eRe4s3r wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 21:40:
But to install Windows you need a dvd drive ;p .. or well.. i guess you can do it with a bootable stick.. maybe? Is it possible, did anyone try?

That said.. i have ghosted my C partition so i don't need to install Windows ever again.. so yeah ;p

xXBatmanXx wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 12:46:

Blue wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 10:31:

xXBatmanXx wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 10:24:
So the game won't run on XP or Direct X 9?

Isn't the xbox dx9?

http://www.bluesnews.com/s/117289/no-xp-battlefield-3

ah...thanks. I don't recall stuff from last month, let alone 9 months ago. This just makes it even easier for me to avoid the game. It isn't in the budget to get a new rig, paying for reception and everything else - gaming has gone to the back burner.

Looks like I will stick to indie gaming on the pc and rentals on the xbox.

necrosis wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 13:30:

xXBatmanXx wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 10:24:
So the game won't run on XP or Direct X 9?

Isn't the xbox dx9?

I can't wait till games require x64.

space captain wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 20:15:
why is an optical drive required? [...] i came pretty close to just putting my win7 installer on a usb stick, shit would probably be faster anyways

space captain wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 20:15:
why is an optical drive required? ive been building a new machine and grabbed a dvdrom before i thought about it but then i sat back and was wondering when the last time i actually used the one ive got in my old pc, with steam and netflix and hulu and torrents and all the shit thats online now - its almost not needed.. i came pretty close to just putting my win7 installer on a usb stick, shit would probably be faster anyways

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 16:38:

Creston wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 15:45:
Though I have to say that being required to Alt-Tab out of the game to join a new MP game through your browser+plugin has to absolutely take the trophy for smoothness.

Are you being serious? It's not an in-game browser? I don't mind if you have to access an overlay like Steam - though none of the Valve games do it that way - but I find it hard to believe that the only way to change server is to alt-tab or quit out. Heck, I'd probably go as far as to say most people probably don't even know what Alt-Tab is or never use it, probably most gamers as well (afterall, most people aren't "hardcore").

I've always found it strange how multiplayer centric games can have such poorly featured / functional in-game browsers. To me Valve set the benchmark about a decade ago and nobody has stepped up. Afterall, I was using Gamespy &whateveritwascalled& ('Arcade', or was that they crapped later one?) back in the day until Counter-Strike / TFC appeared. And Valve set the bar with VAC for anti-cheat as well, as I have had a HUGE amount of problems with Punkbuster (Far Cry 2 wouldn't work out of the box because Punkbuster didn't support 64bit operating systems).

Anyway, enough of my Valve love... I'll go back to hating on them for not releasing HL2 Ep3 / HL3.

eRe4s3r wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 17:46:
from what the Alpha people said its actually faster than any in-game browser, for one your server list is always "active" (unlike when you join a game in BC2, its deleted and you have to redownload it) secondly you can sort favorites easily, see who plays where easily and queue up for a full game and DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT in the browser, like watch a youtube vid ;p

You can coordinate with other people to join a server "group join" and the like, and lastly you can quickly load up a game without having to go through that whole "waiting to login.. select player.. waiting to login" crap that BC2 pulls.

Is it optimal? probably not..

PROGRAMMER 1: I've got an idea. Why don't we make users quit out of the game to change server?
MR MANAGER: Genius! That's a promotion for you Jenkins.
PROGRAMMER 2: Can't we just use an in-game browser? It would be much quicker.
MR MANAGER: Marcus, you moron! You're fired. Pack up your belongings.
PROGRAMMER 2:
PROGRAMMER 1: *dribbles on the desk*
MR MANAGER 1: That's good thinking Jenkins! Quick everybody, dribble on the table.

Creston wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 15:45:

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 14:52:
And don't even get me started on Origin. It downloads an installer rather than the game files, which is needlessly time consuming and requires additional hard-disk space (not that it's expensive). But it only downloads the base game, so you need to install patches separately. And EA games still require the EA Download Manager, as they haven't integrated the functionality. I mean, it's like we back to 1998 all over again! There's a reason Steam dominates digital distribution and a large part of that is elimination of tedious installers and manual patches.

Boy, it's SO unbelievable how people could have something against shitty Digital River Storefront #328 Origin!

Though I have to say that being required to Alt-Tab out of the game to join a new MP game through your browser+plugin has to absolutely take the trophy for smoothness.

Creston

Teddy wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 15:49:

Creston wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 15:45:
Though I have to say that being required to Alt-Tab out of the game to join a new MP game through your browser+plugin has to absolutely take the trophy for smoothness.

Creston

It's a bit more awkward, sure but it also works faster than you can swap servers in BC2 or BF2.

Creston wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 15:45:

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 14:52:
And don't even get me started on Origin. It downloads an installer rather than the game files, which is needlessly time consuming and requires additional hard-disk space (not that it's expensive). But it only downloads the base game, so you need to install patches separately. And EA games still require the EA Download Manager, as they haven't integrated the functionality. I mean, it's like we back to 1998 all over again! There's a reason Steam dominates digital distribution and a large part of that is elimination of tedious installers and manual patches.

Boy, it's SO unbelievable how people could have something against shitty Digital River Storefront #328 Origin!

Though I have to say that being required to Alt-Tab out of the game to join a new MP game through your browser+plugin has to absolutely take the trophy for smoothness.

Creston

Creston wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 15:45:
Though I have to say that being required to Alt-Tab out of the game to join a new MP game through your browser+plugin has to absolutely take the trophy for smoothness.

Creston wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 15:45:
Though I have to say that being required to Alt-Tab out of the game to join a new MP game through your browser+plugin has to absolutely take the trophy for smoothness.

Creston

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 14:52:
And don't even get me started on Origin. It downloads an installer rather than the game files, which is needlessly time consuming and requires additional hard-disk space (not that it's expensive). But it only downloads the base game, so you need to install patches separately. And EA games still require the EA Download Manager, as they haven't integrated the functionality. I mean, it's like we back to 1998 all over again! There's a reason Steam dominates digital distribution and a large part of that is elimination of tedious installers and manual patches.

DangerDog wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 14:18:
Not listed in the requirements, but you'll also need to install plug-in's to your web browser and only 32bit web browsers are supported.