Battlelogium is a wrapper for Battlelog to allow better integration with Steam, inspired by Frohman :D's Battlelog on Steam This is basically a copy/paste from my post on the Steam Community forums. Don't know how many people still play BF3 at the 'temp, but I thought I might as well post it here. If the staff have any problems with this, then I don't mind if you remove it. I recently grabbed Battlefield 3 for $5, and I was pretty disappointed when it refused to work with Steam properly. I mean, I don't want to open Chrome whenever I play BF3, neither do I want to open Origin, then click on BF3, then click on a button on the Battlelog to get the Steam Overlay working. Similar to how I ended up making my Binding of Isaac Launcher, Frohman :D's launcher gave me inspiration to improve upon his idea if wrapping everything up in a neat package and adding that to Steam. What makes Battlelogium different Battlelogium is so called because it runs on Awesomium/Chromium rather than IE, which renders faster and has support for modern web technologies. Battlelogium supports custom CSS and Javascript to modify Battlelog's behavior and appearance. Battlelogium is also open source, if you know C#, feel free to fork me on GitHub Features Powered by Awesomium and Chromium Built with aesthetics in mind, many details have been fine-tuned to provide the best experience possible. By default, removes ads on the Battlelog page Written in C# with .NET 4 and WPF technologies Works seamlessly with Steam, closes Origin and Battlelog's ESNHost on quit so that one doesn't stay in-game even while Battlefield 3 is closed. The Steam Overlay also shows in-game in Battlefield 3. Easy installation, just unzip the contents to any directory and add to Steam. Page modifications such as removing advertisements can be changed or added through custom CSS styling of the Battlelog web page No need for Origin to be running while playing BF3 Open source and licensed under GNU GPL v3 System Requirements At least 4GB of RAM .NET Framework 4 Origin Battlelogium takes about 150MB of RAM to run, since it's based off the RAM hungry Chromium (Google Chrome), so if you have a weaker PC, this may not be for you. You do not need Google Chrome installed, however, Battlelogium has its own copy of Chromium bundled. Installation Battlelogium requires .NET Framework 4. This should have already been installed if you are on Windows Vista or later and have Windows Update enabled. Install Origin if you haven't done so (bleh). You can disable starting at launch, but this is not required, as Battlelogium will close Origin anyways before starting Origin again. Install the latest Battlefield 3 web plugins Unzip all the files in the package to any folder, I like to have it close to my Battlefield 3 install folder. Add Battlelogium.exe to Steam as a Non-Steam Game. Remove Origin Requirement A legitimate copy of Battlefield 3 is still required, and it will ask you to verify your license when you first start Battlefield 3 with this installed. Battlelog is still required for Multiplayer Multiplayer will continue to work, and this is not detectable by Origin (in fact, Origin has to be installed and is required for this to work) nor Punkbuster, but as a disclaimer, you are responsible for anything that happens to your accounts as a result or not, of enabling this feature. To enable it, go into Settings > Battlelogium Settings > Remove Origin Requirement. This feature is fully reversible, you can go back and use Origin at anytime. If you have this feature enabled, since Origin will not run, it won't sync your saves nor will it update. You'll have to run Battlefield 3 manually through Origin to update and sync your saves. Unlike other methods this does not change nor inject Origin, Battlefield 3, or any other process or dll. This method leverages Origin's built-in DRM scheme (thus Origin is required and must be installed) and is not detectable and 100% reversible. Once again, this does not allow you to play pirated copies of Battlefield 3, and will not work with pirated copies of Battlefield 3. An Origin account is required for access to Battlelog, to download the game and to verify it once the requirement to have Origin running is removed. This feature is 100% optional and you do not need to enable it Screenshots Loading Screen Battlelog Steam Overlay ingame Downloads Source Code at GitHub Download from my website (v1.4.0.3) (17.7MB) GitHub Mirrors (Note: Download links have been shortened with Google to track downloads. If you prefer direct downloads, here you go) More information about the downloads and configuration options is available at GitHub I've tested this on Windows 7 x64 and Windows 8 x86, it works fine, but if you find any bugs, feel free to tell me, preferably with a log (run it with Command Prompt). More info on how to get a log is in the readme and GitHub This would probably be my biggest project yet related to Steam. Hope you guys enjoy it Thanks to.. Frohman :D for the original Battlelog on STEAM launcher. ProfDoctorMrSaibot for suggestions and testing with 1.3 JJBoonie for feature suggestions and testing with 1.4 par.nofate.me for making Battlefield 3 without Origin running possible My other works GOGWrappers for Steam Easily add ScummVM and DOSBOX games from GOG.com to Steam Binding of Isaac Launcher: Revamped A nice looking launcher for Binding of Isaac and it's DLC, Wrath of the Lamb. Inspired by ./DosBoss/'s BOIL HawkenExhaust Use the Steam Overlay alongside the Hawken Launcher.
Wow, 150MB of RAM for the equivalent of a plugin! Yeesh. Cool though, I suppose. On a more serious note, why on Earth did EA make it such a huge deal to install and use Battlefield 3? All I want to do is play your game online with other people. To do that now, I would need to install: 1. Your game store client that I need running on my system like I need a hole in the head 2. Custom plugins for my browser that are probably riddled with security flaws so that I can set up matches online (didn't that used to be coded as part of the game?) 3. Oh yeah, the actual game I was very excited for this game, but I had to pass it up because of EA's ridiculously stupid requirements to play it, and I will continue to do so until they change that. My system does more than just run your game! Stop acting like your software is the only thing I ever use on my workstation!
Yeah, in the beginning, I tried to make it pretty "lightweight", then I realized Chromium is anything but. If you open up task manager if you have Google Chrome open, you'll find that like each tag has a process that has about 150MB of RAM tied to it, and this is pretty much the same thing :/ So I stopped caring about that and just focused on making it as pretty as I could. But, anyways, I hate putting up with that stuff too, but I couldn't pass up $5 for it, and I was going to get my $5 worth. Origin, Battlelog, sucks in general. Why can't we just get the normal menu that consoles got?
I was very sad to see all the required software that came with BF3. It's especially a hindrance when it's been a long time since you've played BF3 and you want to get into it again. My PC can hardly run this beautiful game, and it literally took 45 minutes before I was actually playing! Origin needed to update BF3 (Origin is cool, but it should have been Steam, really. Steam is soooooooooooo much better and they should have complete PC game domination. Origin can fuck off). The browser plugin needed to update. And the first 2 servers I tried just wouldn't connect, it was the third server that let me play, finally! But Battlelog works well, it's a REALLY cool concept IMHO, and it just feels completely next-gen. Very cool to adjust your loadout and check out all kinds of statistics, when you're at school or during work. Just very cool stuff, and I don't mind it being there. It does take a whole lot of resources, and it slows down everything. I might test this wrapper, I'm a Firefox user but it doesn't seem to be a problem. I have 4GB of (slow) RAM, I'll try it anyway.
I'll test this later today. You could had some screenshots (it wouldnt hurt anyone ) Woh it's great, finnaly found a great alternative to my browser. You could add a option to disable fullsecreen
I saw the option to change skins on the options but never cba to look about that. Anyway, can you add a option to enable/disable fullscreen? I like to minimize the game and go do other stuff while loading a new map and waiting for something else
You can just Alt-Tab out of it, like any other game, though, it stays on top until a certain amount of seconds pass to hide Origin's startup, and keep Battlelogium on top. You can disable that behaviour by changing waitTimeToHideOrigin in config.properties to 0
New, major update: Also, I recommend you update as soon as possible. Battlelog will be going through a maintenance that may break Battlelogium, and this new version allows me to notify you of updates, allowing me to push out hotfixes as soon as I can. Download Here (12.2MB) Try version 1.3, you won't be disappointed.
Battlelogium 1.4.0.1* is a major release, it comes with many User Interface changes, such as a new loading screen as well as a new feature to enable running Battlefield 3 without Origin running in the background., thanks to par.nofate.me For more info on that, see this A legitimate copy of Battlefield 3 is still required. Multiplayer will continue to work, and this is not detectable by Origin nor Punkbuster, but as a disclaimer, you are responsible for anything that happens to your accounts as a result or not, of enabling this feature. To enable it, go into Settings > Battlelogium Settings > Remove Origin Requirement. This feature is fully reversible, you can go back and use Origin at anytime. If you have this feature enabled, since Origin will not run, it won't sync your saves nor will it update. You'll have to run Battlefield 3 manually through Origin to update and sync your saves. This release also comes with a UI cleanup. Many of the buttons on the play bar have been moved elsewhere or removed entirely. The settings is now accessible on the navbar, and the "Settings" link under your profile button as well. The quit button has been included into the 3 Reload, Minimize and Close buttons at the top. Hotkeys have been added for convenient access. See the changelog for details. The full changelog is as follows Download from my website Screenshots The new Battlelog homepage The new loading screen Thanks to JJBoonie for feature suggestions and testing *Previously 1.4.0.0 was the release, but I had to fix a last minute bug.
Hello again just downloaded the latest version from your git, tried the exe version and the zip version and they dont run, just crash. Tried to instal the 2013 redist without any luck.
The new version is sweet! But I have a request/suggestion, can you add the BetterBattlelog? http://getbblog.com/ It has a neat features that I like to use (like the server radar to mark as red the servers that have Ping limit). If you could add it would be great.
There are already some BBLog features in there, like extended player stats Features from BBLog have to be handpicked and added to the javascript from BBLog's source and anything that uses any type of plugin API or localStorage won't work with Battlelogium.
