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DJLinus 01-30-11 08:47 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 

Originally Posted by Suprmallet (Post 10611004)
I will be buying and playing the shit out of that album. One of the best ever recorded in rock and roll history.

:thumbsup: As much as I love Johnny Cash, David Bowie, and Billy Joel, I'm glad I decided to hold off on those since I now have enough available points for the Clash this week.

I'm actually a little shocked that Harmonix isn't putting out an "RB3 version" of "Train in Vain" with this DLC.

Shagrath 01-30-11 09:38 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 

Originally Posted by DJLinus (Post 10614646)
I'm actually a little shocked that Harmonix isn't putting out an "RB3 version" of "Train in Vain" with this DLC.

Does "Train in Vain" have keyboards or excessive harmonies? I've probably only played it a couple times. I doubt it has enough of that to make it worth making an RB3 version.

DJLinus 01-30-11 10:15 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
There are some keyboards (and when there aren't any, the harmonica part could've been charted), but the song doesn't seem to have much in the way of harmonies. But then again, Harmonix put out an RB3 version of "We Will Rock You"* when they could've exerted that effort on one of the many keyboard/harmony-heavy Queen songs that haven't appeared in the game yet. :shrug:


*though I do realize that first appeared on Lego RB and not as DLC, so less people would own that song the first time around.

Adam Tyner 01-31-11 08:38 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
New patch went up today. No details on what exactly is in it yet, but apparently the DLC that was inaccessible is back. Fingers crossed that they finally fixed the Squeal of Death with the PS3 keys.

Shagrath 01-31-11 08:51 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
I believe the keys thing was fixed..

Also from what I've seen/heard:

Audition mode for RBN2.0
Breakneck speed in practice mode
Missing songs (Anvil, Dinosaur Jr, Tenacious D, Guess Who.. Still missing Die Toten Housen and that one Oasis song)
Pro guitar sorting is fixed (DLC used to all go under Warmup)
Mustang and keyboard can now use bass pedal to activate Overdrive

pinata242 01-31-11 08:59 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 

Originally Posted by Shagrath (Post 10616182)
Mustang and keyboard can now use bass pedal to activate Overdrive

About time! This will go nicely with my new keyboard stand.

pinata242 01-31-11 09:04 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
I saw this last night for the first time and I think it should open the RBN2.0 store:

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superfro 01-31-11 09:16 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
For what it's worth, the dream of the 90's is also alive in my house.

Shagrath 01-31-11 09:22 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
Here's the official changelog.


GAMEPLAY CHANGES
The audio distortion (also referred to as a buzz, hiss, or squawk) that some PS3 Keyboard players experienced has been addressed.
For users experiencing trouble deploying Vocal Overdrive in certain audio setups, OD can now be deployed using the Back button on the controller. NOTE: this only works while in a valid Overdrive deploy section.
Overdrive can now be deployed using a Pedal with both the Mustang Pro Guitar and the Keyboard peripherals.
Scoring is disabled after a song has been paused multiple times (this prevent players from artificially inflating scores using the pause function).
The translucency of the track surface has been adjusted to make note gems are easier to see against the venue backgrounds.
Based on fan feedback, limited functionality for the Stage kit has been added to Rock Band 3. Please note that this 3rd-party peripheral is no longer officially supported, so we cannot guarantee full functionality with every file format (RB3, Pro-DLC), but basic functions should be reenabled.

ONLINE CHANGES
PS3 Voice Chat not properly working with headsets has been remedied.
Audio no longer distorts for remote players when whammying sustains in an online session.
To prevent blank tracks from appearing in online multiplayer, all members in an online multiplayer band must own the Pro upgrades to play a song with DLC pro upgrades.

MUSIC LIBRARY AND STORE CHANGES
Pro Guitar songs now sort themselves into the correct difficulty tiers.
Pro upgrade availability will now be more accurately reflected in the Music Store.
The following songs are now correctly appearing in the Music Library.
Anvil - 666
Anvil - Metal on Metal
Anvil - This is Thirteen
Dinosaur Jr - Pick Me Up
Dinosaur Jr - The Wagon
Guess Who, The - Hand Me Down World
Guess Who, The - No Time
Tenacious D - Rock Your Socks
Avenged Sevenfold – Afterlife

PRACTICE MODE CHANGES
An issue that prevented holding sustain notes on keys in the trainers has been addressed
Breakneck Speed now works in Practice Mode.

CRASH FIXES
Fixed a Character Creator crash related to a particular eyebrow asset or the generation of a random character.
Fixed assorted minor crashes, as well as minor scoring and text bugs.

pinata242 01-31-11 09:25 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
Can't wait to see the new, reduced translucency :up:

Stage kit support :up:

redbill 01-31-11 09:27 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
pretty good patch. Most of my complaints covered (that I could reasonably expect them to actually fix), aside from BNS being settable individually.

DVDChris 01-31-11 09:49 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
Wow, stage kit functionality is back? I'm going to have to test it out.

Shagrath 01-31-11 09:51 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 

Originally Posted by DVDChris (Post 10616277)
Wow, stage kit functionality is back? I'm going to have to test it out.

My house is all lit up with flashing lights right now! No fog though, but that's only because I don't want it right now.

Mad Dawg 01-31-11 09:54 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
That's pretty cool that they added that back in. :up:

Whoa, just caught that the pedal now activates the Mustang OD. Awesome.

discostu1337 01-31-11 10:20 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
Stage Kit!!
I was playing a bit last night and wondering if they would ever fix that.

Also huge thumbs up to making the "runway" darker so seeing the gems is easier. This was my #1 problem with the game.

clintilona 01-31-11 11:05 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
Stage Kit return is fantastic. Anyone try it with RB3 DLC yet?

DVDChris 01-31-11 12:25 PM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 

Originally Posted by Shagrath (Post 10616284)
My house is all lit up with flashing lights right now! No fog though, but that's only because I don't want it right now.

That's great to hear. Have you tried it with any of the RB3 songs yet?

clintilona 01-31-11 01:19 PM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 

Originally Posted by DVDChris (Post 10616512)
That's great to hear. Have you tried it with any of the RB3 songs yet?

I've heard a few people say that they tried it with Bohemian Rhapsody & Beast & the Harlot and they both worked. I am now wondering if they individually programmed song by song for the RB3 on disc songs or if they did something globally to where it would work with all RB3 content, including new DLC.

superfro 01-31-11 02:28 PM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 

The translucency of the track surface has been adjusted to make note gems are easier to see against the venue backgrounds.
Amen!

RichC2 01-31-11 02:32 PM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
Man, I bought Rock Band 3 on launch and it still hasn't found its way into my 360 :(

19K 02-01-11 08:59 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
I hope the "assorted minor crashes" fix includes when it randomly resets your PS3 back to the XMB. That is frustrating as hell, especially when it happens 45 songs into an endless setlist like it did to me.

Hokeyboy 02-01-11 10:34 AM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
I *ALMOST* threw out my Stage Kit last Monday, and changed my mind at the last minute. So glad I did. :up:

Guru Askew 02-01-11 12:20 PM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 

Originally Posted by clintilona (Post 10616392)
Stage Kit return is fantastic. Anyone try it with RB3 DLC yet?

I tried it with everything but RBN content and everything works as it should, though I didn't have the fog machine on. I'm convinced that the "limited support" thing was just their way of having an out if they ever drop support in the future, it's their way of saying "we're not making any promises". As far as I could tell there's no "limit" to Stage Kit support compared to previous Rock Band games.

I've seen people claim it's not as active as it once was but I think their memories are failing them. I played one song last night (can't remember which one, though I know it was an RB3 song) that almost game me a seizure from all the strobing.

They'd have to go out of their way to nerf Stage Kit support because it's all built into the lighting/rumble data and I find it pretty hard to believe that they'd do that but I find it entirely believable that people would incorrectly remember it being more active just because they haven't used it in 3 months, especially when they're expecting less because of the "limited" wording.

pinata242 02-01-11 12:29 PM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 

Originally Posted by Guru Askew (Post 10618124)
...I think their memories are failing them. I played one song last night (can't remember which one...

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Guru Askew 02-01-11 12:32 PM

Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
 
There's a bit of a difference between not remembering which of the 30 songs I played last night had the crazy strobes and essentially saying "I can't back it up but I know it was better 3 months ago!"


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