Battlefield 3 patch cooking on PC for this week, consoles to follow 'shortly after' [updated]

by Ben Gilbert on Nov 21st 2011 10:58AM

Battlefield 3 developer DICE is currently working on a patch for all versions of its just released game, set to improve "polish, stability, weapons balancing, squad control functionality, user interface enhancements, and several feature enhancements that address feedback the community has provided to date." The studio's blog post on the matter also specifically calls out the PC's "negative mouse acceleration" problem as an issue the update will address. It also stands to reason that the tactical light issue and the PS3 digital edition's Battlelog problem will be fixed, but we asked EA for clarification.

While the patch will arrive on PCs some time "next week" -- the post was published last Friday, so that's this week -- the bulk of the game's community on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 unfortunately won't see the patch until it gets through certification. DICE estimates that will be "shortly after the PC update." Regardless, more patch info and a launch date is promised for this week, when we'll hopefully hear more solid news about the console patch as well.

Update: This post originally stated that the patch was due "next week," though the news from DICE was announced last Friday. We've since updated the post and headline to reflect the accurate launch projection for the PC patch (this week!) and apologize for any inconvenience.

Source: Battlefield Blog

Tags: battlefield-3, dice, ea, ea-dice, electronic-arts, microsoft, patch, pc, playstation, ps3, update, xbox

Reader Comments (49)

Good to see DICE taking care of their game.

The tactical light I knew about, but I wonder why gun balancing issues they are fixing?

Didn't know there were any unbalanced guns.

@Squawk The Carbines are more powerful, and often have a better range and damage than the assault rifles, making the assault class rather pointless. The A-91 and G36 are incredibly powerful, whilst others like the AEK do a fraction of the damage.

There are several attachments which are being modified too. The IRNV scope may be realistic, but it's very over powered and there is no disadvantage to using it. The explosive rounds for the shotguns, especially the automatics like the Saiga and USAS-12 are almost game destroying as well. At short-medium range, it's like playing The Expendables in game form, as you wander around like Duke Nukem, leveling entire squads in seconds.

@DaveEllis

Yea its a little ironic the "Assault" class is pretty much the weakest class in a frontal assault (other than recon). Give me an engineer or support over it any day.

@DaveEllis The A-91 OP? You sure? that gun it's pretty normal. I don't think the AEK it's a bad gun, it's really good actually even with the ironsights on it. Now the Scar-H, that's and OP gun.

I agree with you on the IRNV issue, i call it myself the anti-camper perk, you can choose any carbine, put the IRNV and start spraying ferdays.

@DaveEllis

I don't see the A91 as being very OP. Now the Scar-H on the other hand... I know its 7.62, but it could use a little toning down in my opinion.

I have no problem with the flashlight, but when I blast the source of the light they never seem to take damage.

Ah well, good to hear they are changing the strength of the tac light.

@Emil Muzz same thing here. Ive had someone pop around a corner with a flashlight and ive unloaded my usas 12 (which is insta death in any other situation) and they get away almost undamaged.

Would be better without the UFO graphic. Never played the game, no idea what I'm looking at.

@Undulation So why even comment then if you have never played the game?

Will it fix

- Destruction ( they removed alot of it during the beta )
- Shotgun Ext Mag reload bug ( If you reload a shotgun with ext mag from an empty mag then you will have one less shell after the reload ex. 10/11 ammo
-TV missle for Helo
-Seeing options while looking at Killcam
- Graphics applying before you hit APPLY in options ( issue for alot of lower strength computers)
- Delayed Self Damage from FRAG round on shotguns

@(Unverified)

Those are great.. But how about they let you work on your kits while staring at the recap screen.

Amm actually the post was made on Friday last week, so we are expecting the patch... this week :)

How about not able to hide half of your body inside a wall in prone?

@Joeybeast

But that's an amazing feature!! The other great one is seeing legs sticking out of walls and cargo containers. Such easy targets. Lol.

So in bf3 you can use a bright light as a weapon

@Timjoy Its not a weapon.

It's interesting, everybody I know has already gotten bored of this game.

@eat it

And I am sure they are off playing Call of Duty with you and your other fanboy pals.

@eat it I'm glad you don't know me.

@Godslegion I sunk 200+ hours into Bad Company 2 but this game is not quite grabbing me the same way. There are all these very small issues that bug me.

So it's not just the CoD fanboys, but the BF ones too.

@eat it
No, actually thats not at all interesting.

@eat it

In related news, everyone you know is a loser.

@eat it It's interesting, everybody I know has already gotten bored of MW3.

@decypherSMC

You're right. I still have fun with BF3, even more so with friends, but it's nowhere near as good as BC2. Even graphically.

@Godslegion

what does CoD have to do with this?

my friends aren't playing that either. I think they all just got burned out on BFBC2 and they are not thrilled with the changes in BF3

@eat it

Skyrim has my attention at the momment. :)

@eat it I've been playing too much Skyrim to play BF3. MW3 is incredibly boring though.

hmmm flashlight glare in the middle of the day i guess even a stop watch is correct twice a day

They said "next week" in their Blog, that article released last week so the patch should arrive this week.

I mean as a distraction...you can use it as a part of offensive actions...

@Timjoy As a Recon player I love it. Gives me a nice target to aim at. It is more of a pain in the ass on smaller maps when your own teammates will blind you.

I'm a BF noob. I got the game yesterday. I really don't like that I can only use the M16 when I'm on the US side. Really, DICE? And yes, that flashlight is silly especially in daylight maps. I still like the game but just feel it needs more polish. See screen tearing and unusual bloom everywhere. Will that be balanced as well?

@xFenixKnightx umm you can unlock more weapons as you go.

@Clemalum07 pretty sure he was talking about how a number of weapons are side dependent, which is kind of annoying with having to level up a weapon to get all the unlocks.

@Clemalum07 Yeah as decypher SMC said I know you can unlock more guns. Its just pretty lame that when I'm on the UR team I have to play with an AK when I really prefer the M16. grumble grumble

@xFenixKnightx
See Fenix, that's what you get for fighting for the enemy!

Certification for a patch? To make sure EA don't put in a credit card harvesting bot?

The patch sounds a lot like what they would have done had they not rushed the product out of the door to beat MW3. Which is fair enough, they HAD to beat that release date and the game was at least playable. But now it will become the product they intended to ship. We hope.

@Dick Socrates So what's the excuse for the bugs in MW3? Or the bugs in Skyrim? Bugs happen as testers cannot test for everything.

My question is why the hell did anyone at DICE think it was remotely smart for a flashlight to have THAT much brightness in broad daylight.

Tactical lights are extremely bright but that is just ridiculous.

Its very interesting that the patch will come out nearly (if not more) after the game's release and launch day patch.

I honestly would have expected bi-weekly patches but the game surprisingly works well (after they fixed the servers).

@BoBsS Errrrr what?

"Its very interesting that the patch will come out nearly (if not more) after the game's release and launch day patch."

@carbonize

Ouch poor grammar:

Its very interesting that the patch will be out nearly A MONTH (if not more) since the game's release/launch day patch.

@BoBsS Yes but it's seems to becoming common these days. BF3, MW3, Skyrim either have, or are receiving, patches for bugs.

Thank you! Flashlights are just horribly over-powered.

I may be the only one on the planet this is happening to, but I swear if I have the Battlefield 3 disc in my drive, I will randomly disconnect from Xbox Live unless I am in a match. I can be at the dashboard, or watching Netflix, but if the BF3 disc is in the drive, the light on my wifi adapter will blink red for a second then I get dropped from live. Also, it usually won't read the disc when I fist launch the console, it acts like it's empty unless I open and close the drive again. Other games read fine on startup.

This is a older pro model with a HD-DVD player attached (don't judge me). No other game does this, and I would not be surprised if it had to do with DRM or Online pass or something.

Please lose the icon in the middle of my screen when i am at a flag. I know where i am. I know its a flag. That is why I am there.

Granted, the flashlight is annoying, but there are things more important than that. Mainly, the engineer boosting (still rampant), sound loss, screen glitches, random deaths (unexplained suicides), and game freeze.

Is there an official change log available yet?

They should decrease this size of the sniper bullets, as far as watching the bullet drop. Looks like im shooting tennis balls when sniping.

@(Unverified) How would it even be possible to correct your aim if you can't see the shot?

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