Want To Get BF4 PC Platform & Play
Old To All But New & Confusing To Me, I Need Some Help Filling In The Missing Building Blocks w/BF4 Purchase &
Getting Online.
My PC Exceeds Recommended Specs. Win 8.1 Pro, i7-4790K, Plextor M.2 M6e 256GB SSD, 16GB, Nvidia GTX-970, ect.
Want The BF4 Premium, I Believe Will Also Need To BF4 Standard To Make BF4 Preminum Work.
Can I Purchase w/EA Downloader? or Who & Where? No 3rd Parties Please (Forums Refund, ect w/3rd Party)
Seen Amazon Offers BF4 Online Game Code, Buyers Reporting Code? Already Being Used, Same From Origin,
End Results = 5-7 Days No Play or Request a Refund, All Time Consumming.
I Would Like To Get This Right The 1st Go Around, Tried YouTube, Not Much Help, Torret Site/Hacks, Not Any Good DIY Step By StepTutorials.
Would Like To Locate/Link, The Idiots Guide To Purchasing & Activating, Installing BF4, It Appears The Days Of
Purchasing Retail CD's, Installing & Entering Your Code Inside The Package Are Over, Cost Cutting I Know About.
I Have Seen In a Forum, About Some Online Library? & Vault? and If Your Membership Expires So Does Your Playing
Not Sure About All This & That Considering Not Knowing The Source Of Information.
Well, Maybe You Can Shed The Light Here Before My Light Bulb Goes Dim
Love BF, New PC, Time For More Fun, 60Yrs Old, Never Get To Old Wanting To Kill Something.
USMC (Retired) AB/InBev Engr Dept
Thanks Again, Sempter-Fi EA!
I will help you understand all this, first lets start with this... I Have Seen In a Forum, About Some Online Library? & Vault? and If Your Membership Expires So Does Your Playing... That is for console and not PC so not a issue for a PC gamer.
Next best to buy from origin as I have seen people post on Answers HQ and have issues with game keys and EA/ Origin cant help them and meh issues with returns etc for them. See this link to buy the game and with Premium Edition you get all maps and the game best deal.
https://www.origin.com/en-ca/store/buy/battlefield-4/pc-download/base-game/premium-edition
Once you buy the game you download it from your Origin account, now lets say you need to format your pc not a issue. Once you have windows back in and all set up drivers updates etc then install origin and log into your origin account. Then hit the games tab in origin and you can download your BF4 game again.
Edit.. Just to give you a heads up BF4 is played in a browser and you will need to install a browser plug in for BF4. Just be sure the browser does not block it, just watch top left or right of browser for a x or something showing allow or its being blocked. Any issues just ask :womanwink:
I will give you settings to keep your account safe from hackers and I will give you settings for BF4 once you have it installed. Us old kids need to stick together and I am more then happy to help you with anything so any questions just ask.
Make sure you do this to keep your account safe ...Enable Login verification:
http://help.ea.com/en/article/origin-login-verification-information/
How to stay safe online:
http://help.ea.com/ca/article/how-to-stay-safe-online/Once you have BF4 installed do this please as it will save you issues down the road...
Run the game as Administrator:
Go to the Origin games folder (C:\Program Files (x64)\Origin Games\Battlefield 4) and find Bf4.exe. Right click it and go to PROPERTIES, then COMPATIBILITY and check the box next to RUN THIS PROGRAM AS ADMINISTRATOR.
Do the same with BF4_x86.exe as well.
Run Origin as Administrator:
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin and right click on Origin.exe and go to properties. Then go to compatibility tab and check the box next to RUN AS ADMIN.
Disable Origin in game:
In Origin - Application settings - Origin in Game - disable Origin in game
Origin Cloud Storage turn it off
Origin, settings, General
Make Sure BF4 is set to 64bit if your windows is 64bit
1- open origin and go to My Games
2-Right click BF4 and go to Game Properties
3-Under when launching this game set it to x64 and check off disable origin in game.
4- Hit apply REBOOT your PCAlso make sure all this is up to date on your PC ..
Latest version of DirectX see this page
http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/confirmation.aspx?id=35
Reinstall Microsoft C++
NOTE>>> you need to select the x64 or the x86 file depending on what architecture your computer has. To find this out, Click Start, right click on "Computer" and select "Properties". Under system type is should say "32-Bit Operating System" or "64-bit Operating System". If 32-bit operating system, download the x86 file, and if 64-bit download the x64 file.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=40784
Update your Microsoft .NET framework.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=30653
Adobe Flash Player update
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Go to Punk Buster site
http://www.punkbuster.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php
1- Download PB then extract files to your desktop.
2- Open Punk Buster folder.
3- Click on the PB setup and it will open.
4-Add your BF4 game to punk buster its at the top of Punk Buster.
5-Then update punk buster again at the top of Punk Buster.
Reboot PC play BF4
