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PhatRabb1t
11-12-2007, 21:41
Article found here: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3164306
COD4 Devs Addressing PS3 Online Issues
Server upgrades should allay long matchmaking waits.
By Kris Pigna, 11/12/2007
Over the weekend, complaints began rolling in from PlayStation 3 fans trying to get some online time in Call of Duty 4, including long matchmaking waits and the dreaded "Downloading Game Settings" message that was such a common complaint during the Xbox 360 beta in September. Infinity Ward's community manager fourzerotwo (aka Robert Bowling) addressed the issues on their forums today, saying upgrades to the servers and dedicated databases for individual online functions should fix the complaints.
"The server team has been working on this all weekend, and will be working through the night. They're upgrading all server hardware as well as dedicated an individual database to each functionality to improve performance and handle the traffic hitting the servers. (i.e. Database for Matchmaking, Database for Leaderboards, etc.)," Bowling wrote.
Unfortunately, while the upgrades are being done he cautioned players may still receive the Downloading Game Settings message. "Remember, this is just short term; eventually once everything is upgraded you won't be receiving Downloading Game Settings at all," he wrote. "However, if you do, just wait it out and you will be dropped into a lobby."
Considering how prevalent the "DGS" issue was during the 360 beta, it's unfortunate to see it being such a problem in the retail release. But, as with so many things in life, you just need a little patience -- things should be fixed soon enough.
TwentyThree
11-12-2007, 22:03
its a greate online game ... everything is well balanced ... just this little issue with the servers really bugs me .. guess we just have to wait it out.
Sicknsore
11-12-2007, 23:19
i just wish the online would be the same as cod3, no lags n no long waiting joining a game, but glad to hear they're aware of this n fixing it rite now..
I can get into games pretty well but once I'm in its Lag City. And it's not my internet. I get like 2200 upload.
F.C.U.M.
11-12-2007, 23:33
Im getting really pi$$ed off with it now. Been on with a mate for almost 2 hours, and have managed one deathmatch game, before getting a Server Time Out. The rest of the time has been trying to join matches.
its fine here in the uk i havent had any lag problems or connection probs
I hope what ever IW does to fix these problems, it also addresses the lag issues. Its one thing waiting a long time to get into a game, but it's a whole other thing finally getting into a game only to find your signal strength is rubbish! I’m on a 24+mb adsl2+ connection in Aus, but if I play on what I assume is a US/UK server, the lag makes the game unplayable. It's frustrating emptying an entire clip into someone and nothing happens, and then getting hit by literally 2 bullets and dying - there should be no reason for this, other on line games (R:FoM for example) does this perfectly. C'mon IW, lift your game...
Disturbed05
11-13-2007, 23:06
I hope what ever IW does to fix these problems, it also addresses the lag issues. Its one thing waiting a long time to get into a game, but it's a whole other thing finally getting into a game only to find your signal strength is rubbish! I’m on a 24+mb adsl2+ connection in Aus, but if I play on what I assume is a US/UK server, the lag makes the game unplayable. It's frustrating emptying an entire clip into someone and nothing happens, and then getting hit by literally 2 bullets and dying - there should be no reason for this, other on line games (R:FoM for example) does this perfectly. C'mon IW, lift your game...
I feel your pain dude. I hope they fix this quickly because once the lag issues are sorted I'm heading online for some revenge, all those people that got easy kills better watch out.
Floggingmicah
11-14-2007, 01:34
That's good to know they're working hard to try and fix it.
Sanchezps3
11-14-2007, 01:50
My only complaint is i wish they had a list of rooms to choose from like in cod3. Idont like being dropped into random rooms. Other than that everything is excellent. No lag, no longer than 2 minutes to join room.
That's probably why a PS3 beta should have been released along side the 360 beta. I don't understand why they couldn't do it.
soldier one
11-14-2007, 03:03
I went from not really like this dev team to absolutely loving them lol. COD4 is not only one of the sickest games ive played in a long while but look how fast they addressed this. Not even Insomniac fixed resistance this fast...
Still why didnt they release a PS3 beta as well? I mean yea MS probably gave them money to make that exclusive but still, if they would of done this then the game would have been spectacular with almost no complaints at all.
PhatRabb1t
11-14-2007, 03:20
I went from not really like this dev team to absolutely loving them lol. COD4 is not only one of the sickest games ive played in a long while but look how fast they addressed this. Not even Insomniac fixed resistance this fast...
Still why didnt they release a PS3 beta as well? I mean yea MS probably gave them money to make that exclusive but still, if they would of done this then the game would have been spectacular with almost no complaints at all.
It is really awesome how fast they're jumping on this issue. Show's they're f'real f'real.
SnowHawk
11-14-2007, 03:28
some of my buddies can't get online because they keep getting error 33 do you what that means
champstones
11-14-2007, 03:48
1) Great game. the most fun ive had online in a FPS in years.....maybe ever....
2) This is what happens when you sell out a BETA! WTF did you think would happen IW??? Obviously there would be things that didnt get tested for the PS3. SHAME you put a product on the shelves that was not beta tested the way it should a been. Its hard to nock a team for such a great product. But if anything is worthy of bringing a team down for such a nice product, this would be it. They so blatently took some cash at our expense. Too bad the profits were not handed down in some form of discount...
champstones
11-14-2007, 03:50
some of my buddies can't get online because they keep getting error 33 do you what that means
I had this the day after the 2.0 FW upgrade. It lasted the next 2 days. I think it will be temporary while they upgrade the servers. I was able to log in last sat morning, but im out of town now. I would tell him to wait a couple days. Hopefully it goes away by the end of the week. If I get this when I get home friday I will be pissed.
Projectionist
11-14-2007, 06:04
There was a night and day difference in joining today vs. this last weekend. I'm glad that it got sorted out. My only complaint now is how ridiculously difficult it is to get just me and a friend into a FFA room. One of us has to join, then quickly invite the other into the room if there is space, then the 2nd player has to join before the room fills up. All without being able to talk to each other.
Why can't you make a party and then join a FFA game? The option for that game type is grayed out for some unexplainable reason... :(
rpgmaster1
11-14-2007, 06:28
The game froze on me after I was on my third try of Headquarters. I was finally getting great kills thanks to the Grip on my M60E4 machine gun and then everything froze on my screen. Before that, the game was incredibly laggy and people started killing me easily. IW still has problems on their servers. Let's hope Free Radical's Haze and Epic Games' UTIII don't have the same problems as IW.
Disturbed05
11-14-2007, 15:30
After all my complaining I finally got to play a couple of hours online with a good connection and no lag or drop outs WOO HOO! I think I'll just have to quit games from now on if my signal strength is weak because there is a massive difference when you have a good connection and I mean massive.
Roman007
11-14-2007, 15:46
I was on last night and it seemed 100 times better, I was able to get in rooms and then actually play full matchs, some with 18 players even. I took it that it as being or was worked on at that point last night. couple small glitchs, got disconnected once, and couldn't connect to a friend, but other wise it was alot better, it was like day 1 again.