Orange Box not detecting 360 HD

[maverick106]

Hey guys, hoping someone can help me troubleshoot (of verify that this is just the way it works). I picked up the Orange Box the other day (never played any half-life games, commence hazing) and have noticed some strange behavior on the 360. When the game starts up, it doesn't automatically detect the hard drive. Instead, it tells me no storage media was detected and offers the option to search for a storage device. When I do that, the dashboard blade pops up, it finds the HD, and we are good to go. However, the load times are fairly long, which may be because it isn't detecting the HD to cache information as I go.

Anyone who played the Orange Box on 360 see this behavior? Any potential fixes?

[Mr. Murphy]

I can't actually say anything about the 360 version as I played it on the PC, but I always felt the Half-Life 2 load times were pretty long - long enough that I wouldn't accept them in a less awesome game.

[maverick106]

I can't actually say anything about the 360 version as I played it on the PC, but I always felt the Half-Life 2 load times were pretty long - long enough that I wouldn't accept them in a less awesome game.

They didn't really bother me until the Water hazard level...it stopping for over 30 seconds in the middle of a high speed chase was really irritating.

[Telefrog]

Nothing is wrong. That's exactly how it plays for me on 360 as well. It's annoying.

Glad I got the PC version as a gift.

[maverick106]

Nothing is wrong. That's exactly how it plays for me on 360 as well. It's annoying.

Glad I got the PC version as a gift.

Damn, thanks for the info man. I'm shocked that this is expected behavior.

[jacob.armitage]

i honestly don't remember the 360 version having awkward load times. i and the mrs. played through it as she is a huge half-life fan, but likes gaming on the big screen with a controller. when NXE launchs next week, try installing it on the HD and see if that doesn't clean it up a bit.

[Blue]

I'm with jacob on this one. It's been a bit since I last played Orange Box so I could be wrong in this and just not remembering correctly, but I don't recall ever having to manually hunt down the HD. Now I think my load times sucked some (but only in the initial loading of the game itself, not while in game and loading a save, etc), but nothing too terrible.

Again, I could be off base.

[Gormanimal]

I was playing just the other day and didn't recall super long load times. You might have some success with loading it to the HDD once the NXE hits (not to far away now).

[maverick106]

I was playing just the other day and didn't recall super long load times. You might have some success with loading it to the HDD once the NXE hits (not to far away now).

Possibly, but since I only have a 20GB HD, I'm not planning on utilizing that functionality too much. I suppose I could always delete it when I beat it, though.

[jacob.armitage]

Possibly, but since I only have a 20GB HD, I'm not planning on utilizing that functionality too much. I suppose I could always delete it when I beat it, though.

This is what i have been doing, the game i'm playing the most i leave installed. At first it Fable 2 and now its Gears of War.

[Gormanimal]

Eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=290745) ran a few tests and found the NXE does improve load times a fair bit for the Orange Box. Now to sit and wait....

[KamaItachi]

I had the same problems with Half-Life 2. Load times were fairly horrible, but nothing compared to Team Fortress.

This is what i have been doing, the game i'm playing the most i leave installed. At first it Fable 2 and now its Gears of War.

How does the install fare with Fable? Does it reduce the normal load times/pop-in to any noticeable degree?

[jacob.armitage]

I had the same problems with Half-Life 2. Load times were fairly horrible, but nothing compared to Team Fortress.



How does the install fare with Fable? Does it reduce the normal load times/pop-in to any noticeable degree?

it just helps with the loads, but there are quite a few. it certainly was a more enjoyable experience.