FSOD & Corruption FAQ

[darkice]

hey already lost all my stuff through corruted data and lost my rati
but now i have got a deva using my redria hunter of course but am still gonna take the risk of losin it am goin online in just a few weeks i wish there was a way i could back up all my data.

[Freaky kid]

ever scine i turned legit (august last year) i havnt corrupted or had fsod scince then. it does help being legit.
and if u do get a long wait in between ship changing or joining a ship then its a good sighn that youll get fsod unless u do something. if this happens then press the reset button. it will save and go back to the title screen.

[Omar]

ever scine i turned legit (august last year) i havnt corrupted or had fsod scince then. it does help being legit.
and if u do get a long wait in between ship changing or joining a ship then its a good sighn that youll get fsod unless u do something. if this happens then press the reset button. it will save and go back to the title screen.

That is probably due to the fact that there are less people online now.
Think about it: more people online=more overcrowded ships/blocks=more chance of fsod/fsodx.

Whether you are legit or not has nothing to do with how often you fsod or are corrupted.

[misterbud]

As I said people, use your heads, do not just go spouting somthing that is a popular view...the fact is that there is no logic behind your statement...

Albert Einstein became what we know him to be by using logic and not following popular belief.

Being legit will in no way shape or form affect your disconnection, FSOD, or FSOD-X rates...being legit can not and does not affect your connection speed or what kind of jackasses are on abusing glitches...I've said it before and I'' undoubtedly say it again...use your heads people.

[Anti Hacker]

I'll Post here what ive posted on my own thread, I didn't realise there was already a sticky for this subject so sorry for posting it twice but i think everyone should know this Also I have changed what i said slightly because i feel it more accurately reflects the truth.

"OK, so heres a way i stumbled across to stop FSOD. Its worked for me every time i've used it (I've used it more than 8 times) and i think its only right i share it with the rest of you guys .

Things you will need:
2+ GC controllers
A secondary character

OK, so, your ging into a lobby or down into a game or something and the screen frezes totally, FSOD! Dont worry, heres what you do... Turn off your GC, select single player offline or online game. Highlight the character you were just playing as and check for a message like "Game didnt save properly blah blah items have been lost". OK, dont go into a single player game if this message is there, instead, back out and go into offline multiplayer mode. When it said "Items have been lost" it wasn't actually telling the whole truth. what it actually meant was "items will be lost at the start or end of any singleplayer/online game (non splitscreen)".
When you start the Offline splitscreen, youre items are still all there (sometimes if you have multiple weapons or armour in your inventory NOT equipped, the non equipped armours and weapons will be lost, usually whatever you have equipped will NOT be lost... so just carry one of each with you from now on, no biggie eh?).
Drop trade all the items you want to keep to the other character, then, quit the game (sometimes i use FSOD as an excuse to clear out my bank of unwanted items, lol). Go onto a singleplayer or onlie gametype. Highlight your character. Sometimes if you are lucky, the "Items have been lost" message will be gone by now. If not, go on the game with that first character anyway. OMG! Shock horror! All my items are gone! Oh wait, no they're not i told you to trade them. Quit the game. This has ALWAYS cleared the message for me. Trade back all the items you need for online play, and your away! (heck youve lost 10+ mins of your life doing all this but hey ).

Whats really amazing is that i can keep this all in my head. I don't know why the saving dosen't clear items on offline multiplayer, it just don't. I dont hear anyone complaining, so, there ya go, maybe I'll find some more cures soon."

-Also note
1.) If you use an official mem card (grey, nintendo, small, you know the one...) with Only PSO ep. 1&2 on it (possibly ep. 3 as well) the chance of a full corruption is dramatically reduced compared to 3rd party mem cards like 4gamers.

2.) If you get the screen when youre going into a game where youre almost up in the air in a kind of 1st person view with ships flying by, this is not FSOD (many people think it is). To solve it either wait quite a while and eventually you'll "beam down". If you cant be bothered like me press reset on th cube and it'll quit out and save your game (as opposed to actually resetting ).
This does not work on actual FSOD.

3.) If you get the corrupted message and feel like suicide (hell we all been there ) Turn off ure GC and go to the mem card screen when you re turn on the cube. Delete youre guild card data. i have found about 60% of the time its the card data thats corrupted. So you lose all your friends but you keep your char and make a new guild card file (this will be automatically prompted).

4.) Yes being legit does help stop corruption and im pretty sure the reason why is this: Say you have a 1304 mag, sometimes the game can get confused to exactly how the mag has exceeded its maximum lvl and tricks itself into thinking corruption has occured when really there isnt a faulty file. I think the being legit helping corruption/FSOD is only to do with mags/stacking items/exceeding maximum wepon percentage though, un-legit weapons shouldnt hurt as long as theyre not tampered with. I am legit myself and would reccomend it to others but if you want to do these things and run the risk its up to you.

5.) No a hacked sealed J cannot turn into a TJ sword. duped ones might be able to, but theyre is a slight difference between the files of the hacked and non hacked sealed J sword that stops the hacked from turning TJ. Maybe the hacked TJ could cause corruption to because of the difference in the file? I'm not sure. Best ways to gaurd against that is to stay away from any sealed J you havent found yourself.

6.) Yes there is a legit way to get the red ring, its a 1/80 chance for any section ID but whitill (which is 1/40 i think) off Ulti dark falz. if you see it after the battle it will be over the edge where you "cant get it". Yes you can get it, and no its not a glitch i think you were intended to do it this way to show initiative: if you have meseta on you, drop it in batches of one until it starts to be pushed over the edge. eventually it can push the red ring to the other side. That clears that up then.

Again, i hope this helps you all out in the future
-Feedback please!
-Anti

[Omar]

4.) Yes being legit does help stop corruption and im pretty sure the reason why is this: Say you have a 1304 mag, sometimes the game can get confused to exactly how the mag has exceeded its maximum lvl and tricks itself into thinking corruption has occured when really there isnt a faulty file. I think the being legit helping corruption/FSOD is only to do with mags/stacking items/exceeding maximum wepon percentage though, un-legit weapons shouldnt hurt as long as theyre not tampered with. I am legit myself and would reccomend it to others but if you want to do these things and run the risk its up to you.

No, that is incorrect. If you can actually offer proof for your theory, then I will reconsider.

6.) Yes there is a legit way to get the red ring, its a 1/80 chance for any section ID but whitill (which is 1/40 i think) off Ulti dark falz. if you see it after the battle it will be over the edge where you "cant get it". Yes you can get it, and no its not a glitch i think you were intended to do it this way to show initiative: if you have meseta on you, drop it in batches of one until it starts to be pushed over the edge. eventually it can push the red ring to the other side. That clears that up then.

No.

Red ring's drop is not activated. The drop rates are set to 0 and have been since launch. The only way to activate the Red Ring drop would be a new online quest or a new game disc.
If you are wondering how I know this, then take a look at the game data for yourself or ask any reputable PSO player.

With regards to your "method" to prevent item loss from FSOD. If you would care to read dec's opening post in this topic, then you will see it has already been posted. Many newcomers to PSO forums have lots of cool "methods"/"tricks" etc. that have been proved true or false on numerous occasions. I would suggest you do a search for the things you are going to post if you have any more you wish to share. Either that or just look for posts by Kef and I :wacko:

[Gotien]

Aw give him a break this time Omar he's new... you were new one time remember? lol

[Zen]

Aw give him a break this time Omar he's new... you were new one time remember? lol

Yeah, At one Point, We all were n00bs at PSO

[Charybdis]

i was always legit when i go online. i used to use hacked mags online but i thought something bad would happen :S at least, thats what i believe...

[Anti Hacker]

If you would care to look at the first post it actually says "deposit everything" which i have found frequently dosent work. in my method you trade and then deposit. Thus my method is slightly different.

Also i have talked to many experienced PSO players/hackers who have seen the drop chances in code form, they also claim these drop chances are accurate. Maybe these chances are on another console or version than i am playing? I dont know.

I said "i think the reason why" i did not claim my theorey was proven in any way. But I have generally noticed a trend in the corruption in hacked mag users being higher. If you at least gave the theorey some thought maybe we could help to solve a problem? please read my posts more thoroughly before you comment upon them, thanks

-Anti

EDIT (decswxaqz): Double Post

Thanks i think Gotien
Nah i dont wanna make enemies with anyone jsut defending a point...
btw plz dont call me a noob, i find it offensive. newbie is the polite term but im not that either, i've been corrupted what, 6-7 times now (dont make me count up my FSOD's, just dont, i dont even know!!!) ? ive played this game for over 1200 hours (i'm not gr8 but im not a noob). Plus its only you guys im trying to help!

p.s. how the crap do i get rid of this freakin' lowly peon thing!?! Driving me nutz!

-Anti