Valkyr Junkie
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SOCOM Confrontation - The thread (bringing back the REAL!)
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Valkyr Junkie
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Nice, I just got 3 new unique errors when trying to join:
"Failed to connect to server"
"You have been disconnected from the game"
"Request to join timed out"
I didn't have any issues this morning
"Failed to connect to server"
"You have been disconnected from the game"
"Request to join timed out"
I didn't have any issues this morning
Valkyr Junkie
Member
mr stroke said:
You can proximity hear the other team if you're near one of them
And I just got booted from that game and now my controller won't stop vibrating :lol
edit: Oooooh another new error message: "Join game failed. Please try again later"
cjtiger300
Member
that yellow thing has been rotating for 10 minutes. I guess this match isn't going to load is it?
devilchicken
Member
I think i may be too late for this and missed the train, but anybody has an extra beta code to share? Never played a SOCOM before so i figured i might as well jump in on this one.
Dont make me subscribe to Qore guys
Dont make me subscribe to Qore guys
Good games before, it's a little hard because I can't see squat 90% of the time, and enemy and foe all look alik thank god friendly fire is off. :lol
Why is it that I have to turn the brightness to the max on all my games so far, these games can be pitch black at times (and I havn't played a night match yet either).
Why is it that I have to turn the brightness to the max on all my games so far, these games can be pitch black at times (and I havn't played a night match yet either).
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
VaLiancY said:
Then we will fight in the shade!
Unless of course you're the guy who posted above with the crushed blacks, then you're pretty much fucked.
GrayFoxPL
Member
I think I'll give up playing, sorry, trying to play the beta.
This may kill my console. I almost can't quit the game without ps3 reseting itself trying to do so.
When I connect the game first I always get message: "Unable to perform operation due to error connecting the server. Community features and communication may be unavailable" or something like that. Only once per playing.
I can only connect to 16 player matches and it takes like 4 minutes. And that if I'm lucky. I tried 32 but I wait 7-8 minutes and nothing happens or it stays in the lobby and blacks out every now and then. This can't be loading. This must be synchronisation issue.
Connecting to a game is only half success. When I do I often can't respawn, even after end of the round.
Yesterday I fucked around with this for hours and got like 20 minutes of playtime.
Half an hour ago I got in the match but after minute everything started cralwing 12 fps and then the sound went off! Then my console started "booing". Fuck! I quit the match but it freezed at loading. Tried to quit to xmb and ps3 reset itself again. The booing was still there! Fuck! I turned it off and now I'm afraid to turn it back on.
FUCKING HORROR!
On the good side: the core game is incredible.
As a old time Socom player I must say the gfx are superb for a Socom. You think I'm joking but Socom never was a pretty game. No one sane played it for the graphics - only for the experience. Smooth framerate, hi res textures, amazing HDR lightning (everything is lit perfectly, going from dark to bright areas is like the real thing) - people, comparing to previous SOCOM's, this jump in gfx quality is like from Final Fantasy 3 to Final Fantasy 10.
The controls are perfect. Finally fully customisable. Sensitivity sliders work better then before. That and smooth framerate makes aiming a class better. Layouts are perfect. Only thing that bothers me - when I turn off the motion sensor off, how do I do the peeking around corners?
New and old camera views work like a charm.
The voice comunication is perfect. First time I had zero problems with coms on PSN. Loud, clear with a "distance twist". Just perfect!
Sound is good, but I miss the comments after getting a kill.
Also it's all so politically correct now - fucking pussies. Terrorists >>> Mercenaries.
Menu interface is super shit. They'll fix it I'm sure.
Getting back to connection clusterfuck issue - I am little afraid it may be something to do with my connection + router and the game "not liking it". I got NAT 2 btw. If it'll be the same on full game, then I'm screwed. I'm not having many problems with other online games btw.
Another problem may be: Hey, it's got a fucking worldwide play for the first time ever! This may be nail to it's coffin - Americans trying to connect Europeans on European servers or vice versa - synchronisation goes to shits(this freezing for a sec, two), lag. Worldwide play might've been bad idea for this.
Btw. Isn't "English speaking" a euro server like in old days? Lot's of US folks joining in. Maybe this is P2P now. Shit, sorry, I'm totally confused after this connection terror.
I'm turning the PS3 back on...
It's not "booing" - Thank God!
Still, I don't think I'll be risking like that. Auto resets trying to quit the game are never a good thing.
Shit, I want to play Socom. It's so fucking awesome!((
Please fix all this in th final release. In online terms it really feels like pre-alpha.
GRANATA!
This may kill my console. I almost can't quit the game without ps3 reseting itself trying to do so.
When I connect the game first I always get message: "Unable to perform operation due to error connecting the server. Community features and communication may be unavailable" or something like that. Only once per playing.
I can only connect to 16 player matches and it takes like 4 minutes. And that if I'm lucky. I tried 32 but I wait 7-8 minutes and nothing happens or it stays in the lobby and blacks out every now and then. This can't be loading. This must be synchronisation issue.
Connecting to a game is only half success. When I do I often can't respawn, even after end of the round.
Yesterday I fucked around with this for hours and got like 20 minutes of playtime.
Half an hour ago I got in the match but after minute everything started cralwing 12 fps and then the sound went off! Then my console started "booing". Fuck! I quit the match but it freezed at loading. Tried to quit to xmb and ps3 reset itself again. The booing was still there! Fuck! I turned it off and now I'm afraid to turn it back on.
FUCKING HORROR!
On the good side: the core game is incredible.
As a old time Socom player I must say the gfx are superb for a Socom. You think I'm joking but Socom never was a pretty game. No one sane played it for the graphics - only for the experience. Smooth framerate, hi res textures, amazing HDR lightning (everything is lit perfectly, going from dark to bright areas is like the real thing) - people, comparing to previous SOCOM's, this jump in gfx quality is like from Final Fantasy 3 to Final Fantasy 10.
The controls are perfect. Finally fully customisable. Sensitivity sliders work better then before. That and smooth framerate makes aiming a class better. Layouts are perfect. Only thing that bothers me - when I turn off the motion sensor off, how do I do the peeking around corners?
New and old camera views work like a charm.
The voice comunication is perfect. First time I had zero problems with coms on PSN. Loud, clear with a "distance twist". Just perfect!
Sound is good, but I miss the comments after getting a kill.
Also it's all so politically correct now - fucking pussies. Terrorists >>> Mercenaries.
Menu interface is super shit. They'll fix it I'm sure.
Getting back to connection clusterfuck issue - I am little afraid it may be something to do with my connection + router and the game "not liking it". I got NAT 2 btw. If it'll be the same on full game, then I'm screwed. I'm not having many problems with other online games btw.
Another problem may be: Hey, it's got a fucking worldwide play for the first time ever! This may be nail to it's coffin - Americans trying to connect Europeans on European servers or vice versa - synchronisation goes to shits(this freezing for a sec, two), lag. Worldwide play might've been bad idea for this.
Btw. Isn't "English speaking" a euro server like in old days? Lot's of US folks joining in. Maybe this is P2P now. Shit, sorry, I'm totally confused after this connection terror.
I'm turning the PS3 back on...
It's not "booing" - Thank God!
Still, I don't think I'll be risking like that. Auto resets trying to quit the game are never a good thing.
Shit, I want to play Socom. It's so fucking awesome!
((Please fix all this in th final release. In online terms it really feels like pre-alpha.
GRANATA!
was trying to join a game last night with 32 players, It took prolly 5 mins to join the game, then I finally get it, play for about 10 seconds, then the sound goes off...I can still hear the music but no sound and it becomes supper laggy....has anyone played a 32 player match successfully?
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
GrayFoxPL said:
It could be worse. They could jump on the PMC bandwagon.
But yeah, they should be called "Militia" if they want to avoid the connotations of "Terrorists."
Steroyd said:
It's a known issue.
Rapping Granny
Banned
I am addicted to this game. DAY1.
Wax Free Vanilla
Member
poor demo.
i tried to join that gaf game but it lept freezng in the lobby, and when you do manage to connect, the game runs at 10 fps.
i tried to join that gaf game but it lept freezng in the lobby, and when you do manage to connect, the game runs at 10 fps.
Broadbandito
Member
Kyoufu said:
be there asap
Dice said:
They're not great but they're not offensive either.
I am finally starting to get a feel of the mechanics of this game I am starting to really enjoy it.
The SixAxis functionality is great too - leaning and ducking down behind cover with a downward flick of the controller works really well.
InterMoniker
Member
No it's just taking a long time. At first I was going to the xmb and quitting the game, but it just takes a while to load.bishoptl said:Here I come!
...connecting to game
...connecting to game
...connecting to game
Timed out?
I think it doesn't let you join a game in progress so it's sits at the loading screen until the match is done..... which can take a while.
Made a topic about this on the IGN boards. Will share it with you all here:
Top 12 things you need to do/know when playing the SOCOM beta
1. During the game press start and change your view to "Classic Camera"
2. A party system with match making will be in the final game in addition to the server-based setup
3. All loading issues you encounter are server-side issues. Its why there is a beta, to fix these problems before launch.
4. The game is NOT meant to be played like CoD. You don't use "iron sights" before shooting every person. This is why the 'zoom' feature is on the d-pad and is a toggle.
5. The game is meant to be played with respawns off, and best of 10 rounds. But respawn is a good way to learn the controls and practice shooting with a variety of weapons.
6. There is deep clan support. Some but not all of these features are in the beta. I encourage you to check them out. Joining a clan also opens you up to more gear.
7. Controls are fully customizable.
8. If you feel you aren't moving quick enough then go into your gear and change your chest and leg armor to 'Light'.
9. Slamming your controller down in your hands while sitting in crouch will cause your character to duck.
10. The build you are playing is not the latest build of the game.
11. See those birds in the sky? You can shoot them down.
12. Tapping circle changes your firerate.
Top 12 things you need to do/know when playing the SOCOM beta
1. During the game press start and change your view to "Classic Camera"
2. A party system with match making will be in the final game in addition to the server-based setup
3. All loading issues you encounter are server-side issues. Its why there is a beta, to fix these problems before launch.
4. The game is NOT meant to be played like CoD. You don't use "iron sights" before shooting every person. This is why the 'zoom' feature is on the d-pad and is a toggle.
5. The game is meant to be played with respawns off, and best of 10 rounds. But respawn is a good way to learn the controls and practice shooting with a variety of weapons.
6. There is deep clan support. Some but not all of these features are in the beta. I encourage you to check them out. Joining a clan also opens you up to more gear.
7. Controls are fully customizable.
8. If you feel you aren't moving quick enough then go into your gear and change your chest and leg armor to 'Light'.
9. Slamming your controller down in your hands while sitting in crouch will cause your character to duck.
10. The build you are playing is not the latest build of the game.
11. See those birds in the sky? You can shoot them down.
12. Tapping circle changes your firerate.
Wax Free Vanilla
Member
Defuser said:
"Socom: Confrontation Multiplayer Demo" sony says it's a demo.
if it was a beta we wouldn't be able to talk about it outside of the sony beta forums. it's a demo.
FoxhoundNL
Member
Me too. I've been playing it for the last three days. At least 6 hours a day... That hasn't happened in quite some time.Rapping Granny said:
It's just so much fun, and I'm playing the same map over and over and over and over again... If I had only be able to play 1 map in say COD4 I'd be bored to death.
Can't wait to play the rest of 'em.
Also. 16p games and normal crossroads FTW.
Doel said:
I think he's talking about the post-game lobby ... the game does not auto-balance, which it should since people late join all the time.
Or if one of your teammates leaves the game, you have to restart the entire game just to even up the teams. There should be an option in the post-game lobby to make changes to not only the team sizes but also game modes and other options etc.
The Faceless Master
Member
so a friend was telling me that there is indeed a custom config, i just missed it because i am blind and didn't look at the *whole* controller config screen... and i say to myself, cool, i'll go try it out again with a custom config that's more to my liking...
what fucking asshole on the dev team thought it would be cool to be able to swap JUST ABOUT EVERY ITEM ON THE CONFIG EXCEPT SHOOT!!!?!?!?
ok, i guess technically, you can swap shoot between R1 ans TRIANGLE.. BUT THAT'S IT, WHAT THE FUCK!?!?
i hope they change that in the final, or i'll just buy the headset bundle and trade the game in.
oh, and you can't change X (Action) either?
what fucking asshole on the dev team thought it would be cool to be able to swap JUST ABOUT EVERY ITEM ON THE CONFIG EXCEPT SHOOT!!!?!?!?
ok, i guess technically, you can swap shoot between R1 ans TRIANGLE.. BUT THAT'S IT, WHAT THE FUCK!?!?
i hope they change that in the final, or i'll just buy the headset bundle and trade the game in.
oh, and you can't change X (Action) either?