Battlefield 3 to use Punkbuster Anticheat

Jarrod_38

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Battlefieldbc.ru and bf3.com.ua had the chance to interview Russian Battlefield Community Manager, Eugene Oleneva who just came back from a trip to DICE HQ. While it's probably not a surprise, Punkbuster looks to be the anticheat of choice for Battlefield 3. The interview also notes that there is no final decision about the much requested commo rose.

Live streaming ban service PBBans has announced support for Battlefield 3 provided that everything works correctly.

Since the audio interview is all in Russian, Battlefieldo has provided the summary below.

- Hitboxes are much improved in comparison with BFBC2.
- Recoil is really hard and needs to get used to.
- The closed betatest for MoH owners will be held but no word on date yet.
- There will be ingame VOIP.
- The anticheat system is PunkBuster.
- There are three slots for weapon customization.
- Character customization will be up but no word on details.
- BF3 will be greatly optimized. DICE is willing to optimize it for all platforms and hardware.
- System specs won`t be ?fantastic?. They will be reasonable.
- The feeling of BF3 is truly different. It`s not BF2 and not BFBC2.
- BF3 will be highly cybersports-oriented.
- There`s no final decision about commo-rose at DICE.
- There`s closed area at DICE office where people work on unannounced project ;) .
- Battlelog is a web-application for BF3.
http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=165171
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Not all that shocking since BC2 uses Punkbuster.
 
Jarrod_38 said:
Battlefieldbc.ru and bf3.com.ua had the chance to interview Russian Battlefield Community Manager, Eugene Oleneva who just came back from a trip to DICE HQ. While it's probably not a surprise, Punkbuster looks to be the anticheat of choice for Battlefield 3. The interview also notes that there is no final decision about the much requested commo rose.

Live streaming ban service PBBans has announced support for Battlefield 3 provided that everything works correctly.

Since the audio interview is all in Russian, Battlefieldo has provided the summary below.

- Hitboxes are much improved in comparison with BFBC2.
- Recoil is really hard and needs to get used to.
- The closed betatest for MoH owners will be held but no word on date yet.
- There will be ingame VOIP.
- The anticheat system is PunkBuster.
- There are three slots for weapon customization.
- Character customization will be up but no word on details.
- BF3 will be greatly optimized. DICE is willing to optimize it for all platforms and hardware.
- System specs won`t be ?fantastic?. They will be reasonable.
- The feeling of BF3 is truly different. It`s not BF2 and not BFBC2.
- BF3 will be highly cybersports-oriented.
- There`s no final decision about commo-rose at DICE.
- There`s closed area at DICE office where people work on unannounced project ;) .
- Battlelog is a web-application for BF3.
http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=165171
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Not all that shocking since BC2 uses Punkbuster.
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Yay hopefully hitboxes that are working as well as older BF games, and bigger recoil which is good.

Finally word of the closed beta for you MoH baddies.

On the 3 slots for weapon customization i hope it works kinda like in brink where you could change your sights, underslung attachment (m203 or grip), and either clip upgrades(which i doubt) or muzzle attachments(which is already confirmed)

Lastly, the cybersports thing, it better not sacrifice the traditional BF gameplay style and just stick to the small server dm stuff and squad stuff so to not intrude on 64p conquest
 
Thanks for the update! So pumped for the game, but I agree with Krod - that cyber-sports thing worries me.
 
- Hitboxes are much improved in comparison with BFBC2.
Since there's no support for windows XP (DirectX 9 is the problem of this)

- BF3 will be highly cybersports-oriented.
The last from Battlefield was Battlefield 2142 which was great! Now Battlefield is returning to his former glory! +1 for this!

I want more information about:
- Admin tools
- Server tools

Great post!
 
P3N said:
I want more information about:
- Admin tools
- Server tools
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+5. The current admin setup is nothing compared to source games. I would love to see something similar to how they work.
 
Another reason I pre-ordered it already.

Oh goody finally word on Closed Beta for MOH people (I am one of them so HAHA)

Now all that is needed now is a Conquest Multiplayer trailer with a Jet, Tank, Helicopter doing there destruction or something like that.
 
sounds pretty nice so far. cant wait for it to come out. and i have to wait 2 more days then anyone else :(
 
Good to hear they are bumping up the recoil.
Wonder if it would be anything like DoDs support recoil. Which everyone who plays the game for the first time say "Wow recoil is crazy in this game"

Also I think EVERY BF game they said that the hitbox were an "improvement from its predecessor" :P
 
Honestly I'm happy about the cyber sports thing from an admin point of view. If they are going to focus on cyber sports sure that means there will be more CoD type players but it also means there will be a theater mode. Theater mode=first person demos=catching hackers much more easily.
 
- The feeling of BF3 is truly different. It`s not BF2 and not BFBC2.
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Good, i'm tired of seeing Bad Company titles, I want my Battlefield back (no pun intended)
 
I miss the MOH:AA days - now those were real gameplay mechanics. * reminiscences*

But yes, looking forward to not having to shoot a guy 10 times in the face before it registers as a headshot.
 
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