Hmm not an auspicious start

shinzon

Downloaded metal gear online says theres an update and it simply will not update, keeps on saying network server error, i realise beta isnt starting till the 21st, just want to have it sitting there and ready to go but summits up

Shin

prodigal_son

It is a beta not a demo, and the perfect example of why betas should be closed and not public. Its gonna have errors, the more errors it has the more it should have been closed.

When they do a public beta it should be to the highest quality with minimal errors, the general public just dont really understand betas and wont give it a chance.

I am a beta tester though, so maybe im being too harsh.

shinzon

prodigal_son wrote: »

It is a beta not a demo, and the perfect example of why betas should be closed and not public. Its gonna have errors, the more errors it has the more it should have been closed.

When they do a public beta it should be to the highest quality with minimal errors, the general public just dont really understand betas and wont give it a chance.

I am a beta tester though, so maybe im being too harsh.

the beta downloaded fine its the patch that wont download, and i have also beta tested games and are well aware of there pitfalls thx very much

shin

ShaneU

the entire playstation store isn't working for me

James Forde

8% of patch downloaded hooray! although thats with a whole day of trying to download it!! people who have managed to download the patch say that a screen just comes up saying you have to wait till monday so no rush

prodigal_son

shinzon wrote: »

the beta downloaded fine its the patch that wont download, and i have also beta tested games and are well aware of there pitfalls thx very much

shin

I know its the patch giving problems, but the patch downloading system is part of the game, its not part of the store. That said, its a bug with the game that its not working right.

If it was a bug downloading the beta from the store, then my comment would be irrelevant as then, the problem would be with the store and it wouldnt matter if it was a beta or not.

You have tested, then you know these things happen and then get fixed for the full version, and have no real bearing on the finished game. My comment wasnt specifically aimed at you, more at the general public.

I only say it should be closed, because the general public at large doesnt know whats involved in a beta, and should only be given access to demo quality stuff that works.

I say that with 4+ years playstation beta testing under my belt though.

add me and we will have some games on it when its up and running, im "fenian".

prodigal_son

bryanjf wrote: »

8% of patch downloaded hooray! although thats with a whole day of trying to download it!! people who have managed to download the patch say that a screen just comes up saying you have to wait till monday so no rush

Yeah you wont be able to play till then, so no real rush, I got to 6% before i had to stop babysitting it. Restarting the game to reconnect is a bit of a bore lol

vibe666

had the same problem initially,the upnp was pinholing my router automatically (I can see from the upnp logs on the router the port was opened) but I kept getting network errors.

so I changed the port to a nice high unused port and manually opened it on the router for the ps3 and it's downloading fine now.

well, when I say fine, I mean dog slow, but it's coming. at 33% now, but it's uploading faster than it's downloading. I'd put that down to connecting to geographically closer peers tho which means predominently irish users with limited upload bandwidth.

norrie rugger

What's auspicious mean??




Has anyone had trouble with specific ISP's regarding this?

nedd

Auspicious: promising success; propitious; opportune

norrie rugger

nedd wrote: »

Auspicious: promising success; propitious; opportune

I know that, sorry, it was just a Firefly/Serenity joke from the episode "The Train Job"