Urgent Halo 3 Question

[Noravic]

I am going to attend a Halo 3 party tomorrow where many xboxes will be connected. I want to bring my own, but I don't have a hard drive. Thus, I only have the maps that shipped with the game. Not any of the other maps.

Because I don't have the other maps that were added on with map packs, I can't play on live (these maps are free, so they are required to play on live). Even though I still have the original maps. My question is: Will I still be able to system link with other xboxes and play the original maps with them even if I don't have the newer maps?

Thanks a lot. This is pretty urgent.

 

[Glitch]

Step 1: Stop playing Halo 3.
Step 2: Get Call of Duty 4.

I'm just kidding, of course. Let's see, here... logic says that yes, you should be able to play the original maps. I mean, as long as the maps are on the disk, it should work just fine, right?

The only problem I foresee is the other players might have updates install that you might not have. I remember before I found multiplayer through Steam that everyone playing had to have the exact same versions in order to play together... so you had v1.0 clans and v1.2 clans, etc. Not talking about Halo, but I wouldn't be surprised if the same stuff applies here.

What I'm worried about is there's a possibility that these new map packs came with updates that they have and you do not. I guess you can always try, right? Trial and error for the win.

 

[Noravic]

Step 3: Play TF2

Thanks. Hope it works.

 

[cccp]

Yes, i am 90% sure...
Couple of my friends dont have the newest maps (the ones you have to buy) and they can connect to the people who have them, the only problem is if a "hosting" xbox turns on a map that you dont have you wont be able to join.

 

[Arn0t]

cccp is right.... the original maps will work, needless of the version, but the new map packs will not work because you also need to have the maps.

i do have something that will help if you need to update. I am almost positive that if you need to update, create a free Xbox Live account... not sure if a xbox has a certain limit to as many accounts, but i know on mine i got two free 1 month trial xbox live gold membership accounts. If you really want to play you can try to get that working, although you do not have a harddrive, so i think you would have to recover your gamertag everytime... possibly...

but to answer your main question, you should be able to play the original maps, just not the newer ones

 

[Noravic]

**Breathes a sigh of relief**

Thank you everybody!

 

[Noravic]

Just want to say that the event ended and we ended up playing just the maps that shipped with the game. All was well.

Of course, I would like to reference you to this thread that talks about some of the problems I had:
http://www.edgegamers.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?73428

 

[cccp]

Yeah, I read that other thread, sad thing about your 360 controller.
Kinda face these problems myself on couple of these servers, trying to settle everything down without admin powers (for me) is hard, and without available admins.