Wipeout Pure and fantastic firmware 3.11

Right before anyone else updates their PSP with the latest PILE OF CRAP firmware from Sony (3.11) you should be aware that it has somewhat crippled the ability to play the extra downloaded packs on multi player Gamma and Delta. Gamma freezes during loading of the first track and Delta seems to crash after 1 or 2 races unfortunately Omega and Classic 2 seem to be OK, now those 2 packs worked just fine all weekend and all the times before that on Kai then I update PSP when I get home and now they do not work? Tom also has this problem therefore it has to be the firmware, I thought these new firmwares were supposed to enhance my PSP not take away half of my favorite game :mad:

Not happy at all Sony get it bloody well sorted.

Yes, I've seen alterego having this problem at our convention, too. I've updated my firmware to official sony 3.11 just yesterday and now I've got the same problems as RR and alterego! :brickwall We've tried nearly all the single races of gamma and delta league tonight on kai and it seems that Exostra Run and Koltiwa can't be played in multiplayer anymore... :( I must say I'm really pissed off by that kind of sh**! Get out another firmware pretty soon, sony, or release an update for the delta and gamma pack which makes them work properly again! *swears loudly*

Hi All.

Olè! the Wipeout Gamma killer was the firmware 3.11!!!

ok! calm down it's now published 3.30 firmware, but i thrill about the consequence of the new upgrade.....brrr..... ;)

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Firmware 3.30 is out soon, according to Eurogamer

fingers crossed this will fix it.

Well I downloaded 3.30 via PSP and the same problems occur. Well done Sony this has just encouraged me to drop your official firmware and get cracked stuff.

Well, I've just installed firmware 3.30 five minutes ago and Rapier Racer and I tried on kai and.... NOT WORKING! Exostra Run crashes the psp, so does Koltiwa and Sebenco Peak shows up with huge graphic bugs (pink boost pads and purple wepon pads) and looks like an omega track if it shows up at all...

Damn you Sony! You better get this fixed soon!

Ohh man this really sucks!!!

I hope these problems will get fixed just about now. Good luck guys. I have my fingers crossed.

Hi All.
i've send a mail to sony helpdesk about this big bug :)

i' think that is the best thing to do.....every wiper must send an email at the sony helpdesk about this bug for the request of the fixes.

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I've told the technical director of Wipeout - he's going to look into it.

Thanks Rob, I hope that this issue can be sorted out soon. If you need any more help/info/screenshots from the bugs from me, just let me know.

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Originally Posted by alterego

i've send a mail to sony helpdesk about this big bug :)

i' think that is the best thing to do.....every wiper must send an email at the sony helpdesk about this bug for the request of the fixes.

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That's a good idea Rom. I'll write an email to them tonight.

Hi All.

if I rethink to all the time lost in the attempt to copy the gammapak just on mine memory stick during convention........and I had already installed firmware 3.11.........grrrr I get angry a lot! grrrr!!!

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Goddamnit, i just upgraded to 3.11 to play kz:liberation and moh demoes!

Noooooo, and school holidays coming up too which is when id be able to try kai again.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
(Luke Skywalker style)

AAaah...is that what is the main problem! luckily I did not upgrade mine yet.

stevie

Excellent Rob although I suspect anyone at Wipeout HQ will be a little tied up with Pulse but I hope hope they can find the time!

In the mean time whats the email address for this help desk?

Ouch! That's one hell of a bug. :o

Fortunately I'm still on 1.50, so no worries here for now.

Hi All.

This is the URL of the helpdesk of Sony/Scee.....if you want to email something, like me, about the big Bug...

http://it.scee.com/contact/customerContacts.jhtml

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I deleted all extra packs from my memstick last night and downloaded and installed them again from the official site directly onto my psp in the correct order (oldest one first, latest one last). I figured that this might help fixing the bugs - don't ask me why I thought so... Here's the order I've installed them: Delta - Gamma - Classic2 - Omega.
After that I tried playing multiplayer on kai and non-kai multiplayer with dan at my house. Classic2 works fine, so does Omega. But Delta and Gamma each have 2 races which I definately cannot play on multiplayer anymore.
On Delta league it's Koltiwa and Khara Descent which always crash my psp. If I'm playing a Delta tournament I get as far as the third track (Koltiwa) and crash there. Iridia and Anulpha Pass are working fine.
On Gamma league it's Exostra Run and Sebenco Peak which make my psp crash all the time. Gamma tournaments will not work at all (obvious, since Exostra Run is the first track of a Gamma tour). Descension tournaments always crash after Sol2 the first race (Sebenco Peak would be second race). Multiplayer single races on Staten Park and Ubermall work without bugs or crashes.
Last but not least I raced all tracks of the Delta and Gamma in single player mode last night. No crashes, no bugs, all fine. This shows that the new firmware seems to have crippled only multiplayer mode for the four tracks I've mentioned above. :bomb

I can only advise you all: KEEP YOUR FINGERS OFF ANY OFFICIAL SONY FIRMWARE WHICH IS NEWER THAN 3.10 IF YOU WANT TO PLAY PURE MULTIPLAYER!

Please Sony, fix this horrible bug soon! Gamma and Delta have become my favourite Packs, so for me Pure is no full game anymore if I cannot play these properly. :(:(:(

I deleted, downloaded and installed Gamma then Delta packs, I managed to successfully host and complete a Delta tour however the firmware has messed up the track environmental sounds on Delta, horrible screeching sounds geeeh

Gamma? my favorite pack still corrupted as hell Exostra actually loaded this time however huge graphical defects track and sky were green weapons pads were square purple blocks, picture here

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...i/Image033.jpg

Neo-tronic recreation of the classic 2197 Exostra Run circuit. ;)

Again, hopefully these bugs are sorted out soon.

Thanks for the warning you guys, I was thinking about upgrading the other day - that aint gonna happen. I really hope sony fix this as soon as possible.

Sad news guys, that explains the graphics i saw on Rom's psp at convention and all the shitty disconnections we had especially on gamma pack :(
I hope Sony or SL directly may fix this bug quickly , most of the best Kai players suffered from this :mad:

Hi All.

I repeat that it is necessary to fill up of mail the mailboxes of the customers service of sony/scee.... :D ...here is the link:

http://www.scee.com/contact/customerContacts.jhtml

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What did you say to them? You lot have just gone and messed up my favorite PSP game with your latest firmware, fix it now or I'll come and find you.....

It is being looked at, I promise you - there's no need to send the customer service mailbox into meltdown! :)

lol! I haven't sent anything yet I wouldn't know how to phrase it without sounding annoyed and rude

Well, bear in mind that SL are currently beavering away at Pulse as we speak so its not goign to be total priority. But if we think that both games run on similar engines, its got to be sorted soon, otherwise the d/l packs for pulse are goign to have problems too.

Dont panic Captain Manwearing. Well save you!

Keep your fingers crossed. It seems like Sony's Firmware v3.40 for the PSP is on its way.

http://www.playstation.co.kr/psp/psp01_05_new_3.40.asp

(Found at psp-hacks.com)

According to psp-hacks.com, the update to v3.40 is now available via the XMB Network Update. It can also be downloaded from psp-hacks.

Update: Aha, maybe this firmware update is related to there being a new firmware out for the PS3, v1.70. This version allows PSOne downloaded games to be played on the PS3. Furthermore, the saves will be compatible between the PSP and the PS3. (found on playstation universe)

I downloaded 3.40 with false hope it would fix the problem the result? A never before seen crash during an Alpha tour, it's like they are going to keep at it until they render multi player absolutely useless. I'm starting to think upgradeable firmware is a bad idea is it going to be a case of

"Oh but you bought Motorstorm 14 months ago surely you don't actually expect to be able to play the game for the entire life of you console? You did? Well too bad"

custom firmwares or devhook might be for you - hope, pray, beg (well maybe not beg) for a 3.4 downgrader:frown:

shouldn't sony help our psp's potential instead of bloody obliterating it? DAMN YOU SONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It seems that there might be a big firmware update on its way -- v.4! I pray for you guys to get rid of your problems.

[Rumor: PSPs with non-downgradable firmware on its way to the stores?]

That's interesting news, but I don't think it'll solve our FW problem with Pure multiplayer. As far as I can see the rumor/article says, that the new thing about this FW 4.xx will be that it's not downgradeable anymore. I highly doubt that Sony has implemented a fix for our problems into it.

I'm waiting for one of the following three things to happen right now:

1) Release of official Sony FW update wich states clearly in it's description that the bugs with Pure are fixed. I'm definately not going to update my PSP's FW any further without knowing for sure that the problems I have are fixed with the update.
2) Official Patch, Add-On, etc. from Studio Liverpool for Pure which will make Pure's multiplayer mode work properly again. I must say, that most of my hopes of getting rid of the problems are based on that choice. I don't think that a huge company like Sony can be bothered with the problems of a small fan community like ours (compared to other game communities). If our cries reach their ears anyway, they'll hand over the problem to SL and tell them to fix the bugs, cause they created the game and therefor know most about it's code and stuff.
3) Downgrader for FW 3.30, so that I can switch to non-official FW which will have my Pure multiplayer running without problems again.

I'll take whatever solution of the problem I happen to stumble upon first.

My money is on the latter, 3rd choice...

well, new games come with the highest firmware built in don't they? When pulse comes out, we may be forced to use this fw 4.xx

Lol, your posts are 311

Anyway, no I don't think so - because when they release psp's with new firmware it usually takes a few months before the fw dl is up on the sony site. Even then, it only appears on disks about 2 or 3 months after being up for dl at sony - by the time september rolls around I think pulse will sneak by without requiring any higher than 3.4x.

*Hopes up*

I really am worried about new firmware all the time. The problems some of us have got now, got me thinking of staying on the same FW of 3.0something and when Pulse is coming out buying a new PSP just to be on the safe side with Pure. I think this is ridicules to even think about this, but these stupid updates all the time are smashing up our most favourite game.

I heard custom fw (3.03OE) emulates higher fw's - but I'm sticking with 1.50 at the moment..

Mad-Ice!,

That is exactly what I`m getting another psp for pulse and save my old psp for pure with my FW 3.10 and I`m not getting updated!

stevie:)

Hi Stevie!

It might be the best solution so far! But it is crazy! Now I understand more and more why people turn to hackers with programs like devhook and so on. I want to stay true but I am tempted here!!!!!