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FireBit3
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4 days ago
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unable to play BF3 Premium

Hi, so i bought BF3 Premium in 2012 and have played it loads, with the release of the trailer for BF6 i wanted to play some BF3 again, so i load upp the EA app and hit play on BF3, it starts the Batt...
bf 3
technical issues
  • FireBit3's avatar
    FireBit3
    4 days ago

    Welp, Thanks reddit user Leon_nerd. posted this 2 years ago and still works. posting this to help others that might have the same issue.

    Ok I found the fix.

    Go to C:\ProgramData\Electronic Arts\EA Services. If you can't see `ProgramData` folder then you will need to show "hidden" folder in the settings.

    Back up the "/License" folder by cut-paste it somewhere else. (After this your 1. C:\ProgramData\Electronic Arts\EA Services folder should be empty)

    Launch BF3. This will create a new License folder but it will run the game.

    You might get kicked out of Bf3 after few mins with an error saying you need PB xx.xx. It's basically saying it can't find PunkBuster.

    To fix this issue, you need to install PunkBuster - http://punkbuster.com/pbsetup.php

    Open PunkBuster and "add" the game. You will see BF3 in the dropdown.

    Once it's done, you should not get kicked out again for missing PB.

    Good Luck!!!

FireBit3's avatar
FireBit3
Rising Novice
4 days ago

Welp, Thanks reddit user Leon_nerd. posted this 2 years ago and still works. posting this to help others that might have the same issue.

Ok I found the fix.

Go to C:\ProgramData\Electronic Arts\EA Services. If you can't see `ProgramData` folder then you will need to show "hidden" folder in the settings.

Back up the "/License" folder by cut-paste it somewhere else. (After this your 1. C:\ProgramData\Electronic Arts\EA Services folder should be empty)

Launch BF3. This will create a new License folder but it will run the game.

You might get kicked out of Bf3 after few mins with an error saying you need PB xx.xx. It's basically saying it can't find PunkBuster.

To fix this issue, you need to install PunkBuster - http://punkbuster.com/pbsetup.php

Open PunkBuster and "add" the game. You will see BF3 in the dropdown.

Once it's done, you should not get kicked out again for missing PB.

Good Luck!!!

  • danisoff's avatar
    danisoff
    Hero
    3 days ago

    Hello FireBit3​,

    I will mark this post as solved. Thank you for providing us with feedback on  how to solve the specific issue.

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