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Lan Game Battlefield 3?

  • 07-02-2013 07:35PM
    #1
    Valdez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭


    Hi, I have been off battlefield for ages, Is this right? you can't do LAN games anymore?


Comments

  • #2
    ktulu123
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,096 Mod ✭✭✭✭ktulu123


    If you mean host a private server on your own machine & play against mates in your house then no you cant do it any more. You can play on an empty server or rent one yourself & play on that though. Just get your mates to all join the same server :)


  • #3
    Valdez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭Valdez


    Hi ktulu123, Thanks for the reply, I am going to be running a tournament at my internet cafe, in the old days of BF i would just create a LAN server but what would be my best bet now? to rent a server? theres no way to create a lan?


  • #4
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Valdez wrote: »
    to rent a server? theres no way to create a lan?

    Impossible I'm afraid. Renting for a month (usually the minimum) is pretty much the only option. You'll pay about 1euro per slot.


  • #5
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Ponster wrote: »
    Impossible I'm afraid. Renting for a month (usually the minimum) is pretty much the only option. You'll pay about 1euro per slot.

    DICE have hinted once or twice about releasing a LAN update on twitter... has been a while since they last hinted it though.


  • #6
    ktulu123
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,096 Mod ✭✭✭✭ktulu123


    I'm sure DICE would love to release a LAN update but EA would never allow that to happen. Not when the only way to actually set up an event like Valdez is doing is to pay to rent a server. EA loves them moneys


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  • #7
    Joeface
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭Joeface


    actually hoped they would release it for BFBC2 once BF3 came out ....alas no epic fail


  • #8
    GottaGetGatt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭GottaGetGatt


    You can rent a server for a day
    1 day: 120 MSP

    7 days: 560 MSP

    30 days: 2000 MSP

    90 days: 4800 MSP


  • #9
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    GottaGetGatt wrote: »
    You can rent a server for a day
    1 day: 120 MSP

    7 days: 560 MSP

    30 days: 2000 MSP

    90 days: 4800 MSP

    Fairly sure we're talking about PC platform here. In the previous games a LAN mode was available so there was no need to play online. 64 player LANs were particularly awesome.


  • #10
    Chorcai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭Chorcai


    cherryghost wrote: »
    Fairly sure we're talking about PC platform here. In the previous games a LAN mode was available so there was no need to play online. 64 player LANs were particularly awesome.

    pew-pew-pew with 0 pings !


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