Battlefield 3

[Zero]

Caspian Border - 1.4km Wide

Caspian Border first made it's appearance in mid August and information is still coming out about this Battlefield 3 map. The tower seen in the trailer is destructible and we have another piece of information about the map today. It's a rather large map, 1.4km is it's width. For reference, the Operation Metro map from the alpha trial was ~800m at it's widest point. There's plenty of space for jets to fly in this Battlefield 3 map!

celoover0101:
@Demize99 Mr.Alan can you estimate how long/width caspian border map is ?

[s0whaT]

9 September Closed Beta & 11 September Open beta . Enjoy

I'm suprised that EA and DICE have so strongly defended the Battlefield 3 Beta release date. They clearly announced at E3 that the Battlelog "PUBLIC" beta would commence on September 11th 2011. Without Battlefield 3, Battlelog will have extremely limited functionality and considering Battlelog is the core of Battlefield 3 an open beta without Battlelog wouldn't have online functionality at all. The Battlefield 3 public beta should commence on September 11th as previously announced at E3, that would then mean the previously announced 48 hour private beta would trial on September 9th.

There are two issues with this; firstly for a private beta to commence Battlelog needs to be open and running. Secondly EA/DICE may decide to publically open Battlelog on the previously mentioned September 11th, this would coincide with a private 48 hour Battlefield 3 beta. This would give full functionality to Battlefield online, it would also allow the public to play around with Battlelog, this would give 48 hours to play with it's features before finally getting to download and play the Battlefield 3 public beta.

A tweet from the Battlelog team back in June also seems to confirm this:

Remember, the public beta of #BF3 will take place in September. #battlelog will be tested as well.
With 4 days left till the previously announced Battlelog public beta I guess we'll just have to wait and see!

Edit:

Looks like DICE community manager Daniel "zh1nt0" Matros dropped a pretty big clue today.

Because it was pushed to Friday . No real reason.

Friday is September 9th that's 2 days (or 48 hours) prior to the previously announced September 11th public beta, I think it's safe to say the Battlefield 3 public beta will be commencing as scheduled at E3 for September 11th whilst the 48 hour private trial will take place from from September 9th - 11th. A weekend trial makes perfect sense as it'll give everyone a good opportunity to play the game.

The countdown begins!




Update : S ar putea sa nu inceapa maine ...

[FPS Marius]

Va fi pe toate platformele sau doar PC?

[G-XtremE]

oh boy oh boy i can't wait
Also:

[Mariusik]

Eu v-am zis ca nu e nici un maine sau poimaine sau saptamana asta sau cealalta. Stiu exact datele inclusiv de incheiere, insa, din pacate, e secret de serviciu.. Aveti putina rabdare, o sa fie stire pe ********. Trebuie doar sa urmariti news feed-ul.

Cat e adevar si cat e reclama la site nu stiu, dar daca spune totusi adevarul inseamna ca ne vom juca in beta abia la sfarsitul lunii.

[Downshifting]

ne vom juca in beta abia la sfarsitul lunii.

Daca e pe asa, deja nu mai inteleg rostul beta-ului. Cat timp le mai ramane sa `repare` ce ar fi de reparat daca jocul apare in octombrie? MoH a avut beta cu vreo 4 luni inainte de aparitia jocului si tot a avut probleme in MP la lansare...

[Mariusik]

Si Bad Company 2 a avut beta cu 5 luni inainte sa apara jocul si tot iti luai freeze uri peste freeze uri si picau serverele la lansare. Daca ar fi sa mute beta in ultima saptamana din septembrie si sa l lase deschis timp de 2 saptamani, ar insemna ca au cel putin o luna la dispozitie sa rezolve problemele.

[Downshifting]

Pai nu apare pe 25 octombrie? Daca beta mai dureaza si o saptamana din octombrie, mai au in jur de doua saptamani sa mai rezolve ceva, ca doar trebuie sa trimita jocul cu cateva zile inainte de lansarea oficiala la distribuitori. Impresia mea e ca jocul inca are ceva probleme si nici ei nu stiu cand o sa inceapa beta, de aia nici nu avem o data oficiala pana acum. Sper sa ma insel.

[Zombozo]

^Jocul trebuie trimis cu aproximatv o lună �naintea lnasării la multiplicat şi la Sony şi Microsoft pentru inspecţie (Or something like that), aşa că aici vorbim �n cel mai bun caz de un first-day patch.

[Downshifting]

Daca ei se gandesc sa scoata jocul cu defecte si sa inceapa sa-l peticeasca post-lansare prefer sa amane lansarea lui.

[Diesel]

Sa zicem ca la BC2 mai aveau o scuza cu serverele, ca nu se asteptau sa sara atat de multa lume pe jocul ala. Acuma deja se lauda ca vor da clasa CoD-ului, sper sa fi bagat ceva bani in niste Pentiumuri mai bune pentru ferma de servere

[AndyZ]

Nu va mai faceti voi griji in legatura cu programul lor. Sunt baieti destepti si au mai trecut prin asa ceva, stiu ei ce fac.. Eu am incredere ca o sa iasa un joc bine slefuit.

[Mariusik]

Respect

[G-XtremE]

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THE BUZZ: Dice has revealed that the team has had to reuse memory on the PS3 in order to make the game look as good as it can be.
Dice's Johan Andersson has said via twitter that in order to make more resources available in the PS3 version of Battlefield 3 the team has to reuse memory that has already been allocated.
"yeah we reuse the memory, HUD is rendered absolutely last on top of the backbuffer"

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THE BUZZ: EA CFO Eric Brown announced today that pre-orders for Battlefield 3 have hit around the 1.25 million mark, which is better and faster than any previous Battlefield game in the same amount of time.

More Battlefield 3 information from DICE�s Alan Kertz � EGMNOW

Good news Battlefield 3 fans: It's time for another round of tweets from DICE's Alan Kertz, the ever-flowing fountain of information for all things Battlefield 3. Here's a rundown of some of his most recent tweets, along with the questions that resulted in the answers.
When a Bad Company 2 player talked about hitreg: "Well we don't have that Hitreg problem anymore, totally new system for BF3."
When asked about supersonic bullets making a cracking noise when traveling through the air (as they do in real life): "They do, when close enough."
When asked if transport helicopters have any weapons for the pilot: "We want the pilot of a transport chopper to focus on transport and giving targets for gunners. We reward him for that as well."
When asked if higher-powered sniper rifles are OHK when shot in center mass on hardcore mode: "I don't plan to have it that way at max range, but inside a certain distance, yes. It was unbalanced in BC2 always 1HK body."
When asked if there will be 6x or 8x sniper-like scopes for the AR platforms: "6x is the highest zoom level available outside of recon rifles. There's of course some limits to which guns can use them."
When asked if the number of flags in conquest mode is the same on all platforms: "Flag number varies between Conquest Small and Conquest Large. But is consistent across platforms." When asked if shotguns have actual defining stats: "Shotguns vary in reload method, capacity, rate of fire, spread, and recoil."
When a fan mentioned that server admins should be able to set time of day: "Our art team is really focused on making each map unique, time of day and atmospheric conditions are key to that."
When asked if DICE has removed the ability for the shotgun to serve as an OHK sniper rifle: "Much to shotgun sniper's disappointment, yes."

[theSrN]

speaking of pre-order, pana la urma unde se poate achizitiona varianta cu steelbox?

[Zero]

Suedia, Ungaria, Australia.

[Anderul]

Hai ca nu mai e mult

BF3 Beta starting on the ..

[Mariusik]

...DICE has revealed that Battlefield 3 runs at 1280 x 704 resolution on consoles, which is just 16 horizontal lines short of true 720p.But unlike other games that run at a lower resolution, Battlefield 3 won�t be upscaled, instead, there will be two small black bars (just 8px high) at the top and bottom of the screen. If the image was scaled, it would �just ruin the picture�, as DICE rendering architect Johan Andersson revealed via Twitter. According to Anderson, removing the 16 lines of resolution increases performance and saves memory.

While both Microsoft and Sony stipulate that games support at least 720p resolution, many games, including Halo and Call of Duty, actually run at a lower resolution and are then upscaled, for performance issues. For instance, Call of Duty Black Ops ran at 1040 x 608, while the last few Halo games ran at 1152 x 640. Both were upscaled to 720p (1280 x 720).

[anes]

New Battlefield 3 Info Surfaces

-Squad Specs don't stack and players can use as the same numbers of squad specs as the squad members.
- Frag won't be doing a lot of damage to the environment since they aren't really high explosives.
- No Hitreg and there will be a totally new system for BF3.
- Multithreading will be supported.
- Supersonic bullets make a crackling noise when close enough.
- No weapons for the pilot of a transport chopper, but there will be rewards.
-There will be lots of never before seen vehicles, some returning classics, and a TON of customization items.
- 6x is the highest zoom level for most guns apart from recon rifle.
- Flag number varies between Conquest Small and Conquest Large. But is consistent across platforms.
- Squad beacon goes away on respawn.
- When the beacon is outdoors in the open you control the parachute.
- A host of fast and light Jeeps with a heavy MG will be at your disposal.
-No shotgun sniper rifles.
- Up close in hardcore bolt action sniper rifles can 1 Hit Kill at close range. In normal, no 1 Hit Kill with bolts in the body.
- The ranks are based on Authentic Marine ranks, with comendations to fill out the full 50.
- Marksman Bonus for sniper headshots beyond 50m are back!
- Wide variety of shotgun types, but only 1 pump action - Semi, Auto, Tube, Magazine, different spreads.
- Flight models will be identical on PC and consoles.
- Players can shoot stingers from the passenger seats.
- The mortar has both HE and Smoke rounds.
- When you get defibbed you are "back to life." You need to accept to use anything other than your pistol in prone.
- You can shoot someone trying to knife your teammate from behind.

[Mariusik]

Call me fanboy, troll, flame starter, whatever, dar jocul asta nu se poate compara cu COD din nici un punct de vedere. Amandoua sunt fps uri si aici se termina comparatia.

LE:

@Krusht: