Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: Halo:CE (pc) frame rate problems

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alright just as the title says i have some bad frame rate problems when it comese to playing Halo:CE on my vista computer. as you may expect my computer specs are way better than what is needed to play the game. in short for you vista users my rating is 4.7 so im able to run a good amount of games the way the should be played. but when it comes to this old game i get bad frame rates at random. like sometimes it would happen when all coives in an area are dead or when or this one example witha rock. i was standing on one side of a rock getting 60fps. then i would walk to the other side of the same rock and my frames would drop to 10. does anyone know why this is happening? i suppose its cuz im running vista but this is a microsoft game so it should be able to run every version of windows from xp and up. any reasons why this old game plays soo crappy n my system??

  • 05.07.2009 2:36 PM PDT
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  • Elder Legendary Member

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.

Try turning off Decals in video options. Worked for me, on Vista.

  • 05.07.2009 2:39 PM PDT

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alright thanks man ill do that.

  • 05.07.2009 2:46 PM PDT

The easiest way to solve framerate problems is to force the game to use pixel shader 1.1 instead of 2.0. To do this right click on the game's desktop shortcut, click properties and in the target window you'll see:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo\halo.exe"

Put a space after the target and then type -use11 and click Apply. Then, whenever you launch the game through that shortcut the game will use the DirectX 8.0 pixel shader. It affects the graphics in a few unimportant ways, such as no specular lighting, but it should dramatically increase your performance.

I did this before I upgraded my laptop and it worked like a charm.

Hope that helps.

  • 05.11.2009 5:16 PM PDT