BF3 patch issues

[Ash2Dust]

Just got disconnected from BF3 and battlelog, restarted Origin and it said I needed to install the game... Installing something. Now it seems to be stuck on 100%. NVM it finished and battlelog wont run.

Edit:
http://bf3blog.com/
As promised, DICE will be rolling out a big Battlefield 3 patch tonight, and they’ve released the full change log/fix list, which you can find below:

Visual and performance fixes
•General performance and loading time improvements
• “Black Screen” fix for an issue occurring on some PC Configurations
•Stereo and Rendering Support for Nvidia and AMD Graphics Cards
•Adjusted the “stuttering” encountered on some PC configurations.
•Fixed several Crashes when joining MP and Co-Op sessions
•Fixed multiple problems when using multiple monitors (Eyefinity / Surround).
•Fixed visual corruption issues on certain Nvidia Cards
•Improved loading times for certain textures
•Added console command “GameTime.MaxVariableFps” to limit max FPS
•Added console command “UI.DrawEnable” to hide UI for screenshots / videos

Balance and gameplay adjustments
•Fixed a problem with high speed mouse movement
•Added back some missing Growlers on Kharg Island Conquest Large
•Added back EOR sound for SQDM and TDM
•You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position
•Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it(note the affect this will have on Hardcore mode!)
•Spawn protection now should work in Conquest. You should no longer spawn on points too close to enemies
•You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM
•Combat areas on Kharg Rush tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after 1st base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun
•Fixed a problem with revived players not suffering suppression
•Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in COOP
•Added joystick deadzone setting
•Fixed sound for when climbing ladders
•Fixed an issue with some weapon sounds in first person
•Fixed a swim sound loop error
•Increased the damage of Helicopter Miniguns, AA guns, and Jet Cannons against infantry
•Increased the damage of Helicopter Miniguns against jeeps.
•Reduced the physics impact of AA guns and Jet Cannons, players under attack from these weapons should no longer lose control.
•Increased the damage of the 44 Magnum slightly.
•Increased the range and minimum damage of the .357 Round from the MP412 Rex.
•Increased the range of all .45cal and 9mm weapons.
•Slightly increased the range of the P90 and MP7 and PDW-R.
•Slightly increased the range of the 5.56mm PDW-R and decreased the minimum damage at long range.
•Slightly increased the minimum range of the Mk11, SVD, and M39 EMR 7.62mm rifles.
•Decreased the maximum damage and maximum range of the G3 and SCAR-H 7.62mm weapons.
•Reduced the damage from FIM-92 and SA-18 IGLA missiles against aircraft.
•Increased the damage and range of the 40mm BUCK rounds.
•Reduced the damage .50cal weapons do against Helicopters.
•Updated T90 canister shell tweaks to match Abrams canister shells
•UI Changes (PC)
•Added round duration and ticket summary at EOR
•Advanced squad polish – should be more intuitive
•Significant changes to the Join Squad functionality (see below)
•Fixed a problem regarding keybindings while playing
•You should now get a better error message when being disconnected via Battlelog

Server updates
•EOD Bot exploit fix
•Several crash fixes
•Anti-stat padding measures taken, disallowing ranked servers to run obscure settings
•Improved team kill kick configuration
•Support for unranked servers. Unranked servers do not report players’ scores to Battlelog, but server administrators can freely control all settings

Squad changes
•Removed FIND ME A SQUAD option
•Allow players to join empty Squads alone, thus having 1/4 squad members
•Change order of options to LEAVE SQUAD, INV A FRIEND, SWITCH TEAM
•Disable Privacy flag when 1 man squad
•Reset Privacy flag from Private to Public when squad drops to 1 player
•All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad Selection screen
•Players who choose not to join squads will also show up as Blue in the “Not in a Squad” line
•Squads that are currently empty will display as white — if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text

The patch will be released on Nov. 22nd 7:00 AM UTC / Nov. 21st 11:00 PM PST. You can find the full patch release note and changes on Battlelog.

[Ash2Dust]

Battlelog back up. Wont run BF3, tells me I need to patch BF3. Think I got screwed when the game made me install again while battlelog was down.
Only option I saw readily available was to uninstall. Did that. Clicked install. Now its downloading 11GB...

[sushi]

Sigh .... if I think of Steam that simply installed everything automatically in the background and left you to simply run the game again next time ... Sigh ...

Keep us posted if you get it to work - for once I am glad I am sitting here in the office.

[EDIT]just found this in the battlelog forums:

yes, origin is failed and digusting. if youre stuck on their splash screen do this:

In origin go to MY GAMES
Go to the gear icon, and hit the drop down menu
Select REFRESH GAMES

you should now start downloading the patch. peice of crap battlelog doesnt download it for you. awesome fail

EDIT Nr. 2: Looking at the Battlelogforums there are lots of issues with the current patch.

This thread features some work arounds: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/fo ... 8523432/1/

Feel free to post, should you have any problems and how you solved them.

[madcow]

A detailed look at Squad refinements

Today's PC client patch features numerous tweaks to Squad functionality and is part of our ongoing efforts to make it easier to play with friends and Platoon mates. These changes will also be implemented for consoles when we release the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 updates shortly. Stay tuned for the exact date of the console updates.

First, we need to look at how joining with Squads and Platoons affects the balance of teams. Initially, servers are commanded to equal out each side, so joining with friends can impact that balance while joining with Platoons further hinders this. As a result we have made some adjustments to the in-game Squad management screen.

For PC, you are now able to highlight the various Squads and select which one you wish to join by selecting a Squad and then clicking the Join Squad button. Please note that the Squad Privacy option still allows 2 man Squads which, during 64 player sessions, can lead to players with no squad position –- the number of people with no Squads will be shown at the bottom of the Squad selection list.

Why do they think that this is a good idea? Why can't they just let us have as many squads as we like (perhaps a limit of say 16)? It's beyond stupid playing a team game such as this and not being able to join a squad since some people have passworded theirs with fewer than 4 players.

[sushi]

The only reason I can think of is that having more squads is a programming/memory issue - which it shouldn't be.

[WoodenPlank]

A detailed look at Squad refinements

Today's PC client patch features numerous tweaks to Squad functionality and is part of our ongoing efforts to make it easier to play with friends and Platoon mates. These changes will also be implemented for consoles when we release the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 updates shortly. Stay tuned for the exact date of the console updates.

First, we need to look at how joining with Squads and Platoons affects the balance of teams. Initially, servers are commanded to equal out each side, so joining with friends can impact that balance while joining with Platoons further hinders this. As a result we have made some adjustments to the in-game Squad management screen.

For PC, you are now able to highlight the various Squads and select which one you wish to join by selecting a Squad and then clicking the Join Squad button. Please note that the Squad Privacy option still allows 2 man Squads which, during 64 player sessions, can lead to players with no squad position –- the number of people with no Squads will be shown at the bottom of the Squad selection list.

Why do they think that this is a good idea? Why can't they just let us have as many squads as we like (perhaps a limit of say 16)? It's beyond stupid playing a team game such as this and not being able to join a squad since some people have passworded theirs with fewer than 4 players.

I think the issue is that the game puts players into squads automatically. If you had to join a squad manually, the squad cap wouldnt be a problem.

I'm kinda happy with the patch notes, but I wish there had been some tweaks to the F2000, A91 and M249. The reduced damage from PANPAD and less knockaround by AA is nice, too. Now if only the joystick support would actually work with my Saitek stick.

[Ash2Dust]

I updated my Realtek sound drivers to R2.66
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/dow ... Down=false

updated PunkBuster again.
http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php

Checked but no new Beta drivers for Nvidia
www.nvidia.com

Then I went to bed, figured it was better I didnt touch BF3 until EA/Dice sorted their end out first. Status this morning showed 15.4 GB installed. Battlelog seems happy now. Rebooting for my audio driver update.

[.Sup]

origin says 15.4 GB installed but my actual origin folder on my SSD is 11.9GB big

[AlbinoKalle69]

origin says 15.4 GB installed but my actual origin folder on my SSD is 11.9GB big

Same here.
And patched or not patched, I still have to join a server twice because BF3 crashes the first time...

[WoodenPlank]

There are still some glaring issues within the netcode that I don't think will be getting fixed any time soon - if ever. A lot of instant deaths from guns with a high rate of fire, and a lot of times where I score hit after hit and get no kills.

[Goggles]

The only reason I can think of is that having more squads is a programming/memory issue - which it shouldn't be.

Maybe having more squads would lead to GUI issues (ie: can't show all squads on the screen at one time). An issue that would be more troublesome on a console, I'd guess.

[Fanne]

... some antivirus progs seem to think BF3 exe is a trojan now and don't tend to listen to always ignore
-yes it's EA I know they do spy but plz stop telling me everytime I start BF
-still have to join server twice to get Bf started
- reviving bug still shows from time to time

[Zaitsev Jr.]

My 50 cent ... love me for it ... i couldn't take anything else

OS: Win 7 X64 - AMD X6 on M4N98TD EVO board, Nvidia Chipset, 16 GB RAM, Nvidia 570 GTX, SB Titanium Fatality Pro

Issues after the Nov 22nd Patch:

1. Unable to connect to Multiplayer or Co-Op Game

Salvation:
Open TCP and UDP ports as listed below and uninstall Nvidia Network Access Manager, also force BF3 to end via Task Manager if stuck on "Connecting ..." for more than a beer and a half..
TCP: 9988, 20000-20100, 22990, 17502, 42127
UDP: 3659, 14000-14016, 22990-23006, 25200-25300
Source: http://www.tobias-hartmann.net/2011/10/ ... orwarding/

2. Game will crash/BSOD/CTD/PC reboot after 45 minutes to an hour of gameplay, mostly on Multiplayer Servers.

Salvation:
First, reviewed all of this stuff found here:
http://crashfixes.com/battlefield-3-bf3 ... ins-crash/
then,
ran game in windowed mode (Fullscreen OFF in Options/Video - Apply fullscreen resolution).
When it crashed, an error message showed up, reflecting on DirectX issues and GPU being put out of service.
Now ...
As we are in windowed mode, we will Alt-Tab to the desktop and restart the game, that should be the end of it.
I assume, Win 7 adjusted some settings, similiar to the graphics warning if an application takes up to much resources.
BF3 runs stable now, on Ultra Video settings and War Tape Sounds ... teh she-it