Comments for Ardamis http://www.ardamis.com Ardamis is a tiny web development studio specializing in high-quality, handmade web sites. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:09:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Final Fantasy XIII freezing on Xbox 360 by Cysal http://www.ardamis.com/2010/03/12/final-fantasy-xiii-freezing-xbox-360/#comment-29727 Cysal Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:09:08 +0000 http://www.ardamis.com/?p=530#comment-29727 Got the game replaced - it went past the freezing point! Gonna keep going, praying that it works okay. *gulp* Got the game replaced – it went past the freezing point! Gonna keep going, praying that it works okay. *gulp*

]]> Comment on Final Fantasy XIII freezing on Xbox 360 by cklambo http://www.ardamis.com/2010/03/12/final-fantasy-xiii-freezing-xbox-360/#comment-29723 cklambo Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:52:20 +0000 http://www.ardamis.com/?p=530#comment-29723 I live in the UK, my copy of FF13 (pre-order) keeps freezing during certain cut scenes, once I know which cut scenes, I just skip that scene to continue. WTF!!! I live in the UK, my copy of FF13 (pre-order) keeps freezing during certain cut scenes, once I know which cut scenes, I just skip that scene to continue.

WTF!!!

]]> Comment on Final Fantasy XIII freezing on Xbox 360 by Kain http://www.ardamis.com/2010/03/12/final-fantasy-xiii-freezing-xbox-360/#comment-29722 Kain Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:34:41 +0000 http://www.ardamis.com/?p=530#comment-29722 I broke down and just bought a ps3 slim. My old 40 gig is a brick. Suprise suprise. I broke down and just bought a ps3 slim. My old 40 gig is a brick. Suprise suprise.

]]> Comment on Final Fantasy XIII freezing on Xbox 360 by Cysal http://www.ardamis.com/2010/03/12/final-fantasy-xiii-freezing-xbox-360/#comment-29702 Cysal Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:35:21 +0000 http://www.ardamis.com/?p=530#comment-29702 I'm so extrememly frustrated, I can hardly stand it. You wait forever for a game that costs a bundle, then it screws up and no one wants to take the blame for it and no one can figure out what to do about it! It started acting up in chapter 11 (I haven't read of anyone else having problems in that spot) where you explore that vast amount of land. Oh boy, from then on, freezing, it won't play voices in battle, the graphics go haywire, and on and on...I LOVE this game, and the thought of not finding out what happens next is driving me insane. Going to exchange it today (though I know it probably won't work) and wait until somebody figures out what the hell is going on. Someone better take responsibility for this. I’m so extrememly frustrated, I can hardly stand it. You wait forever for a game that costs a bundle, then it screws up and no one wants to take the blame for it and no one can figure out what to do about it! It started acting up in chapter 11 (I haven’t read of anyone else having problems in that spot) where you explore that vast amount of land. Oh boy, from then on, freezing, it won’t play voices in battle, the graphics go haywire, and on and on…I LOVE this game, and the thought of not finding out what happens next is driving me insane.

Going to exchange it today (though I know it probably won’t work) and wait until somebody figures out what the hell is going on. Someone better take responsibility for this.

]]> Comment on Final Fantasy XIII freezing on Xbox 360 by Omega http://www.ardamis.com/2010/03/12/final-fantasy-xiii-freezing-xbox-360/#comment-29700 Omega Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:44:28 +0000 http://www.ardamis.com/?p=530#comment-29700 Returned original FF13 purchase to Gamestop and they claimed it could have been a "bad burn". I hurried home hoping he was right. HE WAS WRONG!!!!! I got past the trouble area only for it to freeze during the next cutscene. Now it won't go past that point at all (Ive tried about 10x). Maybe the graphics are too much for the graphic processor on the 360 to handle. Goodbye 360, hello slim ps3..... Returned original FF13 purchase to Gamestop and they claimed it could have been a “bad burn”. I hurried home hoping he was right. HE WAS WRONG!!!!! I got past the trouble area only for it to freeze during the next cutscene. Now it won’t go past that point at all (Ive tried about 10x). Maybe the graphics are too much for the graphic processor on the 360 to handle.

Goodbye 360, hello slim ps3…..

]]> Comment on Final Fantasy XIII freezing on Xbox 360 by Hannu http://www.ardamis.com/2010/03/12/final-fantasy-xiii-freezing-xbox-360/#comment-29692 Hannu Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:41:57 +0000 http://www.ardamis.com/?p=530#comment-29692 Hi! It's not just USA and UK, I live in Finland and I'm having same problem. My 360 had RROD issue last summer, so they fixed it for free at Germany. Everything was fine until I bought FFXIII, it installed an update and worked fine for one night. But on next day I tried to play it, and it froze up at the frozen lake. Well I sent it to fixed up again..2-3 weeks and I should have it back. We'll see if it still keeps freezing after repair.. Hi! It’s not just USA and UK, I live in Finland and I’m having same problem. My 360 had RROD issue last summer, so they fixed it for free at Germany. Everything was fine until I bought FFXIII, it installed an update and worked fine for one night. But on next day I tried to play it, and it froze up at the frozen lake. Well I sent it to fixed up again..2-3 weeks and I should have it back. We’ll see if it still keeps freezing after repair..

]]> Comment on Final Fantasy XIII freezing on Xbox 360 by Kain http://www.ardamis.com/2010/03/12/final-fantasy-xiii-freezing-xbox-360/#comment-29653 Kain Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:43:31 +0000 http://www.ardamis.com/?p=530#comment-29653 Well, I am happy to report that I tried out cdgfencer's suggestion and it seemed to have fixed my inability to get past Chapter 7 without freezing/locking up. Mind you this is for the PS3 not XBOX360 I do want to mention one thing, which I'm sure really doesn't matter to much. I just turned on the PS3 from last night for the first time today and turning off the BD 1080p 24Hz output seems to lower the quality of the graphics a bit, but it could be just me tripping out. Soon as I find a save spot I'm going to repeat chapter 7 again with the BD 1080p 24Hz graphics set to AUTO to see if it locks up again. I'll post an update when possible. Go to Setting>Video Settings> BAD 1080p 24Hz output> change this setting to OFF. Well, I am happy to report that I tried out cdgfencer’s suggestion and it seemed to have fixed my inability to get past Chapter 7 without freezing/locking up. Mind you this is for the PS3 not XBOX360 I do want to mention one thing, which I’m sure really doesn’t matter to much. I just turned on the PS3 from last night for the first time today and turning off the BD 1080p 24Hz output seems to lower the quality of the graphics a bit, but it could be just me tripping out.
Soon as I find a save spot I’m going to repeat chapter 7 again with the BD 1080p 24Hz graphics set to AUTO to see if it locks up again.

I’ll post an update when possible.

Go to Setting>Video Settings> BAD 1080p 24Hz output> change this setting to OFF.

]]> Comment on Final Fantasy XIII freezing on Xbox 360 by Hope this helps... http://www.ardamis.com/2010/03/12/final-fantasy-xiii-freezing-xbox-360/#comment-29644 Hope this helps... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:05:41 +0000 http://www.ardamis.com/?p=530#comment-29644 Ok, So after 24~ hours of play I had my first experience with the freezing. In chapter 10 when you start the cut scenes for the Cid Raines fight the 4 minutes of cut scenes run perfectly fine, however after he changes into his "icey" form or what not and the camera is zooming around to begin the fight my box froze and wouldn't respond to anything. I figured it was overheated and what not from playing for 4 or so hours, so I just cut it off and went to sleep. BUT now that it's the next day there's no reason it should fail. Unfortunately for me it did. I tried everything I can think of and was about to pack my things up and leave to trade out my game for a new copy, even though it wouldn't help, when i thought about turning down the graphics to the standard RWY cables. So I switched it to standard def and turned down the brightness on the settings to as low as it would go and charged into the fight. IT WORKED! This leads me to believe it has something to do with the high def graphics. Hope it helps Ok, So after 24~ hours of play I had my first experience with the freezing. In chapter 10 when you start the cut scenes for the Cid Raines fight the 4 minutes of cut scenes run perfectly fine, however after he changes into his “icey” form or what not and the camera is zooming around to begin the fight my box froze and wouldn’t respond to anything.

I figured it was overheated and what not from playing for 4 or so hours, so I just cut it off and went to sleep. BUT now that it’s the next day there’s no reason it should fail. Unfortunately for me it did.

I tried everything I can think of and was about to pack my things up and leave to trade out my game for a new copy, even though it wouldn’t help, when i thought about turning down the graphics to the standard RWY cables. So I switched it to standard def and turned down the brightness on the settings to as low as it would go and charged into the fight. IT WORKED! This leads me to believe it has something to do with the high def graphics.

Hope it helps

]]> Comment on Final Fantasy XIII freezing on Xbox 360 by sh3nmue http://www.ardamis.com/2010/03/12/final-fantasy-xiii-freezing-xbox-360/#comment-29636 sh3nmue Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:23:49 +0000 http://www.ardamis.com/?p=530#comment-29636 Its not just usa i live in the uk and it happens here too Its not just usa i live in the uk and it happens here too

]]> Comment on Final Fantasy XIII freezing on Xbox 360 by mitchell http://www.ardamis.com/2010/03/12/final-fantasy-xiii-freezing-xbox-360/#comment-29632 mitchell Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:56:34 +0000 http://www.ardamis.com/?p=530#comment-29632 i was having the same freezing problem during a couple cut scenes but i got past it. I got to the point of putting in the second disc and then i wouldn't read the disc. i called square and they told me to return the game. i returned the game and now it will only read the first disc. i'm going to try it in a different xbox to see if that works. i was having the same freezing problem during a couple cut scenes but i got past it. I got to the point of putting in the second disc and then i wouldn’t read the disc. i called square and they told me to return the game. i returned the game and now it will only read the first disc. i’m going to try it in a different xbox to see if that works.

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