PlayStation 4 Discussion

[SeaTownGamer]

Re: PlayStation 4 Discussion

I have not, but I would put it in 'safe mode' and 'rebuild database' to see if that corrects it.

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Would I lose all my saves and all my digital downloads if I did that?

[EnigmaNemesis]

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Would I lose all my saves and all my digital downloads if I did that?

Nope. You do not lose anything on the PS4.

Just select 'Rebuild Database' only.

It is like a 'defray', as well as fixing some errors in cases.

[The JareBear]

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Totally agree with you about Chromehounds which I find this game is not. Wasn't feeling it. Decided to keep Kill Strain over this for the moment. Looking forward in trying out Paragon next month. Added it to my Library.

I played Hawken for just a few minutes and I wasn't impressed. It might end up like Blacklight and be way better in a couple years than it is now.

Paragon is awesome. I've been playing it since the early access for the founders pack started, for a free to play game it's a very solid MOBA. Am hoping more OSers get into it

[SeaTownGamer]

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Nope. You do not lose anything on the PS4.

Just select 'Rebuild Database' only.

It is like a 'defray', as well as fixing some errors in cases.

Thanks bro. I'm going to try it now

[The JareBear]

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Nope. You do not lose anything on the PS4.

Just select 'Rebuild Database' only.

It is like a 'defray', as well as fixing some errors in cases.

Thanks bro. I'm going to try it now

One thing I haven't been able to figure out is if it is safe to do this with a SSD in the system.

I used Rebuild Database all the time with my other mechanical drives in my PS4 but since switching to SSD I don't know if I should still do it or not since I know PC they say to never defrag SSDs

Anyone have input on this?

[EnigmaNemesis]

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One thing I haven't been able to figure out is if it is safe to do this with a SSD in the system.

I used Rebuild Database all the time with my other mechanical drives in my PS4 but since switching to SSD I don't know if I should still do it or not since I know PC they say to never defrag SSDs

Anyone have input on this?

I do not think it is a traditional 'defrag', since the file system is handled differently than how Windows is. The PS4 does it's own 'defrag' maintenance every new game or patch that is installed according to some devs I spoken with.

I believe it is more like a file management and cache wipe (like on Android when wiping the cache partition fixes a lot of app issues if the system cache gets corruptions or starts acting wonky). So it should be fine with an SSD in that regards. Especially if you run into hitchy applications that decided to crop up, as well as errors.

[LowerWolf]

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I've rebuilt the database on my hybrid drive with no issues.

[Burns11]

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I would assume PS4 uses some variation of UFS since it's OS is based on BSD, UFS has a process where as writes are done to the disk it is defragged at the same time, which sounds like what the Dev was describing.

I'm going to assume the database is literally just a database of files and their associated programs, rebuilding it literally rebuilds it so that old files that were deleted are no longer in the database and all files associated with each program are put together in the database, so it cleans up the database that can cause file location delays and cause issues that way.

[Mabster]

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I've rebuilt the database on my hybrid drive with no issues.

Defraging a SSD drive won't make it just stop working immediately. They only have so many writes in their lifetime so by defraging you decrease its life by one full write cycle. Not a huge deal but if constantly done it could effect it's lifespan.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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I would assume PS4 uses some variation of UFS since it's OS is based on BSD, UFS has a process where as writes are done to the disk it is defragged at the same time, which sounds like what the Dev was describing.

I'm going to assume the database is literally just a database of files and their associated programs, rebuilding it literally rebuilds it so that old files that were deleted are no longer in the database and all files associated with each program are put together in the database, so it cleans up the database that can cause file location delays and cause issues that way.

This is exactly what it is I believe. Thanks for the more detailed clarification.

[DanH35]

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There's a rumor from a posting on Amazon in Spain showing that the Neo releases on October 13.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/playstation-neo-pricing-release-date-152106183.html

[Burns11]

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Amazon came out and said that was an erroneous listing for the PSVR

[Artman22]

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Sony is being so quiet with the NEO that I don't think it's coming this year.

[The JareBear]

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Sony is being so quiet with the NEO that I don't think it's coming this year.

Yeah I've definitely been wondering about that myself.

I guess, realistically, how long will they leave between an announcement and actual release? I'm trying to figure out when we reach the "point of no return" for a release this year, if that makes sense.

[redsox4evur]

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Yeah I've definitely been wondering about that myself.

I guess, realistically, how long will they leave between an announcement and actual release? I'm trying to figure out when we reach the "point of no return" for a release this year, if that makes sense.

I would say middle of September is the point of no return.