The German Xbox 360 Version Freezes

(Spez) #1

Now that we have a Tech Help forum section i’ll post my problem again:

The german retail version of Brink for 360 locks up my Xbox after a short while of play.
(Usually about 20 to 30 minutes.)

The picture just freezes and i have to reboot the system.

Until now i’ve spoken to 16 german players over live and on this forum who all encounter the same gamebreaking bug.

I myself own an old Xbox AND a new slim one. Installed Brink on both- had Brink freeze on both. I took it to a friend of mine and installed it on his Xbox- the game locked up his Xbox after 5o minutes of playtime…

This seems not to be an isolated problem, it could very well affect all german versions of Brink.

Edit:
Link to the old thread i made:
http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/showthread.php?p=293956#post293956

Edit2:
A german review is up which mentions that the game freezed roughly six times during their test sessions. Bethesda said that it has to be their review copy. All other cpies of german Brink are supposed to work fine. LINK.

Edit3:
German magazin GAMEPRO says in their review that a lot of gamers will be disappointed to hear that Brink is barely playable because of the constant lock ups. LINK

(Smooth) #2

Thanks for the report, this is something we’re actively investigating.

Have you experienced it in solo play, multiplayer or both?

Have you changed your console language at all since you first played Brink?

(Spez) #3

The game crashes offline and online. I had this happen in all gamemodes including the challenges.

At first i thought it could have something to do with the fact that i started the game initially with english language settings of my Xbox360.
So i deleted my savefile, deleted the game, switched to german from the start and installed it fresh. I played it from DvD, from a fast USB-Stick, after that from harddrive.
Brink is still crashing.

(Black Jack) #4

[QUOTE=Spez;296227]The game crashes offline and online. I had this happen in all gamemodes including the challenges.

At first i thought it could have something to do with the fact that i started the game initially with english language settings of my Xbox360.
So i deleted my savefile, deleted the game, switched to german from the start and installed it fresh. I played it from DvD, from a fast USB-Stick, after that from harddrive.
Brink is still crashing.[/QUOTE]

I have the same problems after playing a while (after 30 - 50 minutes).

Also a lot of german friends. :frowning:

(IKE) #5

It is not just happening on the German version. I’m in the US and I can’t even play the game after downloading the patch. My game would freeze from time to time before the patch but now it won’t let me get past the Splash Damage screen.

(ALL2getherNOW) #6

same here. he game is freezing…everytime. first time i played it ran for 2 hrs, then broke down. since then it freezes every 5-30 min.

i’ve started the game as a rebel and finished the campaign (first 4 missions without problems), tried to play security-campaign with the same char but it only takes a few minutes until the game freezes then.
with some new char i can play security for about 30 min. until i crash.

ive installed on HD, no good. Then played from disc, no good either. Installed again…nahh.

i don’t know one person who does NOT face this prob.

next thing. what is with this graphics?it doesn’t look like screenshots shown here. it’s foggy, blurry, textures are way too slow!

(ALL2getherNOW) #7

i’ve just installed brink anew on hd, copied my savegame to ms memory unit (autosave not on HD) and played for nearly 3 hrs without any problems…then this whole freezing-thing started again like before.

at least i was able to play some security-campaign missions without creating a new char.
but for now, i’ll put this game aside…there is no fun in seeing my console breaking down every 30 mins.

i hope splash damage will fix this asap…

(Awez0me) #8

I have the same problme , constand freezing. Choppy sounds ,blurry foggy graphics.
What i noticed is when you play as medic and buff somones health and the blue bubbles come up, then it really likes to freeze.

Edit : oh and please do an emergency patch i cant accept to wait the normal 4 -6 weeks till a patch releases
And please tell me its Bethesdas fault not splash damages.

(Awez0me) #9

Its so terrible startet freezing after 30 min continiued 4 times every 30 min ,then it frooze twice within 5 min thats unacceptable

playing from HDD or dvd, cleared cache . nothing helps

(ALL2getherNOW) #10

@awezome

as for me, it mostly crashes when blood is spilled over ur screen and your get knocked down/out…directly before you “die”. the two of us prove that the crashes are randomly throughout the entire game i guess.

to be honest: this should not be happening. even without 100’s of testers and betas and whatever. especially on consoles hardware is nearly the same for every user.

hope they have a clue and are already working on a patch…

(Spez) #11

Im sorry to say that, but even IF they are working on a patch to fix this, the patch will first have to go through microsofts certification process, which usually takes a few weeks…

:(:(:frowning:

(Awez0me) #12

Yea we are screwed.
Waiting on reply from bethesda and zenimax. also contacted my dealer if he can trade it in for a uk version.
Im really disappointed

(ALL2getherNOW) #13

they have to work on a patch by now, already too many people with freezing problems.
some emergency-patch and ms has to push it through!
this state now can’t last a couple of weeks!!

[QUOTE=Awez0me;300331]…contacted my dealer if he can trade it in for a uk version.
Im really disappointed[/QUOTE]

is the uk version any better? i dont think so. i own AT version…it says DIS-24561-EUR
but i only guess, if someone knows better, plz tell.

(Awez0me) #14

[QUOTE=ALL2getherNOW;300554]they have to work on a patch by now, already too many people with freezing problems.
some emergency-patch and ms has to push it through!
this state now can’t last a couple of weeks!!

is the uk version any better? i dont think so. i own AT version…it says DIS-24561-EUR
but i only guess, if someone knows better, plz tell.[/QUOTE]

A friend i play with has the UK version and he frooze nowhere near as i did. When i frooze 20 times, he frooze once.Also the first post makes me believe that thats the case.
The Real EU release is 13th, we will see how the forums look after the weekend.

(Awez0me) #15

My experience is it rarely freezes if i play solo any mode.
If i play Multpplayer with others it at least freezes in the second Game.
Almost allways freezes on container city for me.
Also i watched that the Textures loaded really slow before a freeze, maybe coincidence maybe not.
The same with sound, i got choppy sound and it soon froze coincidence or not i dont know.
I hope we get a word on this soon, its really killing game experience for everyone that tries to enjoy this game.

(Druig) #16

The UK Version doesn´t freeze at all…i played at least 12 hours and had no freezes

(ALL2getherNOW) #17

[QUOTE=Awez0me;301562]My experience is it rarely freezes if i play solo any mode.
If i play Multpplayer with others it at least freezes in the second Game.
Almost allways freezes on container city for me.
Also i watched that the Textures loaded really slow before a freeze, maybe coincidence maybe not.
The same with sound, i got choppy sound and it soon froze coincidence or not i dont know.
[/QUOTE]

for me there is no difference between playing solo or multiplayer. the game freezes in every mode equally often.

can you plz ask ur friend and post the “disc id number” or whatever it is called. got my hands on DE/AT version until now, both have DIS-24561-EUR…
if the UK-Version has the same number there shouldn’t be any difference too, right? :confused:

(Awez0me) #18

[QUOTE=ALL2getherNOW;302265]for me there is no difference between playing solo or multiplayer. the game freezes in every mode equally often.

can you plz ask ur friend and post the “disc id number” or whatever it is called. got my hands on DE/AT version until now, both have DIS-24561-EUR…
if the UK-Version has the same number there shouldn’t be any difference too, right? :confused:[/QUOTE]

These are mixed reports and seem totally random then.
Freezig is no fun i need a Emergency Patch now.:frowning:

I doubt its the same Disc number or whatever. Because The german version hsa the german and french language (no english) on it. while the UK version has english language on it.
But ill ask.

(meccs) #19

What I don’t get is why there is a US, EU and a German version when the German version is uncut?! WTF?!

(Awez0me) #20

I would assume its because of disc space shortage. Haveing german english and french on it could have reached the maximum.
Its not uncommon to have different versions for different languages.