Going LIVE with Halo 2 for Windows Vista

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re: Going LIVE with Halo 2 for Windows Vista

sddjd — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:45:06 GMT

And you're playing H2 on x64 why....? It's written in 32-bit code and is going to run in emulation mode under x64; why add another process to an already resource-hungry game when it can't take advantage of the 64-bit instruction set? Must be Vista's fault...

re: Going LIVE with Halo 2 for Windows Vista

CoD2 Player — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:37:51 GMT

If Halo 3 doesn't supply my gaming fix - then it's uninstall Vista and back to XP. You mention a good job but not about the speed.

Let's talk about other successful PC games - Single player CoD runs like a dog on a brand new 64 bit machine ($1,200 box before I count my 24" widescreen lcd) and MP won't work (not even in an admin XP window).

If you read tech forums most IT depts are shying away from Vista at an alarming rate due to it's resource needs.

woof woof. This Vista dog dont' hunt.

re: Going LIVE with Halo 2 for Windows Vista

Christmas555 — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:05:01 GMT

It says "press X" in case you are using an external controller, which is mapped the same way as an Xbox 360 controller, no lack of effort there

re: Going LIVE with Halo 2 for Windows Vista

adrian — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:35:45 GMT

Sharks3167: uh, you can configure your Battlefield 2 executable to be inside the Games Explorer Windows, and from there you can then set the game to run as an admin everytime you click the game icon. The same thing went for my Rainbow Six Vegas game.

re: Going LIVE with Halo 2 for Windows Vista

donovan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:21:03 GMT

OH COME ON! no has answered!

re: Going LIVE with Halo 2 for Windows Vista

donovan — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:51:10 GMT

Hey i have a problem with live it was a logon error code 0x8015 something but it ended in 90E but when i go to more ionformation there is no comment on how to fix it PLEASE HELP I WANT TO PLAY ON LIVE AND I NEED TO

re: Going LIVE with Halo 2 for Windows Vista

jin — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:36:31 GMT

i got it to work. i dont think it was the port problem. turned out that i had to use an account that said i was over 17.

re: Going LIVE with Halo 2 for Windows Vista

Brandon LeBlanc — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:15:34 GMT

I am currently investigating this issue. Folks have recommended making sure port 3074 is opened on your firewall but you appear to have done that so let me move forward with trying to find a solution.

Thanks,

Brandon

re: Going LIVE with Halo 2 for Windows Vista

jin — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:21:02 GMT

hi i just got halo 2 vista a few days back. everything works fine...except that i cant connect to gfw live on my xbox live account. i tried adding halo 2 and port 3074 to my firewall exception list, but it still cant connect. ive created a new xbox account from the link in the game, and it doesnt work. ive searched the net and it seems other people have also faced the same problem. please if you know of a solution, tell me. my email is tv_jin@hotmail.com, or you can respond here if you want

re: Going LIVE with Halo 2 for Windows Vista

sharks3167 — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 14:14:51 GMT

nothing to do with halo 2, but I need help running Batttlefeild 2. Message from admin of this game say I dont have the required O/S privelleges. Can you explain and/or offer some advice. I should add that this has only occured since I got my new pc with vista home premium. Thanks in advance.

re: Going LIVE with Halo 2 for Windows Vista

snae — Mon, 28 May 2007 11:52:24 GMT

He is referring to the fact that the 'X' button is only really relevant for external controllers. i.e. the XBOX... not a PC keyboard or mouse...

re: Going LIVE with Halo 2 for Windows Vista

Brandon LeBlanc — Sun, 27 May 2007 20:46:13 GMT

Not sure I follow you in regaeds to where it says "press the x button" in the screenshots.

But yeah they have indeed put a lot of effort into getting this game ported over with added functionality of LIVE on Windows Vista.

re: Going LIVE with Halo 2 for Windows Vista

James__ — Sun, 27 May 2007 19:56:33 GMT

Yeah they have done a fantastic job, put lot's of effort into it. That's obviously why it still says press the x button on the screenshots.

Well done

re: Going LIVE with Halo 2 for Windows Vista

The MAZZTer — Fri, 25 May 2007 01:52:00 GMT

My concern with Halo 2 is how it will run considering nVidia's drivers cause most other games to run at half speed compared to XP.

I'm probably going to wait until someone hacks together fake DX10 libs for XP that work with Halo 2.