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Subject: What is wrong with my GFX?
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Welcome to my thread =D

Alright, at first, I didnt know anything was wrong, but when I played Halo at my friends house, his graphics rocked, and people actually had COLOR. On my computer, it has horrible graphics (As seen in first secreenie -- Ignore banshee, my friend messed with my comp), and everyone looks white (Elites in Campaign, Spartans in MP, Me). When I shoot, I have no flash or yellow stuff around my weapon, (as seen in the second picture. Ignore Warthog..). All my weapons look hideously distorted, and have minimal detail, and plasma charges look crappy (Screenshot Three). I also have no bullet holes.

First Screenie

Second Screenie

Third Screenie


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  • 12.28.2006 11:25 AM PDT
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Your friend's PC is simply better than yours. I know what it's like to play like that... watching others with shiny graphics make me cry. That's why I'm getting a new PC. Sorry.

  • 12.28.2006 11:28 AM PDT
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Ok, thanks for the answer. I thought I like checked the wrong box or something.

  • 12.28.2006 11:30 AM PDT
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Guesssing you have integrated graphics? Few integrated can run halo in color. My old laptop wouldnt do color in anything but architecture. Thank you dell for xps.

  • 12.28.2006 11:34 AM PDT
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I'm running an IBM ThinkPad (Laptop, but very new) With Windows XP. I thought it'd run it normally...guess not.

EDIT: Ohh yeah, forgot to mention -- no blood, and I cant see a flash when I shoot. I'll post a picture of the 'No flash' thing, too.

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  • 12.28.2006 11:37 AM PDT
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Added Second Screenie.

EDIT: -blam!-, double post. My bad.

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  • 12.28.2006 11:46 AM PDT
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Wow, looks almost precisely like my old graphics.

  • 12.28.2006 11:54 AM PDT
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Adding Plasma Pistol Screenshot with me looking at the ground. No texture at all xD. Does anyone know how I could AT LEAST add texture?

  • 12.28.2006 12:02 PM PDT
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DX 6 or 7!!! Yargh, I thought I was done with this already.

  • 12.28.2006 12:12 PM PDT
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....What...?

  • 12.28.2006 12:59 PM PDT
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Basicly your graphics card isn't powerful enough to have the kind of detail your friend did.

Get a new graphics card with at least Shader Model 2.0 to have all bells and whistles of Halo.

  • 12.28.2006 1:33 PM PDT
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Download Halo Custom Edition for user created maps!
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http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=410
The few, the proud, the leet.

Your video card does not posess the instructions to modify a characters diffuse map through instructions from a multipurpose map. So, said characters stay white. Also, your video card does not posess the instructions to read a detail map, determine the scale/amount of the primary/secondary deatail maps, and apply them to the proper diffuse map. So, your ground stays in its basic state.

  • 12.28.2006 2:07 PM PDT
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You've got a crappy computer. There's no other way of putting it, dude. I recommend you upgrade or trash your PC and get a new one. That way Blood Gulch won't look like a dirt canyon filled with mashed potatoes and people won't turn bright yellow when you shoot them.

  • 12.28.2006 2:42 PM PDT
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Lol, thanks for the help everyone. I might buy a new GFX card and video card based on the feedback I got.

  • 12.28.2006 3:17 PM PDT

posted by: ART1LL3RY
I'm there but, man this is really starting to sound like communism.
Long live the MAW.

my old graphics card is a Nvidia Ge-Force 5200 and works for me, must cost around $20s these days. Nvidia X850 would do the trick guarenteed.

  • 12.28.2006 4:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: ProgramLog
my old graphics card is a Nvidia Ge-Force 5200 and works for me, must cost around $20s these days. Nvidia X850 would do the trick guarenteed.


clearly, cards that don't exsist to work better than cards that do.

  • 12.28.2006 4:56 PM PDT