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marazmuho
Rising Newcomer
1 month ago

Battlefield 3 Is Not Opening

I bought battlefield 3 on steam  yesterday . I dowlnoad the game today and it is not opening . The game has been added my EA acount library . I clicked play and Ea program pass me to battlelog link and i clicked play campaign and nothing happens please help me and sorry for my english 

[Edit: All caps removed from title - ElliotLH]

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  • gangtz1's avatar
    gangtz1
    Rising Newcomer
    1 month ago

    Something worked for me today

    open the battlelog site on incognito mode, I thought I had some firewall or addblock issue but couldnt find which one was blocking the app from opening

    anyways no tutorial was working for me until I used incognito mode for the bf3 website

     

    I hope it works for you

  • Hello marazmuho​,

    If possible can you explain your issue in more detail? Providing error codes or even some screenshots would help a lot.

  • Hello. There is a vast amount of information on this forum. I've attached it for you. Please try these first.This specific DirectX error actually happens on non-English Windows setups because the game's title ("Battlefield 3™") contains a trademark symbol that causes encoding conflicts on certain regional settings.The forum logs show this bug has been around for 12 years. The official, verified Solved archive can be found here:

    Battlefield 3 Is Not Opening | EA Forums - 13502227

    To fix this, please follow these exact steps:

    1. Open your Windows Control Panel.

    2. Go to "Clock, Language, and Region" -> "Region".

    3. Click the "Administrative" tab.

    4. Under "Language for non-Unicode programs", click "Change system locale".

    5. Set it to "English (United States)" and click OK.

    After a quick PC restart, the DXGI_ERROR_INVALID_CALL error will disappear completely and your game will launch normally. Don't worry, this will not change your main Windows display language!



     

  • What error messages do you get. Are you using the correct email address as the one you used when you started ?

     

  • Hi. Did you solve the problem? I encountered the same problem... It redirects me to the app and that's it, nothing happens after that...