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near (Vita App) | Scanning local Vita chums for all dat Game Goods
- Thread starter chubigans
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Alright thanks. So you have to open up Near and update it at the same time as others to "encounter" them? Because I have like 5 within 0.2 miles from me, and I encountered only 1. And I haven't seen his icon recently..
Not really a good idea because your phone will move together with you. SkyHook may think you're always at home. Or it will need to do extra work trying to reconcile nearby WiFi hotspots' location vs your Android phone's fake/mobile location.
That's my reasoning, yes.
But you don't really need to open up Near to update your location. If auto-location update is enabled, Vita will do so behind the scene.
I have auto-locate enabled, but it never seems to give me notifications about Near unless I manually update it.
I have a WiFi Vita.
Near only checks in with the server once every 24 hours. It's only then that you'll get any notifications.
Another day carrying my vita with me, another "0 miles" under discoveries. I manually clicked the little near icon in the live area at lunch, and it looked like it updated, but I guess not. Kinda wish this thing just had something like streetpass.
I thought it was supposed to check in every 30 minutes to an hour?
I thought it was supposed to check in every 30 minutes to an hour?
It keeps track of where you are, but it only sends it to the server once a day unless you do it manually.
Oh ok I'll just leave it alone, hoping for a surprise notification when I boot up my Vita tomorrow.
slaughterking
Member
I remember when johntv was talking about near on the 8-4 podcast and how he didn't understand it. What it really is, what it is doing, what he is supposed to do etc. And I thought "What a dummy! How complicated can this thing possibly be?". At that point I didn't have a Vita.
Today I got my Vita, I tried near and, well, I don't get it. Haha. It's really not very self-explanatory and intuitive.
Today I got my Vita, I tried near and, well, I don't get it. Haha. It's really not very self-explanatory and intuitive.
pharmboy044
Member
It's not that intiutive but use the question mark on the lower right hand to find out what each field means within near.
dinosaur_hunter2
Member
I can't get Near to work properly. It keeps telling me "Couldn't update your location information" or something like that. I have a Wi-Fi Vita.
Ive been getting the same thing since feb 15, if I find a solution ill let ya know
Did you have to connect to a wifi hotspot on your work end in order for it to track your distance?
Big Papa Husker
Member
On the discoveries page, where does it get the "People" list? Right now it is showing 10, but I have seen way more than that. Is it more like a StreetPass thing on 3DS, like that number is the number of people you have been in WiFi range?
Yeah, I've never gotten everything on near working on my Vita. I've tried checking and unchecking stuff, reset the system, and so on. It connects to my position and then errors out on the next step. I was somehow able to connect the gifts thing one time, but never since. Kinda given up on it.
MeBecomingI
Member
I'm in the same boat. I updated the Skyhook information with the router MAC address and my location is now accurate, but I can't seem to update my location anymore. Been like this since my location changed.
Every single time I update it tells me that it can't update my information. Really starting to get on my nerves. I like Near, but this is frustrating. I've tried formatting, resetting, and everything to fix it, but nothing.
Ah well... I'll keep at it, but I've been at it for days. Hopefully it starts working.
slaughterking
Member
It seems like the "People playing nearby" number is cumulative with each update, no? At first I had five people around me, which seemed reasonable enough. Later that day it was at 15 and this morning I'm at 22.
I think it is went from 30 to 82 last night lol
It seems to register anyone that was in that area in the last 7 days from what I could see. So it's likely that the number will go up at first as you encounter more people and then only go up as normal.
Mine goes up and down all over the place depending on where I am.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Yes, that does seem to be the case. I brought it up the week of FEB launch and I noticed it grow more yesterday. I would rather it do that though as it gives me a wider area for rewards instead of just pinging the 10-20 people in my little FL town.
Duane Cunningham
Member
"An Error has Occurred".
Every time.
Every time.
Duane Cunningham
Member
Does this mean losing my saves?
Back your games up first (put aside some time).
Yep.
Same, I'm way up on the leaderboards for received gifts, hahahaha.
Depends, do you live in GDC or do you live on some country road in the middle of nowhere?
It's telling you there have been 60 people in the last 7 days. Doesn't mean they're all there now.
I got some questions. On my Discoveries, I've received all the gifts I can but I still have a little red circle with a number in. two weeks ago it always stayed at 3, then 8, now it's 12 and I can't see anymore stuff to get. Are some of these manual finds, IE: Click on someones avatar to see what they've been playing?
Also, what's the difference between black feet and white feet next to the Discoveries List?
dreamer3kx
Member
So the gifts take up space on the card?
They're only keys/unlocks, all the stuff is in the game except for stuff like ghost data for racing games I suppose, but then I haven't found out how to use the ones in WipEout yet and no one on my friends list has Ridge Racer. Looks like I'm the only sucker who bought that hahahaha.
I've done that with my wifi Vita and 4g Android phone, didn't have any real problem. I don't think Skyhook has any way of knowing where your Android phone is, it's just another wifi AP that it probably doesn't have in the database. In areas where there's other wifi APs, it figures out the location just fine, and if there's no other wifi around (rural Kansas), then it can't figure out where I am.
I think you need to be in range of a different wifi AP when you do it. Or you could try adding your iPhone to Skyhook's database.
I've been thinking about telling Skyhook my Android phone is in Akihabara or something...
RelentlessRolento
Member
still pissed my near not working properly... I heard about reformatting but that it goes back to not working again at some point >_<
fixes? please help GAF?
fixes? please help GAF?
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
I'm not sure what happened over the past few days but Near has started reporting very realistic numbers all of a sudden: Just 60% of the previous numbers, and it goes up and down depending on the time of day. A couple of weeks ago the numbers in every scan were rising at constant rate (+5 users every time).
Grinchy
Banned
Oh, I didn't realize it was for 7 days. That's like nothing then. People around me need to start buying Vitas.
LamerDeluxe
Member
I noticed the same thing, down from around 90 to around 55. Pinball Dreams is surprisingly high in my near game ranking list, maybe because it was on sale some time ago.
Live Free or Die
Banned
have you tried turning off the parental controls?