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Admin
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Joined: 17 May 2003
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Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:43 am |
Well, if you're like me and still at work / school or whatever you're doing today, you haven't been able to go pick up Halo PC just yet... I unfortunately have to wait till Thursday, because I'm not going to have enough in-pocket money till I go to the bank. Stupid clients paying me with checks... anyway, enough of my personal problems.Microsoft, the company that is pushing Halo PC on us like a crack dealer to small children, has already released a 3.6 mb patch for the game. No details on what it fixes or repairs, exactly, but hey, I figure it's from Microsoft, so I don't need to worry about it messing up my PC that much. Get it here. |
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Raven
UO Staff
Joined: 19 May 2003
Posts: 2235
Location: Clyde, Ohio
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Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:59 am |
lol that sucks
i hope it has a no-cd patch in it.
i have my copy already and i havent descided if it needs a cd to play yet or not, i'm installing it now. |
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noob
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Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:58 am |
1. Dont tell us about your economy, we really don't give a shite
2. Don't link to other peoples links. |
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Cheetah
Ultimate Fanboy
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 2831
Location: Halfway between the gutter and stars.
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Tue Sep 30, 2003 11:34 am |
Link this! .|.. |
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<CrashOverwrite> ask Raven cause he nevaR knows anything.
<Cheetah01> hes nevaR here either 
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WarZone
UO Noob
Joined: 27 Sep 2003
Posts: 9
Location: Almost Heaven, WV
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Tue Sep 30, 2003 3:01 pm |
Does this patch help with the poor performance Halo PC has? I am concerned because every person I have talked to and every review I have read has stated Halo runs really poorly. |
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Mr. Brownstone
UO Staff
Joined: 19 May 2003
Posts: 129
Location: UK
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Tue Sep 30, 2003 7:15 pm |
Performance is disappointing at first, but believe it or not you “get used to it.” Apparently, setting your graphics options to the default 60 Hz & 30 FPS lock gives a better experience than trying to crank the settings up.
I have a 2800+ Barton with a GeForce3 and the game plays quite decently at 1024x768. I’m sure it can be improved 100-fold if GearBox really knuckled down, but it’s adequate. Just try not to compare it to UT2003/4 too much.  I doubt Halo pushes even 20,000 polys on screen at once. |
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Dragon Rage
UO Staff
Joined: 10 Sep 2003
Posts: 524
Location: Atlanta
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Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:30 pm |
| noob wrote: |
1. Dont tell us about your economy, we really don't give a shite
2. Don't link to other peoples links. |
1. Don't be a prick or try to start flame wars. Who is "we", and "us"? Are you perhaps a wee bit schizophrenic?
2. It was the only link I could find. If the guys I got it from hate it that much, then I sincerely hope that they would let me or Tycho know, and we'd gladly fix it. |
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Tycho
Wanna-Be Webmaster
Joined: 17 May 2003
Posts: 1041
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:41 pm |
Noob,
First of all I don't like coming home from a 10 hour shift to see some anon dipshit bashing my staff. If you feel that post isn't correct than please email myself or Dragon. Posting anon and bitching about it isn't going to make me want to remove it but put the whole post in BOLD letters.
Show some n'ettiquette and things are resolved much faster.
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Noob
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Wed Oct 01, 2003 3:26 am |
Quote "First of all I don't like coming home from a 10 hour shift to see some anon dipshit bashing my staff"
Like I said, we don't give a shite about your really tough life, lack of money, split personality etc etc. |
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Tycho
Wanna-Be Webmaster
Joined: 17 May 2003
Posts: 1041
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Wed Oct 01, 2003 8:33 am |
LMAO. Now I don't care who you are since you don't even have the balls to post your real name. I have been flamed by waaay bigger dorks than you.
*Yawns*
Jr. if you don't like the site or my style then don't visit it. It is as simple as that. |
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WarZone
UO Noob
Joined: 27 Sep 2003
Posts: 9
Location: Almost Heaven, WV
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Wed Oct 01, 2003 9:21 am |
| Mr. Brownstone wrote: |
Performance is disappointing at first, but believe it or not you “get used to it.” Apparently, setting your graphics options to the default 60 Hz & 30 FPS lock gives a better experience than trying to crank the settings up.
I have a 2800+ Barton with a GeForce3 and the game plays quite decently at 1024x768. I’m sure it can be improved 100-fold if GearBox really knuckled down, but it’s adequate. Just try not to compare it to UT2003/4 too much. I doubt Halo pushes even 20,000 polys on screen at once. |
Thanks for the headsup. I am still sitting on the fence. Hopefully, the demo will push me into buying Halo PC. |
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Cheetah
Ultimate Fanboy
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 2831
Location: Halfway between the gutter and stars.
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Wed Oct 01, 2003 9:44 am |
what is your problem noob?
you come on this forum, start thinking you are well known enough to speak as us all (the forum members)
and say bad stuff about the staff.
i bet you have been banned from all other forums, so now its our turn?
thats pathetic..
dunno how you write that word |
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<Cheetah01> hes nevaR here either
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noob
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Thu Oct 02, 2003 5:08 am |
pathetic, now you know 
just annoyed by the fact that you, admin, have to tell everyone about your financially problems with everything you write, so pack your problems together and get a life |
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Mr. Brownstone
UO Staff
Joined: 19 May 2003
Posts: 129
Location: UK
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Thu Oct 02, 2003 5:31 am |
Erm... Anyway...
Back on topic, I just reduced my Halo graphics resolution to 640x480 for the biggest performance boost I’ve witnessed. Those shaders must really take their toll at higher res. |
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Dragon Rage
UO Staff
Joined: 10 Sep 2003
Posts: 524
Location: Atlanta
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Thu Oct 02, 2003 6:45 am |
| Mr. Brownstone wrote: |
Erm... Anyway...
Back on topic, I just reduced my Halo graphics resolution to 640x480 for the biggest performance boost I’ve witnessed. Those shaders must really take their toll at higher res. |
But does it still look nice at 640x480? |
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