http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/05/08/Media_Blast_Spring_Dash_Update_Details.aspx Blindy. fucked around with this message on 05-09-2007 at 08:48 AM.
Friend invite during a game? Dashboard button takes you straight to accept/decline.
Achievement? Takes you straight to the achievement list for that game.
But it was always that way, I just noticed it now Maradon! fucked around with this message on 05-09-2007 at 03:39 PM.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Blindy. wrote this stupid crap:
New dashboard update today guys!http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/05/08/Media_Blast_Spring_Dash_Update_ Details.aspx
If you use TVersity to stream from your PC to your 360, do not get the update yet if you want TVersity to work. The patch breaks TVersity for the time being. I wanted to test the h.264 stuff, but now I can't stream anything. Bloody annoying.
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Owners can now set their consoles to turn off after downloading content from Xbox LIVE Marketplace to help save energy, and download speeds have been increased.
Happiness, thy name is me.
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So quoth Talonus:
If you use TVersity to stream from your PC to your 360, do not get the update yet if you want TVersity to work. The patch breaks TVersity for the time being. I wanted to test the h.264 stuff, but now I can't stream anything. Bloody annoying.
Transcode360 still works fine.
But I could never get TVersity to work anyways. It was such a poorly documented piece of shit the last time I tried it.
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Talonus was listening to Cher while typing:
If you use TVersity to stream from your PC to your 360, do not get the update yet if you want TVersity to work. The patch breaks TVersity for the time being. I wanted to test the h.264 stuff, but now I can't stream anything. Bloody annoying.
TVersity looked like absolute shit the one time I got it to work.
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TeamXbox posted:
Title Update Items:Reset Gangs: In place of the current option to reset the citys crime (unlocked by defeating all 21 bosses), the gangs can now be completely reset in the main campaign.
Easier Orb Hunting: Imagine how great it would be if when searching for the last remaining hidden agility orbs the audio range on each of them got wider as fewer remained; well imagine no longer. Audio ping range is now gradually increased when searching for the last 50 percent of hidden orbs, and 20 percent of agility orbs.
Ground Strike: Available to a four star strength agent only, it is now possible to slam downwards while airborne by holding the attack button. The resulting strike is deadly to anything it hits, with an additional shockwave stunning nearby enemies.
Improved firing over low walls: Agents can now fire downwards at a greater angle while taking partial cover behind a low wall.
Targeting enhancements: Improved target lock prioritization of enemies behind vehicles as well as live enemies over corpses.
Those damn fire hydrants!: The fire hydrants were near indestructible but were also hard to spot. Now, though still best avoided, they can be smashed over for a far less unreasonable penalty.
Stunt Ring Visibility: Stunt Rings are now much easier to locate.
No Lefty Flip on vehicle control: Removal of the lefty flip on vehicle control so that left-handed players can aim with the left stick, but still steer with the right stick.
Persisting Charges & Mines: Limpet Charges (and the new Proximity Mines) will persist at all times within the game world and not just when within a certain range of the player.
Distant Explosions: No matter where the explosion(s), players will be able to see them provided they have a line of sight its always a clear day in Pacific City!
Ramp Truck Issues: Some vehicles didnt seem to get on well with the ramp truck, but we never intended this to be a SUV-only toy. Now none of them can get enough of it!
Camera Enhancements: Better camera for performing vehicle stunts or driving on near vertical surfaces (particularly with Top Level Agency SUV or new Peacekeeper Buggy). Also vertigo-inducing tweaks for those long leaps of faith.
Player to player precision shots: Weve dropped the PvP lock-on but now another agent can be hit with a head or leg shot using normal targeting.
Free-For-All Pack Free Downloadable Content:Keys to the City: The ultimate Cheat Mode! Enter this mirror of the main Campaign for a clean-slate game that can be fully exploited and customized for a single play session.
(Note: Achievements and leaderboards will be disabled in this mode)
* Build a pile of 100 explosive drums at the top of the Agency Tower then let it rip!
* Spawn a ramp truck anywhere, and itll stay there
* Create an agency vehicle or one of the new Peacekeeper vehicles any time, any place
* Players can set character skills however they want them, or just activate the accelerated skill leveling feature (Crackdown demo anyone?)
* Check out Super Agent Agility to jump ridiculous distances, swim faster than a torpedo and sprint faster than a speeding bullet (almost)
* Try the Super Agent Strength to toss a truck with deadly accuracy further than ever dreamt. Boot enemies into the stratosphere!
* Get the most out of the exciting selection of new weaponry by activating infinite ammo. Max out the selection at each supply point too!
* Do all of this without skipping a beat of the action the pop-up cheat menu is always available during play without pausing the gameFree For All Pack
Vehicle Impounding: The Agency Garage has been given an overhaul; this was partly to accommodate the brand new Peacekeeper Vehicles, but also to allow Agents to impound their favorites so that theyre always available in their preferred color.* Impounding is simple: commandeer the vehicle and return it to the garage
* Vehicles that arent yet impounded are displayed as feint images, so players can see at a glance whats missing from their collection
* The Confiscator achievement awaits those who simply had to catch em allCo-op Trophy sequences: A trophy emblazoned with my gamertag that is displayed for me and my opponent every time I win at the existing game types!? Yes please! Psychotic Mission Trials
* A record is now kept of Time Trials completed at Psychotic difficulty
* Scoring the maximum 21/21 isnt just the ultimate challenge that every true Agent of Justice should have the stones to take on, but its also the only way to unlock the highly coveted Psych Out AchievementGetting Busy Bonus Pack Premium Downloadable Content:
New Vehicles:
Agency Patrol Buggy:
* Double wishbone suspension absorbs the bumps in spectacular fashion
* Rides over anything even when scaling near vertical surfaces
* Insane air control
* Roof mounted, independently aiming mini-gun activated with either B or Left BumperAgency Pursuit Vehicle:
* Ridiculously powerful mono-cockpit race car
* Acceleration that blows away everything else in the city
* Incredible grip and top speed
* Those road race leaderboard times are set to tumble!Agency Armored Vehicle:
* Like the Agency Truck, the AAV can smash through barricades with ease
* Tank-like in design, occupants are completely protected from assault
* Surprisingly fast and agile for its size
* Rockets fired from independently aiming main turret with either B or Left BumperStreet Racing: Pacific City is finally free from crime. Agency activity is once again concealed behind closed doors. The remaining peacekeepers, having very little to do, quickly grew restless. To satisfy their lingering lust for danger, high risk Street Racing tournaments have been established across the city.
* Compete in six different on and off road races across the city
* 6 radically different vehicle options per circuit
* Race against up to 11 other do or die opponents, including another player over XBL
* Compare fastest race times as well as race wins for that session with your co-op buddy
* Players can post their fastest time per circuit to the online leaderboards
* Take advantage of the world of Crackdown to win by any means necessary: create road blocks, hit gas tanks, or simply slam opponents into submissionNew Equipment
MSK Lobber
* Mini rockets are thrown out from the rotating muzzle section before their boosters ignite and swarm towards their target.
* The homing mini-rockets are incredibly agile making this the ultimate fire-and-forget weaponEX1 Proximity Charge
* Similar to the standard issue Limpet Charge, these can be attached to any surface.
* A visible local field is generated when the charge is set. Enemy penetration of this field will result in detonation
* In a bid to reduce the extensive civilian casualties lying in the wake of any crime fighting Agent, intelligent threat-sensing technology prevents the charge from detonating when a firearm is not detected
* Unfortunately the technology isnt quite intelligent enough to prevent detonation due to field penetration by another AgentHRX Harpoon
* A powerful gas powered mechanism capable of launching a deadly, razor-sharp spear over large distances with incredible accuracy
* Can be used to ensure enemies stick around when players need them to, or to attach perps to their vehicle if they need to take them downtown or around townMZ360 Mini-Gun
* The ultimate fast-firing projectile weapon
* Spin-up to full fire rate takes some time, but the devastation is incredible
* Comes with a bountiful supply of high-caliber ammunitionVS1 Cloaking Device
* The perfect device for the Agent that likes his action served psychotic, or for anyone that just needs to get under the radar from time to time
* Renders the player barely visible and off radar
* The VS1 is fuelled by Agency suit armor; when depleted an Agent can find themselves distressingly vulnerable
New Game TypesMax-Agility Rooftop Races
* Compete solo or with two players in races across the city rooftops
* Nine new races in total, each with its own solo & co-op leaderboards
* Four are with Los Muertos, three with The Volk, and The Shai-Gen play host to the remaining two
* And no, gamers wont need to complete these too for the existing Over Our Heads Achievement!Stockpile
* Each district (including Agency Island) hosts a Stockpile game clearly identified with its unique beacon
* Stockpile can be played solo or in co-op
* The aim is to collect all the game specific orbs (also marked on the tracker) in the fastest time
* Best times are uploaded to the online leaderboards
* Two players can work co-operatively to find all the orbs in the fastest possible time, or simply compete for the highest score when the time runs out
* In the case of competitive play, it doesnt always pay to do the grunt work of collection; when an Agent is killed he drops a third of his spoilsCheckpoint Chase
* A highly addictive two-player competitive game that makes the very most of the world of Crackdown
* The game can only be initiated in one place the Agency Garage
* A random target destination is identified somewhere on the city, but is only marked on the tracker (not the map)
* The first person to reach the destination gains a point and activates the next checkpoint
* The winner is the first to 10 points
* Other than that, Checkpoint Chase has no rules!Rocket Tag
The ultimate competitive combat event! Each of the 21 gang boss lairs now also plays host to a game of Rocket Tag When the game is activated the players are randomly assigned as hunter and hunted The hunter has a straight-shootin Hotshot rocket launcher and more ammo than he could ever need! The hunted has a pistol To win, the hunted player must avoid being caught in the blast of the rocket launcher for 60 seconds. Simple!
NOTE: Gamers can essentially try before you buy by partnering cooperatively with another player that has purchased the Getting Busy Bonus Pack. This will give both players full access to packs goodies, for that session. Trust us when we say that once you sample the fun of this pack, youll want to Get Busy every time!
Achievements:The new content brings with it seven new achievements (taking the overall total to a nice round 50). Lets get one thing straight, nobodys paying for the 100 points that were missing from the original game and in fact were repaying that debt with some serious interest! In total the download pack unlocks a whopping 350 gamerscore!
Confiscator *
* Impound all the chosen vehicles and store them in the Agency Garage
* 40 GamerscorePsych Out *
* Complete all Time Trial missions at the Psychotic Difficulty level
* 100 GamerscoreStockpile Supreme **
* Complete any Stockpile mini-game in less than 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
* 10 GamerscoreFlippin' Crazy **
* Complete three flips of any type in a single jump in any vehicle
* 20 GamerscoreBody Armor **
* Use the Harpoon gun to attach five corpses to a single vehicle
* 10 GamerscoreStreet Racer ***
* Win all Street Races using any vehicle
* 20 GamerscoreStreet Racer Elite ***
* Win all Street Races using all available vehicles
* 150 Gamerscore* Available with Free DLC
** Available when one player has Premium DLC
*** Available only with Premium DLC
Up to Premium is fixes/free to download. Price unknown on premium.
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Quoth Tarquinn:
Aren't Vista gamers supposed to get a gamer tag too, or something?
I think that's the ultimate goal: to link Vista and XBox 360 players in one huge, seamless orgy of microtransaction goodness.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Tarquinn impressed everyone with:
Aren't Vista gamers supposed to get a gamer tag too, or something?
Windows live is basically the same service. Once Halo 2 for Vista launches you'll be able to use your Xbox Live gamertag on Vista's Games For Windows Live. I can't imagine paying for Live just for Windows, but I guess it's cool since I already have Xbox Live. I hope we get a nifty Windows friends list that I can have running on my Vista machine.
edit: I guess Windows Live Messenger works for that now Kegwen fucked around with this message on 05-10-2007 at 01:07 PM.
Keys to the City Mode (cheats!)
Alaan fucked around with this message on 05-10-2007 at 01:12 PM.
Fake Edit: Hell, it may be up now. But I have to go to work and will be gone all weekend. 
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Naimah was naked while typing this:
Skaw and I were playing a bit of coop Crackdown, but my Xbox sucks and keeps choking a dick on Crackdown.
Speaking of which, Skaw and I have a co-op Gears of War campaign on insane to finish at some point.
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Kegwen Model 2000 was programmed to say:
Speaking of which, Skaw and I have a co-op Gears of War campaign on insane to finish at some point.
Whenever you want, man.
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Over the mountain, in between the ups and downs, I ran into Kegwen who doth quote:
Speaking of which, Skaw and I have a co-op Gears of War campaign on insane to finish at some point.
I've been stuck at RAAM on Insane for about, uh, four months now.
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This insanity brought to you by Maradon!:
I've been stuck at RAAM on Insane for about, uh, four months now.
If you want I'll help ya with him, I've done it 3 or 4 times.
Gonna give it a whirl after I fuck around in Crackdown.
quote:Seems like a rental.
Blackened.
Also a new shooter-genre demo called Blacksite: Area 51.Gonna give it a whirl after I fuck around in Crackdown.
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Maradon! attempted to be funny by writing:
Having trouble getting a stunt marker? Play co-op and have a buddy throw you through it
Pansy.
Did all 39 today solo. Learn to abuse that SUV like the high-jumping whore it is.
Also for whatever reason I'll occasionally get an error saying that I need to put the disc in a 360 to play it, when it is in my 360. I'm able to reset the software on the 360 and repatch it to current firmware but the problem eventually comes back.
What is going on in these cases and what can I do to fix it?
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Naimah said:
What is going on in these cases and what can I do to fix it?
you should probably call microsoft and try to get them to fix your shit because it sounds like your xbox is dying slowly and painfully
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Nobody really understood why Kegwen wrote:
you should probably call microsoft and try to get them to fix your shit because it sounds like your xbox is dying slowly and painfully
What he said. This happened each of the three times my 360 died.
Enjoy your refurbished piece of shit that will die again in a few months!
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Over the mountain, in between the ups and downs, I ran into Greenlit who doth quote:
I sure do love Best Buy's extended warranties.
I could get mine swapped for an elite and pay the difference, but I don't know if I want to lose my hard drive data ¬_¬
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Talonusing:
You're able to migrate data from an old 360 to an elite. It does look like you need to have access to both working systems though.
Yeah, therein lies the problem.
I'd buy a memory card but I don't know if all my live purchases would fit.
Because I work there I can kinda waffle and get them to let me swap hard drives on the units, but that'd more or less defeat part of the purpose of getting an elite.
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From the book of Maradon!, chapter 3, verse 16:
Yeah, therein lies the problem.I'd buy a memory card but I don't know if all my live purchases would fit.
You can redownload those. A pain in the ass, sure, but the option is there since your live account knows you purchased them
edit: and from what I understand if you copy your live arcade purchases over you have to be on live when you play them due to the licensing on transferred items and the way it's tied to your xbox so you're better off redownloading live arcade stuff anyway Kegwen fucked around with this message on 05-13-2007 at 09:01 PM.
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Greenlit's account was hax0red to write:
I sure do love Best Buy's extended warranties.
I'm quite possibly going to buy an elite just so i can get an extended warranty. And the sexy sexy black system.
