Re: Can't get BF4 to install via physical discs, nor download via Origin

After the latest patch (Feb 25th I think) I was having problems with BF4 freezing my whole computer "forever" after launching the game. I tried editing the user.cfg file as recommended. It only worked for a little while. I bought the disc, so I uninstalled the game from the Origin app. Then started to reinstall from the disc. I got to disc 3, 100%, then it went to 20% and froze for about 10 minutes. I googled and found this chain. After reading some of the "answers" it dawned on me that windows probaly had something to do with it. I disabled Windows Defender, and away she went. I am now downloading the updates. We'll see if the game runs as it should now. Wouldn't it be nice if EA was on Steam? Or if they had the option to "repair" install? Or if they didn't FORCE you to dl patches that break the game? Or if they could just get this crap to run correctly?

OR!!!! Have the option to boot from the game disc??? just have it run core windows services, (INCLUDED on the disc, if not already installed and available from windows) ie- start up as if it were a seperate OS. I realize this would take up more disc space than installing ontop of windows, but oh how it would / could (theroretically) run so much better.

... still waiting on DL's... over 15GB of updates / expansions... I wish I could get the ENTIRE game on one blu-ray. Or at least save the friggin downloads, so I don't have to dl them again.

PS- the spell checker doesn't seem to be working. My opollygees.