2K's NBA series has suffered through consecutive years of online issues at launch, and the developers have now released a patch to address those in NBA 2K15.
The MyPark mode in particular was suffering connectivity issues, consistently booting players, but the patch--announced here by 2K--should fix that problem. Improvements have also been made to face scanning, freezes have been fixed, and a number of other issues addressed. This patch applies to the PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
The face scanning feature, which allows you to import images of your real face into the game for use on your pro player, was causing both frustration and hilarity (thanks Mashable). To get a face into the game, your system's camera has to scan a picture of your head--but certain backgrounds and lighting interfere with the capture process.
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This was causing the capture to fail repeatedly, or result the horrifying in-game faces seen at the link above. The patch addresses this problem specifically, which will hopefully make what should be a good feature plausible. Here are the patch notes:
- Made a number of stability fixes to improve the quality of the MyPark experience, and online as a whole.
- Improvements have been made to the face scanning experience. Please ensure you have plenty of balanced lighting (natural light is best) for best results.
- The correct animation will now be shown in Edit Player when scrolling through the available list of animations.
- Fixed a rare hang that would occur when changing the in-game language from the Options menu.
- Fixed an issue where the user who invited would sometimes hang at the conclusion of a playoff game in Online Leagues.
- Addressed an issue in MyGM/MyLeague where, in certain cases, the game would not allow the user to exceed 13 players during the free agency period of the offseason.
- Fixed a rare occurrence where Doris Burke would warp off the screen prior to an on-court interview with a player/coach.
- Addressed a number of locations where voice chat icons and Online IDs were not properly displayed during the online experience (PS4).
- Users are now able to re-watch 2KTV episodes that have already been watched to completion.
