Major Halo Problems

[Oblique]

Out of curiosity, what resolution are you running halo in, and what resolution is your desk top, when it is running?

Sp@rt101

[MrMxyzptlk]

Lemme guess....



...You're playing on a wireless connection? (...And all your "testing" of the problem was a nothing but a huge case of red herring....)

[Danger]

Nope, phone line goes from the phone jack to the back of the modem, then there's a cord going from the modem to the computer    I read these tech boards just enough to know that if I was on wireless, to mention it  

[MrMxyzptlk]

Have you tried turning off decals yet?

[Danger]

I have tried turning off decals, and just about every other possible combination of settings.

[Oblique]

Mite be better and quicker if you post your settings here, instead of us trying to guess the problem. Just a thought

Sp@rt101

[Danger]

Okay then.. I'll list all the settings I have tried since this problem started:

IN NON WINDOW MODE:

RESOLUTION: 
640 x 480
800 x 600
1024 x 768
1280 x 1024

SPECULAR:
YES and NO  for all resolutions listed above

SHADOWS:
YES and NO  for all resolutions listed above

DECALS:
YES and NO  for all resolutions listed above

PARTICLES:
HIGH, LOW, and OFF  for all resolutions listed above

TEXTURE QUALITY:
HIGH, MEDIUM, and LOW  for all resolutions listed above

FRAMERATE:
30 FPS, VSYNC, and NO VSYNC  for all resolutions listed above


IN WINDOW MODE:

RESOLUTION: 
640 x 480
800 x 600
960 x 600
1024 x 768

SPECULAR:
YES and NO  for all resolutions listed above

SHADOWS:
YES and NO  for all resolutions listed above

DECALS:
YES and NO  for all resolutions listed above

PARTICLES:
HIGH, LOW, and OFF  for all resolutions listed above

TEXTURE QUALITY:
HIGH, MEDIUM, and LOW  for all resolutions listed above

FRAMERATE:
30 FPS, VSYNC, and NO VSYNC  for all resolutions listed above


The settings I usually play with are 800 x 600 in window mode with the three yes and no ones set to no and the particles and texture quality set to low and framerate on vsync.

[OBOLeader]

Did you get any new sotfware or graphics card? If so you might wanna make sure its compatbale with your comp

[fLipSIDe]

So you know on most games have vsync as no vsync because with it on your framerate drops massively.

[MrMxyzptlk]

Well, that one's easy: NEVER, EVER USE "no vsync" because 1) you'll get "video tearing" and 2) IT'S USELESS!

For ANY VIDEO GAME your framerate should ALWAYS == YOUR MONITOR'S REFRESH RATE. Anything more is just HEAT FROM YOUR GPU!

One more thing to try with your problem, DaNGeR, and it's "drastic:"  Place the "-useff" modifier (w/o the quote, and with a <space> separating it from everything else) at the end of the Target line in the Properties of the shortcut that you use to start Halo PC.

This COMPLETELY DISABLES ALL GRAPHICS ACCELERATION and makes everything look really drab, flat, and ugly, but if you still have the problem with this setting on, I'll be asking you for my key to The Twilight Zone back....

[Danger]

Still unplayable when I have vent open at the same time :/

[BFM_Octane]

Hmmm, played around with your sound settings atall yet?
I ask because ive had issues periodically with Halo and Vent where as soon as i started up Halo, Vent sound quality would drop drastically (everyone's voice would sound majorly distorted).

Edit - Actually, sometimes it was the other way around, vent would be fine but i would get audio clipping from halo.

[Danger]

FIXED IT.... Set my initial virtual memory to the same amount as my maximum virtual memory...wow?

[BFM_SüprM@ñ]

 I'm not entirely sure how you can set it, but I've seen my VM shoot skyhigh, especially with Google Chrome. Ever played Evony? Your VM will be insane, trust me. v.v Halo typically gives me a VM of 98,000k. IMO anything over 110,000k for halo would be surprising. -nods-

Just wondering, but how did you manage to set your Initial equal to your maximum? I might finally be able to really utilize Chrome. v.v = )

[Danger]

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