- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: ART1LL3RY
They can't patch it on XP, because on XP we control if we go on LIVE. You can't patch this, it would mean recoding a game, and a game that is selling poorly, teh only; thing this will do is boost sales of H2V. The .dll are part of vista and H2V needs them, all the application does is add these onto XP. The only thing Microsoft could do to stop this is to make a second version of the disc, then it would just be another month before the .dll needed are found and implemented again. Don't blame Bungie, blame Microsoft, Bungie didn't do the port so they had no control.
Don't be daft. You have to connect to Live to play multiplayer.
How hard do you think it is to patch two DLL files?
All Microsoft has to do is patch the DLLs so they won't work on XP under any circumstances. An extended version check linked to directX would work since XP will never see DX10. Vista users would see an update that is transparent, but next time anyone on XP tries to get into Live to play multiplayer the patch will relegate the XP mod completely moot. If no one on XP ever goes on live after such a patch by Microsoft, they could continue to play campaign only.
Posted by: darthbob
You take my words out of context, kid.
Bungie endorsed this port of a game. They endorsed Windows Vista, and they most certainly endorsed having this game only for Vista.
The fact of the matter is, is that people have found a way to play the game under Windows XP, a fact that Bungie has stated (IIRC) would only run under Vista.
First off, don't call me kid unless you want to be called old fart because if I'm a kid to you, that makes you my mom's age. :P
Secondly, I didn't take your words out of context because you didn't put them in any context. All you wrote was "Maybe so, but they [Bungie] endorsed it." There's no context there. In the context of the thread you are saying Bungie endorsed someone cracking the game port so it can run on a system other than what it was designed to play on.
[Edited on 06.24.2007 6:49 PM PDT]