If I Were A Halo 2 Vista Developer

[jahrain]

"Just make Live accomplishments available only in the original maps!"

I honestly seriously doubt that is the true reason or motive behind it. To me it seems more of a pathetic scape goat or cover up excuse for any true reasons why certain choices have been made about the editing kit.

[Dr Nick]

Okay then,

Why do you think that they limited the abilities of the EK?

[Chewy Gumball]

Is that the only reason you think thats the reason they limited the EK? Because you couldn't think of something better?

As I see it, anyone with a brain could have come up with that solution to the achievements problem, even microsoft.

[Con]

Okay then,

Why do you think that they limited the abilities of the EK?

They didn't want the Intellectual Property of other game developers getting into H2V; total conversion mods.

[jahrain]

They didn't want the Intellectual Property of other game developers getting into H2V; total conversion mods.

Well thats a total kick in the balls to any modding community if thats the reasoning behind it. Either way, with whats provided, one can still put IP of other games (maps, textures, etc) in the game and thats not something they can prevent, nor be liable for leaving that as not a valid reasoning from castrating the ability to even make original content for the game.

[UXB]

Either way, with whats provided, one can still put IP of other games (maps, textures, etc) in the game and thats not something they can prevent, nor be liable for

No but since Windows Live is pay for play the "could" be held responsible for distributing it. That is just how lawyers think and since MS is not user content friendly to begin with I can see them adopting ways to show they are trying to prevent it.

[-£§- §age]

I recently got H2V and used the patch for XP.
I was EXTREMELY disappointed. My current LIVE account "Could not be downloaded" according to the game. I could not even play SP maps! To have bought LIVE Gold for XBOX and have my account not work in H2V is very frustrating.

But Nick, the first day I saw you I knew you were trouble. Limit your hypocrisy to HaloDev; keep it out of here.

MS HATES user created content. They despised h2 modding even when it was kept to local play and there was no real cheating.
So that's a big reason why the EK was stripped.

[Nick]

I recently got H2V and used the patch for XP.
I was EXTREMELY disappointed. My current LIVE account "Could not be downloaded" according to the game. I could not even play SP maps! To have bought LIVE Gold for XBOX and have my account not work in H2V is very frustrating.

Sorry, but there is honestly no other way to say this:

Hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

That is all.

Nick

[Veegie]

I recently got H2V and used the patch for XP.
I was EXTREMELY disappointed. My current LIVE account "Could not be downloaded" according to the game. I could not even play SP maps! To have bought LIVE Gold for XBOX and have my account not work in H2V is very frustrating.

But Nick, the first day I saw you I knew you were trouble. Limit your hypocrisy to HaloDev; keep it out of here.

MS HATES user created content. They despised h2 modding even when it was kept to local play and there was no real cheating.
So that's a big reason why the EK was stripped.

~:awesome:>

[Apoc4lypse]

Nicks right on this one, altho I can understand why some people would be fuming over the flaws, they just bought a bunch of upgrades most likely in order to upgrade to a new OS in order to play halo 2 vista, least I know there were quite a few people who did this in anticipation to the h2v launch, and they were greeted with recalls and game glitches.

Altho these ppl obviously have the right to be mad, I agree that whining and flaming or yelling isn't going to fix anything...