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ok this is so messed up the lobby and options are a joke in this game they are really complicated as i cant seem to get the campaign with four other people to play with me online! Privacy says "closed" all the time no matter what! even if i set it to open it still says closed in the options. It says open in the lobby screen but when the game is started its closed. I start a campaign mission and noone will join because it says closed? whats wrong with this game?
 
Opus Angelorum said:
Seems to be the general impression, a really strong start to the game.
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I loved Sierra117.

Which is why the last half is so disappointing.

Gizmo_Monkey said:
ok this is so messed up the lobby and options are a joke in this game they are really complicated as i cant seem to get the campaign with four other people to play with me online! Privacy says "closed" all the time no matter what! even if i set it to open it still says closed in the options. It says open in the lobby screen but when the game is started its closed. I start a campaign mission and noone will join because it says closed? whats wrong with this game?
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May be your NAT settings?
 
Opus Angelorum said:
Seems to be the general impression, a really strong start to the game.
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Yeah, it's a pretty well designed level, though I wish it was a bit more open, and it does it nice job of introducing some gameplay elements. There are quite a few interesting encounters there too. It looks really nice, though. Very impressed with the Jungle.

Mojovonio said:
I loved Sierra117.

Which is why the last half is so disappointing.
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Urk was right about you.
 
apocalidiot said:
Anyone lagging really really bad? Co-op is stuck in a lag zone
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what's it matter? you're connected directly to whoever you are playing with. the problem lies somewhere in your connection to your friends, not anywhere else.
 
GDJustin said:
How do you create and save custom GAME variants? I know how to use the forge to make MAP variants, but for the life of me I don't know how to save/share gae variants, even though there's a whole column for it on bungie.net and in the download menu...
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Anyone?

Edit: And for those having online trouble, Bungie.net shows that the online H3 total just dropped from 150K to 2K, so it isn't just you. Looks like the shit finally collapsed under its own weight. Just try again in a bit.
 
Mojovonio said:
Haven't done it yet.

We got sick of the game after that level and took a break. I'll beat it tonight.
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I'm assuming the final level is pretty damn good if most people say they enjoyed the ending, considering what went before it.

rakka said:
art direction is fine.
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So it's just bad level design and lack of direction?
 
Opus Angelorum said:
I'm assuming the final level is pretty damn good if most people say they enjoyed the ending, considering what went before it.
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Yeah. The last level takes place somewhere interesting, so I'm looking forward to it. But e played for almost 8 hours straight, so we burnt ourselves out.
 
GDJustin said:
Anyone?
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When you're in the customs lobby, hit X to "Edit Options", and then hit X again to save your game type. It says "(X) SAVE" at the bottom of the screen.
 
These are my impressions so far:

Fired up the campaign on Heroic -difficulty. The graphics are nice, but unfortunately the reviews have been honest - the visual display isn't 'mind-blowing' per se. I am still on the first level, and the graphics do work ( it *is* a nicer looking Halo, and in glorious HD ), but they aren't "OH MY, WOW" yet, at least.

The gameplay is awesome, though, and completely makes up for anything the visual display loses. It is just amazing - so fast-paced and fun. I just can't wait to play more, and after writing this reply... I will. ;)

The multiplayer is just phenomenal, though. I can see myself playing this for months, if not years, to come. Absolutely awesome fun. :)
 
I'm usually harsh about indoor levels, but level two was awesome. I really enjoyed it. The Brutes are SO much fun to fight when they're in packs.
Most fun to fight:
Lone Elite>>Lone Brute
Pack of Brutes>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pack of Elites


NOTE: I is talking abouts H2 elites. If they's fighting 'l33ts in H3, i doesn't no of it yet.
 
i just gotta say the netcode is fucking excellent in this game. besides the one FFA game i had where it gave me host for some reason, ive played nothing but full green bar games.

no dedicated servers needed.

bungie are gods.
 
coldvein said:
hello my friends
i just got halo 3 and am terrified of spoilers, so i dread entering this thread, BUT i have a very important question.. which may have already been answered. apologies

i'm trying to play local co-op, splitscreen, on my 32" HDTV. the two screens are cropped a few inches on the right and left of my screen. same happens in online play. what's the deal? all the menus and junk use the entirety of my screen, but not actual gameplay. PLEASE HELP. : (
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same problem here, I think this was just a gameplay descision based on the uproar about the vertical split from the last game. tried with vga and composite. looks really bad and is hard to see IMO. cuts a 32' widesceen to like a 17' view. urgly.
 
my game has frozen twice in the exact same spot, right after first getting the warthogs.

has this happened to anybody else?


edit: and both times, it lost my progress up to the last time i hit "save & exit" wtf?
 
Round 1... FIGHT!
Halo X360 vs Halo XP

Round 2... FIGHT!
Halo 2 X360 vs Halo 2 XP (Vista version cracked)

I'd like to play through the story campaigns only, and I'm having a tough time deciding which versions to run. I'm leaning towards PC for the mouse and kb combination. What say you?

(My Legendary Edition doesn't arrive until tomorrow or Thursday, btw.)
 
Opus Angelorum said:
Well that at least says you have enjoyed it in the main, despite your later frustrations?
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Yeah, we had a great time. One of my friends is new to gaming, so it was interesting seeing him get his ass handed to him in Sierra and get better and better.

Maybe we should have started him off on Normal, but we said fuck it, Legendary or go home.

We came up with some good strategies too, like having someone flank a Wraith and take cover behind a rock or something while someone killed the gunner and someone else distracted it.

Then, the flanker would hop on it and toss a grenade in to it.
 
ok i really dont get how people join you on campaign...can they join you while you are playing the game like in Gears of War and they'll take over one of your teamates? or do you have to wait in the campaign lobby room for a party and continue? because NOONE is joining in the campaign lobby room for me and its set to open.
Bungie done a rubbish job at explaining how this setup works. It says friends and recent players can join your game. WTF does that mean? recent players in your players list? or anyone in the world as long as they connect to your game? kinda pointless if its the former. Anyway I start the game and the privacy changes from open to closed and im still the only one playing campaign.
 
Quick Question:
I've only been in it for a few minutes, but am I missing something or is the Brute Chopper just a Ghost minus fun?

Bungle ruins everything again.
 
Cocopjojo said:
When you're in the customs lobby, hit X to "Edit Options", and then hit X again to save your game type. It says "(X) SAVE" at the bottom of the screen.
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Thanks. Maybe you can give me some more advice.

I was trying to make a custom map variant via forge that depended on certain player movement characteristics. I lowered the gravity bigtime to allow for huge jumps, and then placed key items on top of structures you normally wouldn't be able to get on top of.

But when I saved the map and then tested it in a custom game, ALL the global modifications (player health, starting weapon, gravity, etc.) weren't saved. I was just playing on my custom map with the items dropped in - it didn't save the player health and other settings.

Can this info not be saved as part of a custom map, or something?
 
I just got back from my local British Gaming Emporium. I live in a small town and there were at least 30 people outside, so I decided against going in, as I probably wouldn't get out of there any time soon.

UK launch looks like being a success. :D
 
the disgruntled gamer said:
Quick Question:
I've only been in it for a few minutes, but am I missing something or is the Brute Chopper just a Ghost minus fun?

Bungle ruins everything again.
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Its much stronger, but slow as shit and a bitch to handle.
 
Mojovonio said:
Yeah, we had a great time. One of my friends is new to gaming, so it was interesting seeing him get his ass handed to him in Sierra and get better and better.

Maybe we should have started him off on Normal, but we said fuck it, Legendary or go home.

We came up with some good strategies too, like having someone flank a Wraith and take cover behind a rock or something while someone killed the gunner and someone else distracted it.

Then, the flanker would hop on it and toss a grenade in to it.
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What was your friends opinion, as an outsider?

cjelly said:
UK launch looks like being a success. :D
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I think even Microsoft will be surprised by the UK sales numbers. This place ain't Sony land like it used to be.
 
I'm pissed as hell. I bought Halo 3 and 360, so I setup everything and I played some split-screen co-op and wtf? I see black bars on the side?

The graphics and sounds are ummmmmm, so good. I love it. So excited.

Can you guys help me out, I'm really itching to play but I can't, black bars are annoying.
 
the disgruntled gamer said:
Quick Question:
I've only been in it for a few minutes, but am I missing something or is the Brute Chopper just a Ghost minus fun?

Bungle ruins everything again.
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I hate the chopper, most useless vehicle in the game, brutes just have to kamikaze into you and you die. I like all the other vehicles though!

FortunateSon said:
I'm pissed as hell. I bought Halo 3 and 360, so I setup everything and I played some split-screen co-op and wtf? I see black bars on the side?

The graphics and sounds are ummmmmm, so good. I love it. So excited.

Can you guys help me out, I'm really itching to play but I can't, black bars are annoying.
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It was bungie's decision. Personnaly, I changed my TV settings to stretch the picture on the entire screen. Fuck the correct aspect ratio, after a few minutes it's not even noticeable anymore and I loathe black bars.
 
Opus Angelorum said:
What was your friends opinion, as an outsider?
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He seems to be having a good time. He was a little discouraged at the beginning, but we reassured him, it was as hard as it could possibly get.

Like I said, I died 81 times in Sierra 117.

But towards the end, I would get very reckless and run in with the shotgun.

Btw, how do you jack a Wraith instead of destroy it?

FortunateSon said:
I'm pissed as hell. I bought Halo 3 and 360, so I setup everything and I played some split-screen co-op and wtf? I see black bars on the side?

The graphics and sounds are ummmmmm, so good. I love it. So excited.

Can you guys help me out, I'm really itching to play but I can't, black bars are annoying.
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Already answered on this page.
 
Midnight Believer said:
Does Halo 3 have borders on vga cable with 1280x1024 4:3 lcd pc monitor like Bioshock does?
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No. I'm playing on that exact setup right now.

SIP YEK NOD said:
my game has frozen twice in the exact same spot, right after first getting the warthogs.

has this happened to anybody else?
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Not me.
 
Couple of pics I took from my co-op game this afternoon.

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Awesome, awesome, awesome game. :D
 
GDJustin said:
Thanks. Maybe you can give me some more advice.

I was trying to make a custom map variant via forge that depended on certain player movement characteristics. I lowered the gravity bigtime to allow for huge jumps, and then placed key items on top of structures you normally wouldn't be able to get on top of.

But when I saved the map and then tested it in a custom game, ALL the global modifications (player health, starting weapon, gravity, etc.) weren't saved. I was just playing on my custom map with the items dropped in - it didn't save the player health and other settings.

Can this info not be saved as part of a custom map, or something?
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That's because the traits you specified were just for during your creation of the map. After you're done Forging the map, if you want to apply player traits, edit powerups, etc, you have to open the map in the custom lobby and then edit that stuff from there. It may seem confusing this way, but Forge is a map editor, not a player trait editor. Plus, you'd have to start specifiyng whether or not you want those traits to apply during the editing, or whether they need to affect the map you've saved. And that's even more confusing. Once you realize that Forge is a map editor and the customs lobby is the actual player settings editor, then it's really simple to do what you need to do.

You follow?
 
Cocopjojo said:
That's because the traits you specified were just for during your creation of the map. After you're done Forging the map, if you want to apply player traits, edit powerups, etc, you have to open the map in the custom lobby and then edit that stuff from there. It may seem confusing this way, but Forge is a map editor, not a player trait editor. Plus, you'd have to start specifiyng whether or not you want those traits to apply during the editing, or whether they need to affect the map you've saved. And that's even more confusing. Once you realize that Forge is a map editor and the customs lobby is the actual player settings editor, then it's really simple to do what you need to do.

You follow?
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I follow. Or... I think I follow. ;)

So I want to create a custom game type where there's lots of powerful items on high structures, and low gravity allowing you to get up there.

To do that, I'd need to do the following:

1) Open up Forge and edit the map to my liking. Place all items, etc. Don't bother editing the player traits.

2) Load this newly-created map in the Custom Game lobby, apply the player traits I want.

3) Use the X button a couple times to save those settings.

...and that's it, right?

...but wait, wouldn't I then have 1) a custom map and 2) a custom game type? It's true that when I put both together, I get the result I want. But its not possible to combine both into one package download? Like, just allow users to download this low-gravity, custom map slayer variant, without downloading both the custom map and the custom game settings separately?
 
Oh man, I'm too geeked to think or type much. A few thoughts:


ZOMG H3 is so freakin' awesome. ZOMGZOMGZOMGZOMGZOMG!


*spazzes out

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Ok, and now some slightly more coherency (but not much!):


-Halo 2 HD? Like hell.

-I spent 1 whole hour playing with my Spartan colors. >_>

-Oh man, the voice acting is so awesome.



...and it just occured to me that I'm sitting here typing this instead of playing the game... so...

*goes
 
GDJustin said:
...but wait, wouldn't I then have 1) a custom map and 2) a custom game type? It's true that when I put both together, I get the result I want. But its not possible to combine both into one package download? Like, just allow users to download this low-gravity, custom map slayer variant, without downloading both the custom map and the custom game settings separately?
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You're right. You will have a map and a game type. Your friends will have to download both. Like, right now on Bungie Favorites they have Games and Maps designed to work together.
 
Mojovonio said:
I loved Sierra117.

Which is why the last half is so disappointing.
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Yeah I loved the shit outta Sierra and opening levels.... thats not to say Im finding the latter half of the game disappointing. Just finished level 6.
 
Lol, eventful midnight launch in Harrogate, UK, Gamestation.

Got there 90 minutes before, few guys in the queue. Got busy behind us, and just turned into hilarity. Toilet was needed for a long time, couldnt leave the queue for 90 mins though!

I wasnt gonna buy mine tonight, got a preorder for tomorrow, but they had spare legendary, so i bought :D

Will play later on (need to sleep) but happy :D
 
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