UNCHARTED 2 Title Update #3 (1.03) – Dec 18, 2009

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Today, Friday, December 18, 2009, at 10:00 AM PST (what time is it in my city?) you will be required to download an update to UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves.

By arne | Twitter @arnemeyer | Friday December 18 2009

Today, Friday, December 18, 2009, at 10:00 AM PST (what time is it in my city?) you will be required to download an update to UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves.

Below is a list of what is different:

Added Version number to game menu – should display 1.03 after this update
Added Clan Tags – all players can now add a custom four letter Clan Tag in the Profile Menu (square) to display on-screen before their PSN ID
Load times have been decreased significantly
Added “Rematch” functionality
Adjusted some Boosters for balance
Addressed issue with Player’s Met screen in game menu and XMB displaying incorrectly
Addressed issue with Double Cash not doubling medal cash rewards

We’ve also made a slew of other changes to improve player experience.

I spoke with our multiplayer lead designer, Justin, to give us the lowdown on what’s so great about a few of these updates. Justin quickly shot me back an e-mail with the following info:

Clan Tags is an addition we’ve been working for a while on. While it’s not full Clan support, we wanted to be sure that everybody can fly their Clan colors within UNCHARTED 2 multiplayer. Support for this is available to all players from the very beginning and can be edited within the player Profile menu – the same place where you choose your boosters.

We have significantly decreased load times . You will notice that the game loads into a map much faster after leaving the vote screen. This will help get players into games faster and keep people playing instead of waiting in the menu system.

We have also added Rematch functionality. At the end of a game, all players will be put back into matchmaking together, allowing you to play the same group of people over again. This decreases wait times, while still allowing people to leave after a match if they so desire. Again, this gets people into games faster and allows more time playing and less time in the menus – all of which is a very, very good thing!

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Posted by: law952 on 12-27-2009

but there’s one problem as there isn’t many maps and co-op missions. there are maps like the bunker, jungle, and tanker (final chapter) from the first game, and the base camp, and the tree of life set from the second game

Posted by: shadsta5 on 12-21-2009

i really hope that the lowered health system gets its own playlist. i like the way it is now but sometime si get frustrated so it would be convenient to use lowered health system every now and then. the reatch update is awesum and the load times are much faster. Keep em comin ND!

Posted by: boxy1234 on 12-23-2009

Its broken my multiplayer!!

Hey i keep getting the “error syncing player data” when i try to connect to multiplayer i have tried reinstalling the update but no luck. Can you please advise as this is preventing me from playing. This ocurred after i installled the update and got d/c went to reconnect and the error appears. Prior to the update i had d/c and was then able to reconnect. ND please help im not the only one!!!!! see http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=uncharteddf&message;.id=122843&jump=true#M122843
for further details

Posted by: DJ-NayNay on 01-21-2010

what going on with this pirate skin and navaro or something i have seen them and they look awesome i think uk should have them to and also golden wepons i didnt pre order from best buy so could you put the golden wepons in the ps store or something
thanx nd u rock

Posted by: Sam233 on 01-04-2010

ME TOO! Other than this character freezing thing, multiplayer is really good. I’ve had some games that consistently freeze my character after each kill I make. I haven’t seen a big change in this issue with the new updates. It would just be good to know what the problem is and whether it can be fixed.

Posted by: DJ_AMs_Crackpipe on 12-20-2009

I think adding .3 of a second to the grenade set off time would be a great nerf. I think people abuse the “launch a grenade as a last ditch effort” during a gun battle showdown. The grenade should be a tool to punish those who are taking cover, not those who killed you in a gun battle face to face.

Posted by: fire_spirited on 12-21-2009

I dislike Rematch and Clan Tags.
I like fast loadings.

A lot of players are still waiting for Deathmatch variants Mode (snipers and pistole, RPG, pistoles and grenades). I interested only in in this modes and also elimination.

Posted by: WANDERER_UNDEAD on 12-21-2009

hello ND guys:
congratulations for the award and for ur great and amazing efforts towards making UC2 even more entertaining. But we have very serious issues about user accounts, the new feature rematch and the new update.

Firstly, lots of my friends couldn’t join the multiplayer servers because of the “Error synchronizing player data”. They opened up a new account but because of the lack of boosters (being LEVEL ONE obviously) they don’t want to play UC2 anymore.

Secondly, rematch feature instead of finding players easier, makes it harder for someone who joined the network 5 minutes ago. they have to wait at least 5 min to find player. Old system would find player in maximum 2 min. PLZ solve this problem.

Thirdly, with the new update my PS3 and lots of my friends’ PS3 crashes while the match starts. Lots of them won’t play UC2 anymore because of this new update. They say:"I won’t play it until they patch it”. So PLZ do something about it since you ARE LOSING players instead of Gaining players.

thanks for reading my post

Posted by: Strictnasty on 12-21-2009

The grenades in this game need to be rethought, everyone and their mother uses them before they will actually use a gun and if they have more than one and they are about to lose a gunfight they will desperation toss a grenade at your feet. Some of the time you can dodge them but it gets frustrating after a while when you play a “good” team who uses nothing but grenades. I personally know people who don’t play the game simply because of this factor. I have heard the suggestion of making it something you have to pull out like you would your pistol but I’m not sure how that would work. I personally have been in a match where i died by nothing but grenades and it puts a damper on the good game you guys created.

Posted by: Vante1720 on 12-21-2009

naughty dog i need help. i cant get into uncharted 2 multiplayer because it says error syncing player data. can you guys please give us an update that will fix that problem. i would like to play this 4 and after Christmas. so please help

Posted by: nacho2456 on 12-22-2009

update was the worst damn update ND has done. they are destroying the game. im a level 54 and what the hell is up with lowering the health for low levels. i had to level up going against high levels with no advantage an so should they. and clan tags please i mean out of all the things u give us this wow. i mean i love u2 more than anybody but ever since the closed beta the game is geting worse on multiplayer. i mean how about when ur getting shot at why do u slow down u didnt do that in the closed beta. in single player if drake is getting shot at he takes cover but with that slow down thing how can we. ND needs to sit back an realize that high levels should not be penalized for getting racked up. and everyone else is suffering to with slow down no cover. and what else can i say o yea with 10 kills with half health on i basically get maxed out so why is the cap still at 50 grand. i mean again stop freaking punishing us high levels. its total nonsense. if ur goal is to piss people off then ur doing a really good job

Posted by: OOHASE on 12-22-2009

first of all, thnx for the support. sad but true - this not common.
but i see a danger when u make to much changes.
there are people, who dont like granades, others dont like snipers, again other guys want more power for the sniper. some folks saythat te shotgun has to much effekt when used near at an opponent.....

u do a great job, but u cant do everybody a favor. by trying to do everybody a favor, you go a high risk.

i like that clan-stuff, i want to thank u for the new map and the rematch-opportunity.
but please dont do to much adjustment on the health, booster und weapon skills. its impossible to satisfy everyone

Posted by: AngeloComet on 12-23-2009

Really like the ‘rematch’ facility on this latest upgrade. It’s certainly reduced the ‘rats off a sinking ship’ feeling at the end of matches and co-ops tend to stick together for ‘one more go’. Love it. Thank you.

I’ve been reading through the comments and there are good suggestions, the following of which I endorse.

Co-Op Gold Rush - More reward for being a treasure bearer (an assist? maybe even a ‘First’ medal for collecting a new treasure first three times in a game?), and for returning it to the chest, rather than kills sending a player to the top of the leaderboard. It’s a bit demoralising to be the guy getting the treasure, lugging it to the chest and completing a round to see your name at the bottom of the leaderboard and looking lame. Credit the worker!

In a similar vein, for MP games where killing is not the main objective then the points and penalties should be skewed that way, to encourage players to work towards the point of the game rather than rack up kills and cash for their own purposes.

- Perhaps for ‘party members’ that want to remain on the same team they have a specific option to play the game that way, whereas other party players and non-party players are all randomly slotted into teams, opposing or otherwise. This would eradicate the frustration at playing against Party Teams of high level players for those single players who can pretty much end up annihilated. (I would also add that sometimes I’d LIKE to play against my Party members to take them on!)

Melee attacks killing both players - Whether it takes one punch or two punches to kill, only one player ought to survive a melee: the first one to attack and get the hit in.

Totally love your attitude to the fans, ND, and all your efforts are well-received by me. I’d particularly love more co-op objectives or arena maps with, perhaps, unique enemies on each! Hey, it’s Christmas! :o)

Posted by: XmerlijnX on 12-23-2009

Dear ND,
In the first match I played after applying the 1.03 title update my screen freezed, even crashing my whole PS3. My only option was to switch off the system and stop playing for the next 24 hours, for reasons obvious :S (So I went back to Assassin’s Creed II).
I myself had never experienced a freeze before, but as I learned from this board, this is a matter that needs to be fixed asap.
Please do what you can, cause I know you guys deliver amazing work and I want to keep on playing it!
Looking forward to some surprises around Christmas

Posted by: boxy1234 on 12-23-2009

Posted by: francistzn on 12-23-2009

very nice update guys.. i still wish the 40k penalty may only occur to those who actually quit and those who remain in the game but do not actually play.. not to those who just had connection errors.. other than that the game is still very good.. thanks for the masterpiece..

Posted by: LintFree on 12-23-2009

Hey Naughty Dog keep up the great work, but there is still one thing that really bothers me. If the game has a connection error, meaning it wasn’t any of the player’s faults, you should at least reward with some of the cash we lost. It’s really annoying when you have a good game of 20k or so in plunder and the connection error shows up and all that money is lost. The same goes for survival. At least award us with 10k or something of that nature. Thank you.

Posted by: ReYeS- on 12-23-2009

ive just downloded the update and ive been having real problems with the game, it freezes on me all of sudden and i can move at all and then it discconects me from the serrver and ssays i quit the game taking from me money and bringing my level down, i dont know what wrong put please can sombody fix it or please tell me what i have to do to fix this problem I NEED TO PLAYY!!

Posted by: caros22 on 12-23-2009

Can you do something about the players who leave their console and yet are still in a game. Ok it happens. But just recently I’ve seen lots of players in co-op who are obviously not at their console. This effectively means there are only 2 of you playing. Several players I come across all the time doing this and ended up playing 4 games in a row with the same idiot not moving. Do they do this to gain points? Can you fix, they get a penalty for not scoring at all in the game?

My second issue is with Gold Rush. Many players just go around shooting and don’t even bother with the treasure. Most frustrating as this is co-op and obviously they don’t know the meaning of the word! Anyway, I often go grab the treasure and “deposit” it. But sometimes this means I get no kills or at least very few compared to everyone else. Therefore this makes it very unfair for those that are actually playing the co-op game. Tonight we completed Gold Rush successfully but I only got a few kills.

Could you do something where the treasure bearer gets the same points as the highest scoring person on team? Or how about a percentage. So if two of you were relaying the treasure you shared the points? Possibly difficult to resolve but hacks me off that I get 0 points for a round for running in the treasure.

Also lots of gamers are playing gold rush (on co-op) just to rack up kills. Where 2 of us have died trying to get treasure in or even worse the other player has blown us up at the start. The other player then spent half hour going round and shooting the enemy. I gave up, made my tea, ate it and he was still there. My friend and I didn’t want a penalty but ended up having to quit.

Anyway sorry for the gripes. Love the game. Love how much work you are constantly putting into fixing bugs. Love Uncharted2 !!!

Posted by: Park34 on 12-24-2009

Definately, put the Crushing health again.
When people and noobs (yes, I make people differences) comes behind me it’s nearly impossible to escape from them, WITH or WITHOUT 65% of health.

Also, The Fort is quite frustrating for the snipers. I always use FAL, and the key of this map is to kill at very large distances, and with 65% health it was orgasmic.

Finally, you have to revise the little card that appears at the main Multiplayer menu. When the Competitive Kills counts more than 1,000, the number and the word are put one over the other. At least it happens with the Spanish language.

I hope you read it ND, thanks for that priceless game :D! Happy Holidays to everbody.

Posted by: KilasariO on 12-25-2009

Maan! I havnt palyed online for a while, so I wouldn’t kno if it was the update that caused this issue, but everytime I try to play multiplayer it won’t let me go into the server and kicks me out saying its because my NAT type isn’t 1, 2, or 3. I checked my NAT yesterday and it was type 2. I REALLY want to play online again...please get this fixed ND!!!

Posted by: gangster_playa on 12-26-2009

hey guys
i have a big problem
i cant play more online uncharted 2
when im in the main menu and i cilck on multiplayer
the loading bar is stopping near the end
and it shows me an error
what can i do??

Posted by: guy209 on 12-28-2009

Ur doing a great job Naughty Dog! The online is great but can you please not have these penalties for leaving a game. Also can you have it so when someone does leave it, it can be easier for friends to get in the same match. its stupid at how the other team has 5 players while the other has 3. Atleat let it be so other ppl can join so it can be even. Thx.

Posted by: FiZZiT_ on 12-28-2009

There’s a really annoying glitch both in The Temple and The Village. It’s on the 2 blue ladders in The Village and on the center tower of The Temple. Some guy named brando921678 was doing it. It’s extremely annoying.

Posted by: TRICKSTOMP on 12-28-2009

I really enjoy the multiplayer but I feel like melee system has issues. I think you should change it to when you melee your player lunges and swings at the opponent instead of standing still. If that was changed I think this would be the best multiplayer i have ever played. Everything else is almost perfect.

Posted by: BD_SuperflyTNT on 01-07-2010

The disconnects that seem to be from the latest patch are really annoying. I understand part of the patch was to speed up wait times but at what cost? For the most part every game I play now has at least one player disconnected from the game. Hopefully you can find a happy medium. Other than that I don’t have too many negative things to say. This is one of the best games I’ve ever played, and I started gaming on the C-64…

Posted by: HAS900 on 01-08-2010

ND you guys need to fix a glitch on the map Lost City, i saved the video in cinema that shows a guy using the glitch that allowed him to get through a well and go beyond the boundry and shoot people from there and we coldnt shoot back bc he was behind the wall, plz patch that up

Posted by: XResidentXEvil5X on 01-22-2010

naughty dog, if your gonna make another update, please get rid of this bad stuff:

if you get a connection error, dont force the user to lost 40K.i kept losing them so im stuck in level 12 or 10 or 11 :(

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UNCHARTED 2 Title Update #3 (1.03) – Dec 18, 2009

Today, Friday, December 18, 2009, at 10:00 AM PST (what time is it in my city?) you will be required to download an update to UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves.

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