PS3 Version Freezing

[Ferret]

Guess what? I got to play for 10 minutes again before the game froze. Fucking shitty ass game. Again I collect some armor and head to get a desert eagle and the game froze right before I even got to see what it looked like. Fuck this game I want my money back, all $95 of it too.

[Dr.Dbl-Gee]

I have the 60GB and it doesnt freeze every 10 min eventhough i had over 7 crashes already. I have crashes while loading and randomly while playing the game. It pisses me off like shit cuz each time i gotta restart my PS3. I will try to mess about with some settings like you guys said before.

Edited May 1, 2008 by Dr.Dbl-Gee

[badgerov]

I have the 60GB and it doesnt freeze every 10 min eventhough i had over 7 crashes already. I have crashes while loading and randomly while playing the game. It pisses me off like shit cuz each time i gotta restart my PS3. I will try to mess about with some settings like you guys said before.

Mine hasn't frozen once since I made the changes I mentioned earlier, though I've heard that doesn't help some people. Hope it works for you.

[TomNeck4GTAIV]

1) Delete the game's install databack it up first) (. This is done via the PS3 options. Scroll along the cross media bar until you reach the 'Game' tab, now scroll up / down the list until you reach the 'Game Data Utility' Enter this and locate the GTA IV option. Highlight this and press triangle once, from the menu select Delete. This will delete the game's install information.

2) Delete the game's save files. To delete any save files you will need to do the following. Scroll along the cross media bar until you reach the 'Game' tab, now scroll up / down the list until you reach the 'Save Data Utility' Enter this and locate the GTA IV option. Highlight this and press triangle once, and from the context menu select Delete.

3) Disable your Internet connectivity for the PS3. To do this scroll along the cross media bar until you reach the 'Settings' tab, now scroll up / down the list until you reach the 'Network Settings'. Now scroll down to the Internet connection option and press x, now select the disable option. Once this has been done unplug the ethernet cable if you are connecting to the Internet if using this.

4) Disable the console's information board. To do this scroll along the cross media bar until you reach the 'Network' tab, now scroll up / down the list until you reach the 'Information Board', highlight this and press triangle. From the menu select 'Do not display' Press X to confirm this.

5) Disable Media Server functionality. Scroll to Settings, now scroll up / down to 'Network Settings' select Media Server connection. Once this has been done press triangle and change the option Disabled.

6) Delete all of the system's Internet cache. To do this scroll along the cross media bar until you reach the 'Network' tab, now scroll up / down the list until you reach the 'Internet Browser', highlight this and press X. Once you browser opens press the triangle button once, from the new menu highlight the 'Tools' option and press X. Scroll down the menu until you reach 'Delete Cookies' and press X. Confirm the files deletion. Repeat this for 'Delete Cache'.

7 ) Turn off the PS3 screen saver. Use the cross media bar to scroll to 'Settings', select 'Display Settings'. Now highlight 'Screensaver' and set this to 'Do not use'.

8 ) Once this has been done, manually restart you PS3 by holding down the power button for 5 seconds it will beep once and then shut down. Release the power button and re-press it and hold for about 5 seconds. The system will then boot and reset all display settings. You will be prompted to reset your display settings to how you require them.

9) Once restarted please try the game again, you will be prompted to reinstall.

Once the game has started please turn off the following features:

1) The game's auto-save. Press Start, Game, and locate the Auto-save option. Turn this off.

2) Turn off the game's flicker filter. Press Start, Display and locate the Flicker Filter option. Turn this off.

3) Turn off the controller vibration feature. Press Start, Controls and locate the vibration option. Turn this off.

If that doesn't solve the problem, Take-Two allows tech support users to reopen their cases within seven days.

Hopefully this will help some of the freezing and crashing problems for some owners.

More support available at The official site:

http://support.take2games.com/cgi-bin/take...ibility=0&p

[Blur]

You're all just unlucky, my copy has been working fine for the past week. And I am very pleased. 40GB PS3, GTA IV regular edition. I bought it at Ciruit City, they are very realible. Hope it turns out ok.

[Andreaslkpg]

I´ve had the freezing problem with GTAIV on my PS3 (i have the "old" version of 60Gb from last years release) as well and i have tried almost everything if not everything i guess. Until today when i went down to my local EB-games (Gamestop) store and bought a new HDMI cable (2m double shielded standard hdmi cable) and it finally worked! Thats my tip to everyone who has the freezing problem, TRY IT! I just hope it works for you as well as it worked for me=)

Edited May 16, 2008 by Andreaslkpg