What worked for me was signing into Live on the Dashboard and loading Halo 4.
Loading the game at start up or signing in in-game did not work with four separate profiles.
Yep - I followed those - didn't work for me. I signed in to dash like I always do then loaded up halo 4 then got the msg about the update then went to the marketplace within the game (had a gold star by it) and it showed 800 pts. I quit out to dash and signed out then back in then loaded halo 4 and there was no star by the marketplace anymore and still 800 pts.
*edit* Nephew just tried and didn't get it to work for him either. We were not playing Halo at the time - my xbox wasn't even on - just turned it on to try this.
I can confirm it so far, I have it downloaded about 70% right now, and my brother has his downloading right now as well. Maybe it's some sort of unannounced thing for people who played the game on day 1 or something? I don't know. Seems odd but I remember this happening a couple years ago with Fable 2 and all the DLC
It worked for me! I just completed my download and I've already played a match. (I purchased the game a couple of weeks ago, so that throws out the day 1 player theory). I think it's just a glitch (seems to be US only). Let's hope they let us keep it.
shows up 800 msp for me
nvm got it to show up 0 for me now ( i signed out, then started Halo4, when it prompted i signed in & a msg came up for crimson mp at 0 msp)
dl as i type this
I tried loading Halo 4 without being signed in until it asked to choose a profile. Went to Marketplace from the main menu but still see Crimson for 800.
I tried loading Halo 4 without being signed in until it asked to choose a profile. Went to Marketplace from the main menu but still see Crimson for 800.[/QUOTE]
edit'd from my 1st post
NOTE: i didnt go to the marketplace from the menu it was a window pop up when logged in
1) start halo4 w/out signing in
2) sign in when prompt to
3) a msg came up promoting the crimson map pack *this is where it was stated transaction: 0 msp after i clicked onto the pop-up
4) NOT FOUND on xboxlive.com or in-game tab download. (again it was a pop-up msg when i started up after signing in)
hope this clarifies
Ok I can confirm you need the Early Specialization code for that menu to show up because I just went to get that code from my email in as soon as I put the code in that menu popped up on the halo 4 menu
[quote name='BillyDavid']Ok I can confirm you need the Early Specialization code for that menu to show up because I just went to get that code from my email in as soon as I put the code in that menu popped up on the halo 4 menu[/QUOTE]
This is how you get the maps for free. You need the specialization codes that MS sent out.
Go to Halo waypoint then load back up halo 4 and there should be a star next to marketplace. Click it and it will start downloading the crimson map pack.