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Battlefield 3 has been doing this since it launched, and it's never been fixed (I still hard lock occassionally). You can always power it off with the power button, but the severity of the freeze determines how long you have to hold down the power button (sometimes it's 10-15 seconds).
Defiance froze me a few times in the opening days, hasn't done it again since. It corrupted some of the data on my hard drive once, but oddly enough it was for a game I hadn't been playing recently.
mine freezes so need to unplug the ps3. this isnt going to ruin my ps3 is it? if so ill stop playing untill the patch gets here
Definitely an on going issue with this damn game happens to me at least twice a day. I have been lucky, though, considering I had only just begun missions. Others have not been so lucky. Odds are against me as I'm sure my luck will eventually run out statically speaking of course.
k well ill try to hold the power button a lil longer next time....bout to play while not in a group the rest of the night and if i dont freeze then my problem is grouping....havent had a problem other then grouping.
just reminding me of black ops...was doing this so i got rid of it...hate that game anyway so no bad feelings there haha.
but in my bros case....black ops screwed his ps3 and needed to buy a new one cause of the hard freeze....hopefully it quits and they fix it.
I really like the support of trion...but not enough to risk my console...cant afford that lol
If you absolutely have to do it, use the switch on the back of your PS3 instead of pulling the plug or doing something on the power source. To me it seems the game gets more unstable on the weekend and works much better during the work week. I have had 1 crash each weekend and nothing bad happen during the M-F time frames. So it must be related to server load and code somehow getting messy in such a situation. Who knows...Quote:
Originally Posted by Crizz09
dont have a switch on the back of mine....but not grouping solved my problem....first 4 hours today had 5 freezes....rest of the night 6 hours just following my clan mate....no freeze....just putting it out there
wish the best for this game cause its amazing...and the devs are greatly appretiated for all there hard work trying to fix everything.
just hope i can group up after the patch...the weekend is the only time i really have to group up
The game takes a lot of CPU and GPU power, especially for consoles.
Are you sure your PS3 isn't overheating? That's what it sounds like.
havent heard it making any loud noises...runs just the same...i dont think it would overheat just being in a group....compared to solo....cause thats the only time its happened was in a group...now ive been logged out at arkfalls when its lagging like crazy but never frozen....ps3 has not been hot nor has it gotten loud sounding like its working hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taaltos
idk all i have to say is that the only problems ive had were in a group....that sums it up.
and to add to that...every single time it froze it was just me and my brother in the area....no purple blip to be seen....no lag....just...ok lets go here...jump on the runner and boom.....frozen.