are pretty used to this. I'm hoping come launch day we get a different experience, but the beta isn't exactly getting my hopes up! In a few months though I trust we'll have one of the best FPS to ever grace the PC.

In the mean time, I hope that hotkey program help some of you enjoy the beta.
 
Just got done playing a few rounds.

I gotta say, this is better than I was expecting. The UI and everything looks a lot like BC2, but the gameplay feels a whole lot better. The weapons feel powerful but not crazy, and the fact that you can go prone just makes the game a whole lot better.

Ran perfectly playably (I'd even say smooth, to my eyes) on my setup at 1920x1080 Ultra settings. There were quite a few graphical glitches, though, such as windows in the distance flickering like mad, and later I started getting weird red/orange flashes on my entire screen. Not an overheating issue, either, though my cards were working pretty much at capacity.

Either way, I think I'm definitely picking this one up at release now. It needs some work, but it's going to be awesome. I haven't even tried vehicles, it was just Operation Metro or whatever.
 
Also, how the hell do you chat in-game? I couldn't find the key binding for it anywhere.
 
MavericK96 said:
Also, how the hell do you chat in-game? I couldn't find the key binding for it anywhere.
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+1 ^^^ :D I feel like such a noobcake. I can't figure that out either. Worse yet I haven't played BC2 so it may be the same key from there. Somebody please answer this asap. I want to know how to chat.

BTW I run portrait eyefinity @ 3240x1920 and can run the game at max setting with vsync enabled around 30fps I have lowered to high and even set shadows on medium and mesh to medium and am now getting 55-60fps so the game IS playable in eyefinity. The new 11.10 beta driver gave me about 12fps more than 11.9 official in this game.
 
I read somewhere else that it was:

J - Chat All
K - Chat Team
L - Chat Squad
 
It is indeed the same keys as BC2 for chatting:

"J" for chatting to All
"K" for chatting to your Team
"L" for chatting to your Squad

There was no indication of this, so I can't blame you for not knowing how to do it. I played a lot of BC2, so I just instinctively tried them and they work.
 
MavericK96 said:
I read somewhere else that it was:

J - Chat All
K - Chat Team
L - Chat Squad
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Thanks, will try. BTW I run portrait eyefinity and the chat window is so small and in the upper right corner and uncomfortable to see and read. Hopefully they fix this for the final game. I'm sure if my monitors were in landscape this wouldn't be such a big deal but right now I don't like the chat interface. I almost wish it was at the top of my middle monitor.
 
Disposed said:
Im sure all 4 people that have refused to get with the times will be devastated.

They said it would be fixed in retail whats the big deal anyway? Its a BETA...
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Yeah Beta all.

However that being said I don't think you've grasped what the complaint is fully. You are also unable to assign commands to your additional mouse buttons, your essentially restricted to a 2 button mouse layout. Hardly "getting with the times".
 
Kor said:
Yeah Beta all.

However that being said I don't think you've grasped what the complaint is fully. You are also unable to assign commands to your additional mouse buttons, your essentially restricted to a 2 button mouse layout. Hardly "getting with the times".
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Its... A... Beta...

They have already said in retail you can do this.

Like i said nitpicking and whining... :rolleyes:

The getting with the times comment may have been a bit much (Come on people the scope has been mouse 2 for years...) but this constant whining about a feature missing in the beta is annoying.
 
GetFunk01 said:
wow is this buggy. Graphic glitches everywhere. Clipping issues. Full Screen issues. Graphic settings not taking. They have lots of work to do to get this ready..
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Beta + Driver issues = everything you mentioned.

To those with control scheme problems: You really consider yourself elite PC master race gamers if you can't even deal with a diff control scheme for 12 days? :rolleyes:
 
Ye olde Beta whinefest continues, apparently even here at [H].

"Ew! Someone got their Beta in my Beta! Mommy mommy, fix it quick!"

If BF3 were 100% free and every pre-order included a free 2012 sports car, people would still complain about every single detail.

Grow up.
 
I kind of wish they didn't combine classes like they did in BFBC2. I like the old BF2 classes better. I wish had my old school spec ops class.
 
Disposed said:
Im sure all 4 people that have refused to get with the times will be devastated.

They said it would be fixed in retail whats the big deal anyway? Its a BETA...
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Oh get over yourself. Plenty of people use customer controls.

Also, lots of companies say things will be fixed for retail that take weeks or months to actually fix.....
 
I seriously 'lol' at all the people who claim to be 'PC' gamers in this forum, and yet are saying that people who want their custom controls are being ridiculous. EVEN CONSOLES have custom control options. I have been using customer keyboard and mouse controls since the day I played a PC game, and am always pissed to have to try to change it, as it never works.

If YOU were used to pressing W for forward and D for backwards and asked to press the opposites, you would be pretty pissed too, eh? Even if it was just for a few days? And even though they promised (with a cherry on top) that they would fix it soon?
 
It's not that wanting custom controls is "rediculous". The point is that hardcore Gamers 4 Lyfe are so hardcore they can't live with their controls being different for 2 weeks.
 
No luck on pc front, but tried it on the ps3. Plays and installed nice... didn t have to log on to EA.

1.1gig demo vs 4gig on pc. Probly looks like what it would ve played on my laptop if i could ve launched it.

A bit buggy , like ppl proning through textures to hide. (least i think thats what they were doing)
Killing someone with a knife and ...kit falls and blocks doorway ...had to jump over it.
Could ve knifed a second player.
Still fun ;P
 
tubular said:
Oh get over yourself. Plenty of people use customer controls.

Also, lots of companies say things will be fixed for retail that take weeks or months to actually fix.....
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Get over myself? Bitching about something in beta they said would be fixed because "sometimes they dont" is abut the stupidest fucking thing i can imagine right now...

Piss and moan like babies when that happens otherwise good lord enough whining about the controls...
 
tubular said:
I seriously 'lol' at all the people who claim to be 'PC' gamers in this forum, and yet are saying that people who want their custom controls are being ridiculous. EVEN CONSOLES have custom control options. I have been using customer keyboard and mouse controls since the day I played a PC game, and am always pissed to have to try to change it, as it never works.

If YOU were used to pressing W for forward and D for backwards and asked to press the opposites, you would be pretty pissed too, eh? Even if it was just for a few days? And even though they promised (with a cherry on top) that they would fix it soon?
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1. Its a beta you payed nothing to get into. You are entitled to NOTHING. This sense of entitlement is pathetic.
2. I dont care if the controls went back to the arrows if they say it will be changed why the fuck would i bitch about it now??
3. There are plenty of ways to get your custom controls while playing the free beta you payed nothing to play instead of using them people prefer to piss and moan on forums.

I AM a PC gamer, what i am not is a self entitled spoiled little brat that has to have everything his way in a fucking free beta... Get real guys. :rolleyes:
 
Haven't downloaded it yet (Still figuring out how i'm going to download this), but isn't there some sort of CONTROL.INI file you can manually edit?
 
The crazy thing is I see people who are like level 30+ already, lol.
 
Does anyone know if the levels will carry over to the full game?

I am loving it so far, fun and so far minimal bugs for a beta
 
Love it when you die to someone prone and you get to see them herpa derpa humping the floor during the killcam...
 
Finding a server with empty slot has been a major pain in the ass for my region.

Only managed to get in a couple hours of gameplay last night at 2am!

So far I'm enjoying it, shame about the load of bugs though. While I understand its beta, I expected things like falling through the ground in Metro map to be fixed a long time ago, given that they've tested it before, ran it at E3 or something. Surely they would have caught it at that time?
 
Yeah, there's been some funny glitches that I've seen. Teammates prone inside rocks or the ground, spawning on a teammate and ending up UNDER ground, spending 10 seconds tying to jump over a simple object, getting shot through stone walls, graphical flashes through the entire screen. getting kicked 2 seconds before the end of a match, etc...

But overall it's a very fun experience. I will say that of all the betas I've played before, this one IS the glitchiest so far, and it makes me a little worried that it's this glitchy only a month before release. I hope that this is still an older build that they're working on, and not something that's anywhere near the final build of the game. But I still have my preorder in. Should be a ton of fun, even if it does take a few patches to iron out the problems.
 
xSystemFailurex said:
It's not that wanting custom controls is "rediculous". The point is that hardcore Gamers 4 Lyfe are so hardcore they can't live with their controls being different for 2 weeks.
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The ridiculous thing is that basic aspects such as this are oversights that shouldn't have been skipped in the first place. What has changed in the past 2, 5, 10, 15 years that this has to be an issue at all?

To those with issues remapping, after changing your first button your mouse cursor disappears on the screen, you can still use the arrow keys and enter to choose other keys to remap. It won't allow you to remap those chat keys, but it's a start.

And I'll say it again, I expect ~half the issues we're seeing in beta to be there at release.
 
Been waiting for BF3 for years... most of my gaming history has been spent in the BF series, specifically BF2 (the last good one IMO).

When I heard a while back about the required Origin, I thought... oh, well, I really want it. Then I read about their client and I decided against it.

This will be the first Battlefield game *ever* that I'm not buying. Call me an alarmist or whatever, but the Origin service makes me incredibly uncomfortable.

It also doesn't help that I'm a massive Wing Commander fan, and using the Origin name on this piece of privacy invading DRM is like taking a crap on their legacy.
 
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