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Grand Theft Auto: Online |OT| The Stimulation Has Began!
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SpasilliumX11
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TIGER-COOL
Banned
To preface this, I might just be crazy. Anyway, I've been playing GTA Online with minimal problems all things considered. I got through the tutorial easily, rarely get disconnected, and almost always connect when I try. Missions aren't an issue, etc. The problem I'd had was the frame rate seemed a bit crap, and the graphics were obviously reduced to the point of being GTA IV ugly.
Now I was playing today, and as I was driving over a mountain, the resolution suddenly enhanced quite clearly, and what was once a somewhat muddied view became brilliant and detailed. I noticed significant increase in framerate and general performance. There was also a ridiculous, noticeable reduction in aliasing to my delight. I hadn't seen it run this smoothly and clearly even in singleplayer to what I recall. I waited for the time of day to change to ensure it had nothing to do with that. I also moved locations several times. Still the same. It looked and ran amazing, looking almost as good as the trailers. I've been playing for half an hour since then, and it hasn't changed back. I was in a car chase and I could have sworn it was running at well over 30 fps (I don't want to sound like a total lunatic and say it felt like 60 fps.... but it did for a moment). Anyone else experience this? Could it have to do with my internet connection (maybe they scale back the graphics in relation to your connection speed, and it suddenly picked up - I know, probably not. Maybe it had to do with my 360?). Or am I just losing it? Either way, I hope this lasts.
So yeah.
Now I was playing today, and as I was driving over a mountain, the resolution suddenly enhanced quite clearly, and what was once a somewhat muddied view became brilliant and detailed. I noticed significant increase in framerate and general performance. There was also a ridiculous, noticeable reduction in aliasing to my delight. I hadn't seen it run this smoothly and clearly even in singleplayer to what I recall. I waited for the time of day to change to ensure it had nothing to do with that. I also moved locations several times. Still the same. It looked and ran amazing, looking almost as good as the trailers. I've been playing for half an hour since then, and it hasn't changed back. I was in a car chase and I could have sworn it was running at well over 30 fps (I don't want to sound like a total lunatic and say it felt like 60 fps.... but it did for a moment). Anyone else experience this? Could it have to do with my internet connection (maybe they scale back the graphics in relation to your connection speed, and it suddenly picked up - I know, probably not. Maybe it had to do with my 360?). Or am I just losing it? Either way, I hope this lasts.
So yeah.
Spring-Loaded
Member
There was one deathmatch that took place in a hedge maze. You can leave the area, but spawns and ammo are all inside the maze, so there's little point in trying to get a vehicle or advantageous terrain if you want to get more kills.
IV had where you could limit deathmatches to individual islands in the city, the entire map or smaller places like the prison/Ellis Island. I don't remember any quite as small as some of the places chosen for deathmatch in V though. It's just not that interesting, especially with the one-hit kill, animation-locking melee.
WarrenMax007
Member
How am i supposed to get 795k for Enitity XF? Rockstar it's not possible without microtransactions.
How expensive car mods are?
How expensive car mods are?
That is all I keep thinking about. All the server issues would be cleaned up and the game would run like a dream on next gen.
cleveridea
Member
I have had mostly fun co-op missions doing auto join "mission" (not race or deathmatch) doing that mission then cancelling out of the mission choose 6 after FINISHING that mission since they often dont have co op missions
though I did have one good deathmatch, straight gunplay just isnt to the strength of GTA really and I dont like joining them at all any more
Quoting myself for the new page!
cleveridea
Member
No just bank your money immediately using your phone
passive mode wont help you if you are in a car or someone in car runs over you. if you are in a car people can shoot you.
IMO its fun just doing co-op missions repeatedly from phone quick join "mission"
SpasilliumX11
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NoSkillz187
Member
Just collected a $9000 bounty on some guy. Yep I love this game. Also I am hoping this comes to next gen because I will be all over it. With your character in the cloud it should be easy to port the characters. Really enjoying GTA online. Probably the most fun I have had in an online game since Socom 2.
I'm on 360 but I guess that makes sense, I was beginning to wonder what the point of the bank was too.
The character I've been playing with all day now appears to be gone.
However, I'm thinking that it's a temporary thing with the cloud and whatnot. Usually when I switch to GTAO from SP, it says that my progress will be saved automatically. Now, however, it says that "any unsaved progress will be lost." Yesterday the same character vanished, yet he was available again today.
What do you think, GAF, am I justified in my optimism?
However, I'm thinking that it's a temporary thing with the cloud and whatnot. Usually when I switch to GTAO from SP, it says that my progress will be saved automatically. Now, however, it says that "any unsaved progress will be lost." Yesterday the same character vanished, yet he was available again today.
What do you think, GAF, am I justified in my optimism?
cleveridea
Member
PS3 with patch should be fine, I "lost: character when cloud down but char was fine when they went back up
until 360 patch arrives you arent safe
Ploid 3.0
Member
Seems like they didn't patch the $9k mission
What 9k mission is it? D:
Autofokus
Member
dreams shattered. :/
GTA 4 still charting top 20 damn
My level 16 just disappeared (PS3) that I have been using fine for 2 days now. I kind of expected it, but I will give it some time to see if it is temporary. A few people had it show back up.
Yep I'm PS3 + patch. Thanks for the quick response, your reassurance is...reassuring.
Ploid 3.0
Member
Wait until it's back, don't make another character, even if it's in a alternate slot. It sucks but it's better to wait than to start all the way over, lose your character, and be stuck in tutorial mission limbo.
NoSkillz187
Member
Why are you playing with auto aim? If you switch to free aim in the SP then it will automatically put you in Free aim rooms online. Evey deathmatch I played has been Free aim.
cleveridea
Member
Yeah IMO the only fun type is "Mission" thats typically co-op missions with some vehicle travel which are by far the most fun
I do this
1. Auto join mission (not race not deathmatch)
2. Finish mission then quit (typically the pick 6 has no co-op stuff)
3. Immediately bank money from phone. Go to 1.
Having fun, money keeps going up.
Now and then Join Mission still gives you a deathmatch but its mostly co op stuff
SpasilliumX11
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SJRB
Gold Member
Tried it for about two hours, didn't really enjoy any of it.
1. Character creation is awful. I thought people were overreacting, but they weren't. It's needlessly complex and nearly impossible to end up with an avatar you like unless you mash the random button 100 times
2. The intro is pretty lame, wasn't feeling the Lamar chemistry like he has in the singleplayer. Also the city is empty, it's pretty surreal driving around those empty streets. Also throwing 100 tutorial texts and explanations on screen while in a high-speed race or police chase isn't particularly convenien.
3. The missions I've played so far are okay, I guess
3. The game is basically one big free-for-all. Three times I tried to help someone who was being chased by the cops, only to end up with a bullet in the head myself for no reason whatsoever. Everybody is auto-hostile, which is exactly what I feared
I don't think I'll be coming back to online anytime soon.
1. Character creation is awful. I thought people were overreacting, but they weren't. It's needlessly complex and nearly impossible to end up with an avatar you like unless you mash the random button 100 times
2. The intro is pretty lame, wasn't feeling the Lamar chemistry like he has in the singleplayer. Also the city is empty, it's pretty surreal driving around those empty streets. Also throwing 100 tutorial texts and explanations on screen while in a high-speed race or police chase isn't particularly convenien.
3. The missions I've played so far are okay, I guess
3. The game is basically one big free-for-all. Three times I tried to help someone who was being chased by the cops, only to end up with a bullet in the head myself for no reason whatsoever. Everybody is auto-hostile, which is exactly what I feared
I don't think I'll be coming back to online anytime soon.
cleveridea
Member
I think you are only safe if you started your char after the patch. Dont have any inside knowledge just been my experience, nothing but fails corruption wise before, HOURS of trouble free playing since patch
servers have gone down and I temporarily lose char but he comes back with full stats and money every time
Anyone else notice how the best car mods like the very first basic engine upgrade require you to win something like 15 races online? Fortunately I'm decent at racing, but it could easily take weeks for the casual gamer to rack up that many wins legit considering how competitive it is online. Don't know what they were thinking.
its been top 10 every week since 2008, it was up to top 5 on his last list, which was in July i think, it used to be number 1 on GFWL list as well, which is now extinct.
mostly cause of the rampant un-policed modding that takes place.
No worries, this is my 2nd slot character anyway, who I made just in case my first one came back. Now he's my main guy!
(PS3) Hold down select until the quick menu comes up and you can turn the Chat to no-one.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Yeah, this sucks. I'm to the point where I just try to kill anyone who comes near me. It's the only way to be safe, or I'm about 2 grand.
^ This one.
Really easy and you can buy ammo during the mission.
MiniBossBattle
Member
Anyone have issues when doing a fun co-op missions with your friends only to be given 8 choices which are all races or deathmatch games? Even on refresh, they are all racing/deathmatch games.
I just want to do co-op missions.
I just want to do co-op missions.
Rainbow Six Vegas seems random lol
LordEssdot
Banned
I still can't even get on....
SonicXtreme
Member
free games for gold game