- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
First off, yes there are lots of "no cd" hacks of the halo.exe, but those suck. This, however, is another solution that allows you to play Halo PC without using a CD (and use the original halo.exe).
I already wrote instructions for this at filefront.com, but I'll just paste it here for ease of access:
This .zip contains a Halo PC CD image file, and a .exe for a program called Daemon. This program allows you to take the Halo PC CD image, and "mount" it to your HDD (or whatever) and make it seem like there is currently a CD in your drive. Best part is that you don't have to use any "halonocd.exe" or anything like that, you may keep your original halo.exe
Instructions: Install Daemon. I should add this though, when I first opened the .exe, it said my computer needed to restart, and the 2nd time I opened the .exe, then the program installed. Just putting that out there.
After that's done, you should see a new icon (it looks like a red lightning bolt) on your system tray. Right click it and go to: Virtual CD/DVD-ROM > Device 0 (or whatever) > Mount Image. Then browse to that Halo .img file.
And there you have it. No more CD required. This program does not need to run. Or even have the process running. If for any reason you want to remove the virtual CD Image file, again, right click the Daemon system tray icon and go to Virtual CD/DVD-ROM and select Unmount All Drives.
I hope that made sense.
Now, you can find the download here.
And if Bungie, or anyone frowns upon something like this. I'm quite sorry, then delete this thread, and/or give me a swift blacklisting.
Happy trails.
P.S. It's so much better not having to look for my stupid CD, and all of that. It's so much easier just to start it on the fly without any hassles.
Rawr.