Halo 3 Chatter and XBL Gamertag Thread

[Triptanes]

ya triptanes is my gamertag, try to play some

school sux, y did I go back? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[AceLuby]

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Anyone play local co-op? It projects it in 4:3 on my widescreen. Anyone know why? Black bars on the side are annoying.

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Are you playing co-op with 3 people when this happens? If so, I believe it's necessary in order to prevent picture distortion.

If not, then your 360 might be configured for 4:3 and not the 16:9 which you obviously need. You can change it in the dashboard.

Also, if you got the Limited or Legendary edition, try using that video calibration tool on the Essentials disk.

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It's 2 player local co-op. The cutscenes are all full screen, but when it plays in-game there are black bars on the left and right. Also, every other game plays in full screen (along w/ single player Halo), so it's not the system or my TV. I haven't tried 3-4 player. Also, I'm not the only one w/ this issue.

Just so I don't leave out anything

Halo 3 - Co-op local campaign
Connected vid HDMI
32" LCD Widescreen 1080i
Plays in 4:3

Can anyone w/ a widescreen TV try 2 player co-op and see if it's happening to their game?

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OK, I've done some research on it and it turns out that Bungie made it this way for HD widescreen TV's. WTF!!! I think this is a horrible idea and they dropped the ball on this one.

Anyway, the workaround (though I haven't tried it) is to change the 360's viewing aspect ratio to 4:3 (instead of the proper16:9) You can then stretch the picture across the entire screen width. Not perfect becuase the screen is stretched, but (apparently) it looks better than the black bars on the side.

I'm going to give this a try and post results either later or tomorrow.

[Jeff_B]

wtf does this game not save when you leave it?
commence life tilt
how do i pick up my campaign where i left off?

edit: wow thats dumb...
anyone want to play today? im at sierra 117

does this game have the way to do campaign with random people since I dont really have friends to play with? (like gears)

which guns dont suck?
im mainly using plasma pistols at this point..

[rjoefish]

You do save and quit when you're done, then resume campaign when you come back in. I didn't have any problems with it. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Jeff_B]

yeah its weird you have to change youre starting place i figured it out

[AceLuby]

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which guns dont suck?
im mainly using plasma pistols at this point..

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They all have their +'s and -'s, but in general bullet weapons work best against enemies w/out shields and plasma weapons work best against shields.

I like the default human weapons of battle rifle and assault rifle. Get good w/ the battle rifle and the game is almost trivally easy.

[Jeff_B]

heh yeah im gettign much better been doing the assault rifle mainly..
seems like I do ALOT of shooting duck behind rock and let health come back up and repeat... almost like gears play.

[gusmahler]

Is it better than Gears of War?

[Dire]

Wow. The numbers are coming out. 1.7million preorders. Within 20 hours of launch, over 1million unique players had played Halo 3 online. $170million on the first day, the biggest day ever in US entertainment history.

[Tokyo!!]

well that was a short campaign...