- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Nessy wrote:
using noalpharendertargets fixes this problem
go to your halo dir and open the config.txt
search down the list for your graphics card and on the line under it put disablealpharendertargets
If your card is not located there. For example my card is an Nvidia Gefore 7900GTO so i put
Unknown = "GeForceFX 7900GT"
disablealpharendertargets
Actually, Nessy, there are actually two ways to do this. And what your looking for is the Device ID number, like for mine, since I have a Radeon X1600 Pro, my device ID for that card is 0x71C2. Each video card has a unique device ID. And there are two ways to find them.
The easiest and fastest, but may not work on some computers, depending on their version of Direct X, is to go to the Start menu, Run programs, and type in dxdiag. When there, click the Display tab, and around the top it will display your video card chipset and device ID.
It should look something like this.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/Sk8n4ElEmEnT15/directX driver.jpg
Then once you found your device ID, open Halo's config.txt file (default location = Program Files > Microsoft Games > Halo) and use CTRL F and type in your device ID that you got from the Direct X Diagnostic Tool, and it should find it. If your card isnt listed in the config.txt, dont worry, because mine didnt show up. Considering you found it or not, find where the other similar cards made by the same company go (i.e Radeon goes with Radeson cards, Intel with intel cards, etc...) and put the command, DisableAlphaRenderTargets underneath your video card.
It should look something like this..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/Sk8n4ElEmEnT15/noscope blurconfig.jpg
Save then run Halo.
If you tried running dxdiag, and your device ID doesnt show up, there is another, yet slightly longer way of finding your device ID. In your Halo shortcut icon, right click it, go to Properties and put the -timedemo command in with any other commands you may already have there. Now run Halo using that shortcut. It will run through a series of campaign vids and may start to get laggy. That is normal and let it run until it auto quits. When it does quit, take the -timedemo command out of your Halo shortcut, then go to your Halo folder, find the timedemo.txt file and find your device ID there. From then, follow the instructions I wrote with the config.txt file and your all set.
Here is a small video I made showing the differences between having the no scope blur config on.
http://media.putfile.com/GFX-Before-and-After <-- Putfile link for higher quality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSDY1l6EQsI <-- Youtube link for slower connections
Hope this helps :D