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Hefty Rock Band 3 Update Released, Fixes Eyebrow Crash & So Much More

2:37 am February 1, 2011 By Geeky Gadgets

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Some of these Rock Band 3 updates have been a long time coming, some of them are pretty useful and some of them are just downright silly, not the least of which is the fix for the eyebrow crash of ’11, or as I call it, the Frown.
With a capital F because when you can end a Rock Band game with your mere presence, you’re entitled to some special spelling. So without further ado, let’s welcome the list (courtesy of Joystiq) of things that were wrong with Rock Band 3 (besides being less profitable than a Tap Tap Revenge clone) and are no longer. Wrong. For all I know the singers in the game still have eyebrows.

Rockband

GAMEPLAY CHANGES
  • The audio distortion (also referred to as a buzz, hiss, or squawk) that some PS3 Keyboard players experienced has been addressed.
  • For users experiencing trouble deploying Vocal Overdrive in certain audio setups, OD can now be deployed using the Back button on the controller. NOTE: this only works while in a valid Overdrive deploy section.
  • Overdrive can now be deployed using a Pedal with both the Mustang Pro Guitar and the Keyboard peripherals.
  • Scoring is disabled after a song has been paused multiple times (this prevent players from artificially inflating scores using the pause function).
  • The translucency of the track surface has been adjusted to make note gems are easier to see against the venue backgrounds.
  • Based on fan feedback, limited functionality for the Stage kit has been added to Rock Band 3. Please note that this 3rd-party peripheral is no longer officially supported, so we cannot guarantee full functionality with every file format (RB3, Pro-DLC), but basic functions should be reenabled.
ONLINE CHANGES
  • PS3 Voice Chat not properly working with headsets has been remedied.
  • Audio no longer distorts for remote players when whammying sustains in an online session.
  • To prevent blank tracks from appearing in online multiplayer, all members in an online multiplayer band must own the Pro upgrades to play a song with DLC pro upgrades.
MUSIC LIBRARY AND STORE CHANGES
  • Pro Guitar songs now sort themselves into the correct difficulty tiers.
  • Pro upgrade availability will now be more accurately reflected in the Music Store.

The following songs are now correctly appearing in the Music Library.

  • Anvil – 666
  • Anvil – Metal on Metal
  • Anvil – This is Thirteen
  • Dinosaur Jr – Pick Me Up
  • Dinosaur Jr – The Wagon
  • Guess Who, The – Hand Me Down World
  • Guess Who, The – No Time
  • Tenacious D – Rock Your Socks
  • Avenged Sevenfold – Afterlife
PRACTICE MODE CHANGES
  • An issue that prevented holding sustain notes on keys in the trainers has been addressed
  • Breakneck Speed now works in Practice Mode.
CRASH FIXES
  • Fixed a Character Creator crash related to a particular eyebrow asset or the generation of a random character.
  • Fixed assorted minor crashes, as well as minor scoring and text bugs.

Right, it will probably take you a lot longer to read through these MMO-style patch notes than to download the patch. So I’ll just tell you about this idea I had to pass the time.

If Harmonix and a company named Phil were to merge, they could call it Philharmonix. If there are limits to how cool that would be, I can’t think of any. Also, a guy who names his company Phil has got to be a blast to work with.

Via Joystiq

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