Halo: Combat Evolved [PC]

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The Halo Update v1.02 adds support for multiple instances to our (Bungie) dedicated server, enabling us and the community to roll out many more servers for gamers. Also introduced are client support for RCon (Remote Console), allowing dedicated server operators to have control over their servers running in data centers. For more information on the Halo for Windows Dedicated Server and the Remote Console, please consult the Halo for Windows Dedicated Server Readme file.

Here is a summary of the changes with Halo Update v1.02:

New features:

- Halo for Windows Dedicated Server support for multiple instances.
- Halo for Windows client support for RCon to (remote console) to dedicated servers.

Bug fixes:
- Timedemo doesn't check memory usage consumption with every frame rendered (see the Halo PC Technical and Performance FAQ for more information).
- After running timedemo, the last saved checkpoint is not altered anymore.
- Multiple minor bugs fixes to the Halo Auto-Updater application.
- Fixed an issue in keystone.dll that was causing certain configurations to potentially crash when chatting in multiplayer games.
- Fixed minor card specific rendering glitches.

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Halo: Combat Evolved demo
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[psilos2000]

Καλά βγάλανε κ Demo? Δεν ντρέπονται καθόλου?!

[Dark_son20]

lol ti na to kanoume to demo... idame to game kai kleme ta lefta mas...(esto ta 3 euro...)

[privateer]

http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/b/5/5b58bd13-74b4-4337-8e6c-940820c84e87/patch1.0-1.03.exe

 

Halo PC 1.03

Halo PC 1.03 is our first update to address some of the most important issues that have arisen since the game was released. Our goal with this patch was to 1) improve the quality of the online experience for gamers and 2) address the most frequent issues gamers run into. This update is also our first opportunity to improve our networking architecture with some of our learnings from our hours of online play. Here is a summary of what's new in Halo PC 1.03.

Note:All updates to the Halo Dedicated Server are documented in the Halo Dedicated Server Readme file, which is available here:
Halo Dedicated Server 1.03 Readme

Improving the Quality of the Online Experience for Gamers

Addressing Team Killing
Servers now have a complete team killing / banning system that should significantly reduce team killing online. The concept is simple: team-kill a number of time and you will automatically be banned from the server for a period of time set by the server administrator. Because team kills can be accidental, the concept of grief also exists: following a team-kill, if you don't team-kill again for a period of time, you are forgiven for your team-kill. These settings are customizable by the server administrator(s) using server console commands.

In addition to the system above, players are no longer penalized for being killed by someone on their team and respawn time penalty for a team-killer is multiplied by the number of teammates he killed, rapidly leading to very long respawn times for team killers.

Improving the Quality of the Online Experience
We've made a number of updates and bug fixes to our networking architecture, the most important one being specifically in how we transfer / predict player's movement / position as well as the action of reloading your weapon. While going into the details of these changes is beyond the scope of this document, the result should be a smoother online game experience across the variety of connections to the Internet.

We made the following changes to our user interface:


Servers name now supports 65 characters for dedicated servers and 32 characters for client-hosted servers and now accepts an extended character set.
Chat text length has been extended to 64 characters
In-game scoreboard now displays every client's ping
In-game scoreboard now displays your # of assists
Server port numbers are displayed accurately throughout their range
Additional Online Multiplayer New Features:



Teams are now persisted for the next game when map cycling occurs
Map Reset: It's now possible to restart the current game without requiring the server to map cycle.
Assault: We now have a timer to keep track of how much time is left to your offense / defense round
Assault: Alongside this timer, we also have an "Offense" and "Deffense" indicator to quickly inform you of your role
Addressing the Most Frequent Issues Experienced by Gamers

Many users have reported problems with Halo PC when using 3rd party software to force the refresh rate of their monitor. We have changed how we handle this situation in our code to seamlessly fall back to the forced refresh rate.

A significant number of reported game crashes are related to an external library called keystone.dll. We have updated this library to address the most common failures. These crashes would usually occur when changing screen resolution, when starting or quitting Halo PC, when chatting in a multiplayer game or when using ALT-TAB to minimize Halo PC and return to Windows.

Additional Bug Fixes



Halo can now be bound to a specific IP address using the -ip command line agrument. (facilitating multiple NIC support for Halo Dedicated Servers)
Halo can now read/write data files to a user specified folder using the -path command line argument. This is particularly useful for Halo Dedicated Servers but also be be used for users whose "My Documents" folder is remapped to a UNC path. It is an advanced option and using it will force you to manually move saved games and multiplayer gametypes.
Online Multiplayer: Telefrag message is now appropriately replicated.
Online Multiplayer: Minor fixes to switching teams in kill-in-order games (scorew will now remain accurate)
Online Multiplayer: Minor fixes to the end of the game state (new players now have to wait for the game to be restarted before being admitted to the server)
Online Multiplayer: Fix for clients flashlight states when joining games
Online Multiplayer: Vechicles won't respawn if they have a projectile (such as a plasma grenade) attached to them. They will wait for the projectile to be removed.
Online Multiplayer: Minor fixes to using teleports for high-latency connections
Sound: Fix for cinematic dialog being cut out on certain cards when enabling Audio Hardware Acceleration in the Audio Settings.

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Halo: Combat Evolved patch v1.031

Άγνωστο το changelog
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[dedalos33]

μια ερωτηση αν μπορει καποιος να με μου πει πως μπορω να παιξω online

μου γραφει οτι old something δεν πολυκαταλαβα

βοηθειστε τον ασχετο (αοματο)

[washcloud]

δεν αναφέρεις καν ούτε για ποιο παιχνίδι μιλάς (πρέπει να το καταλάβει κάποιος απ' τον τίτλο; ),και ούτε εξηγείς το πρόβλημα που έχεις (το σου λέει "old something" δε μου φαίνεται αρκετό..).Γίνε πιο σαφής,για να βοηθηθείς...

[GhostRiderLSOV]

Έχεις κατεβάσει το τελευταίο (όποιο ήταν) patch;

[ntonas69]

Παιδιά εχω ενα πρόβλημα εγκατασταω το Halo combat evolved και οταν παει να μπει στο παιχνιδι μου βγάζει αυτο: gathering exception data

 

 

Λιγη help plz

Επεξ/σία 1 Οκτωβρίου 2009 από ntonas69

[EXARXEIA_CITY]

Δοκίμασε να κάνεις επανεγκατάσταση του παιχνιδιού. Επίσης δοκίμασε να βαλεις το τελευταίο patch.

[ntonas69]

Πάλι τα ίδια

[EXARXEIA_CITY]

Μονο που ξεχασα να σου πω οτι μετα την απεγκατάσταση του παιχνιδιου θα πρεπει να σβησεις τον φακελο του παιχνιδιου(ειναι σημαντικο αυτο) και μετα να κανεις παλι εγκατάσταση.

Περιμένω νέα.

[ntonas69]

Πάλι τα ιδια... δεν μπαινει...

[Psycho_Warhead]

Κοίτα που θα το ξαναπαίξω..

 

Halo: Combat Evolved – New Update Resolves GameSpy Server Shutdown, Brings Additional Fixes