Bf4 questions

[trip202]

Please do not tell me to search the forums for answers even if they have already been... I am lazy and want it all in one place

1) Will Battlefield 4 run decent on my machine - Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz, 16GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, Blu-ray ROM/DVDRW, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti, Liquid Cooling, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

2) I have heard people talking about Origin, what exactly is this? I think you need this to sign up for Battle Log?

3) I will probably play the single player campaign first as I do with most games, so I can get used the controls and stuff. I'll probably need advice on keyboard/mouse layouts if the defaults are not all that great.

4) Right now I plan on getting the standard edition, any reason I should get any other version?

[Apache Warrior]

Origin is EA's answer for Steam.
http://www.origin.com/download
Apache

[goldenfooler]

Please do not tell me to search the forums for answers even if they have already been... I am lazy and want it all in one place

1) Will Battlefield 4 run decent on my machine - Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz, 16GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, Blu-ray ROM/DVDRW, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti, Liquid Cooling, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

2) I have heard people talking about Origin, what exactly is this? I think you need this to sign up for Battle Log?

3) I will probably play the single player campaign first as I do with most games, so I can get used the controls and stuff. I'll probably need advice on keyboard/mouse layouts if the defaults are not all that great.

4) Right now I plan on getting the standard edition, any reason I should get any other version?

Origin is like steam. Download it and you buy your games from it or actually run through it.

You should only buy the standard edition with the china rising bundle now.

Play Now in beta to try it all out. That's the easiest way to tell if it will run on your machine.

I usually only change my voice talk button... then again everyone is different.

I can't answer on your actual computer. Compare vs mine if you are knowledgeable , Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz , NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB, 16 gb of ram. I keep the settings on auto and it shows it is running on High with a couple of things set to ultra. I tried Ultra and it increased the rubber banding.

[Tuqui-tuqui]

1) Will Battlefield 4 run decent on my machine - Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz, 16GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, Blu-ray ROM/DVDRW, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti, Liquid Cooling, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

2) I have heard people talking about Origin, what exactly is this? I think you need this to sign up for Battle Log?

3) I will probably play the single player campaign first as I do with most games, so I can get used the controls and stuff. I'll probably need advice on keyboard/mouse layouts if the defaults are not all that great.

4) Right now I plan on getting the standard edition, any reason I should get any other version?

1. The only thing lacking is your video card. My 560ti is suffering through the beta right now (probably getting around 40fps). Yours will probably be right about the same. But this is beta so release it might be better optimized.

2. Origin is EA's version of Steam. You need it to access your game library. Battlelog run from Origin so the log-ins are the same.

3. All battlefield games follow standard FPS set-up.

4. No need to get any other version unless you have money to burn. I highly do NOT recommend getting it.

[baconoclock]

1) Will Battlefield 4 run decent on my machine - Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz, 16GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, Blu-ray ROM/DVDRW, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti, Liquid Cooling, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

You should be fine. I'm running same cpu, ram, and very similar with a gtx660ti. framerates are decent on high / ultra. There was a bunch of benchmarking done recently too, I'll see if I can find the website again.

EDIT: http://www.bf4blog.com/battlefield-4...pu-benchmarks/

[juneau]

Everything has been answered well but I'll add my bit to question #3. The SP won't prepare you for MP. Just jump into the MP head first and practice there.

[Qicmee]

Everything has been answered well but I'll add my bit to question #3. The SP won't prepare you for MP. Just jump into the MP head first and practice there.

Like he said.

BF3 was their first attempt to make any kind of a single player mode, and it was very, very weak. It included features & controls different than multiplayer. Whatever they provide for BF4 will be better, but the first month or so of multiplayer will have tons of beginners. Squad up with CLRs.

[trip202]

Thanks guys!

I will probably just let it auto-select graphic settings etc which are best for my system.

Guess I will have to set up an Origin account as well.

Tuqi, your last sentence kind of confused me "4. No need to get any other version unless you have money to burn. I highly do NOT recommend getting it."

Are you saying you do not recommend Battlefield 4? Or, did you just mean anything but the standard version?

[Tuqui-tuqui]

Are you saying you do not recommend Battlefield 4? Or, did you just mean anything but the standard version?

Sorry Trip I should have been more clear. I recommend you only get the standard version ($59.99) and that is it. Sorry!

[trip202]

Sorry Trip I should have been more clear. I recommend you only get the standard version ($59.99) and that is it. Sorry!

ok, lol

[Savage13]

Like he said.

BF3 was their first attempt to make any kind of a single player mode, and it was very, very weak. It included features & controls different than multiplayer. Whatever they provide for BF4 will be better, but the first month or so of multiplayer will have tons of beginners. Squad up with CLRs.

Not sure I follow...BFBC and BFBC 2 both had a single player campaign, did they not?

[Qicmee]

Not sure I follow...BFBC and BFBC 2 both had a single player campaign, did they not?

Yes, I believe you are correct. I was thinking of the main "Battlefield" games. They were specifically aimed at multiplayer.

[trip202]

OK, I really want to like this game but some things are annoying me. I'm thinking of dropping some of the settings down to medium to see if it will run smoother.

I also changed a lot of controls. One of them was make Q my steady scope for sniping. I switched the spot/communications to X. I made sure each letter was only binded once while on foot. However, when I hold Q, the stupid commands pop up.

Also, how does capturing places work? I was at a location next to a flag and it was coming down changing to my flag. Then some opposing tank is standing 15 feet away and it is over ruling my cap and he is capping. Is there some sort of heirarchy system where vehicles will cap a point even if infantry is on it?

So much to learn....hopefully it will be more fun once a CLR server is up.

For now, my favorite part has been running around and trying to stick C4 on tanks

[goldenfooler]

It is based on Volume of people in the area and the flags have a huge distance for capping. Tank can hold 2 people. A little large IMO.

Don't forget you can drop the C4 from above.

[trip202]

So I switched steady scope to mouse button 4 (or5) I forget which is which. Anyway, it works better and I can still use it to sprint. I get dual use out of the side mouse buttons

Although, it seems no matter how you switch your key bindings, holding Q will always bring up the chat commands.