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Subject: Anyone else haveing trouble downloading Halo 2 maps?

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I hope that once Microsoft shuts down the Halo 2 Xbox Live server that Tombstone and Desolation don't get corrupted on my hard drive some day. The other DLC maps I have on the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack disc. I'm just worried about Tombstone and Desolation since they aren't on any kind of disc for future backup.

  • 02.07.2010 1:40 PM PDT

So there is a way to get the halo 2 dlc onto an xbox 360 so at least we can do LAN over XBC or something. I made a youtube video about it, and I'm working on a blog post that gets really in depth on how to do it... so here's the youtube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W7_sz6_nIo

sorry about the volume... I was working with a really poor microphone. Hopefully in the future I can fix that. Also, in this video I am assuming that you already own the maps and just can't access them... I really am not trying to push people to do anything illegal. I just want to enjoy Halo 2 as much as possible before online is gone for good, and the more, the merrier!

  • 02.07.2010 1:42 PM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
Xfire: JacobGRocks.
50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.

The maps were free anyway....

Anyways, i also have the maps on my Xbox Original so their safe.

  • 02.07.2010 2:14 PM PDT

Posted by: Gen Petitt
ME2 was known for stupidity and being retarded

I'm totally gonna sue Micro$oft for this -blam!-.

  • 02.07.2010 2:22 PM PDT
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Holy crap, I had just re-downloaded Tombstone & Desolation onto my new xbox. Thank god for my Multiplayer Map Pack Disc.

  • 02.07.2010 2:26 PM PDT

Posted by: Gen Petitt
ME2 was known for stupidity and being retarded

Posted by: tiger7
Holy crap, I had just re-downloaded Tombstone & Desolation onto my new xbox. Thank god for my Multiplayer Map Pack Disc.


Lucky bastard.

  • 02.07.2010 2:29 PM PDT

Signatures are for squares.

I have the multiplayer disc, but Tombstone and Desolation are what I'm worried about.

  • 02.07.2010 3:27 PM PDT

Posted by: Gen Petitt
ME2 was known for stupidity and being retarded

Yeah, Tombstone was really good. I'll miss it. :(

Desolation I could care less about.

  • 02.07.2010 4:57 PM PDT

wait why do we have to redownload them? i play on an original xbox and i downloaded them all a month ago. will i have to redownload them all of a sudden?

  • 02.07.2010 5:12 PM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
Xfire: JacobGRocks.
50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.

Posted by: sinus751
wait why do we have to redownload them? i play on an original xbox and i downloaded them all a month ago. will i have to redownload them all of a sudden?

No, it only happens on 360s which have been repaired and the removable hdds swapped. The dlc is for a different console so it won't work.

  • 02.07.2010 5:19 PM PDT

Nah man you don't have to worry as long as you have them all.. The problem is that for whatever reason, be it to save hd space or corrupted map packs, people have lost the map packs and want to redownload them. Problem is they shut down the dlc for original xbox games without anyway for people to get the map packs back before April 15th.

  • 02.07.2010 5:21 PM PDT

oh awesome. thanks

  • 02.07.2010 5:24 PM PDT

Signatures are for squares.

Just played some Halo 2 earlier, thank god I still have Tombstone and Desolation.

  • 02.07.2010 7:04 PM PDT

I'm not bad, I'm Useless

Well guys this is looking pretty bad right now. I hope they fixed this. I had all the maps before the cancel the DLC but it said they were corrupted. So I deleted them and try to re download them only to find out they didn't have them anymore. GRRR.

  • 02.07.2010 7:06 PM PDT

Posted by: CrazyNakedMan
Seems like all Xbox Original DLC has already been pulled. The only way to obtain the maps now is if you but the map pack disk they released a while back.

I have that. =)

  • 02.07.2010 8:10 PM PDT
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EXTREME PREJUDICE

Posted by: Mr M12LRV
Posted by: CrazyNakedMan
Seems like all Xbox Original DLC has already been pulled. The only way to obtain the maps now is if you but the map pack disk they released a while back.
I have that. =)

I also kept mine :)

  • 02.07.2010 9:06 PM PDT
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So this dlc issue is yet to be resolved. Great now I really feel like I will never play Halo 2 on Live again.

  • 02.07.2010 9:11 PM PDT

Signatures are for squares.

Posted by: S2 Black 0ut
Posted by: Mr M12LRV
Posted by: CrazyNakedMan
Seems like all Xbox Original DLC has already been pulled. The only way to obtain the maps now is if you but the map pack disk they released a while back.
I have that. =)

I also kept mine :)


Too bad the disc doesn't have Auto Update 2 or Tombstone/Desolation on it.

  • 02.07.2010 9:18 PM PDT
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Spartans are from Venus and Elites are from Uranus

I called tech support and they said that Microsoft got significantly more calls about the situation than they had expected and they're actually keeping count of everyone that calls and deciding what to do based on that.

So I'm sure the more people calling the better. Do so if you can, I say. Let them know how much we care.

  • 02.07.2010 9:59 PM PDT

I AR3 BK

So I played H2 today and got an update. Anyone know what thats about?

  • 02.07.2010 10:00 PM PDT

Posted by: JacobGRocks
The maps were free anyway....

Anyways, i also have the maps on my Xbox Original so their safe.
Not when I bought them they were not... :|

  • 02.07.2010 10:02 PM PDT

Will call first thing tomorrow morning just to add a +1 to their call list if they are actually keeping track, plus I would like to know if we can actually still get patches at least for games to play online. I mean now they have effectively shut down XBL before that April 15th by removing all server side content.

  • 02.07.2010 10:14 PM PDT
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One day... I am gonna grow wings... A chemical reaction... Hysterical and useless... hystecial and let down and hanging around... crushed like a bug in the ground.

-blam!- MS

Stupid Crapping: yes we will, wait maybe not, actually Yes we will, thinking about it we could care less about Halo 2.

[Edited on 02.07.2010 10:58 PM PST]

  • 02.07.2010 10:57 PM PDT

My question is what made Microsoft choose to pull the plug on the downloadable content servers so soon? Shutting Xbox Live access down for the original games and giving us two months notice, unfortunate but understandable -- but why then yank DLC access immediately after making the announcement? This is when everybody is gonna want to collect their things for safekeeping before the time comes that they cannot download them again.

There's other great stuff than just Halo 2 maps too, like the Hurricane Packs for the original Ninja Gaiden or the extra campaign missions for Splinter Cell. This is stuff that can be played offline but cannot be obtained offline, I think its garbage that they just pulled the plug like that. They need to reverse the decision and give the subscribers some time to make sure they have everything first.

  • 02.08.2010 2:49 AM PDT