Anyone who's RedOctane Ignition 3.0 is malfunctioning...

[AceJay]

There is one simple explanation to why you think your 3.0 is broken:

Dance Play Settings!

LISTEN UP EVERYONE:

If you have DDR Extreme USA for the PS2, there is an option missing in it: Dance Play Settings.

Dance Play being off causes the X, O, [], and ^ buttons to register as Down, Right, Left, and Up, respectively. This should be used ONLY when you are playing with a controller.

When Dance Play is on, the game only accepts the Directional buttons, and Start and Select.

In DDR Extreme USA, this option is GONE.

THIS CAN NOT BE FIXED.

On ALL other PS2 versions, including ITG, this can be fixed.

This is where everyone's so called "ghost-steps" are coming from, okay?

If you are using DDR Extreme USA, you will continue to have this problem. FOREVER. It is NOT the pad, it is the damn game. Go ahead and use MAX, MAX2, any japanese version, or the real reason behind the 3.0, StepMania.

If you are STILL having problems on other non-DDR Extreme USA games, it IS the pad. Just take out the foam and shake out the pad.

Remember to treat your pad as if it was the most awesome thing ever.

And try not to have your half-brother spill beer on the pad at your July 4th party >_>;

[Sticky please to prevent noobs from posting about this in the 3.0 thread.]
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[Lordaiken]

I answered it in the official 3.0 thread, but I'll answer it here again (along with my original post) because that is NOT the case here AceJay

Lordaiken wrote:
I got a 3.0 when it first came out. 3 months later I had to exchange it because the up arrow stopped registering. I thought it might be because I played heavy songs all the time. I had that one for 2 weeks and I got another one Monday (5 days ago). Now THIS one is turning to crap. The triangle button is registering as the UP arrow and registering anytime I hit the left button or the back button or ANYTIME I raise my feet from the pad. Also, whenever I hit the back arrow and leave my foot on the arrow, it registers the UP arrow also and if I have to hit the up arrow it gives me a boo and then doesn't register any other up arrow after that.

This is getting annoying, but unfortunately, I am forced to just keep exchanging them until EB tells me no (I got the warranty at least). Can anyone tell me why this pad is faulty? 3 in 4 months? And the guy at EB said that he's had 2 others returned (not mine) for the same reason. I've e-mailed RO, but have yet to hear anything after a week. I may call their number tomorrow.

I wish they had a 2.0. I had my 2.0 for 1.5 years before it started ripping. I miss that one...


Sorry to say that turning off the corner buttons is NOT the problem. Read above for other problems. I had the corners turned off of ITG from day one and 2 pads have been doing the same thing. So I did a little experiement today. I took the foam insert out and tried the pad. I got a 97% on a song without the pad and then put the pad back in and got a 37%. What, what????? I did this with a few songs with the same skewed results. Can anyone explain that? Is it possible that my 3 pads in the past month have been from a bad batch? I can't get a hold of RO to find out (do they every answer their phone or e-mails???) whats going on. EB is out of 3.0 pads and are trying to locate one from another store. These guys have been super helpful. I hope the one they get from another store isn't from the same batch.
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