Halo Online

[DT21]

Halo is really great online. Everyone has to try it out. Anyone else play online halo? If so, what's the best mode to play?

[Msterrrr]

hey ive been online with it for the past few days after working some bugs out,, it is running smoothly for me,, had 8 people playing at one time CTF was great,, team play with vehicles..WOWOW ,, very cool


if you have smaller amounts stick with the small arena's.. i like high em high,, you dont spend all your time looking around

[DT21]

Having 8 people ran smoothly?

[Msterrrr]

i seem to have better luck with the lag if i host the game,,
it ran amazingly well for 8 people..lil bit of chop but still very playable,,

then there has been times where only 2 people couldnt play because of lag,, its all bout the pings:D :D
ive lost alot of sleep since i got online with halo

[Alec]

You guys talkin about the Computer game?? or the X-Box game? And by Online do you mean differnt T.V.s in the same building?



Because I dont think online playability is up and running yet for the X-box or am I missing something????????

[J98GT]

Yup, you're missing something. Go to www.gamespy.com. There is an unofficial way you can play online if you have a broadband internet connection. It works, but I can be slow with lots of players.

[Alec]

Hey thanks man :)

[DT21]

So are going to try to play online Alec?

[Alec]

Yeah probally If i have the time.... hehe still playing my other games too

[DT21]

Do many of you still play Halo online or find it a hassle to set up and play Halo online?

[LynxFX]

I find the lack of people with low pings the biggest problem. This thing is a bandwidth hog. Hopefully they will iron out some of the code on gamespy's software to fix that lag. I guess microsoft's network is supposed to fix this as well, the performance part anyway. That might be worth a $10 a month fee right there, although I think online gaming should be free.

[DT21]

Wait, Microsoft is going to charge $10 to play online?

[MindGame]

If Microsoft charges any sort of money a month for online gaming I will go crazy. That was never stated before and if they do this they will only hurt themselves. Surely this is just a rumor or your just stating that would be a possibility.

[JJaX]

Originally posted by Lynxfx
I find the lack of people with low pings the biggest problem. This thing is a bandwidth hog. Hopefully they will iron out some of the code on gamespy's software to fix that lag. I guess microsoft's network is supposed to fix this as well, the performance part anyway. That might be worth a $10 a month fee right there, although I think online gaming should be free.

MS network is not gonna perform like gamespy in anyway. Gamespy was used as a substitute and cannot achieve what MS plans to do. And i agree, Online gaming should be free like UT and QUake etc...

[DT21]

What's the max number of players that can be on the same game?

[JJaX]

The gamespy tunnel is a means of using HALOs IPX (system link) over the internet. Same rules apply, nothing has changed. 16 players total. 4 nodes.

[Brian]

Originally posted by DT21
Do many of you still play Halo online or find it a hassle to set up and play Halo online?

Yeah. This is to anybody who can help(which I'm sure is a majority of you:)).

I have a Cable Modem (Media One - Road Runner), so I already know I can play online. All I need to know is what do I need? I know I need a hub, and what else? ..and if possible, tell me how to hook it together. :) Thx in advance.

Later - Brian

[JJaX]

Brian,

Get a hub. Get some Catagory 5 ether net wire. Hook hub up to PC. Hook Xbox into Hub.

http://www.gamespy.com

follow directions here.

Real simple.

[Brian]

K Thx :D

[Brian]

Hey The F'n Show, can you email the pic to me at "Chin Klet" or IM me on AIM at "dif" and send me it? Thx ;)

[Pr¤minance]

The game is 2-16 players I believe. I'm not totally sure about this online thing with the Xbox. Do you just plug your Xbox into the phone jack or what? I'm kinda confused...:confused: