*** Grand Theft Auto IV - The Official PS3 Multiplayer Arranging Thread ***
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Shall we try and organise a game or two tonight ? im sure we can get 16 people going ! i'm going to mass add people from this list in hope of getting an invite
PSN friends list maximum is 50 by the way
.Look at your post count! 7777
. You should be expecting a Final Fantasy 7 style special summon! 
I tried yesterday. I could get online easily, but no-one I sent an invite could apart from joebob.
I am assuming it is not a port/NAT problem as I had played in the morning with some people who could not login in the evening.
As I mentioned elseweher, there is no way to browse open games easily and the host has the option to eiterh reserve x amount of friends slots and leave the rest public.
Only way to play with a mixture of people on and off your list would be reserve some slots, and then in the lobby kick people who are not on your list, that you don't recognise from OcUK.
Easiest way will still be if all people you wish to play are on your list (why you can't do send an invite and specify a PSN tag manually, I don't know).
I have zapped non GTA owning (heathens!) people from my list so have a few slots free. I will definitely be playing online tonight from 7ish onwards (Just a s cool way to explore the city and mess around without messing up my SP game save more than anything).
Ideal scenario would be 16 of us in a map, break the law and just fend off the police as long as we can, did this yesterday briefly but a few people did not get it and kept killing me!!!
rp2000
I am assuming it is not a port/NAT problem as I had played in the morning with some people who could not login in the evening.
As I mentioned elseweher, there is no way to browse open games easily and the host has the option to eiterh reserve x amount of friends slots and leave the rest public.
Only way to play with a mixture of people on and off your list would be reserve some slots, and then in the lobby kick people who are not on your list, that you don't recognise from OcUK.
Easiest way will still be if all people you wish to play are on your list (why you can't do send an invite and specify a PSN tag manually, I don't know).
I have zapped non GTA owning (heathens!) people from my list so have a few slots free. I will definitely be playing online tonight from 7ish onwards (Just a s cool way to explore the city and mess around without messing up my SP game save more than anything).
Ideal scenario would be 16 of us in a map, break the law and just fend off the police as long as we can, did this yesterday briefly but a few people did not get it and kept killing me!!!
rp2000
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Finally connected.
Playing MP now.
Playing MP now.
Lol yeah read that after i posted
I have a headset somewhere that came with warhawk so it can be changed to yes 
Sorry for not accepting invites to games.
I'm just to wrapped up in the story at the moment!
I'll be on tonight, i would come and have a quick game but i would have to exit the game, turn my bluetooth headset on then pair up then load the game again. I may get my old Jabra one out so i can turn it on on the fly, this one pairs up while gaming.
Josh
I'm just to wrapped up in the story at the moment!
I'll be on tonight, i would come and have a quick game but i would have to exit the game, turn my bluetooth headset on then pair up then load the game again. I may get my old Jabra one out so i can turn it on on the fly, this one pairs up while gaming.
Josh
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Thanks for the game rp2000.
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hi
i can't get on multplayer,it keeps saying servers unavailable when i click multplayer on niko's phone?
i can't get on multplayer,it keeps saying servers unavailable when i click multplayer on niko's phone?
Only managed to get 5 people on. Cops and crooks was OK but needs more people to be more fun.
Connection issues for quite a few people (they can't join games). No idea if it is a Sony/Rockstar problem or routers etc?
Disappointing. Will be online after The Apprentice, 9PM on BBC1 (finishes at 10PM). Hopefully more people will be online and willing to play online on PS3.
rp2000
Connection issues for quite a few people (they can't join games). No idea if it is a Sony/Rockstar problem or routers etc?
Disappointing. Will be online after The Apprentice, 9PM on BBC1 (finishes at 10PM). Hopefully more people will be online and willing to play online on PS3.
rp2000
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i just dont get it?? click multiplayer on the phone and it keeps coming up with game servers unavailable 
i just dont get it?? click multiplayer on the phone and it keeps coming up with game servers unavailable
Are you signed into PSN? What does the XMB connection test say your connection type is? Signed in and working fine in game here.
Cops and Crooks would have been better if I had a mic I think! I do have a USB one but not configured it yet, will have to get it sorted for next time. But yeah, a few more players would have been good.
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i can get on psn , i have'nt checked my nat type it used to be nat 2?
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Just had a try on the multiplayer and my ps3 froze, had to hold the on/off button down until it had reset, this seems to happen mostly while trying to play online.
It might be worth giving it a few days to calm down, a lot of people with network issues and other who will just be playing single player to start off with for a couple of days (many have stated this)
edit: that being said I only have two people from here on my PSN friends lists so I probably won't have much luck/ be of much help
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Yah,got on multiplayer at last,same again tomorrow,and i,m headset buying Friday lunchtime.