A new patch for PlayStation Home is inbound this week, and will bring with it new functionality, fixes, and updates to Sony’s virtual social network. Coming this Thursday, the update will double the limit of items and furniture you can place in your personal space.
Sony has also posted a new content update for Home, showing off ‘Gnome Curling’ in the Home Square, to celebrate Home’s third anniversary. There’s also an update to ‘Novus Prime’, new hair styles, and more that you can check out on the EU PS Blog.
See below for the patch change list.
*Application of the patch
– If you are upgrading from an old version of Home (1.40 or earlier) then when you attempt to apply the 1.60 patch please wait for the orange “hard drive activity” light to stop flashing on your PS3 before commencing the patching process.
New features
Furniture placement limit
– Doubled the furniture placement limit in Personal Spaces and Clubhouses from 50 to 100 items.
– This has been a regularly requested change and we’re eager to see what new layouts you come up with!
– Standard and active furniture limits have been merged into the same system. Currently all actives take up 22 furniture slots in the new system. Thus you can now place a variety of different combinations:
100 standard furniture items or…
78 standard furniture items and 1 active or…
56 standard furniture items and 2 actives or…
34 standard furniture items and 3 actives or…
12 standard furniture items and 4 actives.
Improvements
Targeting in Personal Spaces
– Targeting in Personal Spaces has been improved.
– This means you shouldn’t accidentally target furniture items through floors or ceilings any more.
– Although we have made exceptions for wall hangings and lights as these tend to be placed quite high up.
– If you find any items of furniture in places you can’t reach then you can always remove them through the furniture browser and place them somewhere else.
Portables
– We have changed the way that companion portables work so they will automatically re-activate after you enter and leave a mini-game or relocate between spaces. No more having to put your companion away and take them out again when you do this!
Help system
– There is a more proactive help system to aid new users outside of their Harbour Studio Personal Space as they explore PlayStation®Home for the first time.
Arcade games
– Arcade games are no longer subject to the 3 minute inactivity timeout when placed as furniture in Personal Spaces or Clubhouses.
Changes
Menu Pad
– We have removed the “Community” section of the Menu Pad. The information that used to be contained in here is now communicated via the message of the day pop-up at login and the new loading screens.