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Subject: The Official Halo 3 Vista suggestions thread. Updated 2/28/08
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Such is the bloody Bungie working order
At the bottom of the bloodied list in a large festering clot is the words
PC Port
Done and dusted..

  • 03.03.2008 11:28 PM PDT
Subject: The Official Halo 3 Vista suggestions thread.

Posted by: fuzzy bunny
halo 3 wont com out on the for pc until 2011 thats wat bungie said and i heard from my friend that works at hired gun that they are already workin on it. i think it wil be gud since halo 2 vista wuz a very good game and so was halo pc, also i just buyed this pc and customizedd it with the new nividia graficks card and it has some other cool stuff and also i hav suround sound an a giant screan and also 6 gb of ram on my mobord.
not-uh. My dad is bill gates and he says it's going to be on store shelves tomorrow.

/sarcasm.

Post a link to support your claims or GTFO.

[Edited on 03.04.2008 8:00 AM PST]

  • 03.04.2008 7:57 AM PDT

Everyones grammar confuses me.... Not-uh, wont com out on for the, < those are the most confusing words....

  • 03.04.2008 9:37 AM PDT
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Posted by: MC Enders II

Post a link to support your claims or GTFO.


ok heer is 1 wit the boxart for halo 3 pc from a hired gun webpage

halo 3 pc

  • 03.04.2008 11:09 AM PDT

Slaying noobs since 2007.

I'm surprised you even know how to spell url fuzzy bunny.

  • 03.04.2008 12:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

Oooohhhh. What a witty comback by fuzzy bunny. I believe you just got PWNED!!!

  • 03.04.2008 1:02 PM PDT
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I swear to god he's some big time member screwing with us.

  • 03.04.2008 1:33 PM PDT

Posted by: Aj6627
Oooohhhh. What a witty comback by fuzzy bunny. I believe you just got PWNED!!!
You can't be "PWNED" by someone who can't spell "encyclopedia" without a dictionary.

Anywho, fuzzy, I think I hear your mom calling you.

  • 03.05.2008 9:47 AM PDT

Slaying noobs since 2007.

It was sarcasm Enders...

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Posted by: MC Enders III
Posted by: Aj6627
Oooohhhh. What a witty comback by fuzzy bunny. I believe you just got PWNED!!!
You can't be "PWNED" by someone who can't spell "encyclopedia" without a dictionary.

Anywho, fuzzy, I think I hear your mom calling you.


/Me Bows to Enders

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Posted by: MC Enders III
Posted by: Aj6627
Oooohhhh. What a witty comback by fuzzy bunny. I believe you just got PWNED!!!
You can't be "PWNED" by someone who can't spell "encyclopedia" without a dictionary.

Anywho, fuzzy, I think I hear your mom calling you.


Your so cold dude...
But agree whole heartedly, Death to Xbox

  • 03.06.2008 2:34 AM PDT
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Posted by: Desert Fox RWTF
It was sarcasm Enders...

I believe you just got PWNED!

Fuzzy is interesting but shall we get back to the main topic, Halo 3 PC and how to make it not a -blam!- up game. *cough* online weapon lowering *cough*

  • 03.06.2008 3:30 PM PDT

Well, guys, I propose a new idea:

Since things aren't looking like epic studios will publish Halo 3 for Windows Vista (since Epic turned down Microsoft's joint-company-contract), I thought I would ask you all this:

How would you feel if Gearbox Software was responsible for Halo 3? I mean, let's just say hypothetically speaking, Microsoft approached Gearbox and offered them the chance to develop H3 for Windows Vista?

All in all, I don't think it is very likey.... but... maybe it will work.

Does anyone mind if I add it to the list of Suggested Development Teams?

[Edited on 03.06.2008 4:23 PM PST]

  • 03.06.2008 4:23 PM PDT

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!
NOT VISTA EXCLUSIVE NOT VISTA EXCLUSIVE NOT VISTA EXCLUSIVE NOT VISTA EXCLUSIVE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just make it Halo 3 PC. I want to be able to upgrade to XP and play it online, unlike Halo 2 Vista.

I didn't read anything yet, but I just wanted to post that. I'm sure everyone will agree that Vista sucks for games. I want Halo 3 PC very much, along with the ability to make custom maps, like Halo PC, not the way Halo 2 handles custom maps. We can hardly do anything on it. I want to be able to make custom single player maps, and custom models, and custom anything. All Halo 2 Vista does is let you make maps out of what they give you, which is really crappy compared to the open-ended ways of the previous Halo 1 PC. It's good, it's just very limited. The only reason I want Halo 3 PC is for the custom content potential. It could be HUUUUUGE!!!... if they include fileshare and such in it lol

Ok, I read why you're saying it should be for Vista. I'm pretty sure you're wrong about that though, that XBL can only be accessed from Vista. Gears of War is for XP and Vista, so LIVE probably works on XP too. I never tried it on XP though, so yea, if that's true, then of course put it on Vista only. Of course, by the time Halo 3's out for PC, maybe Vista won't use so much unnecessary power [face_hopeful]

[Edited on 03.06.2008 5:39 PM PST]

  • 03.06.2008 5:33 PM PDT
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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

1. Vista doesn't hog *that* much power. Don't believe the haters.

2. Yes, Live runs on XP and Vista.

3. It will most likely be on Vista only or Vista and Windows 7 since XP will most likely be done with by the time H3V/7 comes out.

  • 03.06.2008 5:44 PM PDT

Posted by: Aj6627
1. Vista doesn't hog *that* much power. Don't believe the haters.

2. Yes, Live runs on XP and Vista.

3. It will most likely be on Vista only or Vista and Windows 7 since XP will most likely be done with by the time H3V/7 comes out.

For me, with XP, when I ran Halo PC, I got 500+ fps with all graphics on high, but with Vista, I can only get it up to 90 with all graphics on high, and only 300 with all graphics off/low. With XP, it took up 5% of my CPU. With Vista, it takes 55% (not the OS, Halo does). Those are stupid comparisons, but they're the only comparisons I have. I'm not saying it takes up loads of power for every computer, I'm just saying that it takes up a lot of power for a lot of people. And yes, I do have it running at High Performance, and yes, I've tried every other mode.

And I'm pretty sure my computer's good enough to run Vista. It was $2,000. I'm going to buy more RAM soon, so maybe that's all the problem that it is, because I have low RAM, I think. It's only 2047 MB, so, yea.

[Edited on 03.06.2008 5:53 PM PST]

  • 03.06.2008 5:50 PM PDT
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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

What are your total specs?

And, why do you care if you get more than ~100 FPS?

I believe the human eye can only process 60fps.(correct me if I'm wrong)

EDIT: I can't test Halo PC seeing as my disc is at home at the moment, but I tested CoD4 on Vista and I got a constant 90-100 FPS on the little bit of the first level that I played.(the testing your skill level)

I couldn't try it on XP since I don't have my copy of XP installed at the moment.

Specs:
AMD X2 4600+
2GB DDR2 800 RAM(soon to be 4GB)
Radeon HD 3850 256MB
SATA 1.5 HDD
Windows Vista Ultimate

[Edited on 03.06.2008 6:42 PM PST]

  • 03.06.2008 6:02 PM PDT

Posted by: Aj6627
1. Vista doesn't hog *that* much power. Don't believe the haters.

2. Yes, Live runs on XP and Vista.
1) Vista takes 1/4th of your Computer's resources just to run the operating system! How do I know? Play Oblivion. On a 7600GT, Pentium D 3.40 GHz Processor, and 1 gig of RAM, running the game at 1280x1024 Res and everything maxed out, you can expect to get up to 40 FPS running on XP. After a while, I upgraded to Vista and just in the tutorial part of Oblivion alone, I was getting as low as 20 FPS! No joke! So I had to take it down to 1024x768, and make grass fade at its maximum.

2) NO! LIVE WILL NOT RUN ON XP. You can access your windows Live account from XP, but you cannot play Shadowrun, GoW, or H2Vista on Windows Live (Even with the Halo 2 Vista for XP patch) because Windows Live is only built in to Windows Vista operating systems. Live is only available in instant messengers and Windows Live mail.

EDIT: Also, nobody answered my question. Do you guys want me to add Gearbox Software to the list of Suggested Development Teams?

[Edited on 03.08.2008 3:15 PM PST]

  • 03.08.2008 3:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

1. Get 2 GB if you want to play Oblivion on Vista or any other game on Vista.(or even XP)

2. LIVE was tested, and will run on XP. It just doesn't work for Shadowrun and H2V because they are Vista only games.

I believe Kane and Lynch runs on XP also, but I don't have my copy with me so I'm not sure.

By the way, do you own GoW for PC?

  • 03.08.2008 3:36 PM PDT

Slaying noobs since 2007.

1. AJ is right.
2. You're wrong.

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Why must we argue vista exclusive or not. Weather Vista is a bad OS is irrelevant as if they put it on XP and Vista then everyone wins.

[Edited on 03.08.2008 4:58 PM PST]

  • 03.08.2008 4:57 PM PDT

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewAr ticleBasic&articleId=9015905
My computer is 2 years old, after all, but when I got it, it was over top of the line, but now, it's just a little under great lol. I just ordered more RAM, because I only have 2GB right now lol, so I'll have 4 now, which will be much better, or at least a little better :P

I have Gears, and it runs very smoothly at all maximum graphics, so I think it's just with Halo2 that my computer sucks, but from what I've read, lots of other people have the same problems I'm having, such as slow mouse movement even at highest sensitivity. I don't want to talk about Vista anymore, and how it's good or bad. Vista, in my opinion, is one of the best OSs ever made, I just believe that it's worse for video games than XP. I don't care if you want to prove me wrong, but if you want to (and I would love you to, because I really really like Vista and I want to keep it, but I want it to be as fast or faster than XP when it runs games) please PM me, because I don't want to spam this thread about Vista and make it off-topic, because it is a very good thread, and I want the idea of Halo 3 Vista/Windows 7 (the name Vienna comes to mind, but I'm not sure if that's what it's really called or not) to be taken seriously. Run-on sentence! :D Anywho...

I think Gearbox developing Halo 3 Vista is a great idea :D I think you should add it to the list. They did a very good job with Halo 1, and I think they'd do a very good job with Halo 3.

Oh, and I'm not sure if you're aware, but you do have the ability to kick/ban people in Halo 1, by using the console. just type sv_kick 'name' or sv_ban 'name'. You can also ban by IP, by typing sv_players, then finding what number they are on the list. Say the person you want to ban is player #7. You just type sv_ban 7, and it IP bans them. You can clear the list of bans, but it's been sooo long since I've had to ban anyone, that I forget the command, and I also forget if those previous commands are correct. You can only do this in your own game, or in a game where you know the password. I forget what the command to set/enter a password is, sorry.

[Edited on 03.08.2008 6:13 PM PST]

  • 03.08.2008 6:06 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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EDIT: Oh, and Gearbox deving H3PC FTW!!!

God, no. I'd rather see it ported by a company that won't half-ass it.

  • 03.08.2008 9:47 PM PDT
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Actually, GB Did not half ass Halo PC. They did more work and had more heart it in than bungie and MS combined. I don't have the link and I"m tired of explaining it to people, but anyone who's been on this forum for more than six months or so know this.

  • 03.09.2008 12:43 PM PDT