official Battlefield 3

[Dane]

Still cant connect. is anyone else having this problem?

[+Chsoriano Subscriber²]

I haven't managed to connect on my Xbox 360 or PC

[Dane]

I haven't managed to connect on my Xbox 360 or PC

I hope EA fixes this. or it will be this way on launch day

[TeeeJaay]

BF3 Maps Leaked

Multiplayer Maps

• MP_BAZAAR
  
• MP_HIGHWAY
  
• MP_FOREST (Caspian Border)
  
• MP_PARIS
  
• MP_OILFIELDS
  
• MP_BASEJUMP
  
• MP_SUBWAY (Operation Metro)
  
• MP_CANALS
  
• MP_KHARG
  
• MP_OMAHA
  
• MP_TUTORIAL
  

Singleplayer Maps

• SP_BANK
  
• SP_EARTHQUAKE (Fault Line)
  
• SP_FINALE (2 Part)
  
• SP_JET (2 Part)
  
• SP_NEW_YORK (2 Part)
  
• SP_PARIS
  
• SP_SNIPER
  
• SP_TANK (2 Part) (Thunder Run)
  
• SP_VALLEY (Operation Guillotine)
  
• SP_VILLA
  

Cooperative Maps

• COOP_A10
  
• COOP_BREACHED
  
• COOP_HOSTAGE
  
• COOP_ROLLINGTHUNDER
  
• COOP_BEHINDENEMYLINES
  
• COOP_SUPERCOBRA
  
• COOP_EXTRACTION
  
• COOP_ASSASSINATION
  
• COOP_EXFILTRATION
  
• COOP_SUBWAY
  

Also discovered were a list of weapons exclusive to the Back to Karkand expansion pack:

• XP1_FAMAS
  
• XP1_HK53
  
• XP1_PP19
  
• XP1_QBZ95B
  
• XP1_L85A2
  
• XP1_QBB95
  
• XP1_MG36
  
• XP1_JACKHAMMER
  
• XP1_TYPE88
  
• XP1_L96
  

Source: http://battlefieldo.com/bf3-map-list-beta-files/

so in the My Life Trailer this would be MP_BASEJUMP?

[Dusco25]

I want the FAMAS :shifty:

[trag3dy]

BF3 Maps Leaked

That's not very many maps, sadly. And it looks like the tradition of using rush maps as conquest and vice versa and counting them both as a separate map continues as well, from BC2.

[Dusco25]

To be honest this beta rls is a fail even for beta this is more like a alpha on many levels....... I just hope they will rls a update for the beta within the next day or so.. I had grass growing from the floors in the apt building for God sake..

[NoLiMiT06]

Caspian is not coming to the consoles and is only on the PC for testing purposes, a patch is supposed to be released tomorrow to fix some of the issues on Metro. Sad news tbh about Caspian...

[Knightwolf20024]

To be honest this beta rls is a fail even for beta this is more like a alpha on many levels....... I just hope they will rls a update for the beta within the next day or so.. I had grass growing from the floors in the apt building for God sake..

just one of them many bugs i got stuck under the map , made it easy to defend the m-com stations but still shouldnt have happened over and over again.

[PixilEyes]

Everyone who has applied to join the Neowin BF3 Platoon has been accepted. You can find the link in my sig.

Handy little feature on the Platoon stats...

;)

Applied. PixilEyes is the name. :)

[TeeeJaay]

That's not very many maps, sadly. And it looks like the tradition of using rush maps as conquest and vice versa and counting them both as a separate map continues as well, from BC2.

the article says that it is the maps found on the Beta files that was downloaded, it may change on retail though

[+chorpeac MVC]

Downloaded the PC version very fast. It was done in less than an hour. 1.4-1.7MB download speed. Looks good so far. Graphics on my 570 were all set to high, except texture quality...it was set to Ultra. Using the browser to log in is different. Configuring setting while in game is weird... I didn't try to configure key bindings yet, so I will do that later. Quick download though. Got into a game on my first try.

[rajputwarrior]

Downloaded the PC version very fast. It was done in less than an hour. 1.4-1.7MB download speed. Looks good so far. Graphics on my 570 were all set to high, except texture quality...it was set to Ultra. Using the browser to log in is different. Configuring setting while in game is weird... I didn't try to configure key bindings yet, so I will do that later. Quick download though. Got into a game on my first try.

it's stupid, you can be chillin configuring you settings, get popped and all of a sudden you are forced outta the screen and back into the deployment menu... whoever thought that that was a good idea should be fired.

[+Chsoriano Subscriber²]

I really dislike the use of a browser for the game menus.

Also, for some reason, there is a terrible delay in the mouse input on my pc most of the time. After a while it was working fine, and when I respawned it was doing it again. Makes the game completely unplayable.

EDIT: Ah... it seems there is something wrong with the raw mouse setting, not quite working yet I guess.

[ViperAFK]

I don't get any delay with raw mouse enabled.

[PGHammer]

The beta is weeks old already. Many bugs have been fixed.

The graphics are Xbox and absolute fine, I don't know why anyone would expect anything more.

Because folks are so used to PC-exclusive shooters?

I finally got some time in Operation Metro (server timeout; however, while I'm in the DC burbs, the *lightly populated* server was in Texas) - by using the same display settings as I do for Crysis 2 (1280x720), even this hooptie rig isn't bad. (Celeron DC E3400, 2 GB RAM, AMD HD5450 512 MB DDR3, 7 x64+SP1).

Curious, though - does the Metro in Paris look like that generally today? (I'm familiar with the subways in DC and Baltimore, and I've seen the new railcars headed for the MTANYC; other than the signage being French, it could easily have been NYC.)

(Baltimore and DC use different styles in signage - from NYC and each other.)

Next time, I'll try a closer server - apparently they have one in Herndon, VA - again.

[iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer]

i would like to know what graphic cards people are using (PC Users) and what settings your running on BF3, i have a 5850 and its struggling to run it even on low settings :|

[ViperAFK]

i would like to know what graphic cards people are using (PC Users) and what settings your running on BF3, i have a 5850 and its struggling to run it even on low settings :|

Something is very wrong there, my 6850 runs it very smoothly on all high settings.

[rajputwarrior]

i would like to know what graphic cards people are using (PC Users) and what settings your running on BF3, i have a 5850 and its struggling to run it even on low settings :|

that makes no sense. that's a driver problem. i have the same vid card as you and the games runs butter smooth on Hgh with AA and AF at 4x.

[PixilEyes]

5770 here. High with no AA.

[iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer]

Something is very wrong there, my 6850 runs it very smoothly on all high settings.

though i did have 2 Full HD monitors running at the same time when i was playing, when i get home ill disconnect 1 and see how it goes.

Another thing: Is anyone else having issues adjusting hot keys?, i am trying to assign 'q' as zoom but it refuses to assign it

[PGHammer]

i would like to know what graphic cards people are using (PC Users) and what settings your running on BF3, i have a 5850 and its struggling to run it even on low settings :|

And I have far less GPU than you (HD5450 - a *laptop* GPU in desktop clothing, with but 512 MB of GDDR3) and a Celeron DC E3400. However, I have it backed down to 1280x720. Consider lowering the resolution.

[+Chsoriano Subscriber²]

I'm running everything on Ultra + all settings on and it runs great (except with the raw mouse setting for some reason). I'm running it on a GTX 580.

[PGHammer]

I'm running everything on Ultra + all settings on and it runs great (except with the raw mouse setting for some reason). I'm running it on a GTX 580.

And that is why I smelled the sick trout.

The *only* change I made from the defaults (1920x1080 Auto-adjust) was dropping the resolution to the aforementioned 1280x720 - and that is *because* I knew the jaggies (with surprisingly little pixellation) were due to the resolution being way too tall for the GPU. Folks like you and the poster I replied to represent the top of the GPU heap - I'm down where the submarines and earthworms roam.

Still, this is one of the few shooters that is actually playable on such admittedly-hooptie hardware as mine.

[Holey]

6950 running on a mix of ultra and high settings :) no issues