Halo 2 Bug/Request Submission Thread

[spookers622]

It seems as if more money, time and effort was put into forcing the game to be vista only compatible. Hired gun was paid to ensure that the game would only work on Vista and not any previous versions of windows. Had the game been developed like ANY other DX9 game, it would most likely work on both XP and Vista just fine with no extra work done, except with probably less issues in XP as DX9 is emulated in vista. The most clear primary motive was to make vista appear more valuable by slapping exclusive titles on the side. Not to think it would sell the operating system, but just give it more shine and appeal. A small little < 1mb homebrewed loader was able fix it to run on XP just fine with minor issues. There is no serious "cross platform" compatibility adjustments need to be made for something to be both XP and vista compatible, so any claims that it's primary motive was to save money or prevent losses making the game "cross platform" between windows and windows (laugh) is just bull.

There is nothing in my mind that makes me even think the game would have been less successful if it was unlocked to work on XP. Microsoft has learned their lesson with whoring games just to increase vista's value the hard way with the major lack in H2V's and g4wl's success which is why Gears of War and as well as games for windows Live are now being planned to be XP compatible. The scandal is over.

aahh... but what about people who want to make maps for directx10? how can people using directx9 play them without a simplier version being made

[stunt_man]

If anyone's off-topic here, it's you guys arguing over the whole MS/Vista/Live thing. I seriously doubt Hired Gun made the decision regarding ANY of these things, so let's try and veer back onto the road here.

For those of you having mouse stuttering problems, I know a solution. For some reason, enabling Vsync completely fixes the issue.

Request: Add a Vsync option. Simple as that.

Work-around: Go into your video card's control panel and force it on for Halo 2. Be sure not to force it on for all apps, because some don't support it and you could have serious issues.

I don't think this is in Hired Guns' control, but it would be nice if Windows Live was more DSL-friendly. Right now, it seems to need an 'always on' connection, like cable. I was screaming and almost crying when I had tried for hours to get this to work (to no avail). On the other hand, this might be an issue with H2V, but again, I doubt it.

[Con]

If anyone's off-topic here, it's you guys arguing over the whole MS/Vista/Live thing. I seriously doubt Hired Gun made the decision regarding ANY of these things, so let's try and veer back onto the road here.

But Bum Has Knife is our only hope at getting these messages passed up to the ones who do make the decisions

[stunt_man]

Bum Has Knife is our only hope at getting these messages passed up to the ones who do make the decisions

That might be true, you've got a point. However, this isn't the thread to do it in? Let's report stuff that could be worked into a H2V patch.

Either way, now that I'm looking back on it, this thread probably has more bugs in it than a patch could handle.

Bum Has Knife! Have you given up on this thread yet? If not, I've got another question: is it possible that you guys will make more maps in the future? I fucking love District and Uplift - I think they're my new favourite H2 maps! Props!

[bum has knife]

Bum Has Knife! Have you given up on this thread yet?

Of course not. When there is a new post in this thread, its the first I check. I want the same thing as you guys do. I'm in the (sometimes unfortunate) position of seeing things from your perspective but also being here on the team where I have to deal with reality. One part of me is very proud of what my team has done in such a short period of time with very limited resources. The other part is just as disappointed as you guys, that even though we all worked our asses off (weekends? what weekends), it still isn't where we want it to be.

Which leads me back on topic...

Bum Has Knife is our only hope at getting these messages passed up to the ones who do make the decisions

I don't know if thats totally true, but I suppose it depends on the topic. You should know that I'm just the artist here, which means I haven't even met these decision makers. Might as well be Keyser S&#246;ze.

On the hot topic of LIVE though, I will say that I do believe in the platform. I'm lucky in that i've seen the future and I think its bright. Is version 1 a rough transition for staunch pc users? maybe, but i'll be very interested in seeing how you feel once its reached maturity.

is it possible that you guys will make more maps in the future? I fucking love District and Uplift - I think they're my new favourite H2 maps! Props!

Yay, an artist question. First, the props for those maps should go to Pi Studios, they rock. Bungie and a couple of us here were mainly there to review and give feedback. Now, will WE make some maps? Maybe I'll have more to say about that soon...

[Stealth]

I've found one error in district, and it's kind of odd, but the game play still rocks. =p it's my fav map I'm all ways playing it, but I don't "own" on district as I do containment. oh and did any one know that Bum has knife's team released aGuide to Halo 2 Vista. I found it when I was trying to get a Halo 2 guide.
Oh and Bum has knife, you rock, I don't know about others, but I very much like hearing your thoughts on some of the things said in this forum.

[stunt_man]

Oh and Bum has knife, you rock, I don't know about others, but I very much like hearing your thoughts on some of the things said in this forum.

I totally agree. You seem very down-to-earth. It's good that someone on the team actually checks the message board, too, because this way we actually have a chance of seeing improvements (which I can't wait for).

Suggestion: Would it be possible to make it so that when you click on something in the menu, it doesn't behave like the controller? Like, if I click on 'Browse Games,' for example, it just highlights it, and I have to click again to select it.

Thanks.

[bum has knife]

Suggestion: Would it be possible to make it so that when you click on something in the menu, it doesn't behave like the controller? Like, if I click on 'Browse Games,' for example, it just highlights it, and I have to click again to select it.

Yeah, so the short story with that whole mechanic is that it allows us to use those "tooltip" type descriptions about the option you're selecting. You'll probably notice the inconsistency is actually consistent. Basically a screen or selection that doesn't have one of those (like the main menu or low level settings screens) only require one click.

That's just an explanation of why its there, not really a statement about whether that is the best behavior or not.

[bum has knife]

Bum has knife, you rock

Thanks! You're totally right, i do.

[Skyline]

On the hot topic of LIVE though, I will say that I do believe in the platform. I'm lucky in that i've seen the future and I think its bright. Is version 1 a rough transition for staunch pc users? maybe, but i'll be very interested in seeing how you feel once its reached maturity.

Your joking right? UT2004 for example, has ALL the features live gold has and much much more and yet somehow they manage it to be F-R-E-E. Not to mention the problems live is having on pc (Can't join any servers).

Early then stated that he still feels that the silver service, compared to other PC online services out there, "still comes out on top" (< lol no it doesn't) because of its suite of services, including friends lists and voice chat, and reaffirmed that GFW - Live games' option to run dedicated servers is one of primary ways that Microsoft is using to address the issue of isolated players spread across different servers.

Quoted this off of a review on the E3 for Games for Windows Live. There are many games that have all the feature of live that don't need to be payed for and work ALL of the time not most of the time.

Definately not bright at all.