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Hi, all. My first post here.
This guy recently got me a DVD backup of the PAL version of Haunting Ground. I usually get my backups from him and so far I can't complain, they're all burned from his originals on high quality DVD-R media. However, there's something strange with this title. My PS2 is a v7 PAL modded with a DMS3 v.1, by the way, and it usually has no trouble playing anything. One time, he actually got me a backup that froze at the loading screen, and after testing it on a friend's console (with the same mod/specs as mine), I knew it was a problem with the backup. He replaced it for me and it played fine. But, with Haunting Ground, it doesn't seem like a burning related problem, it's more like a glitch:
The opening cutscene only plays the first 10 seconds, jumping to the title screen afterwards. Then the game plays fine (as far as I know), until I reach the second chapter. After that, there's this thin shadow-like line that attaches to the character and to a wall, or the ceiling, it depends, and stays there for at least the next two chapters. It doesn't compromise gameplay, but it's still distracting, not to mention odd. I tried it at my friend's PS2, and the same thing happened. I tried all I remembered, new save files, even starting the game all over, but nothing. And it has nothing to do with the problems you would expect from a bad backup, like long loading times, freezing, stuttering, or failed boots, it seems more like a glitch in the original disc. So I e-mailed the guy, but he confirmed his original plays fine, at least as far as the opening cutscene is concerned. He told me a new backup probably wouldn't be the answer, as this type of problem is usually related to modchip detection/copy protection, and not to a bad burn, so I should just get an original. I found this strange, since I never had this type of problem before, and this is a Capcom game, and I have a few of those...
So, what do you guys think? Can this really be a modchip detection issue, and I should just get the original, or should I try and get a new backup, hoping this problem is just the result of a faulty burn?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance :)
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