Battlefield 3 will not support Win XP

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sixer9682

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This is good news and hopefully points to BF3 ditching DX9 support and lower. Yes, it might mean upgrades for some, but I'm a huge fan of the destructible environments and I think if the game play is as decent as the Vietnam expansion pack, albeit with real attack helos and jets, then BF3 will convert a lot of players that are hesitant to take that step.

PC version of Battlefield 3 is special
 
battlefield 3 not PC exclusive, as we all suspected. If they are gonna do a port it has got to be a be decent one with PC feel to it.
 
Not a big loss to not run on XP really. If it is another port though that would be a disappointment, to me anyways.
 
This is more of plea for an explanation rather than a challenge...

I've happily stuck with XP because it allows me to edit/tweak/nuke things behind the scenes that the newer versions don't allow SIMPLE access to ( I grew up on DOS 6.22 and Win 3.11, so me likes to play with things you're not supposed to play with! ) Tried it with Vista and I swear that I needed a G-10 security clearance to do anything. I don't have much experience with Win 7, but Vista seems like it's just a chronic series of pop-up messages asking if you're sure about being sure over something you were sure of ten minutes ago.

If I have to upgrade to Win 7 or whatever just to keep up with Battlefield, well, guess I'm upgrading. I'm a Battlefield junkie... WTF else can I say :D

But I'd sure like to know why it's such a great thing to raise the game to only one OS platform...
 
If its as big of a disaster a Need For Speed HP I'm gonna be pissed.

And believe me Crypt, upgrade to 7 the moment you can. I promise you won't be disappointed, its superior to Vista in every way.
 
But I'd sure like to know why it's such a great thing to raise the game to only one OS platform...
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I think it's more of getting away from an outdated platform more than anything. One of the big pluses for me with Win7 is the stability. I've had one BSOD with Win7 from overclocking the shit out of my cpu-but that's it; I used to get BSOD with XP at least once a month from regular use.
 
Rayzor1911 will have an XP fix the day after the game comes out.. I guarantee it. :D
 
Crypt Win 7 is the new XP or at least I have been told that. There is an extra layer you will have to get used too, but nothing at all like Vista. It is far superior to Vista in my opinion and close enough to XP for it to be familiar on the inside.
 
sixer9682 said:
I think it's more of getting away from an outdated platform...
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BLASPHEMY, I SAY !
sixer9682 said:
...I used to get BSOD with XP at least once a month from regular use.
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Trying to come up with a valid counter-argument -- Shit, I got nothing!

I'm going to have to look in to this more. I basically equated Vista with another OS that was shipped out the door overnight just to turn a quick buck and quickly turned in to a huge nightmare... Some of you that repair computers might recall the nightmare known as Win ME.

Anyway I have a big question for those of you rocking Win 7. Is there any support for programs that were made only for XP? I have a few programs that were either free or very small projects when they were made so they have not been upgraded to higher OS platforms. Some of these are still pretty useful programs for me, so naturally I'd like to be able take some of them with me.

Sorry for the hijack, Six. I've been curious about Win 7 for some time and my inconsiderate self posted before I realized I was hijacking it.
 
Crypt the first thing I do with Vista or Win7 is turn off UAC (User Account Control). That's what always pops up with those annoying "Are you sure you want to fuck yourself?" messages. Once you actually use either one you won't be able to use XP anymore because it just looks and feels so old. Make the conversion you will not regret it.

But back on subject, I'm kind of worried about BF3. I'm afraid they're going to make it too much like BC2. I like big maps, real vehicles, and more than 32 players.
 
But back on subject, I'm kind of worried about BF3. I'm afraid they're going to make it too much like BC2. I like big maps, real vehicles, and more than 32 players.[/QUOTE]

You should check out the Vietnam pack and the new maps on BC2-they're fucking huge even by BF2 standards.

The vietnam pack has...gasp...real hit detection. The guns shoot and feel like what you're used to with 2142 or BF2-kills in 4-8 bullets not half a clip. The hueys in Vietnam are actually a lot of fun to fly even if they're underpowered versus the tanks-they're just a blast to fly around in and with a good pilot like Lex or Fasty they're hell on wheels. Oh, and it's just plain fun to barbq some bitches with the flame thrower :)

Crypt-
I basically equated Vista with another OS that was shipped out the door overnight just to turn a quick buck and quickly turned in to a huge nightmare
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It was. Win 7 is what Vista should have been, it's a real OS and everything! Seriously, if you try it for a day you will never go back to XP.
 
That's it, im going with Mac, more stable no need for security because nobody use it and less applications you can install, so less applications to be desapoint.
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i'm not a fan of the vietnam expansion for mostly this one reason. the maps are terrible, they play like they were not tested at all. there are trees on the maps that you can't shoot between the branches, if a team gets an advantage, the other seems to be fucked for the rest of the game. and to top it all off, the maps are freaking tiny. i want the feel of vietnam where i am not sure when i will encounter an enemy because he may be hiding in any bush in the area. the vanilla bc2 maps though are mostly awesome.
 
sixer9682 said:
But back on subject, I'm kind of worried about BF3. I'm afraid they're going to make it too much like BC2. I like big maps, real vehicles, and more than 32 players.
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The hit-reg in Vietnam is still very bad. COD may not be appeasing to some, but it has spot on hit reg.
 
CryptKickR, Like you I grew up on DOS 6.22 & Win 3.11, and I was hesitant as well to make that jump from WinXp to Win7 because of my experiences with Vista but I have to tell you that after using Win7 for about a year now that I am very impressed with the performance & stability that Win7 offers. As for the annoying pop-up messages you are referring to with Vista, well Win7 has them also but they are easy to disable using the "UAC" feature that can be found in the "Control Panel".

You could turn off the pop-up messages in Vista but it was a little more involved and seemed to frustrate the average person trying to use Vista. My advice to you is to go ahead an upgrade to Win7 provided your hardware is compatible because I can assure you, you won't be disappointed.

I am running both Win7 Home & Win7 Professional on the 64-bit platform and would recommend that you go with Win7 Home because for the price difference Win7 Pro doesn't really offer any additional features that the average use will need or use for that matter.

In reference to your last question, if I understand what you are asking they really can't design a game to work with an O/S that doesn't exist yet and more specifically in this case it has to do more with what sixer9682 is referring to in his reply.

If you're not sure if your system is entirely compatible with Win7 you can test it using Microsoft's Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Download details: Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
 
I switched from XP to Vista because I could. I thought oh yay DX10 etc...
I found a lot of problems with it but after some Service packs it was running fine.
But never the less, when W7 came out for MS Partners I installed it right away :D
Now back in the day there were driver issues and there still are some driver issues, but for the most part they have all been fixed and anything made in the last 4 years should work with W7.

The features you gain are well worth the issues you face. Also W7 Pro and Ult have XP mode you can install so if a program won't work on W7 you can use it there.
 
amazon3d said:
I switched from XP to Vista because I could. I thought oh yay DX10 etc...
I found a lot of problems with it but after some Service packs it was running fine.
But never the less, when W7 came out for MS Partners I installed it right away :D
Now back in the day there were driver issues and there still are some driver issues, but for the most part they have all been fixed and anything made in the last 4 years should work with W7.

The features you gain are well worth the issues you face. Also W7 Pro and Ult have XP mode you can install so if a program won't work on W7 you can use it there.
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I agree with everything you stated except for the comment concerning the XP Mode feature available in Win7 Pro. I am running both Win7 Home & Win7 Pro and have yet to find an off the shelf commercial program that requires me to use the XP Mode feature found in Win 7 Pro to work. The other catch to the XP Mode is you have to make sure you have a processor that supports the " Virtualization Technology" feature otherwise it won't work anyway. I have no doubt that there are some older proprietary software programs out there that require this feature to work, however for the average end user I still feel and recommend that you save your money and go with the Win7 Home 64-bit platform but that's just my opinion. :)
 
Well, I'm certainly going to give it a go. However, I've got spring semester classes that start early ( next Monday ) so I'm not sure If I'll be doing this right away. With 18 credit hours hanging over my head, I tend to get lost in research, internships, and writing those damn glorious papers that I just [sarcasm]LOVE[/sarcasm] writing.


You guys have got my attention. Especially with this XP mode for certain programs. Shock, you care to elaborate on this processor business you brought up about XP mode? While we may have started around the same time, some of us have fared better than others when keeping up with technology. LoL! Unfortunately, I'm only about 50% up to speed.

Still appreciating all the input, guys!
 
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