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near (Vita App) | Scanning local Vita chums for all dat Game Goods
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Dead Prince
Banned
mine has been working fine since i got the system.
Baller. PhD
Banned
Same here. Every time I try and update the Uncharted black market I get an error. It pisses me off so fucking much I can't stand it. It's bad enough that Bend put all these bullshit bounties in the game to begin with, and even worse that I can only update Near once an hour to find them. But then when I do update I get an error, yet still can't update for another hour?
FUCK
I just restored my Vita and now it worked I think. I shouldn't have to do that.
BurningNad
Member
I wonder if there is a way to connect the Wi-Fi Vita to my android phone to give it a connection anywhere for the purpose of near. Hmmm.
Baller. PhD
Banned
Does this delete any of my game saves/stuff on my memory card, or just the internal system files and settings?
Oppo
Member
I gotta say, I am picking up a lot of people on near. More than I would have expected. And I haven't even taken the Vita out of the house yet.
I find the app to be on the confusing side, so toylike, but that's also what makes it sort of fascinating. Seeing neighbourhood Top 10 games and Buzz ratings and stuff like that is really interesting.
I find the app to be on the confusing side, so toylike, but that's also what makes it sort of fascinating. Seeing neighbourhood Top 10 games and Buzz ratings and stuff like that is really interesting.
Just internal stuff, but I removed my memory card just in case.
Oh, and sync your trophies before you do it. If you don't sync, you'll lose any unsync'd trophies
I tried two days ago, didn't work with me. Bad luck I guess. :/
Baller. PhD
Banned
You did the full restore from the system recovery menu? Because I just did that and it worked. It was annoying to watch the into video again, but at least I'm racking up dem game goods again.
People have been having problems on a few of the other forums I frequent too, this seems to be a fairly widespread issue. Geez Sony, couldn't iron out the bugs even with the Japanese beta test. smh
Heh, I'm off by about 400km.
Exactly !
Sony should address the freezing problem to prevent more data corruption. >8^/
Then patch in better multitasking support next.
The other thousand and one enhancement requests... they can polish and add over time.
I have a long request list myself.
Baller. PhD
Banned
Does the 3G Vita use the built-in GPS for Near even while on WiFi? If so then I already have buyer's remorse. I'll never want/need the 3G data plan, but the GPS alone would be worth the extra $20 (adjusted for 8gb memory card bundle).
I wish I had known the WiFi model didn't have built-in GPS...
I wish I had known the WiFi model didn't have built-in GPS...
Yea, more than once. Still didn't work.
Yes, 3G Vita uses a combination of GPS and Skyhook (if available) to determine your location. It doesn't matter if you're connected on WiFi or not.
Baller. PhD
Banned
fuck my life
Eh... no ! I only replied to your question. [runaway]
I have a WiFi Vita and it nailed my location down to within 20 feet I would say. By checking Google Maps the dot was right on.
This was on a private Wi-Fi network at home, how can it be so accurate?
edit: perhaps it reads your billing info from PSN store?
fake edit2: it also accurately found the street and block of a friend's place when I brought my Vita there.
This was on a private Wi-Fi network at home, how can it be so accurate?
edit: perhaps it reads your billing info from PSN store?
fake edit2: it also accurately found the street and block of a friend's place when I brought my Vita there.
I guess, but how would it know I am close to that WiFi network if I didn't connect to it?
It is a residential street so the closest public WiFi should be blocks away.
Need to plough through SkyHook's patents:
http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/patents.php
http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/patents.php
Can anyone beat this.
it peaked a bit later in the day
at least we know the results are not broken as I got the same as you a minute earlier! lol
rbanke
Member
I've been using near for a few days, but still can't figure out a few things.
-I've updated at my house and also brought it across town (about 10 miles away) and i'm still seeing the same exact 9 people in my radar (unfortunately NONE of them are playing uncharted so I've seen a big fat ZERO black market items). I would have thought going outside my home radius and checking would have at least found different people or even no people, not the same people.
-What is the point of the list of games in the Out-and-About list if they all take you to the same radar?
-Is there a way to see which people have game goods without having to open each one individually?
-whats the expiration mean specifically? I'm guessing it means if I don't download it before that date it will disappear, but the ones I've downloaded still say it will expire.
near could be really awesome if they make it a bit clearer as to what everything means. Even the help is mostly cryptic.
-I've updated at my house and also brought it across town (about 10 miles away) and i'm still seeing the same exact 9 people in my radar (unfortunately NONE of them are playing uncharted so I've seen a big fat ZERO black market items). I would have thought going outside my home radius and checking would have at least found different people or even no people, not the same people.
-What is the point of the list of games in the Out-and-About list if they all take you to the same radar?
-Is there a way to see which people have game goods without having to open each one individually?
-whats the expiration mean specifically? I'm guessing it means if I don't download it before that date it will disappear, but the ones I've downloaded still say it will expire.
near could be really awesome if they make it a bit clearer as to what everything means. Even the help is mostly cryptic.
You have a WiFi Vita ?
If you have more than one locations, the game activities (e.g., Popularity Surge !) may take you to different radars.
Yes, go to Discoveries. You should see a list of gifts if they are there.
You can also see a list of players encountered if you did pass them.
I haven't tried but may be it means you have to use them in-game before the gifts expire ? Not just download them.
I agree ! They should also simplify it more.
Unless you set near to update automatically, you have to manually update when you reach a new location.
Out-and-About shares different statistics based on the time you updated.
No way that I know of to see which people have game goods.
Expiration means they'll go away after that amount of days, even if you redeem it.
Most rewarding or "promiscuous" setting is auto-update + share online id.
He can see the entire list of gifts in Discoveries. From there he can find out who/which games own them.
rbanke
Member
US, Florida
Hmm... then I expect Skyhook to work reasonably ok for you.
rbanke
Member
It works, I think there isn't a ton of people near me who have Vita's. The radius from my house is 3 miles. The town I live in is about 45k people over about 30 square miles. It was just odd that the player avatars on the radar didn't change when I updated the location from somewhere outside my normal area (connected to wifi at this other location too). It was only the one time, so I'll have to check a bit more.
Only as a last resort. ^_^
Edit:
Probably to encourage you to play their game. Once you use the items in-game, the expiration date is no longer relevant.
DangerousDave
Member
I got this error since a few hours ago. Nothing, even restore the database from debug mode, worked. Maybe is a server problem.
Raonak
Banned
Im pretty sure once you've download the gift, then you have it forever.
Reassuringly, near finally picked up a new location for me while on standby.
I think you may have to be in a new location for a certain minimum amount of time, and/or it needs to be some minimum distance from other locations you've already found, depending on the density of Vitas in those areas.
But think I'm finally figuring it out. At least the location-y side of it.
I think you may have to be in a new location for a certain minimum amount of time, and/or it needs to be some minimum distance from other locations you've already found, depending on the density of Vitas in those areas.
But think I'm finally figuring it out. At least the location-y side of it.
Unless you use manual update, I think Vita will only ping every hour. If that hourly ping happens in a new location, you will get a new radar page.
These locations don't have to be far. I have one radar page for my home street, and another radar page for the next street (just one block away).
I'm fairly sure its every 30 minutes. The user guide says that and when driving to work locations were found every 30 minutes like clockwork.