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Subject: Halo: CE problems
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I downloaded halo CE but when when i start it up it says something to the degree of directX failed to luanch. If you need me to get exactly what it says ill do it but i dont feel like it this moment. I tried dxdiag and hardware acceleration is on, and I tried another video card but it wont even try to install it. What do i do? btw it did the same thing when i had original halo PC too.

  • 05.25.2006 1:16 PM PDT
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Go here to manually download the patch. That should help. You see, there's an incompatibility between some high-end video cards, Windows XP Service Pack 2, and Halo PC, so that's why you get this error. Hope this works.

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  • 05.25.2006 1:21 PM PDT
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still messed up.kim i sent you a msg.

  • 05.25.2006 1:55 PM PDT
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Dude, you sent the message and when I read the context I realized that you were probably using the demo version.

Patches are meant for games, not the demo. The first thing you see shows the download link for the trial version, and below it there's an important notice you should have read, it points out a fix for those who have a problem running the demo and have XP's SP2 installed.

  • 05.25.2006 2:25 PM PDT
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Ominios:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\redist
Now run msxmlenu.exe....and if not, back up your maps and mods, completely delete everything related to Halo (Save gamesaves if you want or anything else that doesn't install itself). I had to do that once. (or the same thing with Halo PC, just change \Halo Custom Edition to \Halo

And ok:
It won't work for the demo. I would try reinstalling, updating DirectX and getting strings.dll...


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  • 05.25.2006 5:48 PM PDT
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i now have the FULL VERSION of Halo CE. but it doesnt work. now what? btw its hacked.

  • 05.25.2006 6:06 PM PDT