X-Box Home LAN

The_Scary_Man

I'm going to try to hook up a few x-boxes at home next weekend and have never done it before. I was wondering if someone could shed some light on a few issues.

If we are playing Halo over the three x-boxes and three TVs , do we need three copies of the game or just one running on the "server" X-box?

What is the best set up for hooking up the boxes? Is it best to use a switch or a hub? When using a switch or hub do I use cross wired cables or just normal cat5 cables to connect to the consoles?

Could anyone recommend any games? I have Ghost Recon: Island Thunder, Halo, MOH and RTCW and might rent another couple of games for the night.

Cheers.

Shinji

You need a copy of the game in each Xbox.

Any hub will do the job fine - I doubt you'd notice any difference in performance using a switch - and when using an Xbox on a hub, you use straight-through cables rather than crossover cables, just like on a PC.

The_Scary_Man

Thanks Shinji,

I guess I'll have to rent a couple of copies of the games to put in the other machines, still should be good for a laugh.

Maybe my cheap ass friends should buy some games of their own instead of borrowing mine all the time. :eek:

Borzoi

Originally posted by The_Scary_Man
Could anyone recommend any games? I have Ghost Recon: Island Thunder, Halo, MOH and RTCW and might rent another couple of games for the night.

As Shinji said standard hub, standard (PC) network cables. No set up involved.

Haven't done GR:IT or MOH but probbably will get around to it sometime, but if you do let me know. The big problem with RTCW is that it only allows one player per X-box, so at best you'll get 2vs2 which is a bit of a waste.

BruteForce is not great multiplayer, just didn't feel right.

Halo rocks. It so does, in fact I'd prob. not bother with anything else. The better maps are Battlecreek, Bloodgulch, Hang Em High and Sidewinder (v big though). Most of the game options are self explanatory, but the ones to avoid are Race and Rally. My personal faves would be Teamball and Teamking - the nice thing here is that you don't have to be a great player to play a significant part!

Anyway, did I mention how much Halo rocks?:D

The_Scary_Man

I tried GR:IT last night and was v.p1ssed off to find that it only allowed one player per x-box as well.

Of course it took me a good 45 minutes of pissing about testing controllers and trying different things to realise it just wasn't going to happen.

Played for a while with two of us but the maps are huge so it just got boring in the end.

They really should say on the box if they limit the amount of players on system link.

I'll try Halo and see if I can get Unreal Championship later on.

Aikman

You might try MotoGP2 also. Great stuff with multi players. But halo is still the Daddy.

Borzoi

Originally posted by The_Scary_Man
I tried GR:IT last night and was v.p1ssed off to find that it only allowed one player per x-box as well.

Of course it took me a good 45 minutes of pissing about testing controllers and trying different things to realise it just wasn't going to happen.

Cheers TSM, that's saved me pissing around for an hour or so. We'll just be sticking with the Halo.:D

Karma

must sort out another session soon...

HALO Rocks.

DotC

The_Scary_Man

Set up with halo the other night and it was excellent. Everybody's favourite by a mile.

I'll definitely be doing this again.