can´t play DLCs with Battlefield 3 Limited Edition

[er4yser]

I am playing via Origin I have all DLCs downloaded but can´t play them

[ApallingShip4706]

I bought BF3 Limited Edition on steam this Christmas and I played it for about a month only to no longer be able to play DLC servers because it tells me that it requires a additional expansion pack. Can someone help?

[CaptainMack90]

Hi,

I've read that I have to contact EA Support to get this fixed? I have premium, base game and all expansions installed, but I am unable to join any servers due to the above error message. 

"The game Battlefield 3™ Back to Karkand Expansion Pack does not appear to be installed. Please install it or try relaunching the game."

I have tried relogging, game repair and so forth. 

All the best,

[therealroksteady]

@er4yserThe issue with not recognizing DLCs on Battlelog is said to have been fixed since this thread was created. But for some users with Limited Edition there is a separate problem happening in Origin...

[er4yser]

yeah but the support fixed it I can play all DLCs now

[metallupyourass7]

I am still having issues with B2K

[BatuField]

@ragnarok013 I have same issue with BF3, but i downloaded it from Steam

[pWnzor133]

@CaptainMack90 Same here, for several days. reinstalled origin, no help.

[Dutchbash]

I too have had experienced this problem. Reinstalled Origin twice, and BF3 once. If one were to ask me, I think a bad update got pushed.

So after opening a ticket I was asked by EA to hop on a chat with a representative, and they were able to fix the problem after verifying my account details through the chat.

So hop on the chat and they should be able to get it fixed.

I know, not the most desirable solution for an issue that seems to affect a lot of players, but this is the only fix for now.

this is a list of things I tried that did NOT work:

1. Reinstall of Origin

2. Reinstall of BF3

3. Reinstall Chrome plugin

4. Delete content of %ProgramData%/Origin and letting allow BF3 to update

5. plenty of reboots in the meanwhile

The only thing that worked was contacting EA through chat support

[ragnarok013]

@CaptainMack90 I had this occur this weekend...it is frustrating. Here's what solved the issue on my PC:

Close Origin and all Origin processes in the task manager
Hold the Windows key + R.
In the command box that opens, type %ProgramData%/Origin then click OK.
Delete all the files and folders inside it except for LocalContent
Inside of the LocalContent folder delete the Battlefield 3 folder.
Next open Origin, allow Battlefield 3 to update, then log into Battlelog and join a server and you should be good to go.