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Grand Theft Auto: Online |OT| The Stimulation Has Began!
- Thread starter DietRob
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Aha, good call- trying everything! Will get in by any MEANS!
G-Bus
Banned
The matchmaking for me has been pretty well balanced so far. I've only noticed it in the free roam lobby with guys driving by with machine guns and I'm trying to take cover with a pistol : /
If your talking the first initial race you do with lamar right after you create a character I did it with just me and him. Think there was a 30 second count down timer for the "waiting for players to join" in the bottom right and it just dropped me in when the time was up.
I was thinking it was 8 players, one of them being Lamar. I've had 6 other dudes standing there and still nothing.
FrostuTheNinja
Member
So you actually see in game dudes. All I see is a launching session menu. Are you at the next step?
The video previews and articles about it made it seem better than what it is. It gets boring.
There were 8 in mine
IDK man it just keeps getting better for me. Are you playing solo?
Solo is boring.
True Underdog
Member
Sat waiting for about 15 minutes then, "you were kicked by other players."
FrostuTheNinja
Member
Sat waiting for about 15 minutes then, "you were kicked by other players."
What buttholes. Hope I don't run into any clowns.
Can't wait to bonk the crap out of speeding cars.
Was in a lobby with Kricis and he was host and dunno if he selected auto balance but those teams were NOT balanced.
Yep, same. I also got told "you left a job before it was complete you are on the bad list". How I can't even get into a fucking game to play a "job". This is just brilliant. I'm without the internet for two weeks after Friday and it looks like this is not going to be running properly for at least a week.
If I launch online from the loading screen (pressing 'A' at loading) I get to the point where I'm standing in the parking lot and dudes start appearing and disappearing.
If I launch from the solo mode, selecting the '4th player' to launch online mode, It'll cut to a blurry view of the Los Santos skyline and hang there. Sometimes I'll see 'Launching session' there, sometimes it hangs at waiting for players.
I've also noticed that my window to choose online mode from the loading screen is like 2 seconds. If I'm not jamming 'A' before the loading screen starts, it won't give me the option and launch right into solo mode.
Haven't tried selecting GTAO from the menu yet.
I've also cleared the cache and still nothing.
True Underdog
Member
Not exactly going to chalk it up to being kicked maliciously. For all I know, I could've been standing in the game world not moving (because I'm stuck at the loading screen). I may have been kicked for idling.
Or, everyone else who was queuing up in the lobby quit due to boredom (and getting tired of this awesome music) and it just said I was kicked by them.
vov
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
I'm loving playing golf with people.
I think the races are the best part for me so far. Especially when you bring your own car.
Yeah
Yeah
PS3 here. It use to show 1-8 on the marker but it now says 1-2. lol
awesomebro
Member
I have a question for those that have played this game online. What exactly differentiates this multiplayer mode from the single player mode besides that you can play with other humans? I'm dreading the multiplayer mode for several reasons to the point that I'm thinking about trading the game in since I'm done with the single player. Firstly, GTA4 multiplayer left a sour taste, it was just spawn killing and absolutely no fun. Next I have no experience in tps multiplayer shooters and I tried the free aim in the single player mode but I couldn't aim for shit since I'm used to the PS3 controller but not the 360. Is there any reason why I should give the online mode a try? I also want to know if you can access that cargo plane online or use one of those packers to transport your cars.
Revolutionary
Member
And it still doesn't work. GG Sony and R*
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
cheers where do you go to?
I have no idea. But you should come hang out with us in the parking lot and hope to find out.
How did you get in??
FrostuTheNinja
Member
Excellent points. It would be strange for some to have complete control of the online mode while others are experiencing all these issues. Hope it's all ironed out. That intro got me all excited.
IOnEI Falcon
Member
How are you able to bring your own car? It always makes me go on foot to start the race and then they are all pre-set options.
Out towards Sandy Shores I believe!
I saw that! invite me when you can!
I think it's in the host options. Certain ones I've joined have been pre set and others let you use your own. Haven't figured it out yet.
Edit: found it
It's "Custom Vehicles On"
Inviting people who haven't completed the tutorial isn't possible. The game says they have to complete it before getting invites.
BigWeather
Member
Do we know if our MP characters can work cross-platform? Meaning that I could play with the PS3 or the 360 version, not that it is MP in a single session with people from both PS3 and 360. Sure would be nice, particularly if we get a next-gen GTAO -- would love to not start over.
Finally made it through the intro video and am stuck with everyone else trying to kick off the race.
SOOOOO much failure here that could have easily been avoided with improved gating, load balancing and matchmaking.
All things that naturally flow from a solid beta period...
SOOOOO much failure here that could have easily been avoided with improved gating, load balancing and matchmaking.
All things that naturally flow from a solid beta period...
Not sure about how to report, but I'd love to hear about how one can ruin a golf game. Its instanced right, is he just not playing or is he able to cause some mayhem at the course?
Coffee Dog
Banned
So I just got home from work, I guess I need to keep restarting the game after getting these neverending loading screens for the first car race?
I was reading on a GTA forum that one guy got through buy unplugging/battery pulling his controller during the loading screen and during the little cut scene thing before the race and putting it back in when it was done. It didn't work for me but maybe for some of you it may work.
I just kept restarting GTAO until the race finally worked, took hours...
Like I said above, I waited five minutes at the most until I dashboarded and restarted. some times the blue ring (where you walk into to start the race) wouldn't appear, at which point, I would just switch to Franklin, then switch back to online.
It was just me and lamar in my race.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
hes deliberately messing about and taking ages to take a shot
Coffee Dog
Banned
Fuck soulwax, ugh. stuck launching session, of course.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
It's not entitled to say things like this because we all payed full price and Rockstar is making mad cash right now with the continued sales of this game. We can't even get a semi competent online component even though they had a little time to asses the situation with sales in order to gear up.
mordecaii83
Member
So are the PS3 servers just flat-out down? I've seen reports of 360 users getting farther than PS3 users even when they still can't join, whereas on the PS3 we never even get to a point where it says "Launching Session". As soon as the PS3 tries to contact the servers it just gives an error, almost as if there are no servers.
Seems to me like the 360 is suffering from being overloaded, but the PS3 version just seems to be completely broken. Am I the only one that 's getting this feeling?
Seems to me like the 360 is suffering from being overloaded, but the PS3 version just seems to be completely broken. Am I the only one that 's getting this feeling?
indigo-cyclops
Member
PS3 is still shit for me; I can't get anything, keeps erasing all my characters.
Laughing_Man__
Neo Member
I seem to be one of the few people who can get in and play...