Why I loathe BF4

[crossy]

short answer: because it goes out of its way to be darned difficult to get to!

Long answer:
1. Installed from DVD, and got to 35% before it asked for disk 2. Inserted disk 2, waited a couple of seconds to let the PC recognise it then hit OK. Result: after 10 minutes of doing nothing I was still at 35% - conclusion being that the installer had crashed.

2. Tried to close Origin and was told that "Battlefield4 is being installed, cannot shut down". Task Manager dealt with that then I rebooted to be sure.

3. Reattempted the DVD install, but setup now seemed to be dead. Even tried removing the Battlefield4 directory in Origin Games.

4. Noted that there was a "Download" option, (I'd been prompted to put in the Origin license key before it started installing from disk 1). Now I've got a reasonably quick broadband, so 2 hours later all 24GB was onboard. Yay!

5. Then got told that I needed an additional patch of 1GB.

6. Patching complete I decided to exit Origin - only to be told "Battlefield4 is being installed, cannot shut down".

7. Thinks I "Okay, maybe if I launch it then that message will go away". Clicks Play which then launched a web browser with Battlelog (oh, I'd forgotten about that). No chance to get it because - surprise, surprise - the Battlelog web plugin was out of date. Clicked the Download option on the dialog that appeared, then clicked it again when the dialog reappeared, and again, ... Eventually a second dialog appeared that gave the option for direct download of the plug in "if there were issues".

8. Downloaded the plugin via this second dialog and ran it. It installed then a couple of seconds later I got the "Battlelog plug in needs updated" dialog again. Closed the browser, reinstalled the plug in and relaunched. All was well.

9. Selected Test Range and had a few enjoyable minutes blasting away. Then exited it and Battlelog and then tried to exit Origin. No joy - as apparently I was still "Battlefield4 is being installed". Arrgh.

10. Selected Uninstall - figuring that uninstalling would cancel that Install message. Nope! And now I'd just deleted the install kit and the patch - very, very stupid.


11. Tried the DVD install again - no joy. So at the moment I'm redownloading the game and the patch - and if I do anything with it then I'm sure as heck backing it up first.

I really should go moan to EA Support about this, but I'm not hopeful of a useful reply. Took at quick gander and some guy was complaining that the help desk had told him to reinstall Windows.

Needless to say, if there's anyone out there in Hexus land who has any suggestions what went wrong or, more importantly, how to fix it - then I'm all ears.

[Dareos]

sounds like the original install is still running in the background, any way of removing those files?

[george1979]

Yeah Origin is a pain in the ***.
After a recent Humble Bundle where I got some game codes I entered them on Origin just to get that out of the way but I haven't been able to bring myself to try and install them. I remember the painful experience of installing Battlefield 3 (only played a few hours of that) and Far Cry 3 (never finished it) too well to even try. Just can't stand the interface, download issues and bugs. Haven't logged into it since inputting those codes - not even sure what my password is anymore!
If it ain't on Steam there's a fair chance I won't bother.

[Dooms]

Wow thats unlucky. I got the key, got home, downloaded the entire 24gb in less than 2hours, started playing. Tonight got home for the 1GB patch, auto downloaded in 52 seconds and then started playing again.

The only issues I've seen reported are crashing ones (which I've suffered a lot of) so I don't think your install problems are wide spread :/

I dislike Origin but it has done its job this time round.

Personally, with fast internet, I would of never bothered with the DVD install... just enter the code and go.

[herulach]

Origin is absolutely bloody awful, my favourite one is when you load the game from battlelog and the origin window pops up and steals focus from the game

[Traldera]

Has anyone tried turning off origin in game? Apparently helps for some.

I'm getting stuttering since the patch a lot of it

[Andi-C]

Wait until you play the game ! Its a right mess... You did the right thing and uninstalled it lol.

Troll is me..

[outwar6010]

1gig in under a minute? i hate you lol but hate aol even more

[Turkle]

Wow thats unlucky. I got the key, got home, downloaded the entire 24gb in less than 2hours, started playing. Tonight got home for the 1GB patch, auto downloaded in 52 seconds and then started playing again.

The only issues I've seen reported are crashing ones (which I've suffered a lot of) so I don't think your install problems are wide spread :/

I dislike Origin but it has done its job this time round.

Personally, with fast internet, I would of never bothered with the DVD install... just enter the code and go.

That download speed is incredible! It's near 20 MB/s, which is crazy for me as I am still stuck on 5 Mbit/s...Where do you live and what ISP?