Nick Beat
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So far, besides not paying attention to what I've said, they've suggested changing the cable (and I reminded them that it works fine on the Mac, so it's not the cable). So then they turned around and suggested I switch guitars to see what happens. I'm asking what the point of that is, because I'm playing a bass. It doesn't really help if it works with the Strat, and I want to play the bass.... Let's see whether they have an intelligent answer. Again, not holding breath.
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@GetTheLedOutUpdate: I do have an Apple USB-C to USB-A/HDMI/USB-C adapter, actually, so I tried that. No good. Mind you, I don't trust it that much, I've had issues in the past on the Mac so that probably doesn't prove much.... On the other hand... it just WORKED with the USB-C to USB-A Apple adapter AND the USB hub. Now, once doesn't prove anything, but let's see. I'm not going to tell UBISoft because I'd really like an explanation of what the issue is. But I'm not holding my breath... !!
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@tdchewyWell, that's how I did it originally, and it did not work. The various experts in the Discord support said it's almost always about power, use a hub. So I did, I used the one I have, and it worked... once. Once only. @GetTheLedOut I did not try the USB-C as I had been told that is guaranteed not to work (and I don't have an adapter of that kind) but it's worth a try. Thanks. At the moment, I'm going through the motions with Ubisoft, who never read what you answer... if you say you tried all their steps they ask did you try all their steps, etc. Sigh. Thanks, folks. Onward....!
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I bought a new Dell G5 PC (now about 2 months old) mainly for the purpose of porting leisure activities from my Mac, and a large part of that is RS. Problem is, it won't work: it doesn't seem to know that the cable is plugged in. I understand that this is often a power issue. I tried all the ports (legacy style and new, to the extent that they fit the cable USB end directly), no dice. Plugged in a StarTech USB powered hub (ST4240USB), no dice. Until I used a specific port, closest to the power adapter input. Great! Then, tried to play the other day, no hardware changes... no dice again. Tried all the USB hub ports, nope, nothing doing. So I'm supposing the hub is marginal and I need a better one? Happy to hear anything else I can try, or recommendations on a good hub. (I've heard that newer USB stuff is lower power but I don't know for sure. I'd rather buy new tech than obsolete, but... priority is getting this working). Thanks!
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@dclark5150@lichka001 You can do it as a batch using Custom Mods within CustomsForge Song Manager (see the Tools tab for download at the top of this page). Or, individually using DLC Builder (link found in the tutorial under the Create CDLC tab) or RSToolkit (also in the Tools tab).
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@coolAF That's possible. I had the same problem, but when I redownloaded the patch and applied it, the problem was solved. Go figure. I recommend running the patch command, not doing it by hand, though. I do it through Terminal, but it seems to work if you just double-click it in your Finder window too. Here's how I did it in Terminal (obviously, you need to replace my 'kfeuerherm' with your ID ('ls' lists the files, I do that to be sure of what's there; in the next line, don't forget the dot at the beginning, that means 'here'): HTH. BTW the patch is at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ZKYtpB0vu2WnJWZzdtUkp6SU0/view?usp=sharing
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@coolAF Did you remember to rerun the patch? It sounds like an unpatched version....
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EDIT: SEE BELOW @FfioThe game was freshly downloaded before this, but I tried anyway, as you showed. Once I revalidated (it had 6 bad files) it ran, but when I got out, applied the patch, it crashed again. Tried it once more, this time one invalid file (??) but after the patch, crash. Maybe I have an outdated patch? Haven't had to patch in ages... macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 /Users/kfeuerherm/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Rocksmith2014/Rocksmith2014.app/Contents/MacOS/Rocksmith2014 (Sorry I can't for the life of me get the imgur to display here. Help?) EDIT: I redownloaded the patch. So far as I know it is the same, but for some reason, it seems to work now. Who knows. But for future reference, if someone could remind me how to do the IMGUR images... I seem to recall it had to do with which kind of link I use to paste in here, but no luck so far.
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Well, I just did the patch... and it no longer loads... Any idea what I haven't done right? https://imgur.com/j16ikzT (insert image from URL doesn't seem to work? Been here before, but been a while...)
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@firaty Thanks for that. Thanks to my great luck, I've never had a circle of anyone who plays musical instruments, so RS has been my only band ever. I actually just found a drummer et al. who lives not 20 mins from here who is happy to get together with me and jam (bonus!) but of course, now with COVID we can't. It's a conspiracy....!
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@firaty I was wondering about that so maybe mine will be fine too, once I get around to that...!! (You are using Big Sur, now, right? A bit confusing because your paste says Mojave...)
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Hmm. How do I know whether I have the Beta or full version? I checked properties in Steam, don't see anything obvious.... (Side issue: I've never had Cherub Rock, I've always recoded everything to something I do have. Is there a problem with that? Everything has worked since the beginning... well, until now, of course.) EDIT: @firaty You had me worried, there....
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Just a quick note to confirm that I got it going, though it did take a few steps, as follows: instal the beta (go to Rocksmith in Steam and it shows up there) I discovered that I was past the white screen problem, but I could not type in the search box, among other things, so I followed the bullet points at https://forums.ubisoft.com/showthread.php/2302103-Rocksmith-and-the-Big-Sur-Update-for-MacOS. This was not altogether straightforward as there was in fact no entry for me under Accessibility, so I created one. That got me past the problem with the search box, but I was not able to tune the guitar; it didn't complain that the cable wasn't plugged in, but nothing happened either. So, on the same page I linked to above, it says a little further down that if one still has issues, do a full re-installation of RS. I did that.... It all seems to work fine, now, as far as the standard RS is concerned. I've not yet applied the patch for CDLC; I was just happy I could use it at all!!! I'll try the patch when I have some time. So we seem to be back in business, now. I assume there will be an official update at some point (unless it was past beta and that was it...?).
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@firekornThanks for the note, I'll check it out. I just got one more response from Ubisoft, which I was just about to post. Here's what they say, FWIW:
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Last update until/unless something changes. Ubisoft has said: which I guess basically means "wait, out." So we wait. I will check on the game and ping them every so often, maybe weekly, see what's up. Incidentally, I'm not sure the search engine for the forums works here, because searching any combination of "Big Sur" turns up nothing. Unless of course it eliminates my own contributions and I'm the only one who has said anything....
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I got the next reply from Ubisoft today. They offered no further help and just repeated that they were looking into it. Since it said they’d close the case if I didn’t reply within four days, I replied with no further information also, just to keep the ticket open. I guess we’re just going to play tag for a while. At the moment, Ubisoft is ‘it’.
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@actionjackson764 I've received the first response from Ubisoft support. As expected, we have to wade through the baloney steps first, but that's a start. Here's what I was asked to do: I didn't expect much to happen, particularly as I'd already purged and re-downloaded, but hey, go through the motions so that I can respond. In any case, it came back as fully verified. Note, btw, that in step number 3 they seem to have Mac and Windows backwards and in step #5 it actually says "game files" I will continue to post updates in the hope that this may be of use to others here, particularly if we get a fix. They claim they are working on it, btw.
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@actionjackson764 Thanks for the response. Going back to Catalina isn't really an option for a number of reasons, but I discovered after not being able to do it in the past that I could get RS running under Windows 10 and Parallels VM as long as I replied "Always allow" to the security question. Not great, but at least can play the official stuff for now. The irony is, this is my personal machine which I use for work, since the university-provided Windows craptop is ... well ... a craptop. But given the toolkit issues, I may gradually move my CDLC to Windows on the work machine, which I don't use for anything else...!!! Let's hope this gets patched. Hard to say, as development on RS is at an end. But support isn't quite the same thing, so we can hope!
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Hoping this is the correct place to ask this.... I haven't used RS2014 in a month or two, so not sure, but I upgraded my Mac to Big Sur last week and I just now notice that RS comes up with audio only and a white screen. I get the impression searching the net that this is pretty much the state of affairs at the moment: not compatible. Can other Mac users confirm/deny or have a fix? Thanks PS I have a ticket in a Ubisoft. If/when I get a response, I'll advise here.
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Ok. I changed nothing from before except that I used the Improver. I will not worry about it too much for now. I also have a bit of a timing issue in some places (having a hard time getting the precision right in some places) but I think I will do the lead part next, because it might be easier to fix the timing there. (I assume that I can adjust the time map in the lead section and that it will adjust the notes in the bass section too if I do that?)
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Seems like I've noticed a strange thing with this version, though. Even though I make mistakes in RR, it levels me up. Is that possible? If it's something I did wrong, what do I look for? I don't recall this happening before I ran the Improver....
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@@iminashi Aha. I'm not a regular Windows user so I assumed x64 as I know I have a 64-bit, so I guess I did it right! Thanks for the note.
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@@iminashi I just installed this and the .NET on my Windows VM under Parallels (I'm on Mac) and it works like a charm. Thanks so much for this! I did, however, have to guess as to whether to instal the x64 or x86; given the discussion about 32-bit and so on I've seen in several places here, I opted for x64 and it works very nicely! For all I know, it didn't matter which I installed; however, may I suggest adding a parenthetical note on your initial post saying which to instal or whether or not it matters, and perhaps making the download link more prominent? At first I didn't see it despite looking, so thought I might have to recompile the whole business; but given that you said somewhere you'd eventually provide the source I figured that couldn't be right, so I found it eventually :) Of course, could be that I'm just getting old and my eyesight ain't so great, so no worries, really. Great piece of software! Deeply appreciated!
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@@firekorn Don't have so much time now, classes have started so I have to make lots of lessons for my students. But I did just check out the DDC Improver. Thanks for pointing me to that, it did fix the problem :) Very cool! (BTW I'm on Mac but I have a Windows 10 VM under Parallels. It's a little fidgety at times, especially to configure these things initially, but they have worked well so far.)
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Understood, you make a good point. I'll think on it. I'm one of those silly purists who let's theory get in the way of practice :)
