Now, in the quantum moment before the closure, when all become one. One moment left. One point of space and time. I know who you are. You are destiny.
Posted by: Ryanman7
Posted by: Frnksnbns
A lot of people around here do not even know how to adjust settings in their graphics control panel, or how to install display drivers...or how to force v-sync on.
So, you either educate yourself and become a PC gamer or go play the Xbox.
There really isn't "luck" involved with getting H2V to run. PC gamers and PC users for that matter need to learn how to troubleshoot their machines. That has been true since some of us were typing "run win" at a dos prompt.
I think you're right man, but Vista changed a lot to make it more user-friendly, more mac-like, dumbed down so the idiots who buy dells can do simple crap without thinking. This "easy to use" stuff makes it harder for computer literate guys to do what they're used to, IMO.
Well, true that Frnksnbns, luck has nothing to do with making it work. However, it's not all about "PC literacy". If I recall correctly, when Halo PC was launched in November 2003, I bought it a month later. my video card didn't make it work to a good potential. Now, it is like repeating history here. Some "lucky souls" have made it work fine, but most of us just haven't found the right specs nor video cards to make it work. I assume it must be a certain combination depending on your video card and specs or vice-versa. Back in 2003, I knew far less about PC's, including which video card I ran with. I somehow could run it with colours, shadows, blood, any specular, however, the video lagged like crazy. Perhaps, we have to wait for the end of XP, supposedly around Christmas, and more video card series to be released.
Now, I have Vista, but I still don't have Halo 2. I'll perhaps get it any time soon and try to see how it works with my current PC and it's adds.
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I forgot to add, I now play Garry's Mod, Counter-Strike: Source, and Half-Life² in a window at 600x800 to make them work fine. I know Halo 2 Vista is a different game, but I still don't know if to back up the people who bash Vista on being horribly coded, or wait and see what others say about it. I used to have Longhorn but a month ago. All my games, including Halo PC, Steam games, and The Sims, you name it, worked fine. As I just said, Steam games coded in the Source engine work horribly unless on a low res., don't know about The Sims, and I'm still trying to get my hands on another copy of Halo PC, so I'm trully just assuming things.
[Edited on 07.13.2007 2:09 PM PDT]