OMFG GFWL UPDATE!?!!?!?

[jngrow]

Uh, looks like there's a new h2v update. I hope it's not some crap that doesn't do anything.

~km00 says~
Its not a "h2v" update, its a Games for Windows LIVE update. That is all.

[Skyline]

It is. The only thing it does is fix all those live errors. It connects to the lobby much quicker then displaying -Not avalible-.

[jngrow]

lame. that long to fix an error as small as that?

[p0lar_bear]

Of course, they wouldn't go ahead and mandate a fix for any game-breaking bugs like multishotting, or that random invincibility glitch. Nah, let's just make sure that the bloated, useless LIVE service remains in top shape for the people who actually think it's a good service to force on PC users.

[Abdurahman]

Here are some changes...


The Windows live banner is now blue
Network information is now available, ip , port no etc
Voice threshold added (handy, no excuse for heavy breathing)
Plus some minor fixes



Yep, only for live. Now we're waiting for a real Halo 2 update.

[Con]

Of course, they wouldn't go ahead and mandate a fix for any game-breaking bugs like multishotting, or that random invincibility glitch. Nah, let's just make sure that the bloated, useless LIVE service remains in top shape for the people who actually think it's a good service to force on PC users.
.

[flibitijibibo]

Of course, they wouldn't go ahead and mandate a fix for any game-breaking bugs like multishotting, or that random invincibility glitch. Nah, let's just make sure that the bloated, useless LIVE service remains in top shape for the people who actually think it's a good service to force on PC users.This wins. Permanently.

[jngrow]

Of course, they wouldn't go ahead and mandate a fix for any game-breaking bugs like multishotting, or that random invincibility glitch. Nah, let's just make sure that the bloated, useless LIVE service remains in top shape for the people who actually think it's a good service to force on PC users.
:awesome:

LIVE is so good and works wonders and is just amazing. On a console.

[Bastinka]

:downs: On a console.
Yep. :)

[et_cg]

This update is epic fail.

[CodeBrain]

Before this update, I reasonably had good ping, maybe a 4 or 5. Now, since the update, My ping is at 1 bar. Unbelievable, considering my internet connection was fine earlier this morning (12:00 AM through 7:00 AM)

Et_cg is right, this update is EPIC FAIL :fail:

[wannabeapilot]

This update is epic fail.

its not even epic it just fails :(

[et_cg]

its not even epic it just fails :(

It is epic fail, it surpasses fail. :P

The new threshold thing they added will cause problems IMO. If people have Mic Boost on, then the threshold may never turn off. :(

[DrunkenSamus]

*sigh* Internet gaming is always more reliable on a console. As in I never experience lag.

[hobojoe]

really? I thought it had much more than a Pc.

[Stealth]

I think this pic fits this latest update very well.
Edit | Image not working yet, hold on for a sec.:embarrassed:
Edit #2 | fixed.
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/7850/worstupdateeverws6.jpg

[et_cg]

*holds stealth*

[Stealth]

=P I had to crop it from Bungie.net, but oh well.

[et_cg]

Pwnt.

That picture describes it all.

[Stealth]

I knew it would, but I must say the neon blue in the live window is a nice look. but still I was really hoping they'd fix some of the bugs in this topic. mostly the H2EK.

[Xetsuei]

Wow. Why is it even an update if it's that small?

[Stealth]

who knows, maybe to make people get of their backs for alittle bit of time so they can work on a bigger update.

[FRain]

Of course, they wouldn't go ahead and mandate a fix for any game-breaking bugs like multishotting, or that random invincibility glitch. Nah, let's just make sure that the bloated, useless LIVE service remains in top shape for the people who actually think it's a good service to force on PC users.

p0lar wins the thread.

[jahrain]

MS is probably caught up to their eyeballs in dealing with the RROD issue with the xbox360 as a primary focus of resources, and just releasing this update for the purpose of saying "We are committed to the development and progression of games for windows live."

[bum has knife]

The update was for Games for Windows - LIVE, which means it also affected Shadowrun, it is not a title specific update. We'll have more to say about a title update soon.

[Knome]

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4926/1174438354443ma5.jpg

This is how i feel about this update.

[SMASH]

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4926/1174438354443ma5.jpg

This is how i feel about this update.

Wow, considering we just got word from Bum that a GAME update is coming soon? And actually it's more like :bandwagon: .

[beele]

Wow, considering we just got word from Bum that a GAME update is coming soon? And actually it's more like :bandwagon: .

Where did bum say that?


I misread. :eek:

[Con]

The update was for Games for Windows - LIVE, which means it also affected Shadowrun, it is not a title specific update. We'll have more to say about a title update soon.
:haw:

[beele]

The update isn't that bad, I have the live thing in my own language now, before the update it was in English.

[p0lar_bear]

The update was for Games for Windows - LIVE, which means it also affected Shadowrun, it is not a title specific update. We'll have more to say about a title update soon.

Well, I take that back, as that's comforting to hear that it wasn't a title update. Though I don't actually own the game, I try to pay attention to what's going on so I can help out as needed, and to see when some of the issues with the game are fixed. With all of the problems people hare having here, and with the problems I personally had playing Halo 2 on the XBox, I don't have much incentive to upgrade and go out and buy the game.

[jcap]

So...when can we expect a GFWL update that actually does something useful and RIDS ITSELF FROM THE GAME? :v

[Atty]

So...when can we expect a GFWL update that actually does something useful and RIDS ITSELF FROM THE GAME? :vTwo ewoks past next Wednesday.

[p0lar_bear]

So...when can we expect a GFWL update that actually does something useful and RIDS ITSELF FROM THE GAME? :v

Oh shit, I just lost my crown to jcap. :(

[Veegie]

Of course, they wouldn't go ahead and mandate a fix for any game-breaking bugs like multishotting, or that random invincibility glitch. Nah, let's just make sure that the bloated, useless LIVE service remains in top shape for the people who actually think it's a good service to force on PC users.
I talked to KP about that ages ago.
Point is, it's a port.
Xbox had button glitches too.

I didn't realize bandwagoning was more on par with a plague than a social movement on this forum. Christ.


MS is probably caught up to their eyeballs in dealing with the RROD issue with the xbox360 as a primary focus of resources, and just releasing this update for the purpose of saying "We are committed to the development and progression of games for windows live."
Holy shit do I feel smart.

[p0lar_bear]

I talked to KP about that ages ago.
Point is, it's a port.
Xbox had button glitches too.

That's not an excuse to neglect software and leave known bugs untouched, especially bugs that make half of the userbase bitch. You're either providing support, which means attempts at fixing reported bugs, or you're not, which you state as such.


I didn't realize bandwagoning was more on par with a plague than a social movement on this forum. Christ.

I didn't realize having a personal opinion based on previous experiences with the title that just so happened to match up with the opinions of a few thousand others meant that I was "bandwagoning".

[Con]

I agree with p0lar here, and I'm not hopping on the bandwagon either Veegie.

[Veegie]

I didn't realize having a personal opinion based on previous experiences with the title that just so happened to match up with the opinions of a few thousand others meant that I was "bandwagoning".
Interesting that you take a general observation as if I singled you out individually.
Those line breaks aren't put there out of spite.

[p0lar_bear]

Interesting that you take a general observation as if I singled you out individually.
Those line breaks aren't put there out of spite.

Even if you weren't talking to me individually, you seemed to be making a comment regarding people who don't like Halo 2 Vista and GFWL, and I just so happen to be one of those people.

[Con]

Line break or not, Veegie, I got the same impression as p0lar. You might want to read over your message and clarify before posting to avoid saying things you don't intend. Anyway, derailed much?

[jahrain]

I love the game halo 2, even though the bugs and port issues still exist but G4WL just ruins the experience in too many ways, which is an almost unanimous opinion on this forum. Its not bandwagoning, since this general opinion is coming mostly actual users who are angered with the pointless, intrusive and forced service, not nay-sayers and trolls who never used it just hating it because the general public does.

[Con]

bum says there's a title update coming... I'm happy because the game can only become better than what it is right now.

[Pooky]

What I'm really hoping for is an update that fixes the still terrible mouse acceleration, and the fact that you have to stand still to crouch, even if using a gamepad. Better performance wouldn't hurt, either.

[TheGhost]

You know, maybe if we stopped the whole "bandwagon" vs. "fanboy" crap and actually made an effort to make this game and community better, there would be a lot less animosity in the air.

[flibitijibibo]

What Dr. Master Overlord TheGhost said.

But really, I hope that title update comes soon... I would like to see more changed. Maybe it will include stuff that was promised before released? I'm looking at you, BXR, you sick bastard...

[{XF}Lowsy]

Hey we got an update? Awesome!! It's just a live update you say??

Well I still say: THANK YOU

Appreciate what you got people. This game got one more step better. Appreciate it.

[{XF} Doc]

if your having trouble like I did dl'ing the update through live you can go here to dl it.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=98609 -file
http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/support/live/Pages/default.aspx - page

[Stealth]

You know, maybe if we stopped the whole "bandwagon" vs. "fanboy" crap and actually made an effort to make this game and community better, there would be a lot less animosity in the air.
here here, but I don't think that'd happen any time soon, the Hate-Stealth bandwagon will not stop until I "Stealth" stop it, or leave "forever" I for one like the game and would like to help make it a better place, and I'm doing just that very slowly.

[p0lar_bear]

Appreciate what you got people. This game got one more step better. Appreciate it.

Not really. It was a re-skin of the LIVE logo, and a couple other LIVE features got "fixed".

The game didn't get better at all. And you you ask me, neither did LIVE.


here here, but I don't think that'd happen any time soon, the Hate-Stealth bandwagon will not stop until I "Stealth" stop it, or leave "forever" I for one like the game and would like to help make it a better place, and I'm doing just that very slowly.

Posts like that are the reason why there [was] a "Hate Stealth" bandwagon. If you wouldn't bring this crap up, people wouldn't be reminded of it and would forget about it.

[{XF}Lowsy]

The game didn't get better at all.

Uh, I can get into the servers faster. Call it a fix or whatever. The game is now better.

Be angry somewhere else.

[Tycho]

Uh, I can get into the servers faster. Call it a fix or whatever. The game is now better.

Be angry somewhere else.
Tool.

[p0lar_bear]

Okay then, one feature out of zero that needed improvement improved upon. Negative one to go.

Zero bugs fixed out of about 500. Only about 500 to go.

Zero useless, bloated services removed from Halo 2 out of one that needs to be removed. One to go.

I'll be grateful for the updates if they fix the most prominent, disruptive problems at hand instead of going off on random tangents and improving on features that don't really need improving in the first place.


Be angry somewhere else.

Be a tool somewhere else. :rolleyes:

[jcap]

Uh, I can get into the servers faster. Call it a fix or whatever. The game is now better.
Personally, I didn't notice any difference in the time (either that, or it is just too minor to really notice). Any number of this can be causing you to be getting into servers faster, though. Hell, it could even be completely mental, with you just thinking it is faster because there was an update. Still, I'm not completely sure on this.

They didn't "fix" anything, either. They added some minor, who-gives-a-shit features to the LIVE service which do not affect the game at all.


Be angry somewhere else.
I'm pretty sure there really is no better place than here. Sorry.

[flibitijibibo]

jcap and p0lar_bear are definitely wrong. I mean, come on guys, all the color changes and the banner edit makes everything SO much faster. I bet the color changes made the game faster too! I mean, it wasn't an update for H2V, but I bet it did anyways! Is it not obvious?! I mean, come on, they wouldn't update just to change looks, right?!

God help anyone who took that mess seriously...

[Stealth]

lmfao, nice one dude, neon blue is much faster then gray or every day blue. it gives you much better frame rates...
to be honst, I swear my frame rate droped a good 5 or 10 FPS because of it. stupid PoS GFX card and stupid PoS processor

[~TheTruth~]

I talked to KP about that ages ago.
Point is, it's a port.
Xbox had button glitches too.
I totally agree! Ports should totally leave in bugs that were commonly complained about! SPOT ON.



I didn't realize bandwagoning was more on par with a plague than a social movement on this forum. Christ.
Right. It's bandwagoning because we're not biased towards our friends at bungie.



Holy shit do I feel smart.
Your mommy always said you were special.

[Bodzilla]

I totally agree! Ports should totally leave in bugs that were commonly complained about! SPOT ON.


Right. It's bandwagoning because we're not biased towards our friends at bungie.


Your mommy always said you were special.

omg where did u come from?


YOUR :awesome:

[Patrickssj6]

I totally agree! Ports should totally leave in bugs that were commonly complained about! SPOT ON.


Right. It's bandwagoning because we're not biased towards our friends at bungie.


Your mommy always said you were special.
Gawdlike

+rep

[jngrow]

Hey, they did fix superbouncing.

[et_cg]

Hey, they did fix superbouncing.

Oh, like that's as bad as some of the other problems...

[jngrow]

Oh, like that's as bad as some of the other problems...

I'm talking about how people are complaining they didn't fix various exploits of H2X. Yeah, the button combos are still worse.

[p0lar_bear]

I'm happy that they managed to repair superbouncing before, but the button combos need to be fixed ASAP, plus, gamepad detection and mouse accelleration need an overhaul.