Halo CE Linux!

[InnerGoat]

Go to your desktop, or to Applications\Wine\Programs To load up halo. When changing your visual settings, alt tab to get back into the game, If you don't it looks like it freezes.

More info on this "visual settings" please. Are you talking about the in-game video settings or something in Linux / WINE's config?

[E3pO]

More info on this "visual settings" please. Are you talking about the in-game video settings or something in Linux / WINE's config?

The in game visual settings, like for instance if you change your screen size etc....

I tried getting Halo to work on Ubuntu as well. First run was nice and smooth but the ones after that had the graphical error (the box in the upper corner is an error of the game). Also it was smooth playing at first but playing it for extended periods of time caused poor movement as far as looking around and aiming. I'd recommend sticking with Vista or XP on a dual boot platform, but its still good for Mac (there is a wine emulator for mac) and Linux users... Especially since the Mac edition seems to be a pain to find these days.

You need to compile it with the below code.

--- dlls/dinput/mouse.c_old	2008-03-03 11:14:47.000000000 +0100
+++ dlls/dinput/mouse.c	2008-03-10 19:23:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
                 wdata = pt1.y;
             }
 
-            This->need_warp = (pt.x || pt.y) && dwCoop & DISCL_EXCLUSIVE;
+            This->need_warp = (hook->pt.x<2 || hook->pt.y<2 || hook->pt.x>((2 * This->win_centerX)-2) || hook->pt.y>((2 * This->win_centerY)-2) );
             break;
         }
         case WM_MOUSEWHEEL:

[Phopojijo]

There already is a Halo PC mac I thought they made a Halo CE mac??

Nope, Halo CE is a Gearbox pet project... Gearbox didn't work on the Mac version and sooooo it doesn't exist.

[E3pO]

Nope, Halo CE is a Gearbox pet project... Gearbox didn't work on the Mac version and sooooo it doesn't exist.

Yet :\


(jk lol)

[InnerGoat]

Oh, because it's hardlocking the system before it gets to any 3D rendering. Thought that I may have missed some setting in WINE.

I followed someone else's guide to run Halo PC a few weeks ago and it was ending in a hardlock as well. Maybe it's the lame ATI driver; I have no hardware acceleration at all on the desktop, but OpenArena (also 3D) run real good.

It's a 9800pro fyi.

[E3pO]

UPDATE: JUST GOT TEXT TO WORK IN GAME!!
To get text to work, open up terminal and run this command..

msiexec /i '/home/e3po/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Halo Custom Edition/redist/msxmlenu.msi'

make sure you change it to your correct directory.

http://wmclan.net/halolinux/ingame/text.png

[Rob Oplawar]

I remember how excited I was when I first realized I could run Starcraft on linux (using wine. gotta love it).
What I really need to do is move my entire development environment over to linux. I wonder if I could get sapien, guerilla, tool, hce, 3DS max, and the tag structure working in linux...
prolly more trouble than it's worth.

[E3pO]

I remember how excited I was when I first realized I could run Starcraft on linux (using wine. gotta love it).
What I really need to do is move my entire development environment over to linux. I wonder if I could get sapien, guerilla, tool, hce, 3DS max, and the tag structure working in linux...
prolly more trouble than it's worth.

Thats what i'm working on right now. ill tell you how it comes out.

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EDIT: it came out quite amazing...

http://wmclan.net/halolinux/Guerilla.png

[Patrickssj6]

Make a HaloCE installer for Linux.

[Jelly]

If you've got an ATI card, it won't work. I've tried for ages with every release since 0.9.42. A driver issue causes it; the issue being that ATI are shit at making Linux drivers.