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= Xbox: How to join an Xbox Live game in Project Snowblind =

Article ID: 894597

Article Last Modified on 4/25/2007

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 * Microsoft Xbox Live
 * Microsoft Xbox

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SUMMARY
This article describes how to join a Project Snowblind game on Xbox Live.



MORE INFORMATION
Note Project Snowblind is a third-party product. If you experience a gameplay issue or an issue that is not related to Xbox Live, contact the game publisher for more help.

Project Snowblind is an Xbox Live Aware game. Xbox Live Aware games automatically sign you in to Xbox Live when the game starts.

Join a game

 * 1) On the Main screen, press the directional pad (D-pad) up or down to select Xbox Live, and then press the A button.
 * 2) On the Xbox Live screen, press the D-pad up or down to select Quick Match or OptiMatch, and then press the A button.

Quick Match option
With the Quick Match option, you can search for a game session and then decide whether to join the game immediately or search for another session.  When you select Quick Match on the Xbox Live screen, the game immediately starts to search for a game session for you to join.  If a game session is found, the game information is displayed on the Lobby screen. Press the A button to join the game. If no game session is found, you receive the following message:

No active game sessions were found. Would you like to host a session?

  Press the A button to host a session or press the B button to return to the Xbox Live screen.

OptiMatch option
With the OptiMatch option, you can specify your game preferences and then search for game sessions that match those preferences.
 * 1) On the OptiMatch screen, press the D-pad up or down to select one of the following options:
 * 2) * Game: All, Capture The Flag, Fast Flag Capture, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Hunter, Tactical Assault, Demolition, Quick Demolition
 * 3) * Arms Race Mod: All, On, Off
 * 4) * Map: All, Wanchai Sewers, Downtown Sai Kung, Two Martinis, Hwa-Guang Prison, Lantau Wasteland, Tonnochi Tower, Enlighten Path, Kowloon Garage, Ashoka’s Garden
 * 5) * Friendly Fire: All, On, Off
 * 6) Press the D-pad left or right to select the setting for the option, and then press the A button to search for a game session.
 * 7) If any game sessions are found, press the D-pad up or down to select the session that you want to join, and then press the A button to join.

If no game sessions are found, press the D-pad up or down to reconfigure your options, and then press the A button to search again.
 * 1) Press the B button to return to the Xbox Live screen.

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