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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:35 pm Post subject: BF3 Tweaks

Stuttering
Disable HyperThreading in your BIOS
- If you have a dual core CPU, manually set Affinity in task manager to 1 core .
- Uninstall AMD CAP profiles (Make sure to uninstall the video driver also and clean the registry, reinstall driver when done.)

How do I take an in-game screenshot?
- Use Fraps or if you don't have Fraps, use Prt Scr (Print Screen Key) open MS paint>edit>paste.

How do I display my FPS (frames per second)?
- While in-game hold Ctrl + Alt + S. The screen's upper left corner will show your frame rate.

If you are experiencing Battlefield 3 black screen issues:
- Update to the latest video card drivers.

If things seem blurry or seemingly unresponsive:
- Disable motion blur in your graphics settings

If players look like they're "floating" in tunnels and dark spaces:
- Re-enable HBAO in your graphics settings

If you get the install Error: “Battlefield 3 (BF3) Install Fails, Cannot Install”
- This is a Microsoft C++ bug so the quick fix is to uninstall your C++ files. If you see 2 instances of Microsoft C++, uninstall both of them; and don’t worry, they are easy to reinstall. There are also a couple workarounds online if you don’t want to uninstall them.

If you can't see your menu or HUD:
- This is a new problem that occurs when using triple monitors (Nvidia Surround or AMD Eyefinity). There is no fix yet, except to run your monitors individually instead of in Surround/Eyefinity.

If you get the error “ERR_LOGIN_DISPLAYTOS” or Cannot join Battlelog
- This is a server issue and out of your control. The BF3 team is aware of it and are working towards a fix.

If you're stuck at the “Joining Server” message or experience long load times on Win 7 64-bit systems
- Start regedit
- Browse to HKEY LOCAL MACHINE/SOFTWARE/WoW6432Node/EA Games
- Change the GDFBinary & InstallDir paths to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\Games\Battlefield 3
- Try to launch the game and join game servers, and it should work.

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Game Crashes
Try setting the Origin.exe, BF3.exe and youe web browser .exe to "Run As Administrator".

Game displaying Medium Settings when set to Ultra
Press the Windows Key to force the game to Window Mode, click on the game window to go back into the game. Ultra settings should ow be applied.
You can also, go to video settings in the option and back to game, and Ultra will be applied.

Origin Issues:

Battlelog:
Disable Adblocker, NoScript, Lower Firewall Settings, Open closed Ports, Enable uPnP etc.

Downloading
For Retail Copies, Do not pause the download, this will cause the download speed to be reduced greatly.

Have you tried:

1. Open up C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Battlefield 3

2. Rename the Bf3.exe DiP Somethingsomething to Bf3.exe

3. Restart Origin.

PunkBuster or Connection Issues:

Official DICE Fix

If you have been receiving the "You have been kicked by the Administator" message while playing Battlefield 3 you may need to manually update your Punkbuster installation.
First, download PBSetup from here: http://battlelog-cdn.battlefield.com/public/pbsetup.exe [battlelog-cdn.battlefield.com]
When you start PBSetup, you will be presented with EvenBalance's license agreement. Accept the agreement to proceed.
The utility will then download information about the latest PunkBuster version for BF3. Once this is complete, you are presented with a list of the PunkBuster-enabled games that are present on your systems.

If Battlefield 3 is not in that list, you can add it:
- Click on "Add a Game"
- In the topmost dropdown box, choose "Battlefield 3"
- Click on "Add Game"
- You should now have Battlefield 3 in the list of PunkBuster-enabled games.

Finally update the PunkBuster DLLs. Click on Battlefield 3, and choose "Check for Updates". PBsetup will check if the DLLs are up-to-date; if not, the latest DLLs will be downloaded and installed. .
At this point PunkBuster is fully up to date and configured for Battlefield 3.

Additional Methods

Method 1

Select Campaign in Battlelog
Start Singleplayer
Wait for Intro
In the start menu select Options
Select Gameplay
At the bottom of the list, set "Allow PunkBuster" to Yes.
Exit
Start Multiplayer

Method 2

Right clicking and hitting "check for errors" in origin would download the punkbuster files automatically but would also result in Origin messing up the installation - requiring you to delete the entire game and downloading another 11GB.
Before deleting the game though, I sneaked the Punkbuster files out to my desktop, redownloaded the game, and put them back in. Bam - it finally worked.

Method 3

This is for people who are getting "You were kicked by an administrator"

1. Seeing as the server/thread is down im going to link the files needed directly. http://www.mediafire.com/?5q858ofa6m2ozqu [mediafire.com]

2. Extract That folder to your Battlefield 3 beta install folder.
Ok some people seem to be having trouble with this step. So i'll clarify further.
The folder that you download from mediafire "pb" needs to be put into your C:/Program Files/Origin games/Battlefield 3 Beta
The entire folder NOT just the files.....

3. Right click punkbuster installer run as administrator "pbsvc.exe" It's locate in:

C:/Program Files/Origin games/Battlefield 3 Beta/_Installer/punkbuster/redist For 32 bit OS
C:/Program Files (x86)/Origin games/Battlefield 3 Beta/_Installer/punkbuster/redist For 64 bit OS

Method 4

1: Close Origin, go to your Battlefield 3 install folder (C:\Program Files(X86)\Battlefield 3\) and delete the folder "pb".
Make sure anti firewalls or anti virus programs are closed.
2: Open Origin AS ADMINISTRATOR
3: Right click Battlefield 3, repair install.
4: Once repaired, check the Battlefield 3 folder to see if the /pb/ folder was added. If so, try playing the game.

Method 5

Port Fix
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3...4773849669037/

Video Card Issues:

Green Flashes:

Nvidia and AMD are having issues with this. Driver Updates will follow.

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: BF3 Tweaks

Sweet, thanks for the bug and fix list.

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: BF3 Tweaks

ty sir!

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:24 pm Post subject: Re: BF3 Tweaks

WOW I have no clue what happened or changed while I was having dinner but I can no longer connect to the servers. Waiting for ever for a slot to open only to have every connection freeze while loading the level.

Never had any problems what so ever at all until just now. Nothing changed on my end, WTF did EA do?

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:38 pm Post subject: Re: BF3 Tweaks

Do we have 3 servers now?

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 2:06 am Post subject: Re: BF3 Tweaks

Yes we do.

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:12 am Post subject: Re: BF3 Tweaks

Much thanks Turk. Im gonna try a few of these to see if i can get rid of some of the annoying stuff ive had forever like way to long loadtimes on vanilla maps, and the kicked/disconnected message when i know i wasnt kicked.

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: BF3 Tweaks

I am going to check this out too when I get more time.. I have some issues mentioned but like well.. think last night after working more on my shizzle I may have fixed my issues which to me is a good thing lol... cu on game tonight Turk and all sweet AOM's!!! lol

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