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Battlefield 3 Installation

8 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/battlefield-3-installation.191068/

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Madh1261 Original post #1
Apr 20, 2015 at 6:01 PM
Alright so i bought battlefield 3 on origin.. I want to install it but its too big. i brought a pirated copy of battlefield 3 from my friend. Can i use that pirated copy to play the game and multiplayer because i don't want to download the game as it's too big. So will it work if i just paste the game in my origin games folder?
Alok
Alok #2
Apr 20, 2015 at 6:46 PM
Madh1261 said:
Alright so i bought battlefield 3 on origin.. I want to install it but its too big. i brought a pirated copy of battlefield 3 from my friend. Can i use that pirated copy to play the game and multiplayer because i don't want to download the game as it's too big. So will it work if i just paste the game in my origin games folder?
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origin will not detect non origin copy.
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Cruzy #3
Apr 20, 2015 at 8:02 PM
Nope.I don't think that is possible as in a pirated copy origin would be disabled.
Nerevarine
Nerevarine #4
Apr 20, 2015 at 9:43 PM
start installation, replace all large game data files from pirated copy, resume installation.. should work i think
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Madh1261 #5
Apr 21, 2015 at 1:37 AM
I will try
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #6
Apr 21, 2015 at 1:59 PM
Madh1261 said:
Alright so i bought battlefield 3 on origin.. I want to install it but its too big. i brought a pirated copy of battlefield 3 from my friend. Can i use that pirated copy to play the game and multiplayer because i don't want to download the game as it's too big. So will it work if i just paste the game in my origin games folder?
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piracy is not allowed and Origin will detect a pirated copy.
but u can try to copy paste the big files....don't use pirated cracked files (.exe,dll etc)

and this thread will be closed
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Madh1261 #7
Apr 21, 2015 at 5:54 PM
Okay, thank you.. Yeah i won't use crack.

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I tried and it failed. mods lock this thread
Alok
Alok #8
Apr 21, 2015 at 6:19 PM
Madh1261 said:
Okay, thank you.. Yeah i won't use crack.

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I tried and it failed. mods lock this thread
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looks like the pirated copy you are using to install your genuine game is non origin. If you had origin rip it would have worked. origin game folder and non origin look quite different when you see them side by side. Long ago I tried this with Dragon Age 2 and it worked, It was origin version pirated that I got in discs, copied over origin folder and origin detected game files.