Thread Title:
Black Screens on CS's - Basically I cannot view a couple mission related cutscenes in the game on my PS2, as they always stop playing at certain points as if the game stops working and my screen blacks out, causing me to have to shut down incorrectly and restart the game.

Platform:
PS2

ISP:
Oxford Networks

Type of Internet Connection:
DSL

Internet Connection Speed:
Idk

Date & Time:
February 2011, Eastern Time

Frequency:
Always

Character Name:
Strify

Race:
Mithra

World:
Ifrit

Main Job:
THF

Support Job:
NIN

Area and Coordinates:
Windurst Waters North, Optistery (G-8) and Qufim Island (G-6)

Party or Solo:
Solo

NPC Name:
Tosuka-Porika (Windurst) ??? (Qufim Island)

Monster Name:
None

Steps:
For the Windurst NPC I was getting a cutscene to begin Windurst Mission 7-1 The Sixth Ministry. I spoke to Tosuka-Porika located at (G-8) Northern Windurst Waters in the Optistery. The cutscene played shortly, and by the time it got to the Star Sibyl about to transition to the next scene, the screen cuts out to a black screen. I cannot send tells, hear noise, or do anything. It is as if the game has stopped working and I just see blackness. My PS2 remains on, however.

This is the exact scenario for my other cutscene in Qufim at the ??? at (G-6). This was also a mission, Mission 2 of A Crystalline Prophecy. The cutscene shortly plays, but then it stops and a black screen occurs, with no sound or any ability to /tell or see ANY type of icons on the screen. Just blackness.

When I shut off my PS2 and sign back on Final Fantasy XI, I can speak to Tosuka-Porika and click on the ??? again to resume my cutscene from the beginning as if I'd never gotten it. However, the game ALWAYS blacks out at the same spots, making me unable to further my progress in these two missions. I have tried to watch this cutscene multiple times after restarting, cleaning my ps2, etc. But it simply doesn't play and always cuts off at the same spots.

There was NO error message in either situation. The game simply cuts out.