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So probably under Account Settings
I mean, how do I switch it back from text message to Authenticator app when my 2FA is still on active? It just didn't show up something like this image.
I don't play multiplayer games that much but this seems normal to me? At least that's how I use Teams and Slack at work every day. Sometimes somebody is just too noisy on their end (traffic etc.) and I just mute them. There's a separate function for muting yourself.Muting other people will only mute them for you, they can still hear you.
That's how mute should work? You have your own option to mute yourself.
I tried removing 2FA and readding it and I'm still not getting the option to use an app.
Also tying parties to messages is idiotic. Just ridiculous.
Also tying parties to messages is idiotic. Just ridiculous.
Would be nice if they actually explained why these options are being removed
Once I figure it out, I'll let you know.
It's incredibly, incredibly dumb to see these new PS4 party changes. It's driving my friends up a wall.
For example you can't just make a party and then wait for other friends to just join anymore, you have to invite at least one other person to even start a party now. This also means that people who like to get into a party by themselves and not have to hear people speaking in public chat now can't do that.
okay so I cannot find this screen anywhere on my PlayStation 4. is it not in the update?
So probably under Account Settings
Can't redeem any content in the PlayStation Store.
Well that sucks, this basically means a mute-all option in games should now be mandatory. I've been going into parties by myself to effectively mute everyone a ton.
It used to be that you could create a party whenever, from scratch, and then you choose who you invite to it. You can make it public or private, so folks on your friends list, or your friend's list, could just hop in - or you could make it private and curate who you're talking with.
The new system gets rid of that. Now the only option remaining (which was already sorta a thing) is to create message groups, and then hop into parties from there. You can't have a solo party to get out of in-game chat. You can't make a party with just a specific group of people for one day without making an entirely new message group. You can't just hop into a friend's party unless they add you to a message group.
It's incredibly frustrating, and the worst part is - they didn't even add anything. The "parties from message groups" thing has been an option for years.
Ahh, that is such a shitty change.
Yeah so in a sense they didn't even add anything, just took away stuff instead lol
Sounds like they aligned the party system with most modern social networks (Discord, Messenger etc).
No, players can submit audio from a chat to report harassment, ect.
Has already been a thing.
not "now"
Sony may 'monitor and record' PSN voice and text communications (update)
Sony's updated PlayStation 4 Software Usage Terms reveals the company may monitor and record PSN activity including content of voice and text communications This information could later be used by...
www.polygon.com
this new party is abysmal, if it even works. Can´t rename parties anymore to something "funny" and we also used that the first person around started the open party room for anyone to join :E
they also removed public parties? everything is invite only now? such dumb changes
they also removed public parties? everything is invite only now? such dumb changes
Shouldn't there have been beta testers who would have tested and said something?
Not liking these changes either. The good thing is if people voice their displeasure loud enough they probably can hotfix/reverse it.
Shitty workaround: add your own alt account to your friends list and just invite them each time you wanna be alone in a party.
Someone else posted that this is no longer the case, anyone confirm?
I was part of the beta and ended up reverting back to the older version, since this one was garbage.
Glad to know they kept the garbage aspects of it for the wide release.
In my experience, Sony firmware betas are about finding bugs. The real feedback happens when it goes public, the beta testers aren't always necessarily the best group to form a consensus around.
It´s "mute your friends in the same party", there is no global mute random players ingame.
Since some games don´t have such a feature to disable voice or mute-all, one way to force this was to create a private empty party as that would override ingame chats.
And it´s "bitching" because options are taken away for no real reason. It was also really handy for opening a party to my friendslist, even if it is empty it´s there so anyone can join and shoot the shit. Now everyone must be manually invited, defeating the purpose.
Wow, now the console crashed (triple beeped) while shutting it off.
What a firmware update. đź‘Ť
What a firmware update. đź‘Ť
Oh Ok, now I get it. That's fucking stupid, creating a lobby (party chat) and waiting for people to join in is the intuitive way to do it, that sucks.
I read once that some PS4 firmware updates do hardware checks, but I can't find any information on it. I have read about a couple of people whose PS4s won't turn on after this update!
The only thing that's broken for me is my friends list. I've only got 4 friends on PSN though so I never ever used the features that were changed/removed, but I can see why it's a huge problem for many.
The only thing that's broken for me is my friends list. I've only got 4 friends on PSN though so I never ever used the features that were changed/removed, but I can see why it's a huge problem for many.
Huh, I do this to mute everyone in Mortal Kombat 11, which literally has no mute function and my goodness you should absolutely mute everyone in that game just in case.
This sucks.
That or maybe just ask a friend if it's ok to send them an invite that they don't need to accept and you can be in the party alone. Maybe that could work.