Rock Band 2 Patch 1.01: compatibility with Guitar Hero World Tour drums and guitar

Good news for those who like their music games. PS3 gamers who own Rock Band 2 may have noticed that patch 1.01 of the game is already available. Aside from providing some bug fixes, the patch allows you to use third party drum and guitar peripherals, including those from Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Revolution. Lighter on the wallet and less clutter all around.

Good news for those who like their music games. PS3 gamers who own Rock Band 2 may have noticed that patch 1.01 of the game is already available.

Aside from providing some bug fixes, the patch allows you to use third party drum and guitar peripherals, including those from Guitar Hero World Tour and Konami‘s Rock Revolution.

Lighter on the wallet and less clutter all around. Here are the patch notes for v1.01:

Hardware

• Provided support for third party drum and guitar controllers including GHWT & RR.
• Adjusted crosstalk values for drum hardware.
• Bug fix for remote drum fills being silent – users will now hear the drum track when drum fills.

Gameplay

• Fixed overlapping drum fill bug on drum track.
• Fixed rare network crash involving client signing out during setlist creation.
• Fixed rare crash on calibration screen when users mash guitar controller buttons.
• Fixed bug where Leaderboard scores in BWT were not uploading after users played the first song.
• Fixed bug where Leaderboard career scores were posted including DLC songs and not just disc songs as originally intended.

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Via Rock Band Forums