Baloonatic
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Aw man, no CD-Key. I hope Ubisoft respond fairly quickly, been looking forward to this for a while.
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Rocksmith |OT| While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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Maastricht
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I have one TV, into which I have my PC plugged in on the first port, and the PS3 on the second, both over HDMI. The PS3 has practically no lag whatsoever, and the PC has such a huge ass amount of lag that I have to plug a headphone into the PC's analog headphone out on the front. Once I do that though, it's perfect.
But yeah, so in theory it shouild be possible to have little to no lag over HDMI, but it very much depends on the hardware driving it. Of course, setting everything to stereo at all levels and disabeling any post-processing on the sound is the first step to help there, but for the PS3 at least, I didn't have to do anything and I think both PC and PS3 are configured for just stereo out (as they are only directly connected to this TV in my study).
TV is a cheap 27"LG with passive Stereo 3D support that I paid 270 euro for by the way. Very pleased with it so far, hooked up my old 360 to it with component now as well (so I get sound without hassle), though that's a little bit disappointing as it doesn't look as good as VGA did.
What do you mean with that? Didn't you buy it over steam? Or does steam require a CD key after the beta? I think I may only have played the beta so far on PC
Baloonatic
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Purchased from Amazon as it includes the cable, but there's no key on the manual or in the case. There's a specific page up on the Ubi support site for it so I guess I'm not the only one.
Well, I still don't know what they want from me. And the dynamic difficulty is rather wacky I got to say. It's good in theory, but in reality it doesn't turn out so well...so far.
toymachine
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http://ubisoft-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/17223
In case other people run into this
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Maastricht
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It wants you to play the notes you get pretty much perfectly. Once you do, it levels up to show more notes automatically until it maxes out (both things it tells you as it happens - phrase level up / phrase maximised, or something like that).
Things you can do to make it more interesting if you're already quite good faster is do some of the technique exercises and make them all gold. This will make your starting level for songs go up (as your rating goes up), and you'll be more familiar with the techniques before you get them in the songs, should they not be immediately obvious (so far for me they have been except flagiolettes, but I got that pretty quickly)
Another way to get the difficulty of a song up more quickly is going into Riff Repeater, select the parts of the song that you want to level up quicker (usually good to do it with more difficult things) and practice them using Top Level (or whatever it's called - my PS3 is on Dutch right now for my kid, so I'm not sure of the English names).
Here, press pause and now you can actually set the level to your own preference. If you think you can play it 100% right away, just maximise the level, then play it. If you succeed, this will be the new level for this section in the song in any mode from here on out.
I've just been doing this to work on my solos for Between The Lines and Slither. Those bends are killing my fingertips - I have a slightly thicker than average E string and that's really killing me. You also want to retune more often and retune by ear if you can or it can get tricky to get it exactly right (unless your strings are more flexible).
I've had to put in some serious work just to get the first Solo of Slither up from 42% to 57%. It will be incredibly satisfying once I can play that solo at 100% though - I'll probably post a youtube online if I ever manage that, and then find a way to play that live on stage somewhere.
When you use leveler, it leaves it at the last level you failed, unless you set it manually.
That way, you can get it as high as you can normally, then you can step into accelerator to get it down perfectly. It's actually a pretty good system, but the interface does get in the way a lot. I've found the DLC tends to be less good as the core content when gradually increasing the difficulty though.
I've found the single note version of Are you gonna be my way to be hardest on the bends. Those 2nd fret bend take a while to get used to.
I've made a list of all the songs which don't feature in any of the UK song packs. It might interest you.
Safe to buy singles said:
toymachine
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Agreed- one of my favourite songs to play right now. Also gives you some ideas for similar riffs of your own
BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
Does anyone else have the issue where Scale Runner constantly gets choked up? It's unplayable for me...
On PC?
BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
Yeah, it's a total bummer. The duck game also chokes up on occasion.
Doesn't happen to me on PC, weird
BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
A restart fixed it. Weird. Everything plays great now.
But my fingers hurt. I've had the game since Friday and I've already put 14 hours into it. haha
Gotta wait for the callouses to set back in I guess. I haven't really been playing much recently.
Maastricht
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I actually got a blister from my last solo exercise from a lot of bends - I have a slightly thicker than average E string if I remember correctly, and that's killing me now. My fingers are really readjusting themselves to the punishment though, I can feel it while typing ...
toymachine
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Can anyone explain to me how the baseball game is supposed to work?
watch the video and read the comments
toymachine
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Thanks.
Easy? This is Rocksmith!
Do you mean In Bloom? You'll get it eventually
Baloonatic
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Game is really impressive, surprised at how well it works. However, I'm trying to learn the pre-chorus to Rebel Rebel on bass using the riff repeater and it keeps saying I've mastered it and ends the exercise when I know I'm not comfortable playing it yet. Is there a way to do the riff repeater thing and just make it loop until I decide to quit?
toymachine
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Baloonatic
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Thanks, that's perfect.
I'm also wondering if I should knuckle down and get good at using my fingers instead of a pick on bass. I'm way better with a pick but I guess finger plucking is a good skill to learn? Like, I can do Plug in Baby with a pick but can't get my fingers to move fast enough to do it the "proper" way. I used to play electric guitar which is why I'm already familiar with using a pick.
Snytbaggen
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I'm thinking of picking this up on Steam, but then I'd need to buy the cable separately, which seems a bit unnecessary to me since I already have my guitar hooked up to my computer through my sound card. I read a forum post somewhere that there already was a mod so you could play with any cable, but aside from that post I can't find any info at all. Does anyone here know about this?
Baloonatic
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It's Steamworks so you might as well just buy it retail to get the cable included. Ubisoft did kind of forget to include serial numbers with the game though so be prepared to contact them to get one D:
Snytbaggen
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Hmm, you're right. It's about the same price too. Anyway my question still stands, as I already have one setup I'm using for guitar rig it feels unnecessary to have two cables, unless you can use the Rocksmith cable with guitar rig with good quality and latency.
HarryHengst
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There is no mod so far.
Easy? This is Rocksmith!
Do you mean In Bloom? You'll get it eventually
Yeah, I know. It's like 73% and I sneak peeked the 100% version and was like "OMG".
toymachine
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Avenged Sevenfold next week
toymachine
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Are you in the UK?
Facism
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yes.
Of All Trades
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Bends are probably the game's biggest weak spot. The easiest cheat is to play a half-note or so up so that the game hears the desired bend point.
Avenged Sevenfold next week
No Rush?
toymachine
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I'm a bit unhappy with how some of the DLC is mixed. It seems like just the studio mix and a guitar tab on top.
I was under the impression they seperated the original guitar track from the mix, but from what I can see on the DLC, they don't do that. It's just like playing over a CD.
Or maybe it's just a few songs where the guitar is more forward in the mix, making it 100% obvious it is there, even while you are playing.
I was under the impression they seperated the original guitar track from the mix, but from what I can see on the DLC, they don't do that. It's just like playing over a CD
.Or maybe it's just a few songs where the guitar is more forward in the mix, making it 100% obvious it is there, even while you are playing.
toymachine
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No that's how the game is. You are just playing over the song
Facism
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so ive got to pay ubisoft more money via premium line to play the game. Thats what i get for going against my policy of never buying ubi
Just got it, already love it. The input lag isn't too bad, and I think I'm just getting used to it lol
Overall the song list is pretty good, but I think I need more Dead Weather. "I Can't Hear You" is easy and I'm close to 100% on Master Mode with it. Hoopefully they listen to my request for Jawbreaker and Die by the Drop! I'd buy them in a heartbeat.
Overall the song list is pretty good, but I think I need more Dead Weather. "I Can't Hear You" is easy and I'm close to 100% on Master Mode with it. Hoopefully they listen to my request for Jawbreaker and Die by the Drop! I'd buy them in a heartbeat.
I was having statrup crashes and fixed them by right clicking the properties of rocksmith icon and selecting 'run as admin'
Maastricht
Member
Normally, you get a training offered right after you've encountered them the first time.
Alternatively, you can learn all of them at your own pace by going through all of the techniques exercises, as those cover all of them.
the_korben
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I say go for it. You'll never be able to slap and pop if you don't know how to be fast and accurate without a pick. Also, to be honest, playing bass with a pick just isn't the right way to do it. Especially if you want to appreciate the bass as a unique instrument, I think you have to learn to play with your fingers.
I just started playing bass, using Rocksmith as a tutor. I do the pick recommended songs with a pick, and the finger recommended ones with the finger.
Just make sure you focus on alternating fingers, even when changing strings.
Some songs have you alternative between the same string multiple times. This happens at the end of chorus on plug in baby with at the 4th and 5th fret, and also during one beat of the main riff.
In the case of Plug In Baby
Code:
.....[B]1...2...2...1.[/B]..2...1...2
----------7---7-----------------7
---------------------------7-----
-----5-----------5---5----------
---------------------------------------NB: Theres an odd number of notes, so one finger has to strike two strings at the same time.
Also it might be handy to use the accelerator.