Top Spin 2 demo (360-live)

Mr Spew · 4 May 2006 at 20:54

lordrobs said:
I think its something to do with how they are coded which means if someone playing @ 50Hz plays someone over live who is playing @ 60 Hz the game would be out of sync. Thats what I've heard anyway...

Nah, it's a problem the developer hasn't noticed to change, basically, it'll say 50Hz if you plug in your original leads, but if you put in HD or plug in a VGA lead, then it says it's still in 50Hz (which it isn't, HD is 60Hz on the 360) - and the game has a mini-fit. Stupid really, since developers should be aware of it.

Mr Spew · 4 May 2006 at 20:55

peahead said:
Cant even play the demo it says i need to set my 360 to pal 60 but it already set to pal 60 im useing the monster component leads which dont have a switch like the official ones.

Dead or alive requires pal 60 to work and works just fine so why doesnt the demo of topspin.

Because it's in HD and in 60hz, but it takes the reading from the settings if you were to have it in non-HD, annoyingly.

da_mic_1530 · 4 May 2006 at 21:38

any1 want a quick match now?

movingtables · 4 May 2006 at 21:42

can anyone confirm if the "offical" microsoft VGA cable has a switch to turn HD mode off ?

for example so i could change the pal settings so i could play this game?

ps- someone who has the offical cable that could answer would be great.

Mr Spew · 4 May 2006 at 21:44

movingtables said:
can anyone confirm if the "offical" microsoft VGA cable has a switch to turn HD mode off ?

for example so i could change the pal settings so i could play this game?

ps- someone who has the offical cable that could answer would be great.

No, there is no switch to do that, only on the HDTV cables.

The only way (again) is to use a SCART or HDTV lead to alter it.

movingtables · 4 May 2006 at 21:46

Mr Spew said:
No, there is no switch to do that, only on the HDTV cables.

The only way (again) is to use a SCART or HDTV lead to alter it.

thanks mr spew.

im not terribly impressed with this pal 50/60 issue tbh.

ah well.....

Windle · 4 May 2006 at 21:57

does the full game suffer from this problem?

spinna · 4 May 2006 at 22:16

thanks for the heads up , been wanting to try this game

Mr Spew · 4 May 2006 at 23:33

movingtables said:
thanks mr spew.

im not terribly impressed with this pal 50/60 issue tbh.

ah well.....

Indeed, especially when there is no 50/60 issues, just ones that the game thinks there is.

lordrobs · 5 May 2006 at 08:28

I thought it was the same as the DOA4 issue, after it had downloaded I saw that it wasn't

serves me right for selling my standard cable after buying the VGA

movingtables · 7 May 2006 at 16:23

*******POST UPDATE 7TH MAY 2006**********

I have a plan i do ..

IF i buy a scart cable and switch my xbox to pal 60 and stick my VGA cable
back on will all my other games that work fine now still work or will i have to switch cables and switch back to pal 50 everytime?
also after switching back to pal60 then back to VGA will my dvd playback be choppy as i heard this can happen in pal60? but i guess once im back to VGA its not truely pal60 its just kidding the odd game right?

good grief i hope you guys could follow that.

Yas786 · 7 May 2006 at 17:09

Windle said:
does the full game suffer from this problem?

Yes you have to put your console into pal 60 mode or else it wont work..which is a complete bugger tbh...graphically i dont think this game is all that tbh.

oweneades · 7 May 2006 at 17:14

downloaded this, got bored within about a minute.

This is one of the sports I personally feel you actually have to play to enjoy.

movingtables · 7 May 2006 at 18:38

movingtables said:
*******POST UPDATE 7TH MAY 2006**********

I have a plan i do ..

IF i buy a scart cable and switch my xbox to pal 60 and stick my VGA cable
back on will all my other games that work fine now still work or will i have to switch cables and switch back to pal 50 everytime?
also after switching back to pal60 then back to VGA will my dvd playback be choppy as i heard this can happen in pal60? but i guess once im back to VGA its not truely pal60 its just kidding the odd game right?

good grief i hope you guys could follow that.

...

Dark_Angel · 7 May 2006 at 18:46

movingtables said:
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Best as I understand what you said:

If you switch to 60HZ, it does it for all games, because you do it in the Xbox 360 Dash. Once you have done that, simply plug back in the VGA cable and you should never have the problem again.

Buy the RGB cable from game, and see if it works... if it does then take the cable back there and just swap it in for store credit or something, I dont think the 10 day exchange applies to hardware.

movingtables · 7 May 2006 at 19:27

Dark_Angel said:
Best as I understand what you said:

If you switch to 60HZ, it does it for all games, because you do it in the Xbox 360 Dash. Once you have done that, simply plug back in the VGA cable and you should never have the problem again.

Buy the RGB cable from game, and see if it works... if it does then take the cable back there and just swap it in for store credit or something, I dont think the 10 day exchange applies to hardware.

thanks thats what i ment.
hope my dvd playback doesnt suffer though lol...

JimmyEatWorms · 8 May 2006 at 11:34

movingtables said:
thanks thats what i ment.
hope my dvd playback doesnt suffer though lol...

My DVD playback is shocking at 60Hz so have to keep swapping back and forth. It's bloomin annoying.