I have read about the possibility to clean the fallout 3 goty cache in order to "prevent" crashes or freezes of the game.
But i still don't understand HOW...i've read to press L2+R2+SQUARE.. but WHEN i have to do so ? And I have to do it Always When I Start Fallout ? Or When The Game Presents Problems?(freezes,lag,etc..)
I'm very confused about this procedure...

Can Someone please explain me ?

Thanks in advance...

please .... help me !!!

thanks...

I have no idea. :blink:

I have the GOTY edition for the PS3 and it has NEVER froze. :hehe:

maybe just try cleanng the disk could be that

Argh!!! BTW all is very odd... to someone the game never froze,others froze 50 times in a day... who knows where is the problem...

The disc is clean , brand new...

PS: thanks for the reply....

:-?

just send it back and ask for a new one because yours is faulty.

i don't think is a disc related problem... i've had freeze also on the normal fallout 3 (i sold it waiting for the goty)... that's the sad thing...

If i had to guess the L2+R2+Square thing would have to be pressed after you press the ok when you get the message "do not turn the console off when the game is saving....." and keep pressing it until you are at the FO menu.

If i understood , you'll have the picture of the BoS guy but you won't have the "press start" option if it worked.

I've also read that you can clean the cache by turning the console off.


P.S. it's NOT a disc related problem. but if you can exchange it maybe you should....

This.
It has nothing to do with the disc or the system itself.

The cache thing is pure speculation but it seems to be plausible and at the moment turning off your system seems to be the only way to clear the game's cache.

Is it possible to do a fresh install of FO3? I've never tried uninstalling a disc-based game.

I.e. uninstall the existing version and reinstall it, saves should remain even after the uninstall.

If you delete the game data through the game data utility in the PS3 menu, it should be like when you first bought the game, except you still have saved games. If you delete the saved game as well, there shouldn't be anything else on the system until you start playing the game again.

Hold L2 R2 Square after the trophies load and keep holding it until the screen with the power armor,the Fallout 3/press start text will disappear...

Can someone link me a source for this procedure,I am wondering why I have not heard of this until yesterday ?

Not sure. But it does do something. I just tested it.

I started up the game, exited, checked the game data size. Booted up the game again, holding R2, L2, and Square until "Press Start" disappeared, exited the game, and checked the game data size. The two game data sizes were definitely different.

This button sequence is also the same on the 360, but the "west" button is "X" instead of "Square."

I noticed my gamedata file was a different size aswell,but I figured it was because I deleted my gamedata and reinstalled.

so do u guys think that this might help with the freezes?

Yes if you have GOTY. Your noy losing anything by doing it lets put it that way, it has been proven to shrink your game data size which helps.

The replies are correct at the trophy sync screen. I'm not sure what it does though. I have done it as well, it does something. Supposedly when you power down the PS3 with the PS button, then cut the power once it shuts down with the switch in the back clears the cache as well, but they eliminated that with the Slim models. But I still experience crashes in the exact same spot in PL, at this tree branch before you enter the Park dock area. There for, any bugs in the game are not related to the game install data, but to your game save data. Yes, I have deleted the install, restarted the game and have the same problems. You will never know when it'll happen until you're stuck in a repeating groundhog day of crashes, bugs, laggs ect. The bottom line is that no one should have to do anything speacial to play their game. It's just unheard of to go through these steps to play a game. I think Bethesda knew it would have problems with their dlc in regards to the PS3 due to the delay in release and the year and a half wait to get it. I don't think it was a timed exclusive thing. It's just an unfamiliarity with the PS3 archetecture. The 360 and PC have more RAM than the PS3 which why the game is more "stable" on those platforms. Gorgeous games like Uncharted, Killzone, Grand Turismo require little to no install. The developers know the archetecture of the hardware and utilize the PS3's SPUs properly. It's odd though that Shivering Isles was released on a separate disk and I have never had a problem with it. One thing for sure is, Bethesda should realize what a great game they made and almost 2 years ago, people are still playing it and are just as enthusiastic about making it work. It's a shame thought that they and other publications (ie magazines, web sites, ect.) are ignoring this huge pink elephant that is sitting in everyones' PS3. Good luck to with your game. I too am looking forward to New Vegas, but I am weary of playing it due to these problems.

OK, so the combo deletes the corpses of the enemies we killed? ... Bethesda should bring back what they put in Morrowind ... (dispose of corps).