Warhawk (PS3)

[Commander Marklar]

I've always used Pro controls as I'm used to the kind of flexibility offered by systems like Crimson Skies et al. Having read the manual before playing and reading the difference in control schemes, the added bonus of being able to do a Viper-style 180 made it a must. It should be on Pro by default.

Those that don't use it are predictable in the little loops and stuff.

Don't forget you have chaff to use in evading missiles.

[Number45]

I skim read the manual to be honest, which is unlike me as I usually read them from cover to cover. And yeah, the chaff is cool (In fact it's a guaranteed escape from what I can tell, as long as you deploy before they hit, which is a bit too easy assuming you have some).

Just need to spend some more time familiarising myself with it all, I'm sure it'll come with time. Not that it'll stop me from being **** in general of course.

[doodledude]

Finally managed a game this afternoon after getting the network timeout constantly yesterday.
I was playing on the BLUE servers as I wanted to start working on my rank, however after an hour or so on a couple of servers, I checked my profile progress and nothing has updated!
Is this the bug I've been hearing about? is this happening to others as well.
I got some sort of medal or badge as well but its not showing either.
OR am I doing something wrong to start my rank going?

[NecronomiconUK]

I've not been able to play on the the official blue servers at all yet... even though the list says there is space it ALWAYS says the game is full... i mean, wtf

[hudson]

I've not been able to play on the the official blue servers at all yet... even though the list says there is space it ALWAYS says the game is full... i mean, wtf

The online is a little bit fudged at the moment. A fix will soon be out according to the lead producer guy...

First off -- I want to let all of you know that, contrary to some of the posts here...the team was not sailing around, enjoying the labor day holiday while you all played and earned medals that were ultimately never awarded to you :-)

We have been pretty quiet recently as we look to determine the root cause of some of the issues that some players are currently experiencing. Some items we have fixes for, some we are still working on -- probably not the exact response that you wanted to hear, but its at least a status update.

The three main issues that we are tracking are:

• Stats and Ranking errors, delayed posting, missing stats.
• "Connection Failed" or otherwise messed-up join game errors.
• Network Drops/Disconnects (we have a fix for these and should be deployed in the next service window)

Our team here at Incognito along with our great support team in San Diego were, and continue to be, diligently working on these issues. I want to reassure everyone that while we *have* been quiet these last few days, it is NOT a sign that we are off on some tropical island somewhere...we are hard at work on the big issues.

I'm not going to spin it and say "oh....we just had soooo many players.....so successful...blah, blah, blah."

That's a bulls&*#$t PR answer. The fact of the matter is that, there were some unforeseen issues that occurred once we went live...plain and simple. From here on out, look for far more frequent updates from us...even if its bad news.

Lastly, while I appreciate everyone's excitement and feedback. I beg of you please don't call my office :-)

My phone number was posted here and in a few other places and while I have had really good conversations with some of you, the team and I need to focus all of our attention on getting you great service...not going though 300 voicemails a day - I do hope you can understand.

I'll post update here as they become available.

And -- Yes this is Dylan from Incognito...I'm not sure why I'm showing up as "Junior"!!! I need to talk to somebody about that :-)

[NecronomiconUK]

Not bad... but still... isn't that what beta tests were for?

[Yoshimax]

Exactly what I was about to post Necro - Were these problems present in the beta ??

[hudson]

Not that I'm aware of. But I really think they should of had a shed load more users on the beta to properly stress it.

The main issue with the beta was a lot of hangs.

[Jebus]

Not bad... but still... isn't that what beta tests were for?

I'd assume that the difference in volume of users might be the cause?

I don't know how they ran the servers in the beta, whether it was the same way or not?

[RustyS Badge]

no matter how much testing you do there's just some things you cant replicate.

[funkydan]

What a thoroughly fun game! Played last night online after practicing on my own in a local game (can local games be 2-4 player split screen??). I got mullered mostly but got some kills and just thought it was wonderful - can't wait to get back on it tonight

[Number45]

I think you can do the 4-way split locally, you can certainly take a 4-way split team online.

I'm going to get access to the TV nice and early tonight so I think I'm going to try and jump into some ranked DM games - the only way I'm going to get a proper feel for all of the weapons and vehicles methinks.

[Daragon]

Really want to get into this, before Halo 3 preferably as let's be honest, who will be taking this over that?

Spent way too much dosh over the weekend in London though, so need to wait until my next bill so I can add this onto October's

[Number45]

Well I don't have a 360 (Or particularly like Halo), so I won't be deserting this any time soon.

[Brad]

It's definitely got that fun factor. It's the variety that does it for me. The ability to jumop in a warhawk, cloaking device on, fly to top of a mountain, jump out, binoculars out and target an airstrike