The 360 thread!

[PVB]

Some reports of the crackdown dlc wiping out existing saves:

http://forums.crackdownoncrime.com/foru ... hread.aspx

Also reports in the comments on Major Nelson, so use with caution and/or backup your save game.

As mentioned above:

Demo: Blacksite: Area 51

Name: Blacksite: Area 51 Teaser Demo
Price: Free
Availability: Not Available in Germany or Asia.
Dash Details: Modern day fears come to life in a familiar, yet extraordinary setting: A small American town swarming with alien life. The government is desperate, struggling to contain secrets so terrible they can no longer be kept. Everything hinges on the actions of Aeran Pierce, a former Special Forces assassin thrown into one of the most explosive moments in American history.
Size: 583 MB (approx.)

[Spirit]

Some reports of the crackdown dlc wiping out existing saves:

http://forums.crackdownoncrime.com/foru ... hread.aspx

To sum up, seems related to co-op mode and rest gangs/KTTC.

[Bod]

All worked fine after ditching WMP11 sharing for Tversity but now, after the update, I apparantly don't have any video on my PC, just music and pictures. Bloody marvelous, thanks alot....

Get the TVersity update which fixes this The update makes navigating videos a damn site better too.

Cheers

Bubba

Cool, cheers Works a treat and with folder navigation at last too

Never heard of TVeristy until I read this!

Downloaded & installed this morning, & now I can watch ANY of my video files streamed directly onto the 360.

Thanks guys for the heads up.

[fuwafuwa]

After some experiments, now I guess it's not the territorial restrictions but missing localized strings that prevented me from downloading Blacksite: Area 51 demo.

I used the NA account, changed the system language from Japanese to English, then the strange blank gone, the demo appeared. hmm...

[PVB]

Never heard of TVeristy until I read this!

Downloaded & installed this morning, & now I can watch ANY of my video files streamed directly onto the 360.

Thanks guys for the heads up.

Care to write a total-noob guide to setting it up and using it, cos when I tried it I couldn't get it to 'do' anything, let alone stream stuff from my PC.

[PVB]

After some experiments, now I guess it's not the territorial restrictions but missing localized strings that prevented me from downloading Blacksite: Area 51 demo.

I used the NA account, changed the system language from Japanese to English, then the strange blank gone, the demo appeared. hmm...

The Major Nelson press release says:

Availability: Not Available in Germany or Asia.

You got it sorted out though.

[Fil]

I'm not sure Major Nelson actually holds a military rank

[Kronos]

I liked the Forza 2 demo. It was what I expected really, with its realistic physics, tyre temperatures, etc.

I'll never understand how cars that can't go around corners can be classed as realistic physics.

Anyway, the Crackdown DLC is up.

They go round corners if you don't take them too fast. Mind you, when I wrote 'realistic' really I should have written 'what I assume is realistic'. I haven't driven a racing car round a track in real life, but I would have expected less understeer from a rear wheel drive car.

snip.

Edit: Depends on whether it is just initial understeer on turn-in or hedge seeking lunatic Vauxhall style understeer, anyway either should be able to be tuned out to instant 911 style oversteer or lovely Audi style 4 wheel drift

I have, and driving a V8 Caterham at Brands Hatch is something everyone should try. Also I would love for one of these "realistic" games to actually have cars that can be made to do a 360 at the drop of the accelerator as in real life

[HGFB]

There's a workaround for the Crackdown problem

http://forums.crackdownoncrime.com/foru ... 29363.aspx

[chub]

Edit: Depends on whether it is just initial understeer on turn-in or hedge seeking lunatic Vauxhall style understeer, anyway either should be able to be tuned out to instant 911 style oversteer or lovely Audi style 4 wheel drift

I have, and driving a V8 Caterham at Brands Hatch is something everyone should try. Also I would love for one of these "realistic" games to actually have cars that can be made to do a 360 at the drop of the accelerator as in real life

Actually things got better when I turned the traction control off but left ABS on. After a more extensive go at the demo, I'd says the balance definitely depends on the car. For example the TVR Sagaris has loads of oversteer with the TC off, and it's very easy to a 360 in it (not always on purpose). The 911 in the demo is 4WD, and that understeers a lot all the way through corners. I think the Ferrari F430 however has the balance just right, and it's possible to drift that round bends very nicely.

[PVB]

There's a workaround for the Crackdown problem

http://forums.crackdownoncrime.com/foru ... 29363.aspx

Love this bit from the Crackdown team member:

2. It will tell you that there is an update. Get it, then after it finishes downloading it will send you back to the menu (after the logo screens, legal crap, sign-in, loading of saved game, etc pass).

"Legal crap"

[turk182]

Very suprised how good area 51 looks. The previous games on the old machine was a bit average, this really looks stunning. Although I am getting a bit tired of killing aliens & monsters,nice particle effects and explosions etc but ... rs6 vegas baby...

[RageMatrix]

Area 51 was quite cool. Shame that the demo was so very short. I would have preferred a little more in order to make a purchasing choice.

[Bubba]

Absolutely, was really impressed and having a really great time. Then suddenly it was over and I was rather confused. Needed to be two or three times as long and I'd have thrown a pre-order at Play like that.

Ho hum - got the Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta in a week or so

Cheers

Bubba

[Bod]

Never heard of TVeristy until I read this!

Downloaded & installed this morning, & now I can watch ANY of my video files streamed directly onto the 360.

Thanks guys for the heads up.

Care to write a total-noob guide to setting it up and using it, cos when I tried it I couldn't get it to 'do' anything, let alone stream stuff from my PC.

This is what I did ...

Downloaded latest version of TVeristy from here : http://tversity.com/download/

Installed it & ran ... then on the 'sharing tab' I added my folder locations that I wanted to share.

Then I downloaded the 360 patch & followed the instructions on how to install that.

After trying to play an AVI directly through Tveristy on the computer, I realised that I didn't have all the codecs!
So downloaded & installed this ... http://www.free-codecs.com/download/FFDShow.htm

Installed FFDShow, but when it requested what programs I wanted it to associate with the video decoding bit, I selected 'all'
(it recommends just the ones on its programme list, but I couldn't see TVeristy on there!)

I then restarted my computer & turned on my 360.

On the 360 dash, I went into the System blade & stopped the computer sharing option.
Then went to the Media blade & selected the Video option & associated the sharing with TVeristy instead of WMP 11.

Worked my way to the correct folder & clicked on a video file ... after a few seconds of decoding on the computer, it was streamed perfectly to the 360.

Finally turned off the sharing option on WMP 11, as I don't need it anymore.