Preparation Advice Thread

youreadthat

Guys, I have the xbox 4GB version. Can I use my sufficiently sized old xbox HDD with the transfer cable to play the game off it?

sean1141

how do i check what storage room i have left on my ps3??

mutley18

sean1141 wrote: »

how do i check what storage room i have left on my ps3??

Settings > System Settings > System Information

PickledLime

youreadthat wrote: »

Guys, I have the xbox 4GB version. Can I use my sufficiently sized old xbox HDD with the transfer cable to play the game off it?

Nope!

Unless you want to open the actual enclosure and move the hard drive (pretty sure they're 2.5" SATA drives in there) from the old style into a new style, it's not worth a toss to ya.

Decent info available from Microsoft's website on what your alternatives are.

youreadthat

PickledLime wrote: »

Nope!

Unless you want to open the actual enclosure and move the hard drive (pretty sure they're 2.5" SATA drives in there) from the old style into a new style, it's not worth a toss to ya.

Decent info available from Microsoft's website on what your alternatives are.

Cheers man.

sean1141

mutley18 wrote: »

Settings > System Settings > System Information

19gb left

mutley18

sean1141 wrote: »

19gb left

Cutting it fine! I think I have 192GB last I checked.

sean1141

mutley18 wrote: »

Cutting it fine! I think I have 192GB last I checked.

19gb/111gb is what comes up so I take it thats 19gb left from my 120gb console??

I should have a good bit of saved games to delete anyway

mutley18

sean1141 wrote: »

19gb/111gb is what comes up so I take it thats 19gb left from my 120gb console??

I should have a good bit of saved games to delete anyway

Yeah I think that's right, mine is saying 192gb/298gb. You should be grand by deleting old games and stuff.

marcbrophy

19 gigs is more than enough if you're getting a retail disc, it's an 8 gig install.

SV

PS3 completely wiped, fans hoovered out of dust and bowls of covered ice ready to sit behind the fans for some nice cool air. Hope the fatty ps3 appreciates the love and care I'm giving it for this game!

LuckyFinigan

SV wrote: »

PS3 completely wiped, fans hoovered out of dust and bowls of covered ice ready to sit behind the fans for some nice cool air. Hope the fatty ps3 appreciates the love and care I'm giving it for this game!

Good call, I better give the fans on mine a clean just in case, when I was playing the last of us they were going mental, I can imagine the ps3 outputting a lot of heat when its running GTA V.

TherapyBoy

The (modified) Sick-Boy Method:

Relinquishing junk life. Stage one, preparation. For this you will need one room which you will not leave. Soothing music. Tomato soup, ten tins of. Mushroom soup, eight tins of, for consumption cold. Ice cream, vanilla, one large tub of. Magnesia, milk of, one bottle. Paracetamol, mouthwash, vitamins. Mineral water, Lucozade, pornography. One mattress. One bucket for urine, one for feces and one for vomitus. One television and one bottle of Valium, which I've already procured from my mother, who is, in her own domestic and socially acceptable way also an addict. And now I'm ready. All I need is one final hit to soothe the pain trip to GameStop while the Valium takes effect.

Randy Shafter

So GTA is 8GB on the PS3? I have a fatty PS3 and just deleted a few things. Reckon 12GB should suffice?

sean1141

mutley18 wrote: »

Yeah I think that's right, mine is saying 192gb/298gb. You should be grand by deleting old games and stuff.

marcbrophy wrote: »

19 gigs is more than enough if you're getting a retail disc, it's an 8 gig install.

Have 45gb now after a clean out of old game installs. :D:D

elfy4eva

Not sure if this falls under prep advise, but if you fancy catching up on the story from the previous games PSN have GTA 4 complete edition for €7.99 the package Includes the two expansions (Lost and the Damned) and (Ballad of Gay tony). I havent played the expansions so defo gonna give em a go myself, get me in GTA form for the big day

gnfnrhead

elfy4eva wrote: »

Not sure if this falls under prep advise, but if you fancy catching up on the story from the previous games PSN have GTA 4 complete edition for €7.99 the package Includes the two expansions (Lost and the Damned) and (Ballad of Gay tony). I havent played the expansions so defo gonna give em a go myself, get me in GTA form for the big day

If you want the best storyline in the series, go with TLAD first. If you want random crap, blowing stuff up, that kind of thing with no interest in story, go with TBOGT first.

sean1141

Took out the ps3 today to clean off the dust and stuff around it. Now when I go to play it keeps ejecting the disk:(:mad::(

SV

sean1141 wrote: »

Took out the ps3 today to clean off the dust and stuff around it. Now when I go to play it keeps ejecting the disk:(:mad::(

Blu Ray reader is screwed by the sounds of things..sorry man

These are the kind of horror stories I reserve for my worst enemies.

gnfnrhead

sean1141 wrote: »

Have 45gb now after a clean out of old game installs. :D:D

85GB

Forgot I cleared it all up last year

iMuse

GTA IV broke the laser on my launch day PS3. The worst thing about GTA is that the game is constantly been read from the disc so im sure its stressful for the laser. Atleast on the 360 you can install the whole thing to the hard drive and not have to worry about a dodgy laser.

SV

Trawling donedeal now for ps3's, this game is definitely going to break mine unfortunately

Cienciano

Black out blinds would be handy. Nothing worse than sun shining in on your telly when you're trying to play.

sean1141

SV wrote: »

Blu Ray reader is screwed by the sounds of things..sorry man

These are the kind of horror stories I reserve for my worst enemies.

I fixed it in the most manly way possible..

A good belt of my fist!! Perfect since:D:D Happy days

SV wrote: »

Trawling donedeal now for ps3's, this game is definitely going to break mine unfortunately

I was looking between there and adverts when I thought mine was fooked. Any of the cheaper ones are the older type. Xtra-vision have a 160gb model for 250 which is not bad

PickledLime

sean1141 wrote: »

Took out the ps3 today to clean off the dust and stuff around it. Now when I go to play it keeps ejecting the disk:(:mad::(

Would buying the PS3 GTA bundle be a shout? (This pack)

Not sure what it's flogging for in bricks'n'mortar stores though.

sean1141

It seems to be back working now so touch wood it will stay going for another good while. Its a few years old but I wouldn't be playing it for hours everyday though that could change from tuesday!!!

Mc Love

Cienciano wrote: »

Black out blinds would be handy. Nothing worse than sun shining in on your telly when you're trying to play.

Hence why I said my curtains will be closed but they arent black lined so sun can still come in :mad:

sean1141

Mc Love wrote: »

Hence why I said my curtains will be closed but they arent black lined so sun can still come in :mad:

Hang a big towel over them:cool:

Skylinehead

sean1141 wrote: »

I fixed it in the most manly way possible..

A good belt of my fist!! Perfect since:D:D Happy days



I was looking between there and adverts when I thought mine was fooked. Any of the cheaper ones are the older type. Xtra-vision have a 160gb model for 250 which is not bad

I picked up the 12GB for 190, a mounting bracket for the hard drive for 13, and just chucked my old 120GB hard drive in. Bit cheaper.

krudler

Cienciano wrote: »

Black out blinds would be handy. Nothing worse than sun shining in on your telly when you're trying to play.

I genuinely hope it pisses rain all day tuesday :pac: all week in fact!