HELP!! Just Cause with glitchy graphics

nimble · 23-09-2006, 02:48 AM

Hey all, I'm new here but a hardy gamer of some years..

Yesterday i bought Just Cause (pal version UK). When I fired it up within 10 minutes some sections of the game had strange graphics problems. the best way to describe it is imagine looking at a disco light with rays coming at you, it affects the background and the rays of flickering come from one point and spray out from there. I had a similar eperience with the Saints Row demo from Xbox live.

So i rang the EIDOS helpline, the guy was helpful and told me it could be the game save on the hard drive and suggested trying the game on a friends 360.

i did this, both of us have hard drives but didn't switch them, and the game was fine. I'm running mine on and HDTV but it does it wether i'm in HD or normal mode (also tried it at 480,720&1080). My friend has an older CRT TV.

All i can think is i have a faulty 360! Mine is older than my friends, i got mine in April, he got his about 2 months ago.

Anyone have this happen or any ideas? Cheers! Tim

nimble · 23-09-2006, 03:36 AM

See This link to see what I mean, i've put a little vid up..

DeadOneWalking · 23-09-2006, 06:16 AM

Well, did you play Oblivion and if so did you have any problems? That is a game that can be used for testing a 360 because it needs so much power.
But, overall, I would say that your 360 is defective. You should be able to get a replacement and keep your hard drive.
If you get a new 360 and keep your HDD, then you will need to connect to XBox Live for all purchased content that links directly to your gamertag. (Game add-ins, arcade games, possably themes and games pictures, etc) To my knowledge, the only workaround is to re-download them.

sterritt · 23-09-2006, 07:05 AM

nimble can you tell me what the game is like? i went yesterday to get the game out of game here in belfast and the guy in store told me not to bother cause the game sucked balls. didnt get the game as i didnt like the store assistants attitude getting it in a few days but would like some info on how the game plays

thanks

nimble · 23-09-2006, 07:30 AM

It seems ok, not played it much due to the graphics getting in the way! Like GTA really, but that's why you'd get it i guess! Could do with improvements to the controls, GTA was really easy to get buttons wise, with this I forget the which does what. Strange Game man said it was crap, i thought the reviews had been good for it?

nimble · 23-09-2006, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadOneWalking

Well, did you play Oblivion and if so did you have any problems? That is a game that can be used for testing a 360 because it needs so much power.
But, overall, I would say that your 360 is defective. You should be able to get a replacement and keep your hard drive.
If you get a new 360 and keep your HDD, then you will need to connect to XBox Live for all purchased content that links directly to your gamertag. (Game add-ins, arcade games, possably themes and games pictures, etc) To my knowledge, the only workaround is to re-download them.

I haven't tried that game no, i have Burnout Revenge, Prey, Table Tennis, tomb raider, perfect Dark and some downloads off Live but they're all fine, even in HD. As i said Saints Row has the exact same prob but i assumed that was because it was a downloaded demo and therefore unfinished..
Guess I'll be digging out the 360 reciept!

DeadOneWalking · 23-09-2006, 03:38 PM

Well, to test things out, delete the Saints Row demo, and then re-download it and only it. Let it do that alone. If it still acts up, get a replacement.
Keep in mind, this is my opinion. I could be wrong. You could try calling the XBox tech support to get more information or a confirmation.

Metr01973 · 27-09-2006, 08:44 AM

sterritt don't listen to the guy in the game shop, it's a good game. There are problems with it like side missions being all the same but the actual story and messing about is fantastic.

bradshaw85 · 27-09-2006, 10:09 AM

hi, my 360 version of the game is alright in the graphics but the sound keeps stuttering. is there a update for the game via XB Live ?

sterritt · 27-09-2006, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Metr01973

sterritt don't listen to the guy in the game shop, it's a good game. There are problems with it like side missions being all the same but the actual story and messing about is fantastic.

thanks metr0 i will pick this game up on fri as its pay day. i liked the demo and liked the targeting system when you threw grenades

nimble · 29-09-2006, 11:32 AM

qik update:

Called up the shop i bought the 360, surprisingly the guy said he had experienced the same problem on his 360 at home and that every unit has different dvd drives etc. I argued surely that's no excuse for unplayable software, he agreed and tomorrow I'm going to take it back for a swap hopefully! Bit inconvinient but hey..