Halo 2
 

Can not even install Halo2 when you click full install my PC does nothing :(

Anybody get this working yet?

*edit* Ahh found an answer the installer is dodgy. Just have to wait for a fix ;) *edit*

This is happen with your original disc?

What do you mean by the installer it's a little dodgy?

your doggy installer came from the razor iso, didn´t it?

I don't believe there's a problem with the original (asked a friend) and a look at some famous nfo-sites....;) No need to say more I guess

Hm... Maybe offtopic... But as Halo 2 is a Vista-only game by "software" as it does not use dx10 yet... Is it than against the rules/eula to release a win xp crack (if there will be one at all).

Just asking because of curiosity and for maybe future titles as I am not interested in halo 2. Halo 1 also sucked in my opinion. So I won´t give the second shot a try^^

Maybe something to add to the rules? Nevertheless we saw some Win-98-fixes for games which should only support 2k/XP-Systems... Can´t remember exactly... Doom 3 maybe? Or was it some other unreal-engined game!?

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Similarly to copy protection, a cheap trick - like, yes, in DOOM 3 - forcing you to upgrade your operating system is the publisher's stupidity or money-hunger and their customers should raise their voice against these. Which is exactly why sites like GCW exist! :D So I don't think a non-Vista patch for Halo 2 would be against the site/forum rules... (Not crack in the usual sense as it's not copy protected; see http://fileforums.com/showthread.php...956#post341956).

(And, yes, I didn't like the first Halo either... ;))

The situation with Doom 3 was very different. This Halo 2 uses different DirectX layer not available on XP (no matter it doesn't actually use any DirectX 10 hardvare functions), and making the modified executable using WinXP DX9 layer will be extremely difficult, if not impossibile.

There are some people working on making the Vista only games available on XP. Unfortunately, I don't think that those files will be free, unless you order the games through their site(which also seems a bit suspicious)
Check this site:http://www.fallingleafsystems.com/compatibility/

Well fallingleafsystems are the same guys that have started to port DX10 to WinXP. If they succeed they can look forward to have me as a customer once it's done.

From my own experiments (having dual boot OS of xp & vista) the only thing that trips up the game seems to be the xbox-live feature which from what i've read is an essential component of the game (I guess so PC owners can trounce those console lamers in a multiplayer game)

no this is not true ;)

There are calls to functions that are not available under xp.

Those calls are in the vista ntdll.dll, advapi32.dll and kernel32.dll

I have same problem as the author - pls explain how to fix it? I have tried for 2 days until 3pm and got completely tired. The thing is that i really want it work thou I even doubt i would play all the game throu - but i want to fix it.

Well, really bad ISO-release from Razor1911.
Can I fix it with some small patch - not to download another release in full?

@Aurochs: Banned, forum rule #1.

Who cares if is legal or not Microscum break users rights making this "Windows Vista only" garbage : If they did maybe after 3 years or 4 years after vista release when xp were less used and people pass the time period whne as OS is too new and the bus must addressed could be justificable but making for faster is rididculus . So Microcrap broke it's right using this unfair tactic against their users.Most companies doesn't do craps likethat . But Generally M$ does


And apart from that the crack just make the game compatible with xp doesn't break copy protection or the serial so I don't see the problem

I guess the real problem will come if M$ releases update patches of Halo 2 to fix or the other game they did this ( can't remember the name right now) coz the crack could stop function and it will need an updated version ( and We never know if the cracker will update the program or not)

Let's keep it civil. Game compatible with Xp shouldn't be a problem. Crack for the game online activation, yes.
Just my two cents.
And MS forced people to use Vista by imposing to companies like Dell, Gateway, Micron and Alienware to offer for sale only PCs with Vista pre-installed. Luckily, the customers complaints in the court made all those companies to bring back XP as an option.
Vista might not be an upgrade option, as MS announced that they will release the next OS in 2009. Remember how long it took for the game market to start offering games dedicated for XP? More than 2 years. So if the next OS will come in 2009, I doubt that will see a massive migration towards Vista.

Sorry If I was rude

My rudeness isn't against Hagar. It's against M$

I am a harcore hater of their their business practices

They don't care if you hate them. The rich sods make more money than a lot of countries out there.

I know but I still against their empire of evil in the same way some people is against starforce