Battlefield 3 stuck on joining server

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Battlefield 3 stuck on joining server

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Hello,

I am stuck on the joining server message on BF3, the game worked before but haven't played in a while.

 

Thank you

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Hero (Retired)

Hi!

 

If you're playing on PC then there could be a problem with the latest update (Armored Kill) since many people having the same issue. However, if you're playing on a console (Xbox 360/PS3) i recommend you to clear system cache and install the latest update again. Report back if the problem still exist after trying this.

 

Hope this helps you out. / XSV N1T3MAR3™.

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@stalker777777 wrote:

Hello,

I am stuck on the joining server message on BF3, the game worked before but haven't played in a while.

 

Thank you


How frequent is it ?

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100%

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@stalker777777 wrote:

100%


Playing after 9 months ?? .... try to reinstall the game .. 

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Had this problem tonight and I found it was origin that was causing it. For whatever reason, origin kept failing to sync the cloud data, or it would try and do something before trying to load the game itself. As an example of what I mean, after I 'Join Server' the browser would lose focus immediately and go back to origin. Nothing happened afterward.

 

So, I tried a couple of things. Logged out of origin and logged back in. Logged off my account on my Computer and logged back in. Neither of these worked. Then something hit me: What if I force the game itself to open origin after clicking on Join Server. Maybe that will get the game to load before origin tries to do something stupid. And what do you know, it actually loaded the game and let me play.

 

So, step by step this is what I did. 1. Open Battlefield 3 and try to join a server. 2. Wait roughly 5 seconds then close the game. 3. Go back to origin and make it close out. What I mean is go to Origin -> Exit. Do NOT close BF3 when it asks you to do so. 4. While you still have the server you want to join pulled up, try and join it again. 5. Be patient and hopefully this resolves your instance of the issue.

 

I had been playing the game every other day or weekly lately with no problems. Origin had to download an update and WHAM, I got this problem. Hopefully nothing super serious happens in the future

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Dude you are a LEGEND! Thank you so much I was about to give up

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Thanks so much!

 

I spent about 5 hours trying to find a solution, and you found it! 

EA support wanted me to contact their specialists for battlefield, but you fixed it! :D

 

As mentioned before by the other guy, you are a legend!

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You, sir, gave the only answer that has worked for me that I can find on the internet. Thumbs up for you! :D

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try going to origin right click on game and use the repair install. it worked for me, hope it works for you.

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