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Rare is Aware of Perfect Dark Achievement Issues, Working on a Fix
Written Tuesday, March 23, 2010 By Dan Webb
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Had trouble unlocking the Tools of the Trade achievement on last week's Xbox Live Arcade game, Perfect Dark? Well, the good news is that Rare is aware of the problem and are working on a fix.

A series of impromptu tweets from the British developer earlier on stated that the "cause is known (save file/achievement data not fully synchronising)" and a "fix is being looked at as part of a possible title update."

Rare also offered a way to try and prevent it, stating that "prevention [is] possible by keeping the console on for five minutes after completing any weapons training."

If that's not enough, they also offered a potential fix from the Xbox.com forums for those who are too impatient to wait for an update. Unfortunately, it might be too late for some of you though, so chances are for those people, you'll have to wait patiently. Or not.

As always, we'll keep you updated.




 
 

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Comment #1 by DeviousD
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 01:07:39 PM
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Thats good once its fixed ill pick it up.


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Comment #2 by Randygam3freak
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 01:10:30 PM
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Allegedly if you beat the game and do ALL the weapons in one session it works, i cant confirm tho


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Comment #3 by iJon72
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 01:12:04 PM
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havent got it the demo was alright but nice to see they're fixing it fast


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Comment #4 by blackout529
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 01:12:40 PM
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Still haven't unlocked all weapons yet so hopefully it'll be fixed when I do


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Comment #5 by zslux
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 01:21:33 PM
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I wish more developers cared like this.


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Comment #6 by RavenShade83
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 01:28:45 PM
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I wish Rare would regain the bond license and re release goldeneye....I miss bunker with proxies


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Comment #7 by o ThePope o
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 01:31:05 PM
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@RavenShade83

Dont forget nightfire!


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Comment #8 by Copyright
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 01:32:05 PM
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Don't devs test their games anymore? It seems like so many game releases have achievement issues lately, on top of all the glitches/bugs.


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Comment #9 by xKTAx Ultimo
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 01:35:46 PM
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@8....I was thinking the same thing......older games have bad glitches(NES and N64 I mean) but these new games have even worse glitches......I don't understand it.


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Comment #10 by nmg82
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 01:57:24 PM
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Achievement issues do seem very bad as of late (especially on Games for Windows LIVE). I can't speak from experience or definite knowledge, but it seems like they would be reasonably simple to get right. I mean of all the things that could go wrong, achievements seem pretty low on the list. It also seems like most of these achievement bugs/glitches could EASILY be caught in basic testing, which makes me wonder if most achievements are EVER tested even once. However, I am very glad to hear that Rare is communicating with their customers and implementing a fix for this. Gotta love that because a lot of studios just don't seem to care. Good on them for that!


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Comment #11 by hahaxjokerxhaha
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 01:59:19 PM
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i didnt have it glitched on me


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Comment #12 by CressDX
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 02:11:30 PM
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Yes! :D


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Comment #13 by Dr Popodopolus
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 02:20:26 PM
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Gimme the girl with the golden magnum game mode and I will screech with glee.


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Comment #14 by SoC Steady
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 02:30:26 PM
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good :D


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Comment #15 by seller50
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 02:38:35 PM
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at least they care, there are a lot of games waiting for fix (which will probably never come), won't get this game though never liked it on N64, was busy playing banjo-kazooie and DK64 back then


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Comment #16 by Fakan
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 03:00:09 PM
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Good to know they're working on it, seeing as how I'm one of the players suffering from said glitch. =(


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Comment #17 by SP4ce93
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 03:08:14 PM
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My problem isn't even with that achievement...

As far as I can tell, either my 'Act Your Age, Joanna' or 'Both Barrels' achievement are glitched. I've unlocked both of them, but the gamerscore isn't being tallied, and neither is the 5g... all I have is the tile.

Even on the dashboard I can see the tile, but the achievement progress registers 5g, and one achievement less than it should do...


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Comment #18 by Lifter Puller
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 03:20:26 PM
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@17 Try clearing your cache. I had a similar problem not too long ago. Hope it helps.


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Comment #19 by Shelton
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 03:56:36 PM
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Mine unlocked fine, but I'm glad they are fixing it. All developers should take pride in their games and put out the best product possible.

Anyway, I only have one gripe with the game. The manual aiming. It is too sensitive! I know they're talking about bringing new control schemes, but they really need to improve the aiming.


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Comment #20 by D4RKXPOW3R
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 04:22:58 PM
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Did Vigil ever fix that screen tearing issue in Darksiders? They said they were going to during the first week it was out, but I never saw an update the whole time I played it.


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Comment #21 by brodieman36
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 04:29:14 PM
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Wait... so Rare still exist? Interesting. They should try making something relevent. That'd be cool.


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Comment #22 by MILINKYO
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 04:49:42 PM
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Good news, but I spent 2 hours redoing game today to unlock this. Still it's good that they are sorting it


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Comment #23 by unholiesthojo
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 05:06:15 PM
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#20 i played it about two weeks ago and had no screen tearing at all


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Comment #24 by Telperionz
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 05:13:47 PM
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@#17 recover your gamertag, iver had that problem with some dlc achievements in the pasts, and that has worked.


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Comment #25 by bblcreator8790
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 05:45:07 PM
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It unlocked for me right when I did the last weapon. I guess I got lucky if people really are having issues. I think a lot of it is people who think they've unlocked all of the guns are really missing one or two and just going beserk for no reason.


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Comment #26 by Carelesschris69
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 05:45:14 PM
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I had an achievement unlock today on perfect dark randomly when i took my hard drive over to a friends house and played it on his xbox :D I loaded perfect dark up after signing in and the achievement for completing all the challenges popped up lol I'd only done up to 18 on my own since then so i dont know how that happened not that im complaining lol :D


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Comment #27 by Stewie
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 05:46:41 PM
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I just had to go and find a weapon, go to the firing range, firing a weapon, go to the firing range etc etc and it didn't unlock. I even tried going through each weapon again in one go and that didn't work either. Guess I just need to wait it out and see what they do to patch this.


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Comment #28 by Stewie
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 05:47:45 PM
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Uhhh, sorry for the typo in #27.


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Comment #29 by Paynekiller
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 06:16:13 PM
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@ #8, I think developers are more inclined to make sure that the game itself works without glitches before thinking about achievements. If there is a problem, it's usually the gaming community that mention the problem. Still, I haven't unlocked all the guns yet (too much FF13), so I'm glad that Rare are keeping tabs on their games.


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Comment #30 by EvilSuperSean
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 07:08:42 PM
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I created a new file on my memory card, then played through the game on Agent, getting all the weapons. I started Bronzing each, but the achievement popped after I completed the Cyclone.


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Comment #31 by The Bum-Mobile
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 07:30:03 PM
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Ah, a friend of mine had this problem. Good to see it'll probably be fixed for when I get around to unlocking it.


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Comment #32 by MakoBallistic
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 07:58:04 PM
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im having enough trouble completing the 21 challenges needed to get the N-Bomb in the shooting range, guess ill stop trying till its patched.


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Comment #33 by banzaiwolfe
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 08:37:57 PM
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@#32 The N-Bomb isn't a shooting range weapon


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Comment #34 by bblcreator8790
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 09:03:04 PM
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I just hope they make it so co-op partners can get achievements for playing with the host.


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Comment #35 by Its Fooga
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 10:27:02 PM
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Just delete your file if it glitches. Didn't matter to me.


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Comment #36 by ezekiel 08
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 @ 12:03:50 AM
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"fix is being looked at as part of a possible title update."

A "possible" Title Update? That's not very promising. How about you test your games before release then you would have known of this error. Proof shows they didn't test this achievement at all. Good one Rare...


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Comment #37 by PuttyGod
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 @ 12:59:05 AM
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Yeah mine got glitched.
Oh and who else is pissed at how hardcore the crowns achievement is? I mean, I unlocked EVERYTHING, even the absurdly hard cheats in the original game, but some of the crown requirements are just brutal. I can beat Perfect Agent with no problems, but I don't think I can beat it in 100 minutes or less....


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Comment #38 by Sly Toad
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 @ 04:33:46 AM
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@37

I agree. That crown is definitely for the PD Elites. Oh and it is 95 minutes or less :)


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Comment #39 by Crazyreyn
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 @ 06:17:53 AM
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More word on a possible title update: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a210397/rare-looking-into-perfect-dark-glitch.html


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Comment #40 by Deadly Noob92
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 @ 07:01:46 AM
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ill probably buy once they're fixed. hope rare lets conker's bad fur day come to xbla


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Comment #41 by Desmondo2000
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 @ 08:36:31 AM
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i hope they release killer instinct


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Comment #42 by SuperWoody64
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 @ 09:07:42 AM
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Yeah I'm fairly certain they never test achievements. I think they just code them and in and cross their fingers. If they're glitched for some reason then whatever, they're only achievements.


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Comment #43 by ERIKDOTCOM
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 02:40:10 AM
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I really loved it on the N64, so it's been hard holding off on it, but I'm gonna have to wait even longer to download this. The sooner they fix it, the sooner they get my MSP.


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Comment #44 by Outlaw_Immortal
Thursday, May 13, 2010 @ 12:51:58 PM
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@#2
I did this an it does not work. I have not unlocked the damn achievement; needless to say Rare has yet to fix the glitch.


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Comment #45 by Outlaw_Immortal
Thursday, May 13, 2010 @ 12:55:19 PM
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@#41
Killer Instinct is cool and if they do release it I hope it is the arcade version of KI2 and not the N64 version.


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Comment #46 by Unh0ly bLinD
Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 10:32:34 AM
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I broke all the wine bottles it said act your age and I didn't get the achievement... hm.... Also I can't disarm Trent for some reason lol.


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Comment #47 by Efase
Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 08:40:20 PM
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I just unlocked it, i had no problems with it, when i first tried it out, i had 30 weapons unlocked automatically and after doing the Mission:7 i got the Laser and the RCP120 and it unlocked.. Either im lucky or its patched


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