H2V on XP?

[JoeBlack]

cant get to activate or play on line

[Mr Buckshot]

My desktop has Vista, so I won't bother with this, but I might try it on my laptop (no Vista for it yet) and see if my Geforce Go 6600 can push this game well enough.

Despite the activation crap, I will be able to install H2V a second time right?

I would not be posting links to anything here. Razor 1911 is a scene group and using their crack is illegal.

If you bought the game legally it's ok. E.g. for my laptop I use cracked EXEs to run all games installed there without having to insert the disc because 1. the drive takes up battery and 2. the drive is slow - only 8x DVD and 24x CD. However I legally bought all the games installed on that laptop so I did nothing illegal.

as long as the "cracked" stuff is specifically for a game you legally own no one can stop you from downloading it.

[Patrickssj6]

No...I think it states that if you "crack" a program you are not allowed to release any part of it...or something like that

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_cracking

Legality

The distribution and use of cracked copies is illegal in almost every developed country. There have been many lawsuits over cracking software, but most have been to do with the distribution of the duplicated product rather than the process of defeating the protection, due to the difficulty of constructing legally sound proof of individual guilt in the latter instance. In the United States, the passing of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) legislation made software cracking, as well as the distribution of information which enables software cracking, illegal. However, the law has hardly been tested in the U.S. judiciary in cases of reverse engineering for personal use only. The European Union passed the European Union Copyright Directive in May 2001, making software copyright infringement illegal in member states once national legislation has been enacted pursuant to the directive.

[wannabeapilot]

very nice!

[Roostervier]

No...I think it states that if you "crack" a program you are not allowed to release any part of it...or something like that

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_cracking

I found somewhere else that cracks are legal only if you use them to allow yourself the ease of plying a game you bought or insuring that you can play (i.e., you lose your CD which is required). That is the only legit reason... or from what I remember reading. Of course, it was probably wrong.

[StankBacon]

you guys are arguing over nothing.

[Mr Buckshot]

ok, back on topic:

This also proves that a program designed specifically for Vista doesn't possess some uber scripting that won't work on XP no matter what.

[Flapjack]

OMG, on the loading screen the white bar goes across the Halo 2 letters and it stops on the "A" and then crashes to my desktop leaving my resolution at 800x600!!!! Any tips?

[klange]

1. Who really cares about whether it's legal at this point? Microsoft isn't going to bring the almighty sue-hammer out just to squash a couple of people who payed for the game anyway.
2. I'm going to try and see if Sapien runs with the files I have (I don't have the game yet, but I will buy it if I have some sort of guarantee it'll run)
3. The fact that Linux gets just as far as Vista may mean that Wine will run Halo 2. That would be pwntacular in ever way possible, but I'm not putting any money down yet. (Keep in mind that my laptop won't even start Sapien through Vista, and since Linux fails at the same time, and because my terminal is spitting out "failed to create object" errors, I almost guarantee it's the same problem - failure of a graphics card)
4. I'm also going to clean up my hard drive on my desktop and slap Ubuntu on there to see if it does run. As another note, Linux doesn't require any of the special cracks, but may require some DLLs and other things. And I may have to install DirectX again (or copy DLLs from Vista >_>)


Ooh, and before I forget:
My XP desktop came out with the whole "This machine isn't vista!" error and quit before even showing the scenario open dialog. My Lin-top had no such problem.

[vreynauld]

This also proves that a program designed specifically for Vista doesn't possess some uber scripting that won't work on XP no matter what.

ROFL, you couldn't be more wrong.

While Halo 2 for Vista uses DX9 to run, all Microsoft has to do is patch the DLL files being used to do a deeply embedded version check on DirectX. If DirectX 10 is found, they'll continue processing. If DirectX9 is found, it'll tell the executable to run a stop call. Since XP will never have a legitimate version of DX10, a patch of this type would stop this mod dead in its tracks.

And I'm going to laugh at everyone in this thread when such a patch happens. Microsoft has taken a very aggressive stance on modifications when it impacts their Live service. Everyone here will be foolish to believe they won't do the same when it comes to Windows Live.

When that day comes, anyone on XP who tries to connect to multiplayer will find a nice little present that will stop the mod (and the ability to play the game) dead in its tracks. When word hits the internet and people avoid the patch, they'll have a Halo 2 that can only play single player.