Battlefield Tri-hard

This computer is still running Windows XP because my brother's been too lazy to buy W7 and won't come back from college for a while.

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Originally Posted by ODX

This computer is still running Windows XP because my brother's been too lazy to buy W7 and won't come back from college for a while.

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But your hardware is up to snuff? If it is, then solving your W7 problem shouldn't be too hard.

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Originally Posted by Guardian

Im only 0.1 Ghz out on my processor! Yus I may just be able to run it :D

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don't get too confused about clock speed especially with modern CPUs. My friend's Alienware M11x uses a 1.2 Ghz ultra low voltage Core i5 and it still plays games very well at native resolution.

A 3.00 Ghz Pentium 4, for example, will be completely trashed by even a relatively old 1.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo.

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Originally Posted by ODX

This computer is still running Windows XP because my brother's been too lazy to buy W7 and won't come back from college for a while.

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there are... other ways. (and you can still easily validate and receive updates with the right steps). Won't go into too much detail here, but it's easy enough. And windows 7 is a huge improvement over windows XP, I'd recommend upgrading in whatever way possible if your hardware is up to it.

Ah sweet, well Ill just have to wait and see.

Battlefield 3 Veterans get M1911 Pistol

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Originally Posted by James Hyde

For Bad Company 2, DICE introduced a new concept for Battlefield Veterans, who had played previous Battlefield games: they’d get a unique weapon to use, which was the WW2 rifle M1 Garand. Battlefield 3 will be getting a Veteran weapon as well, and it’ll be the M1911, the famous .45 caliber pistol that has been used for over 100 years.
But you don’t have to be a Battlefield Veteran to get the M1911, you can get one by becoming a member of EA Gun Club — you can sign up here for free. The Gun Club page mentions to sign up and “unlock” the M1911, which indicates that the gun might be available as an unlock to everyone, while Gun Club members will get it much earlier.

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Rubbish. I hope they have something better for us REAL BF veterans than a pistol. I want a proper M1 Garand or M1 Carbine.


BattlefieldO: We’ve got more Beta news!

A Q&A with BF3 Global Community Manager Daniel Matros (zh1nt0) on a public teamspeak with the German community, and details of the discussion from the EAUK Forums have exposed some new unconfirmed details regarding Battlefield 3 and the release of the BF3 Beta next week on September 29th. We’ve broken down the list from the conversations below into bullets to keep it as short and sweet as possible.

Q&A


General Beta Info

Beta will not start at 00:00.
Between 2-3 gig beta client.
You can not UPDATE alpha client you need to re-download the new Beta Client.
Netcode is totally rewritten and new.
No level limit @ beta.
Cant join as a Squad if the Team is full so battlelog groups won’t get split.
Gameplay Info

Autoheal on all vehicle’s after 10-15sec.
Vehicles autoregeneration ONLY under 75% Health.
Unlocks are for WEAPONS not for the classes you can not unlock red dot sight on gun1 and use it on gun 2.
Operation Metro got changed and has a new Layout, thats why they want to test balance again.
You have more then 1 knife animation, from behind, on the ground and you can NOT counter the knife attack.
You can still throw grenades to hear enemys yell.
You can not cook grenades.
You can join with friends on a server.
Friendly fire is On as the default setting.
Misc. Info

You can use 3 screens if you have enough graphic power.
Next 1-3 weeks will be talking about new maps.
Caspian Border IS NOT THE BIGGEST MAP.
No Bombs on Jets.
When you get kicked you can see the reason in Battlelog.
Ranked Servers can be changed to unranked Servers.
Battlelog application for iPhone.
Battlelog can be updated without patching the game so we can get new stuff faster.
No weather or time changing in game.
No comment on the Battlerecorder.

XBOX 360 achievements list leaked:

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Originally Posted by BattlefieldO

We’d like to warn you here in advance that this could be a spoiler for some players, so if you like surprises, DON’T LOOK!
We have all the Battlefield 3 Achievements thanks to Majin Martin93. These have been taken from the Xbox 360 and contain all the single player achievements, including their names and the Mission they take place. At this point we do not know what version of the game these are from, but it’s speculated that this is from a developer version of the game. The screenshots we’re leaked early this morning on Majin Martin93′s Imgur Gallery. We’ve broken them down and posted the Achievements below.

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Singleplayer

Roadkill

Kick the car to kill the soldiers in Uprising
Involuntary Euthanasia

Kill the 2 soldiers before the building falls on them in Uprising
Scrap Metal

Destroy 6 enemy tanks before reaching the fort in Thunder Run
Not on my watch

Protect Chaffin from the soldiers in the street in Operation Swordbreaker
Army of Darkness

Shoot out the 4 lights with 4 bullets in Night Shift
Twofor

Take down 2 enemies with 1 bullet in Night Shift
Practice makes perfect

Headshot each of the targets in the gun range in Kaffarov
What the hell *are* you?

Take a russian Dog Tag in the forest ambush in Rock And A Hard Place
Float like a butterfly…

Take down the jet in one attempt in Rock And A Hard Place
You can be my wingman anytime

Complete Going Hunting in a perfect run
Between a rock and a hard place

Beat Soloman, flawlessly, in The Great Destroyer
Push On

Reach the garage without going into man-down state in Hit and Run
Car Lover

Complete the mission without losing a humvee in Operation Exodus
In the nick of time

Disarm the bomb in under 20 seconds in The Eleventh Hour
Untouchable

Complete the mission without using the fire extinguisher in Fire From The Sky
Bullseye

Reach and save the hostages without alerting any enemies in Drop ‘em Like Liquid
Ooh-rah!

Complete the campaign story
Semper Fidelis

Complete the campaign story on Hard
Coop

Ninjas

Reach the VIP without setting off the alarm in Exfiltration
Two-rah!

Complete all co-op missions
Army of Two

Complete all co-op missions on Hard
Lock ‘n’ Load

Unlock all unique co-op weapons
Multiplayer

M.I.A

Obtain your first enemy Dog Tag
Most Valuable Player

Finish as MVP in a ranked match
1st Loser

Finish as 2nd MVP in a ranked match
It’s better then nothing!

Finish as 3rd MVP in a ranked match
Vehicle Warfare

Obtain all 3 vehicle warfare ribbons
Infantry Efficiency

Obtain all 4 weapon efficiency ribbons
Decorated

Obtain one of each ribbon in the game
Support Efficiency

Obtain all 4 support efficiency ribbons
Colonel

Achieve rank 45
Secret Achievements

This is the end
This is a secret achievement. Unlock it to find out more about it.
Secret
This is a secret achievement. Unlock it to find out more about it.

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Originally Posted by Mr Buckshot

there are... other ways. (and you can still easily validate and receive updates with the right steps). Won't go into too much detail here, but it's easy enough. And windows 7 is a huge improvement over windows XP, I'd recommend upgrading in whatever way possible if your hardware is up to it.

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It's his computer, and it's beefy enough. I know it's a huge step above and all that, but I can't mess with it until he comes back and decides to.

Why not just toss another HDD in or something?

Just googled the situation about the MoH standard edition on steam and the BF3 beta:

http://forums.steamgames.com/forums/...7&postcount=43

Hmm, seems like there is hope!

From what those achievements say, the campaign sounds like its going to be pretty damn epic.