I thought Old World Blues would be a good DLC, except now its the crappiest one yet. Honest Hearts and Dead Money was WAYYY better.
3 freezes/crashes and 5 severe laggings, and I just got out of the Think Tank. My disc is NOT scratched, and my ps3 isn't over-heating or anything. I'm not going to play NV till they release a patch that actually DOES something. Unlike any of the previous patches. The companion dismissal terminal is useless, since it doesn't send my companions to the Lucky 38.
My rage-rant is over.

But does anyone else have problems with OWB?

No, I loved the dlc. Just some minor problems, like power armor, but those were out of Obsidian's hands since they weren't allowed to use PA in OWB. It froze a few times but I have learned to save, a lot.

I have not experienced a single crash, bug, or anything that you have described above. OWB runs fabulously for me on PC.

I will admit that I don't really use anything that the Update has to offer. I'm not a fan of the companion system, seeing as they always engage in combat despite the chances to sneak away. And I have already beaten all of the quests and things they have fixed, so it's not use to me.

Oh and the companion dismissal terminal is for companions in general, not just if they're in the Lucky 38. It's for when you lose your companions somehow and you need to dismiss them.

I don't think you're supposed to rate an entire DLC based on performance alone. It could be the best running game in the world, but if it svcks, it svcks. When you fix your crashing issues you should play the game on a good in depth level and come back to us with your findings.

I've not had a single problem with it either, on the 360

I haven't had any problems with Old World Blues. Also, the companion dismissal terminal is not 'useless' just because it doesn't send companions to the Lucky 38 -- it does its job when you need it. If you want to dismiss your companions to the 38 you should be talking to them and telling them to go there, no?

I've got no complaints for the Xbox version its awesome.
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ps3 user here, and my first time through OWB was pretty bad. about 10 freezes and another 10 times the framerate crashed i had to save, quit to xmb, and restart to fix. two spots in the game had screen tearing, both in the forbidden zone dome. this was on a save file that was created before downloading OWB.

then i started a new game (after OWB was installed) and finished OWB the other day. 1 freeze, 2 times framerate dipped (nowhere near as bad as a framerate crash) everything else ran perfect (as perfect as this game can run). no screen tearing either.

try starting a new game and going straight to the drive in and see if it works any better.

I'm on PS3 and I also suffered major framerate drops near the Sink. Just save in the area and restart. That should give you enough time to make a break for it.

I had too many problems with the ps3 version I think for bugs and freezing its the worst, have the pc version with dm, hh, and owb if I do crash now its most likely a mod

The only time I ever had any problem with Old World Blues was occasionally it would lag when 7 Roboscorpions spawn right in front of me. But it was fine once they appeared. Never had any other problem with it, which was rather surprising. New Vegas is one of the buggiest games I've played. I'm on 360, no problems with OWB. Only people who appear to have troubles with it are PS3 users. Weird.

Are you high? I had one crash during OWB, and it was still the best DLC. Buggy =/= Bad. Buggy = Buggy. It was the funnest, the most engrossing, the coolest, and reminded me so much of FO3 it got me excited for LR

it depends on how big your save file is. mine was 13M and almost every time i exited or went near the think tank/sink the framerate would drop to like 1 at the highest.
my friend is playing on a smaller file thats like 1200KB and he hasnt lagged once yet.

I loved OWB. I didn't encounter any major bugs or crashes (on the 360).

Personally, I thought HH was the worst of the lot. Listening to Joshua Graham whine was more than I could take!

Can't say I ran into problems myself. :shrug: I loved the DLC personally.

No issues at all on the Xbox, smooth, good loading times and no crashes

I'm on the 360 - no problems here so far (haven't finished it yet though).

I don't have any issue with bugs, crash, and freeze in game(On PC version).

PS3 seems to have the most problems with freezing and lag.

Xbox360 user here also .... no problems to report. That seems to be the theme of most responders to the OP's question.

PC and 360 users mostly enjoying the DLC with no glitches.
PS3 users having their experience ruined by lots of technical issues.

My save file is 8mb. Usually things go bad for me around there.

On PS3, and near no problems at all, maybe had 1 freeze, 2 at max, very few fps drop.

You should try:

1. Turn off auto-save, YES DO IT! Just save a lot
2. Create a NEW save data file every time you save
3. If you must, turn off radio and/or music (go to settings and set it off)

Besides a few freezing problems I haven't had many problems and I enjoyed the DLC's story and characters.. Although the continual respawning of enemies was rather frustrating at times. I am having slight problems when scrolling around the quest/map section of the pip-boy.. I think it's just because there are so many quests in there.. bogging down.

My game never crashed during the DLC, guess im just lucky

Thought I would balance this out. PS3 user, no freezes. One instance of frame rate dropping on the sink balcony that went away indoors. I've only has 1 freeze whilst playing DLC, during Honest Hearts, and only 2 while playing the main game. My save is 70 hours old.

Oh and I leave autosave on and use the radio normally.

XBOX here. No freezes/crashes in Big MT, but I still have random freezes in the Mojave since the latest patch.

My only problem with Big MT, the 5th sonic emitter for the Robo-Scorpion is not being recognized or loading for me. So even though I collected the holo tape, I only have the other (4) sonic emitter profiles available at the Juke Box.

I agree Big MT was a worth while investment of 800 MS points. The COS Sniper alone was worth the price of admission, but there is so much more.

My only complaint, which I have shared in the form of a POLL, I'd like to see more friendly companion support when visiting Big MT. Having to dismiss and regroup for each Big MT visit seems like an oversight.