Chat and Kill/Death notices

[birminghamWILDCAT]

I have had this problem start up on me spontaneously. I first got Halo and Halo CE soon after I bought my laptop in December. I have Windows 7 and everything ran fine. After about a month of not playing I started playing again and now suddenly I cannot chat, nor does anything whatsoever show up where the chat and You killed SoandSo would show up. I tried the redist download fix so often suggested and still nothing. Any suggestions?

[Timo]

Try running a file in your Halo CE\redist folder called something along the lines of msxlenu.msi (I haven't had Halo CE installed in a long time).

[birminghamWILDCAT]

I did that and it ran and still nothing

[ThePlague]

Make sure you run as an administrator.

[jcap]

Try installing the latest DirectX redist: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92A3&displaylang=en

[chrisk123999]

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?nid=268

[Rook]

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?nid=268

The article is just a bit outdated. When it says get latest updates and links to 1.08, make sure you actually get 1.09.

[birminghamWILDCAT]

Ok folks let me walk you through what I've got.
Windows 7 32 bit OS
HP C61 Laptop
Halo CE 1.09 and Halo 1.09
I ran the Direct X Update. Thanks because I didn't know mine was already outdated but it didn't fix my issue.
This is my laptop. I have the only administrator/owner account and my mother has the regular admin account (which can be overridden by me, of course)
When I run the msxlmemu.exe file in C/Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\redist, the following window pops up: "Welcome to the MSXML 4.0 SP2 Parser and SDK Setup Wizard".
I click next and then three buttons: "Modify" "Repair" and "Remove". I have done both Repair and Modify.
I finish the wizard and open Halo CE and still nothing.

[birminghamWILDCAT]

I downloaded and ran the 1.09patcher and it told me I already have 1.09 and that this program is for patching versions 1.00-1.08. Then it runs halo update and it tells me my game is up to date.

[Con]

What sort of msxml files do you have in your C:\Windows\System32 folder?
I have:
msxml3.dll (1833 kb)
msxml3r.dll (2 kb)
msxml6.dll (1953 kb)
msxml6r.dll (2 kb)

[birminghamWILDCAT]

What sort of msxml files do you have in your C:\Windows\System32 folder?
I have:
msxml3.dll (1833 kb)
msxml3r.dll (2 kb)
msxml6.dll (1953 kb)
msxml6r.dll (2 kb)


I have the following files in C\Windows\System32 with msxml in the filename:
msxml3.dll
msxml3r.dll
msxml6.dll
msxml6r.dll
They appear to have the same file sizes as you say yours does.

[Con]

Method 2: Register the XML .dll file

1.Quit Halo: Combat Evolved.

2.Click Start, and then click Run.

3.In the Open box, type regsvr32 msxml4.dll.

4.Click OK.

Try doing this again but with 3, 3r, 6, and 6r.

[birminghamWILDCAT]

Try doing this again but with 3, 3r, 6, and 6r.
These are the popup messages as a result of the commands:


Registration of msxml3 succeeded.
---
RegSvr32
The Module "msxml3r was loaded but the entry poind DllRegisterServer was not found.
Make sure that msxml3r is a valid DLL or OCX file and then try again
----
Registration of mscml6 succeeded.
----
RegSvr32
The Module "msxml6r was loaded but the entry poind DllRegisterServer was not found.
Make sure that msxml6r is a valid DLL or OCX file and then try again

[birminghamWILDCAT]

Ran HaloCE after the prior commands and still nothing.

[Con]

I'm stumped :ugh:

[chrisk123999]

What screen resolution are you running at? Is it a custom one or one that the menu lets you select?

[birminghamWILDCAT]

It is the largest one in the video settings menu. I tend to see better that way considering my glasses burned up in a house fire.

[Con]

What is the resolution exactly?

[birminghamWILDCAT]

1024x480

[Con]

Does it show up when you use 4:3 resolutions? (try -windowed argument)

[birminghamWILDCAT]

excuse the french but wtf does that mean

[Rook]

right click the halo shortcut, click properties, then add -window to the end of the target

[birminghamWILDCAT]

before or after the quotation mark?

[Con]

after

...haloce.exe" -windowed

[birminghamWILDCAT]

did it and no dice

[chrisk123999]

That screen res is really odd. Try 640 x 480 and see if chat comes up.

[birminghamWILDCAT]

no dice there either

[teh lag]

after

...haloce.exe" -windowed

I think it's -window not -windowed

[birminghamWILDCAT]

if he was attempting to get the game to be in a fixed window rather than just blowing up full screen then -windowed worked.

[Con]

I think it's -window not -windowed
it's windowed

Anyone else have any ideas?

[Lateksi]

Iiit's -window