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[01011001]

tldr.:

the game downloads every single piece of thumbnail art and battlepass art over and over again every time you load into the menu

One user who monitored data traffic found that it literally tries to download the battlepass images 2000(!) times every time you load the game up or come out of a match.

playing 2 matches will result in roughly 1GB of downloaded data. (normal would be about 20MB to 60MB after 2 matches, depending on the game)

this is an issue for 2 reasons:

1. in the USA it's pretty common to have a data limit, and with these excessive downloads, for no good reason, you will chew through your data way faster than normally

2. the game's menu system is ridiculously fucking slow and laggy, and this is most likely a big, if not the absolute major reason why it is such a sluggish menu

 

[Max_Po]

-343

 

[MadPanda]

This game and 343i just keeps on giving. I'm mad and sorry at the same time. Microsoft and Xbox only fans can be glad that xbox doesn't depend on Halo anymore.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

The game need serious optimizations and the use of a network local cache, wake up devs !

 

[Esca]

Bunch of rookies

 

[cormack12]

That sounds insane



But following that reddit post seems to indicate its also a 'new' problem. Might try on Sunday when I get back to compare.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Halo: Infinite downloads

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

343i never disappoints.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

2. the game's menu system is ridiculously fucking slow and laggy, and this is most likely a big, if not the absolute major reason why it is such a sluggish menu

I'm not a Halo gamer so none of this thread would affect me, but regarding sluggish menus which can happen in any game, I'll never understand how any dev team can make sluggish laggy menus. Bethesda games are the worst. Skyrim, Fallout have this laggy feel where there's a split second delay when you try to flip through the menus or tabs of content.

You'd think a menu screen would be the easiest and fastest thing to show on a screen compared to gameplay going on.

 

[Jaybe]

MS in cahoots with Comcast

 

[Lady Jane]

343 is a small indie dev that isn’t well funded. Give them a break

 

[March Climber]

 

[The_Mike]

343 the real meme maker in gaming.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Not a single game so far has beaten Starsiege : Tribes’ network performance for 64 to 128 players all the way back in 1998. It was fucking playable on a 56k modem! With flying vehicles, flying peoples, their guns exploding in the air and skiing on terrain, tons of physics.

It’s really sad, we’re regressing.

 

[R6Rider]

 

[Ellery]

Hope they fix it ASAP and that people with data limits weren't affected too much

 

[TLZ]

Data limit or not, this is ridiculous.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Not a single game so far has beaten Starsiege : Tribes’ network performance for 64 to 128 players all the way back in 1998. It was fucking playable on a 56k modem! With flying vehicles, flying peoples, their guns exploding in the air and skiing on terrain, tons of physics.

It’s really sad, we’re regressing.

We?

 

[Hendrick's]

It's an Easter egg.

343 MB of data per match.

 

[rapid32.5]

I bet Jim Ryan and Todd Howard are having a great time now.

 

[BouncyFrag]

Wat

 

[Bo_Hazem]

343i vs lowest standards bar.

 

[Batiman]

Damn what’s OPs problem with halo? Usually when I don’t like a game I just ignore it.

 

[Warablo]

That can't be good for my data cap. Thank you Xfinity

 

[Lady Jane]

Damn what’s OPs problem with halo? Usually when I don’t like a game I just ignore it.

Where is the fun in that?

 

[ACESHIGH]

Just can Bonnie Ross already.

 

[Putonahappyface]

 

[Skifi28]

I hope they don't download the pr0n I have installed on my PC.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Just can Bonnie Ross already.

In this day and age?

1. Phil doesn't have the balls to do it.
2. Imagine the optics of a decision like that.

 

[Draugoth]

I swear, these threads only exist to make me want to give up on the game

 

[Hendrick's]

In this day and age?

1. Phil doesn't have the balls to do it.
2. Imagine the optics of a decision like that.

People at that level don't get fired, they "move on" to explore new opportunities.

 

[elliot5]

Just can Bonnie Ross already.

How is it Bonnies fault some engineer didnt cache an image properly lmao

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

People at that level don't get fired, they "move on" to explore new opportunities.

Not even that has been made.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Pfft. Only 300MB?

I download 3000 MB of "other" content per hour that I am awake. Life is good.

 

[Pelta88]

This happens more regularly than you think. I mean, Halo is pretty much a disaster in many aspects. And yes, 343 are 0-4-3.

But this background data transfer happens at varying sizes when it comes to multiplayer ip. Overwatch. before optimization patches, would have broken my internet if I didn't have unlimited broadband.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Microsoft needs to take that out back...

 

[BadBurger]

Sloppy work.

 

[Lognor]

Great game. Large download. Not good, but not an issue for me. Sucks for those that have caps. I have unlimited.

 

[//DEVIL//]

this what happens when you are forced to hire woke and force diversity to not qualified people.

https://www.343industries.com/news/articles/the-strength-diversity-brings-to-the-halo-universe

look at this picture. it should tell you enough about the dev team..

 

[Come On Tars]

343 MB

 

[MasterCornholio]

People with caps are going to have a bad time with this. They really need to fix this.

 

[MarkMe2525]

Is this info vetted? Is it possible they had a game updating in the background. Only reason I ask is my cousin plays a good bit and is on a 25Mb plan and it would take ages for him to download all that data even if it's running at full throttle. Wouldn't it take forever to load into the match if it was downloading all that data?

 

[MasterCornholio]

Is this info vetted? Is it possible they had a game updating in the background. Only reason I ask is my cousin plays a good bit and is on a 25Mb plan and it would take ages for him to download all that data even if it's running at full throttle. Wouldn't it take forever to load into the match if it was downloading all that data?

Don't you mean 25GB plan?

I really hope it isn't 25MB.

Edit: Unless your talking about speed. I get caps and download speeds confused.

 

[MarkMe2525]

this what happens when you are forced to hire woke and force diversity to not qualified people.

https://www.343industries.com/news/articles/the-strength-diversity-brings-to-the-halo-universe

look at this picture. it should tell you enough about the dev team..

The amount of data being used could very well be a real issue but what you just posted is fucking stupid.

 

[MarkMe2525]

Don't you mean 25GB plan?

I really hope it isn't 25MB.

No, 25Mb per second, not 25MB. He lives in the sticks and uses att. There is no way I could deal with it personally. When buying my home, probably the third thing I did was check available Internet options.

Edit: 25Mbps

 

[ThatGamingDude]

No, 25Mb per second, not 25MB. He lives in the sticks and uses att. There is no way I could deal with it personally. When buying my home, probably the third thing I did was check available Internet options.

You spelt Hughes Net wrong

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

This game and 343i just keeps on giving. I'm mad and sorry at the same time. Microsoft and Xbox only fans can be glad that xbox doesn't depend on Halo anymore.

Thanks to MS and 343, Halo is no longer the great franchise it used to be. It's pretty sad.

 

[Deputy Moonman]

I've never measured the amount of data being used but this wouldn't surprise me. For some reason the game often has to reload a lot of previously loaded information with each menu selection and sub menu selection. You'd think once your character, stats, progress and everything has loaded you'd be able to zip through the menu (maybe it works that way for others) but not for me.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

Damn what’s OPs problem with halo? Usually when I don’t like a game I just ignore it.

It's the mascot of Xbox, pretty big deal that the studio behind Infinite has screwed up EVERY Halo release they have had except the original Halo anniversary game on 360, which surprise, was their first game and was a safe project.

 

[MarkMe2525]

Fake news. Just played two rounds and averaged around 80MB a round.

Edit: Bad maths 65MB 01011001
I also would like to point out I am using a Series X so this very well could be an issue with the PC version of the game.