GTA4 (PS3) Freezing Issue; Fix Suggested
- Scribbled on April 29th, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Action, Patches, Rumor Mill, Sony PlayStation 3, WTF
PS3 Fanboy is reporting that a bunch of PlayStation 3 owners are reporting that their copy of Grand Theft Auto IV is having freezing problems, right after the opening cutscene.
Rockstar suggests:
Rockstar has stated that simply deleting your game data and then reinstalling will fix the issue.
The issue also strangely seems to be associated with the 60GB HD version of the PS3, from unscientific reports. Have you been having problems with the PS3 version?
April 29th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I have the ps3 GTA 4 I cant get online,is anybody able to get online???
April 29th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
deleting and reinstalling the game does NOT fix my freezing issue. I even took my PS3 up to my local gamestop and we tried a total of 3 different copies of the game. None of them worked. So I got a refund and went to Wal Mart, hoping that gamestop just got a bad batch. No such luck. Im having the very same freezing issue.
P.S. My PS3 is the 60g launch version, but the PS3 at gamestop was the same model and it works fine from what they told me.
April 29th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
[...] with the current freezing problem is creating a lot of headaches for PS3 owners. Of course, since online is free, they really [...]
April 29th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
I also heard that the problem is only affecting those who own the 60gb Ps3 which is bull because I own the 20gb Ps3 and I am also experiencing my game freezing! It’s not just in the opening scene either I have actually completed a few missions and now it keeps stuttering trying to load then when I get close to the next mission it freezes. How can I fix this problem? I really want to play the game.
April 29th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
it shouldnt matter if we own a 60gb launch version..Rockstar sold us a half a$$ product, we should be compensated for our time and money lost.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I have a 60GB PS3 (not from launch) and I don’t have any problems so far. I have only completed two story missions so I’m nervous. No problems right now though. Fingers crossed.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Deleting and reinstalling does not WORK because i tried it so many times and even got 2 other game discs and the problem is the same. It does not work on my 60 GB but it works on the 60GB at my local game store.
April 29th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
I have a 80g and the game also freezes and lags.
April 29th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
I have an 80GB and I am having the same issues; At random cinamatic screens it freezes on me. I don’t believe it’s my system because all my other games work fine and my system has never froze before. This has to be a game/disk issue. Question is, will there be a patch to fix this soon? This is bull and an utter dissapointment. I waited in line for 2 Hours to get this hyped game and my fun is suddenly ended by this stupid glitch. There had better be a God Damn Patch Soon! Shame on you RockStar and Sony!
April 29th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
ya ive got a 60gb ps3 and ive had it freeze twice now on me
April 29th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
We had the same issue on our 60GB model.. until we unhooked it from the internet. Then it worked like a charm, sick game
April 29th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
well, yet another crack under the mouth for sony owners, whoever is responsible might want to fix the problem soon, peopled are really pissed off. my online doesnt work which makes me mad, kind of like rainbow six vegas 2 all over again.
April 29th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Mine froze two times already today, Both While taking a turn an Jammin to the reggae
One time my whole ps3 reset and the other time it snapped out of it, i’ll prolly go pick up the 360 version too just to see what its like, Really hopin they fix online
soon!
April 30th, 2008 at 4:00 am
mine froze 3 times last night, eventually gave up. It was at random parts of the game.
reinstalling the game is the kind of answer the IT guys give when they dont know what the issue is.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:22 am
Ive got the 40Gb version. machine is only 3 days old and it freezes nearly every time i play it.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:24 am
[...] the game is supposed to fix it. I have a 40GB version and no freezes or crashes, yet GTA4 (PS3) Freezing Issue; Fix Suggested | Game Stooge GTA IV freezes sometimes, but there’s a fix - PS3 Fanboy Will give it a proper test tonight and [...]
April 30th, 2008 at 6:50 am
For those who have experiencing freezing problems: Try to “sign out” from the Playstation Network and then try playing again. I believe this has helped people with the problem.
This is not the best or final fix, but it’s better than nothing (if it works, of course).
April 30th, 2008 at 8:08 am
I have freezing problem on my PS3.
The three first freezes, after a while, the game continue (but still really boring when you play). The 4th freeze, I had to reboot -_-°
April 30th, 2008 at 9:05 am
I have the 80GB model purchased in Feb… Mine did it twice, once during the Scene in Roman’s apartement, i thought it was my fault cause the door rang and i tried pausing suring a video… so i had to hard boot, but then it froze again in the first mission were they show you that if your parked in the car you can look around… I twisted the camera to appear GTA 1 birds eye view style and it froze again… I reset the PS3, and ive played quiet a bit since then and have not frozen since. Sometimes it does “GLITCH” for about 2 seconds when entering a new mission… Which by the way isnt that bad at all considering there is not much loading when raoming around the city. We’ll see if a patch is released soon… and hope that i dont freeze again.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
My game keeps freezing over and over again, im running on the 80gb model and as far as I can tell it is completely random. So far I’ve had to hard-boot every time.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
i have the 20gb ps3 and it freezes all the time!
April 30th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
c4 to your door rockstar
no answers yet means they are scared of what they have done and wish it would go away
obviosly rockstars nerds arent qualified
April 30th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
still frustrated
May 1st, 2008 at 2:07 am
call the tech support and leave them your email. they will email you whenever they fix it….
May 1st, 2008 at 4:06 am
i bought a ps3 40gig version 3 days ago and so far GTA IV has crashed at random points every time i have played it/ lock ups like this seem to be memory or overheating problem , if its memory then they maybe able to fix it with patch but if its over heating the hardware then prob’s tuff luck :/
May 1st, 2008 at 7:04 am
I bought gta yesterday and I have a 40gig ps3, played it for half an hour then it froze. Now no other games will work on my ps3 - sometimes it wont read the disc and sometimes the game will start then just freeze again. Absolute joke, Sony are sending me a new ps3 but if I put gta in a new one again surely the same thing will just happen again?!
May 1st, 2008 at 10:08 am
Ave got the 60gb ps3 got gta4 at midnight waited in line for hours played it none stop till the other day when it started freezing in a mission where u have to save roman from a ware house i restarted it and now it freezes randomly i checked to see any other games where like this and assasins creed also starts freezing i am restoring default settings the now then going to disconnect from the internet to see if tht will stop my freezing problems
May 1st, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Problem solved here by logging off from playstation network (in the PS3 main menu).
Got the game, played ok for quite some hours yesterday, then today it kept freezing during gameplay. After reading some stuff here i suddenly remembered i tried some multiplayer, had to login to playstation online but got the message on the cellphone saying it could not connect to the game servers. After logging out from the network, i started GTA4 again and have been able to play without any more freezes since then.
Hope this helps.. (and hope they upgrade their servers, so online will be available!)
May 1st, 2008 at 3:40 pm
I bought my GTA 4 for 80gb ps3, witch I had for 5 months now. Ever since I been playing it, I have been having problems with the picture freezing over again and again. You know it doesn’t matter how you fix it, it has to do with the disk itself. Some how rockstar and the developers or whoever is responsible has screwed up, because I tried everything from deleting the first GTA 4 files and re-stale it again, “4 TIME ALREADY!!!” I even tried to sign out and sign in, to turning off my Internet, but it seem that problems still occurs. Now I hope rockstar or Sony fixes this problem soon, because I’m getting tire of buying games that cost me an arm and a leg..lol ^_~
May 1st, 2008 at 5:21 pm
This is so weird because my brother and I both bought 60 gb launch versions of the PS#, specifically fro Grand Theft Auto. After the two years of waiting, I got my copy and it has run flawlessly. With over 30 hours of game play already, I have experienced no such issues. My brother on the other hand has yet to be able to run the game on his PS3. Rockstar needs to stop screwing around. After delaying the game for 6 months you’d think they’d be able to get the bugs out.
May 1st, 2008 at 8:05 pm
hey, i’ve got another problem to….right after finished first date misson, the game suddenly stuttering…..
i think it just only once, then after i restart my ps3…..it happen again…
i bought 60gb, and reg2 this game
now i even cant enjoy the game T_T
May 2nd, 2008 at 4:10 am
I bought my PS3 launch night. I have never encountered a single problem via hardware or software till now. I bought GTA4 and played it without a problem for hours. Then all of a sudden it started, freezing 15 minutes after I started playing. In the middle of a mission, walking around doing nothing , doesnt matter. It gets worse, now every game I put in whether 1st or 3rd party game freeze. GTA4 killed my 60gb PS3. I have sent emails to Take-Two and Sony. I am severly upset and hope for a solution from either side.
May 2nd, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Rockstar need to sort something out, they scammed us all…
May 2nd, 2008 at 4:53 pm
That’s a bit strong. I just think they developed the game for the 360 and the port to the PS3 isn’t working. The same happened with The Orange Box, and the reverse is true with Ghostbusters right now.
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:31 pm
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May 2nd, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Mine was freezing as it was loading into the game (after the opening cinematic)…
I disabled my internet connection, deleted the cookies and the cache through the PS3s internal Web Browser, (as per portions of TakeTwo’s GTA4 Suggestive fixes) And now it works fine… No internet access though… kinda bugs me…
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:49 pm
MINE IS WORKING
tried that signing out of PSN and then signing back in…
i did it three times
then i am playing it now…hope it doesnt freeze up..
GOOD LUCK
AND SCREW ROCKSTAR!!!
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:05 pm
ps3 40gig here. Freezes after the opening comic pictures. Freezes every time on the opening loading screen.
Deleted my game save nothing. Took out disc nothing, this is messed up.
I am pissed off. Hours wasted. Now nothing at all…
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:21 pm
I just did the freeze fix thing and it works so far…now I am going to try multiplayer after I save and turn my internet back on… I have a 40 Gig.
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:50 pm
what I found out is when I am signed out of the Playstation Network I can play without any problems (40 Gig PS3) but when I sign in during the game by trying to play multiplayer it freezes or when I am already signed in and try to play after the opening comic pictures (when it tries to load my saved game) it freezes….try signing out of PSN and playing. I deleted my saved game for no reason, damn! What is the purpose of adding multiplayer to a game if I cant use the feature. Fix this Rockstar it isnt right!
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:59 pm
GTA 4 freezes after the opening cinematic, now i’m trying take2’s fix
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:18 pm
The issue is the internet. I have a 60 gig launch version, never had an issue with it. The game hasn’t froze on oneplayer until I get hooked onto playstation network. I log on, it logs on fine and then when the screen to choose a game comes up, it freezes. I am guessing that is a patch fix. If I log out of PS netowrk it works. But when I quit the game, it restars the entire system and when the PS network is one, the loading screen freezes
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:24 pm
omg help i’m havin the same problem i have the 40 gig (bought it just last month. it just sits there saying loading game and nuthing happens i deleted all my files and re-installed it but stil nuthing enyone fix this problem yet? (all my other games work fine its just gta4)
May 3rd, 2008 at 12:09 am
fellas with 40 gig and freezing after opening sequence
DISABLE your internet connection!
you don’t have to mess with game data or cache or anything as long as you disable it!
you cant play multiplayer obviously but atleast you can play single!
hope the fix comes out soon but until then… you can settle for rampaging around the liberty city by yourselves =D
May 3rd, 2008 at 1:15 am
I have a 80g Everything is working except for the online. no freezing
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:06 am
Hi, I have an 80 gig and had the same freezing problems…..I logged out of the PSN network and the freezing stopped. I think that if you clear your internet cache everyday you can still play it?
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:09 am
signing out of playstation network works…i have a 40gb and i was not even geting pased the starting new game lol…but i read this and it worked
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:36 am
I just bought a 40 gig PS3 for this (and for MGS4) and I’m having the same problem trying to load my single player game. I just restarted my system three times and no luck. The funny thing is I have loaded from this part twice already and now the games messed up.
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:41 am
My game was freezing during the load sequence. I signed off from the PS3 network and it worked fine. I have 60 gig, not intial release. Has anyone found an official comment from Rockstar or Take Two Interactive regarding this glitch?
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:44 am
The problem appears to be solved by disconnecting yourself from the network . . . worked for me!
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:02 am
This is the only game that makes my ps3 act crazy what the hell this sh*t cost too much money to act like this
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:46 am
I saved my game right after “The Snow Storm” mission, when I tired to play a few hours later I experienced this freeze right after the intro while it was trying to load. What worked for me was clearing my internet cache and deleting cookies.
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:48 am
I just encountered the freeze problem - I am reinstalling and trying again. I own a 60GB PS3 - unfortunately it appears they never play tested it on this console…pretty poor if you ask me.
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:41 am
Bought my Australian version of GTA4 a few days ago. Started freezing today on my 40gig PS3.
This is not good enough Rockstar. Where’s the public announcement and fix?
I suggest everyone starts emailing/calling Rockstar for answers:
http://www.rockstargames.com/support/req_support_detail.php?product=275,16,Grand Theft Auto IV,PLAYSTATION_3,Rockstar_Games,gta4&submit=Submit
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:46 am
i have a 60g and i have never had a problem with it and i got it last september. when i first bought gta 4 it workrd fine for the first 2 days i actullay made it about half way threw the game untill the 3rd day it froze on me, my ps3 is now f@#$*d , all my games freeze,i have never played it online and i uninstalled it like sony suggested but still all games freeze. someone must pay for loss of time and money!!!
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:49 am
I had a freezing issue during a load after the cutscens it helped to deleate the last saved game, after that i could play like normal agein
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:33 am
i got well into the game done about 10 missions then fancied a online game boom the thing froze and now im trying the reinstall trick and start from the start what a joke! all thos hours of play wasted!
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:53 am
Logged out of PSN, hasn’t frozen since. Still though, this is unacceptable. Multiplayer is a huge factor in this game and you can’t even log on to the network without it freezing.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:07 am
I’ve got a 60Gb PS3. The game has frozone a couple times during normal gameplay - I found holding the PS button to bring up the ‘quit game’ menu and then cancelling back to the game sorted it out. However, this morning, the game freezes whilst it’s loading the last save game.
I’m going to try reinstalling, but don’t hold out much hope of it working, going by the other posts here.
So much for play-testing and quality control, though it seems getting customers to pay for the privilege of beta testing it is the norm in the software industry now.
Not impressed.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:22 am
I have a launch 60 gb and was experiencing slight in game freezing where i would be running and the game would stop for a second then continue but this morning the game wouldn’t load. I signed out of the Playstation Network and it was fine
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:43 am
i have the 40gig and having the same problems, i deleted all the date but still won’t load!
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:38 am
I Got A 80GB PS3, and Now That I been Beating The Game…Its Getting Worst The Game Frezes Every 5 Minutes and i got to restart my PS3…this is BULL
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:45 am
I’ve got a 60gb model and played gta 4 for like 3 days without having any problems except freezing for like 2sec. Now i started up and afther the loading part with the artwork it freezes on the black screen with the mission title. Anybody has a solution? man i’m so pissed off
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:55 am
this is pretty big bullshit. this is what extensive beta testing is for. i have a 40gb and i’m nearly half way through the game and now it refuses to load at times and when it does it freezes in the middle of a mission or just after i’ve completed one.
someone should just DDos rockstar’s websites and then they’ll know freezing feels.
May 3rd, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Just disconnect from Playstation Network on your PS3’s main page and start the game, it works again. You just can’t go online.
Hope they fix this crap soooooooon! Pretty pissed off.
May 3rd, 2008 at 12:23 pm
JUST SIMPLY DISABLE INTERNET CONNECTION AND IT STOPS FREEZING PS3
May 3rd, 2008 at 12:37 pm
How many of you guys used cheat codes on here? B/c late yesterday i came home and found my bro playin my gta4 using cheat codes and now it dosent work online and just keeps freezin.And i found out when ever i cut my internet off i can play then when i turn it back on right away when im playin it will freeze. My gta4 worked just find before when i didnt used any cheat codes. and i had it ever since it came out.
May 3rd, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Just logout of PlayStation Network did it for me!
Hmmm… did
May 3rd, 2008 at 1:09 pm
i have a 40 gb and it worked for a little bit and now it freezes and says loading when i turn it on.
May 3rd, 2008 at 1:11 pm
OMFG i have the 40gb version and the game run ok on the first 14 hours… than i turned off the ps3 and when i tried to play today it just wont load my saves, it stays loading forever, even after 3 reinstallations.
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Hi,
I have a 60gb abd i have had the same problem with GTA IV crashing, but i think i have found a quick way to resolve the problem without a full reload, but it could be a fluke.
I came to play it this morning and just kept hanging when trying to load my last saved game. I backed up my saves and deleted them off the ps3 and then added them one by one to see which would load first, but to no avail it kept failing……. I tried one last thing before going for a full reload. I deleted the profile under the games saves and then added my last save and it loaded. Unfortunately it could be a fluke, or it did work. but as a test, i added my backed up profile save and it hung on the loading screen like before, I then deleted it and its worked. Once it has loaded your latest save, turn off the auto-save and then save it immediately.
I have had no problems over the 8 hours.
Regards
Daxing
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
I Have a eighty Gig, and it won’t half the time. I have to keep restarting to get it to work. Not right man!!!!!
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Hey, There seems to be an issue with the built in NIC and the game. Try Unplugging The Ethernet port and unconnecting the wifi and the game should not have a problem running in single player mode you should be able to play without crashing. Please let me know how this works out for all you.
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:07 pm
WTF i just bought gta and it wont leave the loading screen and it even froe on me last time whats going on i want to plaayyy
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I have a 60 gig PS3 model, and deleting save games does NOT fix the issue… after the opening cutscene when the game freezes, Quit the game (which should make the PS3 mess up and restart) Then turn the ps3 off and back on again, and when GTA4 starts up, the save file will load normally.
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Ive got more than 40 percent done with the game. I noticed that the cut scenes were starting to freeze for a few seconds after… Now I cant load the game. I’m stuck at the beginning of the load menu. Yes… I do have a 60 gig hard drive.
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I have a 80gb PS3 and have the same issue as the 60’s. It freezes starting new game… So far I haven’t heard of any other 80gb PS3’s having this issue. It’s driving me insane though. How can you release a console game, and not work on the damn console?
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:59 pm
I was having the same exact problem with my 40gb PS3 and GTA 4. Its not the playstation or the saved data thats defective, all you have to do to fix the problem is go to network settings and disable the internet. Worked for me anyway.
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:08 pm
I have had my system freeze up countless times, and have to hard boot, and finally it just stopped loading my saved game data it would sit at the loading screen forever… so I disabled my internet connection and it worked!!! so far at least I’ll keep you all posted… thanks for the help
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Agreed, I have a 40 GB that’s freezing, I tried reinstalling, did nothing. As long as I’m not signed on to the PS3 network I have not problems.
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Like others have said…..if you sign out of your internet connection the game stops freezing! I have a PS3 60gb version and it worked for me.
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Made it through most of story mode and then I made my way to an online game. After about 20 tries to connect I made it into a game. The next day I found my game freezing while it was still loading. Had to delete all my information (did not uninstall) and it started to work again. Thanks Rockstar
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:24 pm
hi i just tried logging off play station network and it still donest work arg! i played it last night it worked fine and now it doesnt work i just got to the loading page and thats it :@ rockstar shouldnt have released the game this early did any of the other gta games beofre this one happen like frezzing? this is my frist gta game and ya
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Hey guys,
I was very frustrated with GTA4 on PS3. I have a 40GB version and the game hung on my twice last night. This morning, I couldn’t load my saved game and it would spin forever.
After reading some forum posts, I tried signing out of PS Network and I disabled the Internet connection on my PS3. So far, my saved game now loads and I haven’t run into any problem since. You guys may want to try that.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Tell Rockstar that you are having this problem and tell them to fix it NOW:
Go to this link: http://www.rockstargames.com/
Move your cursor near the bottom, and click “Mouthoff”.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:42 pm
i have 40gb ps3 and gta 4 kept freezing after launch scene - annoying bc you wait five min to find out that it doesnt work. logged off ps3 network and it works now.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:51 pm
JUST LOG OFF INTERNET WHILE PLAYING GTA AND IT WORKS LIKE H@&%!!
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:52 pm
omfg !!! myne just wont work… my ps3 80 gig bought game played for half a hour no probs really , now everytime it goes to load the game at begining no matter what it freeses just tryed it like 20 times, didnt try all my other games yet, what the hell is wrong i cant even play single player…..please help and i hope my 80 gig not broke now cause of it or somebody is gona owe me big time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Was having this problem, tried disabling network connection completely as other forums suggest and its working fine, just no internet
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:24 pm
hey all.
unfortunately i’ve been experiencing the same problem (60 gb ps3, freezing after opening cutscene). one thing i noticed is that when i went into the saved game folder, there would be 2 saves files for gta 4. usually the files were identical with the exception of that they were timestamped within a few mintues of each other. try deleting the more recent save file. so far i have not had to reinstall the game or disable the internet connection. this has solved the issue… so far. can anyone else verify this?
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:43 pm
i picked up gta4 today first copy didnt work seccond copy turned off the internet connection and it worked. i have a 60gb not from launch
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:15 pm
I had the same problem and tried over and over again to load last saved game and it would just sit there saying loading and I have the 80gb PS3…
I took the PS3 off line and it loaded right up no problem…
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Mine started working again after I signout of my PS3 account and then I made sure the ethernet cable was disconnected. It’s a stupid fix, but atleast I can play again.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:42 pm
I have the 80 gig PS3 and I did have the game freeze when I chose multiplayer from the cell phone, but if I log on to the Playstation Network before launching GTA it works. I just log on from the main PS3 screen and then launch GTA. I don’t know if this will help, but you can try it!
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:43 pm
i bought gta4 and played through it and now it wont let me get to the game, right after the opening picture slideshow it says loading, and doesnt stop let it sit for an hour and same screen it is ridiculous. already deleted and went over same bull.i paid 60 bucks for a game that doesnt work and no car modding? wth is that.
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Try disconnecting your internet, I just tried and I got in. I have a launch 60 gig ps3, had very few problems until now, lately the game has been freezing or not loading in at all the loading mission screen really gets annoying… But I just tried disconnecting and it works but I don’t have the balls to quit and retest it, until next time. good luck
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:50 pm
guys i have the 40g same problem its not the game or the hardware its the ps3 network if you disable it the game will work again but if you try to log in on the multiplayer to play online the game freezes again now whats the problem there
May 4th, 2008 at 12:37 am
i have the 60gb from launch and i had no problems what so ever with my gta4 game…. until now.im about 38 percent done the game and for some reason when ever i try to play my game it wont load and it just sits there saying its loading for like 10 minutes then i get frusterated and finnaly shut off my console ,so i cant evn get into the game play!!, however first time i reconized this freezing problem was watching one of the ciematic videos for a mission and it frozed tryed it again and worked did a few missions and now its having this wierd loading freezing thing … ROCKSTAR FIX THIS NOWWW VERY UPSET THAT I CANT PLAY MY GAME!!!!:@:@:@
May 4th, 2008 at 2:35 am
OK WELL IVE NARROWED IT DOWN
THE FREEZING PROBLEM HAPPENS FOR ALL 60 GIG CONSOLES. 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME IF MY PS3 FROZE ON GRAND THEFT 4 ITS CUZ THE INTERNET….ILL HAVE THE INTERNET UNPLUGGED AND IT WILL LOAD SO FAST GO FROM BELLIC TWINS STR8 INTO THE GAME I OPEN THE CELL AND THEN I PLUG THE ETHERNET CABLE IN…SOMETIMES IT FREEZES RIGHT WHEN U SIGN INTO THE PLAYSTATION NETWORK WELL 80 PERCENT OF THE TIME IT FREEZES AND ONCE IN A WHILE ULL GET THE GAME TO NOT FREEZE WHEN U PLUG ETHERNET IN AND IT WILL KEEP GOIN AND U CAN PLAY MULTIPLAYER FOR AS LONG AS U WANT THEN U GOTTA UNDO THE ETHERNET SO I CAN TELL YOU FROM NARROWING IT DOWN, WHENEVER THE ETHERNET IS NOT PLUGGED IN THE GAME RUNS SMOOTH WITH IT PLUGGED IT I CANT GET IT TO LOAD EVEN THE GAME AFTER REFORMATTING THE HDD AND REINSTALLING THE 3.SOMETHING GIGS ITS DEFINITELY NOT A 60 GB ONLY PROB MY BUDDY WITH AN 80 AND HISBROTHERS 40 THEY HAVE TWO COPIES OF GTA 4 SAME PROB THEY WERE USIN WIRELESS HAD TO CHANGE IT TO WIRED CUZ AS SOON AS THE WIRELESS WOULD FINALLY LOG IN FREEEEEZE CITY…SO TO PLAY THE GAME WITHOUT MULTIPLAYER JUST UNPLUG THE ETHERNET U CAN PLAY ALL THE WAY THRU THE WHOLE GAME JUST FINE, NOW FOR MULTIPLAYER THATS WHERE THE PROB IS SO JUST DONT PLAY INTERNET OR EVEN HAVE UR ETHERNET PLUGGED IN BEING LOGGED INTO THE PLAYSTATION NETWORK IS WHAT FREEZES YOU UP IFYOU DONT BELIEVE ME UNLUG YOUR ETHERNET AND START UP GTA IN UR PS3 AND I BET U ALL A MILLION DOLLARS AND U HAVE MY CONTACT INFO BRYSILVERSTONE@AOL AND IM ON AIM AND MYSPACE SLASH JEALOUSYEARNED*MYSPACE.COM/JEALOUSYEARNED* CONTACT ME WITH THE WORDS PS3 FREEZE GTA AND ILL TELL U WHAT TO DO…
May 4th, 2008 at 5:04 am
I bought gta4 for my ps3 40gb…. after installation my game froze at “loading new game “…… i quit the game and logged out of the ps network ie worked offline…. i restarted the game and it works fine with no problems …..just gutted that the game wont work online
May 4th, 2008 at 10:46 am
i have the same problem, whenever i play the game it freezes after the opening scenes at the bit where it says loading-(whatever level you are on)
If you are not wanting to use network then the best thing to do is to just sign out and it plays no problem. in order to make mine work with network, i started the game while signed in waited untill it got to the loading screen where it was freezing then turned the ps3 off using the switch on the back. then turn on the ps3 and go into the game as quickly as possible. the game should now work, it did for me and a few friends anyway including the multiplayer, was playing online for a few hours last night without any problems. hope this helps
May 4th, 2008 at 11:03 am
i also had the freezing problem at the part after the opening scenes where it says ”loading-whatever level you are on”
if you do not want to use network then the easyest thing to do is just to sign out of the ps network and the game should work. in order for me to get network to work i started the game while signed into network, when i got to the ”loading-whatever level you are on” bit i turned off my ps3 using the switch on the back. then turned it back on. you have to go into the game as quickly as possible, i am guessing this is because you are still signing into network at this point. it should now work, it did for me and a few friends anyway, including multiplayer. i was playing online for a few hours last night with no problems. hope this helps
May 4th, 2008 at 11:50 am
I have an 80 gb ps3 and had freezing problems at the start of the game as already described. It froze a second time in this scenario:
1) I failed my first attempt at the mission “Jamaican Heat”
2) I tried out the multiplayer function for the first time directly afterwards.
To fix the problem, I had to:
1) Hard boot the PS3 to get off of the freeze screen
2) Log out of the PS3 network
3) Turn off autosave in the GTA game options menu.
It appears that the autosave file for that particular mission somehow conflicted with multiplayer functions. After a manual save the game works fine, including multiplayer functions (though I have to log in to the PS3 network from within GTA 4, I can’t be logged in when I try to boot the game).
May 4th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Disconecting internet from PS3 fixes prob…
May 4th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Thanx for the reactions. Shutting down the internet…. ok no prob. Pissed i deleted my savegames before i read this after 28 hours of playing.
May 4th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
i bought the ps3 GTA4 bundle pack which is the 40gb ps3 and its only frozen once, which i think is something to do with multiplayer servers. It hasnt happened again though. I have played it online a few times with no problems
Hopefully we’ll see a patch out soon
May 5th, 2008 at 4:18 am
60gb ps3 owner here, purchased nov 07
Played gta4 for around 9-10 hours over the course of 3 days, and it froze for the first and only time right after doing a mission for little jacob (froze right after pausing the game and before the map showed on the screen, so it was all black).
After 30 seconds i shut off the ps3, but upon boot, discovered it wouldnt read any discs at all (cd/dvd/bluray, nothing).
This was not a PSN/online issue for me, my moden is never plugged into my ps3, unless to download firmware and i always play ps3 offline.
Reformatting didnt work for me either.
All the recent forum buzz suggests this is happening to ALL ps3’s, even newer 40gb ones.
Sony is sending my ps3 its coffin.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:05 am
I mean come on!! was this game not tested? Every game should go through immense testing prior to the release date, especially a game like this with its large magnitude of fans! This should have been tested 1000’s of times on each console and each consolve version ie. 20GB, 60GB, 80GB Etc… This is unprofessional in my eyes, and i find this to be a hilarious given the popularity of the game and all the hype surrounding the launch.
May 5th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Yeah I liked to echo the above (this is on the 40GB version of PS3). Disconnecting the ethernet cable completely fixed the problem I have of it freezing when I was resuming a game.
May 5th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Hi everyone, I to have a problem with GTA4, on a 40g ps3, there is no way I can go online but to let everyone know if you have freezing during the initail loading of the level then it is related to the online freeze, to let the single player game work properly you need to edit your online profile and make sure auto sign in to the ps3 network is turned off or it will freeze trying to go online while the game loads up
May 5th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Yes - disconnecting the ethernet or logging off PSN fixes the problem. It fixed it for my console.
But how do you play multiplayer? Doesn’t this kill one of the biggest draws of GTAIV?
May 5th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Bought the game watched tv in the first room - gt4 crashed - now wont work - gets stuck on the loading screen - im not playing it now i ill not buy a game from them again, funny how all my other games work flawlessly on my 60gb ps3
- as for it killing ps3’s thats real crappy - i hope soon they will bring out a patch as im just not gonna bother playing it till then!
May 5th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
i had the same problem, but fixed the problem this wya, everytime the game freezes i just pop in another game that will for sure work, let he game load quit it and put in GTA, and since then, my GTA has never froze again on the PS3.
May 5th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
yeah..ive had trouble with the 40 gig version freezing at loading tryed everything i’m going to try the network off like everyone said..yea it does blow that you can hardly play online..they need to fix there whole network play..i played it for an hour then it froze and wouldn’t work during the game then thats when my game save froze the next day when I tryed to play.its a great game but they have to sort out these problems..
May 5th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
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I GOT A REPLY FROM ROCKSTAR:
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Thanks for the email. Sorry to hear about your problems with Grand Theft Auto IV. We identified an issue whereby bad data being returned from one of Gamespy’s servers was causing the single player game to crash at the beginning of the game if the gamer was connected to PSN. Gamespy have implemented a fix that resolves this issue and both companies are continuing to monitor this situation closely.
We are extremely sorry to hear about any of our fans experiencing problems, and want to assure everyone that we and our partners are working around the clock to resolve any issues. We want every single person’s experience of Grand Theft Auto IV to be outstanding. Any further support updates will be posted at http://www.rockstargames.com/support as soon as they are available.
Hope this helps,
Rockstar Games
May 6th, 2008 at 7:58 am
I have the 80 GB version and it hangs.
Reinstalling the game didn’t work either.
I wonder how many people with this problem have changed their PS3 to use another OS.
I am not willing to reformat the HD for just one game.
I am very disappointed that Rockstar doesn’t even mention the problem on their website. Very Disappointed. I am willing to bet it has something to do with copy protection.
May 6th, 2008 at 10:32 am
im sick of you idoits saing “oh just disconnect the internet” IT DOESNT FREAKIN WORK YOU MORONS
May 7th, 2008 at 3:40 am
Actually, it DOES work for at least 90% of those who do it. And it’s easy…just go into your network setting and turn it off. Who’s the moron?
May 8th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Hey all u PS3 people don’t feel so bad. Even though I have one of the very first Xbox 360 versions, I got to 20 percent with no problems on the game other then not being able to read the text on the phone unless i get up and wallk to the tv. My game is freezing and now cant be read and it got nicked up inside the system. I am gonna get a new game and wait for a patch to come out cause i read that other xbox’s got the red eye when they kept trying to play. Rockstar needs to hurry up this is BS.
Glenn
May 8th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Although gta is not freezing for me it wont let me play my missions i get to a mission, to the downward facing arrow and nothing happens i just walk straight through it can ne 1 help im desperate??? (i had an update today maybe this has something to do with it)
May 11th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Ok to clear up the ps3 issues:
1) It is not just freezing up in the cut scene. MY MACHINE FROZE IN THE MIDDLE OF GAMEPLAY AFTER I’VE HAD THE GAME FOR A WEEK AND A HALF
2) Reinstalling the game data DOESN’T DO JACK, I even did a system restore on my hard drive and still nothing.
3) It WONT READ ANY DISC, NOT JUST GTA IV. it completely wipes out your blu ray drive altogether
4) Its HILARIOUS that kids who give oral pleasure to their ps3’s after hours of intimate gameplay lie on forums to downplay the problem, out of fear for being criticized by the kids who give their xbox 360’s oral pleasure.
May 11th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Sounds like in your case, the PS3 has died.
May 13th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Anyone have any ideas for those of us who have tried disabling the internet connection and it still freezes on the opening video? I am pissed I haven’t been able to play this game for even 5 minutes yet!
May 13th, 2008 at 9:24 am
I had freezing problem with loading, so i unistalled GTA4, not the savedgames. Now i cant install the game and version anymore. What 2 do now?
May 13th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
I have a 40gb version I play gta4 for 3 hours i froze now my ps3 will not recognise any games i used and won’t work!!! any suggestions? help
May 14th, 2008 at 1:41 am
Hey all
I have a 60gb model/ January 07
I have the updated firmware, and have been playing GTA4 with no problems for the first day. Also, I’ve had no problems whatsoever with my PS3 with other games. So the next day, I play it for an hour and then my PS3 suddenly shuts down. I try to play again, same conclusion. Now my PS3 will not even turn on, no red light, no green light, nothing. So I guess I can’t reinstall/try to disconnect from the internet when my PS3 is dead…
Anybody have the exact same problem?