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lew87ys
13-03-2007, 01:38
if anyone can help thanks
Drew2010
13-03-2007, 01:39
if anyone can help thanks
pull up the map, bring up friends and click on them
lew87ys
13-03-2007, 01:46
thanks,
will i stay with them all through the free ride or could they change to a different server?
Spoonz
13-03-2007, 01:49
make sure you lock onto them...so then they wont go out of your server
lew87ys
13-03-2007, 01:52
how do you lock on?
i can hear him through my headset but he cant here me
and before you say, i do have the mic turned on
lew87ys
13-03-2007, 02:24
do you think they might bring an update out to make it easier to play with friends
DRIVEITLIKEUSTOLEIT
13-03-2007, 18:11
to lock onto them press left a few times till you have a list of all the gamertags on your server then press right on their name and right again on lock
lew87ys
14-03-2007, 14:39
can anyone help me with another two questions

i can hear him through my headset but he cant here me
and before you say, i do have the mic turned on, why is this

i have locked onto him and i stay with him for a while and he dissapears, i look on the map and it says tjat he is still right by me and he is in free ride


thanks for all the help
lew87ys
14-03-2007, 15:04
could it be because my friend isnt connecter to a router' wireless router?

he is using the ethernet cable to connect to his laptop and the laptop is connected to a modem which is connected to a phone line?

could that be the problem? but the weird thing is he can hear me fine on all other games
crappucino
14-03-2007, 15:31
could it be because my friend isnt connecter to a router' wireless router?

he is using the ethernet cable to connect to his laptop and the laptop is connected to a modem which is connected to a phone line?

could that be the problem? but the weird thing is he can hear me fine on all other games

Run the network connection test from the Xbox dashboard and ask your friend to do the same. Check the test item marked "NAT". It will be set to "strict", "moderate" or "open". If either one of you return a strict or moderate rating you may experience communication problems not limited to being able to hear each other's voice comms.

Have a look at this article for further information

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/connecttolive/xbox360/connectionmethods/troubleshootliveconnection-testnat.htm
lew87ys
14-03-2007, 15:43
mine is open, but he isnt on anymore because we couldnt talk to each other so i will ask him later

is there anyway you can change NAT?
also how can i hear him in games like gears of war and not in tdu?
crappucino
14-03-2007, 15:53
These problems are not always related to NAT particularly if the network connectivity is poor between yourself and people in your gaming session (lag and packet loss).

Problems are often related to network protocol used by most Xbox live games: UDP. The UDP protocol is not particularly suited to transmission over an unreliable network link because it has no inherent error handling functions

If data is dropped then it will not be retransmitted by the sender. Exactly how errors are handled depends on the network code within the application. You may therefore experience different results with different games.
lew87ys
14-03-2007, 16:09
so is my NAT what it should be if it is set to open?
crappucino
14-03-2007, 16:12
Yes "open" is the optimum setting. It means that your router should not be filtering any data.
lew87ys
14-03-2007, 16:35
its working with a different friend now i can hear him, and his NAT is open

does tdu crash for you guys sometimes when its loading?
crappucino
14-03-2007, 20:31
its working with a different friend now i can hear him, and his NAT is open

does tdu crash for you guys sometimes when its loading?

If it's just TDU it sounds like you may have a scratched disc. It shouldn't crash when loading.