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I just installed the game I don't play games off the disc anymore.

  • 09.25.2009 3:10 PM PDT
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My 9 year old was able to play after putting his account on memory unit, with HDD out, and did not install update.

[Edited on 09.25.2009 3:33 PM PDT]

  • 09.25.2009 3:30 PM PDT
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k let me try to clear a few things up.... i got my copy the hour it came out.I put in odst played for a sec then switcth to the multiplayer disc... my hardrive made an loud noise and i was stuck on a blank screen for forty min then it said disc unreadable...and this was all before the update not after...so its prob not that..i took my harddrive and game and switched to my girlfreinds console it worked fine no problems so its not the hardrive.....probably...i installed it from her console and thought i was smart...but apparently you have to install the game on the console you want to play it on....so my theory is it has to be the disc tray also i have my console outside of the casing at all times so thats probably why i noticed the noise...and i have a 1 year old elite so its not an old console......

  • 09.25.2009 3:33 PM PDT

thanks bungie, for halo odst red ringing my xbox!

  • 09.25.2009 3:33 PM PDT
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Still getting the errors... doesn't seem like there is anything we can do to jury-rig it to work. Gonna have to wait for a "fix" from Bungie. Hopefully soon.. I would really like to play my $60 game please.

On my second disk... same thing. DRE's when it attempts to load cut scenes. Has happened after dying as well when it went to reload the checkpoint. Happens when I try to start Firefight mode... and today it happened in the middle of playing.. audio starting acting weird, and then just plum froze and kicked me out to the Dashboard with the DRE. Cannot even get past the second mission (Buck). Makes no difference when installed on the HDD or not. I have tried playing with the HDD removed and I got much farther than normal... but that is not an acceptable solution...

  • 09.25.2009 3:36 PM PDT
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ive got the solution just return this pile of -blam!- keep your money and play call of duty 4 and 5 till mw2 is out.
and get the new gta dlc along the way!

  • 09.25.2009 3:39 PM PDT

This is such a nightmare. It is actually getting kind of funny, in a sadistic sort of way. It has been what, 4 days since this all started and we haven't even got a "we are working on it" yet? Normally I would say no news is good news but this is rediculous

  • 09.25.2009 3:47 PM PDT

For newcomers here's a little info:

1. Disc change for new ones from where you bought the game doesn't help but there's been a couple cases that it fixed the problem but i think everyone who has DRE switched atleast one time disc but it didn't help so no go for that.

2. HDD Installation don't help. It has helped very rarely few players but little bit later they come back saying that they got one level futher and same problem yet again. Some cases trying without HDD helps but no saving, achievements etc. unless you have memory card which has helped some people little futher but it is a temporary solution.

3. Usually the DRE comes up only in Campaign disc but there are reports now that it has spread to Halo 3 and ODST included Halo 3 Mythic MP expansion. These are spots usually ODST Campaign crashes (MINOR SPOILERS):

- First Level: The Rookie takes in a cut scene Dare's broken helmet from a TV wall and after cutscene comes Loading and then approx. 15-30% loaded, crash.
-Second Level: Buck finds Dare's crashed pod and after scene, same again and it crashes in loading.
-Some players get stuck on first cutscene or when they start campaign it crashes instantly with DRE.

I haven't myself gotten futher so i cannot put complete list.

Firefight:

- In some cases Firefight has shown working on Crater and Windward maps but usually any other map crashes with DRE error.

- Also people who successfully played Firefight has been driven near insanity because serious lag problems. My friends have 25/15 mb connections all but still games were so laggy they didn't get to play a full minute with good connection.
This also requires little bit confirmation because i only got to play 15 full minutes alone Firefight because it always crashed when tried to play online.

4. There are some solutions that recommend you somehow boil you dvd or something like that. Don't do anything to discs, HDD, dvd drives etc. until you hear something official from Bungie, Microsoft or both.

5. The recent update for X360 is said to be catalyst for this problem in the first place. No one can be sure of this but it can be a high probability that it has something to do with this DRE error. Some users haven't downloaded updates and get to play ODST Campaign but this isn't answer though, i would category that as luck.

There are other things but this should get you started who doesn't know very much about the issue. You can correct me, give new info or anything useful because we're all "victims" of this problem and i'm trying to help someway i can.



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  • 09.25.2009 3:51 PM PDT

Well, this is strange, but I'm receiving the disc unreadable message when I try to play the Forza 3 demo that I just downloaded. If this is somehow related to putting odst in my console I'm very unhappy. That being said, it must be a global patch if a patch at all. I still get the message with my hdd off. This is all a load of garbage. Maybe Bungie has nothing to do with it? But, maybe so.

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well i am also confused over this but my disk unreadable doesent even let you get onto the campaign...bungie really are testing my nerve but luckily the disk 2 works perfectly but anyway guys lets just hope bungie pull themselves together release a statement and actually let us play on the game we payed 30 pound / 60 dollars for !!!

  • 09.25.2009 3:58 PM PDT
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ok, i can confirm that the forza 3 demo is doing the same thing, i have tried on 2 different hdd and im getting "disk read error" also same thing with brutal legend demo.

can someone try these demos with xboxs that are working with odst and also not working

  • 09.25.2009 4:05 PM PDT
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i know this may be me being stupid but i did get a patch that took quite a while that i didnt seem to notice on difference it had made could this have been the big problem because it restarted my console and global patches are the ones that mainly do that ??

  • 09.25.2009 4:08 PM PDT

I cant play the Forza 3 or Brutal Legend demos either....That last patch MUST be the culprit!

  • 09.25.2009 4:21 PM PDT
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HELLO BUNGIE!!! IS ANYONE THERE?!?!? PLEASE SAY SOMETHING YOU SORRY SACKS OF -Blam!-

  • 09.25.2009 4:21 PM PDT
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Hey guys any news from bungie or microsoft yet? It must have been an update issue because im not sure if any of you have done this but I took my hard drive and put it in soem1 elses xbox and played the game just fine. So i got my fix for now, but id like to eventually play it on mien instead of borrowing a friends 360...

  • 09.25.2009 4:21 PM PDT

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HELLO BUNGIE!!! IS ANYONE THERE?!?!? PLEASE SAY SOMETHING YOU SORRY SACKS OF -Blam!-


I don't think these "hate messages" do any good. We all are pissed off and tired of waiting but let them do their job in peace. I've said before and i say it now: Believe.

  • 09.25.2009 4:23 PM PDT
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right i may sound absolutely ******* stupid now but was this patch were all talking about specifically for odst or was it overall xbox patch cos my odst is also broken !

  • 09.25.2009 4:24 PM PDT

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right i may sound absolutely ******* stupid now but was this patch were all talking about specifically for odst or was it overall xbox patch cos my odst is also broken !


The patch was for X360's Facebook if i remember correctly.

  • 09.25.2009 4:26 PM PDT
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HELLO BUNGIE!!! IS ANYONE THERE?!?!? PLEASE SAY SOMETHING YOU SORRY SACKS OF -Blam!-


I don't think these "hate messages" do any good. We all are pissed off and tired of waiting but let them do their job in peace. I've said before and i say it now: Believe.


sorry for the hate post i let my anger get to me... but im not entirely sorry cause we never got any indication from bungie themselves that their doing anything.

  • 09.25.2009 4:26 PM PDT

Well apparently the patch was also for causing problems with Xbox's. So maybe Bungie is in contact with Microsoft and are receiving all the flack for this... Microsoft better undo the damage this last patch seems to have done soon

  • 09.25.2009 4:27 PM PDT
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well i dont like hatemail myself personally but after waiting for quite a lenthy time patience becomes thin and im sorry to admit it bungie but you have upset alot of people...but look on the positive side they could have a patch by tommorow !!!

  • 09.25.2009 4:28 PM PDT

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HELLO BUNGIE!!! IS ANYONE THERE?!?!? PLEASE SAY SOMETHING YOU SORRY SACKS OF -Blam!-


I don't think these "hate messages" do any good. We all are pissed off and tired of waiting but let them do their job in peace. I've said before and i say it now: Believe.


sorry for the hate post i let my anger get to me... but im not entirely sorry cause we never got any indication from bungie themselves that their doing anything.


I know and i understand that perfectly. I believe everyone of us is very disappointed for getting unfunctioning game. But we just have to wait and see what comes next. I strongly feel like Bungie and Microsoft are going to apologize for this event and i accept that and hopefully patch with open arms.

  • 09.25.2009 4:28 PM PDT
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My friend just told me that his Xbox will load the map sometimes if his Xbox is cool, but once it heats up it's done for.

Don't know if this helps, just thought I'd post it.

  • 09.25.2009 4:29 PM PDT
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you know what? perhaps bungie never got the chance to test their game with this new patch since they were released on the same day.

  • 09.25.2009 4:30 PM PDT

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My friend just told me that his Xbox will load the map sometimes if his Xbox is cool, but once it heats up it's done for.

Don't know if this helps, just thought I'd post it.


Every piece of info is always useful. Puzzle is completed piece by piece.

  • 09.25.2009 4:31 PM PDT