Rock Band 3 Title Update Notes - 1/31

[HMXPope]

Hello Friends,

As HMXHenry alluded to in his post from December 2 (http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210000), we’ve been working on a new title update for Rock Band 3, and I’m very happy to announce that it is currently live on Xbox 360, and should be hitting on PS3 in US and Europe within 24 hours. We'll update when we know for sure the PS3 update is live. (Before you ask: Unfortunately, we’re not able to update titles on the Wii system, so this does not apply to Rock Band 3 for the Wii.)

In addition to numerous bug fixes and tweaks, possibly the most exciting component of this new title update is the arrival of RBN2.0. For those not in the know, this will add Harmonies, Keys, and Pro Keys authoring support for RBN songs. For more info on that, head over to http://creators.rockband.com!

Before I get into highlights of this update, we want to give the hugest of shoutouts to you, our community. Without your ongoing, detailed and constructive feedback, we would not have been able to pinpoint and address as many issues as we have here. It can be frustrating when you run into an issue with a game, but those of you who chose to proactively post your findings here on rockband.com instead of resigning yourself to “Well, that’s just the way it is,” are true heroes.

Enough chatting, on with the vital details!


GAMEPLAY CHANGES

• The audio distortion (also referred to as a buzz, hiss, or squawk) that some PS3 Keyboard players experienced has been addressed.
• For users experiencing trouble deploying Vocal Overdrive in certain audio setups, OD can now be deployed using the Back button on the controller. NOTE: this only works while in a valid Overdrive deploy section.
• Overdrive can now be deployed using a Pedal with both the Mustang Pro Guitar and the Keyboard peripherals.
• Scoring is disabled after a song has been paused multiple times (this prevent players from artificially inflating scores using the pause function).
• The translucency of the track surface has been adjusted to make note gems are easier to see against the venue backgrounds.
• Based on fan feedback, limited functionality for the Stage kit has been added to Rock Band 3. Please note that this 3rd-party peripheral is no longer officially supported, so we cannot guarantee full functionality with every file format (RB3, Pro-DLC), but basic functions should be reenabled.

ONLINE CHANGES

• PS3 Voice Chat not properly working with headsets has been remedied.
• Audio no longer distorts for remote players when whammying sustains in an online session.
• To prevent blank tracks from appearing in online multiplayer, all members in an online multiplayer band must own the Pro upgrades to play a song with DLC pro upgrades.

MUSIC LIBRARY AND STORE CHANGES

• Pro Guitar songs now sort themselves into the correct difficulty tiers.
• Pro upgrade availability will now be more accurately reflected in the Music Store.
• The following songs are now correctly appearing in the Music Library.
  • Anvil - 666
  • Anvil - Metal on Metal
  • Anvil - This is Thirteen
  • Dinosaur Jr - Pick Me Up
  • Dinosaur Jr - The Wagon
  • Guess Who, The - Hand Me Down World
  • Guess Who, The - No Time
  • Tenacious D - Rock Your Socks
  • Avenged Sevenfold – Afterlife

PRACTICE MODE CHANGES

• An issue that prevented holding sustain notes on keys in the trainers has been addressed
• Breakneck Speed now works in Practice Mode.

CRASH FIXES

• Fixed a Character Creator crash related to a particular eyebrow asset or the generation of a random character.
• Fixed assorted minor crashes, as well as minor scoring and text bugs.

[JoshVanHalen87]

i <3 HMX thanks for the update!!

[TorqueAOD]

Glad to see the keyboard sound glitch gone. It scared the crap out of me the first time around.

Wait......I can finally activate Vocal OD with my controller now? OH GLORIOUS DAY.

[vw_fetish]

Wonder if the random XMB crashes equates to "minor crashes" in the notes? Glad to see they addressed so much in this latest patch. Definitely glad they addressed the vocal overdrive and Keyboard squelch issues. Can't wait to check it all out tonight! Here's hoping to play the entire evening without being booted to the XMB!!!

[TheRainbowTrouts]

Thanks Harmonix!! I'm off to get the Stage Kit from the Attic and find my fog juice \o/ My appologies if our group offended anyone there with our constant *****ing

Is there anyway we can tip you for adding the feature back? I must be at least 100 DLC songs behind now since RB3 came out, so I shall be picking them up for my RB3 party at the weekend.

You guys and gals are the bestest xx

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

Awesome that they found a fix for the OD activation on vox issue!

[mike4001]

Is there anyway we can tip you for adding the feature back?

Buy the game a couple of times

[TheHundredDollarHeadache]

Okay, this patch is almost perfect. Afterlife and Proud Mary fixed? Check. Pro Guitar difficulty sorting fixed? Check. Alternative OD activation for vox and Pro G/K so I don't have to scream like Rob Halford and wave my guitar around madly? Check.

I also see that instead of giving us a venue select, you've made the highways less clear. Seems you guys are just too fond of your little video backgrounds and dive bars to let us avoid playing in them.

[Deeznutzs27]

Sweet! I can deal with a button for overdrive. Thanks for giving us an option.. And stage kit too.. Very nice.. Have to go dust that thing off.

[The_Wurm]

ONLINE CHANGES

• To prevent blank tracks from appearing in online multiplayer, all members in an online multiplayer band must own the Pro upgrades to play a song with DLC pro upgrades.

Wow, this really disappoints me. Instead of fixing the problem at all, they just killed it.

It's hard enough trying to find people with post-rb3 dlc, nevermind people that actually buy the pro guitar upgrade.