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Warhawk - The Official Thread
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The Take Out Bandit
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ugh
Screw this.
Just want to play a game without the server shitting on me.
Join a new game.
Go to take a Warhawk for a spin, PoS3 locks up. Totally. No home button response, nothing.
I'm also just going to keep the headset off when not playing with people I know. It's a complete waste of time, since I don't know who I'm ever talking to; so I'm unable to go "Hey guy that was just complimenting me on my sniping, read your name to me so I can add you to my friends list later lolz!" Yeah, this game needs a patch so you can see who the fuck you're talking to, so in the event you run into players that rock; you can bloat your 50 person friends list in no time!
I'm going to take a bath and jerk off. The only game that I can rely on to relieve stress and not lose connection to the server.
Screw this.
Just want to play a game without the server shitting on me.
Join a new game.
Go to take a Warhawk for a spin, PoS3 locks up. Totally. No home button response, nothing.
I'm also just going to keep the headset off when not playing with people I know. It's a complete waste of time, since I don't know who I'm ever talking to; so I'm unable to go "Hey guy that was just complimenting me on my sniping, read your name to me so I can add you to my friends list later lolz!" Yeah, this game needs a patch so you can see who the fuck you're talking to, so in the event you run into players that rock; you can bloat your 50 person friends list in no time!
I'm going to take a bath and jerk off. The only game that I can rely on to relieve stress and not lose connection to the server.
Great games on the GAFu server guys. I managed to tag Escalation a few times, but man he just comes out of fucking nowhere. XD
More and more it's looking like we should just say screw the clan designators for now, and just use private servers like GAFu. We all post here, a password is easy to set up, once Incognito fixes the problem then we could worry about actual clans. It seems like using the forum is an easier way to set up clan matches anyway.
More and more it's looking like we should just say screw the clan designators for now, and just use private servers like GAFu. We all post here, a password is easy to set up, once Incognito fixes the problem then we could worry about actual clans. It seems like using the forum is an easier way to set up clan matches anyway.
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Yep. They made no improvements to the interface since the beta. I'm disgusted by this, actually.dionysus said:
During the beta there were frequent requests for a party system like Resistance - no response. They don't have a seamless system of generating new servers instances when one fills up, so this is unlikely to occur until then. There were also frequent request for squads.
I assumed the server filter options would improve - and requested that during the beta. Nope.
I can't quickly skip through a long list of servers by page with a shoulder button? Did they not predict a lot of servers eventually? Did they plan for failure? Their inept filter options weren't going to save the day.
And of course, the servers don't accurately report their "current" stats/availability. You might as well throw a dart at this point. I don't know how often the individual servers report their status to the main server, but it's not often.
I'm very sorry, but these issues will frustrate all of the casuals and single-handedly prevent this game from being a classic.
I've said it before: the Unreal Tournament III server interface will DESTROY Warhawk's.
This just highlights what an amazing achievement Resistance was at launch.
DoctorWho said:
Actually the missles that you start off with lock on almost immediately. and every beep after the first one adds an additional missle to the lock on que. So it takes a couple seconds to lock on all 5 swarm missles but you can fire from the very first one..
Which is actually a pretty good idea since the first one usually takes out a person's chaffs or depletes their turbo at which time you lock on again this time with all five.. and boom.. Death by warhead
freethought
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Bugnology said:
I just wish you could have seen the look on my face. I couldn't obviously, but I'm sure it was priceless. :lol
So far my all time favourite thing to do is enter a mad aerial pursuit using nothing but machine guns. The worst part was when none of the flag carriers would wing walk. We need a server solely for messing around in. Doing shit like the Top Gun trick. I'd host it but I'm capped at four players.
I'm going to head back on in a minute. Not sure for how long though.
edit: no headset though, it's charging.
The Take Out Bandit
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If we're setting up GAF servers, please edit the info into the first post. This thread is a behemoth.
King Of Braves
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OH MY GOD. Thank you SO much, I was on the verge of insanity trying to remember what that god damm game was. I had always thought it was cancelled though, wikipedia tells me otherwise. I guess it turned out to be dud and disappeared into obscurity before I could play it. Its a shame because I was really hyped for it at the time.OatmealMu said:I think I know what you're talking about. It was a PC game. IIRC, it mixed shooter and RTS elements. You could build turrets and various other things on your island. I think the islands could actually move, too.
Wait, is this it?
It's called Project Nomads.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Seriously. No offense, but they should have used Matchmaking system the way resistance uses. Way too easy and convenient. No hassle at all.
I put up a dedicated, unranked practice server for the afternoon - 20 people max with 5 Zone maps and 5 CTF maps in order.
Name: GAF_Practice_Zone/CTF
Password: all lower case characters - the name of our best player during the beta (immortalized) who is currently banned. Starts with c. Too many guest lurkers know the other password.
I'll be gone until this evening so I hope it stays up and the settings are good.
Name: GAF_Practice_Zone/CTF
Password: all lower case characters - the name of our best player during the beta (immortalized) who is currently banned. Starts with c. Too many guest lurkers know the other password.
I'll be gone until this evening so I hope it stays up and the settings are good.
Alex said:im on the practice server trying to learn how to fly properly.
hitting triangle twice to go in and out of hover mode is a good way to orient yourself if you get dizzy. It will briefly make you vulnerable, but can be useful. Kind of like jump canceling in Virtual On.
On Tuesday, I downloaded WarHawk for my PS3. After installing the game, I got to play it twice that day. Everytime I try to connect online since then, the game freezes my PS3. At the "Processing Login..." screen, the display freezes, the music continues and the controller becomes unresponsive in any manner. I can only reset the PS3 at this point by turning off the main power switch on the back. This happens now every single time I try to play the game online. Nothing about my network has changed.
Today, I call Playstation Support and tell them about my problem. They ask me if I have tried deleting then reinstalling the program, which I have. I am then given a range of port numbers for my router to ensure are accessible and not blocked as well as asked to enable UPnP. At this point, I use the port numbers they give me, but I do not enable UPnP, as I am quite familiar with it being an automatic setup protocol that is A) not required and B) known for insecurity issues.
The game still freezes in the same way at the same spot. I call back and explain this to another representative, who says that I need to enable UPnP. I explain UPnP to them, how it works and how I have a Wii, a 360 and a Mac all connected to my WiFi network, none of which have ever used UPnP a single time and no game or application on any of those has ever had a problem. I am told that I need to enable it and not doing so is of my own choice and there's nothing they can do for me.
I admit, this is a point where I get angry. I do not yell, swear, or belittle, but I am sure my tone was quite rude, because I do not appreciate being told I don't know what I am talking about when the person on the other line who is simply reading a script obviously doesn't know what they are talking about!
I request a refund for the download. I am told this is not possible and that it is of my own choice not to follow the game's requirements. I state that nowhere in the terms of use you accept prior to attempting to log on does it state any requirement for UPnP, nor have I ever used another product by Sony or otherwise that does. The rep then says to me that they may not be legally required to write that in the contract, but that UPnP is required and thus it is my user error, not a fault of the game. I say, "frankly that is bullshit, I want to talk to a manager please."
I am placed on hold for a few minutes and the rep comes back and asks me for a number that the supervisor can reach me at as well as a time. I ask if they are available on weekends and the rep says, "I just need a time, I don't know if he will call you back this weekend or Monday, he is very busy." I explain that I work double shifts on weekends so I am trying to establish a time that I can be available, which she ignores, again asking me for a time. I say afternoons and she says she will have him call be back in an afternoon when he is available and hangs up.
Wow.
At this point, I go back to my router, and just temporarily, to appease them, even though I know otherwise already, I enable UPnP, reset the PS3 again, make sure UPnP is available in the settings menu... And I restart the game.
I select "Online" - I accept the user agreement - The "Processing login..." screen comes... and freeze.
I call Playstation support again and tell them that I have completed their arbitrary step and the error is still there. This representative is thankfully much more pleasant than the last. She asks me an array of questions about my network, none of which prove of use or conclusion in conversation. She asks me if I've downloaded the game over wired or wireless ethernet and if I can do so with a wired connection, which I reply I cannot, because I do not have a TV near the router 2 rooms away or a cable long enough. She states that sometimes, large file downloads can become corrupted over a wireless setting and that perhaps a wired connection could fix this. (Funny, I never have such a problem with 1GB+ 360 downloads, or downloads over WiFi to my Mac..) She is out of suggestions. There's nothing left to try. The game is not working. I again request a refund for the product which I paid for which does not work for whatever reason (albiet maybe an uncommon occurrence, I do not know, but truth none-the-less). She states she's not authorized for that and it's not something they can do, but reiterates that I am scheduled for a manager's call back and we politely end the call.
I am not impressed. At. All. Anyone else experiencing this problem or similar (both with the freezing of the game and the run around by support staff?) I know these poor people have a lot of types of people to deal with on support lines, but blatant lies and avoidance is really poor. I'm being forced to pay for a defective product here. Everything else on my PS3 thus far (Folding, Web, Store, downloads, etc.) works just fine.
Today, I call Playstation Support and tell them about my problem. They ask me if I have tried deleting then reinstalling the program, which I have. I am then given a range of port numbers for my router to ensure are accessible and not blocked as well as asked to enable UPnP. At this point, I use the port numbers they give me, but I do not enable UPnP, as I am quite familiar with it being an automatic setup protocol that is A) not required and B) known for insecurity issues.
The game still freezes in the same way at the same spot. I call back and explain this to another representative, who says that I need to enable UPnP. I explain UPnP to them, how it works and how I have a Wii, a 360 and a Mac all connected to my WiFi network, none of which have ever used UPnP a single time and no game or application on any of those has ever had a problem. I am told that I need to enable it and not doing so is of my own choice and there's nothing they can do for me.
I admit, this is a point where I get angry. I do not yell, swear, or belittle, but I am sure my tone was quite rude, because I do not appreciate being told I don't know what I am talking about when the person on the other line who is simply reading a script obviously doesn't know what they are talking about!
I request a refund for the download. I am told this is not possible and that it is of my own choice not to follow the game's requirements. I state that nowhere in the terms of use you accept prior to attempting to log on does it state any requirement for UPnP, nor have I ever used another product by Sony or otherwise that does. The rep then says to me that they may not be legally required to write that in the contract, but that UPnP is required and thus it is my user error, not a fault of the game. I say, "frankly that is bullshit, I want to talk to a manager please."
I am placed on hold for a few minutes and the rep comes back and asks me for a number that the supervisor can reach me at as well as a time. I ask if they are available on weekends and the rep says, "I just need a time, I don't know if he will call you back this weekend or Monday, he is very busy." I explain that I work double shifts on weekends so I am trying to establish a time that I can be available, which she ignores, again asking me for a time. I say afternoons and she says she will have him call be back in an afternoon when he is available and hangs up.
Wow.
At this point, I go back to my router, and just temporarily, to appease them, even though I know otherwise already, I enable UPnP, reset the PS3 again, make sure UPnP is available in the settings menu... And I restart the game.
I select "Online" - I accept the user agreement - The "Processing login..." screen comes... and freeze.
I call Playstation support again and tell them that I have completed their arbitrary step and the error is still there. This representative is thankfully much more pleasant than the last. She asks me an array of questions about my network, none of which prove of use or conclusion in conversation. She asks me if I've downloaded the game over wired or wireless ethernet and if I can do so with a wired connection, which I reply I cannot, because I do not have a TV near the router 2 rooms away or a cable long enough. She states that sometimes, large file downloads can become corrupted over a wireless setting and that perhaps a wired connection could fix this. (Funny, I never have such a problem with 1GB+ 360 downloads, or downloads over WiFi to my Mac..) She is out of suggestions. There's nothing left to try. The game is not working. I again request a refund for the product which I paid for which does not work for whatever reason (albiet maybe an uncommon occurrence, I do not know, but truth none-the-less). She states she's not authorized for that and it's not something they can do, but reiterates that I am scheduled for a manager's call back and we politely end the call.
I am not impressed. At. All. Anyone else experiencing this problem or similar (both with the freezing of the game and the run around by support staff?) I know these poor people have a lot of types of people to deal with on support lines, but blatant lies and avoidance is really poor. I'm being forced to pay for a defective product here. Everything else on my PS3 thus far (Folding, Web, Store, downloads, etc.) works just fine.
spwolf said:
I tried about 5 times and got in eventually. I have to say that the Warhawk login, followed by the countless "server full" messages are not a good first impression on users. I wish the system would allow you to say "log me into any CTF game" so that it would round-robin until something let you in. Having to do it manually is quite frustrating.