Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: Halo won't work online anymore.
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OK, I load up Halo to go to the Humpday gathing, I get the checking for updates window which hangs around for way too long, and no servers come up on the list. I exit the game, only to find that I can no longer connect to the internet! I restart my computer and check my other games, they seem fine, except for Half-Life 2, which won't play in offline mode(a side effect of Xfire on my computer). I revert my hard drive, doesn't work. removed cel shaded mod, doesn't work. I revert my hard drive again, STILL doesn't work. I set my hard drive back to today and re-install the game, STILL doesn't work, I connect directly though Xfire, "your client is older than the server." I try to connect to the bungie servers through Xfire, "your clients is older than the server." I un-install Xfire, HL2 works offline again, but still no Halo online. I re-install Halo, still no success. Please someone help, I am very angered by this, and do not want to have to reformat my hard drive, I don't even have an XP CD, so I would have no OS.

  • 06.23.2006 10:28 PM PDT
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* Make sure you have the latest patch.
* Make sure your firewall has Halo on its "allow" list.

  • 06.23.2006 11:10 PM 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.

Gah, that sounds horrible. And if I were in your shoes, re-installing XP is what I'd be doing. Unforunately you don't seem to have that option so I can't suggest anything :(

  • 06.24.2006 2:10 AM PDT
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If you reverted your hard drive it probably over-wrote the 1.0.7 patch. Thust making "Your client older than the server", make sure halo goes into your firewalls "allow" list, and let the game get some updates for itself. Joining through X-Fire will not bypass the fact that you dont have the latest patch ;)

  • 06.24.2006 9:29 AM PDT