Battlefield 3 - Official Thread

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sirmonkey1985 said:
BC2 uses cpu accelerated audio since its a console port so your sound cards not really a factor in the audio..
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Hardware sound is dead, modern CPU's eat sound mixing alive and it's more flexible. Your x-fi can mix how many channels? Try infinite for any decent software sound engine.

I guess everything Source engine is a shit port too since it has always used software sound.
 
USMCGrunt said:
Cool read indeed though they're being really good about not revealing any new information lol. I've read and watched all (as far as i know) of the interviews and its pretty much the same info over and over lol.
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Ditto. The more I read the more I expect many, many patches as well. :eek:
 
USMCGrunt said:
Why does reading interviews make you think there will be a lot of patches?
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They all talk about how deep the tech is and how many things need to be thought of and fleshed out. They talk about how big the team is and how much time and effort are poured into it. They talk about things never done before in games, they talk about the advanced audio and graphics and AI. It all screams patch-fest to me. :D
 
I won't be too bothered by patches as long as the pre-patched versions aren't completely broken. I think a lot of us will give DICE some leeway given how ambitious Battlefield 3 seems to be.

That's not to say that I would give DICE a free pass to release a buggy and unstable game, but as long as the positives outweight the negatives I wouldn't be too critical right off the bat. Given BF's history there will no doubt be a few issues at launch, and goodness knows what the hit reg will be like.
 
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WhyYouLoveMe said:
They all talk about how deep the tech is and how many things need to be thought of and fleshed out. They talk about how big the team is and how much time and effort are poured into it. They talk about things never done before in games, they talk about the advanced audio and graphics and AI. It all screams patch-fest to me. :D
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I can see where your coming from but on the flipside, they've got this many people working on it and many of them are very familiar with the BF series so there's a chance it will come out pretty well polished. Im hoping so at least..though I can see the first few days as being pretty painful trying to get online.
 
I tend to blieve this release will be pretty good actually compared to past BF releases. The engine, albeit heavily updated/modified, has been around a few years now. They have already had their chance at using it on the PC for BC2 (which imo was a testbed for BF3 engine wise) and as such they will probably nail it. BC2/vietnam runs amazingly well right now and looks good doing it. I expect that and then some for BF3. Imagine all native DX11 support out the gate with all the polish and finish on BC2 and then some since they have had a dedicated team working on this for years just for the PC? GG.
I expect great things. *crosses fingers* Dice don't let us down. :)

We're still gonna have patches though, that's a given.

Edit: Oh and they have said in the videos we've seen so far they are running on a single GTX580 and it looks smooth so that says alot.
 
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There is some truly epic new footage (brief scenes) at the end, like an entire building coming down, but the scene with all the tanks on the battlefield is making me think that's what the multiplayer is going to look like, and if they pull it off right, it will be epic.
 
Gordroth said:
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There is some truly epic new footage (brief scenes) at the end, like an entire building coming down, but the scene with all the tanks on the battlefield is making me think that's what the multiplayer is going to look like, and if they pull it off right, it will be epic.
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I still get chills every time I hear that scratched out BF3 tune at the end. :D

That tank scene was nice! All 0.8 seconds of it... lol

Full 12 minute trailer tomorrow, right?
 
Some screens of the last bit of the trailer...

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Savoy said:
I tend to blieve this release will be pretty good actually compared to past BF releases. The engine, albeit heavily updated/modified, has been around a few years now. They have already had their chance at using it on the PC for BC2 (which imo was a testbed for BF3 engine wise) and as such they will probably nail it. BC2/vietnam runs amazingly well right now and looks good doing it. I expect that and then some for BF3. Imagine all native DX11 support out the gate with all the polish and finish on BC2 and then some since they have had a dedicated team working on this for years just for the PC? GG.
I expect great things. *crosses fingers* Dice don't let us down. :)

We're still gonna have patches though, that's a given.

Edit: Oh and they have said in the videos we've seen so far they are running on a single GTX580 and it looks smooth so that says alot.
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From what I understand FrostBite 2.0 shares almost nothing with the current Frostbite 1.5 (?) that is in BC2/BC2: Vietnam

I could be wrong but I recall reading something to that effect
 
Anyone else pre-order with Amazon? Just got an email detailing a revised delivery date of Nov 9th.
 
abeztoz said:
im so hyped for this console port, mouse acc tiny fov and scripted events BRING IT ON
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abeztoz said:
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we heard you the first time. guess you didn't get enough attention? or maybe you're looking for someone to join in on your whining? here: this game is going to suck, PC gaming is dying, consoles are ruining the world. now you can move along.
 
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+1, nothing plays quite as well as a good ole' console port. Actually, I plan on running an emulator on my PC for Xbox 360 so I can get the console port effect through a console port while playing on a ported console.
 
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Jellylesg said:
Anyone else pre-order with Amazon? Just got an email detailing a revised delivery date of Nov 9th.
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Does it say the game is being released on the 4th, but you will get it on the 9th? (due to free super-saver shipping?)
I am seeing other people saying they got e-mail from Amazon and the game is to be released on the 4th. I ordered from there when it was still $50, but haven't seen an e-mail from them yet.
 
I believe the world makes 99.9% of the people out there cynical but theres that rare breed that are born true cynics...unfortunately they also seem to be gamers as well.

How many interviews do they need to have stating they began development on the pc, their lead platform is the pc, and they plan on setting a new standard with their engine before it sinks in that this isn't a console port? It's possible that they completely miss the mark and it looks and plays just as poorly as a console port (though I highly doubt it) but it's a PC game first, a console port second.


The game is running on a completely new engine built from scratch according to the last interview that was posted a page or two back. To me, that would mean the only thing Frostbite 1 and 2 have in common is the name of the engine with the actual inner workings being nothing alike...but I'm not a dev so the hell if I know for sure or not.
 
GullyFoyle said:
New trailer with mostly old footage...looks like a potential TV commercial...

Battlefield 3 - "My Life" Trailer (Actual Game Footage)
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Heh, few split seconds here and there Of new stuff but looks friggin sweet. Wonder if the mig pilots will be able to pull of the cobra maneuver in this..well and of the vectored thrust jets...that would be pretty sick to snap it up at the right moment and blast a pilot out of a cockpit with a short gun blast.
 
Im sold. Pre-ordering and upgrading my PC for this game. I do hope DICE adds mods and custom map support.
 
This is game is going to be epic....

I will be pre-ordering (hopefully on Steam)...might have to upgrad too.

now if i can just convince my friend to build a gaming pc....otherwise i may have to get it on ps3 too.
 
XvMMvX said:
This is game is going to be epic....

I will be pre-ordering (hopefully on Steam)...might have to upgrad too.
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yeah it looks really good so far. i'll be pre-ordering on steam and i'll upgrade my gpu's if need be.
 
I can't believe this is going to make me upgrade to a quad... It needs to come out sooner D:

Hmm, maybe I can get an second 5870 too... I already have one sitting around...
 
GullyFoyle said:
Does it say the game is being released on the 4th, but you will get it on the 9th? (due to free super-saver shipping?)
I am seeing other people saying they got e-mail from Amazon and the game is to be released on the 4th. I ordered from there when it was still $50, but haven't seen an e-mail from them yet.
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I dunno. I guess if that is the case I'm going to have to cancel and re-order elsewhere. If amazon doesn't ship in advance I would be surprised, there are plenty of other online vendors that will post it early to ensure it arrives on the actual day of release. I don't really pre-order anything but BF games, and there's no chance I'm waiting any longer than I have to.
 
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GullyFoyle said:
New trailer with mostly old footage...looks like a potential TV commercial...

Battlefield 3 - "My Life" Trailer (Actual Game Footage)
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Just had a chance to check the trailer out on a proper PC and wow...fucking incredible. Though, I remember reading how people thought BF2 was so lifelike and now its easy to tell the difference, and people are now saying how lifelike BF3 is. I watched the trailer looking for inconsistancies and its pretty hard. Though, there are the obvious animation transitions that give it away but so does the clothing and gear, none of it really moves realistically, its like its a bone structure of the player it seems like.

Though don't get me wrong, im not bashing it and saying it looks like shit...its still stunning and hopefully can look a bit better once we have 7k AMD cards and 6xx Nvidia cards rocking it.
 
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