Archive: 47 posts

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Does anybody else get absolutely owned by loading screens when they try to play online? I mean, my connection is fine, but sometimes during gameplay a loading screen pops up and just won't go away until the level is changed. It kind of ruins online for me because you have to quit the whole game just to get out of it.

2011-01-19 23:01:00 Author: Tyler Posts: 663

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This is happening to me too.

2011-01-19 23:10:00 Author: fivex Posts: 2

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Does anybody else get absolutely owned by loading screens when they try to play online? Was a problem during the beta too, although reports suggest it's more problematic in the retail version. If you get stuck in a loading screen, you can fix it by turning your controller off and on again. If you have other Bluetooth devices like a wireless keypad, you may have to shut those off too.

2011-01-19 23:22:00 Author: Aya042 Posts: 2870

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I just usually press the PS Button and it fixes it. I found it out when I was fixing to turn my game off after that and It let me back in, and now every time it happens it works

2011-01-20 01:01:00 Author: boomx2equalu Posts: 97

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I've gotten lucky at times by hitting PS3 and popping back to the XMB and back, but as Aya suggests turning off your controller is probably the better of the two.

2011-01-20 01:09:00 Author: jwwphotos Posts: 11383

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I wish I knew that I should turn off my controller, I've been restarting the game every time. :/

2011-01-20 01:12:00 Author: The-Unknown-Thief Posts: 49

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I hope when i receive mine copy already has an update to fix this.

2011-01-20 02:17:00 Author: Cauan-XV Posts: 491

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Turning off the controller/using the XMB only seems to work half the time. I hate this glitch.

2011-01-20 03:40:00 Author: Tyler Posts: 663

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I've been getting this too, I thought it was my crappy wifi connection acting up....glad to hear that I might not have to wait for a new N router plus ethernet cable to hardwire my PS3 to get the co-op prize bubbles...still have to wait for a patch though, haha

2011-01-20 03:49:00 Author: mogwaimon Posts: 53

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I'm affected by it too... And its a lot worse than it was in the beta. At the moment I have a handful of friends (a few US and one AUS) with whom it simply isn't possible to play LBP2 online, due to the interuption of the loading screens. When I play with these users, turning off the controller does help for a moment, but as soon as I have visuals from their game and turn my controller back on, I'm quickly greeted be the same old "black screen of slow death" once again

2011-01-20 07:32:00 Author: Slaeden-Bob Posts: 605

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I don't want to sound overdramatic, but this is an extremely serious issue. The loading bug effectively killed online play in the beta, and it got so bad that people were going back to LBP1 just to meet up with each other. Pressing the PS button is a temporary fix that doesn't always work and even when it does, the bug always returns within a minute or two. If it's actually worse in the retail version, as people are saying, then we can kiss goodbye to our LBP social lives because playing with other people is hell when you have this bug. I'm extremely disappointed this wasn't fixed, because it was the biggest, most common complaint in the final version of the beta.

2011-01-20 08:36:00 Author: Ungreth Posts: 2130

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Hey guys, I don t know if i m the only one, but i experience a very bad multiplayer part of the game... to the point i had to finish it in solo mode. Everytime I try to join a game in multiplayer, i got stuck on the loading screen forever. Have to reboot the ps3, retry and same deal. One time I successfully entered someone world, but we didn t finished the lvl, got booted.... So What s wrong with the network on release date ? this should have been fixed in beta. Hope they ll patch it soon.

2011-01-20 12:35:00 Author: Snowstyle_ Posts: 6

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My friends are having lots of trouble too. The worst Ive experienced is a few 2-5 minute loading screen, only to return me to the game with nothing changed. And usually my connection SUCKS. :SH:

2011-01-20 12:56:00 Author: ThePineapplizer Posts: 769

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Yep, also happening to me... really annoying! But I don't think it's a connection problem..it's used to happen in the Beta, before the last patch if I remenber well.

2011-01-20 13:14:00 Author: dajdaj03 Posts: 1486

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Anyone know if they are going to address the connection issues? I get the endless loading screen about 90% of the time when I try to join someone, especially if I have my settings to "Join Them" instead of "Ask First". I'm a little bummed about the connection woes of the game. I mean isn't it meant to be enjoyed cooperatively?? Hope they fix this stuff soon.

2011-01-20 14:07:00 Author: alizerothree Posts: 8

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This is UNACCEPTABLE !! Bought that game 70 euros.... Media Molecule really have to deliver a hotfix on this ASAP.

2011-01-20 14:24:00 Author: Snowstyle_ Posts: 6

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They will patch it someday. But in the meantime I've found a way to shorten the wait time. Just turn your controller off and wait.

2011-01-20 15:01:00 Author: Chump Posts: 1712

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I'm extremely disappointed this wasn't fixed, because it was the biggest, most common complaint in the final version of the beta. There will undoubtedly be a patch to address this at some point in the future. In the meantime, you'll probably find the severity of the problem roughly proportional to the packet RTT (ping time) between the players, which is typically proportional to the geographical distance between the players. Or in english: you'll have more luck if you play with other players who live in the same country as you.

2011-01-20 15:05:00 Author: Aya042 Posts: 2870

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I think it's unnaceptable and they should be working to fix it now. We haven't had any news that they even know about these problems and this worries me greatly.

2011-01-20 16:04:00 Author: Screeno Posts: 153

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I'm extremely disappointed this wasn't fixed, because it was the biggest, most common complaint in the final version of the beta. doesn't matter if they patch it now, to casual LBP players the game launched broken, & online sucks... if they fix it next week forum flamers on video game boards will be calling the game a broken, unplayable mess for years just to hyperbole after the first podcast mention of it. this, combined with MM royally screwing the creators sony had building for them and having LBP2's level pages be the same cool pages i was looking at on Monday in LBP1... instead of a dozen epics to go along with Johnees level, means that "LBP's community is worthless" will be taken to podcasts, forums & trade ins too. they dropped the ball big time, and it's sad. LBP3 reviwers won't be playing LBP2 in 2015, they'll just remember how bad the first week was, and say we never lived up to our potential again.

2011-01-20 16:05:00 Author: Unknown User

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Everybody is so ticked off about the new games bugs. Anybody remember how bad it was at the beginning for LBP1? It'll get fixed, don't worry. In the mean time, deal with it and calm down.

2011-01-20 20:28:00 Author: Super_Dork_42 Posts: 1874

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NinjaMicWZ has it right. The game sounds fairly buggy atm, and this will scare off those casual players, the same thing that happened to LBP1. It shouldn't happen twice. It bugs me when fans blindly defend an obviously flawed game.

2011-01-20 20:39:00 Author: midnight_heist Posts: 2513

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To those stuck on Loading Screen. Whenever you get stuck, simply turn off your controller, it fixes it most of the time, just remember to turn it back un after exiting the loading screen, or you'll be kicked from the game for having your controller off. Hope that helps!

2011-01-20 20:50:00 Author: Silverleon Posts: 6707

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doesn't matter if they patch it now, to casual LBP players the game launched broken, & online sucks... if they fix it next week forum flamers on video game boards will be calling the game a broken, unplayable mess for years just to hyperbole after the first podcast mention of it. this, combined with MM royally screwing the creators sony had building for them and having LBP2's level pages be the same cool pages i was looking at on Monday in LBP1... instead of a dozen epics to go along with Johnees level, means that "LBP's community is worthless" will be taken to podcasts, forums & trade ins too. they dropped the ball big time, and it's sad. LBP3 reviwers won't be playing LBP2 in 2015, they'll just remember how bad the first week was, and say we never lived up to our potential again. THIS....and what peeves me off the worst is how Mm bragged so much about it being GOLD with practically little to no bugs...but here we are angry, no...not angry...infuriated to say the least i love the guys at Mm but how could they let this happen? I REALLY hope they are sweating and panicking to get an update ASAP to see if we can save LBP2 in time you'll have more luck if you play with other players who live in the same country as you. me and zim live 2hrs away from each other in FL...and a friend of mine like 15mins away...still the same glitch....this has now turned into a more SERIOUS issue

2011-01-20 23:23:00 Author: Shadowcrazy Posts: 3365

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i finished all the 234x stuff so i've worked with it. i'm not angry for myself i was just really hoping that i'd be able to talk LBP2 on any site without the same preconceptions 1 got stuck with. mad FOR the game, not AT it

2011-01-21 03:19:00 Author: Unknown User

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THANK GOD I'm not the only one with this. When I first got it, I thought my ps3 was broken and I'd lose everything! ;n; I resetted every time and it was annoying. I couldn't play online, I had to do the whole game by myself. :< but thanks guys, I'll try the controller trick. Anything but turning off my ps3. :/

2011-01-21 03:49:00 Author: Cheezy WEAPON Posts: 283

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It kind of ruins online for me because you have to quit the whole game just to get out of it. I believe the most efficient way is to simply sign out of PSN; push the PS button, go to "Account Settings", click square on it, and hit "Sign Out". When you disconnect from the host, just sign back into PSN and LBP. Takes about 20 seconds. Turning off the controller keeps you connected to the host right? I may have to try that.

2011-01-21 03:55:00 Author: warlord_evil Posts: 4193

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Yeah the Controller thing works fine... But sometime you have the bug and get stuck in loading screen in the middle of a level... So you do the trick but you loose all the points you made and restart at 0... Have you seen how multiplayer ladders are empty ? They totally screwed up this released with this, I just cant believe it.

2011-01-21 18:05:00 Author: Snowstyle_ Posts: 6

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I didn't do any online co-op on LBP1 becuase the connection was so bad, I was really hoping they'd fix it for LBP2, guess not

2011-01-21 20:25:00 Author: groble Posts: 223

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This never happens to me while I'm playing online, but it always happens to whoever I'm playing with. Weird!

2011-01-21 21:12:00 Author: TheZimInvader Posts: 3149

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This never happens to me while I'm playing online, but it always happens to whoever I'm playing with. Weird! are you always the game host?

2011-01-21 21:36:00 Author: groble Posts: 223

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are you always the game host? No, sometimes I go and join them and they get the endless loading screen thingy, but I don't.

2011-01-21 21:50:00 Author: TheZimInvader Posts: 3149

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No, sometimes I go and join them and they get the endless loading screen thingy, but I don't. ^^^ Is speacial. XD ... The short for for this condition is LBOD, or Loading Bars of Death, if anyone didn't know. ..Coined by hazbell, I think.

2011-01-21 22:21:00 Author: Fishrock123 Posts: 1578

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... The short for for this condition is LBOD, or Loading Bars of Death, if anyone didn't know. ..Coined by hazbell, I think. Stupid question, but why is everything negative called "[Whatever] of Death"? Seems a bit bland after being used in names such as the Red Ring of Death, The Yellow Light of Death, and so on... Luckily I already read this before I got the game I guess I would have been looking for a solution to this bug if I didn't I already told my friends the semi-cure (turning off the controller) so I'm fine with the bug until they fix it

2011-01-21 23:38:00 Author: iArekusu Posts: 402

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I played for about 4 hours (maybe more) in 3 player co op using XBL party chat (not that that is relevant). I got this a lot, and it fixed every time quite fast by turning off the controller as suggested. It didn't happen to the host once, and the other guy got it once. I joined 3rd, dunno if that had anything to do with why I froze. Regardless, I wasn't that bothered by it (I want a fix fast though) and I still had a ton of fun, so I can't complain

2011-01-22 03:06:00 Author: Unknown User

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Happens to me alot too; as well as the people I try to play games with. For me, it really only happens when I try to join someone already playing. When I opened a game to play with someone in my pod it worked fine for me, but my firend said each time he got the infinite load screen, and he didn't show up in the level with me. Hopefully MM has/ will identify the issue and release a patch for it soon. i'll survive without getting the 2x prizes till them . At least you can still visit peoples pods all right. Aya- thanks for the temp. fix about turning off the controller! i'll try it next time I'm on.

2011-01-22 03:17:00 Author: Ricky-III Posts: 732

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Blame Negativitron. He is eating your data and spitting out higher load times.

2011-01-22 03:22:00 Author: Alexxerth Posts: 233

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oh ok so im not the only one with this problem thats good to know. Also I think Mm will take a wail so they can fix this because remember what they said when LBP2 got delayed "we delayed it because we also care for the people playing LBP2 without connections" or something like that. Anyways I think Mm will take sometime because they also dont want to ruin this for them aswell. I think

2011-01-22 03:26:00 Author: Arnald23 Posts: 1843

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I'm extremely disappointed this wasn't fixed, because it was the biggest, most common complaint in the final version of the beta. It's disgusting how it's even in the full game, worst then ever too. Mm should address this (real) quick, I need to collect x4 bubbles or play with my friends in play mode or play online create which is impossible right now. I'm not happy about the other bugs that weren't addressed either.

2011-01-22 06:04:00 Author: PPp_Killer Posts: 449

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Mm doesn't even seem to be aware of this. And it's the worst bug right now. They're focusing on something called the giant planet glitch, which frankly I haven't heard of anyone having.

2011-01-22 07:53:00 Author: Tyler Posts: 663

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Same thing here, too. All my friends whom were playing LBP2 (about 30), had trouble joining eachother because of that **** loading screen. It seems to be related to player distance too - the closer two people are in the world, the less loading screens they will get. This bug was in the beta too, and all it needed to be fixed was a little setting to be set differently in the server - the game did not have to be patched. Media Molecule doesn't seem to be aware of this bug - let's mail them, tweet to them, or use any other form of communication to tell them about this bug! When it's only reported from a few people, I don't think they would take it seriously. But a huge part of the entire community.. That might get them to fix it fast.

2011-01-22 09:15:00 Author: robbit10 Posts: 450

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Confirmed: Turning off your controller waiting for the loading screen to go away turning on your controller works 100% of the time. It doesn't stop you from getting any loading screens, but it gets you out of them. Spread the word.

2011-01-22 10:07:00 Author: Sivious Posts: 69

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makes you feel like your trapped in a dark box, especially when you can hear the game going. you can still text!

2011-01-22 21:44:00 Author: adalond Posts: 84

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Can you believe they released the final version with that multiplayer bug. Think to all those casual people who don t know the paddle glinch, who s going to be stuck with their ps3. This should be the major released for the PS3 on this first months of the year. They even sale Ps3 with lpb2. And you can t play it multiplayer ? This is one of the biggest accident i ever see in the history of video game. Nobody seems to care, but MM screwed it up big times.

2011-01-24 19:05:00 Author: Snowstyle_ Posts: 6

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I've been lucky so far- I haven't been attacked by loading screens or had the craft earth in front of my pod. A pleasant change from my usual string of bad luck!

2011-01-24 19:12:00 Author: Weretigr Posts: 2105

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It's clearly a loop in the game engine, caused by loading network stuff. The screen should go away when the loading is finished, but it doesn't, which is why disconnecting the controller breaks the loop. It's really silly, and shouldn't be that difficult to fix.

2011-01-24 19:19:00 Author: Unknown User

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Add a wonderfull multiplayer experience tonight, maybe it was server side cause to me, it seems to be fix !

2011-01-25 00:12:00 Author: Snowstyle_ Posts: 6

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