Earlier this week, we made mention of the updates and artists that would be coming to Rock Band 4 in March along with the fact that the Harmonix is looking to bring the game to PC, with some help. Now we have the details around all of the updates that will be taking place, so take a look below at the new modes, shop items and bug fixes:
Career Mode
•Career Mode scores now post to Leaderboards
•Downloadable content is now playable in all paths of the Career
Scoring Fixes
•Removed drum exploit where you could get extra points by repeatedly hitting the note at the end of a drum fill
•We will be wiping the Drum, Pro Drum, and Band leaderboards when the update is available. More info here!
New Rock Shop Items
New hair options:
•Ponied Up
•Shag Doll
•Liberty Spikes
•Fanned Mohawk
•Frizzy Stardust
New hat options:
•Snow Business beanie
•Cold Soldier
•Cold Comfort Hat
•Viking Helmet
•Sport-Related Head Protector
General Bug Fixes
•Fixed issue with “Somebody Told Me” had missing notes when receiving Overdrive on the final unison phrase
•Fixed issue where Player Stats display white square or yellow box instead of percentage symbol
•Fixed issue with full streak Stage Presence only occurring once per show in Campaign, now making it possible to get the “Locked In” achievement / trophy
•Dropping out and back in during a Freestyle Guitar Solo causes the Performance stats to give incorrect values
•Fixed issue where Freestyle Guitar Solo toggle option was grayed out during solos
•Fixed issue where achieving a streak and dropping out during an Freestyle Guitar Solo caused the streak meter to not increment during the solo
•Fixed issue where Longest Streak was incorrect if player did not break streak before entering Freestyle Guitar Solos
•Notes at the end of “Big Rock Endings” are now counted toward the Longest Streak stat
•Fixed issue where the Options menu in the Overshell would darken when selecting Breakneck Speed
•Fixed a camera cut where the guitarist would go through the camera
•Fixed an animation issue where the vocalist would walk out past the front of the stage
•Fixed issue where the audio for Dynamic Drum Fills was playing even when a Dynamic Fill was not present after the first successful Overdrive deploy
•Fixed issue with the Activity Feed for folks who have more than 30 friends
•Fixed issue where the same song could be suggested twice when selecting an Encore
•Random band name generator can no longer create a duplicate name of a previously created band
•Encore requests are now correctly factoring out non-applicable Stage Presence awards for Solo Harmonies or Vocal Freestyle for Easy/Medium Vocals
•Fixed issue where “Band Hub” music was persisting after returning to the Main Menu
•Encores now give bonuses in Career Mode
•Personal account preferences will now save when Xbox One is powered down, including:
•Freestyle Guitar Solo toggle state
•Dynamic Drum Fill toggle state
•Breakneck Speed preference
•Awesomeness Detection preference
•Band Multiplier will no longer briefly appear as 1x before disappearing
•Fixed issue that causes stand-in character to appear in Career if you dropped in/out during a show
•Fixed issue where players couldn’t back out of narrative Tour Choice screens
•Score thresholds for star ratings now adjust when switching difficulty mid-song in Career Mode
•Fixed incorrect audio effect prompt after quitting the song “I Will Follow” during the first show of the Career