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• WAR
— This mode is an all-out, team-based deathmatch. The round ends when
the time limit or score is reached or when one team is completely eliminated.
Be sure to check out the different options that you can configure for this mode
(such as
Friendly Fire On
, etc.) when hosting this type of game.
Modifying the Spawn Rules:
You can modify the Spawn rules in the online game modes.
•
You can choose
Respawn Off,
a pure player-elimination based mode.
•
With
Respawn On,
a player who is killed will re-spawn quickly. A Criminal who is
“arrested” will receive a time-based re-spawn penalty.
•
The host can determine the re-spawn rules, such as
Respawn On
or
Off
and set a fixed number of team re-spawns.
HOSTING AN ONLINE GAME
To host a game, select
Create Match
on the Multiplayer Menu, set the specifics
for your game, and select
Start Game.
Game settings options are:
• GAME MODE
— Choose the kind of game you want to play. This will determine
which maps are available for selection.
• MAP
— Pick a location for your game.
• TIME LIMIT
— Set the game to last from 1 to 20 minutes.
• SCORE LIMIT
— Set the limit for the winning score, or set no score limit.
• MAX PLAYERS
— Choose to play with from 2 to 16 players.
• ROUNDS
— Set the max number of rounds for your game.
• RESERVED SLOTS
— When set to
Public,
anyone can join your hosted game.
If you set this option to
Private,
only your Friends, clan-mates and people you
invite by name can join your game.
• CYCLE TEAMS
— When set to
On,
players switch sides between rounds.
• FRIENDLY FIRE
– When set to
On
you can injure or kill teammates.
• RANKED MATCH
– When set to
On,
your statistics are recorded for rankings.
Turn this
Off
for practice with your Clan or Friends, or if you don’t want statistics
to be reported for the match.
• TEAM SPAWNS
– Set the number of Spawn tickets for each team. Each ticket
allows one player to respawn. Run out of tickets for your team and it’s down
to elimination rules — you die and it’s over!
TEXT CHAT
Type out and broadcast chat messages. Create a message and select
Enter
to send it.
PLAYERS
This shows a list of players you have teamed with/against during the online session.
READY UP ON THE STAGING
SCREEN
This is the screen you see before starting
online play. Make final game setting
changes, chat, or look up Friends
before starting the game. Select
Ready
to signal that you want to begin play,
or select
Force Match Start
to quickly
start the game and put the unready
players back into the lobby.
Note:
To talk over the Xbox
Communicator, press and hold
c
.
FRIEND LIST
From the Lobby, select
Friends
to view your current Friends; incoming, outgoing
and pending Friends requests; and the Recent Players list. From here, you can see
the online status of established Friends and join a Friend's active
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You can have a maximum of 100 established Friends, pending Friend Requests
and Friend Invites combined. Delete outdated Friends to make room for more.
• ADDING FRIENDS
— To add someone as your Friend, select Players, then select
an established player from the Players list and select
Send Friend Request
.
A
Friend Invitations
icon will appear next to the player’s name. Once the Friend
accepts your invitation, the icon will change to the
Established Friends
icon.
• ACCEPTING FRIENDS’ REQUESTS
— To accept a Friend request, select
Friends
,
then select the name of the player who sent the request to accept or decline
the offer. Once you accept, the icon changes to the
Established Friends
icon.
To permanently block Friend Requests from another player, select
Block Future
Requests
on pending invitation.
• SENDING INVITATIONS
— To send a game invitation, select
Friends,
select any
established Friend, and then select
Send Game Invite
(with or without a voice
message). If the player accepts the invitation and there is room in your game,
the player will automatically join the game. This option is available to both
the Host and Clients of the current match and can be sent to both online
and offline Friends.
• INGAME PLAYERS OPTIONS
— While in-game, go to the Pause Menu, select
Players,
and then select
Send Friend Request
to send a quick invitation
to an active player in the game. You can also send Clan and Match invitations
from this menu, as well as configure other settings such as muting/un-muting
voice transmission.
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