PlayStation 4 Discussion

[thaSLAB]

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Same here. The only game that I've ever had crash on me was BF4, and it crashed a lot! Since their round of patches, those are all but gone for me now.

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[sbauer318]

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Man I would love to see a spotify app. I subscribe to the cheap spotify plan now but if they were to create a spotify app I would upgrade.

[bigeastbumrush]

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Credit to BaselineBakes in the FIFA forum but this may work for the CE error:

Was having the same problem but on xbox one, this worked for me and I have no idea how the problems are related but if you change the current player in the arena it seems to fix the problem.

Just go to customize and then settings and then select arena player.

I was able to advance.

[bigeastbumrush]

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Don't see a separate thread for Don't Starve but umm....

Spoiler

Am I supposed to plant my seeds or something? Or catch one of those birds to eat?

Pretty hard when there's no instructions.

I made it to night time and predictably got ate up and haven't passed day 1.

I did grab flint but not sure if I'm supposed to make a fire?

Please spoiler any help.

[dickey1331]

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I get that same error on NFS every time I play it. Very annoying.

[bcruise]

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Made it to 11 days on Don't Starve and unlocked the first extra character. I could have lasted quite a bit longer but I got stupid and attacked something I had no business trying to fight. Up until that point I had been pretty passive, only just running around collecting what I needed to survive and crafting stuff.

The game is randomly generated each time you play, but you should be able to find enough berries and carrots to keep from starving for a few days, as well as finding materials needed for a fire and the basic tools. If you do only that, you can pretty easily make it as far as I did at the very least.

Also: Use the map. it's the touchpad button on the DS4, and it shows where every permanent thing on the map that you've discovered is located (trees, berry bushes, hostile creature areas, etc.)

Of course there's much more to the game than that. I'll spoiler tag the next part because part of the fun of this game is figuring out stuff for yourself:

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You'll want both of the first two tools, the axe and pickaxe, as soon as possible. Both will help lead to building a Fire Pit, which has two big advantages over the regular campfire: It is more efficient and burns logs for longer without going out, and the pit itself is permanent - you don't have to rebuild it each night (and use materials to do so). Therefore it functions as a "home" of sorts, and it's a good place to drop off excess items.

I'm still working out the food issues (beyond the berries and carrots I mentioned already), but I did learn how to use the traps. Rabbits will look for a place to hide when you chase them, and that can either be a rabbit hole....or a trap that you set. So, if you run at them in a way they can't get to a hole, they'll often run right for the trap. They're good for decent amount of food if you cook and eat over a fire.

There's also a science machine you can build which opens up lots of new items to craft, though I'm not really sure what all of them are good for yet. I do know it allows you to craft rope, which is then used in building a spear, the first actual weapon, among other things. Building that is essentially what got me killed - I went to try it out and walked into a spider nest. Bad idea.

One more thing - if you find a stone slab surrounded by pig heads, by all means activate it. It's essentially a respawn point - if you die, you'll be brought back at that slab with about half your health and sanity. However, you drop all your stuff at the place you died, so hopefully it's somewhere where it can be recovered. If you die again, you're gone for good.

[Blzer]

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Been messing around with the Remote Play feature and I'm kind of disappointed. On one hand it's amazing that we'd be able to play just about anything on the PS4 on the Vita's screen (with all the talk about Skyrim to next-gen, can you imagine playing THAT on the Vita?! ). On the other, there's definitely some visual latency to the Vita's screen even with the direct connection to the PS4, making it difficult to play quick-reaction based games (Zen, to name one - the flipper delay is basically unplayable after you've played it on console, or even the Vita's own version of the game). It's going to make the Show almost impossible to play on there as well, unless you turn the pitch speed way down and adjust to an entirely different pitch timing.

Well this is kind of disappointing. Not the RP thing itself, but having second thoughts about which impressions I should be considering to be legitimate to what I will experience.

I rely on members here to be as honest as possible about something, and not just love it for what it is. If something isn't immediately responsive, it should not only be pretty noticeable, but it should be mentioned. Yeah, I've heard about having latency when in the basement and the router is upstairs, but if there is any sort of response time delay (especially with direct connection), this has to be mentioned. I know people didn't like the R2/L2 thing, but for bcruise to be the first person to make note of this in two months is kind of strange.

Sorry, I'm not calling anyone out or anything when saying that... I just figured people would make something like that more aware in general. I mean YouTube podcasters, IGN commenters, professional review sites... in this day and age where response time is such a huge thing in gaming, I sense if this truly was the big issue it can be, we'd all be more than aware about it and never use it period.

Either that, or maybe it's not an issue and bcruise just stinks like no other.

[CMH]

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Don't see a separate thread for Don't Starve but umm....

Spoiler

Am I supposed to plant my seeds or something? Or catch one of those birds to eat?

Pretty hard when there's no instructions.

I made it to night time and predictably got ate up and haven't passed day 1.

I did grab flint but not sure if I'm supposed to make a fire?

Please spoiler any help.

Part of the fun is figuring it out on your own.

I advise you sacrifice a play through or time looking at your L2 options. See the the things you can make, what you need to make it.


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[sbauer318]

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Well this is kind of disappointing. Not the RP thing itself, but having second thoughts about which impressions I should be considering to be legitimate to what I will experience.

I rely on members here to be as honest as possible about something, and not just love it for what it is. If something isn't immediately responsive, it should not only be pretty noticeable, but it should be mentioned. Yeah, I've heard about having latency when in the basement and the router is upstairs, but if there is any sort of response time delay (especially with direct connection), this has to be mentioned. I know people didn't like the R2/L2 thing, but for bcruise to be the first person to make note of this in two months is kind of strange.

Sorry, I'm not calling anyone out or anything when saying that... I just figured people would make something like that more aware in general. I mean YouTube podcasters, IGN commenters, professional review sites... in this day and age where response time is such a huge thing in gaming, I sense if this truly was the big issue it can be, we'd all be more than aware about it and never use it period.

Either that, or maybe it's not an issue and bcruise just stinks like no other.

Honestly I've never seen a delay, but I also don't use it that much and I'm pretty close to the device.

[mestevo]

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Honestly I've never seen a delay, but I also don't use it that much and I'm pretty close to the device.

There is certainly some degree of latency, but nothing that has been of note to me.

Much like fps and resolution some people are just more tolerant of some things imo.

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[Burns11]

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So, to test the delay, I made a video. On the video and in person, I saw no delay, screen capping the video I could see a delay, spoilered below because it's several large screens in a row.

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So, by that, the delay introduced by the PS4-Vita video stream is like a tenth of a second. I just realized I should have recorded the DS4-PS4 latency to see what the latency difference is in all. Once I upload the Vita vid I will try with the DS4 to see latency there. Assuming the Vita-as-controller latency is the same as the DS4 latency, looks like remote play about doubles that. Not sure how much difference that makes in game, but it doesn't really seem that bad IMO.


<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/UIwymjK2st8?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
(youtube vid might take a few minutes, still uploading)

Edit: OK, using a DS4 or a Vita as a controller makes no difference at all, delay of hitting a button and action on screen is indistinguishable in the videos going frame by frame.

On remote play I did a test, play a ball with the DS4, with Vita as controller, remote play here next to the PS4, remote play on other side of house. DS4, controllerVita, and close remote play felt exactly the same (the sole exception being the smaller screen). Remote play on the other side of the house, that wasn't so smooth. The game wasn't playable because of connection issues either, it would pixelate, glitch, and gameplay would lurch.

Vita was using a direct connection for all tests, BTW, PS4 hard wired to network. Didn't try to clean up connection, but PS4 being close to a wireless router and other wireless devices giving off signals between the Vita and PS4 are likely culprits. FWIW, even right next to PS4 the Vita will lose connection if I hold the Vita down by my knees, probably the keyboard acting as an EM shield or getting it too close to the router.

[bcruise]

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@ Burns:

That looks about right with what I'm seeing, honestly. But, that tenth of a second delay (if that's what it is) still matters, especially in something like pinball. A few frames difference is what makes the difference between a good flip and the ball draining right down the middle, and even a slight delay in what I see is going to wreck me.

I've got a good way for people to see it for themselves in the pinball setting. If you have the Star Wars Boba Fett table, try playing that on PS4, and then turn on Remote Play and play it on Vita. This is a tough table with notoriously fast inlanes, especially when the ball comes down off of one of the two upper ramps. On Remote Play, with the ball traveling at those speeds, if I try to flip the ball without trapping it first, I have to press the button while the ball is still in the lane to have it activate when it's rolls to the flipper. If I flip while it's rolling down the flipper, I'll either miss it entirely or catch it on the very tip of the flipper, which is just as bad because the ball will carom off the bottom of the opposite side slingshot and right back down into the hole left by your raised flipper. With the DS4, or with the Vita-as controller thing, pressing the button when the ball is on the flipper will give me the results I'd expect, often shooting the ball back deep into the table somewhere.

A tenth of a second isn't much. But I certainly notice it when I'm pinballing, and I guarantee I would when trying to hit a 98mph fastball. In either situation I'd have to anticipate and hit the button sooner than I should.

I wish Blzer had a PS4 and could try this for himself because I KNOW he knows about the Boba Fett table.

[atlplayboy23]

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My longest survival so far is 12 days in Dont Starve. I have unlocked the first 3 characters fun game. If it wasnt free i dont think I would have ever played it.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I got to day 21. My problem is figuring out to the hell to do once I get my science machine and some containers. Everything to 'attack' is pretty damn deadly.

[sbauer318]

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I wanted to listen to some music last night and wanted something a little bit better than my gaming headset so I plugged in my nice pair of headphones to a Turtlebeach DSS I have. Only problem was chat since I couldn't say anything through my headphones.

A year ago, I picked up a basic Logitech USB mic to use for PC gaming since I wanted to use better headphones there as well. I decided to try that on the PS4 and it worked without an issue. Pretty good to know. I've heard you can do the same on the PS3, just never did it.