tobi
"Clear Eyes Full Hearts Can't Lose."
- 5 August 2005
- Spurs, Suns and Cowboys
That would be a good feature, should lead to game launching too.
Home (PlayStation 3)
- Thread starter NickSCFC
- Start date
yeah JM - that would be a much better area for us to hang out until we have players around to play than a single screen with some text.
Give us a ball to kick around and ohh a table football game where we twist our joypads to twist the handles with the men on!
Give us a ball to kick around and ohh a table football game where we twist our joypads to twist the handles with the men on!
Oh yes that would make me actually want to use it, though I imagine I'd get called a butch lesbian for liking a football game either that or be a tranny. Still, I would use it though, walking around your locker room, maybe being able to put a kit on for a giggle and meet up with your online mates and get straight into a lobby ready for an online match.
jonneymendoza
Legend
- 1 January 2004
- Arsenal
Not only for baps but this could work on a normal fifa lobby too. join a lobby in Home and just go round asking people if they want a 1v1 match and bam sorted.
i imagine this could work with ANY lobby in a any game such has killzone 2. so instead of looking at a screen with a list of peoples names on, you could be in some kind of kz2 Home space instead
i imagine this could work with ANY lobby in a any game such has killzone 2. so instead of looking at a screen with a list of peoples names on, you could be in some kind of kz2 Home space instead
jonneymendoza
Legend
- 1 January 2004
- Arsenal
yea taht would be awsome as well. another feature with fifa's Home space is if they could stream and show match of the day LIVE on a big screen. imagine the amount of people gathering for such an event. that would be awsome and after that, many would be in the mood for some fifa action!
Also, why not post the latest movie trailers in advance over everyone else? that could pull in more people to go to Home and watch an exclusive trailer of a movie.
Come on sony,chop chop
Haha, I bet they will do you know. You'll get team kits like Accrington Stanley and what not free but from Championship up they'll be at least £1 a go. I couldn't believe it when I went on a couple of week back and saw they were selling a pair of virtual earrings for £1.59 or something around that.
jonneymendoza
Legend
- 1 January 2004
- Arsenal
i would probably be one of the idiots who would buy a football top and im a person that has never bought a single thing in PSN/XBox live
Tired of your apartment in Home? Well, you can get a brand new living space for free next week on PlayStation Home. Make sure you don't wait too long to snag the virtual space, as it will only be free from May 14th to May 21st. The new environment features a giant living tree in the middle, and adds a nice fantasy-inspired touch to the PSN world.
D
DagsJT
Guest
Does anyone even bother with Home?
pboreham
Kick. Snare. Hat. Ride.
What racing and poker?
Last time I tried it (months ago), i had a go of the Red Bull racing and that was pretty cool.
Last time I tried it (months ago), i had a go of the Red Bull racing and that was pretty cool.
jaygrim
TheAllSeeingEye
I'll have to go and have a look.
Nick Cave
Wrexham fan for my sins...
I've been in twice I think it's too slow and a tad boring...
Yup and they have some closed 'coming soon' rooms there too. The poker tables are always jammed full though.
tobi
"Clear Eyes Full Hearts Can't Lose."
- 5 August 2005
- Spurs, Suns and Cowboys
Yep, I went looking for it yesterday today too, its USA only.
Oh well I ended up downloading all of the free clothes and furniture items then won a race in the EA sports area. I thrashed them and even lapped the guy in last and unlocked 2 items (although I've only found 1 so far, the t shirt)
Home is steadily growing with more game spaces, more avatar customization choices, and new features. Next Thursday the 21st, Home will receive an update, version 1.21 that includes several new features and fixes.
Alongside the update, an update to the EA Sports Game Space and some new hair styles will be making an appearance. Below is the full list of changes, fixes and new items.
General
Threads will have another relatively small influx of fun and varied clothing for those of you who like to mix and match, and you’ll also find a few more hairstyles available to you in the wardrobe. And we can’t resist listing them: Sleek Crop, Crop, Forward Spikes, Short Hair, Spiky Hair and last but not least, Shaggy Sleek.
EA Sports Complex
The EA Sports complex is receiving an update to add the following:
- Poker -
Leader Boards
The two screens attached to the roof support pillars in the space will now have leaderboard information for daily winners, and season leaders
- Ranking -
The top 100 players for the season and for the day will be ranked and you can see if you have a ranking by looking at the bottom of the leader board
- Red Tournament Table -
The middle table will now become the Red Tournament table
You will need to have a positive bankroll to play on this table which means having at least 1000 points in your bankroll
- Point Rewards for Winning -
On the tables your rewards will vary based on the number of players and how you finish
Green payouts for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
Red tables pays out more than Green
- Improved camera system (L1 to change, L2 to reset) -
You now have 4 different views of the table you play on - standard, over head, table top view 1, table top view 2
You can look at the leader board to see how many point the daily and season winners have posted
Watch 1 of 3 video screens
View the Scoreboard slide show
Check the Ticker for updated event information
- Table placement -
By moving the location of the tables we will be able to reduce the cross chatter between tables that occurs while texting
This change should also eliminate the annoying “video screen in my ear effect” that occurs on certain seats
- Music (R2 to change volume) -
We have added a music track to the Poker game to make things a little more interesting
Volume control will also be added so you can toggle between 3 volume levels or turn it off completely (R2)
- Blind Timers -
Now increment based on the number of people remaining at the table
- Blind Time on Status board -
When you walk up to a table you now see how high the blind is and when it will double
Bug reporting
As a point of interest we are investigating ways of gathering bug reports from you in the future. Forum threads simply don’t work for this as duplicate reports and general chat complicate and greatly increase the amount of work involved in simply finding the facts. In the meantime we will continue to look to our long term beta testers to report through our existing process. We hope to have something usable by all by the next patch.
Patch v1.21
And now onto v1.21 of the Home core client and the changes it brings. The major difference between ourselves and SCEA is that they will be releasing Picture Frames with 1.21. Whilst the moderation hurdles have been overcome our senior management (for better or worse!) are still reassessing their approach to user owned or generated content.
Until these concerns can be tackled we will hold back on releasing Picture Frames here in SCEE. However, our intention is to release this feature as soon as possible and we will let you know how things progress behind the scenes from time to time.
And now onto the lists of changes and fixes:
Improvements
• The chat log has been updated with a number of new enhancements:
- By clicking the left stick you can toggle the chat log between three modes: normal, expanded and minimised.
• It is also possible to switch the chat log directly into expanded mode by pressing up or down on the controller d-pad.
- While minimised the chat log is reduced to a small icon in the corner of the screen. This icon will still fade in and out to indicate whether new chat is being received.
- While expanded you can scroll through individual lines of text in the chat log. By pressing [CROSS] with a line highlighted they are able to open an options menu for the user who spoke.
- Lines of text are coloured in the chat log to reflect the colour choice of the user who typed them.
- Your friends will now have an icon placed beside their ID in the chat log.
• Emotes are now available when text communication has been disabled.
• It is possible to target things while sat on the floor.
• The process of moving between spaces has been streamlined which should make relocating a bit faster.
• The loading time for smaller images, such as thumbnails, posters and map chips, has been reduced.
Changes
• We have reduced loading times when using the virtual stores to browse and purchase items.
• We have changed the way furniture is saved in a Club house. This should stop furniture going missing if the player placing the furniture exits Home immediately after changing the layout.
• When you log in to Home, if there is a problem retrieving your commerce information then you will be returned to the welcome screen with an error message.
• When you attempt to telephone a friend that has voice chat disabled you will now see the warning in an alert message instead of a pop-up.
• If you choose not to download an update patch for Home and then attempt to log on you will be returned to the welcome screen with an appropriate error message.
• We’ve swapped the dark grey and dark blue pop-up colours for magenta and turquoise to make text easier to read in the chat log.
• Club ownership is now indicated by a crown icon instead of a star.
• We’ve slowed down the speed at which you can rotate furniture.
Bug fixes
• Fixed a bug that could cause items of furniture placed in the Club house to go missing (this is separate from the change to make saving the layout more robust).
• Fixed a problem that could cause Home rewards to be lost after a network error.
• Fixed a bug that would cause a crash when the user is signed out of the PSN while logging on to Home.
• Fixed a bug that would send users to the wrong place if they accepted an invitation to a Personal Space just as its owner relocated elsewhere.
• The option to make cross regional telephone calls from public spaces is no longer greyed out.
• Fixed a bug where spawning inside the trigger radius of certain mini-games would result in the user automatically joining them.
• Fixed a bug that would result in a “typing” chat bubble being displayed permanently if the user muted someone while they were typing.
• Changed Game Launching error messages so that line breaks show up correctly in them now.
• Fixed a bug that would cause alert messages to remain on screen after being disconnected.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a crash if the user was disconnected while making a purchase in Home.
• The furniture placement camera will now respect the control inversion settings specified in the Menu Pad.
• Adjusted the way characters get up from seating to make them less prone to popping in and out of seats that are close together.
• Fixed a bug that would result in characters standing on top of certain types of seating after standing.
• Fixed a bug that would cause certain parts of some animations to “stick” if the character stood up while playing them (for example if the user stood up while yawning, their mouth would be stuck open).
• Fixed a bug that would allow the character to run or slide while performing spot idle animations.
Alongside the update, an update to the EA Sports Game Space and some new hair styles will be making an appearance. Below is the full list of changes, fixes and new items.
General
Threads will have another relatively small influx of fun and varied clothing for those of you who like to mix and match, and you’ll also find a few more hairstyles available to you in the wardrobe. And we can’t resist listing them: Sleek Crop, Crop, Forward Spikes, Short Hair, Spiky Hair and last but not least, Shaggy Sleek.
EA Sports Complex
The EA Sports complex is receiving an update to add the following:
- Poker -
Leader Boards
The two screens attached to the roof support pillars in the space will now have leaderboard information for daily winners, and season leaders
- Ranking -
The top 100 players for the season and for the day will be ranked and you can see if you have a ranking by looking at the bottom of the leader board
- Red Tournament Table -
The middle table will now become the Red Tournament table
You will need to have a positive bankroll to play on this table which means having at least 1000 points in your bankroll
- Point Rewards for Winning -
On the tables your rewards will vary based on the number of players and how you finish
Green payouts for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
Red tables pays out more than Green
- Improved camera system (L1 to change, L2 to reset) -
You now have 4 different views of the table you play on - standard, over head, table top view 1, table top view 2
You can look at the leader board to see how many point the daily and season winners have posted
Watch 1 of 3 video screens
View the Scoreboard slide show
Check the Ticker for updated event information
- Table placement -
By moving the location of the tables we will be able to reduce the cross chatter between tables that occurs while texting
This change should also eliminate the annoying “video screen in my ear effect” that occurs on certain seats
- Music (R2 to change volume) -
We have added a music track to the Poker game to make things a little more interesting
Volume control will also be added so you can toggle between 3 volume levels or turn it off completely (R2)
- Blind Timers -
Now increment based on the number of people remaining at the table
- Blind Time on Status board -
When you walk up to a table you now see how high the blind is and when it will double
Bug reporting
As a point of interest we are investigating ways of gathering bug reports from you in the future. Forum threads simply don’t work for this as duplicate reports and general chat complicate and greatly increase the amount of work involved in simply finding the facts. In the meantime we will continue to look to our long term beta testers to report through our existing process. We hope to have something usable by all by the next patch.
Patch v1.21
And now onto v1.21 of the Home core client and the changes it brings. The major difference between ourselves and SCEA is that they will be releasing Picture Frames with 1.21. Whilst the moderation hurdles have been overcome our senior management (for better or worse!) are still reassessing their approach to user owned or generated content.
Until these concerns can be tackled we will hold back on releasing Picture Frames here in SCEE. However, our intention is to release this feature as soon as possible and we will let you know how things progress behind the scenes from time to time.
And now onto the lists of changes and fixes:
Improvements
• The chat log has been updated with a number of new enhancements:
- By clicking the left stick you can toggle the chat log between three modes: normal, expanded and minimised.
• It is also possible to switch the chat log directly into expanded mode by pressing up or down on the controller d-pad.
- While minimised the chat log is reduced to a small icon in the corner of the screen. This icon will still fade in and out to indicate whether new chat is being received.
- While expanded you can scroll through individual lines of text in the chat log. By pressing [CROSS] with a line highlighted they are able to open an options menu for the user who spoke.
- Lines of text are coloured in the chat log to reflect the colour choice of the user who typed them.
- Your friends will now have an icon placed beside their ID in the chat log.
• Emotes are now available when text communication has been disabled.
• It is possible to target things while sat on the floor.
• The process of moving between spaces has been streamlined which should make relocating a bit faster.
• The loading time for smaller images, such as thumbnails, posters and map chips, has been reduced.
Changes
• We have reduced loading times when using the virtual stores to browse and purchase items.
• We have changed the way furniture is saved in a Club house. This should stop furniture going missing if the player placing the furniture exits Home immediately after changing the layout.
• When you log in to Home, if there is a problem retrieving your commerce information then you will be returned to the welcome screen with an error message.
• When you attempt to telephone a friend that has voice chat disabled you will now see the warning in an alert message instead of a pop-up.
• If you choose not to download an update patch for Home and then attempt to log on you will be returned to the welcome screen with an appropriate error message.
• We’ve swapped the dark grey and dark blue pop-up colours for magenta and turquoise to make text easier to read in the chat log.
• Club ownership is now indicated by a crown icon instead of a star.
• We’ve slowed down the speed at which you can rotate furniture.
Bug fixes
• Fixed a bug that could cause items of furniture placed in the Club house to go missing (this is separate from the change to make saving the layout more robust).
• Fixed a problem that could cause Home rewards to be lost after a network error.
• Fixed a bug that would cause a crash when the user is signed out of the PSN while logging on to Home.
• Fixed a bug that would send users to the wrong place if they accepted an invitation to a Personal Space just as its owner relocated elsewhere.
• The option to make cross regional telephone calls from public spaces is no longer greyed out.
• Fixed a bug where spawning inside the trigger radius of certain mini-games would result in the user automatically joining them.
• Fixed a bug that would result in a “typing” chat bubble being displayed permanently if the user muted someone while they were typing.
• Changed Game Launching error messages so that line breaks show up correctly in them now.
• Fixed a bug that would cause alert messages to remain on screen after being disconnected.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a crash if the user was disconnected while making a purchase in Home.
• The furniture placement camera will now respect the control inversion settings specified in the Menu Pad.
• Adjusted the way characters get up from seating to make them less prone to popping in and out of seats that are close together.
• Fixed a bug that would result in characters standing on top of certain types of seating after standing.
• Fixed a bug that would cause certain parts of some animations to “stick” if the character stood up while playing them (for example if the user stood up while yawning, their mouth would be stuck open).
• Fixed a bug that would allow the character to run or slide while performing spot idle animations.
tobi
"Clear Eyes Full Hearts Can't Lose."
- 5 August 2005
- Spurs, Suns and Cowboys
Buzz! HQ is Live
I'm going to try it now.
EDIT: It was up for a minutes at least but its gone now, its broken and being fixed now.
I'm going to try it now.
EDIT: It was up for a minutes at least but its gone now, its broken and being fixed now.
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rivaldinho
League 1
- 9 September 2003
- Real Madrid
Has anyone managed to play any games in the ea complex i cant get on because of the virtual queues
Blaccat
Premiership
- 24 June 2008
The E3 stream in Home is perfect
D
DagsJT
Guest
Nope, hard enough to get a game of bowling last time I tried.
jonneymendoza
Legend
- 1 January 2004
- Arsenal
What a waste of space Home has become. If they had live streaming of E3 it would have been great!
tobi
"Clear Eyes Full Hearts Can't Lose."
- 5 August 2005
- Spurs, Suns and Cowboys
It didn't last very long because it lost connection but the Buzz game was fun and I'll definitely visit HOME more often to play it.
D
DagsJT
Guest
It's moving day over at PlayStation Home tomorrow, as the PlayStation 3 virtual hang out space welcomes some high profile new additions: SOCOM: Confrontation and Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Both are functional and fun!
The SOCOM-themed space, dubbed the SOCOM Tactical Operations Center, not only gives fans of the tactical military shooter series special things to sit on and mill about, it also offers a snazzy Telestrator tool for planning in-game strategies and leaderboards that update in real-time.
And while the Ghostbusters personal space is something you'll have to pay for, it's an enviable environment nonetheless. A full recreation of the Ghostbusters firehouse, it includes firepoles, a virtual ECTO-1 and all manner of recreated movie props. Yes, now you can relive the infamous "Last of the Petty Cash" Chinese take out scene in Home. I'd recommend watching the trailer at the PlayStation.blog.
But wait, there's more! New stuff for the EA Sports complex, inFAMOUS outfits and other stuff that you'll have to head over to the PlayStation.blog to read about.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009...ent-ea-sports-complex-update-more/#more-12106
The SOCOM-themed space, dubbed the SOCOM Tactical Operations Center, not only gives fans of the tactical military shooter series special things to sit on and mill about, it also offers a snazzy Telestrator tool for planning in-game strategies and leaderboards that update in real-time.
And while the Ghostbusters personal space is something you'll have to pay for, it's an enviable environment nonetheless. A full recreation of the Ghostbusters firehouse, it includes firepoles, a virtual ECTO-1 and all manner of recreated movie props. Yes, now you can relive the infamous "Last of the Petty Cash" Chinese take out scene in Home. I'd recommend watching the trailer at the PlayStation.blog.
But wait, there's more! New stuff for the EA Sports complex, inFAMOUS outfits and other stuff that you'll have to head over to the PlayStation.blog to read about.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009...ent-ea-sports-complex-update-more/#more-12106
D
DagsJT
Guest
PlayStation Home adds a new Everybody's Golf space today. Hooray.
It looks like a waiting room with a telly, judging by the European PlayStation blog pictures. Europeans can also win a Rag Doll Kung Fu rug by typing the words "Fists of Plastic" when an intruder wearing Rag Doll Kung Fu trousers is spotted.
PlayStation Home community manager TedTheDog admitted in May that Europe is behind others with the amount of content on offer.
Consider the US Home update today. They get a Ghostbusters Firehouse (or firestation), a SOCOM Tactical Operations Center and more content for the EA Sports complex.
The Ghostbusters Firehouse is a three-tiered building stuffed with furniture, a poltergeist and a free Ecto-1 car in the basement. A Loot Stage set is included to make Ghostbusters machinima.
The SOCOM Tactical Operations Center - the first of a two-part SOCOM hub - has a Telestrator machine that avatars can group around and use to plan in-game strategies. Loads of maps and modes from SOCOM are included. There's a big regional leaderboard on display that refreshes promptly with information from the SOCOM website, and US avatars are getting some army clothes.
The EA Sports complex, meanwhile, has received new racing tracks, leaderboards, a Racing Boost Shop and poker updates. And there's a free Cole costume for those who downloaded the inFamous demo.
It looks like a waiting room with a telly, judging by the European PlayStation blog pictures. Europeans can also win a Rag Doll Kung Fu rug by typing the words "Fists of Plastic" when an intruder wearing Rag Doll Kung Fu trousers is spotted.
PlayStation Home community manager TedTheDog admitted in May that Europe is behind others with the amount of content on offer.
Consider the US Home update today. They get a Ghostbusters Firehouse (or firestation), a SOCOM Tactical Operations Center and more content for the EA Sports complex.
The Ghostbusters Firehouse is a three-tiered building stuffed with furniture, a poltergeist and a free Ecto-1 car in the basement. A Loot Stage set is included to make Ghostbusters machinima.
The SOCOM Tactical Operations Center - the first of a two-part SOCOM hub - has a Telestrator machine that avatars can group around and use to plan in-game strategies. Loads of maps and modes from SOCOM are included. There's a big regional leaderboard on display that refreshes promptly with information from the SOCOM website, and US avatars are getting some army clothes.
The EA Sports complex, meanwhile, has received new racing tracks, leaderboards, a Racing Boost Shop and poker updates. And there's a free Cole costume for those who downloaded the inFamous demo.
jonneymendoza
Legend
- 1 January 2004
- Arsenal
whre's my game launching for most if not all ps3 games under Home? what about streaming music and vidoes as shown/demonstrated 10 years ago on your own Home space apartment?
The last I read streaming videos / music is still coming. It's just not possible in the beta.
They were asking people on the EU forums to test SF4 and other games in game launching through home a while ago. Someone asked why all games didn't have it already and the answer was they have to get the eu games launching correctly together than test the usa ones then test eu and usa mixed together launching. Plus they have to have the games patched to allow game launching through home (so it can bypass all of the usual menus) so if the devs don't do it sony cant add it to home.
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I don't think we'll get any big advances in home until this initial open beta ends and they go into v2
They were asking people on the EU forums to test SF4 and other games in game launching through home a while ago. Someone asked why all games didn't have it already and the answer was they have to get the eu games launching correctly together than test the usa ones then test eu and usa mixed together launching. Plus they have to have the games patched to allow game launching through home (so it can bypass all of the usual menus) so if the devs don't do it sony cant add it to home.
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I don't think we'll get any big advances in home until this initial open beta ends and they go into v2