HALO PC, Thoughts

[Bindibadgi]

Originally posted by Gristy
halo doesnt support AA i dont think

WTF is the use in that? Jeees, make a good game then half ass code it.

Frikkin console to pc ports are all the same.

[spazman]

Whenever i try and change video settings my PC just re-boots. So im stuck in 640x480 with crappy textures :'( .

[acidrainy]

Its ace, I cant stop playing with the torch on the bump-mapped textures

First time playing halo is this version, love the little guys that scream strange but funny things!

[Flibb]

Am also enjoying it, find it more of a grin than my usual dod. Hadnt seen warthog jumping before eiter, pissed myself laughing at the vids.
Flibb

[Bindibadgi]

cba with it anymore, its gotten boring and looks crappy. ive effectively given up after an hour of gameplay as the marines supporting me are about as useful as a bag of offle.

[Shepps]

I got bored too, its good but not that good, it started crashing on me and i havn't pld it since

[Trash Man]

Am playing it in 30-60 minutes stints as it does start to get boring after that. On the Section where you have to find the map bloke at the moment.

Still have FPS problems with it though, which is silly really as I have a 2.3 AMD and a 9800Pro

[Trash Man]

Just found out there is a benchmark mode in Halo. To use it add -timedemo to your shortcut.

Dunno why it says particle = off as they are set to high.



Date / Time: 15/10/2003 13:47:23 (25916093ms)
2300MHz, 512MB, 128M ATI Radeon 9800 PRO (DeviceID=0x4e48) Driver=6.14.10.6387 Shader=2.0
E:\Halo\halo.exe -timedemo (Version=1.0.2.581)
Frames=4700
Total Time=115.51s
Average frame rate=40.69fps
Below 5fps= 22% (time) 0% (frames) (26.312s spent in 10 frames)
Below 10fps= 23% (time) 0% (frames)
Below 15fps= 23% (time) 0% (frames)
Below 20fps= 23% (time) 0% (frames)
Below 25fps= 26% (time) 2% (frames)
Below 30fps= 38% (time) 9% (frames)
Below 40fps= 48% (time) 18% (frames)
Below 50fps= 58% (time) 28% (frames)
Below 60fps= 72% (time) 47% (frames)
###Sound Options###
Hardware Acceleration= No
Sound Quality= Normal
Environmental Sound= No
Sound Variety= High
###Video Options###
Resolution= 1024 x 768
Refresh rate= 160 Hz
Framerate throttle= No Vsync
Specular= Yes
Shadows= Yes
Decals= Yes
Particles= Off
Texture Quality= High

[Ferral]

Date / Time: 15/10/2003 14:22:54 (231753921ms)
1800MHz, 512MB, 128M ATI Radeon 9600 PRO (DeviceID=0x4150) Driver=6.14.10.6387 Shader=2.0
D:\Halo\halo.exe -timedemo (Version=1.0.2.581)
Frames=4700
Total Time=184.44s
Average frame rate=25.48fps
Below 5fps= 10% (time) 0% (frames) (19.875s spent in 14 frames)
Below 10fps= 11% (time) 0% (frames)
Below 15fps= 32% (time) 11% (frames)
Below 20fps= 42% (time) 18% (frames)
Below 25fps= 44% (time) 19% (frames)
Below 30fps= 56% (time) 33% (frames)
Below 40fps= 84% (time) 70% (frames)
Below 50fps= 97% (time) 92% (frames)
Below 60fps= 98% (time) 95% (frames)
###Sound Options###
Hardware Acceleration= Yes
Sound Quality= Normal
Environmental Sound= EAX
Sound Variety= High
###Video Options###
Resolution= 1024 x 768
Refresh rate= 75 Hz
Framerate throttle= No Vsync
Specular= Yes
Shadows= Yes
Decals= Yes
Particles= Off
Texture Quality= High

Pretty weirs that it shows particles off. Wonder if this means that it doesn't support it at all and that it is just a straight forward port over ?

[Stewart]

Originally posted by Trash Man
Am playing it in 30-60 minutes stints as it does start to get boring after that. On the Section where you have to find the map bloke at the moment.

Still have FPS problems with it though, which is silly really as I have a 2.3 AMD and a 9800Pro

Same here. 9800pro, 3200+ CPU, 512mb DDR400 RAM, and its average FPS at best.

[Trash Man]

Originally posted by Vaul
Same here. 9800pro, 3200+ CPU, 512mb DDR400 RAM, and its average FPS at best.

It's just crap coding m8 and there is nothing we can do about it. Even with a 4ghz P4 and OCed 9800Pro they are only reaching the 53FPS

[Trash Man]

Just tired the 3.7s and they are faster than the 3.8's on my system.

Date / Time: 16/10/2003 14:24:13 (692656ms)
2300MHz, 512MB, 128M ATI Radeon 9800 PRO (DeviceID=0x4e48) Driver=6.14.10.6378 Shader=1.4
E:\Halo\halo.exe -timedemo (Version=1.0.2.581)
Frames=4700
Total Time=106.48s
Average frame rate=44.14fps
Below 5fps= 17% (time) 0% (frames) (19.009s spent in 10 frames)
Below 10fps= 18% (time) 0% (frames)
Below 15fps= 18% (time) 0% (frames)
Below 20fps= 18% (time) 0% (frames)
Below 25fps= 21% (time) 2% (frames)
Below 30fps= 32% (time) 8% (frames)
Below 40fps= 44% (time) 18% (frames)
Below 50fps= 56% (time) 29% (frames)
Below 60fps= 69% (time) 45% (frames)
###Sound Options###
Hardware Acceleration= No
Sound Quality= Normal
Environmental Sound= No
Sound Variety= High
###Video Options###
Resolution= 1024 x 768
Refresh rate= 160 Hz
Framerate throttle= No Vsync
Specular= Yes
Shadows= Yes
Decals= Yes
Particles= Off
Texture Quality= High

[Ferral]

It just goes to show that it a straight port over with extra MP stuff for the PC version. It was really bad on the X Box for slowing down and even stopping in places. I really hate it when companys do that

[Cesium]

i love it. But its getting damn hard (heroic). Im on the level after u go to that map room? get dropped off undergorund in pelecan . This is sweet.

[Arien]

I bought Halo the other day.. i have to admit i never played it on the xbox but i'm addicted to the PC multiplayer . It's just so good!

I'm already halfway through the singleplayer which i'm really enjoying.. i don't usually like single player but Halo has really drawn me in .

Worth your money and i can't wait for halo2!

[Ferral]

I've stopped playing it. Yeah I get and average of 26 FPS which should give really smooth running but the ingame vid sequences are really choppy even in low detail. This should run perfect on my PC let alone the specs that are higher than mine with the RAD 9800 Pro.