PS3 frame rate completely broken, crashes everytime.

[Belmonts]

Platform:
PlayStation2-3

Type of Internet Connection:
ADSL

Date & Time:
Everyday since December update.

Frequency:
Everytime I fight something


Character Name:
Belmonts

Race:
Race of your character when the issue occurred.
Hume M

World:
Fenrir

Main Job:
DRK

Support Job:
SAM

Party or Solo:
Alliance / Solo, in fact doesn't matter

Monster Name:
Every fight

Steps:
Getting a lot of slowdown when ppl use weaponskills around my character or if I engage any monster to the point I can't be close to any fight whatsoever it either crashes or it freezes for several seconds with no possible control of my char so it either dies or stays there just on auto-fight.

This problem was happening before last version update but it was never so bad, not like this, to the point I can't play the game content anymore.

I reinstalled the whole game and that didn't fix it, checked all my internet broadband, removed all effects in game to the point it seems dull, called ISP and nothing, please let developers know.

Regards,

P.S. Been looking at the Japanese forums and there is a report of the same issue, a dev. representative Yoji_Fujito answered that there is some memory corruption that causes the problem and they are unable to figure it out at the moment. But yes, it doesn't happen just in VoidWatch now...


こんにちは。

こちらの件に関して、現在も調査が続いています。
現状報告として、お話できる分だけでもレスポンスさせていただきますね。

原因についてなのですが、
結果的には「メモリ破壊が発生し、ブラックアウトする」ということになります。
しかし、なぜこのメモリ破壊が発生するのかに関して現在調査中なのですが、問題の特定にはいまだ至っておりません。

そこで、この「PS2がブラックアウトしてしまう現象」に関して、
もう少し詳細な情報があればこちらのスレッドにご投稿いただけますでしょうか。
共通項としての原因が洗い出せる可能性もあります。

また合わせて、ヴォイドウォッチ以外で同様のブラックアウトが発生した場合も、不具合の関連性が疑われますので報告していただけますでしょうか。

その際、報告テンプレートに沿った投稿ですと、たいへん助かります。

原因が分かり次第、改めてご連絡させていただきます。
大変ご迷惑をおかけして申し訳ありません。

I really hope this can be fixed because is a serious issue. :confused:

[Camate]

Greetings Belmonts!

Thank you very much for the report. As you mentioned, there was a post by Associate Director Yoji Fujito, which I'd like to translate and post for you here. As you can see the development team is investigating this very issue.



Hello,

We are currently continuing to investigate this matter.
I would like, however, to give you a status update with what information I have.

In regards to the cause, ultimately memory corruption is taking place and leading to the game erroring and blacking out.
However, we are currently investigating why this memory corruption is taking place and we have yet to find the specific problem.

With that said, if you have any other specific information pertaining to the phenomenon of these PS2 black outs, we would appreciate it if you could post it here in this thread. There is a possibility that we expose the common cause.

Also along these lines, we'd appreciate it if you could let us know of similar black outs besides those occurring in Voidwatch, as it could be a related bug.

When submitting your bug report, it would help out a lot if you could post following the bug report template.

Once we figure out the cause I will be sure to let you know.
I apologize for the inconvenience.

[Belmonts]

Thank you so much Camate,

Hope you guys can fix this issue asap, meanwhile, thanks for taking your time answering this thread.

[StingRay104]

I have posted previously about blackouts and game freezing during the Wings of the Goddess cs's on PS2 version. I can't remember off hand but I will look into it to find the specific missions cs it happened on. Also I play PS2 on PS3 as well as computer sometimes, and I have noticed on the PS2/3 version tremendous lag in Port Jueno to the point of being unable to move ever since the update.

[Babekeke]

I have posted previously about blackouts and game freezing during the Wings of the Goddess cs's on PS2 version. I can't remember off hand but I will look into it to find the specific missions cs it happened on. Also I play PS2 on PS3 as well as computer sometimes, and I have noticed on the PS2/3 version tremendous lag in Port Jueno to the point of being unable to move ever since the update.

PS2 limitations ruin everything. Even the PS2 gameplay itself.

[Baelorn]

Not sure if I should file a separate report but to further the post: This does not happen only in Voidwatch. Notable times for me have been during Arch Dynamis Lord, Legion and when running past a clustered Abyssea party.

[Vandheer]

I've recently experienced these black outs on my PS2 system as-well. Only for me they have so far only taken place twice in Northern Sandy. Oddly enough both times were in the exact same pos and while running from Southern sandy to the outpost warp npc. :S

[Solito]

Thread Title:VW Framerate Crash


Platform:
PS2

ISP:
Baja Broadband

Type of Internet Connection:
DSL

Internet Connection Speed:
50Mbit/s

Date & Time:
12-24-12 @ 3:00pm Mountain Time US
12-22-12 @ 7:42pm Mountain Time US


Frequency:
Always


Character Name:
Solito

Race:
Hume M

World:
Leviathan

Main Job:
Black Mage & Blue Mage

Support Job:
Rdm

Area and Coordinates:
The Shrine of Ru'Avitau (Map F-6)

Party or Solo:.”
"Alliance" of 18 Members

NPC Name:
None


Monster Name:
Qilin


Steps:
•VW Battle with Qilin
•Once Voidstone was used Ps2 System crashed.
Tried reloging on to try fight again and crashed again.
Did a system file check and all files were ok.

[Jeville]

It happened to me a couple times from running around in Southern San d'Oria. It also happened recently when I was trying to enter Dynamis - Buburimu for the first time, it blacked out right after the cutscene shows my character collapsing.

[Cardinalgate]

wouldnt it be best to just release a PS3 port of the game?

[StingRay104]

wouldnt it be best to just release a PS3 port of the game?

Yes, but due to PS2 limitations a ps3 port would not be possible at this time.

[Bearcat]

PS3 Crash Constant for Windurst [S] Mission Howl From the Heavens (After fighting wave of enemies)
Platform:
PlayStation2-3

Type of Internet Connection:
Cable

Date & Time:
1/7/13 each time I've tried to watch the Cut Scene to continue mission

Frequency:
Everytime


Character Name:
Bearcat

Race:
Hume M

World:
Bismarck

Main Job:
BLU

Support Job:
RDM

Party or Solo:
Solo

Monster Name:
N/A

Steps:
Besides nearly complete game freeze during some Campaign battles (especially those with lots of mage NPCs), Abyssea parties, and the occassional black out during Besieged, this issue is occuring during the Windurst [S] Mission "Howl from the Heavens." After defeating the four waves of enemies, I click the wall outside Windurst [S] for the next cut scene; however, after a few moments the game completely black outs.

I greatly look forward to a remedy toward this issue.

Thank you!

[seya]

*Effects filter broke ( even with all filters on still see other peoples magic causing lag )
* San d'oria lag , right in the corner of leathercraft guild ( synergy cubicle seen to explode causing lag even when there is no one there )
*lots of blackouts , at least 2 a day ( no need to be in a party or alliance got couple back outs just walking around jeuno and san d'oria others in dancer af body cs and pashhow S voidwatch cait sith cs ).
*Character selection screen black out (happened 2x with me )
Platform:
PlayStation2-3

Type of Internet Connection:
cable

Date & Time:
Everyday since December update.

Frequency:
at least 2x a day for blackouts


Character Name:
Seyabr/faiye

Race:
Race of your character when the issue occurred.
Hume M/ mithra

World:
Phoenix

Main Job:
bst / dnc

Support Job:
dnc / thf

Party or Solo:
Alliance / Solo, in fact doesn't matter

Monster Name:
Every fight

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Platform: PS3
Date & Time: 2013 January 20, 1645 UTC
Character Name: Ziyyigotipyigo
World: Sylph
Area and Coordinates: Pso'Xja, map 6, I-9
Steps:
1. Getting a framerate choke starting at this location and moving in deeper.
2. Gets particularly slow while fighting enemies.
3. Effects filters have no effect.

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Platform: PS2
Date & Time: 2013 January 15, 0000 UTC (approx.)
Frequency: Once
Character Name: Ziyyigotipyigo
World: Sylph
Main Job: PLD
Support Job: WHM
Area and Coordinates: Walk of Echoes (Grauberg [S] entrance)
Party or Solo: Party, w/ Chinchillla (PLD/RDM) & Lilma (BLM/WHM)
Monster Name: "When Wills Collide" battle
Steps:
1. Once spell/ability animations started going off, framereate dropped below 1 FPS, often well below.
2. Practically unplayable until the rest of my party pared down some of the enemies.

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Platform: PS3
Date & Time: 2013 January 27, 0730 UTC
Frequency: Once
Character Name: Ziyyigotipyigo
World: Sylph
Main Job: PLD
Support Job: WHM
Area and Coordinates: Between Abyssea - Altepa and South Gustaberg
Party or Solo: Party, w/ Castihllo, Chinchillla & Lilma
Steps:
1. Complete the conditions for Abyssea quest "A Beaked Blusterer"
2. Exit Abyssea - Altepa through the Cavernous Maw
3. "Downloading Data" screen shown for an inordinately long time
4. Eventually froze (music unaffected)

[StingRay104]

I found my original post so i'm gonna copy and paste it here.

Problems with PS2 cutscenes

I was watching the cutscene for Wings of the Goddess mission Purple, the new Black pt 1 and right when the demon shots a civilian with a fire spell it went pitch black and I was unable to play the game afterwards. I reloaded and tried it again and same thing, then I went onto my pc version and was able to watch the whole cutscene with no problems.

It was mentioned in that thread that the problem has existed for a few years prior to me posting this message in 2011. This really is unacceptable. I understand the skeleton crew and how difficult and time consuming everything is, but this problem predates that. How about this, I keep seeing all these contests and such being posted on the forums, and honestly I'm getting sick of all this side nonsense while the game remains in tatters. Also rethink your prize selection for mog bonanza, seriously. Ark weapons should be rank 5. Also My internet connection is really strong. 55 ms ping, 8-18 mbps download speed and 1.3-2.0 upload speed, yet I keep getting lagged out in jueno and only since the update.

[seya]

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こんにちは。現状報告です。

残念ながら、現時点では良い報告はありません。
特別これが！という原因があればつぶしやすいのですけど、現状そういったものは見つかっておりません。
ただ、たくさんのご報告をいただいたおかげで、調査の手がかりを得られました。
ありがとうございます。

かなり時間がかかってしまい大変ご迷惑をおかけしておりますが、引き続き現象発生しましたら情報をお寄せください。

よろしくおねがいします。

So i been camping this thread to see if would be any report post after a month from first post nothing yet , but it seems on the Yoji Fujito already posted a status report on the Japanese forums , since i cant read kanji here, the google translate.
Hi there Is a status report.

Unfortunately, there is no good report at this time.
This is special! But is easy to kill if you have a cause that, such things are not found in current situation.
However, thanks to a lot of us received the report, I get a clue of the survey.
Thank you.

We apologize for the inconvenience but it takes a long time very pretty, please send the information to continue phenomenon occurred.

Thank you.

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

In my experience, all they'd have to do is take a PS2 into Pso'Xja. The entire zone seems borked and unplayable.