Is there a way to find matches fast in Halo Infinite?

[thahyp]

Hello,

I'm wondering whether this is a region thing that's plaguing this game or what since I can hardly find a game running solo compared to Halo MCC and Halo 5.

So is there a way to get past this region lock or whatever it is?

[Zippy]

This will depend on a few factors.. One is if your using the Geo Filter? And if so how big is your radius?  What country are you from?  Those are key factors.. One easy thing to try is disable the Geo if your using it.. That should help find games

The other key factor is to make sure your on" Expanded" search in the game settings.. "Expanded" furthers your search.. "Local" search tries to keep your search smaller and lower on the ping side.. Again these settings are in the game and not in the router..

I play alot of Halo Infinite.. And I do not use the Geo.. I live in the US and have very little trouble finding games..  What playlist are you searching in?  

Thanks!

Zippy.

[Netduma Fraser]

Zippy is the resident Halo player here so he speaks wisely. If you're going to use the Geo-Filter then you'd have to use Geo-Latency, it's just not likely to work otherwise given their changes.

[thahyp]

10 minutes ago, Zippy said:

This will depend on a few factors.. One is if your using the Geo Filter? And if so how big is your radius?  What country are you from?  Those are key factors.. One easy thing to try is disable the Geo if your using it.. That should help find games

The other key factor is to make sure your on" Expanded" search in the game settings.. "Expanded" furthers your search.. "Local" search tries to keep your search smaller and lower on the ping side.. Again these settings are in the game and not in the router..

I play alot of Halo Infinite.. And I do not use the Geo.. I live in the US and have very little trouble finding games..  What playlist are you searching in?  

Thanks!

Zippy.

Hey Zippy,

I appreciate your help on this first and foremost, and as for your questions:

1. No I'm not using a Geofilter I disabled it since it doesn't work for me for some reason on this game particularly.

2. It included like 5700km so it's a good radius that shouldn't affect my search times.

3. I'm from Saudi Arabia.

4. Yes it's on Expanded.

 

I don't think it's on the router's end, it has to do with something that is built within the game since I don't have this issue with other Halos.

But I'm basically wondering if there is a trick to bypass this region lock or whatever it is, I don't really mind playing high-ping games at this point.

 

[Zippy]

Hey @thahyp   From what your describing does sound like the game is being regionally locked.. And this is something 343i has done before with there prior title Halo5.. After a period of time they then took off the regional lock on Halo5.. And with you being where you are I can see that being an issue..

My only thing I can possibly think of doing is using a vpn and run your game through a vpn to hide your location.. Ive heard others doing this before.. But my experience in that is very limited so I cant say for sure if that would work or not.. That would be the only work around I can think of atm.. And that is of course if the game is truly being locked like that.. 

So even if one uses the Geo Filter to Expand your search even farther I dont think that would work either if there is a internal hard coded Regional Lock in bedded into the game..

What happens when you try to play something like Firer Fight? Does that play list as well not find games?  Is there any playlist that you can find games in? Im trying to see if its a Rank only playlist that is restricted or the whole game..

If there is anything else I can think of I will post for you! Im going to do a little digging..

Good luck!

Zippy.