Battlefield 3

[Hiroi Sekai]

I finally downloaded the beta today and the beta map itself looks fantastic. I ran into a very, very bad lag that caused jittering and flickering of everything around me, along with slowdown and serious delays in firefights. Does anyone else have this problem and are there ways to remedy it?

Before you ask- yes, my XBOX is directly plugged in via Ethernet. No, I don't have any torrents running. No, my internet is not crap; everything else runs lightning fast on it.

Hopefully I can fix this problem so I can play around with the beta while everyone's in on it. My roommate will be buying the full copy but the day I dish out $59.99 (or even more, who knows) for a shooter is the day I start consuming alcohol or something else that I consider bad. XD

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

Depends what servers you were connecting too probably. If you can't get one in your region you'll get punted to one elsewhere. Like the AU servers are either packed or not working tonight. Ended up in NZ... then over in Europe... then the US.

[Sabaku Kyu]

Originally Posted by papermario13689

I finally downloaded the beta today and the beta map itself looks fantastic. I ran into a very, very bad lag that caused jittering and flickering of everything around me, along with slowdown and serious delays in firefights. Does anyone else have this problem and are there ways to remedy it?

Before you ask- yes, my XBOX is directly plugged in via Ethernet. No, I don't have any torrents running. No, my internet is not crap; everything else runs lightning fast on it.

Hopefully I can fix this problem so I can play around with the beta while everyone's in on it. My roommate will be buying the full copy but the day I dish out $59.99 (or even more, who knows) for a shooter is the day I start consuming alcohol or something else that I consider bad. XD

I didn't have any problems with lag, the map looked great, but I did have problems with matchmaking initially. I wonder if the Battlefield will have dedicated servers for multiplayer, that usually greatly enhances the quality when it comes to matchmaking.

The controls seemed tighter and more responsive than in CoD. Modern Warfare 3 has a very strong contender this year.

[Hiroi Sekai]

Originally Posted by Mr Hat and Clogs

Depends what servers you were connecting too probably. If you can't get one in your region you'll get punted to one elsewhere. Like the AU servers are either packed or not working tonight. Ended up in NZ... then over in Europe... then the US.

Originally Posted by Sabaku Kyu

I didn't have any problems with lag, the map looked great, but I did have problems with matchmaking initially. I wonder if the Battlefield will have dedicated servers for multiplayer, that usually greatly enhances the quality when it comes to matchmaking.

The controls seemed tighter and more responsive than in CoD. Modern Warfare 3 has a very strong contender this year.

Thanks for the assistance. I know there's nothing wrong with the server itself, since I watched my roommate play it several times on his XBOX with no sorts of lag whatsoever. Playing today and the flickering is a lot better. It's at this point that I'm realizing how much different this is to CoD- I'm having difficulties winning. XD

But still, nice game. Actually forces you to be a team player at times and think before taking action.

[Bonta Kun]

Been playing the Beta on teh PS3 and I gotta say it's very good.
Haven't been messing around with options or what not to see how things are, just simply playing the game. felt I'll do that when the real game swings around.

It does have it's problems but so far I think it's only been visual/gameplay ones, ones that should be fixed by release.
Don't know about any problems with like friend invites and so forth, haven't had the chance to try em out. My friends all still playing CoD>__<

But from what I read here I hope them "problems" don't make their way to the consoles.
I also have a problem with developers taking out stuff that worked really well in previous games, even if they may seem like small stuff.

Originally Posted by papermario13689

But still, nice game. Actually forces you to be a team player at times and think before taking action.

Thats one of the good things about BF but problem being atm without playing with people you know it's hard being a "team" player with PUGS so I don't really bother and just gung ho it

having good fun with this atm and really can't wait till release!

[Seitsuki]

So what graphics cards are you guys using to run this thing?

I've been thinking of getting a GTX 570 or 580, is that enough for ~high settings? (I'm not even going to TRY ultra.. == )

[blaze0041]

Originally Posted by Seitsuki

So what graphics cards are you guys using to run this thing?

I've been thinking of getting a GTX 570 or 580, is that enough for ~high settings? (I'm not even going to TRY ultra.. == )

My lack of monetary wealth means I'm stuck with a 9800GTX (512MB GDDR5)... all of my settings are very much on low (in auto mode).
My m11xR3 packs a 540M, bringing it up to medium.
(Reminds me of my second desktop computer, bought to run BF2, only to find that it could barely run on low settings (6600GT) )

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

I've got a GTX 460 SE, got it for $160 AU (IIRC) a couple months back. Defaults to high settings for me on auto and was getting about 45-55 fps with no slow down. (turned off Motion Blur though)

[konart]

Originally Posted by Seitsuki

So what graphics cards are you guys using to run this thing?

I've been thinking of getting a GTX 570 or 580, is that enough for ~high settings? (I'm not even going to TRY ultra.. == )

I've got MSI G560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II OC a week ago - running on ULTRA with no slow downs. (1920x1080)

[NorthernFallout]

@Mr Hat and Clogs: Story of my life. "I'm just gonna look in this direction for a minute to check if anyone comes from behin-*dead from other direction."

@Seitsuki: Radeon 5770 512. Running everything Low and it flows perfectly. Can probably handle Medium, but it'd affect my performance.

[Hiroi Sekai]

Everyone get on the beta right now and do this. NOW.

[Bonta Kun]

Originally Posted by papermario13689

Everyone get on the beta right now and do this. NOW.

*snip*

OMFG thats epic! LOL!

[blakstealth]

ROFL, how do you do that?!

[Hiroi Sekai]

I hear that medics do that either after resuscitating someone or when carrying a certain piece of equipment. It's a hilarious bug...OR IS IT EVEN A BUG?

[blakstealth]

Excellent...

[grylsyjaeger]

BC2 had a similar animation glitch. Usually after throwing down a medic pack.

[blaze0041]

As we near the last days of the Open Beta, DICE have apparently opened up Caspian Border to the public (subject to server availability, which seems to be low as of writing).

via Battlefield FB page:

Heads up, PC players - We're opening up Caspian Border this weekend! We're going to be load testing servers while you and your friends participate in 64-player matches. Be sure to read ALL the details here: http://t.co/uQ8yf0s4

Spoiler for original forum post:

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3...4925967583255/

After analyzing the data from our first round of closed Caspian Border tests, we have great news for participants in the Battlefield 3 PC Open Beta: the DICE team has decided to bring back Caspian Border for the beta’s final weekend and conduct an open large scale test of the 64 player Caspian Border map.

*****Please keep in mind that as this is beta we will be stress testing our servers***** As such, users may experience crashes, network instability and outages as we roll out and configure servers and network utilities. Understand that such potential issues and the testing environment are not reflective or indicative of the final product and that, through your participation, you will be helping to ensure future stability and functionality.

As we are again specifically testing 64-player server configurations, this test will be for PC only. The Caspian Border servers will be available for all PC players to join. Caspian Border will be available starting Friday, October 7th, in the afternoon (CET).

[konart]

Already there!

[blakstealth]

[NorthernFallout]

Anyone had problems with the BF3 beta drivers to AMD cards? My Catalyst Control Center has buggered off and won't let me swap my monitors. The "Accept these changes" prompt won't show up so it switches back.

Also, that video is sheer horror. NOPE.