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PS3 v2.70 walkthrough up!
- Thread starter gofreak
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gofreak said:
I'm not sure how long it sticks around for if everyone leaves. I was in a room with just 1 friend that he created - I believe he left and eventually it logged me out automatically. I clicked the room 15-20 minutes later and it was either still there - or maybe it just recreated it. Guess someone will need to chime in or do some more testing.
Also, for the people who called me out earlier for saying Live should implement this.. saying Windows Messenger does this.. I thought that was 1-on-1 instant messaging? I don't recall seeing options to set up a n-way (or 16-way) text chatroom via the Messenger there, but I might be incorrect.
I think there was a fair bit of misunderstanding when Sin first reported this, what 'text chat' actually meant... but I've been pleasantly surprised to see the implementation is apparently on the higher end of what one might have expected. Text-chat could have just meant 1-to-1 IMing, but it seems to fulfil what most people were wishing for when speculating about it. Which is surprising given Sony's track record with first implementations of things
I think there was a fair bit of misunderstanding when Sin first reported this, what 'text chat' actually meant... but I've been pleasantly surprised to see the implementation is apparently on the higher end of what one might have expected. Text-chat could have just meant 1-to-1 IMing, but it seems to fulfil what most people were wishing for when speculating about it. Which is surprising given Sony's track record with first implementations of things
Ploid 3.0
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mrklaw said:
Yes especially in game. This chat thing is awesome. It's much better than people saying, "Oh it's just text chat" let on. I was chatting with gaf, setting up a game with bob, and continuing chatting with gaf as we played LBP. If someone on gaf was interested they could have hopped right in, telling bob to send a invite. I don't have TTP, Kittonwy, Wollan, etc on my flist but we could have verry well acted as if we were. Killzone2 gaf room, with a stupid word made up in that room, while other's in the room had a sf4 tournament going on. The room could be the big lobby, and when someone lose they'd let the people chatting know who's next. All without leaving the ps3 (if you don't have a laptop, or pc right beside you).
navanman said:
Because I can't afford a HDTV and there's no way in hell that I ever buy a dvd
? Turning off the scart doesn't seem to make it work (I have an old scart cable with a game-dvd switch and all I get is a green screen or b&w picture, and the tv sure supports NTSC) .Dirtyshubb
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Nice update as usual, dont ever see the point in complaining when its all free.
I never understand why they do stealth updates though, why not just state every feature you have implemented/updated since it makes it easier for the user to know what feautures the machine does have and would help in the bragging/promotion of it, seems silly to me.
I never understand why they do stealth updates though, why not just state every feature you have implemented/updated since it makes it easier for the user to know what feautures the machine does have and would help in the bragging/promotion of it, seems silly to me.
patsu said:
See my reply above for the first part. As far as remembering you - you can chose to 'leave' a chatroom and can rejoin as long as it isn't full (or possibly gone from being empty for too long - not sure if they do disappear yet) even after rebooting. The other option for a chatroom is 'delete' - and doing so would require another invite to get back.
Edit - also anyone in the room is free to send invites to any room they are in.
Beatbox said:
Too bad ! But like Home apartment, you'll need an invitation to go to that instance even if you know the name of the apartment/owner. The Home clubhouse is the most useful since it's private and persistent except that it's not in-game. The Home public spaces are fully open.
Sony should just allow us to attach a text chat room to a clubhouse. That way, the clubhouse can automatically spawn a chat room by name whenever someone signs in. And once spawned, the chat room can accommodate new comers (non clubhouse owners can be invited to join).
Fizzle said:
There are other benefits in Home (The items/rewards, the more visual environment if you like that kind of things, the persistency of clubhouse/private membership, playing mini-games while waiting for people to join the party, party management for game launching, etc)
The text chat should not be exclusive to Home since it can be seen as a light weight alternative (not quite but close enough). If I'm in Home, I should be able to take full advantage of the text chat seamlessly.
guggnichso
Banned
Text chat? What a letdown I don't want to hook a keyboard on to my ps3 -.-
I don't want to hook a keyboard on to my ps3 -.-Just tried it out..
In terms of stuff working the way it's meant to work, between my own experience with it here, and what others are saying, it's almost shockingly uncharacteristic for Sony
My worry number 1 was if I'd have immediate access to the room in-game for chatting..and you do. The XMB remembers you're in the chatroom and brings you back immediately. And there's NO LAG!
The pop-up overlay of new messages is nice, and gives a very nice 'connected' feeling.
Anyone in a room being able to invite others = thumbs up.
Rooms persisting after the starter leaves = thumbs up.
For the first time on PSN I have that 'connected' feeling. And unlike home, where I was headscratching over design decisions and seemingly obvious things that were overlooked, everything here seems well thought out..which is nice..
In terms of stuff working the way it's meant to work, between my own experience with it here, and what others are saying, it's almost shockingly uncharacteristic for Sony
My worry number 1 was if I'd have immediate access to the room in-game for chatting..and you do. The XMB remembers you're in the chatroom and brings you back immediately. And there's NO LAG!
The pop-up overlay of new messages is nice, and gives a very nice 'connected' feeling.
Anyone in a room being able to invite others = thumbs up.
Rooms persisting after the starter leaves = thumbs up.
For the first time on PSN I have that 'connected' feeling. And unlike home, where I was headscratching over design decisions and seemingly obvious things that were overlooked, everything here seems well thought out..which is nice..
guggnichso
Banned
The wordfilter is seriously screwed up.
It censores the german words for "not" and "please", lawl
It censores the german words for "not" and "please", lawl
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
The text chat is really great. Censor and all.
Regarding the Sony BT set, I've never had issues with the volume turn down or anything. I'm guessing this is isolated or should I be listening for something?
Regarding the Sony BT set, I've never had issues with the volume turn down or anything. I'm guessing this is isolated or should I be listening for something?
-PXG- said:
If you have a mic you can talk. And they can hear you. If people choose not to use a mic, including one in the box or gluing it to the controller wont fix that.
I have friends who will not talk in shooter games on Live on PSN, even though they have a mic. We have plenty of Motorstorm races where we egg each other on, but they will not touch voice chat in shooters. Two of them as a result of being harassed in Halo 1. So the two of them just mute everyone as soon as they log on.
megateto said:Because I can't afford a HDTV and there's no way in hell that I ever buy a dvd
No, you TV supports NTSC only through RGB ... not through composite, else you would have color.
No way to get color on your setup using NTSC bluray discs..