I have the same problem as all the people that somehow have seem to have ATI cards :/
Printable View
Sigh, It doesnt work for me :( anyone know why? i start it up like everyone else is and it doesnt work, is it cuz im on vista?
OK it seems that the problem for the blackness is the theme. Switch to classic view on Vista and you should be able to see the options.
if that's the case try using the compatibility setting (also make your games run faster. right click the halo icon, go to properties then the compatibility tab, and then check disable desktop composition) i noticed in vista, my games get a performance boost when aero's off (i mean aero is nice eye candy, but it slows down your machine, eats your ram and kills your battery)
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nvidia users, you may want to go into your nvidia control panel and adjust the digital vibrancy
otherwise this new filter will appear horribly grayed out
I did what you suggested and it didnt do anything :(
Edit: i got the surreal effect, now the game just crashes :(
Exception error.
It works on my other computer really well; the effects work perfectly enough to rape anybody's eyes, but on this computer running Vista with an nVidia card, I get an exception error after the Halo splash screen.
I've even unchecked all the boxes and whatnot and it /still/ crashes.
So I'm like... wtf.
Me 2 i get exception, but it works on h2v...
Edit: this looks fucking winsauce on shadowrun
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/6213/rapegfxpk4.jpg
I'm afraid I don't know how to fix the exception errors, sorry. Some people have also said it doesn't work, but the camo fix does, well FlyinRooster was able to fix that somehow. Ask him :|
They happen for me right after the cd detect screen shows up