MCC: Reach, Connecting Session Freeze

Whenever I try looking for a match in matchmaking, the moment it starts connecting to session, it freezes. While the game doesn’t crash, the freeze causes me to miss the match or, when joined up with a friend, be disconnected due to idle. I’ve seen a couple of people with this issue, but no one addressing it. I would appreciate more insight on this. Thank you for reading.

Do you alt+tab out of the game while its loading?

No use. The game is unplayable with friends. That’s the main reason why I bought the game. I hope this gets fixed soon.

Is only Reach affected? What game modes are affected in Reach? Does Co-op Campaign work?

No. I acknowledge that part of the problem might be my internet, but it works wonders on other games. The same result comes up when trying to play H:CE. I’m pretty sure my Co-OP problem is the same as everyone. My friend and I are able to join each other, but the joine has the worst lag ever. We were able to mitigate some of the lag by playing on lan, but eventually the game will disconnect us.

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> No. I acknowledge that part of the problem might be my internet, but it works wonders on other games. The same result comes up when trying to play H:CE. I’m pretty sure my Co-OP problem is the same as everyone. My friend and I are able to join each other, but the joine has the worst lag ever. We were able to mitigate some of the lag by playing on lan, but eventually the game will disconnect us.

Can you try lowering your resolution? I know it sounds odd but it could maybe help.

Same results. It either freezes for a few seconds, sometimes allowing me to enter a match, or just freezes for minutes skipping the match entirely.

The game is completely unplayable with friends for me. I can barely get into a game alone because it does the Connecting Session freeze thing most of the time when I’m alone too. This game has been riddled with issues since it came out. I’ve been trying to play Halo 3 for a collateral 4 hours and have played maybe one game. I am on the same wifi as my roommate and he doesn’t get the connecting session freeze issue. Why have they not addressed this???

What are the odds I can get my money back if I bought it when MCC first came out on PC? Not to mention they happened to leave out the fact that Halo 3 wouldn’t even be playable for an undisclosed amount of time from when I bought it. This is RIDICULOUS.

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> The game is completely unplayable with friends for me. I can barely get into a game alone because it does the Connecting Session freeze thing most of the time when I’m alone too. This game has been riddled with issues since it came out. I’ve been trying to play Halo 3 for a collateral 4 hours and have played maybe one game. I am on the same wifi as my roommate and he doesn’t get the connecting session freeze issue. Why have they not addressed this???
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> What are the odds I can get my money back if I bought it when MCC first came out on PC? Not to mention they happened to leave out the fact that Halo 3 wouldn’t even be playable for an undisclosed amount of time from when I bought it. This is RIDICULOUS.

What are your specs? Is you turn off Anti-cheat, does that help?

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> The game is completely unplayable with friends for me. I can barely get into a game alone because it does the Connecting Session freeze thing most of the time when I’m alone too. This game has been riddled with issues since it came out. I’ve been trying to play Halo 3 for a collateral 4 hours and have played maybe one game. I am on the same wifi as my roommate and he doesn’t get the connecting session freeze issue. Why have they not addressed this???
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> What are the odds I can get my money back if I bought it when MCC first came out on PC? Not to mention they happened to leave out the fact that Halo 3 wouldn’t even be playable for an undisclosed amount of time from when I bought it. This is RIDICULOUS.

Question, did you play MCC with your account on the xbox version beforehand?

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> > The game is completely unplayable with friends for me. I can barely get into a game alone because it does the Connecting Session freeze thing most of the time when I’m alone too. This game has been riddled with issues since it came out. I’ve been trying to play Halo 3 for a collateral 4 hours and have played maybe one game. I am on the same wifi as my roommate and he doesn’t get the connecting session freeze issue. Why have they not addressed this???
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> > What are the odds I can get my money back if I bought it when MCC first came out on PC? Not to mention they happened to leave out the fact that Halo 3 wouldn’t even be playable for an undisclosed amount of time from when I bought it. This is RIDICULOUS.
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> What are your specs? Is you turn off Anti-cheat, does that help?

My specs are an 8700k and a 1080ti, 16gb 3200mhz RAM. I have not used the anti-cheat version.

Problem fixed! You might want to disable your current antivirus and turn off relay on the ingame network option