Is anyone else having problems with GH5 (360)?

[JackBurton]

Ok, I just bought the game and this thing is just about useless to me. I tried installing the game to the hard drive and just letting it play from the disc, but had the same results. When I'm playing the thing just doesn't register notes part of the time. I thought I was REALLY rusty so I went from expert to hard and still the same thing. And I'm taking about EASY misses like 1 yellow and 1 green coming down and I miss it. I've also tried two other guitars (GHIII and WT guitars) and calibrated them too. I don't have this problem with GHIII or WT. WTF?!

 

[bl4ckfl4g]

That sucks, I didn't have any problems

 

[viivo]

No idea, but you could try clearing the 360's cache. Go to system settings and hit Y on the hard drive icon, then go down to "clear system cache". You'll have to redownload patches, but that's it. If that doesn't work (and it probably won't) exchange it if you bought it locally.

 

[superHARD]

Originally posted by: viivo
No idea, but you could try clearing the 360's cache. Go to system settings and hit Y on the hard drive icon, then go down to "clear system cache". You'll have to redownload patches, but that's it. If that doesn't work (and it probably won't) exchange it if you bought it locally.

good idea! I'll make this for later if I have issues.


BTW how do you like GH5 jack?

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: superHARD

Originally posted by: viivo
No idea, but you could try clearing the 360's cache. Go to system settings and hit Y on the hard drive icon, then go down to "clear system cache". You'll have to redownload patches, but that's it. If that doesn't work (and it probably won't) exchange it if you bought it locally.

good idea! I'll make this for later if I have issues.


BTW how do you like GH5 jack?

As of right now, I wish I had two more hands so I can give it four thumbs down. But that's because I can't complete one freakin' song. :| I'm going to try one thing tonight to see if it fixes my issue. :|

 

[JackBurton]

Well, I tried swapping out the batteries in the guitars with brand new batteries and I have the same problem. Just to check, I popped in GH:WT and BAM, expert, no problems. :| I even tried several songs on WT just to make sure. So if anyone can think of anything special in GH5 that's different than on WT that could be causing this issue, this game is going back tomorrow. :|

 

[BenSkywalker]

So if anyone can think of anything special in GH5 that's different than on WT that could be causing this issue, this game is going back tomorrow.

GH5 is significantly more difficult then WT. Do you have GH:Metallica? The difficulty level is comparable to that, which is considerably more challenging then GH3 which was far more difficult then WT.

In terms of timing, GH5 is probably closest to GH3 with precission mode if you don't have GH:M. I'd say if you can handle Raining Blood on Expert in GH3 with precission timing on and you still can't beat anything in GH5 something is wrong. Other then that, it is probably just adjusting to the considerably higher difficulty level in the newer GH games.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: BenSkywalker

So if anyone can think of anything special in GH5 that's different than on WT that could be causing this issue, this game is going back tomorrow.

GH5 is significantly more difficult then WT. Do you have GH:Metallica? The difficulty level is comparable to that, which is considerably more challenging then GH3 which was far more difficult then WT.

In terms of timing, GH5 is probably closest to GH3 with precission mode if you don't have GH:M. I'd say if you can handle Raining Blood on Expert in GH3 with precission timing on and you still can't beat anything in GH5 something is wrong. Other then that, it is probably just adjusting to the considerably higher difficulty level in the newer GH games.

I thought it was that at first. I thought, maybe I'm just rusty. So I lowered the difficulty level to hard then medium. And let me tell you, it ain't the difficulty level. Let me describe specifically what is going on. Let's take medium setting for example. TWO keys TOTAL on the screen are coming down (say red and yellow), I then press the red and yellow keys and see them light up and wait to strum. They get to the strum position and MISS! WTF?! When I start the song, everything looks like it is going fine. But then in the middle of the song it's just like to stops recognizing everything. :|

 

[Slick5150]

Either something isn't calibrating right, or something is screwy with your install of the game. I haven't had any issues like that at all.

 

[BenSkywalker]

When I start the song, everything looks like it is going fine. But then in the middle of the song it's just like to stops recognizing everything.

That sounds like a guitar going bad. I have one here that does the same thing, will be completely fine for a while then go to hell and you can't hit anything. I'd say get into WT and see if extended play sessions make the problem apparent in that game too.

Not saying it isn't possibly something with the game, but the odds of it causing the guitar response to be tempermental are exceptionally slim.

 

[DougoMan]

If you have a HDTV, did you calibrate for video lag? This is huge. I played GH for like three months before I found out about this. It can be really off. My note average improved about 10 fold after making this adjustment. Go to options --> calibrate

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: BenSkywalker

When I start the song, everything looks like it is going fine. But then in the middle of the song it's just like to stops recognizing everything.

That sounds like a guitar going bad. I have one here that does the same thing, will be completely fine for a while then go to hell and you can't hit anything. I'd say get into WT and see if extended play sessions make the problem apparent in that game too.

Not saying it isn't possibly something with the game, but the odds of it causing the guitar response to be tempermental are exceptionally slim.

Yep, I thought that might be the problem too. I have three guitars (2 GHIII, 1 GH:WT), all of them have the same problem. However when I play any other GH or RB game, everything is perfect. I don't know what is going on. I wish you guys could come over and see for yourself. It is VERY frustrating. :|

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: DougoMan
If you have a HDTV, did you calibrate for video lag? This is huge. I played GH for like three months before I found out about this. It can be really off. My note average improved about 10 fold after making this adjustment. Go to options --> calibrate

Yep, I think I've done just about everything to troubleshoot the problem. Nothing works. Unless GH5 plays completely different than any other GH or RB I've played, I'm out of ideas. I think I am just going to exchange the game for a new one today and see what happens. I'm not hopeful though. 🙁

 

[gorcorps]

Why return the game? It sounds to me like you have a faulty guitar, which is more common with these games than it should be. The chances of the actual game being screwed up when nobody else has a problem? Slim to none. If you're going to return the game, bring the guitar with you.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: gorcorps
Why return the game? It sounds to me like you have a faulty guitar, which is more common with these games than it should be. The chances of the actual game being screwed up when nobody else has a problem? Slim to none. If you're going to return the game, bring the guitar with you.

Please read the entire thread. I've tried 3 guitars (2 GHIII and 1 GH:WT) all of which work perfectly on any other GH or RB game.

 

[Trader05]

My WT guitar acts screwy in this game, PS3 btw. I'll be hitting the strum and sometimes it doesn't register, works fine in GH3 and WT. Maybe they'll do a patch for different revisions of guitars. My GH3 Les Paul works fine.

 

[Pheran]

I don't have GH5, but I saw a lot of complaints about a new calibration system over on the GH forums - apparently it is very confusing, as you are not supposed to strum (except as an adjustment). Any chance you are not calibrating correctly?

 

[Platypus]

I had this EXACT same problem with GH3 and the only thing that fixed it was taking the disc out completely when it happened, turning the machine back on with the disc out, then popping it in.

Might not work for you but worth a try.

It acted like I was hitting the notes WAY off, like 3 or 4 seconds off. I would also try taking the batteries out of your controller and putting them back in, had mixed results with that. I'm not even entirely sure any of this was just bullshit or if it actually worked but you might as well try it.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: Pheran
I don't have GH5, but I saw a lot of complaints about a new calibration system over on the GH forums - apparently it is very confusing, as you are not supposed to strum (except as an adjustment). Any chance you are not calibrating correctly?

Ok, you might be onto something there. I did strum while calibrating. So when calibrating you just hit the buttons?

 

[JackBurton]

Well I finally figured out what is going on. For some reason the timing gets waaaay off during the middle or end of the songs. In the beginning of the song the timing is dead on. Perfect, exactly the way it should be. However after awhile the timing goes from perfect to waaaay off. I have to strum waaaay early to hit the note. I've returned the game, recalibrated for the hundredth time and still the same thing. I give up. Hopefully this is an issue for others and they release a patch for it. That's all I can do now. 🙁

 

[DougoMan]

Maybe they just did a shit job with this game and it has nothing to do with your hardware?

I have GH5 for Wii and there is significant slowdown at times, which is just inexcusable. It basically makes the game unplayable.

So if they couldn't spend ten minutes testing the Wii version before releasing it I guess there is no reason to think they didn't do a half ass job on the 360 version as well.