BF3 VoIP

[Spartan0536]

I check Twitter on Demize99 (lead Dev for bf3), battlefield, and Zh1nt0 (DICE community Dev lead), it has been CONFIRMED by Demize99 on twitter than the STANDARD IN GAME VOICE CHAT IS SET TO TEAM, the YOU CAN SWITCH to SQUAD. This means that FINALLY teamwork and coordination are back as far a communications go, NICE WORK DICE!

[wobblyone]

Good news ! , along with Prone and let's hope Commo Rose

[auscam]

Well its been announced that beta will go live on the 29Sept11. It will be the 27th for those with early access.

Cop-u-later

[swfwebmaster]

BF3 Beta Map

Originally Posted by zh1nt0 (DICE Global Community Manager)

I would love to stick around in the forums. I actually enjoy reading the posts and also sending them around our office for feedback and sometimes for a laugh or two. Some of the things that come out of this forum is just brilliant and I really do like the fact that we have a forum.

Right now, I am not in the mood to even browse in here and check out most parts of the forum.

The BETA is a privilege, not a right unless if you pre-ordered the game with MoH and Origin. We are not even obligated to send out a Beta yet we do because we want our players to experience the game. The vibe I´m getting now is just that tons of ungrateful people don´t understand how much work we are putting on this game, how many overtime hours we are doing and also how many meetings we are in to ship a game like this. It´s not just a click and point type of development.

Would like to thank many of our forum users for returning with constructive and good feedback.

To the rest of you - grow up.

Reply by sfscriv in the EA UK Forum

What is the purpose of the Beta? A gift out of the goodness of DICE's heart or an opportunity to stress test the overall BF3 gaming system and to gather feedback on gameplay and bugs?

Looks like DICE has lost touch with a number of things:

- The Beta is their opportunity to polish their product before releasing the game.

- How could Battlefield Fans be excited about a small, Infantry Only (IO) map being used for the Beta? Battlefield Fans want to fly jets and helicopters, drive tanks and Armor Personnel Carriers (APCs), and maneuver on a Big Battlefield map.

- How is a small COD-style map going to properly test the overall system? A bigger map with more gamers and multiple vehicles would provide a much better test of the overall Battlefield gaming system.

Feel like we are ungrateful? Was any thought put into the impact of using a Call-of-Duty map for the Beta? Or, was it the only map ready for the test?

DICE, you made the mistake and you need to own-up to it.

[swfwebmaster]

Many people did not have the foresight to see the BIG bus driven by EA/DICE that was about to run over the Battlefield Community to pickup the COD-kiddies.

[swfwebmaster]

BF3Blog.com
VOIP, Commo Rose, advanced jet options uncertain at launch
by James Hyde
12 OCT 2011

Brace yourselves, Battlefield fans, because you might be a bit disappointed after reading this. A lot of the requested features for Battlefield 3, features like in-game VOIP, Commo Rose command system, and advanced jet option, are uncertain at launch, according to DICE’s Lars Gustavsson, who recently spoke to GameSpy.

Regarding Voice Over IP communication, DICE says that it won’t be in-game at launch and that players will have to use Battlelog to set up a chat group. Gustavsson did say that they’ll see how things go “down the road” and take it from there.

PC players who wish to have joystick or gamepad controls get a few more encouraging words from Gustavsson, as he said DICE is targeting to include it at launch, but “if it doesn’t turn up at launch, it will definitely be a high priority as soon as possible after shipping”. What’s not encouraging, however, is that there won’t be an “advanced flight model” for PC players — e.g. where you can adjust mouse sensitivity for each vehicle. This was present in all other PC Battlefield games, and it’s surprising, if not disappointing, that we won’t see this simple feature return in Battlefield 3.

Commo Rose isn’t certain for launch either, as Gusvasson put it, “It is on our list for trying to get in there at launch”. Commo Rose has been one of the most requested features from the PC community, and if we know DICE correctly, we most likely won’t see it at launch.

On a good note, Gustavsson said that a lot of things from the beta have been fixed, things like hit detection and that flashlights have been toned down as well.

You can read the full interview here. Thanks to GameSpy for actually asking DICE some real questions instead of pounding the same themes over and over again. For once, the community actually gets some real questions answered.

[swfwebmaster]

We should be able to use Xfire, TS3, and BattleLog until DICE is able to fix the in-game VoIP.