OT: NCAA 13 on 360 Freezing
Hey guys, quick question. My copy of NCAA 13 arrived yesterday (thanks to MaizenBlue13 for the rosters, I like them) and things were going great until I got to week 2 in the season vs. Air Force. First time in the game froze in the 2nd quarter. Audio stopped, screen froze on 1 shot, and controller stopped working. Hitting the power button on the Xbox instantly turned it off. Tried it a couple more times and the gameplay wouldn't even load. It froze during the game-loading screen. Same scenario.
I have a bought-from-a-store Xbox that's < 3 years old (so it should be under warranty.) I did get my first "red ring" with it this past week, 1 red light, E68, which it told me was a power supply error. Sure enough, the LED on the power block was yellow. Unplugged it all, plugged it back in, LED is green and no red ringing since.
Is this an Xbox issue that I get a hold of Microsoft for? A game issue? Haven't tried any other games yet, but I figured the board might have some experience with issues like this.
Thanks in advance.
I ordered it from Amazon so I'm hoping to avoid returning the game.
I should have my game at my door today when I get home (I tracked the package and it's currently in my city, but whether or not I get it today remains to be seen). I'm going to play up to the point the OP did to see if that happens. I really hope it doesn't obviously.
I haven't really played video games for a few years, but when I did, some games were worse for me than others. Before my Xbox took a dive on me, Madden was very bad about freezing on my Xbox. I think it is an Xbox issue, but it may be more prevalant in some games, and less so in others.
Make sure your Xbox has properly ventiliation...if you're going to be playing for long hours at a time, I'd put a small fan on it (make sure you don't get some huge monsoon blaster that knocks over the Xbox while you're playing).
As Xbox's get older the internal fans get weaker and really run out and they overheat which is one reason for red rings, especially red rings that go away.
As for the game freezing, I'd hold on to that receipt and take it back and exchange it if it keeps happening. Also make sure you're on the lookout for updates and patches. Typically the first month after NCAA (and Madden) is released there are a number of automatic downloads to fix errors.
I tried it 3 times and it always froze loading, might be a heat issue. I'll clean it out with compressed air and see what happens. Game already downloaded 1 patch, we'll see what else happens.
How the hell do you get a 3 year warranty on an xbox?? I've got two 360s and one is from 06. If you don't have a warranty take it apart and clean all of the dust out of it. Sounds like it's over-heating. Probably not the game, although my copy freezes when i'm supersiming the rest of a game when i'm up by 35 in the 3rd... Madden and Ncaa have done this for years. Nothing is more frustrating when you play a game almost all the way through and then it freezes at the end. I just love restarting the console and redoing the whole game.. Nice job EA
I'm hoping it's a patch issue with EA. And I don't remember exactly when I got this Xbox (I bought an old one for cheap and had an EE at my old company fix it for me... but that got old so I bought one in a store) or what the warranty was on it. I'll have to look into it. If it's up I have no problem cleaning out the internals myself.
huh never heard of this before. My 2 RROD(s) occured in a well ventilated area/plugged into wall, since then I've replaced the latest RROD with a refurb unit thats been in the same spot/plugged into a power strip for the past 2 years and havent had a glitch yet. Though thats probably because this latest unit uses the Jasper chip which IIRC is not quite as powerful as the OG chips in my 1st xbox.
Didn't have time yesterday. Also I agree, the loading/advance week/etc. on NCAA 13 is MUCH faster than it was on 12.
2. Blow on it.
3. ????
4. Profit
That still works, doesn't it?
Seemed to work when I was playing Paperboy and Punch-Out! last night...
Mine worked just fine on xbox, so I wonder if you got a bad copy or have a scratch on your disc.
You're much more likely to find an answer here. I'm willing to bet it's an EA problem, not your xbox.
Hopefully the fix the safety play. I gave up 2 50+ yard TDs to bama because my cover 2 safeties let guys behind them.
And yes, it sounds like an EA problem. Hopefully EA visits operation sports and gets some crowdsourced feedback.
I have heard about this same issue from some people on r/cfb, so it sounds like it may be a game issue.
my last year's copy on the ps3 would freeze every now and then but usually when I was playing online games. I have already had a couple freezes in the loading screen with online play for the '13 version. I believe they come out with patches a few weeks after release to get rid of bugs though
had the same problem with my NCAA 13 a buddy told me to download it to my hard drive did it and have not had the problem since.
one surefire recommendation to improve your gameplay experience:
if you have room on your xbox hd, install the game to the hd. most of the perf issues with the xbox come from overheating (which in turn often comes from having to spin the disc a lot). if you install the game, the disc will still have to be inside, but it'll be a lot less work for the machine (as access from a hd is much more efficient than access from a disc).
This works. Also, I had the power supply issue once. Go to xbox.com and use the support link. You might need a new power brick.
Try installing it on your hard drive first. My NCAA 12 was doing the same thing and it got scratched to shit after about 2 weeks of playing without ever removing it from my xbox. I installed it and never had a problem with it since.
I prefer NOT having my credit card info stolen from the PSN...
My Q:
Can you match up Bama & Nebraska and play Kenny Bell against Kenny Bell?
Installed onto hard drive (Really, 7 GB?) and still froze. Tried another game and it worked just fine.
Anyone know when EA will release and update?
The SAME EXACT thing happend to me! I got it from Amazon, returned it and got my new one friday and just tried it and froze again week two. I made it to the end of the 1st quarter the first time I played AF but then it freezes at the loading screen. I am on my second copy and I am pissed..
Damn bugs. Am very interested in getting this game, but the freezing issues scare me away. I guess I better wait until all the issues are resolved.