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Why not buy the game, and then get a 2nd hand copy of Vista from one of those people who don't like it and want to go back to XP? Or variations thereof. :) The words DUAL BOOT come to mind.

You could also try this:
http://www.petitiononline.com/H2XP2000/petition.html

Halo2 runs in DirectX 10 right? There is a DirectX 10 download for XP now, anyone tried that to see if it works?

Knowing M$, there's probably a polite little "This is not Vista" error dialog in the code.

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Finally making use of this blog I created almost a year ago. What a busy year it's turned out to be, from the inception of the Alky Project to the creation of Falling Leaf Systems and the Sapling Program.

As a fitting start to this blog, I'm proud to release a preview of our Alky compatibility libraries for Microsoft DirectX 10 enabled games. These libraries allow the use of DirectX 10 games on platforms other than Windows Vista, and increase hardware compatibility even on Vista, by compiling Geometry Shaders down to native machine code for execution where hardware isn't capable of running it. No longer will you have to upgrade your OS and video card(s) to play the latest games.

The current preview allows you to run a number of examples from the Microsoft DirectX SDK on Windows XP. They're not the greatest thing since sliced bread, but we want to whet your appetite. We hope to release builds in the coming months progressing from demos to fully functional games. We also plan to post on this blog from time to time with screenshots and videos of what's to come.

The preview build is available here. Inside this zip is a README.TXT file with complete instructions on where to install the files (don't worry, we'll have an installer in the near future) and how to get and run the examples from the SDK.

We at Falling Leaf welcome your feedback, and we're committed to giving you the best high-end gaming experience possible, regardless of OS.

Enjoy,
- Cody Brocious
Lead Alky Engineer

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Alky Compatibility Libraries .... Currently, our (release date) estimate is late July, but it isn't solid.

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Originally posted by corn:

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not saying linux is bad,it just seems very very complicated).

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Originally posted by john_jaxs:

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The XP crack can be found ***somewhere out there on the internet***

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Has anybody gotten past the "Please Insert Original Disc" at Gravemind error when you play Halo 2 on XP and does anybody know the fix?

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Originally posted by vdp:

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Has anybody gotten past the "Please Insert Original Disc" at Gravemind error when you play Halo 2 on XP and does anybody know the fix?

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Well i know how to do it, its just that i been too lazy :P
here are the instructions: NOTE I DID NOT WRITE THESE INSTRUCTIONS THEY ARE FROM SOME OTHER GUIDE WHICH I FORGOT THE NAME OFF.
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Why does Halo 2 ask me to insert the disk on the Gravemind level or any other level?

While I don't know exactly why it happens, there are two instances when it can occur.

If you didn't do the "Custom Game Install" option and then the "Full Install, Do not Start" option on set-up, and chose the "Play" option instead, you may have created temporary map files, rather then the full map files. Causing Halo 2 to ask for the disk on all levels.

Or you might have done everything right, but the game still asks for the disk on the Gravemind level.

Either way, try this solution to hopefully fix your disk check issues:

1) Download the UnGZIP (google it not sure where i found it)

2) Copy your single player maps from the Halo 2 disk to the HDD. Neglect the multiplayer maps.

3) Note: Make sure your Halo 2 image is loaded using DAEMON Tools.

4) Double click the UnGZIP.exe program and a small box will appear, click the [...] button to browse for files.

5) Find the area where you copied the maps. And select the "07a_highcharity.map.dtz" map. Once selected, press the program's "GO!" button. This will extract the map.

6) Once the map is done being extracted (there's no completion bar, so give it around 10 seconds) you must rename it to a .map extension.

7) Right-click on the map -->Properties and delete the ".map_ungziped.dtz" extension and simply write .map.

8 ) Now copy the map over the original in your Halo 2 directory map folder.

9) If you're having a disk check issue with levels before the Gravemind level: Do this for all the maps (including the single_player_shared.map.dtz) and hopefully the issues will go away.

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