Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: yeah.. i have a problem
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hey guys i'm new to the bungie.net site i just became a member but i have been a dedicated fan ever since i saw halo for the first time but anyway i have halo for the pc and i had never played halo online multiplayer so i tried it out and it checked for updates and so i installed the update and then when i loaded the game it said "insert instalation disc and restart application" or something like that so i put the disc in my pc then the same message again and again so i had to re-install the game replacing new files with old ones and it worked again without the updates so i don't know what is wrong so somebody please help me!

  • 01.20.2007 5:49 PM PDT
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Punctuation is your friend.

Oh, and put a legitimate Halo PC CD into the drive, and that error message will go away.

[Edited on 1/20/2007]

  • 01.20.2007 6:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Punctuation is your friend.

Oh, and put a legitimate Halo PC CD into the drive, and that error message will go away.
That, or maybe he has it installed on one or more computers, or it's a used copy so somebody's already using his CD key. Piracy isn't the only possibility, you know.

  • 01.20.2007 6:56 PM PDT
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oh... o.k. thanks i don't think my halo is legitient i bought it at a garase sale

  • 01.20.2007 7:03 PM PDT
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At a garage sale? Are you sure they didn't burn a copy and print a pretty picture onto the top of it?

That, and what Kim said, he could be using someone else's key in tandem. See if you can get a refund and try buying your own copy of the game.

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  • 01.20.2007 7:25 PM PDT

Now, in the quantum moment before the closure, when all become one. One moment left. One point of space and time. I know who you are. You are destiny.

Odd. I bought the game two years ago, and installed and played it on my father's laptop for a year with moderate graphics up to the Halo level. So 1 1/2 year later, I installed it on my PC, not even knowing how it managed to run at all with the crappy graphics card, using my same CD key. I hope I don't get punished by legal -Blam!-'s. : |

  • 01.20.2007 8:04 PM PDT
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you can use the same cd key offline just in the same server at the same time with the same cd key doesnt work

  • 01.20.2007 8:28 PM PDT
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You notice I didn't out right call him a *insert bad word* pirate right off the bat? I suspected his copy wan't legit, since one of the patches added a copy protection program to the game. So he could play the game with the original non-patched version, but when he updated it, he could play the gamebecause of the copy protection.

So if he got it at a garage sale, it's most likely a cheap bootleg version. If his CD key were already in use, why would it ask for the installation disc? I thought it would just give a message about the CD Key already being in use.

Your best bet would be to go buy an unopened retail version. so you know you're getting a brand new cd key.

  • 01.20.2007 8:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
You notice I didn't out right call him a *insert bad word* pirate right off the bat? I suspected his copy wan't legit, since one of the patches added a copy protection program to the game. So he could play the game with the original non-patched version, but when he updated it, he could play the gamebecause of the copy protection.
See, but when you say it like, "Dude, go get an actual copy of Halo and put it in your disk drive." it doesn't sound like "I think your disk isn't legitimate." But I guess that's my fault for misinterpretation.

  • 01.21.2007 4:47 AM PDT
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Not to sound hypocritical here, but I've downloaded a few games in my time. Usually old, old games that you wouldn't find on store shelves, or even E-bay. Games such as Colonization, Aces Over Europe, the original TIE Fighter and X-Wing games, and the original Dark Forces. I'm sure the developer's don't mind, since they're not making any money off these games anyway, since they're so old. But I'm sure they're still happy that someone would choose to play them even when there are so many newer, better games out there.

Any of the newer, more recent games I've downloaded I've done so only because I got an inexplicable urge to play a game from a genre I'd normally not play, and would only play for a week or two before the urge passed and I never touch them again. It makes more sense to just "borrow" the game for a week, instead of paying $60 for it only to play it for a week and forget about it.

And if I do like a game I download, I'll go and buy it in the store, since it makes more sense to me to have the legitimate game than to have a huge .iso file, and the entire installation of the game on my hard-drive.

So there's my confession, I hope you understand that I only download games as a preview, since I feel that demos are not an accurate representation of the final product. And I hope I don't get banned for this.

  • 01.21.2007 8:28 AM PDT
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yeah well i guess when i get enough money i'll buy halo from wal-mart or some other place (i saw it at wal-mart mostly) thanks guys i put this question on another fourm on another website and they just deleted it i can't wait for halo 2 vista!

  • 01.21.2007 3:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Any of the newer, more recent games I've downloaded I've done so only because I got an inexplicable urge to play a game from a genre I'd normally not play, and would only play for a week or two before the urge passed and I never touch them again. It makes more sense to just "borrow" the game for a week, instead of paying $60 for it only to play it for a week and forget about it.


But then you can just go to a video store and rent the game.

  • 01.21.2007 3:48 PM PDT
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Yeah, when was the last time anyone's seen a PC game for rent at a video store? Maybe 10 years ago for me.

  • 01.21.2007 6:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Yeah, when was the last time anyone's seen a PC game for rent at a video store? Maybe 10 years ago for me.


Never, actually, and that's saying something, since I've seen the transition from floppies to CDs with my very own eyes.

It's just that you need to install games into your computer to play them. It's not like consoles where you can simply pop in a disc and go, you need to install them, and with the wide range of no-CD hacks out there...well...

  • 01.21.2007 6:43 PM PDT
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There is one store here that used to rent PC games. This was WAY back in the days when Nintendo 64 was the greatest thing since Super Nintendo. Guess why they stopped renting PC games? That's right folks. Now-a-days you have to either download a demo, which may or may not be an accurate representation of the final game. Or spend $60 dollars on a game you may turn out to hate.

I downloaded the FlatOut demo when that game came out and I liked it. I went and bought the full version and I was extremely dissapointed/frustrated. It's the first game I've ever played that sent me into a cursing fit. That's when I decided: "Hey, I'd rather bend the law and try the full version before I go spend money on it."

  • 01.21.2007 10:23 PM PDT