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neom: Jun 1, 2006; God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title

gently caress this stupid connection bullshit. A friend and I can connect to randoms for co-op and to anyone else on our friends list, but not each other. We've both disabled absolutely everything, firewalls and anti-virus but still it won't connect. My record on connect so far is 5 crashes before I get into the game.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 18:23

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# ? May 20, 2013 16:47

Spitshine: May 13, 2004; I may be bad, but I feel good.

Pimpmust posted:

Whoever posted that disabling the w7 aero thingy did me a great favour. Not only is the Bf3.exe crash one startup (mostly) gone but all the maps load twice as fast.

How that works only knows, didn't do anything about the server disconnect issue but I figure that's not anything I can do much about on my end.

Can you elaborate for those of us that missed the tip?

Also, new drivers out

# ? Nov 10, 2011 18:27

Vatek: Nov 4, 2009; IRONKNUCKLE PERMABANNED! READ HERE

Spitshine posted:

Can you elaborate for those of us that missed the tip?

Also, new drivers out

Disable desktop composition and visual themes on BF3.exe.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 18:28

Endymion FRS MK1: Oct 28, 2011

Spitshine posted:

Can you elaborate for those of us that missed the tip?

Also, new drivers out

The AMD drivers aren't brand new are they? I thought I just installed 11.10 last week or so, unless I'm missing something here.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 18:40

commissargribb: Aug 12, 2003; The most dangerous thing on the battlefield is a junior officer with a compass and a map.

The escalators/stairs on metro have to be toughest most badass resilient public works architecture ever. concrete walls explode around them and then stay unscathed. I really wish more of metro would deform.

Kenshin posted:

Guess they shouldn't have been crouched together like that.

Reminds me of MOUT training with the army. People have a bizarre tendency to cluster together like that.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 18:48

DOOMocrat: Oct 2, 2003; There'll be peace
when you are done

Endymion FRS MK1 posted:

The AMD drivers aren't brand new are they? I thought I just installed 11.10 last week or so, unless I'm missing something here.

New nVidia drivers.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 18:51

OGS-Remix: Sep 4, 2007; Totally surviving on my own. On LAND!

commissargribb posted:

Reminds me of MOUT training with the army. People have a bizarre tendency to cluster together like that.

Yesterday I was chasing someone down with a knife when one of their teammates spawned directly in front of me and actually stopped me. He just magically popped in and I ran right into him.

So it's not always their fault if they're clumped together; it just happens sometimes. v

# ? Nov 10, 2011 18:58

Foehammer: Nov 8, 2005; We are invincible.

From the creator of Operation Dickhead and Operation Douchebag, now comes Operation Asshat

I love these videos, they show how to have so much fun in this game.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 18:58

Coleman: May 5, 2011; This just in: Beverly Hills 90210, Cleveland Browns 3.

Insert name here posted:

I think it should disable a tank at the very least; maybe only from the rear or something but still right now it does gently caress-all for damage and you're better off just strafing with rocket pods.

I'm all about playing with my joystick yo

Yeah I definitely agree. The vulnerability of using it should definitely amount to at LEAST 50% damage and a disable.

Also joystick FUH. Poser.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:05

SpeedyCow: Oct 8, 2001; I luv the itty bitty Phillies!
I luv the itty bitty Phillies!
I luv the itty bitty Phillies!

Foehammer posted:

From the creator of Operation Dickhead and Operation Douchebag, now comes Operation Asshat

I love these videos, they show how to have so much fun in this game.

The way that AA tank rolled through the 5x C4 explosion without a care wasn't surprising

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:06

Kenshin: Jan 10, 2007

Foehammer posted:

From the creator of Operation Dickhead and Operation Douchebag, now comes Operation Asshat

I love these videos, they show how to have so much fun in this game.

This is the correct way to play Battlefield (I need to use C4 more)

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:08

-B l a z e i n g-: May 11, 2010

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# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:22

prussian advisor: Jan 15, 2007; The day you see a camera come into our courtroom, its going to roll over my dead body.

Vatek posted:

Disable desktop composition and visual themes on BF3.exe.

Man, I wish this worked. Or that the "specialized" AMD driver profile for bf3 worked. Or if anything worked to get bf3 not to instantly CTD every single time I try to play multiplayer at launch, despite this computer being freshly restored to a factory state but for updated drivers and running every other game I've ever attempted to run on it without a hitch.

Why is this game such a defective piece of poo poo

Has anyone had any luck trying any other solutions?

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:23

Cicadalek: May 8, 2006; i'll die here one day

I've finally got the hang of MAV kills. The person who posted earlier had it right, you have to go straight through the torso/groin while not touching the ground. My problem was that I was trying to charge them at a 45 degree angle, when you really want to be going in straight.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:24

get out: Feb 17, 2006; him want quad
him need quad

Where's that goon owned jet practice server? I just discovered the awesomeness that is flying with the keyboard.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:27

Xel: Jan 21, 2003

prussian advisor posted:

Man, I wish this worked. Or that the "specialized" AMD driver profile for bf3 worked. Or if anything worked to get bf3 not to instantly CTD every single time I try to play multiplayer at launch, despite this computer being freshly restored to a factory state but for updated drivers and running every other game I've ever attempted to run on it without a hitch.

Why is this game such a defective piece of poo poo Has anyone had any luck trying any other solutions?

Rename your Battlefield 3 directory so it doesn't have the trademark symbol if you haven't done that already?
http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/...-crash-fix.html

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:33

prussian advisor: Jan 15, 2007; The day you see a camera come into our courtroom, its going to roll over my dead body.

Xel posted:

Rename your Battlefield 3 directory so it doesn't have the trademark symbol if you haven't done that already?
http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/...-crash-fix.html

It never had it to begin with, bizarrely enough. It's always just been "Origin Games/Battlefield 3" no matter how many times I've installed it (~7 times.)

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:37

Rageaholic Monkey: May 31, 2005; the sea was angry that day, my friends

Spitshine posted:

Also, new drivers out

Finally! Back to Ultra settings I go

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:38

Siets: Sep 19, 2006; NEON. POSTING.

get out posted:

Where's that goon owned jet practice server? I just discovered the awesomeness that is flying with the keyboard.

Don't go there. It's literally Tom Cruise sitting naked in his chair flying with his joystick shooting down innocent goons that just want to actually practice (while Katie Holmes jerks him off, while listening to "Danger Zone" on repeat, while still wearing aviators despite being naked.)

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:39

bronin: Oct 15, 2009; use it or throw it away

Does anyone know what the two mouse sensitivity options are for? The first one affects the sensitivity of my soldier, but what is the second one? Vehicles? I can't really tell.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:42

Martytoof: Feb 25, 2003; Awesome.

Awesome to
the MAX.

Does anyone have firsthand experience setting up a PS3 controller via USB to work with BF3? I gather the 360 controller just plugs right in and works -- the PS3 one doesn't. Anyone using one right now?

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:45

cheese: Jan 7, 2004; Shop around for doctors! Always fucking shop for doctors. Doctors are stupid assholes. And they get by because people are cowed by their mystical bullshit quality of being able to maintain a 3.0 GPA at some Guatemalan medical college for 3 semesters. Find one that makes sense.

Foehammer posted:

From the creator of Operation Dickhead and Operation Douchebag, now comes Operation Asshat

I love these videos, they show how to have so much fun in this game.

Ahaha great poo poo.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:50

Captain Beans: Aug 5, 2004; Whar be the beans?

Martytoof posted:

Does anyone have firsthand experience setting up a PS3 controller via USB to work with BF3? I gather the 360 controller just plugs right in and works -- the PS3 one doesn't. Anyone using one right now?

You need some sort of ghetto drivers for PS3 controllers to work.

http://www.motioninjoy.com/help/six...ll-instructions

But it isn't recognized as a gamepad by windows so I just use Xpadder(the last freeone, 3.4 or something) to map keyboard and mouse commands to it. It actually makes it more flexible than an actual controller because you can do poo poo like 2 keys pressed with 1 button, press a button to switch to a new set of keys(useful for having different layouts for different vehicles).

I actually got a little usb bluetooth dongle and use it wireless. The initial setup is kind of pain but I have had zero problems.

Captain Beans fucked around with this message at Nov 10, 2011 around 19:54

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:51

chestnut santabag: Jul 3, 2006; I suck dick for new accounts

One of the things that I really like is the permanent visual upgrades to the vehicles as you unlock stuff for them. Your tank goes from barebones to eventually having all kinds of crap all over it like spare RIMZ and fuel cans. Even the jets and helicopters retain their unlocked weapons even if you haven't selected them making them useless though.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:52

Spitshine: May 13, 2004; I may be bad, but I feel good.

blazeing w hitler posted:

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Since the user didn't write it, this code is taken.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:58

mitztronic: Jun 17, 2005; i can taste myself moving...

Laminar Flow

get out posted:

Where's that goon owned jet practice server? I just discovered the awesomeness that is flying with the keyboard.

It's called EuroWook Mini I think. The password is jets.

Flying is fun as heck with the xbox 360 controller. Too bad I can never get into a heli in an actual game since people mash deploy as soon as the heli's spawn. Then they usually crash it straight into the ground or a light pole

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:58

Guidos Python: Sep 7, 2009

Could someone recommend a good joystick under sixty bucks for battlefield?

# ? Nov 10, 2011 19:59

Slider: Jun 6, 2004; POINTS

Guidos Python posted:

Could someone recommend a good joystick under sixty bucks for battlefield?

I wouldn't recommend buying a joystick for this game

# ? Nov 10, 2011 20:02

mitztronic: Jun 17, 2005; i can taste myself moving...

Laminar Flow

Guidos Python posted:

Could someone recommend a good joystick under sixty bucks for battlefield?

Xbox controller.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 20:03

Beach Bum: Jan 13, 2010

Super-secret squirrel method of flying Jets with the Mouse and Keyboard

Bind your side buttons to up-arrow/down-arrow. Now you can turn and burn with the best of them while still retaining fine control, no switching control methods required.

You're welcome.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 20:10

Hadlock: Nov 9, 2004; Welcome to the Jungle

Martytoof posted:

Does anyone have firsthand experience setting up a PS3 controller via USB to work with BF3? I gather the 360 controller just plugs right in and works -- the PS3 one doesn't. Anyone using one right now?

Official PS3 SDK USB drivers + config utility

edit: might be considered

nm

(use at your own risk, drivers may or may not download horse porn to your computer without your knowledge, or print out goatse.cx on your home printer)

posted:

2:07 PM - wrathofsony: if you want to post an announcement or something, here's official sony drivers (including 64 bit) for ps3 controllers, i dont know if dualshock works but i can confirm sixaxis does:
2:09 PM - wrathofsony: apparently no one in the world knows about these drivers and im kinda sick of it haha
2:10 PM - wrathofsony: they originate from a leaked SDK and are "SCE confidental" (lol)
2:10 PM - Hadlock: huh

Hadlock fucked around with this message at Nov 10, 2011 around 20:22

# ? Nov 10, 2011 20:13

washow: Dec 1, 2007; Join Starfleet Dental

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Slider posted:

I wouldn't recommend buying a joystick for this game

I think of myself as a pretty decent pilot and I also do not recommend joystick for this game. I strongly recommend keyboard/mouse combo for flying jets.

It may be weird at first but keep at it. Also I see people saying how it's impossible to fly with low dpi mouse but that is wrong. I am flying with a 6 year old ms mouse and I'm doing fine. The key is to use the neg acceleration. Don't make a long line with the mouse to turn. Make a very small line, slowly and you will notice that the jet will keep the pitch even if you lift your mouse up

Happy flying ~ (and get show down by me heh

)

# ? Nov 10, 2011 20:14

YouAreCorrect: Oct 2, 2008

Beach Bum posted:

Super-secret squirrel method of flying Jets with the Mouse and Keyboard

Bind your side buttons to up-arrow/down-arrow. Now you can turn and burn with the best of them while still retaining fine control, no switching control methods required.

You're welcome.

I will have to try this. Then crash a lot. Then blame it on you.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 20:20

Cypher: Jun 1, 2000; Forum Veteran

washow posted:

I think of myself as a pretty decent pilot and I also do not recommend joystick for this game. I strongly recommend keyboard/mouse combo for flying jets.

It may be weird at first but keep at it. Also I see people saying how it's impossible to fly with low dpi mouse but that is wrong. I am flying with a 6 year old ms mouse and I'm doing fine. The key is to use the neg acceleration. Don't make a long line with the mouse to turn. Make a very small line, slowly and you will notice that the jet will keep the pitch even if you lift your mouse up

Happy flying ~ (and get show down by me heh )

I actually bound a key to pitch up (X) so that evasive manoeuvres were easier to make in a panic. I use the mouse for most of my flying and aiming, but when I want to turn and burn I just hold X and shift for afterburners. I agree that joysticks and control pads for the jets are actually trickier than just using the mouse. I do use an Xbox 360 controller for helis though, that seems to work alright.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 20:24

Kanish: Jun 17, 2004

Foehammer posted:

From the creator of Operation Dickhead and Operation Douchebag, now comes Operation Asshat

I love these videos, they show how to have so much fun in this game.

They also show the greatness of claymores.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 20:28

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

Foehammer posted:

From the creator of Operation Dickhead and Operation Douchebag, now comes Operation Asshat

I love these videos, they show how to have so much fun in this game.

It's too bad the game is uninstalled now that I have leveled everything, oh well.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 20:46

-B l a z e i n g-: May 11, 2010

Spitshine posted:

Since the user didn't write it, this code is taken.

Who redeemed it and what was it?

# ? Nov 10, 2011 20:58

Zuhzuhzombie!!: Apr 17, 2008; FACTS ARE A CONSPIRACY BY THE CAPITALIST OPRESSOR

Who the hell uninstalls games in this day and age?

# ? Nov 10, 2011 20:59

YouAreCorrect: Oct 2, 2008

kri kri posted:

It's too bad the game is uninstalled now that I have leveled everything, oh well.

So you need to reinstall it when back to kharkand comes out?

# ? Nov 10, 2011 21:03

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# ? May 20, 2013 16:47

Foehammer: Nov 8, 2005; We are invincible.

Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:

Who the hell uninstalls games in this day and age?

Eh, if you have an SSD it makes sense.

# ? Nov 10, 2011 21:04

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