January 2021 - last edited February 2021 by EA_Atic
January 2021
@PeasantSwede Hey,
Can you try to delete origin and its cache and install it again? Please follow the steps from this article (steps under Hard way): https://help.ea.com/en-za/help/origin/origin/manually-uninstalling-origin/#hard-way
Thanks!
January 2021
Sadly it did not work. Any further suggestions?
January 2021 - last edited January 2021
@PeasantSwede wrote:
Sadly it did not work. Any further suggestions?
I have BF3 on both Origin and Steam and have had some issues which I've resolved. The best way I've found to correct this and similar issues is to uninstall and reinstall Origin and ensure the Origin license folder is deleted as well. If you recently had BF3 installed on steam ensure all of its folders are gone in steam as well then reboot the PC and reinstall Origin and the reinstall BF3 in Origin.
January 2021 - last edited January 2021
I'm trying to download Battlefield 3 Limited Edition in order to play with a friend and when i press download nothing happens. I tried to close origin and relaunch it and still nothing... I even tried reinstalling origin and the problem is still there.
Edit: After the last relaunch of origin i can't see download button but a "details" button (see screenshot)
January 2021
January 2021
Had an update to origin yesterday Version 10.5.90.46284-767180 and now BF3 will not download. Download button is there but does nothing. After the update when I went to play it had details instead of play for the button. Clicked on details and nothing came up. Uninstalled the game and now it wont download. Also uninstalled origin and did a fresh install. Other games are fine.
January 2021
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January 2021
Didn't work for me
Also, whenever I try to download it again, it sometimes shows the download button, but won't start downloading when I click on it.
Nothing works..
January 2021
I can jump in here, it's just the Download button with no functionality behind it.
It's not all games, as other games download just fine. Only BF3 appears to be affected in this way and it's defininitely due to recent Origin client changes, as I successfully downloaded it via the windows client in December, without issue. I uninstalled today, to try and figure out why I can't download the Karkand and immediately found I couldn't download BF3. Same issue as the OP.
To the OP, the workaround is this....
1) Close the Origin windows client completely. Quit out so its not running.
2) Open the Origin web client, log in and select to download BF3
3) When prompted, choose to open the Origin windows client
4) Origin will load up and start the BF3 installation.