firehawk12
Subete no aware
Dope. But paid DLC works fine? Does it redownload songs or just use your song library from the first game? Do you still need to have Rocksmith 1 installed?
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Rocksmith 2014 |OT| - Everything is improved, except the OT.
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Fixed1979
Member
Alright, went ahead and bought it on Steam, may double dip eventually.
After about 45 minutes of getting things sorted audio wise I jumped in and started playing, an hour and a half later my finger tips are numb. So far so good.
I had some serious issues with my guitar not being "loud enough", hopefully there's a setting somewhere I can change and it's not an issue with my Gretsch.
After about 45 minutes of getting things sorted audio wise I jumped in and started playing, an hour and a half later my finger tips are numb. So far so good.
I had some serious issues with my guitar not being "loud enough", hopefully there's a setting somewhere I can change and it's not an issue with my Gretsch.
You could try turning up the 'microphone' volume of the rocksmith cable.
To do so go to the windows sound settings -> recording devices -> "rocksmith guitar adapter" -> levels.
That worked in the original if I remember correctly.
Hmm cool, great that you got your order. The shop still seems a bit iffy though, seems they sell russian region keys (or similar), which these key stores sometimes obtain illegally.
Because of this, I think there's a blanket ban on these kinds of sites, so I'd advise against recommending them around on here for the moment. If they're actually legit, all the better.
I bought Limelight from the RS1 store thinking it would work in 2014. RS2014 ddidn't seem to notice it at all.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Gah, so only RS1 "disk" songs work with the upgrade fee then?
They must have changed the way songs work entirely... hopefully the customs guys can figure it out.
Be sure that the settings for your audio device is set at 16 bit 48000hz, same for the guitar under recording devices.
Discrete audio cards are not the best way to play, it will add quite a lot of delay that isn't possible to get rid of. So onboard audio is highly recommended anyway.
You can download the game now if you download Spotflux, start it up and then launch Steam. For being a proxy you will get pretty good speeds. I got ~2,5MB/s and downloaded the game in about an hour instead of having to wait until Thursday.
When you have downloaded it, put Steam in offline mode and you can then stop the proxy and launch the game. If you let Steam go online with your internet connection the game will lock up again and you need to start Steam with the proxy again and redo offline mode.
I don't know how normal DLC works yet, haven't been able to play it with Steam online since I unlocked it with proxy. But right now it does not show up in my song list.
And yes, still have RS1 installed.
Lilalaunebaer
Member
Thanks, downloading now. Can´t wait to play the game.
Btw. what guitar are you guys using? I have an epiphone les paul bullsey zakk wylde edition.
Epiphone SG G-400, my first guitar that I got with the first game last November. Really like it, but I think it's time to get myself a new one soon that is more suited for lower tunings and keep this one for E standard tuning.
Lilalaunebaer
Member
Wow, i bought the exact same guitar with the first game too.
Even though i stopped playing after some time, i still bought myself the les paul. I just like buing guitars even if i couldn´t play them lol.
I played for about 2 hours last night and I didn't experience any stuttering. Did you have some download/upload going on on the same HDD as you have the game?
Nope. Nothing like that. This is so frustrating. Settings have nothing to do with it. Just tried with every resolution/setting combo and it's the same stuttering frame-rate all the time. Just loaded up RS1 and that works flawless.
Like I said, it was working perfectly fine a few hours which just makes it even more strange.
I'm using the music preset and have an HDMI wire connected from my PS3 to my monitor. I haven't experienced any sort of lag at all.
By the way, has anyone who has this game on PS3 gotten the following error in the packs section of the shop?
I tried deleting and reinstalling the game from PSN but it didn't fix the issue. I just want the import tool for them OG Rocksmith songs man
Left-handed Aria STG in candy apple red. Was the only cheap lefty guitar available when I finally decided put money where my mouth is. I love it though.
If you are talking about more tunings, then yes.
These are the supported tunings now
E Standard
Open E
Drop D
Open D
Open G
Open A
Eb Standard
DADGAD
Eb Drop Db
D Standard
D Drop C
C# Standard
C Standard
miDnIghtEr20C
Banned
Is there any difference with the PC version? Better stuff? Make your own songs or anything?
None of that. I'm curious to see what the "Expansion" section of the store will be.
Well obviously like the last game, the PC version will allow mods so you can get custom songs charts.
If you're in the Best Buy "Gamer's Club", there's a $20 off coupon for Rocksmith 2012 for 360/PS3. That brings the price down to $10. That's worth it just to get the cable. I'll probably head to my local store today and see if I can pick one up just to get a spare cable and then I can have one hooked up to the PC at all times and one hooked up on the 360 for Bandfuse when that comes out.
Oh no!
Good luck with that.
Luckily I didn't have to change my strings yet, but I'm really scared they'll fly around and cut someones head off (probably mine) when I try to for the first time, I'm lucky like that.
You don't have to worry about that but you do need to be careful with your winding when you put the new strings on, you need to leave enough slack to wind around the peg otherwise you'll have a hell of a time tuning. Silly me wasted a lot of strings early on because I wasn't leaving enough slack.
As for the question earlier about what guitar we are playing, I'm on a Jackson Soloist SLXT.
Not mine but exactly the same.
Yeah mine starts immediately when the game boots up. I've had stuttering issues with games before, but never as bad as this. I tried booting up RS1 (and a couple other games) to see if it was just my PC being a jerk, but no, the issue was exclusive to RS2.
Awesome, thanks for these tips. With my setup, the external sound card has worked quite well in RS1, but anything's worth a shot. I'll try the first thing you mentioned first, and if that doesn't help, I'll go with the onboard audio.
American strat (i added spertzel heads and a wilkinson tremolo)
And stock epiphone les paul (that I keep tuned in drop D because I'm lazy)
I have started uploading some videos now. I have a playlist here that I will add songs to as I go along.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCYDGJ5k8yctdWWdYsYHWJn8-Tgzw4T8X
This game is so great, such an improvement over the original.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCYDGJ5k8yctdWWdYsYHWJn8-Tgzw4T8X
This game is so great, such an improvement over the original.
backbreaker65
Banned
I'm using the music preset and have an HDMI wire connected from my PS3 to my monitor. I haven't experienced any sort of lag at all.
By the way, has anyone who has this game on PS3 gotten the following error in the packs section of the shop?
I tried deleting and reinstalling the game from PSN but it didn't fix the issue. I just want the import tool for them OG Rocksmith songs man
I have the Day1Digital Version the only problem I have occurred was it froze on me once. So you have your set using HDMI? The load screen suggests for best play use composite which is what I'm doing. I also have my pulse elites set to music mode. Again I'm interested in using HDMI as well and you're getting no lag?
He's using the pulse elite wireless headphones for audio
backbreaker65
Banned
So am I.
The best way to learn music theory is to get Scott West's 'Absolutely Understand Guitar'. It's expensive but is brilliant, you won't find a better way to learn music theory anywhere else imo.
I've only gotten in about an hour and a half of RS2014 so far, but wow, has it improved! I can already tell that it's going to help me improve many of my skills, with the most immediate probably being shifting. It's just so much easier to see which four frets your fingers should be on now, and I'm already noticing myself moving my hand to that position pretty naturally.
Since everyone else is posting pics of their instruments, I might as well join the party.
The left-most one is my "real" guitar. ESP M100-FM. I got it about 4 months ago when I started to get a bit more serious.
The middle one is the Rock Band Strat that I got originally. I use it for the alternate tunings, since the ESP has a Floyd Rose. Eventually, I'll pick up another fixed-bridge guitar that's better.
The one on the right is my Ibanez electric acoustic. I haven't tried using it in game yet, and mostly use it for practicing on the couch while my wife is using the PC.
Since everyone else is posting pics of their instruments, I might as well join the party.
The left-most one is my "real" guitar. ESP M100-FM. I got it about 4 months ago when I started to get a bit more serious.
The middle one is the Rock Band Strat that I got originally. I use it for the alternate tunings, since the ESP has a Floyd Rose. Eventually, I'll pick up another fixed-bridge guitar that's better.
The one on the right is my Ibanez electric acoustic. I haven't tried using it in game yet, and mostly use it for practicing on the couch while my wife is using the PC.
KillerDark
Member
I have an Ibanez arx 320. I like it a lot but its my first guitar so I'm not sure how it compares to other guitars haha.
You only need to use composite so the audio isn't going through the TV. If you are already using the headphones, you can absolutely use an HDMI cable for video.
Alternatively, you can use HDMI for video, but set the audio to go through the analog/optical cables.
The only thing that isn't "optimal" is using HDMI for video and audio but I think that depends on your TV. I had no issues doing that last night.
backbreaker65
Banned
OK, makes sense.
Not sure about RS2014 yet. With 2012, I'd say no. I'd say that it's a great tool to accelerate your skills and learn some tunes. However, I would definitely recommend supplementing Rocksmith with some lessons from a real person. The game just can't teach you some things because it can't look at your form and see that you're doing something wrong.
That's just my two cents.
I have only (well, Youtube as well but no teacher or anything) used Rocksmith as my teaching tool since I got it and a guitar last November and I would say yes.
I have come a long way since I first plugged this in to my PC for the first time.
Here's a video of Hypnotize, only played it 2 times before this run so that should tell you something on how far a beginner can come with just Rocksmith. I never would've played anywhere near as good so fast just 6 months ago or something. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDq9P1rSHpU
I think it depends on how you define that and what your ultimate goals are. If you want to get basic technique down and be comfortable with the instrument, RS 2014 will do that. If you want to learn to play songs at your own pace and feel motivated to do so, RS 2014 will do that. If you want to dive deeper and understand why certain positions on the fretboard or chords sound "sad" or "happy" or how they're linked together, that will require further study outside the software.
Yes, if you supplement it with traditional teaching tools(or even something like justinguitar.com)