Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: No chat/welcome text
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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.

I've had problems with chat text not showing up before on XP, usually (re)installing that msxml thing fixed it. Now I can't get any text no matter what. I re-installed the game. I re-installed the xml thing. Finally I re-installed XP. Still can't see any text, and it really ruins the game. Anyone know a fix?

  • 02.24.2010 1:05 AM PDT
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  • Noble Heroic Member

Hey.

Fix your screen format, try that because it worked for me.

  • 02.24.2010 12:10 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.

Thanks, but changing resolutions and toggling 30 FPS, vsync, etc, didn't work. I've shelved Halo PC for now.

  • 03.09.2010 4:45 PM PDT

I used to have that problem at 1280x720. Changing the resolution to 1280x1024 fixed it. I recall seeing a solution here a few months ago

  • 03.09.2010 8:45 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.

Not working at 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x800, 1440x900. I am so tired of -blam!- around with halo games.

  • 03.10.2010 4:49 AM PDT

it may be text lag. the ping of any server could someone affect the text u see. i do get text lag a lot but it usually fixes itself.

  • 03.17.2010 10:50 AM PDT
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Something smells fishy...

One of my computers with Halo Combat Evolved PC installed has Windows 7. The other has Windows Vista. The one with Windows 7 I believe has this issue of no text appearing. During a multiplayer game when I press "T" or "Y" on the keyboard to communicate with either all players or just the team, I've noticed that no text appears. I do not see what I'm typing. So I have to hope there aren't any significant spelling errors that could drastically transform my sentence and possibly allow others to misinterpret what I'm trying to convey.
:(


So I did some searching.
I found this:
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?nid=268 I'm going to try it out. It might work. I'll say if it does or doesn't.

[Edited on 03.20.2010 9:39 PM PDT]

  • 03.20.2010 9:22 PM PDT

Maybe you just need to use an older version of MSXML instead?

Try installing the copy of MSXML that comes bundled on the Halo CD, instead of downloading it from the Internet or whatever.

[Edited on 03.20.2010 9:59 PM PDT]

  • 03.20.2010 9:57 PM PDT
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The elements need repositioning to work with non 4:3 aspect ratios.

  • 03.20.2010 10:55 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.

Sorry for not replying right away. I'm going to try one of those custom chat consoles and see what happens. Thanks for your help, guys.

  • 03.28.2010 11:27 PM PDT