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Lindsay said:
So I've been playing that Wipeout demo and its impossible for me to win the race with assists/weapons on or off lol. Its POD/F-Zero GX all over again in that I can't adjust to floaty controls and know I'll never unlock jack squat. Buuuut the games so nice to look at that I'll end up turning it on every now an then just to mess around. So I guess thats one PS3 game chosen along with Pursuit Force for PSP. Dunno about the seconds yet.

edit: I read in one of these threads the Wipeout has an unlock key thing? So I should keep the demo so I won't have to re-d/l it later?

You can mess about with the sensitivity of the air brakes, and also the acceleration sensitivity. It's strange, it seems to me like it's mostly memorisation of the maps that wins you races.
 

StuBurns

Banned
Lindsay said:
So I've been playing that Wipeout demo and its impossible for me to win the race with assists/weapons on or off lol. Its POD/F-Zero GX all over again in that I can't adjust to floaty controls and know I'll never unlock jack squat. Buuuut the games so nice to look at that I'll end up turning it on every now an then just to mess around. So I guess thats one PS3 game chosen along with Pursuit Force for PSP. Dunno about the seconds yet.

edit: I read in one of these threads the Wipeout has an unlock key thing? So I should keep the demo so I won't have to re-d/l it later?
Are you using the R2/L2 buttons for sharp turns and double clicking them for quick 'dodges'? I've been playing the game and the first section is very easy, I wouldn't worry about it in context.
 
cacophony said:
An error has occured.
(80710D36).

what the fuck
Yep seen this code about 70 times now. When it DOES work for some reason any 9 character password with non-repeating characters with letters and numbers ISN'T accepted. Even when I tell it to email me a new password it fails and tells me in Japanese to try again later. Sigh.
I just want to know if I am getting 60 days of PS+ or not. Is there an email that they reply to? I'm in Australia.
 

Jrmint

Member
Quick question guys.

Can I play single player games while my downloads are going in the background? Or will that stop them. I have LBP and Dead Nation going, but they are going slow as is, and don't want to slow it down further.
 
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Deleted member 80556

Unconfirmed Member
MrBeggar said:
My free ps3 game 2 option has disappeared.
Am i the only one?

No, you are actually lucky that you got one game.

I got an error on each option and lost the opportunity to download either game.

WHAT THE FUCK, SONY
 

TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
PjotrStroganov said:
Destroying people online in Wipeout is no fun. Where's the challenge?

Play Phantom or whatever the highest mode of speed is and get back to me. I can't go above 2 stars without losing my control.

Juan29.zapata said:
I got an error on each option and lost the opportunity to download either game.

E-mail Sony support.
 

RPGCrazied

Member
MrBeggar said:
My free ps3 game 2 option has disappeared.
Am i the only one?



Log into your PlayStation Network account and choose Account Management > Transaction Management > Services List

Choose “PlayStation Network Promotions” from the list of services displayed

Select either “PS3 Free Games” or “PSP Free Games” and then choose “Select Content”

You will be taken to the store to choose your remaining free games.

That should work.
 
Jrmint said:
Quick question guys.

Can I play single player games while my downloads are going in the background? Or will that stop them. I have LBP and Dead Nation going, but they are going slow as is, and don't want to slow it down further.

Just sign out of PSN and play SP. The downloads will continue to download.
 
I managed to get PSN+, now downloading Burnout Paradise and SoR2 (SoR2 seems to be more expensive on PSN than XBL :/).

Whenever I try to do the Welcome Back thing, it freezes and the icons disappear. Then it just stops working altogether, lol.
 

Drek

Member
Juan29.zapata said:
No, you are actually lucky that you got one game.

I got an error on each option and lost the opportunity to download either game.

WHAT THE FUCK, SONY
Read the OP maybe?
 

Jrmint

Member
RoaringHawk said:
Just sign out of PSN and play SP. The downloads will continue to download.
You sure? Even if I sign out?

Can't even get into the store. Error 80710D36 :(
It usually works the third time I do it, just keep hitting it, you'll get in eventually.
 

jaypah

Member
plagiarize said:
yay for already having the Wipeout demo installed. i can't try fury yet, but at least i'm playing something new thanks to being able to just download the unlock key.

wipeout HD looks so stupidly good in 3D.

no fucking kidding!!! I bought it and fury back when I got my TV and it is beautiful. I had heard a lot about ghosting but I didn't experience any. But I have a dlp and according to folks at avsforum they're good at the ghosting problem. As a matter of fact I only experienced ghosting once while playing tumble and that was cleared up by resetting my glasses. 73 Inches of 3D Wipeout is brain melting and I fucking suck ass at that game! I still love it though, as I grind against barriers in last place, lol.
 

TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
Xamdou said:
For Wipeout campaign, which should I do first Fury or HD?

It doesn't matter. But if you do Fury for the campaign complete trophy on that (that doesn't require OMG HAX AI elite in tow for the Elite complete trophy in HD), you get the "bling brigade" requirement skin. Which should be easier to get than it was for me if you/GAF organize a game while the game is popular and there is bling skins available to race with.

Plus, Fury has more modes than time-trial and race.
 

Lindsay

Dot Hacked
MarshMellow96 said:
You can mess about with the sensitivity of the air brakes, and also the acceleration sensitivity. It's strange, it seems to me like it's mostly memorisation of the maps that wins you races.

I could mess with 'em but I'd prolly end up making things worse! I think you're right about the rememberizing thing. Gotta know where them boost pads are an try to actually get on them in time!

StuBurns said:
Are you using the R2/L2 buttons for sharp turns and double clicking them for quick 'dodges'? I've been playing the game and the first section is very easy, I wouldn't worry about it in context.

I didn't notice any sharp turns in the demo track sooo I haven't really been using 'em. Didn't know about the quick dodge thingy!
 
Okay so... As a UK PS3 owner, if I download the free KZ3 maps from the US Playstation Plus service, will they work with the EU/UK version of KZ3?
 
Jrmint said:
You sure? Even if I sign out?

Yup.

Some games allows downloads to continue even if your are signed in, Uncharted for example, if you play SP, downloads will continue as normal, if you enter MP, the downloads will be paused. If you switch back to SP, they will resume.
 

lowrider007

Licorice-flavoured booze?
Well I got them in the end, I just kept spamming for about 10 minutes straight until it showed the little red purchased icon on the game, I then went into my down history and grabbed them from there.
 
To all the people saying their downloads are disappearing, try checking your Download List in the Store. Worked for me when I downloaded Wipeout HD.
 

TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
RPGCrazied said:
I noticed playing LBP it pends my downloads, maybe cause it uses online itself? I dunno.

Yes. Even if you play "singleplayer" you're still connected to PSN/MM's servers which stops your background download. The only way to prevent that is to sign out of PSN to where PSN won't attempt to login and the background downloads will download from the PSN store servers with no issues.


Then play against the Elite AI, man. If you can beat them, do my flipping campaign complete on Elite trophy. Because they are fucking cheaters. >:|
 

jaypah

Member
RPGCrazied said:
I noticed playing LBP it pends my downloads, maybe cause it uses online itself? I dunno.

Yeah, it uses the connection at all times I think. Or at least enough to stop downloads.
 

Hanmik

Member
has anyone had problems with infamous ...?? i downloaded it as my first choise installed it.. but it did not show on my download list.. played it and it expired after fucking 10 minutes ... i then discover i downloaded it as a trial last year as a plus thing.. i try to redownload the game. and discover that i still have a game left to download . no matter how many times i try to download it, istill have a game left to download .. so i chose ratchet. it starts downloading and appears on my download list. but infamous is still expired .. fucking plus cheated me from getting infamous.
 

TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
Hanmik said:
has anyone had problems with infamous ...?? i downloaded it as my first choise installed it.. but it did not show on my download list.. played it and it expired after fucking 10 minutes ... i then discover i downloaded it as a trial last year as a plus thing.. i try to redownload the game. and discover that i still have a game left to download . no matter how many times i try to download it, istill have a game left to download .. so i chose ratchet. it starts downloading and appears on my download list. but infamous is still expired .. fucking plus cheated me from getting infamous.

Maybe that's why it isn't showing up on my list but Sony says I still have a free game for PS3 left to get. I asked Killthee to get me LBP1 and Infamous on my account (Infamous was the only one I didn't own and LBP1 I want a DD of), but either he hasn't gotten it (glitched missing thing, which I told him how to fix) or Sony is fucked up on that offer. :/
 
plagiarize said:
i did it through password reset on qriocity.com... worked just fine, but it was pretty slow.

just tried it for my old account and got a 'server maintainence error'. the reset went through anyway.
Gentleman and scholar! Thank you for that good sir.
 
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Deleted member 80556

Unconfirmed Member
Drek said:
Read the OP maybe?

I read it, I was just saying how I felt when I saw that.

Anyway, I think I'll wait until the night, when server traffic is not so heavy.
 

D-Pad

Member
Does this work in Media Go? Because I was able to get Killzone in my cart and pull it up in Media Go, and then download it, but now I can't transfer it to my memory stick. I get this error: A network error has occured. (80048104)


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Is there a way to do it manually?
 
Got Ratchet, Wipeout, LittleBigPlanet, the Pixel theme which is nice. This day is awesome.

Don't want Dead Nation so will probably download inFamous and sell the hard copy.
 
i totally could get infamous for free. i have enough accounts.

i'm not going to though.

because i hate it. free isn't a good enough price for me.
 

brentech

Member
I was actually surprised they allowed me to download 2 games on my account, and another 2 on my wifes. Got all 4 games we didn't have. I kind of figured they would have locked it down by MAC address or system ID.
 

DiscoJer

Member
D-Pad said:
Does this work in Media Go? Because I was able to get Killzone in my cart and pull it up in Media Go, and then download it, but now I can't transfer it to my memory stick. I get this error: A network error has occured. (80048104)


Fake Edit: Screen shot

OPfID.png


Is there a way to do it manually?

Look, people, just wait until the servers calm down a little.

I had that same error trying to buy a game when the store went up (I bought it, downloaded it, but it wouldn't transfer because it couldn't do the license). When the traffic subsided a bit, I was finally able to get it without the error.

I imagine the same thing is happening again, everyone trying to get their free stuff. Just be patient...
 

Mithos

Member
brentech said:
I was actually surprised they allowed me to download 2 games on my account, and another 2 on my wifes. Got all 4 games we didn't have. I kind of figured they would have locked it down by MAC address or system ID.

I would have been surprised(pissed off) if they didn't allow it, even if you both use the same hardware both your personal information was stolen.
 

Jrmint

Member
plagiarize said:
i totally could get infamous for free. i have enough accounts.

i'm not going to though.

because i hate it. free isn't a good enough price for me.
Grats?

Not sure why you would hate it if you are in to those kinds of games.

I find it incredibly fun. I had much more fun with Infamous and Crackdown then I ever had with GTA IV, the traversal of the world is so much more fun.
 

DMeisterJ

Banned
Got my free stuff, and a new episode of Pulse (drool, Christina Lee) on the side !

Thanks Sony/Hackers :)

I'll wait a bit for my PS+
 

D-Pad

Member
DiscoJer said:
Look, people, just wait until the servers calm down a little.

I had that same error trying to buy a game when the store went up (I bought it, downloaded it, but it wouldn't transfer because it couldn't do the license). When the traffic subsided a bit, I was finally able to get it without the error.

I imagine the same thing is happening again, everyone trying to get their free stuff. Just be patient...

That what confused me: Why I couldn't transfer the game after I already downloaded it. Thanks.
 

Dibbz

Member
MarshMellow96 said:
Okay so... As a UK PS3 owner, if I download the free KZ3 maps from the US Playstation Plus service, will they work with the EU/UK version of KZ3?
I tried that. Didn't work :(

Hopefully SCEE will put it back into the PS+ section. Seems like they've put new stuff in rather than putting the old April stuff in like they said they would.
 

Agent X

Member
Of the five PS3 games on offer in the US, the only one I don't already have is Dead Nation, so obviously that's going to be my first choice.

For my second selection, I'd like to know if Super Stardust HD also includes all of the downloadable content, similar to how the Wipeout HD package in the offer includes the Fury pack. I've already got Super Stardust HD (of course), the Solo pack, and the Impact mode pack, but I'm missing the Team pack. If the Team pack is included, then I'll choose this for sure.

If you've chosen SSHD, then could you please check and see if it include any of the DLC packs? These appear as extra game mode selections in the menu. For example, the Solo pack includes Endless, Bomber, Survival, and Time Attack modes. If you've got those modes available, then you've got the Solo pack.
 
Quick question (my apologies if this has already been covered): Am I still able to download and truly own Wipeout HD even though I already got it for Plus? That wasn't possible in the past.
 
What the hell? Clicked to the first PS3 game, successfully clicked "get now," went back, wouldn't let me download stardust, and now it won't actually let me download the first game. This is nuts.
 
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