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− | {{Availability/row| Amazon | B00CC2U32Y | Origin |}} | + | {{Availability/row| Amazon | B00CC2U32Y | Origin | | | Windows}} |
− | {{Availability/row| GMG | battlefield-3 | Origin |}} | + | {{Availability/row| GMG | battlefield-3-na | Origin | | | Windows}} |
− | {{Availability/row| Origin | battlefield-3 | Origin |}} | + | {{Availability/row| Origin | battlefield-3 | Origin | | | Windows}} |
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| {{ii}} All versions require [[Origin]]. | | {{ii}} All versions require [[Origin]]. |
Revision as of 18:19, 4 October 2015
Key points
- PC version features 64 player multiplayer, high resolution textures, high quality shadows and more PC-specific features.
- Most bugs have been resolved with patches, minor updates released many months after the official release.[1]
- Although some issues still exist, like long loading times for non-DLC maps.[2]
General information
- BF3 on Battlelog - PC section.
Availability
- All versions require Origin.
- Green Man Gaming frequently releases discount coupons up to 25% (which stack upon existing discounts unless otherwise mentioned).
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Aftermath |
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Air Vehicle Shortcut |
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Armored Kill |
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Assault Kit Shortcut |
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Back to Karkand |
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Close Quarters |
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Co-op Weapons Shortcut |
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End Game |
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Engineer Kit Shortcut |
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Ground Vehicle Shortcut |
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Kit Shortcut Bundle |
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Promotional Items |
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Recon Kit Shortcut |
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SPECACT Kit & Dog Tag Bundle |
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Support Kit Shortcut |
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The Ultimate Shortcut Bundle |
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Vehicle Shortcut Bundle |
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Essential improvements
- TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game.
Performance boost
- This command disables the engine's deferred compute shader lighting path. This may give a large FPS boost in open, outdoor areas, but possibly may reduce performance in heavily lit scenes. Most users report only the performance boost, including inside closed areas.
- This command provides no graphical change.
Optimal video settings
- You may use any configuration with-which you are satisfied. The following tips serve to balance graphical fidelity, function and performance.
- Setting textures to High may eliminate texture pop-in, if it is happening to you.
- Setting effects to Low is recommended. Other levels show no particular improvement, it only adds a little bloom around fire sparkles.[3]
- Settings mesh to Ultra is recommended as it allows you to spot enemies at a greater distance.
- Set anisotropic filtering to the maximum value your PC can handle. Better AF comes as a minimal (or none) performance cost and significantly improves graphical fidelity.
Play the game without Origin
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
-
meta.xml
, PROF_SAVE_body
, PROF_SAVE_header
and PROF_SAVE_profile
are the save files.
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
- Some regions do not include all languages; see Change game language.
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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GDFBinary_en_US.dll , en_US |
Traditional Chinese |
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Czech |
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GDFBinary_cs_CZ.dll , cs_CZ |
French |
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GDFBinary_fr_FR.dll , fr_FR |
German |
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GDFBinary_de_DE.dll , de_DE |
Italian |
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GDFBinary_it_IT.dll , it_IT |
Japanese |
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GDFBinary_ja_JP.dll , ja_JP |
Korean |
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Polish |
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GDFBinary_pl_PL.dll , pl_PL |
Russian |
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Spanish |
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GDFBinary_es_ES.dll , es_ES |
Change game language
Network
- Update PunkBuster using the PBSetup utility to fix most issues.
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
80, 443, 9988, 17502, 20000-20100, 22990, 42127 |
UDP |
3659, 14000-14016, 22990-23006, 25200-25300 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
Issues fixed
"Game disconnected: something went wrong" error
"Battlefield 3 has stopped working" error
Game crashes with a sound loop using an ASUS Xonar sound-card
Crashes on 32-bit Windows
NVIDIA GTX 500-series freezing or displaying bad graphics
Black screen (AMD/ATI)
Origin error - "Could not activate"
Weak performance on Intel i3/i5/i7 CPUs (especially Laptops)
PunkBuster kicked player 'xxx' (for 0 minutes) ... No Packet Flow
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11 |
|
Shader Model support |
5 |
|
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
|
Middleware |
Notes |
Multiplayer |
PunkBuster |
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Running the game on a separate partition/drive
Alternatively you could just copy the battlefield 3 folder to somewhere else, uninstall it, change the default installation path in origin, move the copied folder to this new location and install it with Origin.
Console commands
- Launch console with ~.
Command |
Description
|
Render.DrawFps 1 |
Show FPS counter
|
Render.PerfOverlayVisible 1 |
Show performance graph
|
GameTime.MaxVariableFPS # |
Limit frame rate (where # is a positive number)
|
RenderDevice.TripleBufferingEnable 1 |
Enable Triple-Buffering (only recommended if Vsync is on)
|
RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 1 |
Force rendering only 1 frame ahead (may remove stutter, default value is 3)
|
Screenshot.Render |
Take a screenshot (into %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Battlefield 3\Screenshots\ )
|
- You can have these commands run automatically, whenever you start the game, by entering them in
user.cfg
in the Battlefield 3 installation folder (the file won't exist by default, you can create it through a notepad and save as a .cfg file).
System requirements
Windows |
|
Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Vista SP2 32-bit |
7 64-bit |
Processor (CPU) |
AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz |
Quad-core |
System memory (RAM) |
2 GB |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
20 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
ATI Radeon 3870 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 of VRAM DirectX 10.1 compatible
| ATI Radeon 6950 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024 MB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX Compatible | |
References