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Subject: The Official Halo 3 Vista suggestions thread.

Posted by: FEARoperative
a bad port wouldn't receive 91% (British PC Gamer), And despite complaints I never experienced any studder or lags on highest settings. Halo 2 is bad only because it isn't optimized and requires vista (aside from using the xp crack). Halo3 should be done the way gears of war was. maybe epic should work on all the 360 ports
Was GoW Cross-platform?

  • 02.23.2008 10:23 AM PDT
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Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

I second the idea of Epic doing the port.

  • 02.23.2008 10:33 AM PDT

Posted by: n357
I second the idea of Epic doing the port.
And I third it. As such, I will post it in the OP to this thread...

  • 02.23.2008 11:45 AM PDT

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-Crysis-like graphics would be sick.
-Help from CMT, considering they are professionals.
-Epic Studios would be good, but i would stilll like Gearbox and Bungie to be a part of it.
-A very good map editor and Forge.
-Matchmaking would be cool, but custom games could be run the way CE is run right now.
-More levels, possibly Arbiter subs(where was he when he wasn't helping you).
-A great router that prevents lag on all sides(big demand i'm sure)
-Anti-hacker support.
-Enough commitment to make the game great.
My wish list for Halo3 vista. :)

[Edited on 02.23.2008 12:09 PM PST]

  • 02.23.2008 12:08 PM PDT
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Make sure there's not a problem with pointer acceleration like there is in Halo 2. I want an option to enable/disable mouse acceleration. I won't buy if there is forced mouse acceleration.

  • 02.23.2008 1:09 PM PDT
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Yes, I am a hypocrite, and I'm sorry. I really do mean well, but I'm not running on all cylinders.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

Posted by: got milk12
Make sure there's not a problem with pointer acceleration like there is in Halo 2. I want an option to enable/disable mouse acceleration. I won't buy if there is forced mouse acceleration.

What does mouse acceleration do to a game?

  • 02.23.2008 1:13 PM PDT

Accelerates your mouse speed.

[Edited on 02.23.2008 3:20 PM PST]

  • 02.23.2008 3:20 PM PDT

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  • 02.23.2008 4:09 PM PDT

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Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

Posted by: got milk12
Make sure there's not a problem with pointer acceleration like there is in Halo 2. I want an option to enable/disable mouse acceleration. I won't buy if there is forced mouse acceleration.

You should be able to override any OS settings with logitech's mouse drivers if you use their mice.

  • 02.23.2008 4:10 PM PDT
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I understand that this should all happen but we wont even see an announcement for halo 3 pc until at least 2 years from now and it probley wont be vista It will most likely require MS's nest OS.and by that time epic studios will be working on something else not wasting there time with ports so I highy doubt that it would be them. and NO CROSS PLATFORM PLAY that just screams -blam!- aimbot look what happened to shadwrun dont ruin halo 3 by putting that crap cross platform in there. ohh and lets have some actual -blam!- mouse sensativity jesus every time I play halo 2 I max out sensativity and it still feels like it drags. dont even bring CMT into this because they havent done -blam!- in a long time and they got ban happy real quick. and major companies really dont give a -blam!- about what the public thinks they think how can we make a profit of this product. dont mean to be negative just being realistic. and as for more levels just except a few new multiplayer levels.

  • 02.23.2008 5:36 PM PDT
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Yeah. That's right. I don't have a 50 in H3. I never got Onyx in Reach. If a game sucks too much, I won't even bother trying for such trivial "accolades". Besides, I've done way more things that take far more skill and talent than anything that can be done in a video game.

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Posted by: n357
I second the idea of Epic doing the port.
And I third it. As such, I will post it in the OP to this thread...

Fourth it. If anyone can get a port right, it's Epic.

  • 02.23.2008 6:00 PM PDT

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Epic if they would do it, if not maybe gearbox since they did a good job with halo PC.

  • 02.23.2008 7:40 PM PDT

Theater would be sweet

  • 02.23.2008 8:09 PM PDT
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Gears aren't cross-platform, coz Epic wanted to ship the game during last year's holiday season. But the good thing is that instead of making a lazy port, like hired gun did, they expanded singleplayer campaign, introduced new multiplayer mode and maps, included all downloadable content from xbox live, new achievements, reworked controls and visuals and optimized the game so, that I, for example, play it with only textures on medium with everything else at max, and have great fun. and, of course, the latest version of unreal editor. bungie, i think, should supervise the development, gearbox could do the work on gameplay, while epic could optimize the visuals. cross-platform would be nice, but it's no priority. Editor of HALO 3 should be expanded, and LIVE gold shouldn't be obligatory

  • 02.24.2008 6:16 AM PDT

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Posted by: MC Enders III
Posted by: n357
I second the idea of Epic doing the port.
And I third it. As such, I will post it in the OP to this thread...

Fourth it. If anyone can get a port right, it's Epic.

Fifth it :)

[Edited on 02.24.2008 11:28 AM PST]

  • 02.24.2008 11:28 AM PDT
Subject: The Official Halo 3 Vista suggestions thread. Updated 2/23/08

I WILL NOT buy another game with the bull -blam- Windows Live on it. Halo 2 Vista showed me how much of a RIPOFF Xbox/Windows Live is, and I will NEVER buy another game with it AGAIN. PC gamers DO NOT want to pay $50 a year JUST to access Live! (WoW is different, they need the $, but m$ just wants more $). If they want Halo 3 on PC, MAKE ONLINE FREE!

Live is what ruined Halo 2 Vista, and it will probably ruin Halo 3 for Windows 7.

And do you really think they would make Halo 3 for Windows 7 for Linux? It would be great because I use Linux for everything, but it WILL NOT HAPPEN

I HATE PunkBuster. Every game I've played that used it (Wolfenstine: ET, F.E.A.R) have NOT LET ME JOIN PB SERVERS! It says "pb init failure"! I just filter out any PB servers though.

And how about keeping the nVidia 8 series? I just bought a nVidia 8600GT, and will be pissed if I have to upgrade it in a few years just for Halo 3...

And I really don't want Epic doing any more "favors" for Microsoft. Microsoft really screwed them over with the disaster Unreal Tournament 3 for Xbox 360 (basically Microsoft, being the stubborn money obsessed morons they are, refused to make custom content free for UT3, so the game was not released in 2007, rather May 2008, if a deal is worked out. The deal is not going well).

Besides, if Microsfot buys Epic, they will NEVER make good games again, because m$ would patent and shelf the Unreal Engine as a "trade secret", make no more Linux clients for UT, etc.

  • 02.24.2008 1:13 PM PDT
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Man. I am not talking about epic being bought. it's just that MS are dumb, that's right, and because of them halo was taken from the pc in the first place. thet's not the point. I am talking about what I think is best. live silver isn't a bad thing, I play gears without having to pay anything and still get what I want. punkbuster is ok, you just have to update it.

[Edited on 02.24.2008 1:43 PM PST]

  • 02.24.2008 1:43 PM PDT

posted by: ART1LL3RY
I'm there but, man this is really starting to sound like communism.
Long live the MAW.

Doesn't matter if silver is working or not, Gold service is taking other aspects that we already have (and some of us love) and charging us for it. If they were to port Halo 3 onto the PC with that live garbage, they can say good bye to another customer. I can just back to playing Oblivion (Elder Scrolls series) or Battlefield 2142, games I consider to be greater then Halo 3 ever could be.

  • 02.24.2008 2:22 PM PDT

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If i had to pay for windows live again i would kill myself, i would just go home hook my 360 up to live and get a better live for the same amount of money.

  • 02.24.2008 2:28 PM PDT
Subject: The Official Halo 3 Vista suggestions thread.
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Posted by: FEARoperative
a bad port wouldn't receive 91% (British PC Gamer)


Props. That's the most ignorant thing I've heard on this forum in a long time man.

Guess what? bad games get astronomical ratings all the time. Ever heard of Crysis? that game that all the reviewers played on dual 8800gtx systems?

Have you actually PLAYED these non-bad ports? You're wrong man. Straight up. The Halo series on the PC is the crowning achievement in half-assery the planet earth has ever seen. No amount of biased reviewing can change that.

  • 02.24.2008 3:35 PM PDT
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hey, I am not offending you, you don't offend me. I just posted the mark as an example. to me, my opimion is the major. and if I complete a game more than twice, it's awesome. Not to everyone, but to me. Besides, the reviews are just the expresion of a journo's opinoin. it's subjective from the first word to last. You can blame HALO for asking too good hardware for that time, and boring design, and checkpoints, and so on, you can -blam!- on HALO2, you can call Crysis whatever you want, just because you;re too lazy to calibrate the graphics. I take time to do it, so I get max graphics with at least 40 FPS. I usually succeed. even with crysis. Again, on non-bad ports. Gears of war, condemned 1, Vegas, GRAW, GRAW 2, lost planet. need more?????

  • 02.24.2008 3:55 PM PDT
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Oh I didn't mean that the CAMPAIGN part of Halo one sucked. I've played it 20 times over.
But all the problems you mentioned and more are present in that game. It's not a good port and in this case I feel like the "journalistic opinion" is BS. Maybe I'm just an idiot that knows nothing about computers (although I've built three and upgraded dozens) but Crysis simply doesn't look as good as CoD4 and Source games and runs at a worse framerate. Not saying that's what happened with everyone, but it sure as hell ruined the game for me because it had no redeeming features after gfx.

And Halo 2 was a -blam!- game to start with. We could debate it all we want but when you get crap and put it in a meatgrinder with no effort, you're not going to get out fillet Mignon.

  • 02.24.2008 8:09 PM PDT
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On that I'd agree with ya. Crysis isn't as good as Cod 4 or latest HL-2, but getting some amount of fun out of it is possible it's just that it could be optimised better. PC's arent my strongest topic since I mostly just buy the hardware and sometimes clean the dust out of the coolers)) Halo 2 is disappointting where the campaign concerned, and VIsta obligatory is what ruined the game, as I am sure everyone would agree. Too bad people are so upset they don't even want to improve it. Like with Biohazard 4, that now looks awesome after a couple of mods.

  • 02.25.2008 12:08 AM PDT

Posted by: cmx
I understand that this should all happen but we wont even see an announcement for halo 3 pc until at least 2 years from now and it probley wont be vista It will most likely require MS's nest OS.and by that time epic studios will be working on something else not wasting there time with ports so I highy doubt that it would be them. and NO CROSS PLATFORM PLAY that just screams -blam!- aimbot look what happened to shadwrun dont ruin halo 3 by putting that crap cross platform in there. ohh and lets have some actual -blam!- mouse sensativity jesus every time I play halo 2 I max out sensativity and it still feels like it drags. dont even bring CMT into this because they havent done -blam!- in a long time and they got ban happy real quick. and major companies really dont give a -blam!- about what the public thinks they think how can we make a profit of this product. dont mean to be negative just being realistic. and as for more levels just except a few new multiplayer levels.
Why shouldn't they put cross platform play? I want to play with friends that don't have a PC. It probably won't lure aim bot users, but there is aimbotters in every single game. CMT did tons of stuff already. You're saying they didn't do anything, obviously you need to check through this thread. As with the new maps, I'll be happy as long they make more than two.

  • 02.25.2008 9:59 AM PDT
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Posted by: SuperSnorky
Why shouldn't they put cross platform play? I want R4PE friends that don't have a PC.


Fixed : D

  • 02.25.2008 1:45 PM PDT