[Closed] GTA V

So, give it a week to settle down, then an inaugural STW Megavalanche from the Cable Car station to kick it off... 🙂

Latest crew members have had a response.

I finally made it online last night. So far, so meh. Still loving the main game though.

I got too enthralled in the later missions to try.

Had a look at online yesterday.

Wondered what all the fuss was about, till I got to the first shootout bit with a couple of random strangers (who were worse drivers than me) and it glitched; started drawing textures like The Hobbit on the Spectrum and then threw me back to the beginning of the unskippable cutscene.

On my fourth bounce back to the start, I gave up and went back to single player.

They've addressed a few more issues and found a bug with PSN apparently so hopefully it'll sort soon. Probably just in time for me going back to work.

Main game done so just the sub-missions to do now.

Patch is out this am so see what comes. Just on time for me going back to work.

Are there requirements for broadband speed for this?

EDIT

Wait a minute though.. in the online game, are you in the same SA as hundreds or thousands of other lunatics? So you could be just walking along and be taken out by a speeding gangster in a stolen car?

Recipe for carnage 🙂

Well mine is on ethernet cable, straight into a router on VM's 120mb broadband & its still crap online. Sheer volume of traffic I think.

But, when your as crap as I am, the game will probably take me a year to complete anyway. 😀

I dont think everyone online is in the same environment...it would be somewhat crowded. 🙂
Max 16 per "game" I think...

16 seems small for server based, CoD is limited to 16 as that's P2P.

I was hoping for carnage, MAG managed to have 128 players on one map and that was great!

Running smooth for me just done my first Job was pretty cool doing missions with real players.

16 seems small for server based, CoD is limited to 16 as that's P2P.

COD is tiny maps and very little going on in the background.

I tried without success to play online until the patch update today.

Seems pretty good so far but only played for 30 mins.
Just need some friends/crew now.

re you in the same SA as hundreds or thousands of other lunatics?

No, don't think it's 16, maybe 30 or so. I got into a car chase / gunfight with someone last night. he blew out my tyres. The police then shot me to death 😀

I'ts double awsum

I can't even log in online. Tried a few times, gave up. CoD a the same time gave me perfect pings.

Even 30 will be very very sparse in that map! I tried weds night, couldn't get on.

Did nick the 747 though, awesome! Ran out of fuel rather quickly though!

haha Dave, I'll be your "friend". Shouldn't you be sorting our trip to Wales? I've done a few missions but spent most of my time doing stupid stuff like landing a helo on the blimp and MX / MTB runs from the cable car and random shooting incidents.

Drac, will also send an request to the "crew" tonight. I'm not 12, and don't shout abuse down the mic 🙂

Are the headsets necessary for online? I don't have one.

Even 30 will be very very sparse in that map! I tried weds night, couldn't get on.

whenever I've tried to do a job, have a race, have a deathmatch it's always been quick enough to fill the slots.

njee20 - Member

Even 30 will be very very sparse in that map

There are NPCs too though. Having first proper play tonight interested to see what's what.

Drac - Moderator
Main game done so just the sub-missions to do now

I read somewhere that main game equates to around 40% of the total complete ... how does that add up for you ?

I read somewhere that main game equates to around 40% of the total complete ... how does that add up for you ?

No idea as I did loads of sub-missions already.

I'll check crew requests again in a bit and before I go to work.

Not sure headsets are that necessary but apparently you can scream down the headset when holding up liqueur stores to speed them up.

Map is bit but even with 16+ it seems enough going and that's just free play that uses the full maps, deathmatches shrink it down.

Has anyone got an apartment yet? What do they actually contain? Is there any point?

Just applied for the crew........... I don't really know what that means

Means you can do jobs together and compete in certain matches, just a way to gain stats for the team.

I use a PS3 so if you're on Xbox you won't see me online 🙂

No apartment yet just building me cash it's just a social meeting point I think.

Drac is that you with the username beginning with W and 11 letters?

I'd just like to say that the shooting range challenges are frickin' difficult!! 😡

I enjoyed those.. didn't do too badly, got a couple of golds, only a few retries.

Nope I'm Dracy

Nope I'm Dracy

😯

Had to read that twice. 😆

🙂

Can you be in more than one Crew? Already in my old FPS clan's crew [PONY] but only a few of us have GTA...

You can be in multiple crews but only one can be active at any one time.

Another crew request submitted.

At the moment am a little underwhelmed with the online part. It just seemed full of folk wanting to randomly drive me off the road, try to land their helicopter on me and shoot me. Hopefully missions and stuff are more teamy/friendly.

I'm wondering if we need a specific and dedicated STW crew where we all have to keep our STW names.. so we know who's who..

Not bought Xbox Live yet, I'm loathed to spend another £35 already. Still, I'm Humanhair in the crew....Andeh just isn't cyptic/badass enough for a homecidal maniac.

Request sent.

Crell - in what way did you want to be "friends" ?

Wales trip is being sorted - seems it's all down to me again - I too fancy Nant-yr.

I'm wondering if we need a specific and dedicated STW crew where we all have to keep our STW names.. so we know who's who

You'll soon work it out and your character name on MP could be set to it.

Yey I'm in the crew - thanks Drac.

Now what ?

No problem.

Well I get ready for work now so nothing for me.

Basically play the game if you fancy create crew member only rooms or join crew member playing already. Plus do mission with crew member.

I may be on during the day tomorrow depending if I can sleep or not during the day.

I'm molgrips.. everywhere, and anywhere.. and there is only one and has only ever been one 🙂

So.. crew aren't automatically friends?

OK - I'm YetiRiderMan

Should be on later so will look out for people.

I'll be on later if online play is working.

I say later.. it'll be about 8pm, so if anyone's around we should try and set up a crew room to see how it's done.

Nope crew members aren't automaically friends but it shows which crew members are online.

Crew rooms can be created on the online mendu too.

Right I'm off.

Is anyone actually playing via XBox?

So let me get this straight. You and your crew can join an open game online and watch them commit crimes? You could then kill them and steal their money?

Kids are in bed but my wife is watching Dr who on Netflix 🙁

Kids are in bed but my wife is watching Dr who on Netflix

Surely a wife who watches Dr Who of her own volition is worth a 8)

She's well into scifi 🙂

So let me get this straight. You and your crew can join an open game online and watch them commit crimes? You could then kill them and steal their money?

Yes and no. They can rob gargaes and stores for cash, you can kill them before they get to an ATM but they only drop a small amount of cash.

Not bought Xbox Live yet, I'm loathed to spend another £35 already.

http://www.electronicfirst.com/cheap-xbox-live-codes/12-1-month-xbox-live-gold-membership/

(Shorter periods are available for less money, but is less cost effective. Eg, six quid for a month.)

Are crews mixes of people on Xbox and ps3? I'm on Xbox, most people seem to be talking about ps3. I've set up a crew but it's only me.....not sure that counts, crew is bigcarsteal if people are interested.

Are crews mixes of people on Xbox and ps3?

I asked this earlier. I'm fairly sure it's a no, as they're both different networks. It's a pity really. I wish there was some way to be able to play with gamers on both networks. Not sure it would ever happen though.

I know you can't mix the consoles when playing but can a crew have a mix, obviously you'd only be able to play with people in the crew with the same console.

I think you are simply you on rockstar social, you get to select ps3 or xbox to view things. Crews seems to consist of people irrespective of console, after all some people own both, but of course games can only be played on one console.

So you could be online shooting up another player who's on a different console?

The Crew works with both consoles but the actual gameplay doesn't work across platforms.

Morning, wide awake so a little few jobs to do then it's chill out time so might be on soon.

Can't be on until the evening when kids are down..

Yup know that feeling, my family has gone out for the day as I'm nights.

Suppose I should add then that I'm on Xbox.

Grr haven't played for over a week
Ps update then froze at 99% again and yet again I find myself having to do the hard drive swop reboot in safe mode with USB stick and switch hard drives half way through trick
Every single time.....

Xbox live gold is free this weekend guys, for those who don't have it yet!

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I use to get similar issues Iain once I replaced the Hard Drive I never had trouble since.

So I've bought a PS3 and played a GTA game for the first time in about 5 years. I am shite at it. Still more time to practice tomorrow.

Well, I'm online....

I was playing online today and passed another player. I spun the car round to kill him and he's sat in a traffic queue patiently waiting for his turn through the lights!

Of course, I empteyed an smg clip into him.

But, there is something very cool about picking up three strangers who you know are real people, driving them halfway across the city knowing they are watching your driving and then pulling a job together.

It really is very good indeed.

I was sat in my car reading the map and someone murdered me.

It's a rough old town Los Santos.

Yes it is cool to be driven to a job, but the guy who won my tutorial race took the lead in the job and when we finished he killed me. I'm going to have to look out for him.

Are you in PHUK?

Get everyone to pile into a car and then ram it into the petrol pumps. BOOOOOOOOM.

Anyone do Abigails mission? I really had to kill her in the end.

Yeah the driving off to do a job thing is pretty cool.

Okay anyone on Xbox not feeling the love.
http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/crew/bigstealcar

It seems very complicated all this social club stuff.
Is it not easier to just add each other as friends & jump straight to one of your friends who's playing...

I'm [i]takisawa[/i] on XBox if anyone wants to add me.
I'm usually found riddled with bullets cowering somewhere until I can steal the slowest car or climb a crane.

I did shoot someone last night though. 😀

[i]Are you in PHUK? [/i]

I don't even know what that is. Should I join a crew then (XBOX), which one?

Added you now Samuri and others.

Had my first deathmatch earlier it became apparent that 2 members were working together to try and build cash, everyone left but them and me. It didn't end well for them I don't like cheats and exploiters.

$4000 for me.

Robbing convenience stores is great fun when you use a chopper as the getaway vehicle.

Hahaha good thinking.

Screaming down the mic at the attendant does get you more cash. The dog wasn't impressed though.

Drac, request to join sent
Fixed my ps3 now so heading online this evening
Got my own one man crew now accepting memberships - http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/crew/the_pimp_daddies

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