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Rawr.

Posted by: Capthemfoos
Ok, so basically we are screwed until the fix comes out. however, the game works if you install it on your hard drive?
It does for a very very small amount of people. I am unluckily not one of them. Installing to the hard drive did not work for me.

  • 09.29.2009 12:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: xxrpggamemanxx1
Posted by: Capthemfoos
Ok, so basically we are screwed until the fix comes out. however, the game works if you install it on your hard drive?
It does for a very very small amount of people. I am unluckily not one of them. Installing to the hard drive did not work for me.


I couldn't even install it to my harddrive without getting a disk unreadable error, so no this solution doesn't work 100% lol.

  • 09.29.2009 12:12 PM PDT
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Gotland Rulez!!!!

Hey have any of you had a game stop on you and get this weird colour, blue and green kinda...

It happened today when i played DMC4. It looks more like i need to spend some cash on a new machine or maybe a new copy of DMC4 like ODST?

GOD Dammit now i cant play two great games... It has to be the 360...

  • 09.29.2009 12:23 PM PDT

I am interested in seeing if Formatting the HDD worked. Has anyone tried?

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My ODST DISC 1 CAMPAIGN isnt working either.I took the game back for a new copy. That doesnt work. Then i take it back again and doesnt work. I recieved an email and a guy told me to play with out hard drive and i did and i never had an error ever again. But I cant play with my account with out my hard drive. please tell me how I can play on my hard drive. If u need my gamer tag, it is Wh33lChairMafia and my email is evancrisp@live.com



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Posted by: Bdmitruk
Posted by: xxrpggamemanxx1
Posted by: Capthemfoos
Ok, so basically we are screwed until the fix comes out. however, the game works if you install it on your hard drive?
It does for a very very small amount of people. I am unluckily not one of them. Installing to the hard drive did not work for me.


I couldn't even install it to my harddrive without getting a disk unreadable error, so no this solution doesn't work 100% lol.


If you install it on your hdd and it works, then your disk drive is going bad. If you install it and it still gives you the dre then thats how you know its just the update. if you installed it and it works, then i would recommend getting your disk drive replaced before nothing works. the update is causing a communication issue between the disk drive and cpu. and as for boiling the disk, i really think that would be one of the most petarded things you can possibly try fix it with. thats like putting your console in the freezer to fix the rrod. i am very anxious to see this news from microsoft for myself, if they are infact going to release the patch in late october, ill wait patiently, but i need confirmation beyond a reasonable doubt.

  • 09.29.2009 12:47 PM PDT
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the same thing happens to me on the same level but early your not the only one

  • 09.29.2009 12:49 PM PDT
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If this 'underground' site is to be believed. Im just gonna take ODST back for a full refund.

  • 09.29.2009 1:42 PM PDT

I went to that website and saw one small article about the update and it said nothing about ODST in it. I might have went to the wrong website but it was www.xboxscene.com right?

  • 09.29.2009 1:49 PM PDT

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Posted by: Saints Playa
I am interested in seeing if Formatting the HDD worked. Has anyone tried?


I tried... DON'T DO IT.

  • 09.29.2009 2:11 PM PDT
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So we have to wait about a month for them to get off their butts and fix a game that should've been working upon release... darn

  • 09.29.2009 2:24 PM PDT

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Well, I guess it's gonna be a while till they fix whatever was causing this.

Anyways, like I said on my last post, I was gonna try my copies of the game on my friend's Arcade. They both worked. Both played the Campaign flawlessly till the end of Uplift Reserve, were we switched to Firefight and played three waves on each default map, as well as Lost Platoon, which you unlock after Uplift Reserve.

I haven't been able to even guess as to a reason why the game doesn't wanna work on various consoles, but people are saying taking out the hard drive helps. Seems like something is interrupting the communication between the disk and the drive.

I've read some posts saying about the firmware update is to blame, and some others saying Microsoft acknowledges this, but I have yet to read anything official from Bungie, Microsoft, or another electronic news station like IGN.

Later this week, I'll be buying the Elite, and I'll keep both copies to test on the console. I'll post the results.

  • 09.29.2009 2:46 PM PDT

Yarrrr~

Okay, so not only did my Halo 3 disc randomly stop working after all this. It seems like my Guitar Hero game is starting to screw up as well. None of them has any trace of scratches on the disc... Goddamnit! I can't believe this...

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wouldnt it be epic if bill gates got this problem LMAO!!!

  • 09.29.2009 2:57 PM PDT

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Vilot r blue
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Actually, be more specific. Which loading screen are you talking
about? If it's the black one before the game starts,Restart the
console. If it's the green one with the superintendent map scans, it's no problem. If you go into the campaign screen, then play by yourself, the level should probably take a hell lot of time to load. that's what the screen is doing. Loading the level. No problems at all.

  • 09.29.2009 2:58 PM PDT

Live Free Die Free

Posted by: jackanator141
wouldnt it be epic if bill gates got this problem LMAO!!!

lmao

  • 09.29.2009 3:12 PM PDT

If it's our disc drives going bad, then how come some people keep getting "unreadable disc" when they are trying to play a demo??? Something doesn't seem right... Well "hopefully" Microsoft is working hard at this because I've been playing firefight on the first map over and over and over again lol. O well, -blam!- happens =[

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If Microsoft is working on a fix, it better be released asap, rather than bundled with one of their other updates that will take even longer to finish. Because if they do, that's a horrible move. I shouldn't have to wait another month to play this game.

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If bill gates got this it would be awesome cuz he'd manage to have a fix out within an hour. Instead MS will take there time, and using interns and underpaid programmers I would assume.

  • 09.29.2009 4:18 PM PDT

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this is amazing. a week after release and still no official comment from bungie or microsoft on this issue that is affecting a lot of people. i am going to return my game and not buy a new one. i will just wait for MW2 and my night vision goggles rather than sit by idly and wait for this game to be fixed

  • 09.29.2009 4:24 PM PDT

I read that site, xboxscene and it doesn't even mention ODST. I searched ODST on their website and the most recent news they have on ODST is about the illegal copies. Where in the world did this guy hear that the odst problem will be fixed then?

  • 09.29.2009 5:40 PM PDT

Live Free Die Free

Posted by: Kinzler
this is amazing. a week after release and still no official comment from bungie or microsoft on this issue that is affecting a lot of people. i am going to return my game and not buy a new one. i will just wait for MW2 and my night vision goggles rather than sit by idly and wait for this game to be fixed

go to page 40-now ull find were urk leaves the message

  • 09.29.2009 6:02 PM PDT

Live Free Die Free

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Posted by: jackanator141
http://news.zergwatch.com/2009/09/28/news-halo-3-odst-disc-er ror-not-widespread/ theres the link matey kinda annoying what you are about to read !!


Well, it's true that it's not widespread. At every launch of a major title these issues seem to creep up and affect a small portion of the Xbox 360 player base.

That said, I didn't want to run this messaging in the update because I know it doesn't matter a lick to the players who are experiencing issues. Small number or not, you can't play and that's frustrating.

Unfortunately, I don't have a great update for you. We're still working with our publisher to figure out what the best steps for mitigation are. As soon as we get concrete information, we'll be sure to pass it along.

Apologies for the long and undoubtedly frustrating wait.

here it is

  • 09.29.2009 6:06 PM PDT

NOT GOOD ENOUGH YOU -blam!- UP MY 360

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Did Bungie receive any news from Microsoft yet? We're kinda hanging here, waiting. Actually, I was outside counting stars, but that's beside the point.

  • 09.29.2009 6:28 PM PDT