[ISSUE]: Xenosaga Episode II locks up on loading randomly

[RayCharlizard]

Checks

• I have checked existing OPL issues for duplicates and found none
• I am using either OPL latest stable version, or archived version or OPL beta version

Describe the issue

Using the latest beta (and I think the previous version since I updated to 2082 when I noticed the issue originally) Xenosaga Episode II seems to crash during loading at apparently random points. Sometimes it will crash when loading a save file, sometimes it will work fine for a little while but eventually crash during a scene change in gameplay or even between cutscenes. The hard drive access light seems to be stuck when this occurs.

Enabling mode 1 may be fixing the issue but I can't say for certain and not even sure if it's the right mode to test, just haven't played for a long enough session with it on. GSM and pademu are both disabled and the console is not hard modded and I'm using the OEM network adapter.

Edit: I got a save game load lock-up just now at the point in the game where I needed to switch to disc 2 while mode 1 is enabled so the above is not a solution but I did have a few hours long play session before that lock up which is much longer than I had been able to go without mode 1 enabled. I'm trying mode 2 now.

Edit 2: Mode 2 does not solve the issue, had a load lock entering a battle.

Edit 3 (04/15/24): I've downgraded to v.1.1.0 and this build seems overall more stable with this particular game. I'm not using any modes and have played for many more hours without in-game lockups and only two save game load lockups.

Console model

SCPH-39001

OPL version / revision

v1.2.0-Beta-2082-c27f39a

In which device(s) have you experienced this issue?

HDD

Context and extra information

Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse (Disc 1) [SLUS_208.92], http://redump.org/disc/269/