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IcedEarth

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Well i got GTA 4 on Wednesday and it has run flawlessly, no crashes or problems. The disc is in PERFECT condition, no scratches at all, it hasn't been out of the PS3 since i got the game.

Then this morning it crashed during a cut scene (the one were you are in Brucies house and they convince you to date a guy
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So when it crashed i turned the PS3 off, i knew this is a cache problem so i looked in System Settings. But i can't find an option to clear the cache.

Well the problem is, now the game doesn't work at all!

It boots up until you get past them stupid pictures. And you know the screen that is black and in the bottom right it says (loading: <mission name>)

Well it stays on that loading screen and never actually goes into game play
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Are there any fixes for this? It has annoyed me to the end of the earth
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And it isn't the PS3, i checked some other games and they all work flawlessly! It sucks
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take two actually released somwhat of a fix for this issue. It was due to the complaints that the game was freezing after the opening cutscenes. Now i dont think yoru gonna like this but they recommened to delete the installed files of the game and the saved game data. Then reinstall it.

this was actually on gamespot

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Take-Two suggests PS3 GTAIV fix

Reports of Grand Theft Auto IV freezing up have been circulating message boards since the game's launch Tuesday, but Rockstar Games has been tight-lipped as to the reason or the remedy, passing off requests for public comment onto Sony. While the majority of complaints appear to be coming from PlayStation 3 users, Xbox 360 owners with glitch-ridden game experiences have also voiced their frustrations online.

Take-Two representatives may not have been willing to go on the record about the issue, but the publisher's tech support team does not have the same luxury when it comes to customer complaints. An inquiry into the Take-Two tech support site yielded the following array of suggestions on how to fix the problem. The 12-part response follows below:

Please run through the following, go through in order.

1) Delete the game's install data. This is done via the PS3 options. Scroll along the cross media bar until you reach the 'Game' tab, now scroll up / down the list until you reach the 'Game Data Utility' Enter this and locate the GTA IV option. Highlight this and press triangle once, from the menu select Delete. This will delete the game's install information.

2) Delete the game's save files. To delete any save files you will need to do the following. Scroll along the cross media bar until you reach the 'Game' tab, now scroll up / down the list until you reach the 'Save Data Utility' Enter this and locate the GTA IV option. Highlight this and press triangle once, and from the context menu select Delete.

3) Disable your Internet connectivity for the PS3. To do this scroll along the cross media bar until you reach the 'Settings' tab, now scroll up / down the list until you reach the 'Network Settings'. Now scroll down to the Internet connection option and press x, now select the disable option. Once this has been done unplug the ethernet cable if you are connecting to the Internet if using this.

4) Disable the console's information board. To do this scroll along the cross media bar until you reach the 'Network' tab, now scroll up / down the list until you reach the 'Information Board', highlight this and press triangle. From the menu select 'Do not display' Press X to confirm this.

5) Disable Media Server functionality. Scroll to Settings, now scroll up / down to 'Network Settings' select Media Server connection. Once this has been done press triangle and change the option Disabled.

6) Delete all of the system's Internet cache. To do this scroll along the cross media bar until you reach the 'Network' tab, now scroll up / down the list until you reach the 'Internet Browser', highlight this and press X. Once you browser opens press the triangle button once, from the new menu highlight the 'Tools' option and press X. Scroll down the menu until you reach 'Delete Cookies' and press X. Confirm the files deletion. Repeat this for 'Delete Cache'.

7 ) Turn off the PS3 screen saver. Use the cross media bar to scroll to 'Settings', select 'Display Settings'. Now highlight 'Screensaver' and set this to 'Do not use'.

8 ) Once this has been done, manually restart you PS3 by holding down the power button for 5 seconds it will beep once and then shut down. Release the power button and re-press it and hold for about 5 seconds. The system will then boot and reset all display settings. You will be prompted to reset your display settings to how you require them.

9) Once restarted please try the game again, you will be prompted to reinstall.

Once the game has started please turn off the following features:

1) The game's auto-save. Press Start, Game, and locate the Auto-save option. Turn this off.

2) Turn off the game's flicker filter. Press Start, Display and locate the Flicker Filter option. Turn this off.

3) Turn off the controller vibration feature. Press Start, Controls and locate the vibration option. Turn this off.
btw what model ps3 do you have?
 
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Originally Posted by IcedEarth View Post
Ahh man that sucks
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I've racked up about 8 hours of gameplay.

I have the 40GB model.
wow, i think mine just froze to on the loading:S:S im not even kidding. At that exact same point, ill restart and see what happens

this is ridiculous. its not loading for some reason.

i didnt get to far in the missions so its not to bad but if this is gonna happen regularly then how am i suppose to complete the game??
 
Discussion starter · #5 ·
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Originally Posted by Nick226 View Post
wow, i think mine just froze to on the loading:S:S im not even kidding. At that exact same point, ill restart and see what happens
Jeez man, looks like i just jinxed you
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Sorry
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But yea, hopefully this is a fix. Will give it a whirl soon. Just seeing if i can get it to work without deleting my save first
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EDIT: Is yours doing the EXACT same thing then? The black loading screen with the loading message at the bottom right?

Looks like this is a bigger problem then i thought. Sorry to hear you got it to man
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Originally Posted by IcedEarth View Post
Jeez man, looks like i just jinxed you
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Sorry
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But yea, hopefully this is a fix. Will give it a whirl soon. Just seeing if i can get it to work without deleting my save first
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EDIT: Is yours doing the EXACT same thing then? The black loading screen with the loading message at the bottom right?

Looks like this is a bigger problem then i thought. Sorry to hear you got it to man
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no worries its not your fault. is kinda freaky though lol but yea this is surprising, its the exact same thing, it finished the opening slide show or whataver you want to call it, then it goes to loading - (mission name) and then it freezes...WAIT IT JUST LOADED, took me three times
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the first time it froze i quit the game and tried again the 2nd time i complety reset the system. I also unpluged my usb controller that was charging
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if that makes a difference. THis is odd man, i hope theres a nice patch in site, i say keep giving it a few more trys before you restart your saved data.

very odd
 
Discussion starter · #10 ·
Cool, well it seems to go through phases for me.

Like when Nick got his to work, i got a bit jealous and thought i would give it another whirl
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And it has worked flawlessly since.

But yea i agree, if it happens again i might just re-install.

It's better to lose my progress now than lose it later down the line.
 
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Originally Posted by Spart View Post
I think someone else had the issue and deleted everything BUT the saved game files which they backed up and the reinstall worked.
Let's hope so; reinstalling right now. I backed up my save-games to my flash drive so let's hope I don't have to start over. I think I might cry if I do 'cuz I'm pretty far into the game.

Also, mine was doing the exact same thing as IcedEarth mentioned. It loads into the pics, then goes to the black loading screen and just stays there. If I try to quit through the system options, the whole system restarts.
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EDIT: Well, reinstalling didn't fix the problem. Gonna go through my saves and see if one was maybe corrupt...
 
#13 ·
Well mine hung today when i finally setup my internet, i shut the wireless of the ps3 and it works just fine, i noticed it was hanging from the internet since the wifi activity light would never shut off the whole time it was loading and it stopped at the black screen where it says your last mission. Turned off wifi and it runs perfect again ...
 
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Originally Posted by pheoxs View Post
Well mine hung today when i finally setup my internet, i shut the wireless of the ps3 and it works just fine, i noticed it was hanging from the internet since the wifi activity light would never shut off the whole time it was loading and it stopped at the black screen where it says your last mission. Turned off wifi and it runs perfect again ...
Okay, so you disabled the internet connection and all is well?

EDIT: IT WORKED! Disabled the net connection and boots right up. WOO! +rep to you!
 
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Originally Posted by Vostro View Post
Just wondering if you have the 60gb model as I heard that there are problems with the game and that model. I have the 40gb and havent had an issue yet.
I have the 80b model and only seem to have a problem with a active internet connection. Hopefully they will patch it soon, I'm still going through all my settings and seeing if i can find an exact cause.

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Originally Posted by Starscream View Post
Okay, so you disabled the internet connection and all is well?

EDIT: IT WORKED! Disabled the net connection and boots right up. WOO! +rep to you!

Your welcome.
 
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Originally Posted by Vostro View Post
Just wondering if you have the 60gb model as I heard that there are problems with the game and that model. I have the 40gb and havent had an issue yet.
I've got the 40GB.
 
Discussion starter · #18 ·
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Originally Posted by pheoxs View Post
Well mine hung today when i finally setup my internet, i shut the wireless of the ps3 and it works just fine, i noticed it was hanging from the internet since the wifi activity light would never shut off the whole time it was loading and it stopped at the black screen where it says your last mission. Turned off wifi and it runs perfect again ...
Wow, if that really is the problem then it is pretty simple to solve! I will try it next time it happens thanks man!

And i too have the 40GB model.

I'm glad in a weird sort of way that it's not just me experiencing this.
 
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i could kiss you all
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hahah gta is now working after it being stupid all day and now i am happy.

EXCEPT that when i turned my internet connection on again it stopped working which made me mad again but i want to play this online :/

so how can i play gta online if it's clashing with the game?
GRRRRR
 
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