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just got a call back from microsoft, they said theyre fully aware of the problem, and are working on the fix. they dont know when it'll be out, though. Im so happy i got to spend 63.95 on a game i have to wait to play. Im never buying a bungie game again, this is -blam!- up

  • 10.03.2009 5:46 PM PDT

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Posted by: i cheat 01
I just spoke to support at MS, and they told me this is not a common problem and they are not working on a fix for it. He said that I would need to have the console repaired at a cost of $99 (since I'm out of warranty). No chance. Was anyone else told this?


what a retard that support guy is.

On topic:
I was playing campaign last night with a couple of freinds (system link 4p co-op) and we got to the first security door in the city right after bucks flashback before my friend got the DRE. but firefight works perfectly fine. We were pretty dissapointed.

edit: it worked fine on the other box.

[Edited on 10.03.2009 5:50 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2009 5:48 PM PDT
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Hey.

Posted by: Jva122x
Your xboxes are either messed up or the discs may have been printed wrong. If alot of people start to have this problem then it may have been a factory issue.

  • 10.03.2009 5:50 PM PDT
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MS Support is not in sync - read my posts on page 40 and 74. MS told me that they are aware of the problem, a lot of folks are having it and they ARE working on a solution. If anyone tells you differently, they don't know what they are talking about.

However I had to get to a manager in order to get this info as the front line support I spent over 25 minutes explaining what I had done and jacking back and forth over what they wanted me to do had no idea that ODST was an issue. I got the feeling from Urk that MS was on top of this and perhaps in calling them, ODST would be a flag when they called it up on their system - apparently not. Just to note: I appreciate what the folks at Bungie have done to date and this is NOT a knock on Urk who has been very helpful IMHO. Just saying, that MS's right hand ain't talking to the left...

Our xboxes are only "messed up" in that a firmware patch applied to our systems makes this game, Halo 3 and possibly others unstable. There is nothing wrong with the disks as most of us HAVE put them in other Xboxes only to find them working perfectly fine. Appreciate the "help" but maybe reading some of the 1500+ posts here would (I'll end it there)...

In conclusion, I'm not happy that I can't complete the game yet on my xbox, BUT I am NOT ready to throw in the towel and I will not bash Bungie on theirs or any other forum. I'm glad that both companies are aware of the problem and that someday, hopefully not too far off, we all will be able to play this game to completion without issue. I understand that some my not share the same point of view. I can't say I am not pissed that I cannot play this game as I AM, I too spent ~$60 on this game and can't completely play it. But I will soon hopefully. I'm chillin' until that day. 'Nuf said.

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  • 10.03.2009 7:32 PM PDT

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  • 10.03.2009 7:33 PM PDT
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1. This is my 2nd post in this thread, if you wish, refer to my 1st post on page 52.
2. I tried the hot water experiment. I then put the disc in and played from the beginning through to Level 3 (playing Rookie for the second time), and then I saved and quit because my Friend wanted me to try Firefight with him. I looked in Settings > System Settings > Memory > Hard Drive > Games and to my suprise there was a Halo3: ODST "folder" in there. Clicking on it, I see inside my preordering bonus content the Sergeant Johnson firefight character I downloaded after my 1st post, but prior to doing the hot water experiment. Also to my happiness I see a Save Game File whose Properties (when you click on the file) say it is the save I just created. Yay!
3. I go play Firefight with no issues, on two different maps, the first one I dunno the name of it, the second one was "Last Exit" which I know because I landed an Achievement for scoring over 200,000 Points.
4. My friend said, "this is boring" and changed to a Co-Op Campaign Lobby, which I played for about 1 minute before I realized it was spoiling the Campaign for me, so I begged to quit.
5. I went to THEATER, where I saw 5 films stored: the last 1 minute of Co-Op Campaign, 2 Firefight films, the time I spent playing levels 1 & 2 today, and one other I dont remember what it was. I tried to play a film... BAM Unreadable Disc Error.
6. I restart the game from dashboard (as URE kicks you back to there) and try the CONTINUE SOLO CAMPAIGN button, thinking it'll load my lovely saved game file, but alas, after watching the load screen for about 3 minutes, the game restarts at the point where Rookie is opening his eyes after his pod crashed! HUH???
7. I quit the game by pressing Xbox Button > Xbox Dashboard > Yes (yes I'm sure I wanna exit and lose unsaved progress). I go to Settings > System Settings > Memory > Hard Drive > Games > Halo3: ODST "folder" and NOOOOOOO my lovely Saved Game File is GONE!!!
8. A POINT WORTH MENTIONING: I have 2 Friends with discs from Puerto Rico which they report work flawlessly. Mine was Made In Mexico. Aside from a soapbox speech about how BUNGIE ought to hire AMERICANS to burn their discs, I think I am going to go trade this Mexican pedazo de mierda for Fallout 3 and look around other stores besides Game Stop for a Puerto Rican version of this game. I'm not giving up on Halo3: ODST or Bungie or Microsoft, I'm giving up on Mexican pedazos de mierda.

  • 10.03.2009 8:03 PM PDT
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@JimL2112 - LOL! not at you but the Mexican pedazos de mierda.

  • 10.03.2009 8:10 PM PDT

i read the post but for some reason the words EPIC FAIL came to mind. where the disc was made has nothing to do with how it performs, u have 2 friends with discs from puerto rico that work, i actually have 3 friends with discs from mexico that work perfectly and 3 friends with discs from puerto rico that get the unreadable disc error. oh and my 3 friends with discs from puerto rico say their discs are pedazos de mierda

  • 10.03.2009 8:20 PM PDT
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I congratulate you guys on your Español de Americano Latino! :)

I'd like to add another observation:
9. After discovering the Save Game File was DELETED by the game, and posting above, I restarted the game and noticed those 5 films were likewise deleted. Bah Humbug.

  • 10.03.2009 8:27 PM PDT

Um... I like Halo? I don't really know what to say. I'm a student at the moment, I hope to become a criminal profiler, and I enjoy pretty much everything as long as it's good.

What's the ETA on the patch Bungie? I still can't beat NMPD HQ Because it freezes every damn time, on every single difficulty. I even tried creating a new save file and nothing worked.

  • 10.03.2009 11:57 PM PDT
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I think it's crystal clear that the DRE issue is due to latest 360 firmware update. After ODST, FIFA 10 gave me the same problem (it's intalled on my HDD).

  • 10.04.2009 2:37 AM PDT

Has anyone tried put back Xbox360 original console settings? If I remember right, there should be such an option to choose. Of course you can't then sign in Live, but at least you could play Campaign. Just a thought, probably it won't work.

  • 10.04.2009 4:26 AM PDT

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Wow... I was playing the brutal legends demo and I got the DRE mid game...

  • 10.04.2009 6:33 AM PDT
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My son was able to complete the game with the HDD removed.

I'm over 1/2 way through and do not have issues with the HDD removed. Just have my save game on a memory unit.

Has anyone gotten a DRE with the HDD removed?

  • 10.04.2009 7:06 AM PDT
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Nope, can't play with HDD removed. I still get the DRE. The strange thing is, it loads just as fast as if I had installed it to the hard drive. Weird.

  • 10.04.2009 7:14 AM PDT
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Well i got the game, and i thought it was a faulty game, so i returned it, and it still froze, i returned it again, and it still froze...again, and now more often, i saved it to my hard drive and still had the same problem, i took off the hard drive and still it kept freezing, so i thought it was just my xbox untill i found out other people had the same issue, now i cant even play games like Fable 2 or saints row 2 anymore with out it freezing, i called customer support and a lady told me there will be a system download shortly for this issue

  • 10.04.2009 7:52 AM PDT
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Posted by: AciDKillER627
Yea all my friends who dont have sgt johnson can play the game fine but i know 3 people plus me who have him and it screws up a lot could that be the problem? I'd trade anyones problems for mine. my xbox freezes at start and randomly a lot ever since i've played ODST but it didnt happen till after i beat the game. is it possible there is a virus attached to a certain achevement? well i'd like to try to pinpoint the problem if anyones with me. heres a list of my achevements everyone list your common achevements so we can narrow it down.

Healup, Dark Times, Tourist, Junior Detective, Boom Headshot, Trading Down, Tayari Plaza, Listener, Ewww Sticky, Uplift Reserve, Tuned In, Gumshoe, Kizingo Boulevard, ONI Alphasite, Dome Inspector, NMPH HQ, Super Sleuth, Kikowani Station, Data Hive, Coastal Highway, Campaign complete: Normal.

My xbox and game were fine until I beat Normal campaign but now i might have to buy a new system just to turn it on.



you know, from what i remember exactly my xbox froze exactly when i got junior detective

  • 10.04.2009 7:58 AM PDT

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Posted by: AciDKillER627
Yea all my friends who dont have sgt johnson can play the game fine but i know 3 people plus me who have him and it screws up a lot could that be the problem? I'd trade anyones problems for mine. my xbox freezes at start and randomly a lot ever since i've played ODST but it didnt happen till after i beat the game. is it possible there is a virus attached to a certain achevement? well i'd like to try to pinpoint the problem if anyones with me. heres a list of my achevements everyone list your common achevements so we can narrow it down.

Healup, Dark Times, Tourist, Junior Detective, Boom Headshot, Trading Down, Tayari Plaza, Listener, Ewww Sticky, Uplift Reserve, Tuned In, Gumshoe, Kizingo Boulevard, ONI Alphasite, Dome Inspector, NMPH HQ, Super Sleuth, Kikowani Station, Data Hive, Coastal Highway, Campaign complete: Normal.

My xbox and game were fine until I beat Normal campaign but now i might have to buy a new system just to turn it on.



you know, from what i remember exactly my xbox froze exactly when i got junior detective


Sadie is trying to tell us something.

  • 10.04.2009 11:33 AM PDT
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Just like all the problems that most of you have already stated, I'm having similar issues. I've made it all the way to the Data Hive level but now the sound is messing up and it eventually freezes up.

At first, I thought the problem was my xbox, I bought it used off of ebay, however, since I've read all the posts here I don't think so anymore. After first suspecting my xbox, I decided to get a new Arcade (I kept the Hard drive from the first xbox) package. On the first xbox, I couldn't get past even the first cut scene, yet on the newest one I've made it through most of the game before it screws up. Now, having just spent $200 I feel like I should at least be able to play through the game.

  • 10.04.2009 12:40 PM PDT

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its done. odst has been returned for good and i will not purchase another one. bring on MODERN WARFARE 2!!!!!!


How do you know that MW2 won't cause the same thing? :)

(laughs maniacally)


if MW2 were to cause the same thing, god forbid, than I would be forced to trade in my xbox for a new machine. a PS3. at least that system doesnt have games released for it that simply dont work

  • 10.04.2009 12:46 PM PDT

It's at times like this I am glad I own both systems.

Microsoft's motto should change from "embrace, extend and extinguish" to "embrace, extend and bugger up!"..


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  • 10.04.2009 12:57 PM PDT

Just to say that I also have freezing problems. I don't have "disc is unreadable" issue but I have freezing issues with game. It freezes randomly. Sometimes in Firefight and sometimes in Campaign.
:/

  • 10.04.2009 2:04 PM PDT
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ive tired two different 360's and 2 different copies of odst and i still cant get through campaign w/o it crashing but for sum reason i can play the halo 3 multiplayer disc fine

  • 10.04.2009 2:04 PM PDT

Posted by: Kola Cell
ive tired two different 360's and 2 different copies of odst and i still cant get through campaign w/o it crashing but for sum reason i can play the halo 3 multiplayer disc fine


my ODST disc works great but my halo 3 matchmaking disc is on the fritz. it has to be a firmware problem, but until bungie and microsoft can come up with an update that will help those who need and not hurt those who dont will be the big issue.

its all up to the programs and there math on who, what, when, and how. still a bunch of those questions unanswered. the what is obvious lol.


Just to note: Bungie i love your products and dedication just wish i could get the full experince. =]

  • 10.04.2009 2:33 PM PDT