Xbox errors

Lurch1982 · 08-09-2002, 12:12 PM

How many of you have had game freezes and dirty disk errors?

08-09-2002, 01:15 PM

Yesterday while playing Morrowind, it took me six or seven tries before I made it from the Vivec Arena to Ebonheart. The game would always either freeze on the way there, get a bad disk message, or mess up whenever I tried to save outside of Ebonheart.

I'm kinda scared to try it today. From the way it looks either the hard drive in my Xbox is about to go, the disk really is bad (too late to return it now), or my Morrowind save states have reached such a corrupted level that I'll never be able to finish the game.

Lurch1982 · 08-09-2002, 01:23 PM

I'm thinking it might be a problem with the launch systems. I know the laser is extremely sensitive, but all of my games are in mint condition. I've also seen people theorize that Morrowind has a glitch with the save files that screws up the HDD. Come to think of it, the locks, freezes, and dirty disk errors only popped up after I bought morrowind. I keep meaning to put in a call to tech support, but I'm lazy.

08-09-2002, 01:27 PM

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Originally posted by The Great Tyrant:
I'm thinking it might be a problem with the launch systems. I know the laser is extremely sensitive, but all of my games are in mint condition. I've also seen people theorize that Morrowind has a glitch with the save files that screws up the HDD. Come to think of it, the locks, freezes, and dirty disk errors only popped up after I bought morrowind. I keep meaning to put in a call to tech support, but I'm lazy.

Same here on everything. All my games are in perfect shape, the problems only started after I got Morrowind, and I've been too lazy to call tech support also.

Although, I haven't actually played many other Xbox games since I got Morrowind...aside from a little Tetris Worlds (enough to review it). For what it's worth, that uses the hard drive and I didn't have a problem playing custom soundtracks.

Lurch1982 · 08-09-2002, 01:54 PM

I just finished using that support chat feature (you know, NOT ABUSING IT0. The guy I talked to said since my system was from the launch, I should try cleaning the lens with a DVD lens cleaner. If that doesn't work, I'm going to have to call tech support (which I hate doing).

08-09-2002, 07:45 PM

3 dirty disk errors, and twice my game has frozen in morrowind. That's about it; mine wasn't a launch system.

08-09-2002, 09:12 PM

ARGH! NOW I CAN'T EVEN PLAY MORROWIND ANYMORE!!! Even after letting it sit for hours, it still freezes mere minutes into EVERY SINGLE GAME of Morrowind I play. I tried MotoGP and it worked without a hitch, so at this point I'm think the disk really is the culprit. I'm going to try a lens cleaner first (since Morrowind constantly streams from the DVD, whereas a game like MotoGP loads each race into memory and then doesn't touch it).

Lurch1982 · 08-09-2002, 10:10 PM

I hope its not your version of the game. You'd have to send it back to the developer for a replacement at this point.

08-10-2002, 09:16 AM

That sucks.

08-18-2002, 06:25 PM

Hard Disks...may be fast, but not good for gaming...honestly, removable storage media is much cheaper and easier to fix or replace.besides, since the OS is on the hard disk, expect many errors in the future due to the way large APIs (like direct X) are loaded from the HDD. I really believe that the OS [os kernel at least - even on PCs] should be read only on ROM [not eeprom] . well, maybe next time MS, maybe next time..

Lurch1982 · 08-18-2002, 06:44 PM

I don't think its really the HDD. Morrowind was buggy as hell for the PC and M$ actually forced a delay for them to work out the stability issues with the game. I haven't really had any problems like that in any other game. Why they couldn't just make Morrowind work like a PC game so they could patch it is beyond me.

08-21-2002, 02:34 PM

u dont patch console games, thats a rule...it has to be COMPLETE and ok.there is no excuse for the game to be like this, becuz, its a single hardware configuration in oposition with the PC version.

Lurch1982 · 08-21-2002, 05:56 PM

ONce you throw in HDD's and Online play, patches are a necessity. People find exploitations in games all the time that shouldn't have made it to the final cut.

08-09-2002, 12:12 PM	#1
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Katrinaland, USA Gender: Posts: 9,271 Thanks: 122 Thanked 253 Times in 140 Posts Points: 36,134.71 Bank: 338,725.11 Total Points: 374,859.82 Donate	How many of you have had game freezes and dirty disk errors?

08-09-2002, 01:15 PM	#2
Tritoch Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Yesterday while playing Morrowind, it took me six or seven tries before I made it from the Vivec Arena to Ebonheart. The game would always either freeze on the way there, get a bad disk message, or mess up whenever I tried to save outside of Ebonheart. I'm kinda scared to try it today. From the way it looks either the hard drive in my Xbox is about to go, the disk really is bad (too late to return it now), or my Morrowind save states have reached such a corrupted level that I'll never be able to finish the game.

08-09-2002, 01:23 PM	#3
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Katrinaland, USA Gender: Posts: 9,271 Thanks: 122 Thanked 253 Times in 140 Posts Points: 36,134.71 Bank: 338,725.11 Total Points: 374,859.82 Donate	I'm thinking it might be a problem with the launch systems. I know the laser is extremely sensitive, but all of my games are in mint condition. I've also seen people theorize that Morrowind has a glitch with the save files that screws up the HDD. Come to think of it, the locks, freezes, and dirty disk errors only popped up after I bought morrowind. I keep meaning to put in a call to tech support, but I'm lazy.

08-09-2002, 01:54 PM	#5
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Katrinaland, USA Gender: Posts: 9,271 Thanks: 122 Thanked 253 Times in 140 Posts Points: 36,134.71 Bank: 338,725.11 Total Points: 374,859.82 Donate	I just finished using that support chat feature (you know, NOT ABUSING IT0. The guy I talked to said since my system was from the launch, I should try cleaning the lens with a DVD lens cleaner. If that doesn't work, I'm going to have to call tech support (which I hate doing).

08-09-2002, 07:45 PM	#6
Wing Zero Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	3 dirty disk errors, and twice my game has frozen in morrowind. That's about it; mine wasn't a launch system.

08-09-2002, 09:12 PM	#7
Tritoch Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	ARGH! NOW I CAN'T EVEN PLAY MORROWIND ANYMORE!!! Even after letting it sit for hours, it still freezes mere minutes into EVERY SINGLE GAME of Morrowind I play. I tried MotoGP and it worked without a hitch, so at this point I'm think the disk really is the culprit. I'm going to try a lens cleaner first (since Morrowind constantly streams from the DVD, whereas a game like MotoGP loads each race into memory and then doesn't touch it).

08-09-2002, 10:10 PM	#8
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Katrinaland, USA Gender: Posts: 9,271 Thanks: 122 Thanked 253 Times in 140 Posts Points: 36,134.71 Bank: 338,725.11 Total Points: 374,859.82 Donate	I hope its not your version of the game. You'd have to send it back to the developer for a replacement at this point.

08-10-2002, 09:16 AM	#9
Wing Zero Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	That sucks.

08-18-2002, 06:25 PM	#10
Vanilla_sex_machine Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Hard Disks...may be fast, but not good for gaming...honestly, removable storage media is much cheaper and easier to fix or replace.besides, since the OS is on the hard disk, expect many errors in the future due to the way large APIs (like direct X) are loaded from the HDD. I really believe that the OS [os kernel at least - even on PCs] should be read only on ROM [not eeprom] . well, maybe next time MS, maybe next time..

08-18-2002, 06:44 PM	#11
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Katrinaland, USA Gender: Posts: 9,271 Thanks: 122 Thanked 253 Times in 140 Posts Points: 36,134.71 Bank: 338,725.11 Total Points: 374,859.82 Donate	I don't think its really the HDD. Morrowind was buggy as hell for the PC and M$ actually forced a delay for them to work out the stability issues with the game. I haven't really had any problems like that in any other game. Why they couldn't just make Morrowind work like a PC game so they could patch it is beyond me.

08-21-2002, 02:34 PM	#12
Vanilla_sex_machine Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	u dont patch console games, thats a rule...it has to be COMPLETE and ok.there is no excuse for the game to be like this, becuz, its a single hardware configuration in oposition with the PC version.

08-21-2002, 05:56 PM	#13
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Katrinaland, USA Gender: Posts: 9,271 Thanks: 122 Thanked 253 Times in 140 Posts Points: 36,134.71 Bank: 338,725.11 Total Points: 374,859.82 Donate	ONce you throw in HDD's and Online play, patches are a necessity. People find exploitations in games all the time that shouldn't have made it to the final cut.