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Titanfall: Issues and workarounds

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Mechworrier

Titanfall is out already in the US, with a European release of the mech-battler tomorrow. South Africans waiting to play the hyped multiplayer shooter will have to wait until its local release date of 32 Febtober. Or pick up a key from somewhere like Evopoints, which is where we got our pre-loaded but as-yet-unplayable copies of the game. If you have the game, but are experiencing issues, EA and Respawn have outlined some of the more common errors – and how to fix them.

Here’s an example of the sorts of trouble people have been having with Titanfall, solutions for which can be found at EA’s support site.

Installation

  • Titanfall cannot be installed on 32-bit systems
  • Troubleshooting installation fails at 20% and 31%
  • Hard-drive related installation issues

Connectivity:

  • Connection errors and infinite loop when trying to connect on slower internet connections

Crashing and In-game

  • Crashing when accepting an invitation to a match in progress while currently in a match
  • Players randomly assigned to the IMC or Militia when starting Campaign

Hardware

  • Kinect cannot be used for voice-comms, and Voice and microphone functionality on PC
  • Some Intel processors must install specific beta graphics drivers

In somewhat related news, EA, Respawn and Microsoft have confirmed that Australia will be getting its own Azure-powered Titanfall servers, going live tomorrow. We don’t even get the game.

As I said earlier you can work around the lack of a local release and still standby for Titanfall. If you refuse to give EA a cent but still want some Titanfall action, you can click here. It’s probably also worth mentioning that Hawken is available on Steam, for free.

Last Updated: March 13, 2014

75 Comments

  1. Admiral Chief of comments

    March 13, 2014 at 10:02

    Febtober, heh, love it!

    Reply

  2. Admiral Chief of comments

    March 13, 2014 at 10:03

    Anyone jamming Hawken? And is it any good?

    Reply

    • Mikhil

      March 13, 2014 at 10:11

      It friggin rocks, although if you wanna play for free and not use a credit card to pay to win…it involves a lot of grinding. It’s still a ton of fun though.

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief of comments

        March 13, 2014 at 10:15

        How much grinding? And how is the ping?

        Reply

        • Mikhil

          March 13, 2014 at 10:21

          I actually haven’t even looked at ping, I tend to not get too hung up on it. If it is playable I’m happy. Having said that, it is extremely playable but I do play off 3G. Overall, I am able to find games in seconds and it is always full. The servers crashed on Saturday when it went free2play due to the interest in the game, but within 30 minutes everything was fine.

          As for grinding, I’m currently earning about 200 Hawken credits (I never said I was great at the game) per round, and the mechs start at about 4000 credits. Upgrades vary in price but start at about 500 credits. So it can take a bit of time to build your arsenal.

          Reply

          • Johan du Preez

            March 13, 2014 at 10:25

            Hawken was always free to play from the start …. it didnt go free to play on saturday …..

          • Mikhil

            March 13, 2014 at 10:27

            It had early access if you were willing to buy one of the bundles, by free2play, I mean they opened up access to everyone on Friday.

          • Johan du Preez

            March 13, 2014 at 11:41

            I didnt buy anything and have been playing for free for over 2 years ?

          • Mikhil

            March 13, 2014 at 11:44

            It was probably initially open and free, but for the last 3 weeks I was trying to get access, only two options were a $9 and a $19 pack, both come with mechs and upgrades. Then Friday (US time, Saturday our time) it opened up for free download.

          • Johan du Preez

            March 13, 2014 at 12:09

            Thats very sneaky of them …

    • JustAnotherGamer

      March 13, 2014 at 11:18

      Hawken is the best. Anyone want to game with me, add me on Steam

      Reply

  3. RinceIsIngwer

    March 13, 2014 at 10:04

    Titanfall YOLO

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief of comments

      March 13, 2014 at 10:09

      More like YWLS

      (you will live short)

      Reply

    • VampyreSquirrel

      March 13, 2014 at 10:19

      You Only Lag Once?

      Reply

      • RinceIsIngwer

        March 13, 2014 at 10:20

        Haha Of if that could be try.

        Reply

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          March 13, 2014 at 10:21

          Did you mean true? tee hee

          YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

          Reply

          • RinceIsIngwer

            March 13, 2014 at 10:22

            Because YOLO? 0-O

        • VampyreSquirrel

          March 13, 2014 at 10:21

          What? Type in English!

          Reply

          • RinceIsIngwer

            March 13, 2014 at 10:22

            ??

          • TiMsTeR1033

            March 13, 2014 at 10:22

            Houses.

          • VampyreSquirrel

            March 13, 2014 at 10:25

            Nah, it’s probably Cantonese… so they’re wooden huts

          • Rock789

            March 13, 2014 at 10:32

            Dude… You promised you wouldn’t swear like that on Lagz anymore!

          • General JJ the Fett

            March 13, 2014 at 10:32

            Some things can’t be unlearned.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            March 13, 2014 at 10:33

            True dat yo. And he says it about his own mom too. For shame.

          • Rock789

            March 13, 2014 at 10:34

            And he kisses her with that mouth too… Sies!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            March 13, 2014 at 10:35

            Oh wow. I went there, you went THERE. lol

          • RinceIsIngwer

            March 13, 2014 at 10:37

            0-O 0-o

          • Rock789

            March 13, 2014 at 10:37

            Yup… If there’s a line you shouldn’t cross, I’ll probably wonder across it at some point… Then realise I’ve crossed it and start revelling in it! 😉

          • RinceIsIngwer

            March 13, 2014 at 10:37

            0-O

          • RinceIsIngwer

            March 13, 2014 at 10:38

            I will swear any way I want!

    • General JJ the Fett

      March 13, 2014 at 10:31

      NO.

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief of comments

        March 13, 2014 at 10:31

        TItanfall CLEO?

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        • General JJ the Fett

          March 13, 2014 at 10:31

          No

          Reply

          • RinceIsIngwer

            March 13, 2014 at 10:37

            Teheheh

    • JustAnotherGamer

      March 13, 2014 at 11:19

      YAL? YOU ALWAYS LAG!!!

      Reply

  4. Rock789

    March 13, 2014 at 10:08

    Releasing of a broken game in this day and age? Shock and horror…

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      March 13, 2014 at 10:09

      EA would surely never do that?

      Reply

      • Rock789

        March 13, 2014 at 10:11

        What? Never!

        I am now SERIOUSLY concerned for the future of the Dragon Age and Mass Effect franchises… Seriously EA – what the hell are you guys doing?!

        Reply

        • TiMsTeR1033

          March 13, 2014 at 10:12

          It’s called making money apparently.

          Reply

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            March 13, 2014 at 10:14

            MAKE IT RAAIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNN

          • TiMsTeR1033

            March 13, 2014 at 10:19

          • Unavengedavo(aka. Bilbo)

            March 13, 2014 at 10:43

            According to this, you need a girlfriend for that O_o

        • Umar Praise The Golden Sun

          March 13, 2014 at 10:14

          Don’t be concerned. They’ll patch it after a few months

          Reply

          • Rags

            March 13, 2014 at 10:22

            TBH the only area where Bioware is really lacking is after release support for their games. Mass Effect 3 still suffers from quite a few bugs, missing textures and the like but they won’t fix it for some reason.

    • RinceIsIngwer

      March 13, 2014 at 10:09

      Lol.

      Reply

  5. Hammersteyn

    March 13, 2014 at 10:09

    I played Hawken a bit before I really got into Planetside 2. A very decent game indeed. Australia it seems beats us again…

    Reply

    • Rock789

      March 13, 2014 at 10:12

      I saw Planetside 2 is free on PS4… Was considering checking it out. What’s it like?

      Reply

      • TiMsTeR1033

        March 13, 2014 at 10:12

        a game I would sell my kidney to play.. That a good enough answer?

        Reply

        • Rock789

          March 13, 2014 at 10:15

          That good, huh? Hmmm… May just have to give it a try tonight.

          Reply

      • Admiral Chief of comments

        March 13, 2014 at 10:15

        GLORIOUS!!!!!!!

        Reply

      • Rags

        March 13, 2014 at 10:17

        I found it an extremely boring grind. May just as well have been PvE botmatches the mechanics are so simplistic.

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      • Hammersteyn

        March 13, 2014 at 10:18

        Unlike any FPS MP game. Three factions on three continents. The battle is always ongoing not round based. Continents are huge. Battles can be more than 50 vs 50 at one time. You have classes with jetpacks, extra shields and cloak abilities. No limit on the number of tanks or planes that can be spawned. Theoretically you can have 50 tanks or planes at any given time. Check out a couple of Youtube videos.

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief of comments

          March 13, 2014 at 10:27

          I’ve seen 200v200 fights as well

          Reply

          • TiMsTeR1033

            March 13, 2014 at 10:28

            Now that’s gotta be awesome.

          • Admiral Chief of comments

            March 13, 2014 at 10:31

            Except my stupid 3G can’t handle those big fights. So I stick to the 30v30 fights

          • Hammersteyn

            March 13, 2014 at 10:41

            O_o

          • Admiral Chief of comments

            March 13, 2014 at 10:45

            Yeah, crazy stuff, I’m guessing it was more, since I had about 4 kills in that “battle” and was about #363 on that current kill scoresheet, and there were plenty of freeloaders waiting for the inevitable XP

        • Rock789

          March 13, 2014 at 10:36

          Ok, that does sound pretty shweet. Shall be adding to m’download queue asap!

          Reply

  6. Umar Praise The Golden Sun

    March 13, 2014 at 10:11

    Eff Titans, give me a Wanzer b*tch

    Reply

    • Darthdad

      March 13, 2014 at 10:30

      What I would give for a proper remake of that game! Within reason of course……..

      Reply

      • Umar Praise The Golden Sun

        March 13, 2014 at 10:31

        Really? I would give anything lol You want my balls??HERE, TAKE THEM!! lol but yeah seriously though, I would love a remake of this game as well. And not the Evolved kind *facepalm*

        Reply

  7. HvR

    March 13, 2014 at 10:17

    Betafall!

    Reply

  8. Mossel

    March 13, 2014 at 10:18

    Lol just clicked that link! There goes my productivity!

    Reply

  9. Labey-Kun

    March 13, 2014 at 10:18

    This is what they get for mocking our internet infrastructure and not releasing the game in SA

    Reply

  10. Scratch17

    March 17, 2014 at 09:28

    So, final time I’m asking before making my decision. To everyone playing the released retail version of Titanfall: does it perform well enough on our networks that you would recommend buying it?

    Reply

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