On Rock Band compatibility-

[jedbeetle]

Here here!
EA blows goats! i used to love EA products, was faithful to them since the days of Mail Order Monsters on the C64; now i shun their logo.
SHuN!
Harmonix, please fix your game.

[MF-PO'd]

Another reply from EA here. It appears I've found someone on our side and agrees with this travesty.

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Hello,

Thank you for contacting Electronic Arts!

Come Monday (once managers and product managers are in the office) I will see what I can do about this as its a HUGE mistake considering the standalone instruments are not available yet. There may have been miscommunication on the release date for the standalone game. FYI any USB Mic should work for the singing portion at least.

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks,
Customer Support
Electronic Arts
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[Blue_Murder]

right now I have four guitars sitting around 2 for PS2 (GH1,2,80's) 2 for PS3 1 for GH3 and 1 for RB. Its crazy and the way things are now with no patches I would need 2 more to be able to play 2 player in both PS3 games, which are not even avalible.

BTW, Have you tried "GH Rock The 80s" plugging the Rock Band guitar on PS3?

[NO FEAR]

Sony should release key mapping software so any recognised controller can have manualy assigned keys.

I just say the drum kit being used on a PC with simple key mapping software so the inverse is completly plausable if Sony would create it (or allow others who have already)

I really don't care who's to blame, what I do care about are solutions to problems. It's time for someone to step up and take action.

Please fix the controller issues!

[AdamBomb629]

Another reply from EA here. It appears I've found someone on our side and agrees with this travesty.

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Hello,

Thank you for contacting Electronic Arts!

Come Monday (once managers and product managers are in the office) I will see what I can do about this as its a HUGE mistake considering the standalone instruments are not available yet. There may have been miscommunication on the release date for the standalone game. FYI any USB Mic should work for the singing portion at least.

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks,
Customer Support
Electronic Arts
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Here's hoping for some Monday feedback from EA/Harmonix.

[codman]

I was told that my GH3 controller would work with RockBand. I spent $60.00 today on RockBand. I just tried playing RockBand with my GH3 controller. IT DOES'NT WORK!!!!!!!! I know I am late to this party, but I still wanted to vent my anger at EA/Harmonix. I am now going back to my room and play some GH3.

P.S. I own a PS3

[youngphoenix]

After reading about half of the posts I'd like to say......atleast I'm not the only moron that thought this (GH3 guitar) would work.

All I want to know is:
1. Can it be fixed?
2. Will it be fixed?

Because if for some reason it can be fixed but won't be, then EA, HMX, RO, whoever, can kiss my gaming dollars goodbye.

[kenster35]

I bought the whole thing $169. Mic didn't work and guitar stopped working about 30 minutes after playing. Yellow button stays on and sometimes red.

I found out how to get the mic working, but only after I RMA'd it. Poor instructions in the manual.

Strike one...

Guitar wiggin after 30 minutes. I had to RMA that so I have no guitar.

Strike two...

So I figured that I will use my Guitar Hero III... Holy crap it doesn't work!!! Hey they said it would!!!

Strike three...

$169 and all I can play is the drums! hmmm I also would have figured that the drums would have a clip to hold the guitar and mic when it is not in use?

Now that is out of the way. Are they going to patch it or not. What is the ETA?

[lawman118]

BTW, Have you tried "GH Rock The 80s" plugging the Rock Band guitar on PS3?

Blue murder, no I have not. I will try Monday when I get back home though. Most games so far just dont show any type of controller action.

[ShadowOfEden]

Has it ever crossed your mind that maybe they can't just 'easily' make a patch?

Nope, because it isn't true.

I'm a programmer and I could even tell them how to do it. I posted it somewhere else so I'll be brief. I don't know if the PS3 can do that, but DirectX (I know the PS3 doesn't use DirectX, but it might have a similar feature) can get the controller's signature. So by that, they could do a big if in the control engine. If the PS3 cannot do that, they could simply add a check box option for third party guitars (it's not like there was 12 other guitars for the PS3) and the user manually select it, and then do a if on that in the control engine.

I just want to add something very interesting I received from EA on why the Sixaxis apparently doesn't work:

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Greetings,

Thank you for contacting Electronic Arts. At the risk of repeating myself, please take a look at the statement below:

"If your controller or peripheral doesn’t work with Rock Band, it is because the manufacturer doesn’t support the standard controller configuration. In other words, if a peripheral or controller doesn’t work with Rock Band, then the manufacturer has done something to prevent it from working with Rock Band by changing how the device “talks” to either a PS3 or Xbox 360."

I honestly don't know what else to tell you. We have no control over what other manufacturers, including Sony, choose to do with and to their products.
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All right then... so it's Sony's fault that the PlayStation 3's own controller doesn't work in Rock Band. Is that what I'm hearing here?

I think I have answer to that : The PS3 and X360 both use their own standards for their controllers, but Rock Band goes by X360 standards on both version, so that could explain why it doesn't work with the Sixaxis. But I'm certain that, at a previous E3, a Sony rep was talking about the possibilities of mouse and keyboard in a FPS, and someone asked if they could make a m+kb ONLY game, and the rep said no, that every PS3 games had to be compatible with the Sixaxis. I think we should all e-mail Sony now.