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Re: Apex Legends becoming unplayable on XBox One

@EdwardDLuffy Seems odd. I agree you should not have to use another HD. You mention other apps running. Can you close them all whenever you play? Is there some sort of disk defrag for xbox?

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EdwardDLuffy
4 years ago
@hayhor I don't have other apps running but if a download or update is accessing the HDD it can make things bad. I'll take a peek for defrag. I think I've looked before but there isn't one.

Having said that it's been pretty good today.
hayhor
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4 years ago
@EdwardDLuffy Oh ok I've noticed if I'm uploading or downloading anything while trying to play on my ps5, the ps5 no longer prioritizes gaming so it screws things up. It used to slow the download to nothing to maximize the gameplay.

PS has a what they call database rebuild which is basically their defrag. I'm sure xbox does too.
OldTreeCreeper
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4 years ago
@EdwardDLuffy @hayhor there's no defrag on xbox. Only way round that is to uninstall everything and reset the box then reinstall.
@EdwardDLuffy out of interest how full is your HD?
My xbox ons s is running fine but all I have on it are fortnite and Apex.
@hayhor xbox tries to do both at the same time, dl updates and play, so I do that seperately.
EdwardDLuffy
4 years ago
@OldTreeCreeper My HDD is only 48% full. I have Apex, Halo, Rocket League, Paladins and Overwatch. I don't play anything else!
OldTreeCreeper
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4 years ago
@EdwardDLuffy at this stage I would be very tempted to reset the xbox. Then reinstall the apex first and see how it goes.
https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-network/console/reset-console-to-factory-defaults
If it works fine then reinstall other games on a removable drive.
hayhor
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4 years ago
@OldTreeCreeper It might be called something else. Doing a quick google I find the following about cache and such-

https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-clear-the-cache-on-xbox-one-consoles-5074959

Otherwise I'd do what you suggested and do a hard reset of the whole system and reinstall.
OldTreeCreeper
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4 years ago
@hayhor good find, I do a clean on the pc regularly that includes cashes. I've done it one on my xbox in 2 years.
DoYaSeeMe
4 years ago
@EdwardDLuffy Don't have experience with XBox, but they're not that different from PCs. HDDs are significantly slower than SSDs
and can develop bad sectors over time. Maybe your device is about to get some.

It might also be something related to how the resources are managed in this game. There's a ton of textures that need to be loaded and unloaded, more and more with each new season.

Try lowering some video quality settings first, check your drive for errors , maybe do some benchmark tests as well to see if the reported stats are where they should be.