Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: CE help
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whenever i start Halo Custom Edition, i get a message saying "a problem occured initializing direct 3d, hardware acceleration maybe disabled, please run DXDIAG."
i had this problem for Halo PC when i first got windows XP, but there was a fix for it somewhere on the forums, now i cant find it

  • 05.07.2005 3:04 PM PDT
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I have the same problem.
The fix that you are talking about may be the hotfix/ halo update v1.06.
Do these names sound familiar.
Anyway this fix has solved only the halo pc problem, in my case. Not the halo ce one. You could try to use the hotfix again.

  • 05.07.2005 4:21 PM PDT
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i believe it was before the v1.06 hotfix/update came out

i remember there were a couple .dll files to download to fix the problem

  • 05.07.2005 4:59 PM PDT
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if you have a problem with ce, go to gearbox's forums, they can probably help you more there bcuz ce is gearbox only. for pc version, i get that error if you try to use a custom resolution setting, like 800*640.

  • 05.07.2005 5:23 PM PDT
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found it, just needed the modified binkw32.dll

  • 05.08.2005 10:33 AM PDT
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Can you tell where did you found it so I can get the halo ce to work too.

  • 05.08.2005 10:53 AM PDT
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I found it so no need to tell it. For others you have to download the file which is mentioned by malikdrako.
The place to download it is: http://www.the-junkyard.net/files-halo.php?action=listfiles&a mp;category=8.

  • 05.08.2005 11:18 AM PDT