Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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I just got Halo 2 PC and I am having trouble getting achievements. It says before every level that I have an invalid checkpoint with my Live account and that if I want to earn achievements to restart the level. Well restarting just gives me the same dialog so I don't know whats wrong. Any suggestions?

  • 09.09.2008 8:18 AM PDT
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I've had that a few times. It happens to me when i lose my internet connection. Were you doing it offline?

  • 09.09.2008 8:27 AM PDT
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No. I signed in to my LIVE account and then started the game. I haven't gotten any achievements yet and I'm at least halfway through Campaign mode. At least I can go back and get them. Just really annoying and I can't figure out why?

  • 09.09.2008 9:25 AM 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.

You're playing it on XP aren't you?

  • 09.09.2008 7:48 PM PDT
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Yea, is that the reason. I wont be getting Vista for like another month or so.

  • 09.10.2008 6:06 AM PDT

Kindly refrain from Frog-Blasting my Ventcore.

There is a patch allowing Halo 2 to run on XP, though I'm not sure where you should go to download it. Hopefully, if you find the patch, it will fix your problem.

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  • 09.10.2008 10:48 AM PDT
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I used the patch. And I bought the game so I do have a cd key. I can play the game fine its just gives me an error message at the beginning of the level that says I can't get achievements. I'm signed on to LIVE but I'm not sure if the multiplayer works either. I'll try tonight and report back.

  • 09.10.2008 1:22 PM PDT
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I had the same problem on Vista for the first few missions but after the second mission it cleared up for some reason

  • 09.10.2008 1:49 PM PDT
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So I tried to get online with multiplayer last night and it wouldn't let. Seems like a block with the XP patch. Unless someone can come up with another reason this happens that is what I'm assuming. I've spent too much time on this already and I will be upgrading to Vista soon anyway. Still got Halo 1 multiplayer to kick butt on!

  • 09.12.2008 6:13 AM PDT

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Oh! You can play H2 Vista on XP?!

I'm buying it then. Thanks for unintentionally helping me. The patch doesn't cost anything, does it?

  • 09.13.2008 8:37 PM PDT
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  • 09.13.2008 8:50 PM PDT
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So I never gave an update. Seems I can't can't play mulitplayer. Don't know if I'm doing something wrong or what. I can't join anygame at all. Still can't get achievements in campaign as well. Might be because of XP, but at least I can still play the game. Still have Halo 1 to play online with so no major setback. I'll be getting Vista soon so I'll see whether the issue was me or XP. And the crack is free. Just gotta do it right. Plenty of tutorials on youtube.

  • 09.15.2008 7:51 AM PDT

The XP crack for Halo 2 won't let you get achievements, or let you play on XBL. It's basically just for offline single-player. I wasn't even aware that it would let itself sign in if it were on XP, but apparently, it does. From what I've heard and from what I've read, the achievements won't unlock on XP.

  • 09.17.2008 1:57 PM PDT