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Good to know that the Beta will be able to receive updates.

  • 05.15.2007 1:05 PM PDT

I'm also interested in knowing when we should expect to receive the codes. I have a copy of crackdown, but I had promised to loan it to a friend while the Beta was live once I got accepted via the rule of three. I need to know if I'm going to need to hold onto that for myself now....

  • 05.15.2007 1:09 PM PDT
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It would be cool to know just what they're updating. A detailed overview of what exactly they're changing/adding.

  • 05.15.2007 1:28 PM PDT
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Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.

I've not recieved any update and I still have all my saved films.... didn't he say they rolled it out last night?

  • 05.15.2007 1:31 PM PDT

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There shouldn't be ANY slayer in the Skirmish matches... I picked skirmish for a reason... You know how pissed a die hard Slayer fan would be if all of a sudden he's playing Oddball...

  • 05.15.2007 2:20 PM PDT
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(little voice in head: no, not your MOVIE, silly, your Halo 3 game save video)

ooohh :) MthdDirector is happy now. Carry on!

  • 05.15.2007 2:21 PM PDT
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stop hovering over me it tickles!

NOOOO i lost my films with Mr.Jukes and Major Nelson WHY! *sulks in corner

  • 05.15.2007 2:23 PM PDT
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You don't need to read this

I just had a saved film with an extermination medal!!!! More skirmish for everyone!

  • 05.15.2007 2:38 PM PDT
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so is it going to be live for the crackdown owners at midnight PST?

  • 05.15.2007 2:53 PM PDT

Thank you for taking out alot of the slayer games i play skimish for objectives not slayer

  • 05.15.2007 3:04 PM PDT

YAY! more CTF and less slayer, that makes me happy inside.

  • 05.15.2007 3:11 PM PDT
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Cool.

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  • 05.15.2007 3:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: kylun
I've not recieved any update and I still have all my saved films.... didn't he say they rolled it out last night?
Same here.

  • 05.15.2007 3:43 PM PDT
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Same here I have my saved films and the ones stored in my fileshare.

Frankie how do we update? Its it automatic when we load the Beta??

  • 05.15.2007 4:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: kylun
I've not recieved any update and I still have all my saved films.... didn't he say they rolled it out last night?


Same thing here. I haven't received any update and all of my old fims still work.

  • 05.15.2007 4:29 PM PDT
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This means that the beta doesn't really HAVE to end in 3 weeks then - I'm not kidding please consider it Bungie - as you continuously tweak the mp code, you can just push it out to the public beta. Especially with load handling code from the initial few weeks, there's no way to fully stress test it until you release unless you leave the public beta open. The nice thing for Bungie would be that if you break something pre-release, nobody really has any right to -blam!- and moan about it like the do once they've paid for the product. You'll never have that opportunity again once the final product ships - at that point you've got paying customers to support, but now you could rapidly push out fixes and tweaks with minimal QA and see how they perform under stress.

The other reason I think the beta should stay open until right before release is because of glitchers, cheaters, and exploiters - these guys can only be found when the masses have the game, and finding them after the game ships means that (again, PAYING) customers will be (rightfully) mad at Bungie for allowing cheaters to ruin their games. If the cheaters are surfaced now, the geometry glitches repaired, and the exploits plugged, all before shipping, it will be a good thing for all of us including Bungie and Microsoft.

It would be different if it wasn't possible to patch on-the-fly, but the whole point of this thread is that it IS possible. Please, Bungie consider it. I admit my motives are somewhat motivated by the fact that I don't want to wait 6 months to play again after the beta, but ultimately I want Halo3 MP to be the best it can possibly be and I think we the community can really help that happen if you give us more time with the beta than 3 weeks.

  • 05.15.2007 5:24 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hatchetforce
Posted by: kylun
I've not recieved any update and I still have all my saved films.... didn't he say they rolled it out last night?


Same thing here. I haven't received any update and all of my old fims still work.


Same here... can we please get an official response about how we update the beta? is it automatic?

  • 05.15.2007 5:54 PM PDT

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  • 05.15.2007 5:57 PM PDT
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WHAT?! I like CTF on High Ground I just don't like Team Slayer in Team Skirmish. why would you take away a Skirmish game and just lessen I Team Slayer thats not supposed to be their?!

  • 05.15.2007 6:26 PM PDT

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Yeaaahh, 8:00 est that is awesome, but must suck for the people on the west coast. And Bungie where is the FAQ? I keep checking every couple of hours but still nothing...


8 eastern is 7 central is 6 mountain is 5 pacific! When your playing at 8 your time, I'll be playing at 7 my time, lol. WHICH IS THE SAME TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 05.15.2007 7:01 PM PDT
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Not Cool... The update farked me over.. my beta no longer works. I keep getting a message that its nolonger available or Expired.. BS. I say this is not good Bungie.. You need to fix this error with Friends and Family members.! EDIT<Im currently trying to redownload the beta. I'll see if this works.. >

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  • 05.15.2007 7:22 PM PDT
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Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.

Similar thing happened to me. The beta no longer works after downloading the update as of 10:30pm EST. It initially looks OK, but after the Bungie logo the dialog box pops up where you hit 'A' to continue, but now the box contains no text... just empty. I can hit 'A' and it takes me to the beta main menu, but this menu is also blank. I can scroll to two invisible options, the bottom takes me out to the dashboard and the top takes me back to the blank "hit A to continue" box. Is there anything I can do to fix this? I don't see anyway to remove the update so I can re-download it.

  • 05.15.2007 7:50 PM PDT

The update corrupted my game. I received the update notice when I first started the beta up tonight and it was applied. I started up the beta and there is no text anywhere. Not on the "this is a beta" screen before the main menu or on the main menu. I can't join any games either, not directly or through an invite.

Any advice? I tried to redownload buy my Friend and Familiy beta key is now invalid. :(

  • 05.15.2007 8:09 PM PDT

Don't feed the monkey!!!!

same for me

  • 05.15.2007 8:11 PM PDT
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Posted by: kylun
Similar thing happened to me. The beta no longer works after downloading the update as of 10:30pm EST. It initially looks OK, but after the Bungie logo the dialog box pops up where you hit 'A' to continue, but now the box contains no text... just empty. I can hit 'A' and it takes me to the beta main menu, but this menu is also blank. I can scroll to two invisible options, the bottom takes me out to the dashboard and the top takes me back to the blank "hit A to continue" box. Is there anything I can do to fix this?


Exactly the same thing has happened to me.

  • 05.15.2007 8:32 PM PDT