You've lost me now...are we meant to install both discs or just one? Are you saying that I'll need another USB stick in order to play on 360?!
On the 360 GTA 5 comes with 2 DVDs, one is an install disk and the other is the game disk.
The game disk can also be installed as all games can in the 360 but it means the game is trying to read 2 partitions from the hard disk drive and causes problems.
The solution is:
1. Don't install the game disk.
2. Install the game disk to a seperate drive such as a USB2 flash drive.
Is this thread turning into the GTA forums? The amount of grief and moaning about not gertting the same early is unbelievable lol.
Whilst I secretly hoped I might get the game early from ShopTo, as long as I get it tomorrow, then I'll be happy.
Too many important things to do tonight anyway, so having the game would have been a serious distraction lol
If you think this thread is bad you should check Shopto's twitter, its hilarious! People saying how they've been customers for years and now they'll never use them again thanks to this "let down" Quite how not getting a game a day earlier is a let down is beyond me. And people slating them as theyve taken a day off work to play it today
I've always had orders from Shopto early in the past but this doesnt mean set its in stone. I preordered with them as I always have done, wasnt really thinking I'd get it earlier, the only thing I'm annoyed about is that I didnt think to check the prices closer to release date, could have got it cheaper somewhere else.
SO, essentially, because of a bork and to avoid bugs, only one disc should be installed on the 360, meaning the drive will be reading the second disc whenever needed instead of everything being on the hard-drive and practically silent...
Coz of work/family I tend to mainly only play games wither late at night or early in the morning, noisy disc drives (even the not so noisy one on the 360 S) aren't brilliant... I might just see if I can swap my copy to PS3...
Hmm... I'm not 100% sure but I think other devs have managed to get around this in the past.
Is there an official announcement somewhere?
Yes Bungie did with Halo 3.
Just install it and enjoy it. If there are some horrendous streaming problems then just install one disk onto a USB device. I always tend to get better performance from external flash drives anyway so that's where it's going.
If you think this thread is bad you should check Shopto's twitter, its hilarious! People saying how they've been customers for years and now they'll never use them again thanks to this "let down" Quite how not getting a game a day earlier is a let down is beyond me. And people slating them as theyve taken a day off work to play it today
I've always had orders from Shopto early in the past but this doesnt mean set its in stone. I preordered with them as I always have done, wasnt really thinking I'd get it earlier, the only thing I'm annoyed about is that I didnt think to check the prices closer to release date, could have got it cheaper somewhere else.
It is a bit of a let down for ShopTo though, I've always had games at least a day early. Now we're in the awkward situation where there's no actual guarantee of a delivery tomorrow either.
Oh poo.....I pre-ordered from Shopto and was half-expecting it to arrive today ,but that doesn't seem likely from reading this... ...never mind....as long as it arrives tomorow !!!!
Thought another biggie was out there... so R* 'can' fix it if need be...
It's handled completely different, Bungie had an advantage with Microsoft, where the data was installed but treated as like DLC, here's it's essentially a huge department of the game that goes beyond 2GB anyway. But if you are worried about noise, don't be, the second disc is just Audio and Video streaming, the drive speeds will be running at under half on both consoles.
Fix what? Install disk and play disk. Am I missing something?
From what I gathered from what Ash said, if you install both discs to the hard drive it will cause bugs... end of the earth etc. So only install the first disc and keep the second disc in the drive for it to access it whenever needed. Equals noisy drive issues for a lot of folk.
It is a bit of a let down for ShopTo though, I've always had games at least a day early. Now we're in the awkward situation where there's no actual guarantee of a delivery tomorrow either.
I've always had games earlier too but to be fair to Shopto its not something they promise or guarantee, its just an unwritten assumption that you're likely to get it earlier with them than anyone else.
Could totally understand people kicking off if it doesnt turn up on release date tomorrow, just seems a bit OTT to be moaning to the levels some people are on twitter because its not come a day early.
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On the 360 GTA 5 comes with 2 DVDs, one is an install disk and the other is the game disk.
The game disk can also be installed as all games can in the 360 but it means the game is trying to read 2 partitions from the hard disk drive and causes problems.
The solution is:
1. Don't install the game disk.
2. Install the game disk to a seperate drive such as a USB2 flash drive.
Whilst I secretly hoped I might get the game early from ShopTo, as long as I get it tomorrow, then I'll be happy.
Too many important things to do tonight anyway, so having the game would have been a serious distraction lol
Because it would reduce loading times and stop the noise from the disc spinning.
Didn't expect it to, since my order was only dispatched on Saturday afternoon.
Dude I'm not 'winding you up' don't believe me that's fine I don't care, I have the game, and you don't
So... answer some of the questions that you've not answered properly
If I wanted to install to a flash drive, how much memory am I looking at?
Thanks again
16GB or larger.
And no you will just play the game off of the disc instead of off the HDD if you do not install it.
If you think this thread is bad you should check Shopto's twitter, its hilarious! People saying how they've been customers for years and now they'll never use them again thanks to this "let down" Quite how not getting a game a day earlier is a let down is beyond me. And people slating them as theyve taken a day off work to play it today
I've always had orders from Shopto early in the past but this doesnt mean set its in stone. I preordered with them as I always have done, wasnt really thinking I'd get it earlier, the only thing I'm annoyed about is that I didnt think to check the prices closer to release date, could have got it cheaper somewhere else.
Christ.
I'll just use the disc I think. Got a couple of USB sticks but they're only a couple of GB.
Cheers!
Coz of work/family I tend to mainly only play games wither late at night or early in the morning, noisy disc drives (even the not so noisy one on the 360 S) aren't brilliant... I might just see if I can swap my copy to PS3...
Then get offline and get playing GTA V you saddo.
Yes Bungie did with Halo 3.
Just install it and enjoy it. If there are some horrendous streaming problems then just install one disk onto a USB device. I always tend to get better performance from external flash drives anyway so that's where it's going.
It is a bit of a let down for ShopTo though, I've always had games at least a day early. Now we're in the awkward situation where there's no actual guarantee of a delivery tomorrow either.
Agreed. The f**k is he still doing here if he has it? I call bullpoop.
You can get 16gb for under £10 now anyway.
Thought another biggie was out there... so R* 'can' fix it if need be...
It's handled completely different, Bungie had an advantage with Microsoft, where the data was installed but treated as like DLC, here's it's essentially a huge department of the game that goes beyond 2GB anyway. But if you are worried about noise, don't be, the second disc is just Audio and Video streaming, the drive speeds will be running at under half on both consoles.
From what I gathered from what Ash said, if you install both discs to the hard drive it will cause bugs... end of the earth etc. So only install the first disc and keep the second disc in the drive for it to access it whenever needed. Equals noisy drive issues for a lot of folk.
Ah, gotcha.
I've always had games earlier too but to be fair to Shopto its not something they promise or guarantee, its just an unwritten assumption that you're likely to get it earlier with them than anyone else.
Could totally understand people kicking off if it doesnt turn up on release date tomorrow, just seems a bit OTT to be moaning to the levels some people are on twitter because its not come a day early.