as most of you know the 480p flaw in a lot of hdtv sets created a lot of unhappy customers. bungie has now released a patch supposedly correcting that issue as well as unlocking a "foundation" map. anyhow, I've not yet logged on personally so I don't know but here's the link anyhow.

http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory....y=autoupdateh2

New map? Already?

sounds like it was a map that was there but had to be unlocked. They just decided to unlock it for everyone.

Its a decent map. Pretty fun on CTF.

Ugh. I hope patching to console games does not become the norm.

I'm hoping they get that ATV into an update at some point. That was one vehicle I was always looking forward to playing with during the last 2 years of Halo 2 coverage. It would be a nice in between to balance out the fact you can't fire while on the Warthog and I could see it being a very nice addition to Coagulation.

Halo 2 on Xbox = Microsoft game on Microsoft console. Of course it was going to need to be patched!

The funny thing now is that people are bitching about serious lag after the patch.

patch....



it starts

It depends...

I think that Bungie made every effort to make sure that the game was without bugs. That is, they didn't rush Halo 2 out the door to meet a deadline, planning to patch the game later. No game will be perfect, and it is nice that the Xbox games have a mechanism in place to fix these errors as they are discovered.

I'm sure you've either experienced or heard about the elevator glitch in Metroid Prime. My copy didn't freeze up when I was playing, but it did once or twice when my brother played it. The next time I play the game, there's nothing I can do but hope I remembered to save before hopping in the elevator.

Man, this makes the matchmaking games hook up much faster. Definitely a plus.

edit: unfortunately, apparently, some people are getting into real laggy games after the update. I haven't really noticed it myself, but some I have played with mentioned it. Also, people are whining over at the bungie.net forums regarding the issue.

Yeah, load times are 100% better. But for the first time I had a couple of lag problems tonight. Never had a prob. before.

The lag last night was killing me...literally. I can't stand for opponents to disappear and then reappear right behind me with a sword. Up until yesterday, I had experienced no lag at all, so this kind of blows. I hope they manage to get this straightened out. I much prefer longer load times if it means no lag.

for Bungie taking care of these problems so quickly.

Wow, something being done quickly with Bengie?

Although I agree....I have to add:

For Bungie leaving out those of us who do not have Live or access to their other solutions (borrow a friends account, use the trial sub-of no use when you don't have broadband access..etc..).

I don't buy that they can't do this with a disc.

I just want the 480p fix so I can see the whole game on my TV...

I was wondering why there was lag last night , I thought it was my connection. Sucks to be shooting at ghosts.

so this patch definitely fixes the 480p glitch?

yes

But the glitch isn't noticeable on regular 4:3 TVs??

I installed the patch a few hours ago. This is my first time to get online with Halo 2, so I can't compare before and after, but right now the lag is horrible. It was almost completely unplayable.

Odd. I haven't had any lag before or since the auto-update. I wonder whether the two are really connected or just a coincidence.

As for the idea of patching console games, I say bring it on. I'd much prefer things be fixed than be stuck with bugs. As others have said, I have faith Bungie made every effort to ship the game bug free and for the most part, they did. Some things are impossible to catch for the bug testers. They just can't simulate 500,000 gamers all trying to play Halo 2 at the same time. Or test the game on every possible model of widescreen and 4:3 television. It's inevitable that some bugs will always slip through on every game that's released. I'd rather they have the ability to fix those. After all, patching is ridiculously easy on consoles as it's completely automatic. You push one button and it's done! You can't say that about many PC games...

I played almost all day today and only had lag in maybe 2 games. Very annoying when it happened, but was very rare. I assumed it was someon'e connection who was in the game. Joining games is about 10x faster now with the update.

Some games would start quickly before but some would take 5-6 minutes, which is rediculous. Now they are very fast.

You all suck. I am still travelling and wont get to play until the 21



Has anyone had a controlled comparsion of a party game with the same group before and after. This way we would know if the lag is from the patch. I cant see how it would be though?