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Evolution_1ne

Banned
if your good enough I highly recommend joining a random servers and bunny hoping between teams

joining a squad full of guys you just finished massacring is one of the most enjoyable experiences you'll ever have, there will always be a delay before they realize you joined them. The rage in their conversation about you coupled with the shock to find out your now on their team is just
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I haven't laughed that hard in a long time
 
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raindoc

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since friday i'm experiencing a "no weapons" bug on PS3. upon spawning, my weapons won't "load". i can see the ammo count in the HUD, can see it changing accordingly to the weapon i choose (sidearm, equipment), but i cannot use any or see any of it. a suicide won't help, i'm stuck with this bug as soon as it occurs once, trying to quit the match/game will result in a freeze.
this happened first on friday, on saturday i reinstalled BF3 and all DLC but it didn't help. there's not a single scratch in the disc and the PS3 is only half a year old and plays everything else, including bluray movies, just fine.

has anybody else experience(d) this? any advice?
 
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TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
Delete the save file? Your weapon stuff is on EA's server so it should be okay. It sounds like the local save of that data is screwed up.

olimpia84 said:
You should have hung out longer, they sucked really bad and we barely lost that round. Not only did we only had 6 people, but 2 on our team were useless snipers and still gave them a good fight. With you in our team we would have won, no question about it.
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I dunno about that, they had the tank parked right outside our flags base. They just needed to guided missile Dan or I if we were hauling ass on the dirtbikes with the flag.
 
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systemfehler

Member
raindoc said:
since friday i'm experiencing a "no weapons" bug on PS3. upon spawning, my weapons won't "load". i can see the ammo count in the HUD, can see it changing accordingly to the weapon i choose (sidearm, equipment), but i cannot use any or see any of it. a suicide won't help, i'm stuck with this bug as soon as it occurs once, trying to quit the match/game will result in a freeze.
this happened first on friday, on saturday i reinstalled BF3 and all DLC but it didn't help. there's not a single scratch in the disc and the PS3 is only half a year old and plays everything else, including bluray movies, just fine.

has anybody else experience(d) this? any advice?
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I often have that when I change weapons - the first spawn after changing results in some lag/loading situation where I don't have and can't use the weapon for a few seconds. However I never had the issue that it won't come back at all.
 
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TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
DOS DROPPED FRAMES. :( It's like I'm experiencing lag in real-time!
 
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TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
Lot better, but the buffering of Youtube ruins it a little.

You drive/reverse in third person? Probably why I crash into things, I always stay in first person and the lack of rearview (Y U REMOVE THIS DICE!?) in BF3 has me slamming into objects when I know they are there at times.
 
The Faceless Master

The Faceless Master

Member
TheSeks said:
Lot better, but the buffering of Youtube ruins it a little.

You drive/reverse in third person? Probably why I crash into things, I always stay in first person and the lack of rearview (Y U REMOVE THIS DICE!?) in BF3 has me slamming into objects when I know they are there at times.
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i still crash into things.
 
The Faceless Master

The Faceless Master

Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI3kExHISM4

olimpia84 said:
4 of us + useless randoms against that entire dltv clan or whatever. We still won by 60 tickets and I took down their chopper twice point blank with the T90 trollface.jpg

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/battlereport/show/4/91216256/199948029/

edit: just checked their clan, it's rdtv, the people from reddit.
GAF 2 Reddit 0 in the battle of the internet sites since we also beat them in the Damavand Peak round :lol
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oh man, i was like "these games are lame let me not record" and then the kharg game was the most competitive one...
 
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TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
olimpia84 said:
edit: just checked their clan, it's rdtv, the people from reddit.
GAF 2 Reddit 0 in the battle of the internet sites since we also beat them in the Damavand Peak round :lol
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No, reddit is [rddt] I thought? [rdtv] is someone else.

Also Faceless: This is exactly why you record everything and then dump whatever you think isn't interesting. I'm also not sure if you're paying attention to the 3D spotting since you seem to pull up the huge mini-map/pause-menu which can be a little bothersome when you can just swivel your tank slightly to see if anything is there in front of you.

To be fair though: I HATE that map on Conquest or Tank Superiority. Your team has a huge disadvantage because you have a "vertical lock" that their tanks don't have since they're firing upwards toward you.
 
The Faceless Master

The Faceless Master

Member
TheSeks said:
No, reddit is [rddt] I thought? [rdtv] is someone else.

Also Faceless: This is exactly why you record everything and then dump whatever you think isn't interesting. I'm also not sure if you're paying attention to the 3D spotting since you seem to pull up the huge mini-map/pause-menu which can be a little bothersome when you can just swivel your tank slightly to see if anything is there in front of you.

To be fair though: I HATE that map on Conquest or Tank Superiority. Your team has a huge disadvantage because you have a "vertical lock" that their tanks don't have since they're firing upwards toward you.
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i pay attention to 3d spotting. i pull up the map to get a glimpse of the big picture. as for recording everything, yeah, that makes sense in theory.
 
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TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
How much harddrive space do you have on the capture card? I'd say if it fits 6 and none of them are worth it, dump the entire thing. But I guess it depends on how fast that process is.

I guess a better process would be to Stream if you have the pipe to do that for the sake of archiving EVERYTHING. But eh...

This is kinda why I wish DICE would allow the Battlerecorder in BF3 (or at least include it in BF4. I don't give two fucks about commander) to where you can tag games for recording after. *wistful sigh*
 
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raindoc

Member
TheSeks said:
Delete the save file? Your weapon stuff is on EA's server so it should be okay. It sounds like the local save of that data is screwed up.
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thanks, but unfortunately that doesn't work either.
a detail i missed: when i tried to download patch 1.09 it would get stuck at 91%. after the 3rd try i switched accounts to download it and it worked like a charm.
so yesterday i tried playing with that second account and guess what: no issues.

WTF?
 
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TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
raindoc said:
thanks, but unfortunately that doesn't work either.
a detail i missed: when i tried to download patch 1.09 it would get stuck at 91%. after the 3rd try i switched accounts to download it and it worked like a charm.
so yesterday i tried playing with that second account and guess what: no issues.

WTF?
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Sounds like you need to delete all the patches and redownload on your main account.

WTF indeed, EA/DICE.

That second round, I could've told you that dude was repair tooling you. He showed up on the mini-map and as soon as you fired you should've glanced quickly at the mini-map to check for helicopters.

:lol @ Olimpia not having his mic on.

I laughed hard at them running into the AT mines. I have never thought to go balls out like that with the AT mines and Javelin since it screws me up 9/10 of the time.
 
olimpia84

olimpia84

Member
The Faceless Master said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKFvYSrRqaU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2tYMVtF-9I -> that lucky feeling


edit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plDUMrWNiCM -> he hit it first
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Glad you recorded the first few minutes of that Death Valley round. Shows how quick GAF rolls and we don't fuck around. In less than a minute we already have 3 flags and are on our to cap the 4th one. Too bad you're not a compulsive scoreboard checker like I am but after 5 minutes or so I think our squad had the only players scoring points (with the exception of a random or two) so basically we were doing all the work by ourselves.
 
The Faceless Master

The Faceless Master

Member
olimpia84 said:
Glad you recorded the first few minutes of that Death Valley round. Shows how quick GAF rolls and we don't fuck around. In less than a minute we already have 3 flags and are on our to cap the 4th one. Too bad you're not a compulsive scoreboard checker like I am but after 5 minutes or so I think our squad had the only players scoring points (with the exception of a random or two) so basically we were doing all the work by ourselves.
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actually, i am, but i mentally tone that down because i know i'm recording
 
Evolved1

Evolved1

make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
The Faceless Master said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz2BtZWcia8 -> obviously staged (no, not really)
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I laughed so hard when you nailed him lol... I remember that round thinking it was pretty boring, but watching it back, you were busy.

It's really interesting to watch the same match through someone else's perspective. At one point we were in the tank destroyer together and I called out an easy infantry target at 12 o'clock, but you were firing off somewhere else... I'm like wtf so I get out, chase down, and kill the guy on foot. Watching back I can see you were pounding on a mobile artillery, a lot more important than my measly infantryman.

Also, I love how the one time you got in real trouble, there was suddenly the sound of repair tools. Gaf has your back bro. :)

Thank god you didn't record that Kharg round where I put us in the drink and almost lost the round. Would have been forever shamed. haha


Edit: I don't really hear too much of the chat in your vids, it's there but really quiet. Probably for the best.
 
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TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
He probably toned down the chat volume so Olimpia freak outs don't scare Youtubers.
 
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raindoc

Member
looks like i'm not the only one:

Okay, So I have had the no gun glitch now for approximately 6 weeks. I have been in contact with a couple of the EA "Specialist" and it seems that no one can give me any good advice to resolve this issue.

I have done the following:

- PS3 Hidden menu I have restored my PS3 File system, Rebuilt Database, Restored to Default Settings.
- Fully Reformatted my PS3 Console.
- Updated my PS3 Console.
- Disabled Media Server.
- Re-Downloaded and installed all Battlefield 3 Additions from the Playstation Store.
- Replaced HDMI Cables.
- Tried connecting to the internet with WiFi/Cable).
- Used Digital Innovations Clean Dr. Laser Lens Cleaner for Playstation 3

I have logged into my account on my friends PS3 and tried the game on his console and had the same glitch occur, I have tried using my friends Battlefield 3 Disc and the problem still occurs. In the game on a 500 Ticket server I have tried switching back and forward between primary and secondary weapons hoping for my gun to re-appear. I've tried to Suicide, Switch teams, Pick up peoples weapons after they have been killed. I have lowered/raised my sensitivity. I even give the system/game/internet an extra time to load after the countdown happens when you die in game before you can re-spawn. When I re-spawn without a weapon the sound will cut out except of some sound effects in the background. I am able to drive/fly all vehicles and be able to shoot the weapons on each. However the screen will become glitchy in those vehicles.

If the round ends in game while this glitch occurs it will take me to the fog/haze screen and stay there indefinitely. It will not load the stats/achievements or the next map. And if I try to quit the game before the tickets expire the screen goes black with loading icon in the bottom right corner of my screen and doesn't load anything it will do the loading animation indefinitely. If I try to turn my console off while in game My PS3 Console takes several minutes to shut down (Between 2-8 Minutes)."

Last but not lease I have:

- Bought a new Battlefield 3 Game (Disc).
- Bought a new 320 Gig PS3 (Model Number: CECH-3001B).

None of these things I have done have fixed this issue. So save your time/money folks. However I would LOVE to know, WTF is going on??? Why isn't this issue being resolved/patched? Clearly this is a game error. So why aren't the technicians or whomever doing anything to fix this problem when so many people are having this "No Gun Glitch" Issue. Do these people/studios/developers not care about their reputation?

In my opinion this is a game breaking glitch and the only thing this game is currently good for is collecting dust on my shelf. If anyone has tried or done anything different and it has resolved this issue for them. Please let me know!!! I would totally suck a bag of dicks to get this game to work. Not really.. But I would appreciate it a lot.

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2832654625363249889/
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raindoc

Member
are you guys aware of the "out-of-map glitch" on Teheran Highway, Flag A (between the garage wall and "mountainside")
i'm playing a game right now with friends and we encountered this for the very first time.

sorry for the pic quality. my TV is oldschool:

this is the gap between "mountain" and "garage" (view from US base (CQ) on top of the mountain)
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and according to a friend, this where they got up there:
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i tried getting up there the very first time i played the map, to no avail. anyone seen this before?
 
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TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
Faceless should get on and record me. *cough*

*gets on, gets off in the same round as I'm winning*

Next round, he misses joining our defense. Then misses me doing work in tank destroyers on the attack round in Bandar Desert. SMH. I wanted that recorded. :(
 
olimpia84

olimpia84

Member
Thanks for the help in that last CQA round Seks. I was in dare need of help throughout the night: it was me either paired with a useless team or me ending up in a team with number of player disavdtange. The player balance in this game is so fucked up.
 
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TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
It was pretty much the same for me in Rush. Win some, lose some
jump to winning team some
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What's annoying is the people quitting after a round because they lost (of course, I'm not one to talk) and so auto-balance fucks up teams half the time and puts the middle people on the losing team instead of splitting the top-ranked squad of 4 (normally us) for better balance. Then again, they'd just join back on their squads side that is winning anyway.

(This is why DICE needs to drop stats and copy Team Fortress 2.mp3.dll.jpg.mpg.zip x 200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000)

Also bad news everyone, might as well get a capture card like Faceless to get around this.
 
The Faceless Master

The Faceless Master

Member
TheSeks said:
It was pretty much the same for me in Rush. Win some, lose some
jump to winning team some
.

What's annoying is the people quitting after a round because they lost (of course, I'm not one to talk) and so auto-balance fucks up teams half the time and puts the middle people on the losing team instead of splitting the top-ranked squad of 4 (normally us) for better balance. Then again, they'd just join back on their squads side that is winning anyway.

(This is why DICE needs to drop stats and copy Team Fortress 2.mp3.dll.jpg.mpg.zip x 200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000)

Also bad news everyone, might as well get a capture card like Faceless to get around this.
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pretty crappy limitation to put on the share function
 
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TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
I kinda expected it since you can't screenshot ANYTHING in the portable version of Marvel 3. It's very annoying that they allow you to do that.
 
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Overdoziz

Banned
Just automatically add spoiler warnings to singleplayer videos and screenshots for the first couple of months after launch of a game. That's how Bungie handled screenshots from the Halo campaign right after launch. No need to limit people's ability to record footage.
 
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FUBAR McDangles

Member
Hey guys, I've been getting back into playing BF3 a bit.

I have 2000 microsoft points and nothing really to spend them on, so I figured I'd just go ahead and buy some of the BF3 map packs that I never got around to. All I have right now is Back to Karkand that I got when I originally bought the game.

Which map pack would you recommend the most? At this point I don't think buying Premium would be all that productive/smart since BF4 is on the horizon, so I doubt I'll go ahead and buy that.
 
The Faceless Master

The Faceless Master

Member
FUBAR McDangles said:
Hey guys, I've been getting back into playing BF3 a bit.

I have 2000 microsoft points and nothing really to spend them on, so I figured I'd just go ahead and buy some of the BF3 map packs that I never got around to. All I have right now is Back to Karkand that I got when I originally bought the game.

Which map pack would you recommend the most? At this point I don't think buying Premium would be all that productive/smart since BF4 is on the horizon, so I doubt I'll go ahead and buy that.
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