Okay, so I know others are having this problem, I am just not sure how many of you have experienced it and if anybody has figured out a solution without a patch.
After 40 fights in career mode when entering to manual train before my 41st fight, the game freezes and I have to manually restart my Xbox. I can auto train fine without a freeze, but when I go to fight it will also freeze. I completed 4 careers without a problem. On my 5th career it froze. I thought there was just an issue with the save. I deleted that save and started a fresh career again and bam, it froze after 40 fights again. I noticed under the "headlines" portion of the menu that instead of saying my fighters name it says something like <CAF_133'5> That isn't exactly what it says, but something similar. (sorry it wouldn't let my type some fo the characters. Basically it says something like " 'Less than sign'CAF'underscore'144'greater than sign'"
Some information that might be of value considering the situation:
-My first 3 careers and retired fighters were all done normally. I did do the overwrite save-->new save thing to have a completely editable fighter to redistribute his stats. I did not have a problem with any of my first 4 careers, and I edited all 3 of my first 3 retired fighters in this fashion.
-For my 4th career I only did 2 or 3 camp sessions and only did training sessions after that, only doing the drill that would give me the most points. I would exit to menu and redo the drill if I got less than 4 stars. I finished my career with a 99 rating. The goal of this career was obviously to make the highest rating template fighter possible. I then did the rewrite save-->new save trick to make this CAF completely editable, then I applied a boost pack. The fighter was rated 106 after this.
-My next career is where I had the freezing issue after 40 fights. I played this career normally, mixing camp sessions with training sessions. The only thing I did different was after I finished a fight I would exit and reload the save to get different options for scheduling my next fight. I also did a new save aroung fight 35. After about 5 saves and seeing all of the different combos I would pick the best fight possible. I did this because I was trying to become a 3 division UFC and Pride GP champion. To do that I had to fight the highest ranked opponent possible, get the earliest title shot possible, earliest entry into the GP in whatever division I was in, etc.
-I did a 6th career after deleting the corrupted save and it happened again, after 40 fights again.
My theories on possible reasons for the glitch:
-My retired career CAF that I applied a booster pack to somehow glitched any type of future CAF. (possibly from the booster pack download, or the fact that he is 106 OVR rated.
-A random glitch that occurs when rewriting saves and new saving retired fighters that affects all future career CAFs.
-The new save I did in my 5th career, corrupting the save and somehow corrupting all future career CAFs.
Theories on possible solutions (beyond deleting all files and having a fresh game with no unlocked items):
-Deleting the 106 rated super CAF.
-Deleting all retired fighters and CAFs and starting fresh.
-Not deleting the corrupted fighter file this time.
-Simulating both the training before my 40th fight and the 40th fight itself.
I know this is a long read, but any and all information about this glitch and possible fixes would be much appreciated. I never even got to my "real career" before this occured. My first 3 careers were intended as practicing as a striker, ground and pound wrestler and a back fighting BJJ guy respectively. My 4th career was solely intended to create a super fighter and my 5th career was a dry run at the 3 division thing/creating a balanced career CAF without doing the no camp sessions/only max points training thing. I REALLY want to do 1 or 2 more careers and this has been a buzzkill on the game for me. Thanks!
After 40 fights in career mode when entering to manual train before my 41st fight, the game freezes and I have to manually restart my Xbox. I can auto train fine without a freeze, but when I go to fight it will also freeze. I completed 4 careers without a problem. On my 5th career it froze. I thought there was just an issue with the save. I deleted that save and started a fresh career again and bam, it froze after 40 fights again. I noticed under the "headlines" portion of the menu that instead of saying my fighters name it says something like <CAF_133'5> That isn't exactly what it says, but something similar. (sorry it wouldn't let my type some fo the characters. Basically it says something like " 'Less than sign'CAF'underscore'144'greater than sign'"
Some information that might be of value considering the situation:
-My first 3 careers and retired fighters were all done normally. I did do the overwrite save-->new save thing to have a completely editable fighter to redistribute his stats. I did not have a problem with any of my first 4 careers, and I edited all 3 of my first 3 retired fighters in this fashion.
-For my 4th career I only did 2 or 3 camp sessions and only did training sessions after that, only doing the drill that would give me the most points. I would exit to menu and redo the drill if I got less than 4 stars. I finished my career with a 99 rating. The goal of this career was obviously to make the highest rating template fighter possible. I then did the rewrite save-->new save trick to make this CAF completely editable, then I applied a boost pack. The fighter was rated 106 after this.
-My next career is where I had the freezing issue after 40 fights. I played this career normally, mixing camp sessions with training sessions. The only thing I did different was after I finished a fight I would exit and reload the save to get different options for scheduling my next fight. I also did a new save aroung fight 35. After about 5 saves and seeing all of the different combos I would pick the best fight possible. I did this because I was trying to become a 3 division UFC and Pride GP champion. To do that I had to fight the highest ranked opponent possible, get the earliest title shot possible, earliest entry into the GP in whatever division I was in, etc.
-I did a 6th career after deleting the corrupted save and it happened again, after 40 fights again.
My theories on possible reasons for the glitch:
-My retired career CAF that I applied a booster pack to somehow glitched any type of future CAF. (possibly from the booster pack download, or the fact that he is 106 OVR rated.
-A random glitch that occurs when rewriting saves and new saving retired fighters that affects all future career CAFs.
-The new save I did in my 5th career, corrupting the save and somehow corrupting all future career CAFs.
Theories on possible solutions (beyond deleting all files and having a fresh game with no unlocked items):
-Deleting the 106 rated super CAF.
-Deleting all retired fighters and CAFs and starting fresh.
-Not deleting the corrupted fighter file this time.
-Simulating both the training before my 40th fight and the 40th fight itself.
I know this is a long read, but any and all information about this glitch and possible fixes would be much appreciated. I never even got to my "real career" before this occured. My first 3 careers were intended as practicing as a striker, ground and pound wrestler and a back fighting BJJ guy respectively. My 4th career was solely intended to create a super fighter and my 5th career was a dry run at the 3 division thing/creating a balanced career CAF without doing the no camp sessions/only max points training thing. I REALLY want to do 1 or 2 more careers and this has been a buzzkill on the game for me. Thanks!