So did anyone listen to the bungie podcast today?

[Masterz1337]

They teased at some new stuff happening for HPC. They said they we should hold onto our Halo PC CD keys. Something might be happening in the near future.

KMZZPP EDIT:
UPDATE:
NEWS FLASH:
HEADS UP:
THIS JUST IN:
THIS IS AN EDIT:


I just read through 24 pages to read.... nothing.

Then I read a thread on bungie where Sawnose posts this

(p.s. - no, this isn't what I meant in the podcast. I'm not planning any game changes or updates. There are no concrete plans for the CD key, but it's your way to show us that you're a Halo 1 player, which we might want to know in the future.)Well there ya go. Nothing. Thread (http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35242876)

[Limited]

Link to podcast???

Maybe free Halo 3 PC beta for people who own Halo 1???

[Masterz1337]

http://www.bungie.net/News/Blog.aspx?mode=news#BungiePodcast070709

They talk about HPC at 48:05.

[Rentafence]

Heh, that's cool. I like how Halo PC is unsupported yet we get a little nod from them every now and then.

[Limited]

http://www.bungie.net/News/Blog.aspx?mode=news#BungiePodcast070709

They talk about HPC at 48:05.
Gah you cant stream it =\

[Arteen]

Exciting! D/Ling podcast now.

[klange]

There are only two possibilities I see:

- Something related to Halo 3 PC. But that's highly unlikely: they'd give that right to H2V owners, and it's already been said that we wouldn't see H3PC for years.
- GPL'ing Blam! as they did Marathon's engine before it. But that's highly unlikely as well: It wouldn't involve the CD key at all.

So it's something I could never guess.

[jcap]

I don't even know what to think...


Also, what FAB said above me. Maybe they meant Halo 2 PC, not even thinking of Halo 1? They should give H3 away as a free upgrade to H2V...fucking waste.

Downloading now.

Well they were specifically talking about Halo 1 PC, making all the references to Gearbox.

[Malloy]

lol probably some way of making money.

[Kornman00]

Well you kind of need your cd key to use Cerebrum :rolleyes:

[Disaster]

Well you kind of need your cd key to use Cerebrum :rolleyes:
:ehhh::ehhh::ehhh::ehhh:

You hinting at something there?

[Higuy]

Upgrading the engine with a new version of the game?
And to install it you would need your key? Doubt it. But whatever it is, it better be good. :P

[Rentafence]

Well you kind of need your cd key to use Cerebrum the game tracking app that Bungie made, because they saw how awesome Cerebrum was, and figured since I'm is a crappy coder, they could 1-up me.:rolleyes:
.

[Disaster]

:raise:

[Good_Apollo]

Re-releasing Halo PC with Halo CE combined?

Existing owners get it free? Only thing I can think of that would make any real sense...

[sdavis117]

You paid for Halo CE? Someone ripped you off.

[Rentafence]

I doubt it's going to be any sort of update. My money is on "enter your Halo-PC key for a chance to win recon!"

[sdavis117]

I have two ideas:

1) Halo 3 PC Beta invites to Halo PC owners, or
2) Halo Custom Edition 2

[Saggy]

I doubt it's going to be any sort of update. My money is on "enter your Halo-PC key for a chance to win recon!"
Sadly, it's most likely this...

[flibitijibibo]

I doubt it's going to be any sort of update. My money is on "enter your Halo-PC key for a chance to win recon!"
Probably something like this. Bungie Pro?

[Rook]

I have two ideas:

1) Halo 3 PC Beta invites to Halo PC owners, or
2) Halo Custom Edition 2

Sounds logical. I'd love a release that is just called CE 2 that'd be sweet. Also though what if they blew us away and unveil a game they never even showed off for the PC--one can dream LOL

[Ki11a_FTW]

I doubt it's going to be any sort of update. My money is on "enter your Halo-PC key for a chance to win recon!"

:suicide:

[Advancebo]

Use your CD key and get a free copy of Halo Reach PC

[Ki11a_FTW]

Also, for some stupid reason its not downloading for me, can someone quote what they said

[Advancebo]

How can we quote 70 mb of words?
Just download quicktime.

[Limited]

How can we quote 70 mb of words?
Just download quicktime.
I'd rather shove nails in my balls...

[Ki11a_FTW]

I was referring to what they said about halo pc, i dont really care about the rest

[Disaster]

I'd rather shove nails in my balls...

:mech:

[Rentafence]

Also, for some stupid reason its not downloading for me, can someone quote what they said

"And while people are listening to this I'll sneak a little, uh, sly(?) mention in there that if you still have your Halo PC, uh, CD key, the yellow sticker, keep that around we might come up with something interesting to do with that in the not so distant future."

[Masterz1337]

I'd rather shove nails in my balls...

You need to find new hobbies.

[Ki11a_FTW]

it BETTER be something good. Really good.

[StankBacon]

they were talking about halo pc and how this guy roger is the only one left supporting it, how he made the patches for the latest exploits.

then hes like oh i guess i ll say this now, anyone who still has there yellow sticker cd key, hold on to it, something interesting is happening in the near future.




btw, the segment with nathon fillion, joe and marty was awesome.

[Limited]

I dont want quicktime fucking up my pc, clutters everything up. Thanks rentafence, saves me downloading 70mb, thats nearly a whole episode of House in bandwidth:O

[Masterz1337]

For those who downloaded, the interview with Nathan Fillion is great as well.

[StankBacon]

I dont want quicktime fucking up my pc, clutters everything up. Thanks rentafence, saves me downloading 70mb, thats nearly a whole episode of House in bandwidth:O

its a fucking mp3, play it with any media player.

[supersniper]

woah?
Would be cool to see a new release of Halo PC and all old users get it for free.

[Advancebo]

Time to go buy another copy of Halo :bunchies:

[Limited]

God, read the post bacon...

The fact that, the only guy who deals with Halo PC said "get your cd keys ready" to me sounds like something is happening WITH Halo PC, (rather than Halo 3 PC beta).

I hope it is Halo source code released.

[Varmint260]

I'll have to give this a listen. And... I guess I have to go find my CD case. Seems I got slack since the 1.08 removal of the CD check.

[sdavis117]

I love how there are like 20 people hovering over this thread.

Edit: I have to reinstall Halo PC anyways, so I should go hunting for my Halo PC CD (with key) sometime.

[StankBacon]

God, read the post bacon...

The fact that, the only guy who deals with Halo PC said "get your cd keys ready" to me sounds like something is happening WITH Halo PC, (rather than Halo 3 PC beta).

I hope it is Halo source code released.


i really hope your not talking to me :|

[Ki11a_FTW]

a remake of halo pc with the halo 3 engine /hope

[Rentafence]

Drop any hopes you guys have of an update or anything. With a single guy doing minimal support for this game, the chances are slim to none. He said specifically "we might be doing something interesting with that in the future" with the it being a direct reference to the CD key itself, not the game.

[sdavis117]

i really hope your not talking to me :|

I was the one who talked about Halo 3 PC. And I said a possible invite for Halo PC owners (which you can prove that you are one with your CD-Key).

Edit: I've been listening to the podcast for the last hour and they just mentioned it. He dropped the ball that it would be a new feature.

[StankBacon]

its cerebrum

[Ki11a_FTW]

HALO PC NOW USING WINDOWZ LIEV :haw:

[sdavis117]

its cerebrum
Wouldn't they just come out and say it then? I mean Cerebrum isn't exactly top secret.

[jcap]

Unless they didn't want to mention it in the unfortunate event that it disappeared and was never finished (like the one for H2V...but that was with good reason) :-/

My fear is that they'd dare to drop Gamespy for the LIVE service. That would be horrible...

Everyone knows that Halo + G4WL = H2V pile of shit

[sdavis117]

Have you been holding out on us Jcap?

As in a secret Bungie involvement

[Ki11a_FTW]

whats cerebrum

[sdavis117]

Cerebrum is a stat tracking program in development for Halo CE. It is a server side service. It has its own stickied thread.

Edit: Cerebrum would sound like something Wolf would be interested in, considering he is the one who did most of the work for stat tracking in Halo 2 and Halo 3 if I remember right.

[flibitijibibo]

Made a small version of the CD key discussion for those that just want to listen to that part: http://flibitijibibo.awardspace.us/halocdkey.mp3

[Good_Apollo]

You paid for Halo CE? Someone ripped you off.
Obviously not, but they wouldn't let people download Halo PC/CE for free. I'm talking about a merging here, one game instead of the two we have now.

[StankBacon]

I'm talking about a merging here, one game instead of the two we have now.

i wish.

[CodeBrain]

I know what they are going to do.

Ban all of our CD Keys.

:iamafag:

[Ki11a_FTW]

my disc is to scratched to install the original D:

[InnerGoat]

HALO PC NOW USING WINDOWZ LIEV :haw:

Ugh please don't joke like that :(

[StankBacon]

even if halo2vista didn't use live it still would have sucked.

[Saggy]

Also, for anyone that did actually listen to this podcast, they give away one of the achievements for ODST, which ended up being one from the leaked list...

[supersniper]

After listening to it I kinda lean towards Cerebrum.
I mean they mentioned CMT with it's first spv1

It would make sense, I mean Korn does know bungie well (If I recall that special trip he won.)

[AAA]

I think a change in servers like LIVE instead of Gamespy would help out a lot. Such as the lag problems.

How often does this podcast come out? if it's monthly then something would most likely be coming out within this or next month. Why would this one single man say something like this if it wasn't coming out soon?

What the hell is he talking about? "We'll find something to do with it." It makes him sound like he's not so sure what the hell he's going to do with it.

[Masterz1337]

Well they said THEY had something planned. I wouldn't be surprised if it was CS though.

I can see them reselling the game on DVD with custom maps included. It would be pretty sweet to buy it in a store and get mods and maps out of the box.

[Disaster]

Well they said THEY had something planned. I wouldn't be surprised if it was CS though.

I can see them reselling the game on DVD with custom maps included. It would be pretty sweet to buy it in a store and get mods and maps out of the box.

spv2 :mech2:

[klange]

Well you kind of need your cd key to use Cerebrum :rolleyes:
km00, stop emailing bungie about our pet projects :cool:


It's probably going to be something pointless and dumb.

[Cortexian]

Maybe Nitrousoxide or some of the other old community-now-Bungie members convinced them to do something...

[Llama Juice]

Prometheus is gunna be released.

[Masterz1337]

Nitro I don't think has anything to do with Bungie anymore, he still pops on AIM every once in a while though.

[klange]

Nitro I don't think has anything to do with Bungie anymore, he still pops on AIM every once in a while though.
Interrogate him!

[supersniper]

Prometheus is gunna be released.ahahahah! (http://www.halodev.org/halodev-faqs/who-are-you-guys/rec0)
That will never happen.

[Terry]

I'm going to be negative until proven wrong. :) Saves me any disappointment if its something stupid.

[Dwood]

Something to do with GBX I think.

[ultama121]

If it was Cerebrum, why would they go through the trouble of making it seem like a surprise or something we don't already know about? Couldn't they have just mentioned it on the podcast if it was Cerebrum they were talking about?

[Kornman00]

I'm not claiming to "know" Bungie over any other person in the community, don't put words in my mouth :P

But yeah, anyone remember Randy talking about some super project he had the opportunity to lead in (or take part in, in some way, anyway)? The one that only needed a few key, but really talented people (at least then). How long ago was that...

[Dwood]

If it was Cerebrum, why would they go through the trouble of making it seem like a surprise or something we don't already know about? Couldn't they have just mentioned it on the podcast if it was Cerebrum they were talking about?

There were mentions of the source code. I couldn't tell who it was though I wonder what it meant when they mentioned it...

BTW I don't think Bungie would screw us with a Server switch/contest, only one of those needing our CD keys to do, now that they are out of MS' clutches.

[DrunkenSamus]

Ummm....so what is Cerebrum? Too exhausted to read the pages and decipher the information but it sounds like something from X-Men. :v: And why should we hold on to our copies of Halo/CD keys?

[Rentafence]

If it was Cerebrum, why would they go through the trouble of making it seem like a surprise or something we don't already know about? Couldn't they have just mentioned it on the podcast if it was Cerebrum they were talking about?

You speak as if we're the only people the podcast is intended for. There's an ocean of Bungie fans who don't even have Halo CE, or Halo PC for that matter.

[ultama121]

Even so, just to give us a heads up, couldn't they just have mentioned its name or something?

[CSFLOYD]

1.) unlocked h2v HEK (very unlikley)
2.) upgraded engine
3.) Halo 3 PC (WOOT)
4.) Beta for some upcoming game? (prolly not)
5.) Open source (again highly unlikley)
6.) Custom edition 2 (epic)
7.) Halo 3 reach beta (No.)
8.) Chance to win recon (prolly)
9.) ?????
10.) profit!!!
11.) Cerebrum (whatever the hell it is..)

[supersniper]

I'm not claiming to "know" Bungie over any other person in the community, don't put words in my mouth :P

But yeah, anyone remember Randy talking about some super project he had the opportunity to lead in (or take part in, in some way, anyway)? The one that only needed a few key, but really talented people (at least then). How long ago was that...sorryz :(

[staticchanger]

Hmmm maybe they're porting it to 360 lol so much for arsenic. Yeah that'll never happen probably a recon thing I played a bit of H3 today and all the noobs talk about is recon and as far as i'm concerned i can still pawn noobs even if they have recon

[Arteen]

It's probably nothing too exciting, so I'm not getting my hopes up.

[Amit]

Re-releasing Halo PC with Halo CE combined?

Existing owners get it free? Only thing I can think of that would make any real sense...

This would cause a bunch of problems.


my disc is to scratched to install the original D:

Use any legit installation disc.

Maybe you can use your CD-Key to get a free copy of a 360-compatible version of the original Halo: Combat Evolved. Think about it. Most people who download and listen to the podcast probably already have an XBOX 360 and play Halo 3.

[PlasbianX]

This would cause a bunch of problems.



Use any legit installation disc.

Maybe you can use your CD-Key to get a free copy of a 360-compatible version of the original Halo: Combat Evolved. Think about it. Most people who download and listen to the podcast probably already have an XBOX 260 and play Halo 3.

This.

But, he kinda made it sound like they wanted to do something, but havent yet decided what. So im not getting my hopes up.

[Roostervier]

Maybe you can use your CD-Key to get a free copy of a 360-compatible version of the original Halo: Combat Evolved. Think about it. Most people who download and listen to the podcast probably already have an XBOX 260 and play Halo 3.
That would be really gay because I already bought that :(

[staticchanger]

That would be really gay because I already bought that :(
haha yeah that would suck, but they mentioned gamespy passing the torch its defiantly something PC and i don't believe its a live migration either thats nothing you barly mention in a podcast thats something you say like "btw halo pc is now on live blagh" I'm hoping for an open or more open source type thing. Since we'll obviously need a key maybe they looking to release more development tools like a hek2 lol, but most of us have already made enough apps that are probally better than bungies.

[Disaster]

That would be really gay because I already bought that :(

Custom Edition on the xbox maybe?

[CSFLOYD]

Custom Edition on the xbox maybe?
:smith:

[ultama121]

That would be cool, but not likely.

[PopeAK49]

I'd rather shove nails in my balls...

Now you know how i feel with this 3g internet and downloading the audio clip.

Anyways, Nightmare prediction:

Bungie will have us type in our cd keys and use them for a raffle drawing. The top 10 cd keys picked will get gearbox's old crap halo toys that they don't use. Or they barly upgrade the engine and just enable bump mapping on everything.

[Syuusuke]

They'll make us play bingo!

or

If your cd key is THIS! You've won our recognition! AND you've just lost your cd-key thanks to our public announcement.

[Ki11a_FTW]

I heard the word feature when they were all talking at once

[hry]

It's probably nothing too exciting, so I'm not getting my hopes up.


This.:ehhh:

[Cortexian]

Nathan Fillion is so awesome.

I'd love to get him on my friends list, that would be infinitely better than having Recon or having Bungie employees on my friends list.

p.s. listening to the whole thing now...

[BobtheGreatII]

Almost done with it.

I can almost guarantee that it's just going to be a shameless Recon Armor plug.

[Horns]

I doubt it's going to be any sort of update. My money is on "enter your Halo-PC key for a chance to win recon!"

It could be an update. If you listen right before they talk about the cd key they he says that they look back and examine halo pc atleast once a year.

[BobtheGreatII]

Lol, I don't think that they're gonna add anything at all to Halo. They're going to continue in to the future, it's silly to take steps back.

[CodeBrain]

It could be an update. If you listen right before they talk about the cd key they he says that they look back and examine halo pc atleast once a year.

And they have a good reason to look back to the original.

I mean, that game was the greatest, you were the only cyborg to save the Human race from a misguided Covenant, and a parasitic Flood.

The enviroments were amazing, storyline is a great original.

[/kissup]

But in all seriousness, it's the foundation, the basis for the Halo games released/and coming up.

[Warsaw]

And it is still the best one to date.

:bunchies:

[Ki11a_FTW]

And it is still the best game to date.

:bunchies:

ftfy

[supersniper]

I'd agree Halo PC is really my favorite game and to be I don't see why it's still unsupported...
I'm really excited for what's going to happen.

[CSFLOYD]

I'd agree Halo PC is really my favorite game and to be I don't see why it's still unsupported...
I'm really excited for what's going to happen.
I hated online halo pc, hopefully it will be a game engine update or something. :dance:

[Heathen]

Nothing? yeah, thats exciting.

I hopehopehope its something good.
No, I am doing the closest thing to praying that its epic that my logic will permit me to do.
But I doubt it will be.

[n00b1n8R]

The only thing I'd like to see is for Halo's netcode to be updated (at the least, fix the ridiculous lag/leading problems, but making stuff sync better would be nice too. Unlocking HPC to run CE maps would be nice too)

[ep1c]

Oshi.
I really hope it's something worth a shit, who knows what it could be. I just hope it comes soon. I mean it inspired to me to register here and start posting, or it was rooks constant harassment to sign up, not sure. Regardless, I can't wait for what they have to do with this game.
I find it encouraging that still give a damn about the game..well, one guy at least!:P

[Alwin Roth]

the cd key will be able to work for h2v, my guess, or perhaps new improved halo custom edition...

[Masterz1337]

A near lagless netcode does exist actually.....

[t3h m00kz]

what is this madness you speak of?

[Arteen]

A near lagless netcode does exist actually.....


The things that changed between the beta version and the final version of Halo PC were *required* in order to fit the specification of 56k. These changes were driven by the bug database and every bit of code change was crosschecked by multiple Gearbox AND Bungie / MS engineers.

The beta code you think was great was actually Gearbox netcode. The fact that it was less laggy is revealing about Gearbox's holding out for a broadband standard. But, the specification was mandated for us. Halo PC is a work for hire and, as professionals, the Gearbox developers did what they were told. After all, it was not their property, it was Microsoft's / Bungie's. (http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=23429)
Right?

[Syuusuke]

They scrapped it.

[ø` Jphish]

I hope it is a halo anti cheat so i can return to halo pc and dominate with my partner bamboo by my side.

[Limited]

Well, in the podcast, it seems like the rest of the podcasters don't know whats going on with the key thing, unless they were acting dumb just as excuse to be able to plug it more. (As in saying "wait lemmie get this straight, get your key ready??")

Looking at what roger does, he does the Halo PC thing, which could be good, however due to the fact its litterally just him, I doubt theres any fantastic updates for Halo PC, although I really wish ther was.

He however is also working on H3 stats, and is introducting the new Render film thing Bungie just released. That will have used more of his development/production time...

Therefore I believe, we will be able to use our Halo PC keys, submit them into a page on Bungie.net and it will give us free minutes for the rendering service.

Makes more logical (and business) sense to have the benefit in an up to date game they are actually going to make money from by offering you free stuff (You like the service so much, you end up buying more time) than doing something to support the old true Halo fans.

I hope I'm wrong. +Rep if you agree????

[AAA]

Lets stay on the actual possibilities. He said this would be a new feature. Kay?

From my understanding, with what hes givin' us already, It's probably a patch with some new update(s). I don't know if I like the sound of that, though. All that incompatibility coming back...

[Limited]

Lets stay on the actual possibilities. He said this would be a new feature. Kay?
The new feature? How about adding the new feature Convert Halo PC key for Pro Video minutes! to Bungie.net?

I hope if theres a patch, its one big superdooper patch that fixes lag and lots of other things, for the same reason as you, theres going to be a big inconvenience if theres an update, so it better be a good one.

[sevlag]

Custom Edition on the xbox maybe?that'd be a horrible idea...think of it, microsoft would milk people for custom maps THEY probably made

and then to boot what would they do about the pre-existing
maps to their servers?


third why bother...its sorta dying *gasp*

[CSFLOYD]

I hope its not some stupid big server update, needs something that we can benefit from and keep halo ce alive, PLEASE BE AND ENGINE UPDATE!!:cheeseargh:

[klange]

I already have CE on my Xbox :3



You haven't lived until you've flown a Draco on an original Xbox. The controls are so smooth...

[sevlag]

I already have CE on my Xbox :3



You haven't lived until you've flown a Draco on an original Xbox. The controls are so smooth...
shush thats modded

[odseraphim]

The new feature? How about adding the new feature Convert Halo PC key for Pro Video minutes! to Bungie.net?
Do people still use that shit? I'm sorry, I don't play Halo 3. I think the multiplayer aspect is horribly overrated.

I also think your suggestion as to what the key might lead to is the worst out of all of them. Sorry for your loss.

My thoughts? I think it's either a patch or a conversion of some sorts. I think if he is addressing us as PC users, it's going to be something to do with PC, such as software or an overhaul. Something you would need to "hold on to a key" for.

[flibitijibibo]

Pretty much what seraphim said. Halo 3 is probably the dullest game I had before selling my 360.

An overhaul would be interesting, but it would require more than the one person that looks back at the game. Something like open source, however, probably isn't quite as difficult if it were archived somewhere.

[Sel]

I'd agree Halo PC is really my favorite game and to be I don't see why it's still unsupported...
I'm really excited for what's going to happen.

You have obviously never played tf2!

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

You have obviously never played tf2!

^this

[ReignFaLL]

I didn't read this entire thread, but, does anyone know if this will effect people who don't use a CD to play Halo?

-Icyhot/ReignFaLL

[Rentafence]

I didn't read this entire thread, but, does anyone know if this will effect people who don't use a CD to play Halo?

-Icyhot/ReignFaLL

As in you pirated it? :frogout:

[ReignFaLL]

As in you pirated it? :frogout:

Pretty much. I bought the game originally the first day it came out - But I lost the CD about 2 years ago while evacuating away from a hurricane.

Sidenote: I still have my CD key.

[Rentafence]

Oh. Nevermind then sir.

[arbiter901]

Then your ok.

[ReignFaLL]

Aight, thanks.

[Chaosenemy]

Anyone thought of the possibility of Halo PC being added to Steam? Use your CD Key to activate your copy for free? This just occurred to me a few minutes ago and sounds like a somewhat realistic possibility imo. Though if they added Halo PC, I'd hope they also add Custom Edition (a la "Would you like to launch Halo Combat Evolved or Halo Custom Edition?" OR just merge the games if possible, probably not though)

[ReignFaLL]

Anyone thought of the possibility of Halo PC being added to Steam? Use your CD Key to activate your copy for free? This just occurred to me a few minutes ago and sounds like a somewhat realistic possibility imo. Though if they added Halo PC, I'd hope they also add Custom Edition (a la "Would you like to launch Halo Combat Evolved or Halo Custom Edition?" OR just merge the games if possible, probably not though)

I highly doubt Steam would pick up a 5 year old game, although, they still do support Call of Duty 1.

But then again they supported CoD1 since its release, so yeah. I don't know.

[Chaosenemy]

I highly doubt Steam would pick up a 5 year old game, although, they still do support Call of Duty 1.

But then again they supported CoD1 since its release, so yeah. I don't know.

Huh? Steam picks up old games all the time. In fact, earlier today, a ton of old school LucasArts games were added.

[Sel]

its the h3 beta guys.

We all know that I have the beta and have been in direct communication with bungie and microsoft about this new game. (http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=15844)

[Rooster]

maybe we need the CD keys to activate a Halo 3 editing kit. We build the maps using 3ds max or whatever, and compile them on the good ol' comp. Then we play them on the xbox. Im keeping my fingers crossed for this one!

[Disaster]

maybe we need the CD keys to activate a Halo 3 editing kit. We build the maps using 3ds max or whatever, and compile them on the good ol' comp. Then we play them on the xbox. Im keeping my fingers crossed for this one!

Very unlikely ;)

[Malloy]

maybe we need the CD keys to activate a Halo 3 editing kit. We build the maps using 3ds max or whatever, and compile them on the good ol' comp. Then we play them on the xbox. Im keeping my fingers crossed for this one!

I would jizz, regain composure, then jizz again.

Ha but I highly doubt thats what they're gonna do. Most probably is an improvement to the lag and also a jump to LIVE games like someone said previously in the thread. Something minor, try not to get hyped lol.

[ReignFaLL]

Ha but I highly doubt thats what they're gonna do. Most probably is an improvement to the lag and also a jump to LIVE games like someone said previously in the thread. Something minor, try not to get hyped lol.

My thoughts exactly.

And your sig is laughable, imo. You must be a female under a dudes' persona. :]

[Sel]

And your sig is laughable, imo. You must be a female under a dudes' persona. :]

?

His sig is quite clearly right sir.

[ThePlague]

This:

[21:44] PoopAK49: i wonder what bungie is doing for halo pc users
[21:44] =Σ= ThePlague.ZomB: no clue
[21:44] =Σ= ThePlague.ZomB: probably nuking us because we're modding for an old as hell game and they want us to move on
[21:45] PoopAK49: lmao
[21:45] =Σ= ThePlague.ZomB: just my opinion

Or this:

[21:46] PoopAK49: i just thought it would be using our cd keys for a raffle drawing and the top 10 winners get gearbox's crappy halo toys
[21:46] =Σ= ThePlague.ZomB: I want a chief
[21:46] =Σ= ThePlague.ZomB: :(
[21:46] =Σ= ThePlague.ZomB: maybe a life size sniper?
[21:46] =Σ= ThePlague.ZomB: :D
[21:46] PoopAK49: =D
[21:47] =Σ= ThePlague.ZomB: with real working parts...
[21:47] =Σ= ThePlague.ZomB: and 50 cal bullets included
[21:47] PoopAK49: that would be awesome
[21:47] =Σ= ThePlague.ZomB: "johnny dont point that at people.
it's not loaded mom, it's a fake.
BAM
...mom?"
[21:47] PoopAK49: probably backfire and blow your head off lmao
[21:48] PoopAK49: haha mom?

[ReignFaLL]

?

His sig is quite clearly right sir.

Naaaaaah, cats are nothing compared to dogs.

[AAA]

Dear god, I hope it doesn't convert to steam. Because you absolutely HAVE to have internet connection in order to launch the games you'd like to play off your account. Sometime I like to enjoy my favorite games when I'm offline.

Highly unlikely though. Thank god(s).

[Chaosenemy]

Dear god, I hope it doesn't convert to steam. Because you absolutely HAVE to have internet connection in order to launch the games you'd like to play off your account.

No you don't..

And anyways, it wouldn't "convert"; you could still just play it from your disc.

[Sel]

Naaaaaah, cats are nothing compared to dogs.

You have it wrong sir

dogs eat, sleep, and rot in shit, I ain't pettin nothin that ain't got sense enough to disregard it's own feces

now cat's got personality, and personality goes a long way

[ReignFaLL]

You're crazy.

There's a reason dogs have dog shows and do different type of things, and cats have cat shows but only go for looks.

You can figure out that reason. It isn't too difficult, I promise. :]

[Rentafence]

Because dogs are slave to man and cats know better than to do whatever they're told? :downs:

[Sel]

You're crazy.

There's a reason dogs have dog shows and do different type of things, and cats have cat shows but only go for looks.

You can figure out that reason. It isn't too difficult, I promise. :]

It's because dogs can compete in how much shit they get on them, and not just looks!

[ReignFaLL]

Because dogs are slave to man and cats know better than to do whatever they're told? :downs:

So I'm a better person than you because I don't listen to my parents?

Tisk tisk, terrible comeback. ;)


It's because dogs can compete in how much shit they get on them, and not just looks!

I lol'd.

[Chaosenemy]

Dogs > Cats

[ReignFaLL]

Dogs > Cats

^- Smart man.

[Timo]

This isn't a thread about cats and dogs. :|

[Llama Juice]

So... how about that podcast eh?

E: Dammit Timo

[sdavis117]

Note to self, don't let Reignfall or Selentic anywhere near the podcast.

[ep1c]

Thread has been hijacked. D:
Back on topic?
When do you guys think we'll actually see this "new feature" happen?

[sdavis117]

I remember there being a post between my last post and ep1c's post.

:conspiracy:

[VickJr]

I don't think it's cerebrum. Could be source code (if they can find it and their crack legal team can get it back from ms and release it to the public), or some sort of beta participation or some new feature. (windows live)

But then again, could be recon raffle.

But it's Bungie, podcast, and halo ce related. Must be good.

[Heathen]

I PRAY its not a recon raffle.
I hate recon with a passion and all the shit that comes with it.

[Syuusuke]

A recon raffle isn't a feature, my friend. Features are "components" that people can use in conjunction with their services.

It better not be something like cerebrum! Though it might be easier for bacon, then again...

[klange]

A recon raffle isn't a feature, my friend. Features are "components" that people can use in conjunction with their services.

It better not be something like cerebrum! Though it might be easier for bacon, then again...
If gearbox steals our ideas I'll RAGEQUIT Halo :mad:

If it is Cerebrum, I'll send my left testicle (http://cad-comic.com/comics/Lite20090602.jpg) to the Gearbox.

[Heathen]

A recon raffle isn't a feature, my friend. Features are "components" that people can use in conjunction with their services.

It better not be something like cerebrum! Though it might be easier for bacon, then again...
A "feature" can also be something being shown.
He could have been referring to the "feature" meaning him revealing/featuring the raffle.

I am just saying, but your logic does seem pretty sound.

[Sel]

They're fixing the 'manual update required' thing

[AAA]

They're fixing the 'manual update required' thing

What in the name of all that is cynical?

[Inferno]

If they got us all hyped up to fix a little bug.

We will go all angry e-mob on there ass.

[klange]

If they got us all hyped up to fix a little bug.

We will go all angry e-mob on there ass.
Let's threaten them with a DDoS attack.

"If this isn't something intriguing and worth while, we'll take down gearboxsoftware.com for a day!"


Obviously, I kid.

[supersniper]

just get HPT do it it ;)

[Corndogman]

Well, I for one don't see MS handing over their game to one of their top competitors, although it would probably get a bunch of new purchases, it just doesn't seem like MS. I'm hoping for something like source code, or a netcode update, so it doesn't lag like hell.

Though, what would be really cool is if they did all of the following. 1. released the source code, 2. updated the netcode, 3. put it on steam and 4. gave us free shit or something for our keys. that's just wishful thinking though.

[Matooba]

I wish they updated the game engine and/or release an updated CE editing kit

[Dwood]

I wish they updated the game engine and/or release an updated CE editing kit

We should get to make movies with HEK like the cutscenes. If we had that ability I would have been paid by paramount to make Transformers.

[AAA]

if they update the engine, maybe they'd add anti-aliasing? That'd be nice....

[Malloy]

I'm hoping its a pixel shader update if at all possible :\




Because dogs are slave to man and cats know better than to do whatever they're told? :downs:

CATS RULE.

[Timo]

This isn't a thread about cats and dogs. :|

For the love of god, please, this thread has nothing to do with cats and dogs. Don't bring it up again :mech:

[STLRamsFan]

If it involves more support for Halo CE then I'm all for it. Heck this game has lasted longer than H2V. While the community is a bit smaller thanks to players/mappers coming and going, we're still standing. Some of us grew up with the game so I think it's sort of a tribute to it in a way.

[sdavis117]

Halo PC still has a very healthy community. I kind of wish that community would migrate over to Halo CE.

[klange]

If it involves more support for Halo CE then I'm all for it. Heck this game has lasted longer than H2V. While the community is a bit smaller thanks to players/mappers coming and going, we're still standing. Some of us grew up with the game so I think it's sort of a tribute to it in a way.
The game I wrote at a summer programming camp lasted longer than H2V :\

LONG LIVE CE!

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

I lost my halo pc copy a while ago, just bought a new copy and waiting for it to come in
it better be worth it :S

[n00b1n8R]

forced upgrade from PC to CE?
Ability to download maps from the server?
Better netcode?

That's all I want for christmas.

[ep1c]

Lol word.
Reminds me of css n00b1n8r. It's a nice feature. I couldn't imagine playing css when you had to go to a site to download custom maps. :[
But seriously, if it's the manual update required thing. I'm gonna kick ass! >:U

[king_nothing_]

I have two copies. Two keys. Do I get double w/e?

Probably two raffle entries? :fail:

[ReignFaLL]

Halo PC still has a very healthy community. I kind of wish that community would migrate over to Halo CE.

Been tried for years. Apparently people love competing in the same 'ol 5-6 different maps. I have no idea why. :confused2:

[supersniper]

forced upgrade from PC to CE?
Ability to download maps from the server?
Better netcode?

That's all I want for christmas.
Amen.

[klange]

Been tried for years. Apparently people love competing in the same 'ol 5-6 different maps. I have no idea why. :confused2:
New plan: We DDoS the central authoritative server for Halo PC games over at gamespy. They'll be forced to upgrade! :cop:

[Kornman00]

New plan: We DDoS the central authoritative server for Halo PC games over at gamespy. They'll be forced to upgrade! :cop:
That...

Or you can infiltrate North Korea's networks and just redirect one of their butt-hurt-nukes at gamespy's CEO's house and threaten to blow 'em up unless he...


pays us ONE MILLION DOLLARS!

cKKHSAE1gIs&autoplay=1

oh, and dedicates all support to Halo CE of course :downs:

[StankBacon]

LOL

[Revord]

Ill take a listen to it later, but it will be interesting to see what it is that they come out with for those of us who have played the game for the last too many years of our lives. Some of the suppositions of what it might be sound like it would be cool, but mostly meh. I havent played Halo much since I got a beta invite to D&D online for their soon to come free to play service.

[TVTyrant]

Hopefully tits will be involved :iamafag:

[Sel]

It's a C&D for CMT SPv2

[_TheArbiter_]

From Bungie.net


If you haven't been following the pre-release threads, this patch contains several fixes for server-crashing security bugs, and that's it. As I have discussed elsewhere, anti-aimbotting is an arms race that we're not going to enter for this old game, and this patch doesn't address that or any other feature-level changes. I should also note that Bungie does not officially support Halo PC (which is owned by Microsoft, not Bungie) but since the build machine is under my desk and not at MS, I fixed these several bugs as a favor to the community. I can't promise any future support, nor can I open-source the code for community development.

[Heathen]

thats old news bro.
Since like...the 1.08 update.

[English Mobster]

But it does eliminate the possibility of having the game open source.

[Horns]

It is old news, which means that was the case back then. Mabey things have changed and now we can have it?

[English Mobster]

If doubt it.
If so, great. But I seriously don't think it will happen.

[Corndogman]

Only if MS decided to release the source, which they very well could of, but ehh... doubtful.

[Flare]

microsoft should do to halo what ID did for quake3 ( turn into -> quake live).

[Sel]

microsoft should do to halo what ID did for quake3 ( turn into -> quake live).

Why?

They still have a huge userbase in PC, there is no reason for them to make it free.

[Ganon]

microsoft should do to halo what ID did for quake3 ( turn into -> quake live).

i hate the fact it runs in your browser...

[Needles]

i hate the fact it runs in your browser...

Under the settings you can make it full screen high resolutions, so you can't even tell =P.

I think that'd be pretty cool if it happened to halo, it might pick up a good amount of new players.

[Sel]

Under the settings you can make it full screen high resolutions, so you can't even tell =P.

I think that'd be pretty cool if it happened to halo, it might pick up a good amount of new players.


Why?

They still have a huge userbase in PC, there is no reason for them to make it free.

oh!

[Lateksi]

Quake Live should still be downloaded imo. It wastes my bandwidth like a mofo and got my bro lagging bad when playing some other game on the same network.

I doubt they will release source code or give us hpc players beta keys for some Halo Live shit, but something less impressive will likely happen soon.

[legionaire45]

They should pull another Marathon and open source the damn thing :3.

I doubt this is going to be much of a big deal. Bungie and Gearbox are both tied up with 2 or 3 projects each right now as is.

Doubtful, but they make make a Halo: Gold Edition bundle like MS has done with other games, which would bundle up Halo 1 and 2 and maybe update it a bit. I kinda doubt that though.

[Masterz1337]

I have a feeling the load time checksum is going to be fixed.

[Dwood]

I have a feeling the load time checksum is going to be fixed.

lulz. I would laugh so hard. :iamafag:

[Masterz1337]

Well it was part of the original patch for CE that was never released, so I'm sure it will be included.

[Encoded]

So what's that mean? No more "Checking for Updates" screen?

[k9colin]

So what's that mean? No more "Checking for Updates" screen?
No its the process which checks that your maps corresponds with the maps on multiplayer servers when you launch CE, or something like that.

[Masterz1337]

It's when the game calculates checksums for the maps when loading. It's why the mroe maps you have the longer your load.

[Morkon2112]

was that the patch that we tried getting 1000 ce players for?

[Syuusuke]

Morkon!! I remember that name...

Lawl 1000 players, i remember thwy said they work on something but that happened. That deal didnt end did it?

[StankBacon]

Morkon!! I remember that name...


your prolly thinking of Molkien.

:o

[king_nothing_]

I remember both names.

[Kornman00]

If Gearbox would have taken me on as an intern, I would have worked on the HaloCE patch. For free. Because I would have been an intern. But alas, I didn't offer to be an intern and I think the issue was always more of getting MGS to test the update and asking Bungie for a 'yay' or 'nay'

[Limited]

If Gearbox would have taken me on as an intern, I would have worked on the HaloCE patch. For free. Because I would have been an intern. But alas, I didn't offer and I think the issue was always more of getting MGS to test the update and asking Bungie for a 'yay' or 'nay'
Yeah Microsoft is the one that controls the red tape. So no official word yet what he meant? =\

[Morkon2112]

I have been playing CE for a long time, I've just been a lurker as far as community participation goes...but yeah I remember our planned gamenights to get 1,000 that never worked.

and I would agree with km00 and limited, gearbox didnt want to go through the hastle of dealing with MGS to get a patch for a game that wasn't really popular. What all was the patch supposed to do?

[NullZero]

{HI}Morkon ? {HR}Morkon?

[343guiltymc]

So urh, any news on this?

[Morkon2112]

{HI}Morkon ? {HR}Morkon?
all of the above, especially considering HI pretty much just turned into HR, all the active members went from HI to HR.

[Heathen]

Intro is done right?
Good.
Any information on whether or not this thing means anything?

[Morkon2112]

what intro?

I find it interesting that Marathon was released in 94, and the source was released in 2000. If you do the math, that should line up with Halo PC's release in 03 and now. Probably just coincidence, but theres always a slight possibility...right?

[Masterz1337]

It's not bungies to open source, and they've already stated that it won't be happening.

[Morkon2112]

i kinda figured that was the case... how big of a job would fixing the netcode be?

[Masterz1337]

It doesn't need to be fixed, there's already a lag less net code programed for it on some drive at GBX.

[Kornman00]

It's not bungies to open source, and they've already stated that it won't be happening.
I'm not sure about the HaloPC codebase (since MS contracted GBX to do that code) but Halo's code before then is their code, and I doubt Bungie would let MS claim full ownership of it.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

I'm not sure about the HaloPC codebase (since MS contracted GBX to do that code) but Halo's code before then is their code, and I doubt Bungie would let MS claim full ownership of it.

Sir, you've got some splaining to do!

ps. he must be a spy

[Morkon2112]

All I remember from Bungies announcement of them seperating from MS was that they lost the rights to the Halo IP. I'm not one to know much about who would then get rights to the code of games based on the Halo IP, but I guess it is possible for Bungie to have rights to it. Its not like MS would want to restrict Bungies rights to a now ancient game, they're too worried about selling xboxes and making the next halo :rolleyes:

[k9colin]

All I remember from Bungies announcement of them seperating from MS was that they lost the rights to the Halo IP. I'm not one to know much about who would then get rights to the code of games based on the Halo IP, but I guess it is possible for Bungie to have rights to it. Its not like MS would want to restrict Bungies rights to a now ancient game, they're too worried about selling xboxes and making the next halo :rolleyes:
I don't think you understand the nature of Microsoft. They are like animals - extremely territorial with their products. The moment they foresee a loss of a fucking dollar in profits, they hype up. Fucking greedy bastards.

[Morkon2112]

thats exactly why they shut down Ensemble and let bungie go solo...oh wait..

[AAA]

It doesn't need to be fixed, there's already a lag less net code programed for it on some drive at GBX.

I haven't heard or seen anything about this.

What'chyou talkin' 'bout Willis? :raise:

[klange]

I haven't heard or seen anything about this.

What'chyou talkin' 'bout Willis? :raise:
The GBX broadband-only netcode that MS wouldn't let them use because they wanted Halo to be 56K-compatible.

[Syuusuke]

Which made all of us mad.

[Morkon2112]

that is something microsoft is good at doing

[El Lobo]

Hopefully a free aimbot with your CD key.

:lobo:

[Warsaw]

The GBX broadband-only netcode that MS wouldn't let them use because they wanted Halo to be 56K-compatible.

They also have all the original Halo shaders for the Covie shields, Jackal shields, the flag, Assault Rifle, Fuel Rod Gun, and force fields that Microsoft also made them remove to keep the game friendly with Fixed Function cards.

[Ganon]

Hopefully a free aimbot with your CD key.

:lobo:

1 out of every 100 will receive bluewalls.

[Rosco]

They also have all the original Halo shaders for the Covie shields, Jackal shields, the flag, Assault Rifle, Fuel Rod Gun, and force fields that Microsoft also made them remove to keep the game friendly with Fixed Function cards.

Game was badly optimized for it's generation anyway, if anything the extra eye candy would of probably made it a tad harder :/

[Alwin Roth]

[size=1]--- Original message by: Donut on halomaps[/size=1]
they collect your cd keys and send out an IQ test. in order to host a server and be an admin you must score at least a 50 on this test


half of the current severs will go down.

^

[Snowy]

I just read through 24 pages to read.... nothing.

Then I read a thread on bungie where Sawnose posts this

(p.s. - no, this isn't what I meant in the podcast. I'm not planning any game changes or updates. There are no concrete plans for the CD key, but it's your way to show us that you're a Halo 1 player, which we might want to know in the future.)Well there ya go. Nothing. Thread (http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35242876)

[Arteen]

Just as exciting as I thought it would be!

[king_nothing_]

Just as exciting as I thought it would be!
My thoughts exactly.

[jcap]

Well that's definitely good news.

Thank God they're not touching the game.

[Kornman00]

Finally, all the wild speculation can be put to rest

:lock: