I was playing vertical force last night and FINALLY killed that skull boss that I’ve been stuck on for 2 years… and my VB powered itself off. I was intensely annoyed and started the game up again and after a few minutes it died on me again. The batteries are new so I know it’s not their fault. I have a feeling there may be a dodgy connection in the controller cable. Do you think thats the most likely cause? I’d hate it to be something wrong with the VB itself
Heh, I’ve almost never played on batteries, so I dunno… but I’d suggest trying an AC adapter. I believe dead batteries should have given you a low battery warning. I have had a problem with the contacts on the controller to the power being loose and resetting if you bumped it… bending the contacts out a little seemed to fix that.
There’s no low battery warning and I’ve not done anything to my VB apart from making a head strap. There isn’t a way to accidentally damage the port the controller goes into is there? I remember once my friend picked up the VB with the controller dangling. Maybe that damaged it in some way? I hope not. I’d be seriously crushed if this was the beginning of the end of my VB
It’s possible to break a wire in the controller cord by picking it up like that, but I’ve never seen a bad cord. I guess you could try turning it on and wiggling the cord a bunch and see if it ever cuts out from it, or if it is seemingly random.