64-bit patch (PC only) released-ish

[supersniper]

Posted by: sawnose
Hi all,

Last night I decided to sit down and fix the problem where 64-bit machines with >4GB of RAM complained that you have 0 RAM. That was easy. Then when I tried to test the fix, I discovered the compat problem with the recent IE security fixes, and saw the threads here suggesting that people uninstall them.

That's no good, right?

So I put together a fix for that, too. I'd like you guys to try it out on your various systems and make sure that (a) it fixes those problems, if you had them , and (b) doesn't cause any new ones.

NOTE!!!!!!
This will *not* have any impact on gameplay. All the changes are finished happening before the MGS logo movie even plays! Every time there's a patch, there are always a few people whose internet connections happen to get flaky that day, and they assume there's a correlation. This patch won't change the game. It's your imagination. Really.

This patch is only for HaloPC, not for CE yet. If a little time passes and no one can convince me that the patch is buggy, I'll port the changes over to CE and release both.

This version will network with 1.08 in the same game, it doesn't break compat.

Try it out, reinstall your missing IE patches, and post your results here. If anyone is still running Win98SE (gasp!) let me know if it works as well as previous versions.

Thanks!

1.09 Beta patch

Source: http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=36114662

Update!

Posted by: sawnose
The test patch for CE is ready.
http://www.bungie.net/images/games/h.../haloce109.zip

The only changes are the ones from PC 1.09.

Let me know how it goes. This version is not network-compatible with any other build.

Source: http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.a...1-p=7#37656930

[Lateksi]

I love that guy. That's very nice of him.

[jcap]

Only thing I would suggest is that he doesn't call it the "1.09 patch" because it has absolutely no effect on the version number. Just call it the Windows 64-bit patch.

[Rook]

that's pretty cool for the IE security patch, as for the 0mb of ram that's not too much of an issue since the game still worked.

[supersniper]

Well I tried it out, I posted my results
I exceptioned.

Anyone else test it yet?

[Rook]

I might when not lazy..

[supersniper]

Everybody's doing it.

[Rook]

Ok I did it, posted in the thread on bugnie.net:

Just tried this out, the game loaded up and I joined a server. Killed a few people and I'm guessing about 20 seconds in got this exception.

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7177/wellytw.jpg

I'm tired now but I'll fool around with it more tomorrow. Also, system:

Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 Processor (2 CPUs), ~3.1GHz
Memory: 4GB DDR3 RAM
Graphics: ATi Radeon HD4850 512MB
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (Build 7100)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD

[Cortexian]

I haven't installed Halo PC in years, so I won't be testing until it comes out for CE... And it seems that by then it'll be finalized.

Votes for testing on CE and not PC! o/

Either way, I'm expecting that Sawnose has some very interesting things up his sleeve... In the past month he told us how to officially enable AF and now this, in combination with the remark about Halo PC CD-Keys... Perhaps we're moving closer to open source or something of that sort? I'm not getting my hopes up though, that always ends in disaster.

[Hunter]

I have not come across this error and I am running Windows 7 64 bit :S I am guessing it does not happen on everyone?