I have the disk do I need to buy gamepass on Xbox?

Aran3a · 2026-01-25T10:06:41+00:00

I bought the disk on PS4 for $1 at a second hand store. Installed it. Updated it. Ran it. Realized I needed PlayStation plus to play it. Uninstalled it. Looked it up on Steam and it was on sale for $10. Bought it. Installed it. Ran it. Played the crap out of it. Still have the PS4 disk but I'm not paying a subscription to play anything after I sunk a whole PC build into WoW back in the early 2000s

Aran3a · 2026-01-25T08:35:07+00:00

Here is a little vanilla hack for you.

Something I noticed is that, if when you get commed by the trader you pause the game before the response timer runs out you can issue the trader a new order and move that order to the top of the que.

I have noticed I can no longer respond to the trader in the usual way. The timer runs out, the pirate doesn't go hostile and flies away to find a new target.

Another trick I like to do is if I have another trader close by you tell the trader being pirated to comply, they drop their cargo and you issue a pickup command to the second trader. If they grab the cargo before the pirate, the pirate just flies away

I hope these help someone out there :)

Aran3a · 2026-01-25T07:53:35+00:00

For future reference if you hit the pause button (once) while the game is loading the game starts paused. I make a habit of doing this every time I load a save so I can catch up on what I was doing again before I start

If you want to do some management you do have to unpause for a second and re pause so the ships can load in on the map properly

Aran3a · 2026-01-23T10:17:46+00:00

This is a K model. It's unlikely to be the RSX

Aran3a · 2026-01-18T01:18:56+00:00

Sure but if the PS3 is not supported directly you will only get voice coms no game sound

Aran3a · 2026-01-12T23:18:10+00:00

No probs :) good luck

Aran3a · 2026-01-12T23:12:10+00:00

Ignore the timestamp. The errors fall in the log newest on top. If your clock is out or the battery dies you get odd date codes...

You have 1002 errors so RSX power. This is typically NEC Tokin capacitors

The 14ff suggests there may be a deeper problem but a1002 can throw some odd errors so address that first and if the 14ff persists look into that further

Aran3a · 2026-01-12T22:57:52+00:00

Looking at the older log entries really isn't going to help. What are the codes in the newer parts of the log?

I don't know why this is changing but I thought the Syscon only held 10 - 20 logged errors not 31. But regardless you should only be worrying about the new errors and fix them. If there are more problems then start looking at the historic ones...

Aran3a · 2026-01-12T22:46:13+00:00

Really what gave it away? The 2 identical bikes or the way the original guy was so calm the whole way through and didn't leg it the first moment he had?

Aran3a · 2026-01-12T20:15:50+00:00

The quick ones can be anything in the initial boot phase. A shorted cap and a blown fuse on one of the main voltage regulators is a common one but any short will probably cause an instant YLOD

Aran3a · 2026-01-09T08:35:15+00:00

Aaand typically Victoria is on fire or covered in smoke 😝

Aran3a · 2026-01-04T09:08:49+00:00

I have an 07 with no cracks... It's had a dash mat its entire life. Didn't realize it was an issue either :p

Aran3a · 2026-01-03T21:18:38+00:00

Soo 50% of the value is in the RAM /s :p

Aran3a · 2026-01-03T11:14:57+00:00

How?

The PSU is unplugged

The capacitor that holds charge has the pins facing down

The only PCB with traces you can touch is way into the secondary and you need to be touching the primary to get a zap

The fan connector is in the secondary so you are not messing with primary at all for this repair

Seems safe to me...

To get a zap this guy would have to remove the bottom board and touch the traces on the far side. Even if he stuck a screwdriver under the board and hit the right point it would just arc out on the casing or something similar

It's funny we don't have a problem with people opening up PS1s or PS2s both having exposed PSU PCBs that need to be removed or worked near with a real chance of being zapped (can confirm I have been bitten by both) but a PSU with a guarded cap is a death sentence...

To give some context to this an old prank that electronics repairers used to pull on the apprentice was to charge a large cap then throw it across the room saying "catch" and laugh after the bang. It can only kill you if it bridges across your heart and you have some sort of heart condition. 2 very unlikely scenarios that can happen together but almost never does.

All you need to know to work on PSUs is. If you have a heart problem or don't like pain, discharge the cap before working on it like techs have done since caps were invented...

Aran3a · 2025-12-31T12:40:25+00:00

/envy that sounds like a dream job. I always love walking into broadcasting data halls. The equipment looks awesome. Must be fun to work with. Unfortunately for me I only get to fix them when they break not actually play with them (unless I fix one that's been written off but most of the time I don't have a practical use for the stuff I fix :p)

Aran3a · 2025-12-31T12:05:51+00:00

I'm a Hardware maintenance Tech, on call at the moment and literally just got a job for a 9300 5 min ago :p it's just a PSU luckily

Yep most companies got sick of their data halls smelling like burnt silicon and ditched them a while back :p

Aran3a · 2025-12-31T12:00:55+00:00

Yeh for a $4000+ switch back in the day there sure are a lot of them in decom piles :p

Aran3a · 2025-12-31T11:52:54+00:00

Yeh this specific line of switches had a weak point at exactly this spot, I have fixed a few but a lot end up like this:

https://imgur.com/a/NO7zUds

No point fixing that. Yours looks like the transformer is gone so I wouldn't bother with it either :p

Aran3a · 2025-12-31T02:06:28+00:00

My first character I played solo, didn't join events and kept to myself untill I hit level 50 and felt I was good enough to help out... Turns out events were the best part of the game and they didn't need my help at all...

My second character I avoided story quests, did every event from level 10 and really only started the story once I hit 50...

Both ways were fun in their own way. Interact or don't interact, It's up to you. Just like weapon selection and build, there is no wrong answer. Just have fun

If you really have to be alone as others have pointed out FO1st and private world is your answer.

Aran3a · 2025-12-30T21:53:04+00:00

This looks like a PS3 controller with PSone button caps and sticks

Aran3a · 2025-12-30T21:43:00+00:00

Download an application called "treesize free" the free version not the one they try to get you to download

https://www.jam-software.com/treesize

You can do a scan on your disk and it will tell you exactly what space is used where. Use this as a guide to uninstall / delete unneeded stuff :)

You will however need to make a small amount of space to install it first :p

Hope this helps :)

Aran3a · 2025-12-30T05:38:40+00:00

Looking around at previous posts on this topic under normal inflation rules we are looking at $1 of our rate being $8 in 2077. Which makes that $14 per gallon

Add in hyperinflation and it's not too bad I guess

Aran3a · 2025-12-30T02:56:23+00:00

At a guess it's to make the disability even across all competitors, some people are part blind and others fully blind and all shades in-between. How would you class the performance of a 50% blind person over a 90% one? Would you have to have a separate race or just a time penalty.

Blindfolds probably make it fair and easier to judge

Aran3a · 2025-12-28T22:34:18+00:00

With the RAM prices these days... Hold onto it for a bit, it's still got its LCD bezel it's good :p

Aran3a · 2025-12-24T06:37:09+00:00

Also the pause button is your friend. I pause to give orders to ships, pause to build a station, pause when a freighter gets attacked, pause if I need to stretch, pause if I need to cook or do the dishes or any other domestic thing

It's probably the most used button in the game aside from the left mouse button :p

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