Editing Halo 3 Title Updates

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This page lists all [[Xbox Live]] Title Updates for the [[Xbox 360]] version of [[Halo 3]].

==Title Update 1==

Released on February 20, 2008.

* Unlocked [[Elite]] Commando Shoulders for everyone. This fixes a glitch that permanently locked it, even after getting the Steppin Razor<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13233</ref> Achievement.

* Improved any playlists that contain maps that were remade in the [[Forge]].

* Improved the "Prefer Good Connection" [[Matchmaking]] filter.

* Changes to the [[Melee]] system. Unless one player has a sizable health advantage over the enemy, both players die in a simultaneous melee.

* Dying while performing a melee no longer accelerates a player's dead body over impossible distances.

* Fixed the bug that allowed a BXB combo.

* Miscellaneous bug fixes.

* Added version "1.1" to the main menu.

==Title Update 2==

Released on September 23, 2008<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=15519</ref>.

* Fixed issues under Halo 3's hood.

* Halo 3 feeds more info to Bungie.

* New ranking system added to all [[Matchmaking]] playlists. After the update, the game tracks experience gained in a playlist and uses it to give a playlist-specific [[Rank (Halo 3 Multiplayer)|Rank]] to the player. This rank is affected by experience only. Players will keep their [[Rank (Halo 3 Multiplayer)|old rank]] which can be viewed in their Service Record. The system used to calculate this rank is not altered. Ranked playlists will still use Trueskill to match players.<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=14994</ref>

*29 New [[Achievements]] worth of 750 Gamerscore<ref>http://www.bungie.net, Halo 3 Service Record</ref>

{{Ratings}}
{{Era|H3}}
The Auto Update 2, released on Tuesday 23rd September 2008, is the second Auto Update to be released by [[Bungie]], and introduced new playlists, ranks and [[achievements]].

===Level Changes===
# Added [[Epilogue]] – [[Epitaph]] with no Shield Doors. Added alongside default variant.
# Added [[Boundless]] – [[Snowbound]] with reduced Shield Doors. Added alongside default variant.
# Added [[Sand Tarp]] – [[Sandtrap]] without [[Elephants]], with default team spawns switched in one-sided games. Added alongside default map variant.
# Added [[Pit Stop]] – [[The Pit]] with inaccessible spawn hives. Added alongside default map variant.
# [[Ghost Town]] – No longer appears in any symmetrical gametype.
# [[Team Slayer]] – Spawning configuration in default [[Team Slayer]] now includes a secondary weapon – the [[M6G Personal Defense Weapon System|magnum]].

===Playlist Changes===
====Ranked Playlists====
=====[[Lone Wolves]]=====
* Player count increases from six players to 8 players.
=====[[Team Objective]]=====
* [[Crazy King]] Hill times increased to one minute. Hill Movement set to Sequence (was Random).
=====[[Team Doubles]]=====
*This playlist now requires ALL content (Cold Storage, Heroic, Legendary, and Mythic maps are being used in Team Doubles)
*Objective Gametypes have had their appearance frequency reduced.
*[[Crazy King]] Hill times increased to one minute. Hill Movement set to Sequence (was Random).  
=====[[Ranked Big Team Battle]]=====
*This playlist is retired.
=====[[Squad Battle|Introducing Squad Battle]]=====
*Squad Battle is a Ranked six on six Playlist designed to fill some of the void left by excising Ranked Big Team Battle from the Halo 3 Playlists. Squad Battle gametypes are focused on Slayer and Capture the Flag and this playlist currently requires the [[Heroic Map Pack]].

====Social Playlists====
=====[[Social Big Team]]=====
*This playlist became retired during a bungie update, but has now returned.
=====[[Social Team DLC]]=====
*The only DLC playlist
=====[[Social Skirmish]]=====
*A new skirmish playlist for halo 3

=====[[Multi Team]]=====
*Rocket Race has been added to the gametypes and set with a low weighting.


====DLC Playlists====
*Retired playlist, Available in social playlists

====Hardcore Playlists====

=====[[Team SWAT]]=====
* Objective Gametypes, [[ShWATguns]] set to skip after veto
* Weighting on all Objective games, [[ShWATguns]] and [[M6G Personal Defense Weapon System|Magnums]] reduced
* Player Damage Resistance set to 150% (was 200%), players no longer spawn with [[M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose Grenade|grenades]].
* SWAT map variants now have [[Type-51 Carbine|Carbines]] and [[M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose Grenade|frag grenade]] available to pick up, as well as [[Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade|plasma grenades]].
=====[[MLG]]=====
*Major league gaming
=====[[Head to Head]]=====
*Retired playlist.

=====[[Double EXP Weekend]]=====
*This playlist changes every weekend (not always hardcore)

==Sources==
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-{{Title|''Halo 3'' Title Updates}}
+{{ratings}}
-{{Status|RealWorld}}
+{{realworld}}
-{{Series/Cut/H3}}
+This page lists all [[Xbox Live]] Title Updates for the [[Xbox 360]] version of [[Halo 3]].
-During 2008, two '''title updates''' were released by [[Bungie]] for ''[[Halo 3]]''.
-==Title Update 1 (1.1)==
+==Title Update 1==
-Title Update 1 (also referred to as AutoUpdate 1) was released on [[2008#February|February 19, 2008]].{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13233|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update: 02/08/08}}{{Ref/Site|Id=AU1PatchNotes|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=13280|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Halo 3 AutoUpdate is Up}}
-{| class="wikitable": style="width: 50%"
+Released on February 20, 2008.
-!Title Update 1 patch notes
-|-
+* Unlocked [[Elite]] Commando Shoulders for everyone. This fixes a glitch that permanently locked it, even after getting the Steppin Razor<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13233</ref> Achievement.
-|
-*Melee contests have been rebalanced
+* Improved any playlists that contain maps that were remade in the [[Forge]].
-*Dying while performing a melee or weapon lunge will no longer accelerate the dead player
-*The Elite [[Commando harness|Commando shoulder armor]] variant has been unlocked for all players
+* Improved the "Prefer Good Connection" [[Matchmaking]] filter.
-*Improved the “Prefer Good Connection” option
-*Added backend hopper support for DLC [[custom game]] variants
+* Changes to the [[Melee]] system. Unless one player has a sizable health advantage over the enemy, both players die in a simultaneous melee.
-*Fixed a problem with the [[Theater]] when a player tried to view a saved film for a DLC map he or she doesn’t own
-*Fixed a UI error in the Theater when a party leader selects a film that is invalid for a party client
+* Dying while performing a melee no longer accelerates a player's dead body over impossible distances.
-*Fixed a bug that under rare conditions could allow a BXB sequence
-*Fixed a Dirty Disc Error that could occur when loading the same DLC map twice in a row
+* Fixed the bug that allowed a BXB combo.
-*Added a visible version string to the Halo 3 main menu {{C|Version 1.1}}
-|}
+* Miscellaneous bug fixes.
+* Added version "1.1" to the main menu.
+==Title Update 2==
+Released on September 23, 2008<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=15519</ref>.
+* Fixed issues under Halo 3's hood.
-==Title Update 2 (1.2)==
-Title Update 2 was released on [[2008#September|September 23, 2008]]{{Ref/Site|Id=TU2Rank|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=15519|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update: Rare Thursday Edition}}{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=15562|Site=Bungie.net|Page=TU2 FAQ}} The update was primarily concerned with fixing "under the hood" issues for Bungie and Bungie.net web developers for stat tracking purposes. The changes for players were as follows;{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=15545|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Halo 3 Title Update}}
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-!Title Update 1 patch notes
-|-
-|
-*Fixed "under-the-hood" issues within ''Halo 3''
-**Added new banhammer functionality
 * Halo 3 feeds more info to Bungie.
-*A new [[Rank (Halo 3)|rank system]] was added for ''Halo 3'' multiplayer. The system in question now calculates a rank for players per-playlist based on their [[Experience point|EXP]] gains in that playlist; the system is a new addition to the ''Halo 3'' ranking and does not replace the older skill and global ranks.{{Ref/Reuse|TU2Rank}}
-*Ten New [[achievement]]s worth of {{Gamerscore|250}}. The achievements primarily concern the first three [[Vidmaster Challenge]]s and a series of achievements for the [[Legendary Map Pack]] (released in April 2008). An additional twenty achievements worth {{Gamerscore|500}} were also revealed in the listings, though these were not made available until the releases of ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' and Mythic Map Packs [[Mythic Map Pack|I]] and [[Mythic II Map Pack|II]].
-**''[[Vidmaster Challenge: 7 on 7]]'' - {{Gamerscore|0}}
-**''[[Vidmaster Challenge: Annual]]'' - {{Gamerscore|0}}{{Ref/Note|Although made available in game with the September 23 update, Annual was not unlockable until two days later on September 25 - the one-year anniversary of ''Halo 3''{{'}}s launch.}}
-**''[[Vidmaster Challenge: Lightswitch]]'' - {{Gamerscore|0}}
-**''[[Came... From... Behind]]'' - {{Gamerscore|50}}
-**''[[Defend This]]'' - {{Gamerscore|50}}
-**''[[Double Double]]'' - {{Gamerscore|25}}
-**''[[Flag Dropped]]'' - {{Gamerscore|25}}
-**''[[Look Both Ways]]'' - {{Gamerscore|50}}
-**''[[Alas, Poor Yorick]]'' - {{Gamerscore|25}}
-**''[[Road Rage]]'' - {{Gamerscore|25}}
-*Changed layouts and added some new map variants;{{Ref/Reuse|TU2Rank}}
-**Added [[Epilogue]] – [[Epitaph]] with no Shield Doors. Added alongside default variant.
-**Added [[Boundless]] – [[Snowbound]] with reduced Shield Doors. Added alongside default variant.
-**Added [[Sandtrap#Variant: Sand Tarp|Sand Tarp]] – [[Sandtrap]] without [[M312 Heavy Recovery Vehicle|Elephants]], with default team spawns switched in one-sided games. Added alongside default map variant.
-**Added [[Pit Stop]] – [[The Pit]] with inaccessible spawn hives. Added alongside default map variant.
-**[[Ghost Town]] – No longer appears in any symmetrical gametype.
-**[[Team Slayer]] – Spawning configuration in default [[Team Slayer]] now includes a secondary weapon – the [[M6G Personal Defense Weapon System|magnum]].
-*A number of playlists were introduced, changed and retired
-*Updated version string {{C|Version 1.2}}{{Ref/Note|This is the version seen on the ''[[Halo 3: Mythic]]'' disc.}}
-|}
-==Notes==
+* New ranking system added to all [[Matchmaking]] playlists. After the update, the game tracks experience gained in a playlist and uses it to give a playlist-specific [[Rank (Halo 3 Multiplayer)|Rank]] to the player. This rank is affected by experience only. Players will keep their [[Rank (Halo 3 Multiplayer)|old rank]] which can be viewed in their Service Record. The system used to calculate this rank is not altered. Ranked playlists will still use Trueskill to match players.<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=14994</ref>
-{{Ref/Notes}}
+*29 New [[Achievements]] worth of 750 Gamerscore<ref>http://www.bungie.net, Halo 3 Service Record</ref>
+{{Ratings}}
+{{Era|H3}}
+The Auto Update 2, released on Tuesday 23rd September 2008, is the second Auto Update to be released by [[Bungie]], and introduced new playlists, ranks and [[achievements]].
+===Level Changes===
+# Added [[Epilogue]] – [[Epitaph]] with no Shield Doors. Added alongside default variant.
+# Added [[Boundless]] – [[Snowbound]] with reduced Shield Doors. Added alongside default variant.
+# Added [[Sand Tarp]] – [[Sandtrap]] without [[Elephants]], with default team spawns switched in one-sided games. Added alongside default map variant.
+# Added [[Pit Stop]] – [[The Pit]] with inaccessible spawn hives. Added alongside default map variant.
+# [[Ghost Town]] – No longer appears in any symmetrical gametype.
+# [[Team Slayer]] – Spawning configuration in default [[Team Slayer]] now includes a secondary weapon – the [[M6G Personal Defense Weapon System|magnum]].
+===Playlist Changes===
+====Ranked Playlists====
+=====[[Lone Wolves]]=====
+* Player count increases from six players to 8 players.
+=====[[Team Objective]]=====
+* [[Crazy King]] Hill times increased to one minute. Hill Movement set to Sequence (was Random).
+=====[[Team Doubles]]=====
+*This playlist now requires ALL content (Cold Storage, Heroic, Legendary, and Mythic maps are being used in Team Doubles)
+*Objective Gametypes have had their appearance frequency reduced.
+*[[Crazy King]] Hill times increased to one minute. Hill Movement set to Sequence (was Random).
+=====[[Ranked Big Team Battle]]=====
+*This playlist is retired.
+=====[[Squad Battle|Introducing Squad Battle]]=====
+*Squad Battle is a Ranked six on six Playlist designed to fill some of the void left by excising Ranked Big Team Battle from the Halo 3 Playlists. Squad Battle gametypes are focused on Slayer and Capture the Flag and this playlist currently requires the [[Heroic Map Pack]].
+====Social Playlists====
+=====[[Social Big Team]]=====
+*This playlist became retired during a bungie update, but has now returned.
+=====[[Social Team DLC]]=====
+*The only DLC playlist
+=====[[Social Skirmish]]=====
+*A new skirmish playlist for halo 3
+=====[[Multi Team]]=====
+*Rocket Race has been added to the gametypes and set with a low weighting.
+====DLC Playlists====
+*Retired playlist, Available in social playlists
+====Hardcore Playlists====
+=====[[Team SWAT]]=====
+* Objective Gametypes, [[ShWATguns]] set to skip after veto
+* Weighting on all Objective games, [[ShWATguns]] and [[M6G Personal Defense Weapon System|Magnums]] reduced
+* Player Damage Resistance set to 150% (was 200%), players no longer spawn with [[M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose Grenade|grenades]].
+* SWAT map variants now have [[Type-51 Carbine|Carbines]] and [[M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose Grenade|frag grenade]] available to pick up, as well as [[Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade|plasma grenades]].
+=====[[MLG]]=====
+*Major league gaming
+=====[[Head to Head]]=====
+*Retired playlist.
+=====[[Double EXP Weekend]]=====
+*This playlist changes every weekend (not always hardcore)
 ==Sources==
-{{Ref/Sources}}
+<references/>
+[[Category:Updates and Patches]]
-[[Category:Updates and patches|3]]
-[[Category:Halo 3 DLC]]