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backing up PS3 saves?
Sosseres:
The real problem with FAT32 is: Max file size 4 GB minus 1 byte (or block size if smaller). This means you have to break up images of games, programs and video files. Even some 1080p encodes pass that limit and have to be broken into pieces. I recall I couldn't download a torrent due to that limit, needless to say I havn't used it since then.
donald1:
you cannot do it, i tried. i tried to put the save file for SC4 on a regular SD card, but when i put that save data on a different PS3 and tried to play SC4 with my save data, it gives you some wierd error message about the save data and you cannot play the game. now, i feel that this is somehting Sony should have made public from the start instead of letting people find out on thier own cuz i was very pissed off.
so, unless you feel up to hacking the data to make it work, dont teven bother.
Soulreaper77:
Yeah this "feature" is the biggest bullshit ever. I have a 40 GB PS3 and I've gotten to the point where there isn't enough space on my harddrive anymore because of all the game data that needs to be installed to reduce lag. I had an other OS installed but then I updated without removing it first and now there is an other os partition of 10 GB on my harddrive. I figured I could just format the whole harddrive but then I get this save bullshit and my MOST important games are save locked, Star Ocean 4 (80+ hours invested), Heavy Rain and some others. Now I basically have 10 GB less because of those idiotic save locks and also I'll lose my trophies if I format because I don't have the latest firmware to sync with the server yet (I might JB my ps3).
I could get a new harddrive but then I would have to switch between them every time I want to play an save locked game which is really annoying.
All in all we're just screwed over by the developers.
donald1:
^ also one of the reasons why i stopped playing games and sold the damn thing.
having to install some of the game to reduce lag is bullshit cuz after the first playthrough of Fallout3, the game started to lag so bad, it would often freeze for 10 minutes or just never recover and i'd have to restart the game just for the same thing to happen. the PS3 is equally shitty as it is awesome, how the developers managed that one is amazing.
and the load times for Tekken 6 was a f-ing joke, nice way to ruin an otherwise good game. installing it didnt really reduce the load times at all.
Soulreaper77:
--- Quote from: donald1 on October 31, 2010, 11:39:20 AM ---^ also one of the reasons why i stopped playing games and sold the damn thing.
having to install some of the game to reduce lag is bullshit cuz after the first playthrough of Fallout3, the game started to lag so bad, it would often freeze for 10 minutes or just never recover and i'd have to restart the game just for the same thing to happen. the PS3 is equally shitty as it is awesome, how the developers managed that one is amazing.
and the load times for Tekken 6 was a f-ing joke, nice way to ruin an otherwise good game. installing it didnt really reduce the load times at all.
--- End quote ---
That's why JB'ing the PS3 is so awesome because every game is played from the HDD. I still don't understand why that isn't the standard now instead of physically selling the games, doing things like Steam has, to guarantee fast loading times + less waste (plastic cover, BD, booklet).
I hope that the next generation consoles have no players anymore but only HDD, preferably SSDs.
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