[Game On] Halo 1 PC! It's like Halo 3 divided by 3!

Local H Jay

That's right errebodee~!
I just re-installed Halo PC (Number 1, not fancy-pants 2 for PC), and I want YOU to play with me and some other dude(s) from the Halo threads.
If you got it, reinstall NOW and we'll totally hook you up.
Also, if I figure out custom maps, we will play Halo on de-dust, you bet your ass.
I will add names here and the server name once we get some games going.

GENTLEMEN, START YOU REINSTALLATION.

Gorilla Salad

Custom or vanilla?

Local H Jay

Either/ or.
I am having issuses and it's getting on my nerves (Installed but freezing up on me....wtf...)

YardGnome

I would, but damn it, just like Half Life 2, the cd key is in use on my copy. I'll play over Hamachi, though.

EliteDoomMaster

I have this installed, don't believe it's updated though. Once it is, shenanigans abound!

slurpeepoop

I reinstalled this just about the time they were releasing part 2. I thought I was the only one reinstalling this mess, and I've even updated to 1.07.

Bugs and human textures aside, this game is still pretty.

agoaj

Whenever I put the disc in my drive it spins really loudly and so fast that I think it will either go back in time or create a black hole.

VaLiantine

I got it. Lets boogie baby !

Food

I assume this game doesn't run on macs, right? My PC is out of commission.

Awesome game, though. Even Halo 2 has never recreated the insanity of 32 player Blood Gulch CTF.

agoaj

Food wrote: »

I assume this game doesn't run on macs, right? My PC is out of commission.

Awesome game, though. Even Halo 2 has never recreated the insanity of 32 player Blood Gulch CTF.

There's a mac version, but they require different discs.

Local H Jay

I am so pissed, my computer is refusing to run this right now.
I'm going to try some stuff and hope to join you guys soon.
Sorry about this.

powersurge

Not trying to site whore or anything but I got an email the other day that gogamer.com has this on sale for $8 just thought I'd tip you guys off.

My main desktop is down atm but when it was up I was having install issues (like uh it wouldn't install) while under Vista. Not sure why though. I'll have to give it another shot when I get this RMA mess done with.

eelektrik

I'm reinstalling this right now. What server we using or what for this? Anything I need to download?

DisruptorX2

I reinstalled this the other day.

Haven't patched it at all though, are there even patches?

citizen059

I used to play this online a lot, mainly for race mode and CTF.

CTF was always fun when the majority of players weren't even trying to, y'know, CTF. They'd just run around fragging while I was...flagging? Does that even sound right?

eelektrik

The 1.07 patch is telling me Halo is not installed, when it most certainly is... argh

edit: Well, the patch worked when it ran the auto update when I tried to connect online.

Local H Jay

So it seems my Halo files are corrupted somehow, and after removing the game and reinstalling I get the same issue.
I gave up and downloaded the demo, which is Blood Gulch only.
If you guys just want to mess around in the demo I will make a room with a password.
Let me know guys.
(The demo is avaiable easily, just google it).
Man, I really wanted to play Gerophobia.

Evangir

This game deserved a much better port than it got. Have they improved the netcode at all? I played probably around 100 games online when I bought it, and I doubt I found even one that wasn't a disappointing lagfest (keeping in mind that every other online game I was playing at the time worked just fine).

SePh1r0tH

I think the lag is much less now, I just reinstalled and I'm ready to play.

Evangir

SePh1r0tH wrote: »

I think the lag is much less now, I just reinstalled and I'm ready to play.

I might have to reinstall it then... after I finish Bioshock/Persona 3.

eelektrik

First game I played was on the shittiest version of Blood Gulch Ive ever seen, with ridiculous amounts of turrets, vehicle spawns, fuel rod guns and overshields littering the map, with damage turned up... And to make things worse, it was a laggy mess...

But god did I forgot how much fun sniping in Halo was.

Gorilla Salad

Tuesday, I will have my disc back and I will pwn u nubs.


(JK)

EliteDoomMaster

I played a game last night that was terrible. Laggy, they had some wacky stuff going on with weapons and ammo, it was just GAH.

No more of that.

Jesuits

I'd reinstall this, but I lost my CD.

While the game certainly has some shitty netcode, particularly vehicle physics information, some of it isn't actually 'lag' at all. Remember that the port was designed to make a lot more decisions server-side than most FPSes, such as CS. So, if you think a dude is at position X, and running towards Y, you can't just shoot them where it looks like they are, but rather where the server thinks they are - a few steps ahead of where you see. I can see why a lot of people don't like that sort of arrangement, but it did render aimbots completely ineffective. Once you spend a bit of time with it, finding the right lead distance to aim at gets a lot easier.

Zeromus

I would be all over this if I could find my CD.

I looked so hard, because I got an itch for it a week or two ago, and I simply could not find it.

xWonderboyx

I was flipping through my binder of games and passed by this. I may install it to relive some of those gearbox maps that are so awesome.

Riding gunner with the flag driving under a bunch of rocky overpasses as a banshee chases you and shooting it down right at the end of the tunnel and having it crash right in front of you is run-on sentence and gaming goodness. I wish I had made a video of that.