Well versed Halo Enthusiast and Halo Issues Problem Solver. Happy to help, if I can!

GoldenDemon89,

Have you tried this? Hard restart your Xbox One. To do this: 1) sign out of your Xbox Live profile, 2) Power off your Xbox One, 3) Disconnect your Ethernet chord and unplug the power supply chord in the back, 4) Wait 30 to 45 seconds, then plug your power
chord and Ethernet chord, 5) Power your Xbox One on, 6) Sign on to your Xbox Live account, then load the game back up.

This should fix it.

 

you forgot one thing. while your xbox one is still unplugged, you need to push and hold the power button for a couple of seconds to completely bleed the power and memory. then plug it back in after waiting the 45 seconds.

 

IgotTSondabrain,

Thanks for that correction, normally I just hold the power button until it turns off. Thanks for being more descriptive.

 

2/8/2015 Beta test new content update feedback and thoughts:

Good morning all interested parties. Between the following dates: February 4, 6, 7 and this morning I tested out the new content update. This is only available to selected players under the Xbox Preview Dashboard and updates program and will be rolling out
to the masses in the near future. Here is actual facts about my experience with the beta content update compiled from these dates.

Waiting for games: On average to join session... 3-10 minutes. Players found and establishing connection... 4 minutes.

Xbox Live Party Chat: Friends not able to hear, stay in party, or game.

Halo Party System: Didn't work great and was not able to do the following: with even team members (2 friends), remain in party chat couldn't, teams were balanced in lobby, 4 to 10 minutes waiting/finding game, failed to connect, joining session and when
we did find a lobby, couldn't remain connected. Tested ability to remain in party and connected to party host, if backing out and bringing party, and this didn't function properly, it dropped my friend and migrated host.

Connection: My connection overall was no lag and no ping showing, which worked out real well, friends connection was the same. I did have an yellow ping lobby in Halo 4 playlist, which had to do with person picked to host, they were dropped and host migrated.

I did the following trouble shooting in this order: 1) Hit the Xbox Guide button on controller, 2) Hit the three lines window button on controller, 3) Highlight and selected quit feature, 4) Started game back up. This didn't fix my connection issues, dropping
parties, failure to connect in lobbies and longer times to find matches.

I then did the following connection trouble shooting: 1) Signed out of my Xbox live account on the Xbox One, 2) Powered off from hitting power button and holding power button until it completely turned off, 3) Unplugged my ethernet chord, 4) Unplugged my
power supply unit completely, 5) Waited 45 seconds, then plugged back chords including: ethernet and power supply unit chord, 6) Powered Xbox One up, 7) Waited until home screen loaded, 8) Cleared my local saved games, 9) Waited until console restarted, 10)
Waited until home screen loaded, 11) Signed into my Xbox live account, 12) Loaded Halo: The Master Chief Collection from home screen. This didn't help with unable to connect, getting kicked from parties, and losing friend when we finally found a game.

I then did the following: 1) Quit the game completely, 2) Went to settings, 3) Went to Network tab, 4) Checked Nat Type: Open check, 5) Current Network Status and Xbox Live status All services are available check, 6) Test Network Connection It's all good
check, 7) Testing Multiplayer Connection It's all good check, 8) Detailed Network Statistics following: Download speed, 22.48 Mbps; Upload speed, 2.27 Mbps; Packet loss 0%; MTU 1480; Latency 99 ms check. I ran diagnostics on my router checked out fine, then
unplugged, reset and tried again. I concluded it had something to do with the actual Halo: The Master Chief Collection game servers and patches on 343's end.

Overall game experience

Bullet registry: It was pretty solid, but had hard time registering headshots on Halo 4 playlist.

Hit markers: I noticed significant improvement, to the lesser hit markers and able to get more kills.

Teams balanced: Overall each game started with balanced players, and my party stayed on same team. This was evident on February 4, 2015 and February 6 until 4:30 PM. On February 7, 2015 from the hours of 6:30 PM to 9:40 PM, I only got to play one game with
friend, then the rest we lost connection, couldn't join session, failed to connect and searching for playlist. We attempted several times to back out and try again.

Playlist that were quickest to load: Team Slayer, Halo 3, Big Team, Swat and Halo 4.

Fixes that need to be made:

Halo 4 playlist: Connection wasn't good red pinged. Took over 5+ minutes to find a match. Head shots and body shots at time would not register. I had hard time registering kills, please see my file shares. Playlist needs work.

Team Halo 2 Anniversary: Had to back out 4+ times and stuck on Joining session..., then backed out and stuck on players found..., thus it took 5+ minutes to find a match. This needs fixed.

Disclaimer: This is my observation so far, please Microsoft and 343 fix the flaws in the game I identified. If anyone wants to run with me and test out my beta content update, then feel free to do so. I am not an Microsoft, or 343 employee, however I have
been playing Halo since the original Xbox and PC version. If there is one thing I do know is Halo games and their command prompts and performance flaws.

I will keep everyone posted, but so far I am about 4 stars out of 10 satisfied with this beta content update. I feel terrible, that it was working fine from January 26, 2015 through February 6, 2015 but now it is getting progressively worse. Please view
my file shares, screen prints, data, and twitter posts for more details. It was very frustrating from February 7 through morning of 8, 2015 to have the following issues: server connectivity issues, failed to connect, longer wait times on average 8 to 20 minutes,
inability to remain in party, inability to hear each other talk and unable to stay connected.

It definitely felt like yesterday evening and this morning, there was a negative decrease in performance and server connectivity.

I realize there is no release date just yet, but through my feedback I hope things that are flawed gets fixed. I am not sold in this beta Content Update, just yet and if anything it has digressed since February 4, 2015. Please don't take this as talking
negative to the game, but there are some huge issues that need resolved in a timely manner. Please put my thoughts into action, fix the problems, and thank you for the opportunity.

Ephesians,

 

Twitter posts timeline:

@XBoX @XboxSupport I am having issues and friends with party chat and able to hear friends. Is this a know issue? We are attempting to play.

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Xbox Support ‏@XboxSupport3 10h10 hours ago

@ Sorry to hear that it's going on for you - have you gone through this guide to start?
You can't switch to party chat on Xbox One ^BB

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‏@ 9h9 hours ago

@XBoX @XboxSupport I sure have and everything tested fine. We are trying to play Halo MCC multiplayer. I am resetting my router.

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Xbox Support (1-5) ‏@XboxSupport 8h8 hours ago

@ Sounds good, that's a solid first step. Can you have your friends do the same & let us know if you see any improvement? ^RZ

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‏@ 3h3 hours ago

@XBoX @XboxSupport RZ and BB. I think it had to do with Halo MCC. I'll post sometime this week my findings, as I have the beta CU download.

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‏@ 1h1 hour ago

@XBoX @XboxSupport BB and RZ, Once I reset my router, it improv one match. I then couldn't con or hear friend from 7:59 pm to 8:40 pm EST.

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@XBoX @XboxSupport RZ and BB, During that time, we kept getting kicked from lobby pl, joining session, and failed connect.

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@XBoX @XboxSupport RZ and BB, Finally when we found players and teams picked, it then kicked my friend or me.

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@XBoX @XboxSupport RZ and BB, I did the following during this time: restarted my Xbox unplugged it, cleared local savd gmes & reset router.

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‏@ 1h1 hour ago

@XBoX @XboxSupport RZ and BB, Once I woke up this morning, I cleared my local saved games. Played H3 co op cortana dropped Conn.

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@XBoX @XboxSupport RZ and BB, I then ran a speed test, did all support trouble shooting, and went to my router settings everything good.

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‏@ 1h1 hour ago

@XBoX @XboxSupport RZ and BB, My end was good, however only happened in Halo MCC. It was working fine on 2/4/15 and 2/6/15.

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@XBoX @XboxSupport RZ and BB, I am going to post findings on my forums posts. I was about 6 of 10 stars on beta CU but now 4 of 10 stars.

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@XBoX @XboxSupport RZ and BB, In my opinion, I am still not sold in releasing to public new CU. FYI I'm talking about Preview Dash Halo CU.

 

Update:

Halo: The Master Chief Collection was working great for the multi player on February 9. 2015, however, since this date, how could I put this, Halo (she) has been extremely temperamental and extremely moody. Since February 15, 2015, the game has had nothing
but problems for me and my friends, while playing the multi player. For starters, it took over 10+ minutes to find a game, then when we found a game, it's either got stuck on searching for players, or failed to connect.

During the duration of hour in a half on February 15, 2015, I had problems remaining connected with my friend at a party, not to mention, while in the party my friend and I had difficulty hearing each other, but tried a different game, party and party chat
worked great. When we did find a game, the connection was extremely large, kept migrating to host, at times stuck in limbo waiting for map to generate and stuck waiting in the lobby for the game to start. After patiently clearing our local saved games, three
attempts to restart our xbox one console, unplugging, then resetting router, all attempts were futile and we gave up.

During the duration of hour in a half on February 15, 2015, I had problems remaining connected with my friend at a party, not to mention, while in the party my friend and I had difficulty hearing each other, but tried a different game, party and party chat
worked great. When we did find a game, the connection was extremely large, kept migrating to host, at times stuck in limbo waiting for map to generate and stuck waiting in the lobby for the game to start. After patiently clearing our local saved games, three
attempts to restart our xbox one console, unplugging, then resetting router, all attempts were futile and we gave up.

During the duration of two hours February 15, 2015, I had problems remaining connected with my friend at a party, not to mention, while in the party my friend and I had difficulty hearing each other, but tried a different game, party and party chat works
great. When we did find a game, the connection was great, but, at times stuck in limbo waiting for map to generate, which took over 10+ minutes and stuck waiting in the lobby for the game to start. We initially before starting the game cleared our local saved
games, restarted our xbox one consoles, unplugged, then reset router, after continuously, losing each other, failed to connect, teams unbalanced and being put on different teams we called it a night.

In conclusion, the game worked perfectly on February 9, 2015 and since then has had nothing, but problems. It leads me to believe that my beta content update since February 9, 2015 has been removed and I'm quite frankly putting it lightly, irritated that
it gradually gets worse, then better. I have zero confidence in future content updates going forward, because for starters 343 isn't listening to the consumers, which are identifying the problems and it seems as, if they are giving up on this game.

I find this to be upsetting, until the new content update gets released, I'm not going to spend time on it, if that day Halo is being temperamental. I am extremely disappointed in the turnaround time for the content updates to be released and 343's inability
to within their company, identify the problems and fix them. I would definitely rate this launch, as the biggest plunder to date in Microsoft's Xbox consoles game releases. In a perfect world, going forward, 343 would learn from its mistakes, attack the issues
head on in a scrum management project development and fix this game already.

 

If you're having problems with Halo MCC, message EpH3s1aNs and and he will help get your game working as well as it can. We all know that 343 certainly isn't gonna do anything to help.

 

Over these past days since, February 20, 2015, February 21, 2015 and February 22, 2015, I have played 30+ multi player games. I have been playing using the following: clearing my local saved games first, then restored my character to default setting. In
order to do this you need to change the following back for your character: emblem foreground, MJOLNIR, background Star, colors, primary, silver, secondary, white, background, steel, avatar, MASTER CHIEF 6, Service ID, 117, Edit Clan ID, UNSC and nameplate,
first blue BLANK. I think it resets your connection, but for this to work properly you have to uninstall and reinstall the game, then clear your local saved games. Please note that Australia, New Zealand and Asia this might not work. It will work for US, Canada,
Mexico, UK and Europe. Give it a shot.

 

Update February 20, through February 22, 2015:

First and foremost, I want to give a shout out to forums poster and my newest Xbox Live friend, AnonymousNarc. Over the course of this week, AnonymousNarc and me have been trying different things. Here is what works and doesn't help so far on what we concluded.

Over these past days since, February 20, 2015, February 21, 2015 and February 22, 2015, I have played 30+ multi player games.

I have been playing using the following: clearing my local saved games first, then restored my character to default setting. In order to do this you need to change the following back for your character: emblem foreground, MJOLNIR, background Star, colors,
primary, silver, secondary, white, background, steel, avatar, MASTER CHIEF 6, Service ID, 117, Edit Clan ID, UNSC and nameplate, first blue BLANK. I think it resets your connection, but for this to work properly you have to uninstall and reinstall the game,
then clear your local saved games. Please note that Australia, New Zealand and Asia this might not work. It will work for US, Canada, Mexico, UK and Europe. Give it a shot, what you have to lose?

Sincerely,

AnonymousNarc

On a side note, I personally have played with others then him and AnonymousNarc would agree this helps as well. Go to settings, then System and rename your console the following: GH5TXB0XON3 and see, if your gaming and Xbox One's performance improves. I
stumbled upon this through trial and error, punching in sequences into my console name at this improved performance tremendously. Furthermore, I have proven that adding me as a friend and playing a couple games with me, seems to improve your overall multi
player experience.

New Zealand, Asia and Australia still can't play pretty much all the playlist since the futile patches and content updates released. I partied with GoldenDemon89 and we kept getting hung up with players found... and that's how far I get with him and he's
in Australia. Apparently, multi player has never worked for him since the patches and updates came out, so I will do my part in trying to get him and others able to play again. Stay tuned and I would be happy to play with anyone, but for now that's all I got.

Ephesians,

 

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