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This thread has been linked to the game 'Phantasy Star Online: Episode 1&2'.
Seemingly the hot topic of the month at the moment Phantasy Star Online, but how many of you have actually been able to get hold of the game AND the modem? have you played it online yet? and more importantly did your character get corrupted? hang on a second you might say "corrupted? but why?" which is exactly the question im asking.
A few months ago Sega announced when the Japaneese version of PSO for GC was released that it had been having troubles with it's servers, primarilly players complained that there characters had been corrupted by the servers, so Sega then released a new patched version of the game and re-called all of the old japaneese PSO discs, problem solved, or so we thought...
Seeing that the problem has obviously been fixed you would expect these same bugs to be ironed out for the US and most definately the European release over here, and whereas all is now quiet on the front of the US servers whereas regarding character corruption there is still the problem of hackers now lying dormant and striking with the use of their Action Replays.
However! the main fact thats worrying me (and no doubt other pso players) at the moment are reports of this "unknown" cause of character corruption, basically from accounts that iv'e heard it goes something like this...
PLayer logs on, maybe plays a couple of games or so, chats for a while etc then decides to log off and does so in the proper manner by using the "quit game" option which then causes the game to disconnect and save the game as normal, or so is thought, as when they next go to play PSO they get to the character select screen it comes up with a message to something to the effect of "your character data has been corrupted and is unuseable please refer to manual" and as a result of this they have to start all over again as you cannot copy ANY type of PSO file.
Now I think i speak for every PSO player when i say This just is'nt good enough, i mean surely Sega have had ample time to fix this problem but the real question thats also causing controversy is basically is it the servers or not? as it seems to be the logical explanation but Sega have'nt announced any news about there servers since they launched on March 7th and apperently have been working perfectly.
I don't know how many of you on here who may have experienced this mysterious "corruption" but if you have then I would be greatfull if you would post it in here as I would like to try and get to the bottom of this matter just as much as any of you so if youve had any experiences like those aforementioned earlier then post them if you can or if you have any other PSO concerns.
On another related note I should have my modem by today when i get home from college but am at a loss (possibly like other in the forums) about what to do, I love PSO and have been playing the dreamcast version(s) for obout 2 years now and really want to get online with the GC version asap BUT equally i have spent over 48 hours building up my character(s) from scratch and really dont want to lose them in the blink of an eye due to a server problem which should have been sorted months in advance even if this risk may be very unlikely or non-existent which is tricky to define whether these corruptions are just issolated incidents as cases of missuse but i'm guessing there not but it jus gets so annoying and tricky to explain by the second as these problems might not even be problems but it seems they are... and the madness goes on.
But you can see my point can't you? nevertheless i'll prob end up going online out of temptation anyway because iv'e been waiting to get the modem for ages now so IF i find that i have it I will most probably be going online and just enjoying the game without a keyboard and with this corruption worry at the back of my mind which should'nt be a worry as it should be sorted.
Anyway I think i've rambled on enough now and made my feelings clear on the whole situation so if anyone else would like to share their views then i'd be very intersted to hear what you have to say on the matter.
thanks for reading.
slik ~_~
A few months ago Sega announced when the Japaneese version of PSO for GC was released that it had been having troubles with it's servers, primarilly players complained that there characters had been corrupted by the servers, so Sega then released a new patched version of the game and re-called all of the old japaneese PSO discs, problem solved, or so we thought...
Seeing that the problem has obviously been fixed you would expect these same bugs to be ironed out for the US and most definately the European release over here, and whereas all is now quiet on the front of the US servers whereas regarding character corruption there is still the problem of hackers now lying dormant and striking with the use of their Action Replays.
However! the main fact thats worrying me (and no doubt other pso players) at the moment are reports of this "unknown" cause of character corruption, basically from accounts that iv'e heard it goes something like this...
PLayer logs on, maybe plays a couple of games or so, chats for a while etc then decides to log off and does so in the proper manner by using the "quit game" option which then causes the game to disconnect and save the game as normal, or so is thought, as when they next go to play PSO they get to the character select screen it comes up with a message to something to the effect of "your character data has been corrupted and is unuseable please refer to manual" and as a result of this they have to start all over again as you cannot copy ANY type of PSO file.
Now I think i speak for every PSO player when i say This just is'nt good enough, i mean surely Sega have had ample time to fix this problem but the real question thats also causing controversy is basically is it the servers or not? as it seems to be the logical explanation but Sega have'nt announced any news about there servers since they launched on March 7th and apperently have been working perfectly.
I don't know how many of you on here who may have experienced this mysterious "corruption" but if you have then I would be greatfull if you would post it in here as I would like to try and get to the bottom of this matter just as much as any of you so if youve had any experiences like those aforementioned earlier then post them if you can or if you have any other PSO concerns.
On another related note I should have my modem by today when i get home from college but am at a loss (possibly like other in the forums) about what to do, I love PSO and have been playing the dreamcast version(s) for obout 2 years now and really want to get online with the GC version asap BUT equally i have spent over 48 hours building up my character(s) from scratch and really dont want to lose them in the blink of an eye due to a server problem which should have been sorted months in advance even if this risk may be very unlikely or non-existent which is tricky to define whether these corruptions are just issolated incidents as cases of missuse but i'm guessing there not but it jus gets so annoying and tricky to explain by the second as these problems might not even be problems but it seems they are... and the madness goes on.
But you can see my point can't you? nevertheless i'll prob end up going online out of temptation anyway because iv'e been waiting to get the modem for ages now so IF i find that i have it I will most probably be going online and just enjoying the game without a keyboard and with this corruption worry at the back of my mind which should'nt be a worry as it should be sorted.
Anyway I think i've rambled on enough now and made my feelings clear on the whole situation so if anyone else would like to share their views then i'd be very intersted to hear what you have to say on the matter.
thanks for reading.
slik ~_~
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I need to Catch up again*
Just correcting stupid spelling mistakes before anyone else does...
*Runs*
Just correcting stupid spelling mistakes before anyone else does...
*Runs*
$lik wrote:
> 3 things...
>
> 1. it's Slik not Silk (if i had a pound for everyone who made that
> simple mistake...)
I guess you be a millionare eh?
> 2. I'm lvl 31 :P
I'm Level 32. But i an't played it for a day now.. I need to catch again *Sigh*
:p
>
> and 3. as for battle mode I would be happy to challenge you, just tell
> me when ur on and we can arrange a time, lobby, etc so if you were
> serious about challenging me to a battle post your character name etc
> in here or i'll meet u on msn as i think i have ur address added to my
> contacts, neways, let the battle commence! :D
Ah, yes. Sure mate :D We'll be very even if you're the same level as me.. Great :D
>
> slik ~_~
> 3 things...
>
> 1. it's Slik not Silk (if i had a pound for everyone who made that
> simple mistake...)
I guess you be a millionare eh?
> 2. I'm lvl 31 :P
I'm Level 32. But i an't played it for a day now.. I need to catch again *Sigh*
:p
>
> and 3. as for battle mode I would be happy to challenge you, just tell
> me when ur on and we can arrange a time, lobby, etc so if you were
> serious about challenging me to a battle post your character name etc
> in here or i'll meet u on msn as i think i have ur address added to my
> contacts, neways, let the battle commence! :D
Ah, yes. Sure mate :D We'll be very even if you're the same level as me.. Great :D
>
> slik ~_~
Unbeliever wrote:
> Maybe if you pruchased another cheap memory card and used it solely
> for PSO? That way, you could copy your character to two memeory card
> so that if one does gets mysteriously corrupted, then you wouldn't
> lose your character.
ye, its a good idea in theory apart from the fact that you can't copy ANY pso files (not even guild cards) but neways I should be ok anyway as i'm using a Nintendo 251 memory card solely for PSO and I went online last night and had no problems.
However! if any PSO players do happen to find themselves of either being FSODed or corrupted by the server then try the following method which I found on a PSO forum yesterday...
when it comes up with character select screen and it says message about your character having corrupted data or something to that effect, simply select that character, choose an OFFLINE normal game and just save and quit properly via that and apperently the character should be ok then with no corrupt data, lost items or anything as the reason it eliminates this corrupt data is because using this method gives it a chance to save properly so there is no problem.
So at least thats a comforting thought if any of us ever have the problem of corrupt data but hopefully it won't happen unless hackers start screwing around, but for now PSO seems safe enough to use, as for practical, roll on the release of the keyboard on 28th for £19.99 :)
slik ~_~
> Maybe if you pruchased another cheap memory card and used it solely
> for PSO? That way, you could copy your character to two memeory card
> so that if one does gets mysteriously corrupted, then you wouldn't
> lose your character.
ye, its a good idea in theory apart from the fact that you can't copy ANY pso files (not even guild cards) but neways I should be ok anyway as i'm using a Nintendo 251 memory card solely for PSO and I went online last night and had no problems.
However! if any PSO players do happen to find themselves of either being FSODed or corrupted by the server then try the following method which I found on a PSO forum yesterday...
when it comes up with character select screen and it says message about your character having corrupted data or something to that effect, simply select that character, choose an OFFLINE normal game and just save and quit properly via that and apperently the character should be ok then with no corrupt data, lost items or anything as the reason it eliminates this corrupt data is because using this method gives it a chance to save properly so there is no problem.
So at least thats a comforting thought if any of us ever have the problem of corrupt data but hopefully it won't happen unless hackers start screwing around, but for now PSO seems safe enough to use, as for practical, roll on the release of the keyboard on 28th for £19.99 :)
slik ~_~
According to NGC all the problems encountered in the Japanease version have been removed for the US and UK launch.
Maybe if you pruchased another cheap memory card and used it solely for PSO? That way, you could copy your character to two memeory card so that if one does gets mysteriously corrupted, then you wouldn't lose your character.
Ev][L~Dark wrote:
> lol :)
>
> Level 16 an't that bad at all :D
>
> You probly could kill Silk :P
3 things...
1. it's Slik not Silk (if i had a pound for everyone who made that simple mistake...)
2. I'm lvl 31 :P
and 3. as for battle mode I would be happy to challenge you, just tell me when ur on and we can arrange a time, lobby, etc so if you were serious about challenging me to a battle post your character name etc in here or i'll meet u on msn as i think i have ur address added to my contacts, neways, let the battle commence! :D
slik ~_~
> lol :)
>
> Level 16 an't that bad at all :D
>
> You probly could kill Silk :P
3 things...
1. it's Slik not Silk (if i had a pound for everyone who made that simple mistake...)
2. I'm lvl 31 :P
and 3. as for battle mode I would be happy to challenge you, just tell me when ur on and we can arrange a time, lobby, etc so if you were serious about challenging me to a battle post your character name etc in here or i'll meet u on msn as i think i have ur address added to my contacts, neways, let the battle commence! :D
slik ~_~
lol :)
Level 16 an't that bad at all :D
You probly could kill Silk :P
Level 16 an't that bad at all :D
You probly could kill Silk :P
I'd kick ya a-rse with my level 6000 hunter.....okay so he's level 16 but ummmmmm he's getting better.
I've also played the dreamcast version to death and personally am mosty scared by the 'Hackers' That overwhelmed the dreamcast version, However i've also seen cases like these in PSO Forums, e.g. www.Psolife.com And a level 31 Character completety gone in a blink of an eye. He said it went so quick and thats nearly a week worth of playing it to gain back to Level 31. Anyway, You just got to hope that it won't happend to you. Cross ya fingers :)
Btw silk... Me and You Battle Mode :P
Beat you any day :D
Btw silk... Me and You Battle Mode :P
Beat you any day :D
hmm, thats the prob you see, you say that and it has been said that the problem does'ne exist anymore, but the person i was talking to the other night list both her chars one a lvl 41 and another lvl 11 and she WAS using an official memory card and disconnected in the proper manner and she just lost them, so I don't know what to beleive anymore.
Even though i will prob go online if i have the modem as my chars are on an official 251 memory card so i should be ok but sign still point to the problem still being there.
slik ~_~
Even though i will prob go online if i have the modem as my chars are on an official 251 memory card so i should be ok but sign still point to the problem still being there.
slik ~_~
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