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= Xbox 360: Description of the File Share feature in Halo 3 =

Article ID: 942921

Article Last Modified on 9/28/2007

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 * Microsoft Xbox
 * Microsoft XBox 360 Video Game System

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SUMMARY
This article describes the File Share feature in Halo 3.



File Share
The File Share in Halo 3 is a dedicated space that is hosted on Bungie servers but can be accessed from inside Halo 3. The File Share enables you to store game files and share them with other Halo 3 players. You can upload game films, film clips, screen shots, map variants, and custom game types to your File Share and then recommend them to other users so that they can appreciate your creative skills. You can also check out any other Halo 3 player’s File Share by highlighting the player's name from inside a game lobby and then pressing A to view their player details.

Everyone who has a copy of Halo 3 and an Xbox Live Gold account has 6 slots where they can store up to 25 megabytes (MB) of these files to share with the world. Saved Films use the most space, but 25 MB should be enough to hold several 16-player games.

Bungie Pro
Inside your File Share, you will find a button that leads to an Xbox Live Marketplace panel where a one-year &quot;subscription&quot; to Bungie Pro is offered for 750 points. Buy this, and for the following year your File Share will expand to 24 slots and 250 MB. At the end of the year, you will be asked to either re-subscribe or bring your File Share back under the default limit before you can upload new content.

The Bungie Pro service in Halo 3 expands your available server space for shared files from 6 files (25 MB) to 24 files (250 MB).

Why 24 files and 250 MB?
Design. We believe that File Share users do not want to page through endless lists of other people's files to find something good. Keeping it limited makes content authors do their part to keep their shares clean of the less interesting material.

Using a Silver account
Although the free File Share is restricted to Gold accounts, the developers are also making Bungie Pro available for purchase for your Silver accounts.

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