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Subject: Halo 3 AutoUpdate
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Posted by: Spireia
Frankie just sent me his e-mail address, so if you are having problems, message him directly about it and he should try to help. What he did say, other than that is:

Try loading it with NO HDD attached. If that works, then your disk is fine.

That won't fix it permanently, but it will test for that.

If you have Oblivion, try playing it for a little bit, save a game, explore some area - then try H3 again.


did the clean disc / clean disc tray thing.. no workie... cleared the cache from the link above.. redownloaded the update.. no workie.. cleared the cache and tried campaign mode without re downloading the update.. no workie.. disconnected the hard drive and tried to play campaign.. no workie.. okay. so based on frankie's suggestions that means my halo disc is bad.. how is this possible?? It never left the drive.. like one minute it's in the drive working fine and the next minute.. with the new update downloaded. my disc is too scratched or dirty to work? wtf?? how is that possible.. bungie gremlins in my drive clawing up my disc?

  • 02.21.2008 9:59 PM PDT
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Ok i can deal with the update except in odd ball matches the char. with odd ball gets beat down way to easily now and has no advantage when carrying the ball and way too many simultaneous deaths when beating downthis update way meant for the good but the melee was a complete screw up

  • 02.22.2008 5:28 AM PDT

Melee attacks was much better first.

  • 02.22.2008 5:53 AM PDT

im very glad you posted the article explaining why melee battles were sometimes "unfair" it seemed. i almost always lost a contest and now i understand why. i also understand that the shield doesnt cover all your hit points. this article has helped my understand the game i love to play. and i agree with the guy at the bottom of the forum. Bungie you will rule the world one day.

  • 02.22.2008 6:59 AM PDT
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Yay! I love the AutoUpdate, it completely broke my game! Now when I try to load any match in Matchmaking, it shows me the first gametype and map, then another gametype and map, and then kicks me back to the Matchmaking lobby.

Well, I guess it's good that all the complainers finally got their way with melee, now the only people that suffer are people like me.

[Edited on 02.22.2008 8:04 AM PST]

  • 02.22.2008 8:04 AM PDT
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I have exactly the same problem!!!!!!!!! H E L P !!!!!!!

  • 02.22.2008 8:06 AM PDT
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A lot of kinks are still being worked out over the servers, so read through this forum and use what people have already come up with. If that still doesn't work, contact Bungie.

As for myself, the lag worked itself out today, and I am happily killing again. Hooray. My kills shot back up to where they should be in social, so I'm good with this update.

Also, for all you sword wielders out there... beware, your swords are not the weapons they used to be. I went at a guy with the sword today and had a mauler. One shot with the mauler is enough to put you down below the threshold where you'll die in a melee contest, sword or not. I assume shotguns and brute shots are working the same way now too. It nerfs the sword, which badly needed it for a long time.

  • 02.22.2008 8:55 AM PDT

I always thought that a Swords game would be messed up because of the update but it isnt :) . Other than that like almost everyone else i miss the flying bodies, specially when you snipe someone lol.

  • 02.22.2008 9:33 AM PDT
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Well I tried all the fixes (D-Pad Up + A and clearing my HD of all updates) and they didn't work. Assuming it's the fault of my disk, what can I do, and why did it work only until this update?

EDIT: I rolled back my updates, and loaded Halo 3 and it still won't load any levels (in Custom Game). However, when I pulled out my hard drive (as someone above suggested) it loaded just fine.

[Edited on 02.22.2008 9:55 AM PST]

  • 02.22.2008 9:48 AM PDT
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why do all the updates that bungie decide to release have some way of screwing up my game. You would think this would have been tested before releasing the havoc onthe the general public. why cant the update just update the game rather than killing the xbox and game, i have bad enough trouble with the red lights god damn it bungie!!!!!

[Edited on 02.22.2008 1:11 PM PST]

  • 02.22.2008 1:04 PM PDT
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This new both players die in the melee is stupid, i feel as if no matter what if i melee someone i will die also.

  • 02.22.2008 1:21 PM PDT
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I will admit some of the issues are tough to deal with and the lag issues are still there and yes getting better. The worst is in big team battle if my guess is correct people who once were borderline low internet speed are now worse off, I believe you need a speed over 1000 kb/sec or you will experience lag. The weapons tweeking is hard to understand but yes we are all getting used to it. Lastly I will never get the melee fix. It is worse in my opinion as now many people who used it as defence no longer can. It does affect close range weapons like shotty and mauler users but I will admit I'm getting used to it and will survive as I learn to snipe better. The major problem here is many people complained as they take this too seriously and now many more will complain as they take change seriously because you shouldn't sell people something and then once you have the money change the deal. I'm glad many of you like the change, I have close gamer friends who do like it and I respect them for it, I just want people to hear the voices out there who aren't happy, read the forum all the way back and see what this has done to some of us out here. If you agree or don't agree listen to each other and make a decision based on how you feel when you experience the dual death and you know you should have won or lost a clear winner at least would be nice. Just for the record I will still play but I have decided to move on to call of duty as many of my friends have already. I hear it is intense on multiplayer. Thanks bungie for showing me there are other games out there to play.

  • 02.22.2008 1:46 PM PDT
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yeah, the flying bodies are fun!!!
but simultaneous melee deaths have really been bugging me

  • 02.22.2008 1:50 PM PDT
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I can see a difference in the melee-system, thanks for the update.

  • 02.22.2008 3:09 PM PDT
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I am sorry but I hate the update. I don't know what it is about the auto update but I just can't get used to it. I find that the things that worked well before the update have gove away. I don't know that is just me. I think today when I played my sword got blocked by the butt of a gun. I don't understand how that one works but ok.

  • 02.22.2008 3:36 PM PDT

soo i dont know about anyone else but i would prefer to get screwed over a bunch by hosts than to get beat down constantly with the sword.... Bungie you unintentionally nerfed the sword with the new update, now all some one has to do is shoot me like three times with an AR and then when i go to lunge the melee and we both die and thats not satisfying it just makes everyone really confused

  • 02.22.2008 10:46 PM PDT

ur right the totally screwed the sword

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I followed Frankie's advise and I guess it was my disk. I am just trying to be sure I understand. Is the imporant data of the game stored in the xbox cache and the disk only usually used to verify the ownership of the game, assuming that it is the only game ever in the system? But if the disk was damaged at some point after that data made it to cache, it would still work since it didn't have to fully load the game. With this update, the system had cleared the cache so all games had to be reloaded from the disk, thus any damaged disks out there have just been discovered. Is that right? As sad as it is, at least it is my fault and I can keep loving the game!
Thank you so much for your help!
Spireia

  • 02.23.2008 2:43 AM PDT
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Ha! my first game after update rly showed a difference. But i keep getting in the situation where both melee'rs die, but it looks funny for screen shots :P

  • 02.23.2008 5:51 AM PDT
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Posted by: Spireia
I followed Frankie's advise and I guess it was my disk. I am just trying to be sure I understand. Is the imporant data of the game stored in the xbox cache and the disk only usually used to verify the ownership of the game, assuming that it is the only game ever in the system? But if the disk was damaged at some point after that data made it to cache, it would still work since it didn't have to fully load the game. With this update, the system had cleared the cache so all games had to be reloaded from the disk, thus any damaged disks out there have just been discovered. Is that right? As sad as it is, at least it is my fault and I can keep loving the game!
Thank you so much for your help!
Spireia

Your disc was defect? I can´t believe it. I have the same loading problems, but my disc looks like new!! Without the HDD it works fine...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! H E L P M E B U N G I E !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 02.23.2008 6:02 AM PDT
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ever since the new upgrade, i am not able to play halo3 i keep getting the "players did not load content", even on the accounts that are not x-box live accounts. i cant even play campaign missions. how can i fix it?

  • 02.23.2008 7:28 AM PDT
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ok the update has officially pissed me off this week as of the mellee systum change. why should both partys die if only one mellees also i would like to say i preferd the game before the update

  • 02.23.2008 8:22 AM PDT

No more flying bodies!?! It figures that would get taken out. I recently had a debate with a fellow gamer about some of the nuances that made Halo3 more fun and therefore better than 'poular alternative FPS 4' and that was one of my foundational points. Now... its gone. My side of the debate is rendered meaningless. I am no longer relevant! It is a sad for the Halo3 community, now that our lifeless bodies will more realistically settle to the surface of whatever prophet forsaken map we might be fraggin on. Truly, I weep. As one other of my fellow gamers pointed out: you had said before that the reason you guys put that in there was because it was just awesome and funny in the first place. Thats not an exact quote, but that was the gist of it.

  • 02.23.2008 8:33 AM PDT

I blocked a sword with an smg on the pit. It was weird, but I'll take it.

  • 02.23.2008 8:37 AM PDT

I don't like the new balancing with the 1 on 1s. Now both guys die,which sorta ruins the intenceness.

  • 02.23.2008 3:04 PM PDT