I have not been able to play BF3 since January and this worked like a charm. Forums - Battlelog / Battlefield 3 Both launchers display the game and title card of "Battlefield 4 Premium Edition" but after clicking install in the steam launcher and completing the installation, the origin launcher still only has the "download" option available. Cookie Notice Once they are both up, open up your browser and play from battlelog. Valve Corporation. All rights reserved. Discuss BF3 and share content with the community. Other options like "Repair" or "Update game" aren't available either in these cases. ____________________________________________________________________________. Had the issue since I bought the game in 2020. If you believe your item has been removed by mistake, please contact, This item is incompatible with Battlefield 3 . Could anyone please help me? You are a life saver! Didn't work for me requested a refund and uninstalled Origin. Kind regards, avidnarutofan 6 + XP #7 December 2017 Options Clear your browser cache and/or try a different browser. Valve Corporation. Hope this works for everyone!!! thanks! Then you go to the cloud button on BF3 and uncheck the enable cloud storage for all games box. Games that won't download, install, or load in the EA app. Any tips? What method\browser are you using launching via Battlelog? March, Hello i need help with Battlefield 3 im running on windows 11. i done everything and its still not working. 1 hour ago, Ihatemyteam said: try Pipe.exe , turn it on then the game and it will tell the error, also do you have official origin? MY SOLUTION: LAUNCH THE SINGLEPLAYER USING THE DIFFIRENT BF3.PAR FILE SO THAT THE GAME ACTUALLY LOADS AND THEN JUST GO ONTO BATTLELOG AND GET INTO THE GAME (I SIGNED INTO ORIGINS ON THE SITE ITSELF, THEN SAID NO TO THE "UPDATE THE GAME" POP-UP). Battlefield 3 gets stuck on "initializing" whenever I try to join a server using battlelog. Don't warn me again for Battlefield 3 View Page Cancel I had the same problem but I fixed it easily. I'm closing this thread to stop it being necroed. The mods will probably move your post to an old entry which talks about this issue (even tho they aren't the same and you clearly have done something about it). Had this problem for a very long time and nothing worked, this did, thank you. the Battle log on the browser loaded up grand but when we try to join a server it will say on the bottom 'loading server'. UAC is a Windows security feature that helps protect your device by preventing applications from gaining Administrator access to your operating system. Valve Corporation. Steam Community :: Guide :: Battlefield 3 Not Launching With Prior Origin Install Content posted in this community may not be appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work. This worked perfectly for me. You can fix that by going to task manager and closing off the thread of BF3Helper (Win10 is under "Origin"). I noticed it was happening to others as well but didn't know this was such a common issue within the Battlefield community, such a shame. When I try to start campaign via Battlelog It keep saying "Initializing" and it never ends. Show. Please see the. I requested them to acknowledgeit in their twitter as to show players they were working on it but they just ignore it and forward you a link to the answer.ea.com for you to "meanwhile search for alternatives". All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. Reinstall the EA app, then try installing your game again. Battlefield 3 How to Fix Issues 27,083 views Sep 19, 2020 437 Dislike Share Save BlueMark Entertainment 4.74K subscribers This video will show you how I fixed my issues with EA Server. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. Did everything suggested and still will not launch I get "launching campaign" and "initialising campaign" notifications but will not launch. When trying to join a Back To Karkand server, the game doesn't acknowledge the fact that I do own it - I have the Limited Edition as well as the Premium - and another message appears basically telling me to buy it. It was RivaTuner that caused the inability to launch the game. Besides, nothing much I've done fixed it, I will leave a list of the things I've done and what I have told the EA Help team.I suggest you to talk to EA Support in Twitter or Facebook (search for Help EA) as they answer and can try some stuff to see if it fixes. This item will only be visible in searches to you, your friends, and admins. 3. By clicking View Page, you affirm that you are at least eighteen years old. Sometimes origin flashes up orange one time in the taskbar but nothing happens. relocating origin to C didnt help after all, in the debug.log from the install directory is the line, anyone knows how to fix crashes when i'm ingame now it's more worst.. when the game pop up it crashes within that pop up .. WEIRD LIFE, Uninstalled Origin via the official uninstall guide (the hard way), running the game in windows safemode with network capabilities makes the join button work flawlessly. Did you decide to repurchase it on Steam because reasons? well the game bf3 stuck on initializing i tried multiple broswers i look even on forum nothing happes reinstalls orgin and game does not help, i tried even compatibility mode everything i tried as admin i tried launch game at low resolution nothing helped to be honest. If this didn't work for you please let me know in the comments and I'll gladly try and help you to the best of my knowledge :D. I created my EA ID but it just doesn't work on this WHY? If you start having trouble when your download reaches 4 GB, you may have a problem with your hard drive formatting. That's it! This item will only be visible to you, admins, and anyone marked as a creator. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America), https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Battlefield_3#Play_the_game_without_Origin. I haveuninstalled and reinstalled it and in addition to doing repair installs. This solution is untested on the co-op campaign and multiplyer but may still work. I bought the game on steam with all the DLCs. I don't know what else I could do, @grumpycat60 That is a recent common problem with multiple entries in this forum. You may need to check the install directory of BF3. By clicking View Page, you affirm that you are at least eighteen years old. The author of this thread has indicated that this post answers the original topic. Don't you love it when you just bought Battlefield 3 on Steam and itdoesn't launch? Login under http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/gate/ and launch the game from the browser. for all those people that are getting the game to freeze when launching the game, right click on battlefield 3 in Origin, not steam go to game properties, and in the general section DESELECT the option there which says enable origin in game for battlefield 3. also if you set it to offline mode you can bypass having to go through the battlelog crap to launch the game. The bugs continue in Battlefield 2042 which makes it necessary to explain to you How to fix 'Can't Stop Shooting' auto fire. This item has been removed from the community because it violates Steam Community & Content Guidelines. At first, please check your latest video-card driver and check what version of the origin client is installed on your computer. Disable origin in game overlay, disable it in geforce experience. All rights reserved. i had the issue where battlefield refused to launch. Launch the game. 0% of 0 players found this article helpful. Forums - Battlelog / Battlefield 3 I have Battlefield 3 on PC and I have played the game for several hours but when I try to start it, it says launching bet it never does anything past that. I have the same issue, i can play BF4, BF5 and even BF3 before but now nothing happens to the game and it doesn't launch. When in the battle log in a browser does it let you join a server but nothing happens? Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKCRAk6PLLk. Launching BF3 on Steam launches bf3.exe and the bf3webhelper.exe. Are you playing on Origin or Steam? @coldgrenadex please describe what happens, any error codes or popup messages that you receive. - last edited Hold the Windows key + R. 3. Learn more about drive formatting and disk management with Microsoft Support, Learn how to adjust the protection level in your User Access Control settings with Microsoft Support, Open the Control Panel (find it by searching. What is the 'Can't Stop Shooting' auto fire in Battlefield 2042? Battlefield 3 - Easy Fix for Non responsive Mouse and Keyboard HippCelt 1.06K subscribers Subscribe 12K views 2 years ago Here is a quick solution for BF3 players who have non responsive Mice. Open the Control Panel (find it by searching Control Panelin the Start menu). Battlefield 3 Not Launching There can be several reasons why Battlefield 3 may not be launching on your device. The method that works for me (I have the Origin version) almost 100% of the time is to use Internet Explorer (not edge as Battlelog doesn't play well with modern Chromium based browsers), and then go into the Battlelog settings and select to use the Battlelog plugin to launch the game instead of the plugin free method. Use Internet Explorer or Edge to launch BF3. Please note that I only did this for the non-co-op campaign. 6) Wait about 15 seconds and the game will start. Launch "Battlefield 3" without Battlelog with help from an experienced video game professional. Try incognito mode on the browsers too. 1) Right-click on origin in the taskbar and click 'exit origin' 2) Log out of battlelog 3) Log in to battlelog 4) In battlelog, click 'play campaign' 5) In the prompt it brings up, click 'open origin' 6) Wait about 15 seconds and the game will start. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). For me, whenever I tried to play BF with just steam on, it couldn't open up origin so my game never launched. I use Firefox. :: Battlefield 3 General Discussions Content posted in this community may not be appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work. Battlefield 3 gets stuck on "initializing" whenever I try to join a server using battlelog. Hi, Just wondering if there was any news on the BF3 fix as I recently returned to play and found a battle log issue preventing me from joining any servers Is there any place in the forums that EA says they will make BF3-4 work again? When the download was finished I was eager to get in game, but for some reasons it can't launch. A few times I've even launched Origin and the game just won't have the "Play" option, instead it'll just show me "Details". Learn more about drive formatting and disk management with Microsoft Support. In C:\Program Files\EA Games, copy the content of the old folder for the game into the new folder for the game. When clicking on a server in the browser to join it, half the time the game refuses to launch, with an error message saying "Could not start, please verify that you have the latest version and can start the game from Origin." Simple Fix to get Battlefield 3 to work :: Battlefield 3 General Discussions Content posted in this community may not be appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work. Didn't work. Home of EA DICE's award-winning multiplayer experience, /r/Battlefield 3 is your #1 place on Reddit for all things Battlefield 3. September 2013 Just give up and request a refund for this game. http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/gate/. Install the newest driver for your video card. . I haven't fettled much with it but I don't know if internal software systems have prevented it from launching. A few times I've even launched Origin and the game just won't have the "Play" option, instead it'll just show me "Details". We've played it on pc together before and we never had this issue. Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. When it launches from the browser the games launches but does not open till you click it on the task bar. For me, whenever I tried to play BF with just steam on, it couldn't open up origin so my game never launched, Just reinstall bf3 and launch from google chrome (for me its working) if its not working reinstall directX and visual studio (Sorry for my bad english). Mass Effect 3 is yet another entry in EA's stable of PC games that can't be purchased via Steam. I think i have problems with my PC, i think my programs don t detect internet, but i have on browser and another gamesand in bad company 2 don t recognize punkbuster..he kick me after a wileand bf3 stuck on joining server You need to sign in or create an account to do that. By clicking View Page, you affirm that you are at least eighteen years old. Valve Corporation. Yeah, me too. I just re-downloaded Battlefield 3 for the sake of nostalgia. I'm actually considering buying the Steam version of the game, although I don't know if that will resolve things entirely. "During initial release, Mass Effect 3 will be available on Origin and a number of other 3rd party digital . So the EA help guy ultimately added another copy through origin and the issue was resolved. for multiplayer this method should also work, except you will have to log into battlelog first obviously before launching it through the website. Are you now not able to launch the game? Right-click the EA app icon on your desktop (or in the EA app directory if not on your desktop) and select. Home of EA DICE's award-winning multiplayer experience, /r/Battlefield 3 is your #1 place on Reddit for all things Battlefield 3. and our Also being logged into Battlelog in your browser before opening seems to help accelerate the process. Try running the EA app as an administrator Close the EA app. I have the contents of the Origin folder, copied from a different PC. 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