Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: Halo Error
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I just bought Halo for the PC.
And I keep getting an error message saying "A problem occurred initializing Direct3D. Hardware acceleration maybe disabled, please run DXDIAG" My acceleration is at max and the Direct3D is enabled. What more can I do in order to get the game running?

  • 11.07.2004 12:13 AM PDT
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My specs are

Windows XP
Pentium 4
Yamaha Sound card
Radeon 9550 with 256 Ram
520 system Ram
2.5 GHZ

  • 11.07.2004 12:24 AM PDT
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I'm having the exact same problem, except that I've had Halo for awhile - only recently has it started to do this. I suspect it has to do with directx9.0c, but I don't know. Unfortunately, there's no real way to roll back directx.
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update: I was able to fix it. It actually has to do with SP2. Download and install the Halo 1.05 patch to correct this issue. Here as some resources:

http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4679.html
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;82947 8
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/d/2/2d2d17f1-7436-46 a5-a9c7-c15909cd673f/halopc105.exe (direct link to patch)

[Edited on 11/15/2004 1:17:38 AM]

  • 11.15.2004 12:54 AM PDT