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i need some help with halo for macintosh
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johnodd4
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14. August 2006 @ 20:34 |
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ok hello and greetings here is my problem
i have a brand new mac mini fully lloaded with 1 gigs worth of memory 2.66 gigs and a 200 gig hard drive
anyways here is what happens i go into halo and try to run halo for mac i get through all of the videos which jerk and have major playback issues and worse when i get into the game the game has really bad grphics issues like master cheifs facemask isn't gold its black and other nasty problems now whats weird is i meet all of the system requirements including ram and hard drive space and my graphics card is 512 megs so what in the heck can i do i have everything i need but im still looking for a way to get it running better
is there a halo site that deals with this issue and if so where is it at and if not is there a way to modifie the config file to run it correctly
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14. August 2006 @ 23:27 |
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again, punctuation helps.
i'm having some issues with the specs of your mac mini.
if it is an intel machine, it has only a 1.66ghz, i'm guessing you had the hd upgraded. unless that's an external. 1GB of ram should be more than enough for that. that machine does max out at 2gb. i know there have been processor swaps that people have done and have worked. i DONT recommend it. i wouldnt do it myself. unless you know somebody that knows what they are doing and will respond if in ANY case the machine is made into a brick. your graphics card is nowhere near of what the stock is. and apple does not offer any BTO (Build To Order) options for that. i'm on the apple site now. so that may be either a mistake in your post. or again, some strange mod or upgrade.
the apple site does have Halo: Combat Evolved on their site. they do recommend that machine. the 1.66ghz intel mac mini. so technically it should work fine. now, i could not find if this was yet a universal binary. i also could not find a patch / upgrade of any sort for it.
not only that, are you running this game with any other software running in the background? that may also be an issue. if i'm reading this correctly, your major complain / issue with this is that the intro videos are jerky when they start up? bad graphics issues? such as just a different color mask? that may be because of the universal binary. it not being up to date. you may want to contact the manafacturer directly on that and see if there is anything you can download or they can send you to get this fixed. just give them your serial number and they should be able to look you up. as long as you registered.
i know they reply is long, but i try to cover all the bases. if i missed anything, let me know.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 14. August 2006 @ 23:28
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johnodd4
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15. August 2006 @ 22:01 |
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my mistake my processor is a 1.66 ghz sorry my software was listing my information wrong oh well fixed it now
but anyways my problem still happens and i have contacted every single halo site i can think of and the same thing keeps happening jerky video bad graphics awefull controlls needs major patch or good opengl version
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15. August 2006 @ 22:06 |
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check with the maker.. check their site to see if therer are any updates.
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johnodd4
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16. August 2006 @ 00:46 |
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i did and i installed the latest version patch and it made things worse oh well i really wanted to play halo online but i guess i will just stick to halo 2 on my 360 then this bites
my advice do not purchase halo for mac
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24. August 2006 @ 08:29 |
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I dont know why you have all those prblems with halo mac,but i have it and it runs perfectly on my intel mac book, just a little slow, but i´m thinking on upgrading for more ram.
HALO MAC IS A GOOD GAME.
maybe your disc is corrupt.
try downloading it from bittorrent, and check if it works
<object width="300" height="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.microsoft.com/games/halo3/flash/monitor.swf "></param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param> <embed src="http://www.microsoft.com/games/halo3/flash/monitor.swf " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="300" height="250"></embed> </object>
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johnodd4
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26. August 2006 @ 00:06 |
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i just upgraded my ram and it didn't help
i have 1.5 gigs ram and still doging like crazy d**n doom 3 runs better then this
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johnodd4
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26. August 2006 @ 00:07 |
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and i even tried my bittorrent disk and the same thing happens
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amitguru
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30. August 2006 @ 03:31 |
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Is HALO for Mac online also?
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johnodd4
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10. September 2006 @ 20:15 |
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yes it is online also
that is if you can get it to work
just run it under bootcamp
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10. September 2006 @ 23:12 |
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Ok, bit confused.
Question was if Halo for MAC was online. Response was that it needs to be under bootcamp. If it needs to be run under bootcamp, wouldn't that make it a Halo for PC? Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't bootcamp enable you to run Windows XP on your MAC?
Granted the machine itself may be a MAC, but XP is PC.
Does anybody else see this? Or am I just crazy?
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amitguru
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13. September 2006 @ 07:07 |
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True I think the boy is confused lol, it's HALO for Mac no need to launch from BootCamp brotha...that would be HALO for PC.
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