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ModNation Racers |OT| Loading, Moaning And Creating Vinyl Clothing
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Some stuff about the patch was announced today. No mention of load times, but its probably safe to assume that there are at least some load time improvements in this one :lol
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/07/12/modnation-monday-community-picks-and-patch-update/
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/07/12/modnation-monday-community-picks-and-patch-update/
Oh, hallelujah.
I have been waiting for this game to get patched before I actually play it further than the first few levels, as the load times are abysmal, and the AI made the game completely unfun to play by myself.
Maybe now the challenges won't make me feel like taking the disk out of the PS3 and smashing to pieces.
Nothing on an expected date of arrival for the patch, though?
I have been waiting for this game to get patched before I actually play it further than the first few levels, as the load times are abysmal, and the AI made the game completely unfun to play by myself.
Maybe now the challenges won't make me feel like taking the disk out of the PS3 and smashing to pieces.
Nothing on an expected date of arrival for the patch, though?
...Decado said:
Anyways, lol @ those who have to do the casual career mode. I unlocked all of that shit and it was so incredibly challenging and rewarding to say you did that.
To me it's kind of like back then when you played Mario 64 and it wasn't even about beating the game, but it was about asking your friends or everyone who's played it:
"Hey did you get 120 stars?" or something of that nature
That MEANT something. Nowadays everyone is in bitch mode and doesn't want to accept a challenge. Now I agree that it wasn't the best design choice to require you to do this to unlock all the parts in the game, but it still doesn't change the fact that there is/was way too much bitching and people were stupid for doing that.. And before you call me an arrogant asshole, you want to know why they were stupid?
Because the actual online racing is either just as hard or even harder than the career mode.
That career mode does a great job of giving you practice on using ALL the tools at your disposal. This isn't as shallow as Mario Kart in gameplay, you have to develop your skills in all areas.
/rant
Ashkeloth said:
Since he ended the post saying see you next week, while mentioning the patch with no firm date, chances are the patch is probably coming out next Monday or later.
I still haven't seen a patch before that changes their own trophy list before though. I don't know how they are going to manage that.
Thats nice and you can be proud of yourself!reKon said:
The problem is not that the game is hard, but the fact that the game forbids you to be good or does everything possible to make you weaker than you actually are. The AI is completely broken just as it is in many other racing games. If Im good, let me be good. Have a set challenge, but dont change the habit of the opponents mid-race. Rubber Band AI is horrible.reKon said:
Theres a difference between hard games and unfair games. ModNation Racers is unfair, MegaMan 9 is hard. No one bitches about the difficulty in MegaMan games, because once you learn how to deal with it, once you learn the level theres nothing to be afraid of anymore. Thats not the case with ModNation Racers. Even if youre super awesome and have played the game for 100s of hours, the AI will adjust to your skills and just not let you be way better. Thats just not satisfying.
You could say that about every single online game out there, but its not true. When you start to play Call of Duty or Battlefield online, youll get killed a lot. Youll get better over time and the fact that youre getting better (than your enemies) will change everything.reKon said:
I actually stopped playing this game, because of the loading times (worst Ive experienced this gen) and would really like to get back into it. Some of the DLC looks really nice, but if they dont get the loading times fixed soon Ill just sell it.
snap0212 said:Thats nice and you can be proud of yourself!
The problem is not that the game is hard, but the fact that the game forbids you to be good or does everything possible to make you weaker than you actually are. The AI is completely broken just as it is in many other racing games. If Im good, let me be good. Have a set challenge, but dont change the habit of the opponents mid-race. Rubber Band AI is horrible.
Theres a difference between hard games and unfair games. ModNation Racers is unfair, MegaMan 9 is hard. No one bitches about the difficulty in MegaMan games, because once you learn how to deal with it, once you learn the level theres nothing to be afraid of anymore. Thats not the case with ModNation Racers. Even if youre super awesome and have played the game for 100s of hours, the AI will adjust to your skills and just not let you be way better. Thats just not satisfying.
You could say that about every single online game out there, but its not true. When you start to play Call of Duty or Battlefield online, youll get killed a lot. Youll get better over time and the fact that youre getting better (than your enemies) will change everything.
I actually stopped playing this game, because of the loading times (worst Ive experienced this gen) and would really like to get back into it. Some of the DLC looks really nice, but if they dont get the loading times fixed soon Ill just sell it.
If you do things like lay mines consistently when you're in first, they game won't seem as unfair to you.
Gardens of Deception: http://community.modnation.com/en-us/players/ArgorokX/creations/1303347
It's been a while since my last track. In Gardens of Deception you race through a paradise that has more to it than it seems...
Lush green hills dotted with flowers and cypress trees surround a narrow dirt path.
Try not to get stuck as you cross a narrow bridge next to a waterfall.
Ancient ruins also adorn the hills.
A grand castle looms in the distance across an ancient stone bridge.
Falling from the bridge, you must navigate a dark and fiery inferno below. Jump across pools of mud and avoid deadly traps in the dark temple ruins.
You conveniently find yourself on the other side of the bridge, time to investigate that castle. Within you must choose to go left or right.
You wind around the 3 floors of the ancient castle. As you progress to the next floor, be on the lookout for fellow racers coming the other way and try not to collide.
From the top floor it's back down to the gardens outside...
And back into the abyss.
Your second trip through the inferno ends in the crater of an erupting volcano.
Back to paradise.
It's been a while since my last track. In Gardens of Deception you race through a paradise that has more to it than it seems...
Lush green hills dotted with flowers and cypress trees surround a narrow dirt path.
Try not to get stuck as you cross a narrow bridge next to a waterfall.
Ancient ruins also adorn the hills.
A grand castle looms in the distance across an ancient stone bridge.
Falling from the bridge, you must navigate a dark and fiery inferno below. Jump across pools of mud and avoid deadly traps in the dark temple ruins.
You conveniently find yourself on the other side of the bridge, time to investigate that castle. Within you must choose to go left or right.
You wind around the 3 floors of the ancient castle. As you progress to the next floor, be on the lookout for fellow racers coming the other way and try not to collide.
From the top floor it's back down to the gardens outside...
And back into the abyss.
Your second trip through the inferno ends in the crater of an erupting volcano.
Back to paradise.
ConradCervantes
Banned
So I popped this game in for the first time since I had bought my new PS3. Backed up all my saves and whatnot, including for this game, and transferred them over. I get to the ModSpot, and for some reason, the default Mod is sitting in his kart in place of my John Locke Mod in his #3 kart.
I go to my content page and it says I have nothing created for this game, nor any downloads, DLC or user-created. I back out into the XMB and head up to Game Data Utility. Third folder down is ModNation Racers User-Created Content, which has over 7000kbs worth of data inside it, which seems like the wealth of content my GF and I created (roughly 15 mods, five karts and one track combined). We both published a couple mods and karts each, so those won't be a hassle getting them back, but what about everything else?
If I have nothing saved on my HDD, what's in that folder? Is it possible the game just isn't seeing the content? Anyone else run into this?
I go to my content page and it says I have nothing created for this game, nor any downloads, DLC or user-created. I back out into the XMB and head up to Game Data Utility. Third folder down is ModNation Racers User-Created Content, which has over 7000kbs worth of data inside it, which seems like the wealth of content my GF and I created (roughly 15 mods, five karts and one track combined). We both published a couple mods and karts each, so those won't be a hassle getting them back, but what about everything else?
If I have nothing saved on my HDD, what's in that folder? Is it possible the game just isn't seeing the content? Anyone else run into this?
New patch info: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/07/19/modnation-monday-new-dlc-and-features-inbound/
"More Patch Details
On top of optimizing load times, one of the things a lot of you have asked for is the ability to play with your friends in XP races. Well, I am very pleased to share with you that UFG has added this feature and it will be available in the upcoming patch as well. The patch is nearing the final development stages with UFG working hard to iron out some bugs before it will be ready for release."
Also they are starting to sell the preorder exclusive mod packs starting with the cowboy one.
"More Patch Details
On top of optimizing load times, one of the things a lot of you have asked for is the ability to play with your friends in XP races. Well, I am very pleased to share with you that UFG has added this feature and it will be available in the upcoming patch as well. The patch is nearing the final development stages with UFG working hard to iron out some bugs before it will be ready for release."
Also they are starting to sell the preorder exclusive mod packs starting with the cowboy one.
Agent X
Member
moai said:
Are you talking about you versus one of your PSN friends online, or you and another person in the same room with you versus other players over PSN?
If you just want to race against your online friend, then I think you need to invite them into your ModSpot (or join his ModSpot), and set up an online race from there. You should be able to set up a private slot for your friend to join you. Then, invite him into your game.
It's been a while since I've tried this, so I'm going by memory. It's possible I might have omitted one or more important steps in the process.
Well, it's monday; time for another update: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/07/26/modnation-monday-creations-of-the-week/
You know that patch we keep wanting? Well they've finally... announced that they will announce the release date next week... Didn't know this game was made by Konami.
You know that patch we keep wanting? Well they've finally... announced that they will announce the release date next week... Didn't know this game was made by Konami.
New track: Temple of the Elements
Explore an ancient pyramid dedicated to the four classical elements.
The grand hall of temple. There is a door for each room of the temple, but you need to head right.
The trials of earth. Item pods sit on a rising slope, but taking them may prove challenging. The ancient stone statue will spit deadly barrels upon thieves.
Be on the lookout for more barrel-spitting statues. These aren't as picky, so keep your eyes open.
The trials of water. A large open room full of water. Will you follow the safe route or take your chances with the murky depths?
Back through the grand hall. Two more rooms await.
The trials of wind. The wind blowing through the center of this chamber will launch you to new heights. Be careful not to fall off the wooden platforms.
The trials of fire. Drift around an active volcano. Item pods line the outer edges, but fire-breathing statues guard these treasures.
Explore an ancient pyramid dedicated to the four classical elements.
The grand hall of temple. There is a door for each room of the temple, but you need to head right.
The trials of earth. Item pods sit on a rising slope, but taking them may prove challenging. The ancient stone statue will spit deadly barrels upon thieves.
Be on the lookout for more barrel-spitting statues. These aren't as picky, so keep your eyes open.
The trials of water. A large open room full of water. Will you follow the safe route or take your chances with the murky depths?
Back through the grand hall. Two more rooms await.
The trials of wind. The wind blowing through the center of this chamber will launch you to new heights. Be careful not to fall off the wooden platforms.
The trials of fire. Drift around an active volcano. Item pods line the outer edges, but fire-breathing statues guard these treasures.
Just got the game and I'm really digging expect for the loadtimes and that you can't make a list of tracks to play in splitscreen! Can't wait for the patch to come out, hopefully it will fix the loading.
So far the editing is really cool, and I've yet to try out the track editor. The driving feel is fantastic, don't know what the critics are talking about when they say that "it doesn't hit the spot". Drifting is awesome and there seems to be a lot of stuff to learn. Maybe too much for friends that comes over just to play for a few hours.
So far the editing is really cool, and I've yet to try out the track editor. The driving feel is fantastic, don't know what the critics are talking about when they say that "it doesn't hit the spot". Drifting is awesome and there seems to be a lot of stuff to learn. Maybe too much for friends that comes over just to play for a few hours.
I don't see how the XP was the problem. It was more of an interface problem, with it being hard to promote your stuff, and setting the create xp trophy too high. I just went from level 25 to level 30 and am sitting at 733,001 create XP; zoomed right past the trophy. A bit overkill, imo.netguy503 said:
What they need to do is make it easier to promote creations. User profiles will only list 12 tracks.
Agent X
Member
netguy503 said:
I was on earlier this morning, and there was no patch that I saw.
To CozMick and RagnarokX, are you saying that they rolled out a server side update?
I got the ModNation Prospect trophy after I signed on this morning, which you receive by earning at least 1000 XP (combined Race XP and Create XP). I didn't check my XP today (in retrospect, I should have), but last time I checked about 3 or 4 days ago, I was hovering somewhere around 700 to 800 XP, and I haven't created anything new in well over a month. A server side update to fix some sort of XP bug sounds plausible, unless my creations have had some inexplicable and amazing surge in popularity over the last few days.
Agent X said:I got the ModNation Prospect trophy after I signed on this morning, which you receive by earning at least 1000 XP (combined Race XP and Create XP). I didn't check my XP today (in retrospect, I should have), but last time I checked about 3 or 4 days ago, I was hovering somewhere around 700 to 800 XP, and I haven't created anything new in well over a month. A server side update to fix some sort of XP bug sounds plausible, unless my creations have had some inexplicable and amazing surge in popularity over the last few days.
I got the Prospect trophy when I logged in too.
I should be really close to the 5,000 silver trophy too so I should be able to bang that out before the patch. I just started level 15 right now. Is there anyway to check how many more XP I need?A good trick to do is if you want to build up XP racing is to do XP series NOT XP racers. You get 500, 400, or 300 XP for each respective spot in the top 3 as long as with the XP you got on each race by doing the weapons and all that I believe. It's pretty good, when the patch comes this will go lightning fast but even without the patch I think I did 5 races (you have to do 5 races in a series) in 15-20 minutes and it might be to your advantage to play while "everyone is waiting" for the patch because you can get into the top 3 more easily each race like I did.
IGN now has full details of the patch. Sounds like a biggie!
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/110/1109588p1.html
Nice!
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/110/1109588p1.html
Nice!
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
That would be me! I'll be more than happy to jump back in if the article is true!Agent X said:
V_Ben said:IGN now has full details of the patch. Sounds like a biggie!
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/110/1109588p1.html
Nice!
time to buy it, patch is August 4 btw