Hi burzurk88!
I think we can fix this issue, please keep us updated if your problem after this workaround still exist.
At first, download and install the latest version of Origin at www.origin.com/download (and make sure you have your Origin account ready as well)
If that doesn’t helped, close the origin client and go directly to you origin folder C:\Program Files\Origin Games. Run the origin.exe in this folder with a rightclick -> run as administrator.
This worked out in the most cases, if not, try to deactivate your firewall/antivirus software and/or check the online ports of your connection:
TCP: 80, 443, 9988, 20000-20100, 22990, 17502, 42127
UDP: 3659, 14000-14016, 22990-23006, 25200-25300
For specific instructions on how to open your ports, please visit http://www.portforward.com/ or contact your router manufacturer.
Cheers
Basti
I know fine well EA put these games on the humble bundle to promote origin, something nobody wants (because steam is far far far far better)
if on top of having to put up with EA crap I can also not download my games, you guys are hardly selling this **bleep** well, are you.
Run as administrator worked for me! 😕mileyhappy:
They gave you a free AAA game. And it's goddamn Battlefield 3. Also they gave you a solution to this problem. Shut the **bleep** up!
well the solution dident work when it restarted origin it needed to be accepted again so i was just as useles as the origin downloader but restarting my pc has helped
Yesterday, when I have redeemed free BF3, I had same problem: Origin keept pausing my download every 200mb or so.
Today I've found solution to this problem. I don't know if it will work for you, but it's worth to try (download pausing every now and then is sooo frustrating).
Here we go:
2nd step fixed my issues with downloading, also it's important to start Origin as admin, so it can write downloaded data to your HDD.
If that doesnt work, try flushing your DNS cache, I did it before finding out about this YT movie.
Instructions are here: http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-flush-dns-cache-for-windows/
Good luck guys, and I hope you will finish your download soon 🙂
