Unreal Tournament 3 PS3 Mods = Pain in the Rear

Loot Ninja is sure you've seen Tycho over at Penny Arcade rant on the modding in the PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3. Basically, he thinks it's crap that you need a USB flash drive (or other memory card type) to copy the mods from your PC to the PS3. Loot Ninja could care less about this. Who doesn't own a PC and some sort of memory card these days? It's not that big a step. It's not completely necessary either. If you try to play online with someone using a mod, it will be automatically downloaded to your machine.

What bugs them is that you need to copy one mod at a time via your USB drive. Imagine wanting 25 mods, but needing to make 25 trips with your USB key. Not very fun.

[jack who]

buuu bu teh celll

[drunkpandas]

This has nothing to do with the PS3 being good or bad, so it shouldn't turn into a flame fest (but when has that ever worked here).

This is Epic's implementation of mods for the game on PS3. It's the first time it's been done, so there are growing pains involved. Just pointing out some optimizations that need to happen sooner rather than later for mods to become more mainstream on consoles.

[SlappyMcTaint]

Man, this is just drivel... let's make something out of nothing...

What they fail to point out is that most UT3 players will be adding mods as they come out -and it's not like there are many right now -nor will they come out in a flood.

Another useless article. Kudos to you.

[Seraphim]

actually, imo this isn't making something out of nothing. It is a pain and I've read numerous complaints from people who are having problems getting the files onto their PS3. For some reason when booting Unreal 3 it wasn't reading the mod files from my USB drive even though everything was done accordingly... So a better way of implementing these mods into the game should be configured; at least imho. And You should be able to download multiple mods onto your USB Drive/Memory Card and download all at once if you want to. Instead of having to go back n forth... But as someone else mentioned, growing pains, and that's all this really is. I just hope Epic takes it upon themselves to implement a better way of distributing and getting these mods onto a PS3 from PC... But it's certainly a valid point imo, and something that needs to be brought to the attention of those who can do something about it...

[Winter47th]

Bu..but..buh..TeH RROD ZoMG!!

The simple fact remains : Mods are batter than no mods at all.

[Blitzed]

Jack Who? Jack Ass obviously.

[Chaos Striker]

Cell has nothing to do with the PS3 + UT3 Mods. Try actually reading for once in your life.

[TwissT]

Heard that joke already, funny the first time, second time not really.

[BrianC6234]

More like Bu-bye Xbox 1.5. Epic hates Xbox Live. Say goodbye to Gears of War after the second game is out. Can you say PS3 exclusive? I bet you can.

As for the crybabies, give Epic some time. One mod at a time is still better than the 360 will get, which is zero mods.

[jack who]

i just lik the word

[Creepa at GameManx]

hmmm...

[gamehendge]

but then again if mods weren't an option people would be complaining as well. [eye roll]

[monks]

this is very new and not tryed before that i know of i am sure the system can be improved and there are people useing the ps3 browser now

so please give it some time i am sure it will improve and they did say something somewhere about improving it with home update

still some wait but i am sure it will get better or will be improved in there next game if there is one lol

EDIT = who disagreed and why please i did not say anything that really needed a disagree

are you saying the system wont improve because i persoanlly feel it will in current form or a future title

this is the first time it has been tryed by epic and i am sure they will learn from it

[shrimpboat]

These guys are idiots. USers create these mods so of course I want to check each one to make sure it doesn't cause any problems before moving to another one. These guys are just looking for a reason to b!tch. I haven't had any problems so far playing with mods and the reason is because I check each one out first.

Any Technical person will tell you that this is the best practice.

[LinuxGuru]

The transferring of mods to a PS3, methods included, will be of no circumstance to anyone who really wants to do it.

[lou]

If you are a retard then don't use mods(Penny Arcade dudes). Adding mods to me so far has been easier than logging into my email.

[LinuxGuru]

Amen

[Bazookajoe_83]

DOWNLOADING MOD CONTENT

If a server is running a mod content, the user will automatically download it when they try to connect to the match. The user does not have to accept any messages and does have the option to cancel if they do not wish to download the content.

[LinuxGuru]

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy!

[mighty_douche]

PC ftw!!

[Bnet343]

Amen to that. Playing PC games are meant for playing on PC's, not consoles. They should of continued the Unreal Championship series on consoles and let UT on PC.

[INehalemEXI]

Nothing difficult , and free maps what a crybaby.

Whats difficult is making the maps. Well its not one of those easy map editors. Will have to watch some tutorials before I make a map for PC/PS3.

[raerae28]

So why people keep talking about this i dont know.... If you visit a server that has a mod or mutator that you dont have, it gets downloaded to you LIKE THE PC GAME. Now done...(insert sound of beating a dead horse please).

For those with the game try it out, for those without quit adding misinformation. (err emm, Penny Arcade story editors)

[Skerj]

Apparently no one has ever had the problem in the past installed 25 mods at once and finding something horribly broken. Causing you to uninstall ALL of them, and install them one by one to see which one is the offender. Epic knows this, the PC community knows this, so how come some people don't realize the reason Epic made it so?

[macalatus]

Hey Skerj, you're talking to MS fanboys who wants to be hardcore just as much as the PC gamers...except they don't know jack sh!t about anything except trolling!! And they also know how to properly ship their consoles for repairs!

[ElfShotTheFood]

I guess Epic didn't want to put banner ads on PA.

[BigKev45]

Yeah, it sucks. It should be downloadable content using the UT3 interface. That is how it should have been done.

[skynidas]

well actually you can download the mods from your ps3 internet browser but you still need a USB memory
here's how http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...

[MvC Xtrm]

Riiiiiight. ;)

[CH-OutbreaK]

Come on man, it takes no effort. YOu can get a relatively cheap drive with a good amount of memory too nowadays. People are either way too lazy or way too cheap.

[AshleyRiot]

I'm not a computer person so when i read about transferring the data from PC to some kind of device i thought i'd be in for a nightmare. As it turns out though i own a PSP and have a 2gb memory stick pro duo just went to the UT3 forums read how to do it took me less then 5 min to get the 4 maps 1 by one and put them on my PS3/UT3. It was a piece of cake. I've stood in line to buy milk longer then it took me to do this so cry me a river.

[Blademask]

Mark Reign\Epic camp all were boasting about PC/PS3 Mods. It really should have been a tab under UT3 to search your Networked PC, or if anything just a simple .ps3 file type to create on the ps3, and a Installer on the software side in UT.

All of this will be ironed out for the 360 though if Microsoft keeps it as a feature, which I doubt they will do. Since that means you'd need an HDD correct?

At the same time I cant help but think that mods really aren't a Casual Gamer option. Its like saying you can install Ubuntu on the PS3. There is no 'button' on the ps3 to do it. Sure you can install another OS, but how do you get the OS on the ps3? "What theres no instant-install-linux-button? I have to use a CD/SD card?!?" Isn't the same response there because you clearly need to be at a certain gaming/pc ability to do so. And to those people, installing it is very easy. Just like porting mods over via that mode skynidas posted.

Most of you are just the usual rounds of ps3-cant-do-anything-write crowd so I wont bother. Aside from the Wii, it has the most innovative features of a console this generation. And people complain that you cant copy 2gigs of a single divx movie at once.. as if there is ANY 2gig divx release. All are usually 760mb, OR broken up into CD1/CD2. That goes for Xvid as well.

Should I really be mad that Epic Delivered an amazing version of UT3? Even made it accept Mods, I just have to go through 10 minutes of steps to do so. Tried to make a single player (hahaha, i mean hey they tried) It runs perfect/stable. HDD install. Heh after re-reading that last paragraph.. nah.. It just could have been worked out alongside release. Clear instructions.

Edit:

Oh my, UT3 for the PS3 downloads the maps when you join a server if you dont have them? Well thats simple. lol

[TwissT]

Since the mod system for UT3 ps3 version is new, it does make sense that there would be pains, this mod system is like trial and error for Epic and with more errors they will find a way to stop them, lets just hope they find a way to stop the errors sooner rather than later.

[VaeVictus]

4 minutes is all it took to transfer the current mods. It is not a pain in the rear. Penny Arcade can stfu, this game is a ton of fun and transferring the mods is a simple process. Free freaking content, I swear people will complain about anything.

[DarkSniper]

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[Figboy]

there are a few facts to consider about UT3 on PS3 mods before flying off the handle.

1.) this is the *FIRST TIME in console gaming that something like this has been attempted (as far as i know)

2.) Unreal Tournament 3 hasn't even been on the PS3 for *THREE WEEKS, and people expect this system to run perfectly. give it time.

3.) Have we already forgotten that UT3 was supposed to be *DELAYED until sometime next year? but Epic, being holiday sales concious, of course, but also doing us PS3 owners a favor by releasing a AAA quality game for us to play by Christmas, released the game *EARLY, and we complain about *OPTIONAL content? would you rather not have mods on the PS3 version of Unreal at all? would you rather wait 4 or 5 months before you could pop the disc into your PS3? or would you rather have the game in your hands now, enjoying what's on the disc *NOW, and wait for the PC to PS3 kinks to be ironed out (as they will) over time?

4. it *IS annoying to only be able to transfer one mod at a time over to the PS3, but hey, there are only 5 mods for it, and once again, *THIS. IS. NEW to us console gamers. they will work it all out eventually.

this story is becoming ridiculous. considering how PC savvy Tycho claims to be, you think he'd understand how things in the PC world work in iterations, and are often not complete or buggy until patches are released.

just get over it already, people. seriously.

[zonetrooper5]

The last I heard about mods, MS and Epic. Is that, MS has allowed mods for the 360 version of UT3 but they must go through the publisher's server which of course would be Epic's. However, Epic wants it to be like the PS3 version, you can transfer mods easily and quickly.