- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Ok, I've had the game since Sunday now, and its been perfectly fine. I picked up my copy from Circuit City late Sunday night. When I got home I started up the installer, but didn't want to use the Tray and Play install option since I was going to go downstairs and get something to eat. Once I was done getting what I wanted to eat the game was installed, and at the main menu. I was so happy that it worked. I signed into live within minutes; it has to download your profile the first time you log on. Well, over the past few days the amount of people getting on has been very, very slow. The Sunday night there was one game going on with about 12 people in it, Monday there was only about 6 more people on compared to Sunday night, Tuesday there were about 3 games going each had about 12 - 16 people in them, and then today there was about 4 - 5 games going and each one had a nice number of people in them.
I original thought the game was going to come out yesterday (May 22nd), but after logging on today and joining a game with only 8 people I found out the reason. Circuit City, the only place that was selling them, has put up a recall on Halo 2 Vista due to an error in the installation process. I thought that was complete bull-crap since I had already installed the game perfectly fine. Well, in that game were a few people saying that they had the error, and it was while using the Tray and Play feature. You can choose to play the game as it installs, however; in Halo 2 Vista it does NOT work!! After I left that party I went into another party and over half the people there said that about 1 minute into the installation via Tray and Play they encountered one of the following errors...1) Game simply just froze, 2) Blue Screened, or 3) Backed out to Desktop. Many of the people in those games said those were the errors they received and that they tried re-installing it with the Tray and Play, but it didn't work. They said they just went back into the installer and chose the "Install and Play Later" or the "Install and then Play" option...I had picked "Install and then Play" at the very beginning.
A few people said that the Tray and Play feature worked, but afterwards the game was doing some weird stuff, and couldn't connect to Live, so they had to re-install.
So the reason for the Recall is most likely the Tray and Play not working, and the simple fix is to select "Install and Play Later" or "Install and then Play" (launches game right after installation finishes.) Of course, if you honestly need that Tray and Play feature, then you will have to wait a little longer. If not, and you can get your hands on the game or already have it in your hands, reading this, then there is your easy fix...brought to you by the people who have already been playing for the past few days.
Edit: I underlined Tray and Play to show what the problem most likely was...
[Edited on 05.23.2007 5:43 PM PDT]