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[Datawhore]

Two Questions:

1) How do I set up two Xbox's and two TVs to play head to head? (assuming its possible...)

2) Will Halo 2 support this type of setup? (will I be able to have 8 player deathmatch?)

I'm throwing a Halo 2 Launch party and this would be the ideal setup for the event, but I've never done anything like this before. I'm assuming all I need is some Cat 5 ethernet cable between the two systems.... but that may be naive of me.

Any help provided will really be appreciated.

 

[Mr. Lemming]

Two Questions:

1) How do I set up two Xbox's and two TVs to play head to head? (assuming its possible...)

2) Will Halo 2 support this type of setup? (will I be able to have 8 player deathmatch?)

I'm throwing a Halo 2 Launch party and this would be the ideal setup for the event, but I've never done anything like this before. I'm assuming all I need is some Cat 5 ethernet cable between the two systems.... but that may be naive of me.

Any help provided will really be appreciated.

Halo 2 will let you do 8 players with 2 Xboxen yes. You just need a crossover ethernet cable to link the two xboxes.

 

[Datawhore]

Halo 2 will let you do 8 players with 2 Xboxen yes. You just need a crossover ethernet cable to link the two xboxes.

Pardon my ignorance, but is a crossover ethernet cable different from your typical ethernet cable? (i doubt it...)

 

[Mr. Lemming]

Actually it is different, two of the wires are switched (Apparently it is easy to convert a regular cable to a crossover cable on your own, but i have never actually done that). If you are connecting the two xboxes directly, make sure it is a crossover cable, if you are going to be connection through a router or hub or switch or something along those lines you can get away with using regular cables.

 

[Datawhore]

It'll be direct, so I'll need a Crossover cable. Thanks for your help Mr. Lemming!

 

[Mr. Lemming]

It'll be direct, so I'll need a Crossover cable. Thanks for your help Mr. Lemming!

No problem at all. Everyone should experience large games of Halo

 

[The Guivre]

Allright, all this talk of cross cables and such.. and Monk hasn't put any word in so I suppose I will. If 8 people is all you're going to have, that's fine. But methinks perhaps Halo 2 will gather a bit more of a crowd.

If you've got Highspeed net access chances are you've got some sort of router or hub laying around, I've got my Linksys sitting right next to me. Perhaps I'll lean down a moment and pet it lovingly..

All right, with that out of the way. I'd suggest having your pals bring their boxes over and setting your hub in a central location. Bringing some extra CAT-5 with them would be nice too. Then you can go beyond just the two boxes.. or if you only have 8 people you don't have to go four way split. This of course also requires more TVs, but if your pals have some smaller sets that they don't mind carting over then you're set.

Four guys to a room each with two boxes and two TVs still allows for communication and if need be screen watching without the distraction of three other guys on the same screen.

That's just how we've rolled in my little circle in the past, so maybe I've over complicated things a bit. Also if I've somehow missed that Halo 2 will only allow for two boxes to be linked rather than the original four, I'm sure someone will correct me.

If you don't have a means other than a cross to connect maybe you could ask around and one of your friends could supply the means of a larger connection. While 4 on 4 is all well and good you should go CTF Hogs only to 5 captures with 8 on 8. Now that is some crazy shit.

 

[Mr. Lemming]

That's just how we've rolled in my little circle in the past, so maybe I've over complicated things a bit. Also if I've somehow missed that Halo 2 will only allow for two boxes to be linked rather than the original four, I'm sure someone will correct me.

Halo 2 lets you link up to 16 boxes, so each of the 16 max players can have their own screen.

 

[The Guivre]

With Lemming's comment in mind, I'd say call up the whole block and tell them to get their asses over for some Master Chief action.

 

[aerofx]

Two Questions:

1) How do I set up two Xbox's and two TVs to play head to head? (assuming its possible...)

2) Will Halo 2 support this type of setup? (will I be able to have 8 player deathmatch?)

I'm throwing a Halo 2 Launch party and this would be the ideal setup for the event, but I've never done anything like this before. I'm assuming all I need is some Cat 5 ethernet cable between the two systems.... but that may be naive of me.

Any help provided will really be appreciated.

If you already have regular ethernet cables then just get this crossover adapter.


http://shop4.outpost.com/product/3638535?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

 

[Datawhore]

If you already have regular ethernet cables then just get this crossover adapter.


http://shop4.outpost.com/product/3638535?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Word. Thanks!

 

[Apharmd Battler]

Thanks for the post of the crossover adaptor........didn't nkow they existed.

 

[Scoobert]

4 bucks? Plus shipping? You can get a crossover cable for that price.

http://www.pcimicro.com/.sc/ms/dd/1...AT5 CROSSOVER CABLE 7' - 100' (WHITE OR GRAY)

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

Everybody buy Linksys WGA11b, Wireless Game Adaptors.
Everybody buy one now.