Iceman9482 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Is anyone else having problems finding servers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adammcd09 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Yes hasn't worked for months for me. People are saying by hitting refresh for ever it will eventualy work but GFWL like to take the servers down for unschduales maintanence every month so you can never really be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidburnvictim Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Seems there is an issue if your account is in a family pack, you can not join or see online matches - here is the post on bungie - note that it states there is a fix (copied below)... Source: http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=59397651#59632998 Potential fix (not confirmed): I found one guy who says he has a work around. You can re-activate this 'Xbox Originals" setting logging on to a Xbox 360 console with your Live Account, and then under settings on the dashboard, follow the options to reset the console to its original settings. Then use the setup wizard to create a NEW "non-family" Gold account (set up a free and get one month gold option). After logging in with that new account, go to your profile settings and you should see the "Xbox Originals" option. Activate the option to permit Xbox originals... then sign out with that account and log in with your family gold account on the Xbox and it should pick up these settings (which are apparently console settings and not user settings). Then go to your PC and log into Live and the settings should transfer and allow you to play Halo 2. I have not tested it yet. * I played around with this and cant find where the Xbox Originals section that is mentioned is located - I can reset the console to factory state and fail at that point, but i did not create a new account, rather used an existing non family one - can someone attempt this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adammcd09 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) Is initial setup reset to factory defaults because I don't think it is and can't find anything else EDIT Just followed the steps After I found the actually factory reset procedure. Created a new account. Couldn't find xbox originals but I did find "un rated content" set that to allow. Tried to sign into halo with family pack account but nothing happened. Decided to try the other account on halo to make sure my network was working and it connected to the servers instantly Very annoying. Does anyone know the number to call to log the bug so hopefully they have enough people complaining to do something? Edited August 3, 2011 by adammcd09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidburnvictim Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 1-877-274-4349 - This is G4WL support (call first) For live support, call 1-800-4MY-XBOX I have called both numbers and logged it. To me, their response was to play on a silver account and not worry about the achievements - i am probably going to cancel my family pack, get the achievements and start a new family pack because it sounds that they know about the issue but it is too much of a hassle to fix the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adammcd09 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Not sure if those numbers will work in the UK but i think I found a UK number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman9482 Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 So my family plan account is pretty much screwed unless I sacrifice an Xbox? That seems like a Gamebreaking Glitch.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomShackles Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 I'm apparently running into this same problem. HAs anyone found any additional work arounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adammcd09 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I'm apparently running into this same problem. HAs anyone found any additional work arounds? Doesnt seem to be any other than create a new account or cancel the family pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman9482 Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 Any News on a patch to fix this yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandoras Virus Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 This Glitch sucks, I would very much like to get more or all of the chevos for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daseeker25 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I have same problem that fails just because I have xbox family pack i can't play halo 2 online wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman9482 Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 I have posted on Xbox.com to see if I can get an answer. But they are all pompous assholes. They are complete dicks about it. So I hope it will get patched soon otherwise I will have to wait for my Family pack to run out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Tee Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Seems there is an issue if your account is in a family pack, you can not join or see online matches - here is the post on bungie - note that it states there is a fix (copied below)... Source: http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=59397651#59632998 Potential fix (not confirmed): I found one guy who says he has a work around. You can re-activate this 'Xbox Originals" setting logging on to a Xbox 360 console with your Live Account, and then under settings on the dashboard, follow the options to reset the console to its original settings. Then use the setup wizard to create a NEW "non-family" Gold account (set up a free and get one month gold option). After logging in with that new account, go to your profile settings and you should see the "Xbox Originals" option. Activate the option to permit Xbox originals... then sign out with that account and log in with your family gold account on the Xbox and it should pick up these settings (which are apparently console settings and not user settings). Then go to your PC and log into Live and the settings should transfer and allow you to play Halo 2. I have not tested it yet. * I played around with this and cant find where the Xbox Originals section that is mentioned is located - I can reset the console to factory state and fail at that point, but i did not create a new account, rather used an existing non family one - can someone attempt this? I can confirm this...if you have a gold family pack you will be unable to find any servers available and be unable to connect to any anyones session in progress or invites they send to join game. As soon as I removed myself from the gold family pack and set up my account on it's own 1 month gold account I found plenty of servers. I also called GFWL Tech Support and they confirmed that this is a known problem and they are working on a solution...until then you have to have your own gold account and not be part of the family pack if you want to do any live play matchmaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adammcd09 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I can confirm this...if you have a gold family pack you will be unable to find any servers available and be unable to connect to any anyones session in progress or invites they send to join game. As soon as I removed myself from the gold family pack and set up my account on it's own 1 month gold account I found plenty of servers. I also called GFWL Tech Support and they confirmed that this is a known problem and they are working on a solution...until then you have to have your own gold account and not be part of the family pack if you want to do any live play matchmaking I suppose it's good to hear that they are apparently working on a fix. It's only been a couple of years! Hopefully it will be fixed before Halo 4 comes out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daseeker25 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I sure hope its fixed someday but I'm going to get all the MP achievements at least once my family membership runs out feb 13th... too bad I can't play it just for fun on my main account at least silver xbox live accounts you can play it on just fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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