This is not a thread for what we wish to see in the game beyond fixes for identifiable and irrefutable glitches or game breaking problems. This is not a thread for requesting new game modes, or whining about “useless” turrets, or anemic frags. This also pertains specifically to the Xbox 360 version. I scoured both the Bethesda forum and this one to quantify only the most common or pertinent issues both small and large and put them all in the same place.
If I was not absolutely head over heels in love with Brink I would not be wasting my time with this. I am a very VERY busy person and I cherish what little free time I get. One or two games a year is all I allow myself to play because of this and I choose wisely. Brink was to be one of those games and I’ll be damned if I’m to give up the fight regardless of how cheated I feel. Phew! This is as bad as some relationships. And yes, Bethesda, SD, I feel cheated and wronged no matter how badly I love you and your games. Shame on you for doing this to us, but thank you for your responses here in this forum, and thank you for such a brilliant and obscenely fun game (when it works). I hope this won’t be an utter waste of my time – as I have little of it.
We know that Bethesda and SD are well aware by now of some of these issues, but I will put them in here anyway for your information.
A.I. Issues:
A.I. Data key glitch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ND4bdIqnuE
- Often times when the A.I. picks up the Data Key, they will stand immobile or wander in place.
A.I. movement glitch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cijYkVoHc1g
- This seems like a pathfinding glitch. We’ve all seen this from one degree to another; including “just standing there.”
Other A.I. Issues:
Medic A.I. stands right on top of you or very near you and either won’t revive you or revives another A.I.
- I imagine it’s possible that the A.I. Medics don’t have enough pips to throw a syringe at the time and maybe we’re just being big cry babies?
A.I. getting OHKs (or near instant kills) on players often from an indiscernible direction before you can even react.
- We were under the impression that it was promised this would not be the case with Brink. What’s going on here?
A.I. super intuition allows them to know where you are the very instant you aim at them or fire; usually leading to a players very quick demise.
[i]- Is it possible that enemy A.I. can have the Combat Intuition perk?
- I, personally, have found that the Silencer plus Silent Running does, indeed, help this issue tremendously.[/i]
Lag:
- The lag is experienced in every game type/mode. It appears to be far less intrusive or completely absent when playing strictly humans vs. bots, but can be just as bad as humans vs. humans.
An assortment of other glitches/issues:
Massive amounts of XP Glitch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUnmzes-R_c
Stuck in Death glitch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilMkEDidVsg
Tower Defense Barricade glitch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISsN56x95Is
Invisible Players/or A.I. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGV6pS0kA7Q
More Invisibility - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU8AMqhLJPc
Stuck with HE Charge in hand glitch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reoLrfpkr4I
Texture Pop-in:
*Thank you, PublicSafety for most of, if not all, the links above.
Aliasing and Low-res Textures:
http://www.gameblurb.net/featured/versus-brink-video-and-screenshot-comparison/
- Notice how low-res and murky the Xbox360 version is in comparison.
- We were promised the same experience and same performance for both PS3 and Xbox360. What happened?
Gun texture - http://colin.vcn.com/images/brink/IMG_20110512_180343.jpg
Wall texture - http://colin.vcn.com/images/brink/IMG_20110512_180418.jpg
Pixelated Floor - http://colin.vcn.com/images/brink/IMG_20110512_180450.jpg
Pixelated Floor and Aliasing - http://colin.vcn.com/images/brink/IMG_20110512_180509.jpg
Original thread: http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1189598-brink-graphic-issues/
- We still have not gotten a great image of the worst example of the aliasing: In-game character models.
Voice Glitch:
Original Thread: http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1189030-accents-changing/
- Regardless of which voice we choose for our character, it is switched out for another in-game.
Other Audio glitches:
Sound is choppy or muted -
Original Thread: http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1188098-sound-fixes/page__p__17664973__hl__sound__fromsearch__1#entry17664973
- I’m assuming this has to do with a glitch spawning from the cool effect when nades go off. This effect is rad as hell, SD, so please don’t nerf it. Just fix the choppiness.
Screeching Burst Fire bug - http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26743
Game freezing:
- This seems entirely random. Multiplayer, Singleplayer, installed to the hard drive or not.
- Turning game voice volume all the way down seems to help some players.
Match finding issues:
Can’t find Versus matches- http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1191246-cant-play-with-humans/
- Even those of us who don’t experience lag or want to take a chance, still can’t find matches
Repeatedly put into same matches - http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1191377-repeatedly-put-in-the-same-game/
http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27169
- Are there really so few games being play that I should be stuck in the same match?
Lobby System:
- A countless torrent of us have been demanding a proper lobby system so that we don’t have to chase our friends into half finished matches.
-This may alleviate some of these issues.
“My Rank, or My Rank or Higher” seems to do nothing or the opposite of what you want it to.
- Please, clarify for us how this works or what can be done to fix it or what options can be made open to us?
Other issues:
Heavy Weapons for Lighter body -
Orignal Thread: http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1192213-heavy-weapons-on-medium-body-types/
From WozzaX: “Assigning your ‘Heavy Weapons’ then changing your body type back to medium / light. You take an XP hit but you gain the weapons you shouldnt have.”
Console auto-resets - http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1191405-brink-resets-my-console-cant-install-brink-on-my-hd/
Character models glitch - http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1191903-thats-not-my-character/
http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1190122-incorrect-character-models/
[i]- Other players will have my exact character model.
- My character model seems randomized
- Other players may share multiple of the same character model[/i]
Soldiers Kevlar & Armor Piercing bullets not working - http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1188851-soldiers-kevlar-ability/
http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26888
- Confusion over whether Engy Kevlar Buff adds to existing Soldier Kevlar or adds missing Kevlar regardless of Soldier Ability. Please, clarify.
Hacking issue: After hackbox is planted – while still holding x – if I move around a corner to continue hack, my weapon is automatically drawn and the hack abruptly stops. I have to return to the hackbox to restart.
Here is a great video blueostrich posted:
Here is a small and quick index of problems presented in the video. NOTE: all of these issues look even worse in full 1080p:
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1:04 First good, but not ONLY, example of bad texture pop
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1:32 Extremely lo-res floor texture. Many textures in the game look like this. Not just the floors.
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4:57, 5:26 You mentioned a “random blue color overtakes” your screen while sprinting. However, you are not sprinting in either of these examples of blue shadows. I see this on my 40" Sony through HDMI. The shadowed areas (not general shadows) are actually that blue in this game! The darker the level, the worse the shadowed areas are. I’m guessing this is most certainly tied to the overall murkiness of the Xbox360 version of the game.
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6:57 Nothing against you, blueostrich – you can’t tell from the low quality of the video – but here is a good example of the terribly low-res texture used for the skies.
Unfortunately, due to the low quality video (not your fault, blueostrich), the aliasing has been blurred out. It’s the worst for distant characters (starting at a distance of about 20 feet; give or take) or in the “Be More Objective” challenge seeing all the crossing bars, fencing, and stairways. It’s a mess.
The texture pop is bad, yes, but the ultra low-res textures and strangely low-res post process – or whatever it is that is making this look like it’s running on a Playstation 2 – are far worse issues than the texture pop.
If I have missed anything, made a mistake, or you feel something requires clarification, please post it in the thread. I will do my best to get this revised as replies come in, however, as I stated, I am an extremely busy person and will probably not be able to do so until after the weekend. Hopefully, Bethesda, this will not only help the fans, but you guys as well as you search to identify the issues plaguing the release. Again, this is meant to strictly identify glitches or game breaking problems and not your requests for game modes, better guns, or more wicked SMART moves or whatever.