Battlefield 3 pc check in
12-29-2011, 08:57 AM
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How is that user error?
There's no official documentation that says Vista needs to be on SP2 and IE9 has to be installed. I had to search the EA forums and the web for a few days to figure it out (tomshardware)--it took that long because there are that many people with problems installing the stupid game. The EA staff didn't help me solve this; if anything they should hire me and I'd be able to help users install this game with a mulitude of different issues, including and not limited to directx errors, service pack error, punk buster errors, and the update not installing correcty...
There's no official documentation that says Vista needs to be on SP2 and IE9 has to be installed. I had to search the EA forums and the web for a few days to figure it out (tomshardware)--it took that long because there are that many people with problems installing the stupid game. The EA staff didn't help me solve this; if anything they should hire me and I'd be able to help users install this game with a mulitude of different issues, including and not limited to directx errors, service pack error, punk buster errors, and the update not installing correcty...
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12-29-2011, 09:08 AM
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I just messin brosef. You think there would be a big red flag notice that was like "hey update your ****". Since it seems like there are fatal errors unless you do. Wonder what specific file it needed from the update.
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12-29-2011, 09:32 AM
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On vista, you needed the sp2 update to run IE9; the game wouldn't run on sp2 alone until I downloaded/installed IE9.
Even though battlenet launched in Firefox (my default), there's gotta be something in IE9 that it needs when launching the web service.
Even though battlenet launched in Firefox (my default), there's gotta be something in IE9 that it needs when launching the web service.
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12-30-2011, 05:14 PM
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**** Gamestop. I should have known better than to download the Back to Karkand expansion through buggy and glitchy Impluse. Took a while to finally make it show up on my "My Games" tab. Then when I try to actually install it, it asks for the product key, which is apprently not the right one. Something about it only accepting StarDock serial keys. So apprently there is a big cluster **** between GameStop, StarDock and Impulse, all sharing product keys and download content or something. Now to wait for a reply back from my gamestop email, since no one on the phone could help me, you can only contact tech support through email apparently. And I know no one there will be able to help, never can.
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12-31-2011, 02:30 AM
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What did you expect, a game from EA that didn't make you want to break ****?
I found my problem earlier... I ******* bought the 360 digital download, not the PC. I didn't even know GameStop sold 360 downloadable content. I thought it all had to be through Live, so I didn't even look close. I just saw Return to Karkand and assumed it was for PC. That's what I get for assuming I guess.
Still doesn't change the fact that EA sucks, Origin sucks, Impulse sucks, and while I'm at sucky ****, Steam sucks as well. I miss the day when if you did buy something online, you just downloaded a small installer file, then installed it through a wizard. Then it was on your computer and worked just like you had installed it from a CD or DVD. Now it's all downloaded and played through these applications like Steam and Impulse, and they always ******* suck and ruin my day with unnecessary complication. Give me back 2007's method of game download!!!
I found my problem earlier... I ******* bought the 360 digital download, not the PC. I didn't even know GameStop sold 360 downloadable content. I thought it all had to be through Live, so I didn't even look close. I just saw Return to Karkand and assumed it was for PC. That's what I get for assuming I guess.
Still doesn't change the fact that EA sucks, Origin sucks, Impulse sucks, and while I'm at sucky ****, Steam sucks as well. I miss the day when if you did buy something online, you just downloaded a small installer file, then installed it through a wizard. Then it was on your computer and worked just like you had installed it from a CD or DVD. Now it's all downloaded and played through these applications like Steam and Impulse, and they always ******* suck and ruin my day with unnecessary complication. Give me back 2007's method of game download!!!
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12-31-2011, 03:02 AM
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What did you expect, a game from EA that didn't make you want to break ****?
I found my problem earlier... I ******* bought the 360 digital download, not the PC. I didn't even know GameStop sold 360 downloadable content. I thought it all had to be through Live, so I didn't even look close. I just saw Return to Karkand and assumed it was for PC. That's what I get for assuming I guess.
Still doesn't change the fact that EA sucks, Origin sucks, Impulse sucks, and while I'm at sucky ****, Steam sucks as well. I miss the day when if you did buy something online, you just downloaded a small installer file, then installed it through a wizard. Then it was on your computer and worked just like you had installed it from a CD or DVD. Now it's all downloaded and played through these applications like Steam and Impulse, and they always ******* suck and ruin my day with unnecessary complication. Give me back 2007's method of game download!!!
I found my problem earlier... I ******* bought the 360 digital download, not the PC. I didn't even know GameStop sold 360 downloadable content. I thought it all had to be through Live, so I didn't even look close. I just saw Return to Karkand and assumed it was for PC. That's what I get for assuming I guess.
Still doesn't change the fact that EA sucks, Origin sucks, Impulse sucks, and while I'm at sucky ****, Steam sucks as well. I miss the day when if you did buy something online, you just downloaded a small installer file, then installed it through a wizard. Then it was on your computer and worked just like you had installed it from a CD or DVD. Now it's all downloaded and played through these applications like Steam and Impulse, and they always ******* suck and ruin my day with unnecessary complication. Give me back 2007's method of game download!!!
I've grown to appreciate Steam over the years but when it first came out I very much hated it. It seemed to take Valve, a company full of nerdy *** software engineers, a good while to get it working right. I don't see happening that with EA's shitty substitute. Frankly, if they hadn't launched BF3 on Origin, nobody would ever use it.
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12-31-2011, 03:16 AM
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I've grown to appreciate Steam over the years but when it first came out I very much hated it. It seemed to take Valve, a company full of nerdy *** software engineers, a good while to get it working right. I don't see happening that with EA's shitty substitute. Frankly, if they hadn't launched BF3 on Origin, nobody would ever use it.
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