Flashback Map Pack 2 Update

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Flashback Map Pack 2 is now available in its final state on the EU PS Store. EU Players must re-download this DLC. Read on for details for all players.

By Eric-ND | Twitter @ericmonacelli | Friday February 24 2012

There have been many forums posts and comments about Flashback Map Pack 2 and certain glitches that had been found while playing. The reason you saw those bugs is that the version that was posted on February 22^nd on the European PS Store was an earlier version of the map pack that wasn’t final. For this reason we requested the content be taken down from the EU store temporarily. It was removed and replaced today.

This is important - EU PLAYERS – The correct and final version of Flashback Map Pack 2 is live. You will need to re-download it from your PS Store. You can do this by viewing recent purchases via the Download List (top right hand corner of your PS Store) and then selecting the Flashback Map Pack 2 content for download.

The version of the Flashback Map Pack 2 that went live in all other regions outside of the EU is the final version. Those regions will not be required to re-download. They will only be subject to the following changes.

During the time the earlier version of the DLC was live we didn’t take any maps out of the matchmaking rotation for any region. We did what was possible to fix the more glaring exploits. These fixes will remain in place until patch 1.07, which will be available shortly after patch 1.06 is released. Patch 1.06 is slated to be released in 1 to 2 weeks. Patch 1.07 will come after that.

If you haven’t seen it already, here’s a list of the changes that had been made to the Plaza map globally. Again, these will remain in place until patch 1.07 releases.

For Competitive Modes (on Plaza)

Added a stack of cars to prevent players from accessing an alleyway in Plaza that will drop players out of the level geometry

For Co-op Arena and Hunter Arena modes (on Plaza)

Added a death region to the affected area, which will instantly kill a player if they travel into it.
Removed Plaza from the Hunter Matchmaking playlist

We will keep these changes in place until patch 1.07, as it will require all owners of the Flashback Map Pack 2 who have the incorrect version to re-download it. If you have the correct version of Flashback Map Pack 2, you will not need to re-download anything when patch 1.07 hits.

As always please continue to let us know what you see as you are playing via the forums, here, or through our other communication channels. Thank you for your patience and understanding. See you online!

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Posted by: fadi002 on 02-24-2012

Not everyone is going to see this… So how will they know to re-install?

Also, if you haven’t removed the maps from the map rotation, why are they not showing up (I have the NA final version)??

BTW, do the EU players have to delete and re-download EVERY single piece of DLC for this, or do they just have to download the flashback #2 pack and install it without manually deleting anything?

Posted by: Eric-ND on 02-24-2012

Help us spread the word! We are communicating it through as many channels as possible. This post will appear in PlayStation channels as well.

Just download the Flashback Map Pack and install it should work. Let us know if you have any problems with that.

As for them not showing up, it’s a matter that other players need to have the same DLC installed.

Posted by: CaptainGillette on 02-24-2012

Perhaps a video in the YouTube embed on the game menu? It’s actually the perfect place for this sort of thing… it doesn’t have to be ALL promos for The Last of Us and videos of people who are better than me at Uncharted!

Posted by: Bovrillor on 02-25-2012

This absolutely HAS to be on an in-game notification. Most players don’t read the blog or follow you on social media. I’ve just passed on the word to 20 people and they were all clueless… some still don’t believe me.

Posted by: everlong416 on 02-25-2012

OK, so i have downloaded these “fixed” final versions and the exact thing i’ve been dreading since the reports about the differences between the US and EU versions of the DLC has happened, apart from changing power weapon spawns, which i don’t care about, they also removed the option to climb up this door on Village:

http://i.imgur.com/eMQcZ.jpg

I’ve been very forgiving about the issues that have plagued U3 mp recently, and some minor omissions on the revamped maps don’t bother me, like the fact that you can’t climb the statue in the Temple hallway anymore, since that barely factored into gameplay, but this spot right here is a major traversal point in Village. I climbed up that door to get unnoticed to the old desert eagle spawn at least 10 times per match in U2, as it would allow me to surprise people or escape and turn the tables on people chasing me, or get the drop on the otherwise. Sure i could climb up there from the other 3 sides of the building, but it’s just not the same, cause you can easily be seen from all 3 directions.

This game’s charm for me is all about traversal and using your environment to the fullest to get advantage on your opponents. Why in the world would a revamped version of one of the most popular maps in Uncharted mp feature gimped traversal, while there have been added new ways to get around on some of the other flashback maps like Cave, Sanctuary, and Fort? And the worst thing is i could climb that spot in U3’s Village just fine until i installed the supposedly fixed version today. Why does the final version of the map have less traversal options? This may seem a minor thing to some, but for me it’s the straw that broke the camel’s back. I cannot express how disappointed and upset i am about this and it’s severely bringing down my enjoyment of the map pack as a whole.

Please tell me this was a mistake and that it can be reverted via live update or with the next patch.

Posted by: Bovrillor on 02-25-2012

Putting this DLC fiasco aside, are the ND team aware that the ‘Bandwidth Testing’ implemented in the last patch has crippled the game in Europe? Me and my gaming buddies (all from the UK) could previously play with people worldwide with minimal lag issues. Now every single game is a mess of teleporting players, lego man animations and hitbox fails.

I can’t even play Arena with my regular 3-man team, and we’re less than 50 miles apart from each other. Just played a TDM with a bunch of French guys, things were even worse. Pre-patch, there would’ve been no problem at all. I hope this is going to be addressed ASAP because right now UC3 is frankly unplayable.

Posted by: praju61 on 02-24-2012

Can someone please clarify : EU players needs to redownload the FBMP#2 and install it, which will be overwritten on existing date. I do not want to delete the DLC, because I had to download all skins and FBMP#1 content again.

Or Is there a way I can only delete FBMP#2 DLC content from XMB ?

Posted by: tapantaola on 02-24-2012

Yeah, you have to delete the Additional Content file in the Game Data Utility folder first and then redownload all the DLCs.

Someone on the forums said that Asia (Hong Kong and/or Japan) also had the old version uploaded… is that true?

Also, you still haven’t added the Flashback Map Pack #2 in the in-game EU store. Can you sort this out, please?

Posted by: praju61 on 02-24-2012

Yeah, thats what I mentioned in my comment . Is there a way I can delete “only” FMBP#2 from the game data utility in the XMB. IIRC, its 1+Gb size which means it has all the DLC content released so far by ND.

I deleted FBMP#1 few weeks back by deleting the game data utility and I ended up losing all the skins too. Had to redownload them all later that day.

Posted by: Sig-15 on 02-24-2012

Is it just me or does anyone else not see any of the new maps come up during map vote?

I have not played a single map from the map pack #2 in TDM. The only time I got to play the new maps was in a private co-op game.

Posted by: Bovrillor on 02-25-2012

Exactly right. If there was a single EU player in a US game, or vice-versa, the map pack gets locked out. This will still be the case until all Europeans update their pack… SO SPREAD THE WORD.

Really tragic that ND are relying on us to fix this. Sorry guys but your service has been abysmal lately. Are you rivalling Bethesda for ‘Incompetents of the Year’?

Still waiting on simple bug fixes from over 3 months ago…

Posted by: Eric-ND on 02-25-2012

As mentioned above it’ll be fixed via a patch in 1.07. That patch will force people to re-download the map pack. However in the interim we need your support to get the word about this. We will have this posted on as many of our communication channels as possible but not all your mates likely pay attention to what we are posting.

Posted by: k3ruption on 02-24-2012

Ok well I live in NA and I have had the map since it finally got put up. Thing is, I STILL havent found a SINGLE match with the new maps.....and this is the same with all of my friends on my list. The only way we can play is if we create a custom match....

Posted by: RSxcore on 02-24-2012

Please clarify..

I have all the DLC, and I just went straight to the PS Store and redownloaded and reinstalled FBMP2 without deleting anything. Is this actually going to work?

And does the new version that I have just redownloaded not have a pile of cars in the problem corridor then; it’s just as it intended to be but without the ability to leave the map geometry? (I never did see the pile of cars but read this)

And also what happens then if people don’t redownload it by TU 1.07?

Posted by: RodrigoUFC on 02-24-2012

Eric… What about a punishment over this exploiter, a.k.a philliesphanboy ? He’s high level (75 last legacy) and plays with a good formed team, so he knew very well what he was doing. He exploited the former Plaza’s glitch just today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FndeRS0MsaA&feature=g-upl&context=G26eb1b3AUAAAAAAAAAA

Posted by: Jaguar-paw_Aztk on 02-24-2012

Hi Eric-ND.! i down load it the patch 1.05 and since i down load it, can’t star the game. it take a long long time to open. when i do log in online it freeze.
can you help me out..please.!! thanks i dont have no problems with uncharted2.

Posted by: TimeWarnerSux on 02-25-2012

Since this is ND and a fu ckin hot mess, let’s see how long this post last:

Get your sh it straight. Your a fu cking joke of a company now. Are you using interns to QA your sh it? You get NOTHING right! You patch your patches cuz your team has their head up their ass. Fuc king comical.

Well it’s time us customers be a little more vocal and take action. I’m going to spam the sh it out of social media to give you guys a bad rep for such a shi tty job. I urge EVERY UPSET customer to do the same. If they don’t listen to us customers on the forums and this blog, maybe social media will wake ND the fu ck up.

Posted by: ironsword7 on 02-25-2012

Can I please have some clarification. Do I need to re-download Map Pack #2 if I downloaded it as soon as it came out on the Australian PS Store? I don’t want to have to download something if I don’t have to. (I have a download limit so I try to avoid unnecessary downloads.) Thanks.

Posted by: Puschi2008 on 02-25-2012

I wouldn’t downloading it because till 1.07 there will be many glitches in these maps :D ... and why do u play with internet limits uncharted 3 online ( or not online?) because when you are in a match --> than you reach the limit and the whole month u cant play that would be so bad for me :(

Posted by: DOG30 on 02-25-2012

Haven’t played any of the new maps i bought tree days ago.
There are now a total of 19 maps, players should be able to play the maps they like best.

Why don’t you implement an option for voting on 3 maps instead of 2, or just a third option to ask for two new maps for voting.
Is that much to ask naughty dog. Thanks.

Posted by: Alsborg91 on 02-25-2012

Cloaked

Full-silence

Interrupction affects you

Fleet Foot

Remove stopping power’s affects on strafing and Fleet Foot

Lower level 3 FF to level 2 speed.

Change leveling from Commando medals to Tripled medals

Posted by: maggi85 on 02-25-2012

@Eric-ND
in the german store the date of the plashback pack #2 is still the 22nd of february. is that the new one?
why got the europeans not the final version of the maps with the store update?
why took it two days for an official post about the problems?
and when we can expect a treasure patch?

Posted by: Eric-ND on 02-25-2012

We had a fix in place the day problem was realized. It was messaged initially in the forums. It took two days for us to make sure we had the next issue right and that problem could be fixed immediately for those to needed to have it fixed. Then we broadcast more widely once the correct version was up.

The correct flashback map pack 2 is a slightly larger download. SCEE has told us it’s up on their store globally.

As mentioned about patch 1.06 is coming in 1-2 weeks and patch 1.07 will come in right on the heels of that patch.

Posted by: Zer0900_ on 02-25-2012

Sorry to say it, but it looks like the Uncharted franchise is dead. After U2 things went to shit. I doubt there will be a 4th game, I sure as shit hope there’s not, I’d like to remember it as a good series, not a terrible one. U3, to me was just a cash cow. The hype was crazy, they knew everyone was gonna buy it, that bought U2. I’m not saying the game was shit, it wasn’t, but it didn’t scratch the surface of U2 campaign wise. MP wise, it’s a complete joke, 25 euro for an exclusive club to get content I cant even use, after dropping 55 euro on this title originally....2 days ago I gave up trying to find a match with new maps, and now I read this. I’m sorry but this is a damn joke. Not everyone will see this, as previously mentioned. As if it wasn’t hard enough to find a match already, now defective outdated DLC is in the mix. Jesus christ, what a shitstorm.

You guys must have fired your Q&A team from U2, because that was done right, I mean at least you implemented a DLC toggle trigger in that. On top of that, as mentioned we EU people still, still have no DLC that was promised from the beta.
I went back to U2 last night and tried to find a game. Stats said “1 daily players”. I couldn’t find a match”.

On another note the pull down, smash head system is all * up on this game, I still get smashed if I drop to a lower holding on a wall like my assailant is * elastic man or some shit, same shit happens with pull-down if you are standing 3-4 feet back, or if you are jumping, * elasticated limbs. It’s BS, but guess what, you won’t address it, you won’t address shit anymore, Uncharted franchise is done, Last of Us is in. That’s how it is. This cow has been bled for money, yet you insult us by releasing rehashed maps that don’t even work and refuse to listen/fix a plethora of issues??

I have lost all interest and loyalty in your company.

Posted by: everlong416 on 02-25-2012

Sorry about the repost, i figure it will be more visible at the bottom:

http://i.imgur.com/eMQcZ.jpg

Please tell me this was a mistake and that it can be reverted via live update or with the next patch.

Posted by: Psyschock on 02-25-2012

From the forums:
DanViop wrote:
Since they reuploaded them today, I find out that they are the same maps of USA.
1. Although the fix of plaza is there with the stack of cars, you don’t die on that point playing arena coop.

Wait, if the stack of cars is still there...couldn’t US players troll EU players by going behind the stack of cars that are not blocking the path in the US version of plaza and shoot EU people “through” the stack of cars that is only visible and blocking the path in the EU plaza?
Sorry, I won’t download the map pack if that’s true.

Posted by: Bovrillor on 02-25-2012

Also still unable to play new maps post-reinstall.

Unable to play anything else properly either, for that matter. The last patch introduced crippling lag in every game, even when playing with my regular (and local!) team. I could manage without FB#2 for a while, but not being able to play AT ALL sucks big time.

Posted by: Bovrillor on 02-25-2012

There are at least 30 posts regarding this on your Forums, and it’s occuring on both of my PS3s at different locations, one of which is connected via T1 line… so definately not my ISP. The majority of people on my friend list are having the same problems (all Euros).

The issue only seems to be affecting European players - does the bandwidth testing take into account that high bandwidth does not guarantee low latency? I can see how that would be a bigger issue in Europe where high bandwidth lines often have high latencies.

Things seem somewhat better during peak gaming time (8-10pm GMT) but outside of that it’s atrocious.Even whilst playing with geographically ‘local’ players we’ve experienced chat dropouts, teleporting players and worse. None of this ever occured prior to 1.05 and the degredation in performance was noticable within minutes of installing it. There’s definately an issue there.

Posted by: CrazyFoo3000 on 02-25-2012

I already re-downloaded and install flashback#2 and I haven’t seen a single one come up for a match - hoping third time’s the charm - and not only that, since the 1.05 patch none of the maps from Flashback#1 are coming up either! What an almighty screw up ND, I’m really shocked u would let this happen. Too busy countin money u made trickin people like me into pre-ordering content from a 3 year old game I already own to actually remember to upload sh*t that’s gonna f***ing work…

Posted by: naaros on 02-25-2012

I must admit, I am a little disappointed in this whole fiasco, and I’m very hesitant on buying future DLC now (as I still haven’t been able to play the new maps in public matchmaking that I bought a few days ago). :/ That said, a friend of mine that I play with has the EU DLC, so… does he need to delete and redownload everythingggg or can he just redownload the Flashback Map #2 and install over the old one? Can anyone confirm or deny that works just the same? Thanks!

Posted by: Eric-ND on 02-25-2012

Just re-downloading and re-installing the flashback map pack #2 should work.

Also, please consider there’s a human element to the process and sometimes mistakes happen. We didn’t want the older version released at all obviously but sometimes things happen.

Posted by: CrazyFoo3000 on 02-25-2012

Re-installed FBMP#2 as per-instructions above - since then I’ve had one match in the Temple (which was a joining game in progress) but apart from that nothing. This proves it works I guess, but compared to last time when after FBMP#1 came out and all you could get for the next two weeks virtually was the maps from that pack, this is really a joke. Fix this ND, and don’t wait too long cos we paid good money for this stuff and u r screwing us.

Posted by: Eric-ND on 02-25-2012

To join in the DLC you’ll need other people with the same DLC. Once the player pool of people who have Flashback Map Pack 2 gets larger you should see more matches happening on those maps. Also, we evaluate the rotation of maps via matchmaking with every DLC launch.

Posted by: houndfox on 02-25-2012

At least we can thank ND for telling us what the hell is going on. But seriously, why have I joined in only one map of DLC yet? Don’t you think there is something wrong there? Come on ND, we payed for this! Fix this please!

PS: Sorry but Fleet Foot level 3 is overpowered and really anoying. I hope they fix this soon cause this is ruining the hole multiplayer right now.

Posted by: Eric-ND on 02-25-2012

Posted by: houndfox on 02-25-2012

Let’s hope that the pool fills quickly. We’ll see in about 1 week or 2 if the problem still subsist…

PS: Your MP is really good ND but there are still some unbalances that can be tweaked: (M9RoF and Fleet Foot Gold)

Posted by: nwRyu on 02-25-2012

ND: you guys delivered to us the most disappointed multiplayer experience for 2011, and still can’t fix multiplayer maps that did work very well on Ucharted 2. I guess you need to hire more QA people to your team.

Posted by: everlong416 on 02-25-2012

Eric, we all appreciate the recent upswing in communication, be it here or on the ND forums. With that said, would you be so kind and comment my post a bit further up?

It’s about this spot on the Village map:

http://i.imgur.com/ezDBu.jpg

I’ve had the EU FBMP#2 since wednesday and could easily climb up that door and get to the ledge above, just like in U2. Today i’ve installed the “new” version of the map pack and apart from the changed power weapon spawns (which don’t bother me), it’s not possible to climb up there anymore. Other remade maps like Cave, Fort and Sanctuary have received several new spots that one can climb now, but Village actually lost one? In a game that has such a big emphasis on traversal that doesn’t seem right, especially in a hotspot like that one (current T-Bolt Spawn).

Can i just get a statement whether this was intentional, or will it be fixed with one of the upcoming patches?

Posted by: litterature on 02-25-2012

i need to delete my DLC file on my PS3 first and Re-download the DLC on the store after or just redownload the DLC on the Store ? Please reply because i have play 3 hours today and nothing i don’t play any map on this DLC ^-^

Posted by: XxBlackShadow7Xx on 02-25-2012

G-mal is overpower with LAG people who lags kills with 1 or 2 burst on any part of the body even the sound of their G-mal sounds totally different i played with a team of 5 players their names are GhostJoseph,Ire-Celeste,Scott7000,acTheo123,pride717 that team are totally laggers and campers and they kill with a single G-mal burst, people like that should be banned from psn lagers! G-mal is for people who like EASY KILLS and have NO SKILLS and for CAMPERS!! PLEASE ND FIX THE G-MAL

Posted by: RavenousTapeworm on 02-25-2012

Just because you get killed a lot by that particular gun the last part is not true, practice using any weapon and you’ll get more kills. There are matches where I get killed by people with every kind of gun, it just takes practice and getting enough headshots. As for the lags - true, since the 1.05 patch it became a major pain, sometimes people skip and kill me, other times I pump 6 bursts into them (dead center) and nothing.

Posted by: darthgrievous184 on 02-25-2012

I’m just so ***g mad ND it has been 3 days since I can’t play the MP, When trying to connect it appears: ERROR SYNCING LEVELS, FTW what’s going on, give a response, HELP ME, and some other friends that are having the same problem

Posted by: meltron69 on 02-25-2012

@mynameisSephirot It´s definitely there, check closely. I re-downloaded it today!

But only played 1 match on the new maps - for 6 hours straight and all comp game modes. Pack #1 shows up a lot right now though

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Flashback Map Pack 2 Update

Flashback Map Pack 2 is now available in its final state on the EU PS Store. EU Players must re-download this DLC. Read on for details for all players.

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