Battlefield 3

Battlefield 3
Developer(s)	DICE
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Series	Battlefield
Release date(s)	NA October 25, 2011 AU October 27, 2011 EU October 28, 2011
Release type	Multi-platform
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, Co-op, Multiplayer
GameID(s)	BLES01275 (IRD), BLUS30762 (IRD), NPEB00723, NPJB00202, NPUB30742, BLAS50380 (IRD), BLJM60384 (IRD), NPHB00491 Beta NPUB90600, BLET70016
Internal resolution	1280x704
Quick links	Check Compatibility Open Issues Search Google Wikipedia Page

Battlefield 3 is a 2011 first-person shooter video game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is a direct sequel to 2005's Battlefield 2.

In Battlefield 3's campaign, players take on the personas of several military roles: a U.S. Marine, an F/A-18F Super Hornet weapon systems officer, an M1A2 Abrams tank operator, and a Spetsnaz GRU operative. The campaign takes place in various locations and follows the stories of two characters, Henry Blackburn and Dimitri Mayakovsky.

Configuration

Options that deviate from RPCS3's default settings and provide the best experience with this title are listed below.

GPU configuration

Setting	Option	Notes
ZCULL accuracy	Relaxed	Improves performance without any noticeable side effects.
Resolution scale	100	Write color buffers and higher resolution scale cause vertex explosions. Especially noticeable during Thunder run mission.
Write color buffers	On	Fixes missing ground. Breaks resolution scale.
Multithreaded RSX	On	Improves performance.

Advanced configuration

Setting	Option	Notes
Sleep timers accuracy	As Host	Improves performance.
RSX FIFO accuracy	Atomic	Provides stability.

Known Issues

The game will freeze during the loading screen if its not updated to version 1.09.

The game can be completed but expect lots of rainbow graphics across the majority of gameplay.

Special Notes

Netplay testing

For the complete list of games tested with RPCN, please check the RPCN Compatibility List.

Game Version	RPCS3 Version	Connects?	Create/Join lobbies?	Match with others?	Online features working?	Requires custom servers?	Notes
		No	No	No	No		Requires custom server.

Patches

Anchors:
  bf3_109_title: &bf3_109_title
    "Battlefield 3":
      BLES01275: [ 01.09 ]
      BLUS30762: [ 01.09 ]

PPU-fbb251a511c29cb38f33da72675bdf041ceadf4e:
  "60 FPS":
    Games: *bf3_109_title
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ byte, 0x00012fcb, 0x3c ]
      - [ byte, 0x00013007, 0x3c ]
      - [ be32, 0x00272f58, 0x38a00000 ]
      - [ be32, 0x007d9a98, 0x4ba99501 ] #Call
      - [ be32, 0x00272f98, 0x3cc041f0 ] #r6 = 0x41f00000
      - [ be32, 0x00272f9c, 0x7f833000 ] #cmpw cr7,r3,r6
      - [ be32, 0x00272fa0, 0x419e0008 ] #beq cr7
      - [ be32, 0x00272fa4, 0x90640000 ] #stw r3,0x0(r4)
      - [ be32, 0x00272fa8, 0x4e800020 ] #ret
      - [ be16, 0x0127cf26, 0x4270 ]
      - [ be16, 0x017d3f88, 0x3f91 ]
      - [ be16, 0x017d3f90, 0x404e ]
      - [ be16, 0x017d3f98, 0x3f91 ]

Canary Patches

Anchors:
  bf3_109_title: &bf3_109_title
    "Battlefield 3":
      BLES01275: [ 01.09 ]
      BLUS30762: [ 01.09 ]

PPU-fbb251a511c29cb38f33da72675bdf041ceadf4e:
  " Fix Rainbow Graphics":
    Games: *bf3_109_title
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes: "Compromises visuals for extra performance."
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be16, 0x012bc140, 0x9b1f ]