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Subject: The ODST problem reporting and complaints thread

It lags in the solo campaign and I'm pretty sure that's not an internet connection problem like everyone says it is, it's a game problem. Bungie made this game in 14 months and built the hype up for it for the other 6, and it seems they didn't even bother to test it to see if everything is ok. Like I said earlier, it's not the internet connection, it's the game.

  • 09.25.2009 2:01 AM PDT
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All this speak of lag reminds me, I was playing Firefight in a party of four.

Two guys split-screening (hosts) from the UK, and two guys from the U.S. both from the same City in California.

During the entire game, the two guys from California (myself included) experienced a 1-second consistant lag throughout the entire game; meaning that if you pull the trigger, bullets will come out a second later, if you press LB, you'll jump a second later, if you see a grenade flying at you, you're probably f**ked.

  • 09.25.2009 2:02 AM PDT
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Every Firefight game I play lags like if I were on the playstation network I cannot play firefight like this please fix it thank you! (sigh)

  • 09.25.2009 2:02 AM PDT
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Also, Dare's face is appalling. Seriously, is she supposed to look like a man with a ponytail? And her talking animations are terrible! - They're my only issues. Apart from that, I completely adore this game! My favourite Halo game, I think :D


Dare looks remarkably like Nova from Starcraft Ghost...

  • 09.25.2009 2:03 AM PDT

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Not sure if this has been posted, but the lack of animation for weapon reloading and switching on the back of a mongoose is jarring.

  • 09.25.2009 2:05 AM PDT

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Posted by: IcedPea
Framerate drops are very consistent. I think a patch is needed. Other than that, game is fine, achievements unlock fine.


A.k.a. get a new 360 or let it cool down... I've seen no framerate problems.

  • 09.25.2009 2:05 AM PDT

Mastering others is strength... mastering yourself makes you Fearless.

I don't see how anyone is experiencing lag... especially in a "solo" game?
That makes no sense.
The game is running 100% smooth with perfect blur and animations.

  • 09.25.2009 2:08 AM PDT

Posted by: H3 Fearless
I don't see how anyone is experiencing lag... especially in a "solo" game?
That makes no sense.
The game is running 100% smooth with perfect blur and animations.

Then you are lucky. Enjoy your game.

  • 09.25.2009 2:14 AM PDT
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why dont you guys simply make it 2 player co op or somthing that wouldnt require a connection because it can be done on 1 xbox, thats if you want to keep the team work side of those vidmasters, otherwise make it an option for solo? fin.

  • 09.25.2009 2:14 AM PDT
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Honestly, I wouldnt argue with the ninja over logistics of how to run the forum. He has a point in the fact that the complaints are getting out of hand, and the praise threads are slowing down.

And to whoever mentioned bringing back elites...there are elites...dead ones...The kind I like. (AKA No more dinos)

Posted by:BenderIsKing
well... if you are a TV/video major you should know that if the framerate drops below about 25-30 it is very noticeable.


Well you're right. I should notice this. Trouble is, we're not taught what it exactly looks like here. It's weird what we learned here. Plus, I didn't finish my studies on it, so there is much more to learn.

But, I also play on a LCD TV, and during the transitions, the screen flashes between it's standby color and the game, which seems to me to indicate a framerate drop and the TV is trying to recover. But I have no way of telling for sure.

Anyway, it's kinda off topic...
What he is saying is the framerate literally drops to unplayability. It's not like it's dropping from 60 to 50 fps. Somebody posted a video of the game playing at 5 fps (estimate). It's a very noticeable performance issue, not something only an expert eye will notice or even care about.


Ah ok. Yeah, THAT would be noticeable.

Hey Skibur, shouldn't this be stickied too? Had to use the search bar just to find it.

  • 09.25.2009 5:33 AM PDT

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I have a good connection but find firefight extremely laggy.

  • 09.25.2009 5:37 AM PDT

Only thing I have noticed is that the weapon appears BEFORE the scope zooms out. It's so annoying (not sure if it was there in Halo 3..)

Not really, but I notice that kind of thing :/

  • 09.25.2009 5:38 AM PDT

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I am going to make this clear and simple, there is a horrendous amount of lag. I will also explain that everyone I play with 4 players have the same sort of internet connection. Me (The Figure 13), My sis on the same xbox (xX Karza Xx), xXxNOOBKILLERxXx who lives 5 minutes from me and Ghosty Zephyrous who lives in New Zealand. I live in Australia. This is bogus. There should be no lag at all considering we all have a similar internet connection. This isn't necessarily a game issue it is a server issue. Lack of Australasian/Oceania servers. If the XBL service was as good as the PS3's there would be no problem at all. Microsoft need to fix their servers and Bungie need to fix their game to match.

  • 09.25.2009 5:45 AM PDT

Wax on, Wax off!

I have to be 100% honest and say i have had no trouble with this game at all!

Lag has been my mates fault for leaving his DL's on! Once there were off everything was fine.

Also after completing the endure acheivement the recon unlocked straight away!

Im not going to bum bungie but tbh ive had no problems at all

  • 09.25.2009 5:48 AM PDT

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The RB button seems unresponsive, picking up weapons/activating doors etc can take 2-3 presses of the button before it takes effect. Especially annoying when you are mid battle and need to run into the open and grab a dropped weapon.

This happens in Campaign and firefight, whether you are in an online game or solo offline makes no difference. Really weird.

  • 09.25.2009 5:49 AM PDT
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Posted by: heratik08
The RB button seems unresponsive, picking up weapons/activating doors etc can take 2-3 presses of the button before it takes effect. Especially annoying when you are mid battle and need to run into the open and grab a dropped weapon.

This happens in Campaign and firefight, whether you are in an online game or solo offline makes no difference. Really weird.


Sounds like a controller issue.

If you have a different controller, swap it out.

  • 09.25.2009 5:52 AM PDT
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i pre-ordered odst from play.com which is one of the stores that should give me the sgt. johnson, but when i got home and opened it up it didn't the code anywhere. does any1 know where it is or should i just phone up play.com and ask for my code??

  • 09.25.2009 5:52 AM PDT
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Snip3d: if you didn't receive a card, check your email. There might be an email in your junk folder with the code. Usually filters find codes like XBOX Live codes as junk.

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  • 09.25.2009 5:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: alanosborn
I have all the Vidmasters and I still do not have the unlock recon button.

What should I do?


its because you earned you annual achievement offline.

  • 09.25.2009 5:55 AM PDT
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seriously bungie wtf. i finaly got the endure vidmaster achievement. deja vu is next then hello recon. i am complaining because the vids are to -blam!- hard. endure almost made me -blam!- take odst and break it.

  • 09.25.2009 5:56 AM PDT
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"I tried to kill my self with a bungee cord. I kept almost dying." - Steven Wright

Endure really isn't hard for me. I have friends that are really good at this game. What makes it impossible is the lag that kicks us all out after 2 or so sets. It's frustrating to work toward something then being kicked and having wasted an hour or so.

If it really was a connection problem, then we should have been kicked within the first 10 minutes of the game. Connection problems just don't randomly appear after you are an hour in. This has happened 3 times to me at the same place.

  • 09.25.2009 6:01 AM PDT
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I think my be a legit error. Lets say im up to the 4th level, and i turn off my console, then some time later i go back on it, instead of selecting mission select i choose camaign then mission select and then the 4 th level, when i complete the 4th level instead of leading to the 5th level it takes to the first level, then i have to do level 1,2,3 then 4, then once i do the mission i selected in mission selct THEN it takes to the 5th level, this bug alo happens when i sign into xbox live. My friends on xbox live have also experienced this error, its really agitating expecially when your on the second last level and then you have to do it all over again,or even trying to complete legendary, they should fix this bug because, im getting annoyed.

  • 09.25.2009 6:02 AM PDT
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Vidmaster achievements are to easy. The Endure one should be on Legendary not heroic...
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  • 09.25.2009 6:02 AM PDT
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Posted by: GoldenVisor
It lags in the solo campaign and I'm pretty sure that's not an internet connection problem like everyone says it is, it's a game problem. Bungie made this game in 14 months and built the hype up for it for the other 6, and it seems they didn't even bother to test it to see if everything is ok. Like I said earlier, it's not the internet connection, it's the game.
I've spent a lot of time on campaign. Beat it on normal to see the story, then went back for some achievements. Working on getting the audio logs, and I haven't looked up the locations, just trying to find them myself. In all that time, I've only ever seen any lag while playing online. Maybe this is an issue with your particular console.

Have you tried installing ODST to your hard drive and playing it from there instead of the disk? My old 360 had a lot of framerate issues for a few months, and eventually the DVD drive died in it.

  • 09.25.2009 6:02 AM PDT