[Release] Halo Custom Edition for Mac

[STLRamsFan]

Same issue as you, I even updated XQuartz before I opened up the Halo CE 3.1 icon and no luck. I actually tried to start the game up after I installed to see if it would open but it just stalled. I don't have the CD in (left it at home...), I do recall it needed the CD with the first several versions before the latest one. I was pretty sure it would at least let you get the update of where you don't need it anymore. Maybe that's an issue if you're doing the same thing I am?

[Amit]

Hmm, that could very well be the issue. I haven't had my CD since 2005. I lost it sometime then or maybe my mom threw it out with my original fucking CD-key, all of it still in the beautiful box

Yeah v1.09 is the version that removed disc checking, but there's no way to update the game unless Wine can do that as well. Playing on servers isn't the issue since most are built to work with v1.00, but I prefer not to use outdated versions of the game. If that is the case, though, I guess I can always just copy and paste my Desktop's v1.09 files into the folder. I might actually try that tomorrow night and see what happens. I'll probably have to remove OS, Optic, Sky's the Limit, and Halo Chat V2 before it'll work, though .

For science!

Since you don't have a PC with you Rams, you should install Bootcamp instead and use that to play Halo. It's not a total pain in the ass and the performance will be awesome. If we do somehow manage to get this running in OS X, though, it's a mighty amount of work to do and in the end you're rewarded with input lag and lower performance.

[SilentJacket]

you can install the update package the same way you installed CE (provided it actually installed)

It might be a backwards compatibility issue, I haven't tried it on Lion

as for your error log, it does look like a WINE issue, perhaps upgrading to 10.8.3 will fix it

I've also seen people having graphics issues with WINE on a Hackintosh, but don't quote me on that :P

[akfriar]

So...
Everything runs. Hitting enter instead of clicking got me past the first page. But, issue with the cdkey. I have my own cdkey for Mac, but it's 16 digits long. This is asking for a 25 digit key. Do I need to have a pc cdkey?

Edit: Having found a CE CD key, I now get a message that says
"Cannot load PidGen.dll"
Any ideas?

[STLRamsFan]

1. Yes you do need a Halo PC CD key for this.
2. You actually need a spare file to avoid the "Pidgen.dll" error. Download this: http://www.dll-files.com/mfc42.zip?0WIhTDXLjO and put the mfc42 file into Wineskin's System32 folder and you shouldn't get that error anymore.

Let us know if you actually manage to play the game. We're trying to figure out as to why the game is not loading for us after installing.

[akfriar]

This is gonna sound pretty noobish but where is the System32 folder? I looked around but couldn't find it.

[ThePlague]

C:\Windows\System32

Make sure to delete it first, it will make the game load faster not having to search through the .dll's to find it.

[Amit]

Make sure to delete it first, it will make the game load faster not having to search through the .dll's to find it.

wtf is wrong with you?

[ThePlague]

...I had to.

[SilentJacket]

I think I've had to deal with enough PEBCAK, I would prefer to avoid people trashing system32 as well