Front Mission 3 memory card problem.

dot|hack · July 19th, 2005

This is quite strange. I was playing through the game, saving only on the memory card (not using any save states) and everything was going great. However on one mission, the game constantly chrashed, not allowing me to go on. I guessed that this was a cd problem, so I borrowed my friends copy of the cd and created an iso (I like to make them because isos load so much faster then from cd drives, and no annoying spin up sounds!). I loaded the game once again, and then went to the memory card. However, a problem came up. The save didn't seem to have the game! I was shocked, so I checked it out with the memory card viewer, and the file appears to be there:

I went into the emu, and made sure that the memory card file was in the right directory, which it was. Now I'm siting here, 10 hours into the game and unable to load, any ideas anyone?

**n_w95482** · July 19th, 2005

Is something wrong with your disc (like severe scratches) that prevents you from making an image with it?

dot|hack · July 19th, 2005

Yea, I tried to make another iso with my origonal disk, and it bugs out half way saying a file fma3ar.mcb is corrupted, then it shuts down. My friends cd works both in the pc by cd rom and by iso. I guess I could start over on the ps2, but i'd really like to finish it this way

**hushypushy** · July 19th, 2005

are the discs from the same region? i.e. you both have NTSC

dot|hack · July 19th, 2005

Hmmmm, just ran the game with the origional cd, and guess what? The save file in the memory card works! Now with my friends cd it doesn't. His his cd is NTSC, i lost the case to my cd so I'm not sure... gah! Any ideas on what to do?

**hushypushy** · July 19th, 2005

have you tried using his disc and your memory card save in PSXeven or PCSX? or using your disc and your memory card in such emulators?

dot|hack · July 20th, 2005

Yep tried it with psxeven, same resuts :/

galson · July 20th, 2005

A version of the game should be visible on the CD label, too.

dot|hack · July 20th, 2005

Too late now, already threw away my own cd. Oh well, looks like i'm gona play it again on the ps2, so nothing like this happens again... Thanks everyone.

**hushypushy** · July 20th, 2005

you threw away your own CD. was this CD perhaps....not the original version?

July 19th, 2005	#1 (permalink)
dot\|hack Shell Ghost Join Date: May 2003 Location: USA Posts: 44	Front Mission 3 memory card problem. This is quite strange. I was playing through the game, saving only on the memory card (not using any save states) and everything was going great. However on one mission, the game constantly chrashed, not allowing me to go on. I guessed that this was a cd problem, so I borrowed my friends copy of the cd and created an iso (I like to make them because isos load so much faster then from cd drives, and no annoying spin up sounds!). I loaded the game once again, and then went to the memory card. However, a problem came up. The save didn't seem to have the game! I was shocked, so I checked it out with the memory card viewer, and the file appears to be there: I went into the emu, and made sure that the memory card file was in the right directory, which it was. Now I'm siting here, 10 hours into the game and unable to load, any ideas anyone? __________________ [os]Windows XP [cpu]KV8 pro AMD 64 2800+ @ 2.3ghz [memory] Corsair 1 gig @ 400mhz [display]X800 XT PE (vivo flashed) [sound] X-fi

July 19th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	Is something wrong with your disc (like severe scratches) that prevents you from making an image with it? __________________ Main PC: DFI LAN Party nF4 SLI-DR Expert w/406-bta BIOS, AMD Opteron 165 (CCBBE 0615 EPMW) @ 3 GHz (334x9), 1.55v w/D-Tek Fuzion WB; 2x1 GB OCZ PC4000 EB Plats @ 250 MHz, 3-3-2-8, 3:4, 2.7v; ATi Radeon X1900XT 512 MB @ 668/855 w/DD Tyee WB, 150 GB WD Raptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), SB Audigy 2 ZS, 700w OCZ GameXStream, CM Stacker 810, Windows XP Pro

July 19th, 2005	#3 (permalink)
dot\|hack Shell Ghost Join Date: May 2003 Location: USA Posts: 44	Yea, I tried to make another iso with my origonal disk, and it bugs out half way saying a file fma3ar.mcb is corrupted, then it shuts down. My friends cd works both in the pc by cd rom and by iso. I guess I could start over on the ps2, but i'd really like to finish it this way __________________ [os]Windows XP [cpu]KV8 pro AMD 64 2800+ @ 2.3ghz [memory] Corsair 1 gig @ 400mhz [display]X800 XT PE (vivo flashed) [sound] X-fi

July 19th, 2005	#4 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	are the discs from the same region? i.e. you both have NTSC __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

July 19th, 2005	#5 (permalink)
dot\|hack Shell Ghost Join Date: May 2003 Location: USA Posts: 44	Hmmmm, just ran the game with the origional cd, and guess what? The save file in the memory card works! Now with my friends cd it doesn't. His his cd is NTSC, i lost the case to my cd so I'm not sure... gah! Any ideas on what to do? __________________ [os]Windows XP [cpu]KV8 pro AMD 64 2800+ @ 2.3ghz [memory] Corsair 1 gig @ 400mhz [display]X800 XT PE (vivo flashed) [sound] X-fi

July 19th, 2005	#6 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	have you tried using his disc and your memory card save in PSXeven or PCSX? or using your disc and your memory card in such emulators? __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

July 20th, 2005	#7 (permalink)
dot\|hack Shell Ghost Join Date: May 2003 Location: USA Posts: 44	Yep tried it with psxeven, same resuts :/ __________________ [os]Windows XP [cpu]KV8 pro AMD 64 2800+ @ 2.3ghz [memory] Corsair 1 gig @ 400mhz [display]X800 XT PE (vivo flashed) [sound] X-fi

July 20th, 2005	#8 (permalink)
galson The Big Red Machine Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Éire Posts: 1,254	A version of the game should be visible on the CD label, too. __________________ My deviantART \| Generalemu \| Xbox 360 News \| PS3 News \| Wii News

July 20th, 2005	#9 (permalink)
dot\|hack Shell Ghost Join Date: May 2003 Location: USA Posts: 44	Too late now, already threw away my own cd. Oh well, looks like i'm gona play it again on the ps2, so nothing like this happens again... Thanks everyone. __________________ [os]Windows XP [cpu]KV8 pro AMD 64 2800+ @ 2.3ghz [memory] Corsair 1 gig @ 400mhz [display]X800 XT PE (vivo flashed) [sound] X-fi

July 20th, 2005	#10 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	you threw away your own CD. was this CD perhaps....not the original version? __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

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