I don't trust PC players to not just mod around stuff like that. Shooters are one of the genre's that probably shouldn't mix unless the PC game gets locked down.
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Rocket League Xbox One/PC cross-play coming today
- Thread starter Spider_Jerusalem
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If you tried out SF V or Rocket League you know there is nothing to be afraid of and if there is something wrong just disable crossplay in the options.
And honestly people love to blow up cheaters because they've heard something here and there and apply it to all games (like Dark Souls or CS GO).
PC/PS4 cross-play works across all modes with random players, but if you want to play with friends on another platform then you have to use private lobbies.
Neither of those are shooters. In fighting games, racers, sports titles, etc there isn't an inherent advantage for KB/M, but there definitely is an advantage in shooters.
And why is that relevant?
If you've read my previous post I stated that the should just do pad vs pad and mk vs mk.
Nobody cares on what platform you are, consoles are basically the same and pc gamers may have a slight (but as you can see in Rocket League) not unfair advantage in framerate, resolution and loading times (but they still have to wait for the other players to load so that's basically not relevant).
It's that easy.
bodyboarder
Member
Buy it now.
If you read my post I implied that PC players could probably mod around that restriction and use kb/m anyways. So it's not easy unless the PC game gets locked down.
Yeah and those players should get punished, it's that easy.
There are also people who get adapters to get mk working on console but at the end that's a minor minority and nobody really cares.
I honestly don't think there is nothing to worry about as long as the devs think it through.
Why? Kbm is a hinderance in this game.
Triple monitors full field views however are helpful :/
Yes, for three player splitscreen.
High hz monitors are way more beneficial than three monitor setup for one player.
And still it's a fair game, it doesn't change anything.
Like a fightstick you don't get magically better with a good high hz monitor.
Cool, Rocket League is a must have game on every platform.
Especially the new hoops basketball mode is extremely fun and I currently just play that because it's that good (hope that Psyonix will make it available in ranked, would just take one slot, 2 vs 2 is perfect)
Shouldn't it be possible through the Xbox app on PC for setting up just a party?
Hamster Plugin
Member
No. Rocket League is not a Windows 10 app while the Xbox app is, so they do not interact with each other. They need an in-game party invite system for that, which can get complicated.
Currently Discord parts (pc or smartphone) works fine and I heavily doubt that we will ever see something that will be similar what the own platform has.
SF V basically has a favorite system where you can add players but you can't message them.
I'm in favor for adding Discord for Xbone and PS4.
Psyonix has trouble enough to allow PC and PS4 friends to play against others in ranked and unranked against others.
3rdamention
Member
Thanks for clearing this up! People forget PlayStation and PC already had cross play on Rocket League and just because Microsoft says they are open to it (Console cross play), doesn't mean the devs simply need to make it happen.
More people need to see that quote about Cross Play on Xbox One from the Rocket League Developers. Its good PR for MS to say "We are open to it, we have no problem with it" but to have a dev say it isn't worth our time shows it just isn't that simple.
Have i stepped into some bizarro alternate reality world or something? The company that has never allowed cross play all of a sudden allows it. Now somehow the ball is in the court of the company that never had any restrictions to begin with? My head hurts.
Good news for Xbone and PC Players though.
I guess they just need far too many restrictions to make it worth the devs effort - hell I doubt either MS/Sony would make it more than just technically possible and leave all the effort on the dev to do...
ps3ud0 8)
Collateral22
Member
Didn't MS say that all devices connecting via cross play would need Windows on it?
fiction226
Member
It's all server side so PC players can't cheat BUT they can play in 60 fps or more (instead of 30) with no input lag which gives them a very slight advantage.
Rocket League usually runs at or close to 60fps on both PS4 and XB1.
So far there isn't any known exploit I can think on PC atm that gives people advantages. There was a macro jump exploit about some months ago but that has been patched so whatever they have seems to be working.
Yh it really was perfect PR was it's makes people not think about what it takes to get to actually get this up and running, implies they will allow anything and it's down to other forces outside their own whether it happens because afterall they are "Open" and they are putting out an invitation to other networks to interact with XBL.
No the only thing we know for sure is
The announcement was the opposite of that. In the past that was true because the game had to be a UWP app in the Windows store as that was were integration of XBL lived.
syphilosaurus
Member
This is awesome. Xbox really needed this too, I've seen the numbers in ranked as low as 20 at times. Now I can actually play it!
and get Wow! spammed when I suck
To those saying psyonix need to get things in place and code it; IIRC developer has said they have already played PS4 vs XB1 in their studio?
Might have even been on GAF (don't quote me on this) but I'm sure I read something to that effect somewhere. It's on the big multinationals to sort amongst themselves.
Might have even been on GAF (don't quote me on this) but I'm sure I read something to that effect somewhere. It's on the big multinationals to sort amongst themselves.
Doug Heffernan
Member
Wow, that's great!
The Albatross
Member
Never seen anybody cheating on Rocket League. Maybe someone is and I can't tell, but it's been pretty flawless... And I've played hundreds and hundreds of games.
Bluforce
Member
This is true.
But they could, for example, do three "psynet" avatar. A blue one for PS4, green for XBO, and yellow or orange for PC. Red is reserved for NX
So, no official logos will appear, but people can easily recognize the platforms of the others players.
FLUXCapacitor
Member
Some weird responses in this thread.
- If you haven't bought this game yet you seriously need to reevaluate your life choices.
- I've put more time into this game since release than any other game I've played in the past decade. I've never seen someone cheating on PC
- K/M is a serious disadvantage for this game. I can only assume that pro players use controllers.
- Xbone/PS4 are also 60fps most of the time
- Buy this game if you haven't
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- Buy the damn game already
- If you haven't bought this game yet you seriously need to reevaluate your life choices.
- I've put more time into this game since release than any other game I've played in the past decade. I've never seen someone cheating on PC
- K/M is a serious disadvantage for this game. I can only assume that pro players use controllers.
- Xbone/PS4 are also 60fps most of the time
- Buy this game if you haven't
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- Buy the damn game already
DarkConfidant
Member
Yep. This is so historic!
The Artisan
Member
i never thought about it that way
Is anybody here a PC Rocket League player?
It would be interesting to test something... Right now if a PC player creates a private lobby with password, PS4 players can join him.
What would happen if both a XBox One and PS4 player join the PC lobby? Will we all play together? (assuming this news are true)...
It would be interesting to test something... Right now if a PC player creates a private lobby with password, PS4 players can join him.
What would happen if both a XBox One and PS4 player join the PC lobby? Will we all play together? (assuming this news are true)...
RealityCheque
Banned
Really hoping we see more of this.
Titanfall on PC is great fun but the population is tiny at this stage. Would be great to see the sequel have a larger, cross-platform pool of players.
Titanfall on PC is great fun but the population is tiny at this stage. Would be great to see the sequel have a larger, cross-platform pool of players.
VolticArchangel
Member
Both SONY & MSFT have been pretty clear on their crossplat policies and it's a definite no for shooters to include PC players. That said, it would indeed be a shame if Titanfall 2 or ANY upcoming mutiplat shooter, isn't crossplat between PSN and XBL. Nintendo should join in too, next year when they launch.
ickingfudiot
Member
There is no additional work required to enable full cross play. It's a policy thing at this point. The build we're patching in today has all the tech required for any platform to play with any other.
Congrats for getting something positive done in what still appears to be a mess of words
Hopefully other devs have the same fortitude and success
ps3ud0 8)
sixteen-bit
Member
Yay for cross platform play!
Man, E3 would be a great time to announce the first Xbox / Playstation cross platform game. I hope the companies can work out the politics.
Thought so. Now we only have to wait...