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    From Dust

    Game » consists of 5 releases. Released Jul 27, 2011

    As a benevolent god known as 'the Breath', players must lead their people to safety and help them retrieve the lost knowledge of their ancestors by manipulating the shape of the terrain of the world in this spiritual successor to Populous.

    Overheating?

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    #1  Edited By sensory

    Anyone else experiencing problems with From Dust overheating their Xbox?
     
    I was playing games all last night with no problems whatsoever, and my console has only overheated once in the past due to it flat-out being too hot in my room. Now when I play From Dust for an extended period of time my console will overheat and shut off. I can switch it on after letting it rest for about 2 minutes and it's fine and the case doesn't feel warm at all. I cleaned where my Xbox stands (vertically) and vacuumed the outside of the console in hopes of dislodging any dust  but it hasn't helped.
     
    Anyone else had similar problems since playing From Dust? I've read all the info about how to avoid your Xbox overheating, but I don't think my Xbox is to blame.

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    #2  Edited By nilsth

    I don't know if it was from overheating, but it took forever to load, stuttered at times and at the end of the second level the screen went black and the x-box stopped responding. Never experienced this before.

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    #3  Edited By Matfei90
    @nilsth: That sounds like heating issues to me, and my limited knowledge.
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    #4  Edited By TimFReilly

    From Dust wouldn't do anything to specifically heat up your console. It's just July.

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    #5  Edited By natetodamax

    @sensory: You might want to take the Xbox apart and vacuum the inside. It's not difficult to do, and it solved my overheating issues that I used to have. If you've had your console for a long time and haven't cleaned the inside, it's definitely filled with dust that will cause the overheating.

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    #6  Edited By Vexxan

    My 360 is ancient and I haven't had any problem with it...yet. I've played a good couple of hours of From Dust today as well.

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    #7  Edited By SockLobster
    @nilsth said:

    I don't know if it was from overheating, but it took forever to load, stuttered at times and at the end of the second level the screen went black and the x-box stopped responding. Never experienced this before.

    It does this exact thing for me too, I thought buying the full game might fix the issue but nope, just wasted my money.
     
    At least we know it isn't a hardware issue, because a few people on various forums are reporting this, no sign of a fix yet though.
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    #8  Edited By sensory
    @SockLobster said:
    It does this exact thing for me too, I thought buying the full game might fix the issue but nope, just wasted my money.  At least we know it isn't a hardware issue, because a few people on various forums are reporting this, no sign of a fix yet though.
    Which forums are these? I've tried doing a Google search for similar issues with From Dust, but no luck.
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    #9  Edited By mfpantst

    You should clean the dust off it.

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    #10  Edited By sensory
    @mfpantst said:
    You should clean the dust off it.
    You should read my post.
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    #11  Edited By mfpantst
    @sensory said:
    @mfpantst said:
    You should clean the dust off it.
    You should read my post.
    You should look at the title of the game.
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    #12  Edited By SeriouslyNow

    It looks like it might be overheating From Dust.

    /unsubtleforpeoplewhocan'tgetjokesnshit

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    #13  Edited By 1337W422102

    I have to admit, this is a pretty witty joke/troll thread.

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    #14  Edited By mfpantst
    @SeriouslyNow said:

    It looks like it might be overheating From Dust.

    /unsubtleforpeoplewhocan'tgetjokesnshit

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    #15  Edited By Dingofighter

    Have you tried playing the levels without lava in them? 
    Because I've heard lava is pretty hot...

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    #16  Edited By mfpantst
    @MaFoLu said:
    Have you tried playing the levels without lava in them? Because I've heard lava is pretty hot...
    Or just pour extra water on it.
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    #17  Edited By sensory

    Or you know, you could not make this into a troll thread because this is a serious post.

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    #18  Edited By SockLobster
    @sensory: Yeah google doesn't turn up many results because of how fresh the game is, on somethingawful and gamefaqs there are peeps reporting the exact same issue though.
     
    There still doesn't look to be any fix and I couldn't contact Ubisoft support because the website kept giving me an error page.
     
    It's kinda worrying that the problem seems so rare though, because that decreases the chance of seeing a fix any time soon :(
     
    Unlike all the angered people that expected Black and White 3 and the rabid PC soldiers, I actually love this game, so it's pretty saddening that I can't play it.
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    #19  Edited By sensory

    Hopefully they come up with a fix soon. :(

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    #20  Edited By Brendan

    Dammit, I came to make a joke about dust but was beat to it. This post is now a proclamation of my regret.

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