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Halo: Reach MCC |OT| Reaching back into the MCC without an MC
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I'd assume the difficulty there is due to the immense amount of options to choose from and the game trying to comprehend how to differ the decision making. I think the best way to circumvent that would be to just keep the veto to the same game but just a another map. I think that would help the game from possibly losing its shit trying to figure out what game/map/gametype to matchmake (considering the unique player filters as well) afterward and not losing much time matchmaking due to this.
But totally agree, would love to see the veto system or possibly a voting system if reasonably doable.
They had a voting system back when the game first launched on console but it was a disaster. You pretty much only played on the same maps because people would always vote for the same thing over and over. There was a veto system back on Halo 3 that worked pretty well and if they brought that back it could work well.
Wow I got MCC on launch and didn't recall the voting system. Yeah that makes sense. I think Halo 3's veto system was a good balance.
interesting, then if I see none of my files is it because none were uploaded or because they are not tied to me and I need to search for them?
If you didn't put them into your Xbox 360 File Share for each Halo game and prior to the deadline, then nothing would transfer over to the MCC. Did you do that?
I did, I just find MCC navigation a little obtuse. After searching I found where it was last night and it had my files.
I am having some weird issues lately - I can't get into a multiplayer game, at all. No matter the game mode (social, ranked, firefight). I just get constant searching for players. This has happened on two occasions now and I don't know how to fix this.
I am on Windows 10 via game pass.
I am on Windows 10 via game pass.
A wee update on server blocking, originally blocking EastUS and EastUS2 was enough to get me put onto Euro servers but tonight MCC saw fit to put me onto North CentralUS, CentralUS and WestUS servers. For someone from Scotland it's absolutely awful, EastUS is a dream compared to those servers! I've now blocked
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in my router firewall and started getting all sorts of issues. "Your pings are too high to play on the selected server" was an error that started popping up that prevented me from searching at all. Sometimes matchmaking outright broke and would abort the search a split second after I pushed search. It seems that unless I leave at least one US Azure server unblocked in my router I can't play MCC on Xbox but if I leave one US server unblocked the game will choose that location rather than place me in a Euro game. What an absolute mess. It's either play on US servers with 3 figure pings or don't play at all it seems.
Edit: I started getting "Contacting Server: Locating your nearest dedicated server. Please wait." and "Connecting to transport service" messages when entering matchmaking but searches still abort instantly when I try to search. I absolutely can't search without at least one US server unblocked and it always matches me on the one that's unblocked. So stupid.
Edit2: I've narrowed it down a bit, matchmaking still fails if only South CentralUS or WestUS servers are left unblocked by themselves. Without at least one of EastUS, EastUS2 or CentralUS unblocked matchmaking aborts as soon as I try to search. I can block Euro/Asian/Australian/South American etc servers without issue but I need at least one US server unlocked or I can't play. Makes it worse that 343 added matchmaking region issues to their bug list but said they're not working on it just now. Ah well.
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in my router firewall and started getting all sorts of issues. "Your pings are too high to play on the selected server" was an error that started popping up that prevented me from searching at all. Sometimes matchmaking outright broke and would abort the search a split second after I pushed search. It seems that unless I leave at least one US Azure server unblocked in my router I can't play MCC on Xbox but if I leave one US server unblocked the game will choose that location rather than place me in a Euro game. What an absolute mess. It's either play on US servers with 3 figure pings or don't play at all it seems.
Edit: I started getting "Contacting Server: Locating your nearest dedicated server. Please wait." and "Connecting to transport service" messages when entering matchmaking but searches still abort instantly when I try to search. I absolutely can't search without at least one US server unblocked and it always matches me on the one that's unblocked. So stupid.
Edit2: I've narrowed it down a bit, matchmaking still fails if only South CentralUS or WestUS servers are left unblocked by themselves. Without at least one of EastUS, EastUS2 or CentralUS unblocked matchmaking aborts as soon as I try to search. I can block Euro/Asian/Australian/South American etc servers without issue but I need at least one US server unlocked or I can't play. Makes it worse that 343 added matchmaking region issues to their bug list but said they're not working on it just now. Ah well.
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This could be the reason for that:
Goes on to say that players with high ping quit less, and it's a trend that hasn't changed over the years.
343i also considers anything less than 125ms as a good ping. Link
Ooo I haven't seen that tweet, thanks for the link! I don't quit because of the threat of quit bans tbf. I'll likely just stop playing altogether like I did before which sucks as a big Halo fan but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
My pings according to the MCC settings menu are North Europe 25ms, West Europe 30ms, East US 123ms, East US2 129ms, Central US 157ms, South Central US 184ms, West US 220ms. I've played on West US servers multiple times tonight while trying to find a server configuration that works for me. So by their own metrics they're happily putting me into games that they consider bad. I wish they'd let us choose which datacenters to use, I'd happily wait longer to play on local servers.
Had the same issue in Halo 5 , got US servers almost all the time until they tightened region restrictions for a couple of months and the game played like a dream. Euro servers every time. Then they removed the restrictions and it all went to crap again.
Edit: Wow, West US servers are in California. According to Google that's 4,994 miles from me haha. No wonder it felt awful. Tried making an OpenDNS account and blocking the US datacenters that way but it didn't work. Think I'm all out of options.
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Don't expect an audio patch until sometime early next year (it's at the top of their list of fixes so hopefully next month)
If you're referring to the way the game handles unlocked frame rate mode, don't expect a patch for that until well into next year
I keep getting the 'Contacting server for matchmaking information, please wait' error. What to do?
Finally played this, today. It was awesome to be back in Halo MP. Was reallllllllll bad though.
I want simultaneous mouse and controller input. I need analog movement, keyboard movement feels so wrong.
There's no map vetoes in H5. I think they are against it.
Map voting seems like a good choice but the unintended concequence is you always play the same shit all the time and you never see some maps/gametypes.
I think the Halo 3 veto is a good compromise. You can veto the initial map but you're stuck with whatever they pick after.
Pretty hilarious. Why even release the game in this state and then leave it the same for months.
I think I should play Halo 1 before Reach, so I'm holding off on the campaign for now. I love the ringworld image that pops up in the menus.
I finally dabbled in the MP, just kind of threw myself into it. I'm really bad with it for some reason, I take too many hits to kill, kinda? Am I missing some sort of skill I can use besides whatever the shift key triggers?
Also, is there an interaction button for flags and stuff?
I finally dabbled in the MP, just kind of threw myself into it. I'm really bad with it for some reason, I take too many hits to kill, kinda? Am I missing some sort of skill I can use besides whatever the shift key triggers?
Also, is there an interaction button for flags and stuff?
Reach's multi is a bit different from a lot of modern shooters in that, until you take down your opponent's shields, it doesn't matter where you shoot them (unless you're using the sniper rifle). The DMR, for example (starter rifle in most multi matches) takes 5 shots to kill minimum. 4 to take out shields and one headshot to kill.
I see. Good to know!
Is the fancy blue sword something you pick up on maps?
was there a patch recently that broke some stuff? i went back to the collection yesterday:
- halo 2 anniversary runs pretty bad. constant framedrops and stuttering.
- halo 1 anniversary is almost unplayable. constant, massive framedrops. fps seems to fluctuate between 30-60 all the time.
i played both games a few months ago and everything was fine. the hell?
- halo 2 anniversary runs pretty bad. constant framedrops and stuttering.
- halo 1 anniversary is almost unplayable. constant, massive framedrops. fps seems to fluctuate between 30-60 all the time.
i played both games a few months ago and everything was fine. the hell?
i unplug it every day. its also just h1+2, all the other games run fine.
What is wrong with the game? I mean, I'm not a competitive gamer but I put the game on, get into games really quickly and just have fun playing. What is so wrong with the game?
Games can function while still being a bad port. While it does work and it is enjoyable you'll notice things the more you play the game.
Issues off the top of my head include:
weak audio
weird kb&m input
campaign connectivity
frequent stutters mid-gameplay
screen tearing
high frame rates not working as intended
keybindings for chat being blocked
not being able to crouch and move on kb&m.
Thankfully most of these issues and more have been recognized by 343 so we'll see what they can do.
Yea I get that, that's why I said recent.
And asking info about a patch is hardly being impatient
I can't believe the sound has not been fixed yet for Reach, it's the only reason I picked up the full package and refuse to play the campaign with the sound like that.
I think I actually absolutely hate this modern practice of shipping a fundamentally fucked up game, patch it later over months and sometimes year(s), and collect your money up front, like I'm subscribing to the total package some day.
:|
Also, I find it very funny I thought this port would be different even after witnessing the aborted Xbox release. I'm a mark!
The radio silence is the weird part. They used to be super open during the flights, now nothing
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True.. but you've got to remember that we just had Christmas and New Years, so it's likely the team was enjoying a bit of a break with the family.
well the sound is busted on all platforms
and 343 never fixed the problems with Halo 1... still broken in comparison to OG xbox release in the visuals department.
343 mentioned bringing out the Xbox devkits to take a look at the code to get it more in the line with the original xbox release.
The radio silence was because they were on the holiday break.
They posted a small update on the Insider Forums yesterday. Bigger blog post update will also go up this month, as well.