I've noticed while saving on USB there is a lag, the game will freeze up after save and sit there for a few seconds. But when saving to the xbox's HDD it's fine. Any other game I save on the USB it's fine though. So could it be MC or the USB? I'd save on the xbox, but I have the 4GB HDD one that I just got (my very first Xbox, after being a Sony fanboy all these years. :3) It's a 16GB Sandisk U3 Cruzer, it's quite a few years old but works just fine. Anyone else have this issue?
It's a 16GB Sandisk U3 Cruzer, it's quite a few years old but works just fine.
When you put it in your Xbox 360, does it say it meets the requirements for being an Xbox 360 Flash Drive? Some flash drives aren't up to the standard Microsoft has set and can cause lag, corrupted files, etc, etc.
From the Xbox support page...
USB minimum requirements
To use a USB flash drive with your console, the USB flash drive must meet these requirements:
A minimum of 1 GB storage capacity.
Formatted with the Windows FAT32 file system. Macintosh or Linux formats do not work.
Note Using a USB flash drive that does not meet the minimum performance requirements might significantly affect the performance of your console.
I've noticed while saving on USB there is a lag, the game will freeze up after save and sit there for a few seconds. But when saving to the xbox's HDD it's fine. Any other game I save on the USB it's fine though. So could it be MC or the USB? I'd save on the xbox, but I have the 4GB HDD one that I just got (my very first Xbox, after being a Sony fanboy all these years. :3) It's a 16GB Sandisk U3 Cruzer, it's quite a few years old but works just fine. Anyone else have this issue?
I have not experienced this my son uses a USB to save his game and says there is no difference over the 512MB internal memory on his Xbox but his USB drive is faster than yours. But personally have experienced problems saving to the cloud.
When you put it in your Xbox 360, does it say it meets the requirements for being an Xbox 360 Flash Drive? Some flash drives aren't up to the standard Microsoft has set and can cause lag, corrupted files, etc, etc.
From the Xbox support page...
When I first added it into the Xbox to let if format it, it did say it met the requirements.
Just to clarify the Xbox 4GB version is not a hard drive it is a pretty fast sata memory card inside the Xbox. I have not experienced this my son uses a USB to save his game and says there is no difference over the 512MB internal memory on his Xbox but his USB drive is faster than yours.
I've noticed that, which actually ticked me off, due to not being able to download BF3 Graphics to the console, said it needed an Xbox HDD.
i use the USB i got with Forza3 and have no issue with it, sorry cant help your there
have you tried saving to Cloud ?
No, and honestly I don't trust it. something could happen to the MS cloud servers and all the data is gone. It's not a big of an issue to me really. Just annoying when playing Multiplayer. It only lags for me and no one else on the server.
Most USB sticks are much slower to write than they are to read. Having the HDD as your in-game storage device should prevent most of the lag you're experiencing. (If you don't have a hard drive, I highly recommend one.)
The best ones to get are the Microsoft Xbox 360 brand flash drives. They are made to work specifically with the Xbox 360. They can also still be used as regular flash drives as well. They sell 8GB and 16GB ones.
Any flash drive will do as long as it meets the Xbox 360 standards though.
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From the Xbox support page...
I have not experienced this my son uses a USB to save his game and says there is no difference over the 512MB internal memory on his Xbox but his USB drive is faster than yours. But personally have experienced problems saving to the cloud.
When I first added it into the Xbox to let if format it, it did say it met the requirements.
I've noticed that, which actually ticked me off, due to not being able to download BF3 Graphics to the console, said it needed an Xbox HDD.
No, and honestly I don't trust it. something could happen to the MS cloud servers and all the data is gone. It's not a big of an issue to me really. Just annoying when playing Multiplayer. It only lags for me and no one else on the server.
Any flash drive will do as long as it meets the Xbox 360 standards though.