Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

I have a funky custom resolution (1176x664) that allows me to display my full desktop in my HDTV (thank NVIDIA for that ... /sarcasm). Anyhow, when I launch H2V the Video settings only have a handfull of pre-defined resolutions and of course none fits my bill. I am able to set 1280x720 but the edges are cropped. The game is playable though but any Live notifications get also cut.

Thanks in advance for the help!

[Edited on 05.22.2007 8:07 PM PDT]

  • 05.22.2007 8:06 PM PDT
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I'm sorry i have that same res. but it tells me to run in 1280x1024 also
(i hope they release a patch to fix that)

  • 05.22.2007 9:57 PM PDT
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There is one way that is a promise to get you your custom resolution...

Locate your exe file (I don't have H2V yet so I don't know exactly what it is- Halo 1PC was of course Halo.exe) somewhere in your Program Files\Microsoft Games.

Right click on the file and choose- send to desktop, create shortcut.

Of course this is all unnecessary if you installed Halo 2 Vista on default install so this was created automatically. Right now I'm not logged onto Vista- using XP Pro but in XP there is a way to make it run in a custom resolution.

Right click on the Halo 2 Vista desktop icon and select properties.
On XP you'd find the location of the .exe file that was being targeted and then add "arguements."

For example "-window" immediately after the location would make the game run in windowed mode. For YOU something like this would work-
Example using Halo CE on XP:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\Haloce.exe" -vidmode 1176,664,60

The last number in the x,y,z is the REFRESH RATE. Make sure you're aware of your moniter's/tv's rate because damage can occur. I used 60 because that's what my moniter supports. You'll probably need to use something different.

You can add MULTIPLE arguements, in order such as:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\Haloce.exe" -vidmode 1176,664,60 -window

This would run the game in windowed mode and the resolution stated. If the resolution is NOT SUPPORTED by your video card then DirectX will fail to initialize... and sometimes it's not an aspect ratio thing so don't try guessing. Of course your Nvidia card obviously supports it so no worries here.

The last thing to do is to apply the settings and then try the game by the desktop icon way. I did this on XP with Halo 1 sometimes when recording in a wacky 512x384 resolution (in order for smooth videos)- one supported by my video card. It should work on Vista and you should be able to play H2V on your HDTV!!

[Edited on 05.22.2007 10:19 PM PDT]

  • 05.22.2007 10:16 PM PDT

Let there be CHAOS!

-vidmode doesn't work on H2V though. I've already tried it :(

  • 05.23.2007 1:39 AM PDT
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Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

Yep, same here tried and failed. I wonder what are we doing wrong since definitely the makers of the game (Hired Gun) gave more command options. There's a readme file in the Halo 2 path that lists other command line options like -windowed and -novsync but they do not work from the command line just as you suggested.

I wonder what else could we do?

  • 05.23.2007 3:35 PM PDT