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Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: Xbox-Scene on April 13, 2007, 07:49:00 AM
Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Posted by XanTium | April 13 09:49 EST | News Category: Xbox360
 
From xboxic.com:
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While Guitar Hero 2 is an excellent game, it has been plagued by hardware problems, being that the guitar's whammy/tremolo bar does not function properly. Word has just reached us though from Activision that it's not the guitar that's broken but the software.

DIY-artists have already supplied remedies involving taking the guitar apart yourself, but as it turns out it's just anti-cheating software gone hyperactive. Game developer Red Octane's official word on the subject:
"On learning of potential issues with the whammy bar on the Xbox360 guitar, we immediately began extensive testing of both the guitar and the software to isolate any issues with whammy bar functionality and the corresponding causes. Our testing identified a specific software element that may, in certain situations, cause the whammy bar to lose responsiveness. Given that this is a software-driven, an patch is being developed to fix the issue and will arrive as soon as possible via download on Xbox Live. We will confirm soon a target date for this download."

Full Story: xboxic.com

Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: troyBORG on April 13, 2007, 07:21:00 AM
I dunno what people are talking about with the whammy bar looses responsiveness.

I have one of the guitar numbers that supposedly has the problem.  And I have no problems at all (other then being horribly out of practice).
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: dvsone on April 13, 2007, 07:21:00 AM
Only thing is it's going to cost you 500 points.  biggrin.gif
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: DanITman on April 13, 2007, 07:38:00 AM
QUOTE(dvsone @ Apr 13 2007, 09:28 AM) *

Only thing is it's going to cost you 500 points.  biggrin.gif


This is great.... smile.gif  

I'm still laughing.
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: 0794 on April 13, 2007, 07:54:00 AM
the patch won't cost anything...red octane has handled this problem with great integrity so far...

i still wonder why if this is a software problem that only certain model number guitars are affected AND loosening some screws actually improved the "defective" guitars responsiveness?
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: brywalker on April 13, 2007, 08:12:00 AM
Too bad those that can't get on Live (no broadband) get it shoved up the ass.

Great work.

Shoddy software and scamming on DLC.

Red Octane, go fornicate your mothers.
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: mlapaglia on April 13, 2007, 09:02:00 AM
QUOTE
the patch won't cost anything...red octane has handled this problem with great integrity so far...

i still wonder why if this is a software problem that only certain model number guitars are affected AND loosening some screws actually improved the "defective" guitars responsiveness?


i'm pretty sure they were joking...  biggrin.gif

well either way, getting the problem fixed is free! w00t
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: bucko on April 13, 2007, 09:12:00 AM
Did they not Beta test this product?
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on April 13, 2007, 09:24:00 AM
QUOTE(bucko @ Apr 13 2007, 09:19 AM) View Post

Did they not Beta test this product?


it was a pretty direct port, im sure they assumed everything would go well?

who knows with these big companies nowadays.
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: feflicker on April 13, 2007, 09:29:00 AM
OK, NOW it makes sense why they didn't recall the controllers  sleep.gif
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: eatshitanddie on April 13, 2007, 10:05:00 AM
QUOTE(brywalker @ Apr 13 2007, 10:19 AM) View Post

Too bad those that can't get on Live (no broadband) get it shoved up the ass.

Great work.

Shoddy software and scamming on DLC.

Red Octane, go fornicate your mothers.




Take it 2 a friends house?
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: GhaleonX on April 13, 2007, 11:21:00 AM
QUOTE(brywalker @ Apr 13 2007, 09:19 AM) *

Too bad those that can't get on Live (no broadband) get it shoved up the ass.

Great work.

Shoddy software and scamming on DLC.

Red Octane, go fornicate your mothers.


 I'm sure they could offer the update on the website. The BC updates are like that, so why not?
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: dux ducis on April 13, 2007, 12:01:00 PM
QUOTE(brywalker @ Apr 13 2007, 10:19 AM) View Post

Too bad those that can't get on Live (no broadband) get it shoved up the ass.

Great work.

Shoddy software and scamming on DLC.

Red Octane, go fornicate your mothers.


You, kind gentleman, are a poet.
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: JustDanMI on April 13, 2007, 02:31:00 PM
QUOTE(troyBORG @ Apr 13 2007, 09:28 AM) View Post

I dunno what people are talking about with the whammy bar looses responsiveness.

I have one of the guitar numbers that supposedly has the problem.  And I have no problems at all (other then being horribly out of practice).


Same here.  I have one of the model's that's supposed to bad, but mine works fine.
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: sicknasty413 on April 13, 2007, 05:12:00 PM
I have a 95065 [correct?]

I do not experience any problems with my whammy bar.

Launching the "Star power" [or whatever it's called] can sometimes be unresponsive...

Every once and a while my fret buttons will drop. For example- I'll just be holding down the blue one, and I'll hold down the strum thingy [for a chord]..and randomly during the chord, the button [on the screen] just goes up [as if i let go]..sometimes going up and down, up and down [as if I'm strumming]...idk, some weird occurrences.

Hopefully this patch will fix all.
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: HansiHusten on April 14, 2007, 07:47:00 AM
We will see... got a 55 model but its ok
But MORE important is: WHEN does this fracking Halo Theme Song come to GH2? I WANT IT SOOOOO BAD
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: Skyblast on April 14, 2007, 04:41:00 PM
I got the 65 model and had nothing but trouble with it, but not the trouble everyone else had. The downward direction of the strum bar would stick, making it impossible to do any of the harder modes. I emailed RedOctane and got a copied and pasted reply telling me they are investigating the whammy bar issues(though I specifically said strum bar more than once), and to make sure it's firmly plugged in, blah blah blah. I ended up taking it apart myself, and it turns out there was glue-like stuff glopped over the button within, causing it to stick. From looking inside firsthand, it's lucky for them this update is fixing some issues. The PCB's inside look like they are the cheapest components possible.
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: Fuzzy on April 14, 2007, 11:18:00 PM
Patch worked for me  smile.gif
Title: Guitar Hero 2 X-plorer not Broken - Patch Coming
Post by: Fuzzy on April 15, 2007, 02:17:00 PM
I feel like there are people every patch who get bricked...