While I don't agree with your theory about why uncharted locks up now, I did just play through KZ2 again with 3.00 and it stutters hard and long at times. It did not do that anywhere near this degree back when I first played the game. I thought it was hard locking at times it took so long to load. When I played it back in February the stutters for loading would be super quick and not much of an issue. Glad I did my 3rd play through of uncharted the weekend before 3.00 though.jett said:3.0 has changed how the PS3 access the Hard Drive, I think. I've noticed increased stuttering in KZ2 when the game autosaves. It's not a big deal, but it definitely wasn't there before. It's strange though how Uncharted locks up in different places for everyone, which is why I'm guessing for most cases it's actually the disc and not the PS3.
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Firmware 3.0 broke my Uncharted!
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Lord Error
Insane For Sony
It absolutely wasn't. Tons of people replayed the game after the trophy patch, and no one complained that it added any kind of instability that wasn't there before.Jetman said:
Besides, all the people complaining about game locking up now, have tried deleting the patch file, and it didn't change anything for them.
Lord Error said:
Hmm, well shit, then. {shrugs} no idea. Hopefully all of these freezing issues will get fixed soon, as I'd kinda like to finish Uncharted before the second one comes out (assuming I break down,buy it, and convince myself ND had nothing to do with this
). And not really looking forward to seeing Batman, KZ2, or numerous other PS3 games in my pile freeze up on me.Out of curiosity, has anyone with the freezing problem contacted Sony, and what was their stance/reply to the question?
Dwight Schrute
Member
SonComet said:
Yeah, stutter is sometimes REAL long in KZ2 since update...
SmallTimeLeon
Banned
DigiMish said:
Dude, I have money burning to be spent on Uncharted,
when it's fixed that is
I would be pissed if I bough a Slim Ps3 and picked up Uncharted and have just it lying around because of the firmware breaking it
xenorevlis
Member
I played through the entire game yesterday. No freezes. My friend Jason did the same thing only a couple days after 3.00, no freezes. Hm =/SmallTimeLeon said:
SmallTimeLeon
Banned
xenorevlis said:
What's your model? I been checking this thread and no one has talked about the 40gb model. I have that and I haven't had any funny business with firmware 3 and my library of Ps3 games.
SmallTimeLeon said:
Fyi: You can still play the game from beginning to end. Just delete that System Data if it freezes and launch back into the game. Out of five friends, only one had this issue and this resolved it for him. It's not a perfect system, but a great solution for those not willing to wait for a patch.
The only lock-up my friend experiences was after a checkpoint, so it was not a big issue with him having to replay sections.
Just want to chime in that I just started chapter 11 and haven't had any issues, again. I still don't understand how the swap-load fix worked for me and the game data thing didn't. Seems like deleting the game data works for most people, and then the swap-load works for some, and then others are just shit out of luck.
Anyone who has deleted the game data and are still having problems, try the swap-load trick: turn on your PS3, begin a downloaded game (be it a demo or PSN title), immediately quit once you reach the main menu (or play the game for a bit, if you like), and then boot Uncharted. Seems to fix whatever issue the game has with playing nice with FW3.0.
Anyone who has deleted the game data and are still having problems, try the swap-load trick: turn on your PS3, begin a downloaded game (be it a demo or PSN title), immediately quit once you reach the main menu (or play the game for a bit, if you like), and then boot Uncharted. Seems to fix whatever issue the game has with playing nice with FW3.0.
endlessflood
Member
It sounds like a bug in Uncharted that has been brought to light by the current firmware, which would mean that the fix would have to come from ND. Maybe now that UC2 is gold they can quickly patch UC1?
xenorevlis
Member
Yeah, I too got my first Platinum on Uncharted a couple days ago.
PizzaFarmer
Member
Uncharted is locking up on my new PS3 Slim 100% of the time at the exact same location: the cutscene that plays in Chapter 11 after Elena shows you something important in her video camera.
Tried deleting the system data update. Didn't help.
Tried deleting the system data update. Didn't help.
AgentOtaku
Member
Hey guys!
Is it too late to join the party? =(
Is it too late to join the party? =(
test_account
XP-39C²
I am sorry for the some late replies here.
) did brick som PS3 consoles indeed, but did these bricked console got YLOD? I thought that they simply wouldnt start or something, as in getting a black screen and no XMB/picture on the screen. But i might be wrong though
Nice that you got a new PS3 and even some money back It would have sucked if had to buy a new PS3 because that the warranty had expriced on your older PS3.
Unfortunately i dont think that there are any word on an firmware update yet :\
EDIT: I added some text.
Ye, that might have been a temporary solution indeed, i agree. If it doesnt causes some compability issues while playing online with people who have firmware 3.00 installed though, but i dont know if a compability issue like this would occur even with different firmwares though.momolicious said:
Ye, firmware 2.40 (2.41 was the fixed firmware by the waysloppyjoe_gamer said:
) did brick som PS3 consoles indeed, but did these bricked console got YLOD? I thought that they simply wouldnt start or something, as in getting a black screen and no XMB/picture on the screen. But i might be wrong though Ah, that is really cool to hear!sloppyjoe_gamer said:
Nice that you got a new PS3 and even some money back It would have sucked if had to buy a new PS3 because that the warranty had expriced on your older PS3.I think that the 60GB PS3 models are the once that have had the least problems with Uncharted. But i can understand if you dont want to risk it because i dont know if it is too good for the PS3 hardware if a game freezes (or can the PS3 hardware take damage if games freezes by the way?). It might be better to wait for an update that fix the problems indeedStrike said:
Unfortunately i dont think that there are any word on an firmware update yet :\Is there any special place in KZ2 where the game stutters for a real long time? I only tried one place in the game (early in the game when you fly down to some market, unfortunately i cant remember the name of this level) and the in-level loading only lasted for about 1 second or so for me there.JonStark said:
EDIT: I added some text.
momolicious
Member
This is the 3rd week, how long is it going to take?
momolicious
Member
Please someone confirm that it does fix the issue, it has to be it.
PizzaFarmer
Member
Yes! The new 3.01 firmware fixed it!PizzaFarmer said:
test_account
XP-39C²
Nice!beast786 said:
Cool to hear that it fixed Unchartedrc213 said:
By the way, can someone who had freezing problems with Battlefield 1943 or any other games confirm if firmware 3.01 fixed the freezing problems?
MUA2? Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2?Zzoram said:
Ye, i hope that people who had freezing issues with Uncharted think that it was the game's fault and think that there will be problems in Uncharted 2 as well. I think that basicly everyone here on NeoGAF knows that it was the firmware 3.00 that caused the freezing problems Uncharted, but i am mostly thinking about people who dont read up on forums and websites etc. about what caused the freezing in Uncharted.AKS said:
Ah, cool to hear that firmware 3.01 fixed the freezing issues!PizzaFarmer said:
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
Can anyone give any feedback on their experience with the game after installing 3.01?
I updated last night for the same reason many of you did; I wanted to finish this game before the release of U2. Now I hadn't had any problems up until chapter 15 (or is it 16?):
That's when a few graphical glitches started showing up and the game froze as soon as the chase part of the chapter started.
As you can tell this is my first time reaching this part of the game, my last play through ended for some odd reason around chapter 7.
Is this one of the problems some of you faced after installing the previous update? or is this that one random bug everyone mentioned a long time ago when the game was released that hasn't been been fixed (I vaguely remember someone bringing it up.)
Come on people, I need some feedback please. I must finish this game tonight.
I updated last night for the same reason many of you did; I wanted to finish this game before the release of U2. Now I hadn't had any problems up until chapter 15 (or is it 16?):
Right where the weird monsters start attacking.
As you can tell this is my first time reaching this part of the game, my last play through ended for some odd reason around chapter 7.
Is this one of the problems some of you faced after installing the previous update? or is this that one random bug everyone mentioned a long time ago when the game was released that hasn't been been fixed (I vaguely remember someone bringing it up.)
Come on people, I need some feedback please. I must finish this game tonight.
Revolutionary
Member
Bingo.Jinfash said:
Just try it again later, it should go through.
Choppasmith
Member
Sorry to bump this but I was playing a little Uncharted after updating 3.01 because I was going to let a coworker borrow it. And around Chapter 16-17 roaming the
just a random freeze out of nowhere.
And it's been a while since I've played UC, but the loading times felt unnaturally long. Should I delete my save games, or do anything else? Wouldn't mind starting from scratch as a warm-up for UC2.
corridor of the underground Nazi base
And it's been a while since I've played UC, but the loading times felt unnaturally long. Should I delete my save games, or do anything else? Wouldn't mind starting from scratch as a warm-up for UC2.
ThirstyFly
Member
Choppasmith said:
There seems to be a bug that was never fixed that causes the game to freeze towards the end of the game, every time - that was never fixed. I had it freeze back when I finished the game when it first came out, and recently played though it 3 full times a few months back for the trophies and it froze around that point all 3 times.
As for the loads, the initial coin spinning load at the start is fairly long, but that's normal.