- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: RhythmKiller
Posted by: Vitruvius
Anyways. I need help too:
I'm planning a Halo 2 Lan, but I'm sure I read a long time ago that Halo 2 would have issues in LAN's if the box hasn't EVER had a LIVE account used on it. (Some kind of update from LIVE is needed to make Halo 2 work over a LAN???)
Can anyone comment on whether this is going to be the case? Cheers.
There's only one issue which I can think of which matches the problem you've heard of, and that is the first major patch to the game (the 1.1 patch) which actually modified some gameplay attributes. It came along very early 2005 I think. Obviously, only those people with LIVE access could download it. I would think that you can't play a LAN game between xboxes with different versions of the game on (pre- and post-patch). If all your xboxes don't have the patch, it should be ok, and if they all do have it, again there won't be a problem. If they have different versions, you'll either have to DL the patches to the ones that aren't current using someone else's account on a memory card or something, OR delete the updates from the boxes that do have it (I think you can do this but I'm not sure.)
The 1.1 patch increased melee and grenade damage greatly, reduced the spread of the BR, and nerfed the Magnum. Good post, by the way.
Didnt the patch also take out what was the rocket cancel? I remember playing on my friends xbox which has never been on line, and being able to fly across the map using the rockets and sword (some weird combo, i really cant remember, like x, y, and r-trigger) I also would like to ask a question, is it possible to still do this "manuever" in the 1.5 (or whatever we are up to now) patch. Ive tried a few times in customs, and have not been sucessful. Is it just harder to do?
thanks in advance
Morder