Halo PC/CE 1.09 Compatibility Patch Released!

[Cortexian]

I posted this in the News as well, awaiting approval.

The final patches for PC and CE 1.09 are ready and available for download. This is the same build you've had for a few weeks if you've been following the thread, only the installer-wrapper is added. If people report success installing these patches, they will go up for auto-update soon, which should help unify the playerbase on the new version.

This is also the first time we've added a "Bungie, LLC" digital signature to anything (instead of going through the Microsoft internal tool for doing that) so let me know if you see anything wrong there.

http://www.bungie.net/images/games/halopc/patch/patch_109.exe

http://www.bungie.net/images/games/halopc/patch/patch_ce109.e xe

Remember to re-apply the instructions in the Anisotropic Filtering thread if you did before the patch, as this config.txt will overwrite your changes. If you don't know what I mean, you don't have to worry about it.

Original Post

And the details on what sparked this update:

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!

Original Post

[Dwood]

Ugh. I'll be sticking with 1.08 until we can get Open Sauce updated to the new version.

[Cortexian]

Have fun playing on bad servers.

For now though it won't be working anyways. If you install the posted 1.09 patch and try to get a server list by choosing "Multiplayer" and then "Internet" you get stuck at the "update required" screen and told to download the available patch, which happens to be version 1.08... I'm sure this will get sorted out quickly though.

My server has been updated to version 1.09 and I was able to connect to it via Direct IP, however I will be downgrading it after this post until the above mentioned issue is fixed.

[English Mobster]

Sticking with 1.08.
It doesn't break compatibility with 1.08, there will be no "bad servers".

[Limited]

Staying with 1.08 (even though I hardly play) because I and most of the other developers arent updating the tools and apps to 1.09.

[jcap]

Yeah, not updating. I'm glad he didn't break compatibility with 1.08. There really isn't much of any reason to, being this is a very minor update for people with a rare problem.

[supersniper]

could've just bumped the old thread brah!

[Ganon]

:I

quits halo for good~

[Cortexian]

The 1.09 server does NOT seem to be compatible with 1.08 clients. I am unable to connect to 1.09 servers using a 1.08 client.

[CrAsHOvErRide]

Great...