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Reiper
July 19th, 2007, 07:11 AM
When starting Halo 2 on XP I get a loading screen for about five seconds, then the game quits and crashes to the desktop. I haven't actually tried the Vista version, regrettably, because of technical installation issues, but I'm am still trying. Please suggest something I could do to coax the game to function properly.
Rosco
July 19th, 2007, 07:33 AM
I don't think you'll find any answers my friend, XP isn't supported.

I have tried it on xp, it didnt work. (Loader and everything.) I'm not gonna sit around hoping someone here helps me, because the game was created to run on Vista.
Reiper
July 19th, 2007, 08:51 AM
I heard there was an XP patch developed recently.
Flood55
July 19th, 2007, 05:38 PM
Do you have the latest DirectX runtimes? (you'll need 9.0c or later)
Cortexian
July 19th, 2007, 06:08 PM
What do you mean run the "Vista Version"? Thats the only version there is silly!
a7on
July 20th, 2007, 12:55 PM
I heard there was an XP patch developed recently.
You heard wrong There is NO plan to EVER support Halo 2 Vista for xp. Heck as the name it self suggjest VISTA! lol anyhow. Some people have made emulators which allow you to run it however they are buggy and don't work with Live (you can't play online or LAN).
DrunkenSamus
July 20th, 2007, 12:59 PM
Nooo....they're not buggy at all. You just can't play online, that's all. Everything else works flawlessly.

Just update your DirectX to the latest version and it'll work. It worked for me and I'm pretty sure it'll work for you.
Cortexian
July 20th, 2007, 07:39 PM
You heard wrong There is NO plan to EVER support Halo 2 Vista for xp. Heck as the name it self suggjest VISTA! lol anyhow. Some people have made emulators which allow you to run it however they are buggy and don't work with Live (you can't play online or LAN).
Actually he did hear right, only the "patch" was not released officially, if you know what I mean ;) .
Pyong Kawaguchi
July 21st, 2007, 12:23 PM
like said above, all things work accept multiplayer and updating it.. i have been able to see servers but not connect, instead of getting 5 fps in campaign on low quality and 800x600 resolution... i am able to get very highish fps with meduim quality on 800x600 resolution with 4 sample aa

specs of my pc
1.7 ghz proscessor
512mb of ram (would have 768 if theat new ram i bought worked)
74gb hd (with 500gb external)
nvidia e-geforce 6200 256 mb (its pwnage)
and thats about it
xhedgehogx
July 21st, 2007, 06:48 PM
You heard wrong There is NO plan to EVER support Halo 2 Vista for xp. Heck as the name it self suggjest VISTA!
It was never officially called Halo 2 Vista. Always called Halo 2 PC.
Halo2Vista
July 22nd, 2007, 02:39 AM
I don't think you'll find any answers my friend, XP isn't supported.

I have tried it on xp, it didnt work. (Loader and everything.) I'm not gonna sit around hoping someone here helps me, because the game was created to run on Vista.

even though that may be true, vista can take up quite a bit of RAM (ranging anywhere between 100 and 130 mb of memory
Zeph
July 22nd, 2007, 02:09 PM
Halo 2 was developed for Vista only.


even though that may be true, vista can take up quite a bit of RAM (ranging anywhere between 100 and 130 mb of memory

You honestly have no idea what you're talking about. Vista itself is scalar according to whatever memory is available. It also caches data you're most likely to use into memory.