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UPDATE - August 17th 1:45PM PST
De La Hoya Headlines Downloadable Boxer Pack (Click here)
UPDATE from the Development Team
- August 7 - 6:30PM PST
As you may be aware there is an issue related to the DLC Pack 1.
Users who’ve downloaded this pack may experience situations where they
load into game play (online and offline) and their controller config
will be changed to button punch controls. This happens without warning
and the button controls are not yet available as a feature via the
Settings screen.
This issue only occurs for Xbox 360 users who’ve downloaded Pack 1
and the fix will be going live early (2 AM Pacific Time) in the morning
on Tuesday, August 11, 2009.
After MS releases the update users must follow these steps to fix the issue:
- Delete Fight Night Round 4 Pack 1 via the Xbox Blade
My Xbox > Systems Settings > Memory > Hard Drive >
Games > Fight Night Round 4 > Fight Night Round 4 Pack 1 >
Delete
- Once it is deleted select to Play Fight Night Round 4 via My Xbox
- Press Start to advance to the Main Menu
- The user should be prompted with a new ‘Downloadable Content 1 is now available’ pop up.
- Select to download it.
- Once downloaded the user should no longer experience the ‘random button config’ issue during gameplay
- If users have previously unlocked Olympic Sugar Ray Leonard via the Pizza Hut promotion he will still be available/unlocked.
UPDATE - July 31 3:15PM PST
Thanks to the community for your patience as our team has been
working around the clock to resolve an issue with a button control scheme showing up randomly in online play. The team has determined
that the issue is
linked to the DLC update that went out this week to XBOX 360 Gold
members. The devs are currently working on getting a fix in to
resolve the issue within the next couple of weeks.
What does this mean for XBOX 360 Silver gamers?
As XBOX 360 Silver members do not have the ability to play online,
the issue will not manifest itself for those that wish to download the
DLC when it becomes available on August 6th.
What does this mean for XBOX 360 Gold gamers who have downloaded the DLC?
As the team is working on implementing a fix for the bug, we will
provide more detailed instructions within the next couple of weeks on
how to rectify the issue as MFST will allow us to push out the fix
after the appropriate approvals. In the meantime, please follow the
steps below to ensure you do not encounter the issue or if you are in a
match with the issue occurring:
If you want to be absolutely sure you don't encounter this issue
in online, back out to the Main Menu after each online fight and then
re-enter the game mode.
If you do happen to enter a fight with buttons, you can pause the
game, go into the settings -> controller configuration menu and then
back out which will cause a desync with both fighters not receiving a
win or a loss on their record.
The desync should only occur if the bug appears.
What does this mean for PS3 gamers?
We have determined that it would be optimal for PS3 users to not
encounter this issue, so we will be combining this first update with
our scheduled second update slated for early September. We understand
that means that the issues some users are experiencing that we planned
to have fixed with the first update will still be present, though the
fixes with this first update along with the fix with this new issue and
improvements with the second update will be available at that time.
We appreciate everyone’s
understanding as the team works to resolve this issue.
Original Entry - July 27 12:25 PM PST
Mike Mahar here to provide a quick word on our first game
update which went live over the weekend for XBOX 360 users and which
will go live for PS3 users next week. The following items have been
updated included in the Patch/Title Update:
Legacy Mode – Fix for scheduling two fights at once and not
being able to advance in the Legacy Mode schedule. Users will need to
start a new Legacy Mode file for fix to be applied.
Legacy Mode – Legacy Mode freezing fix for users’
encountering random freeze events. This fix applies to save load
functionality and will NOT fix currently corrupted Legacy Files but
will fix all new Legacy Files after the patch has been applied.
XBOX 360 Boot Up Freeze – Sometimes game would freeze if user
had a high number of playlists. This issue has been fixed to handle
over 30 custom play lists elegantly. This is for XBOX 360 only.
Online – Online HUD functionality altered so opponent’s HUD
is hidden during the fight. Change made to improve quality of online
game play.
Live Tournament Feature – Fight Night Round 4 will be
offering Live Tournaments in the future. This feature will not be
accessible until the Live Tournament functionality it turned on. Stay
tuned for more information regarding tournament dates and times.
New Game Play Sliders - Two new sliders that allow the user
to customize boxer stamina, boxer accuracy, and the counter punch
window for off line game play.
Our apologies for not messaging out the specifics of the patch in
advance, while some XBOX 360 users got it on Saturday July 25th, it
wasn’t scheduled to go live until July 28th. However, a free DLC update for XBOX 360 users is scheduled to go out in the early morning hours of July 28th.
The
Sony PS3 patch and DLC update will be available on August 6th due to
slightly longer processing times through Sony. This will include all
bug fixes mentioned above and free DLC content.
Due to the tight
time lines of this patch, not all the requested issues could be
resolved. We will continue to collect feedback and offer more
improvements and fixes in future updates…like the Button Patch.
If you have any questions regarding the patch please post them in the forums or PM Brizzo, sk88z, or me.
-Mike