Right after I updated my Halo Universal CE, I couldn't see the rocks, they were invisible. And sometimes, other sceneries disappeared too but you could still walk into them like a solid object. How can I fix this?
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Halo Universal 2.0.2 Update Problem
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i have the same problem
i have the same problem, rocks disappear and everything close to me or around me goes white and i cant see .. i asked players online and they said its my graphics card its old for this version... but i dont know what graphic card to update... if anyone knows please tell us, i dont want to buy anything if there is an update to fix my problem please tell me step by step how to update starting from downloading the update to my computer. thanks
i have the same problem, rocks disappear and everything close to me or around me goes white and i cant see .. i asked players online and they said its my graphics card its old for this version... but i dont know what graphic card to update... if anyone knows please tell us, i dont want to buy anything if there is an update to fix my problem please tell me step by step how to update starting from downloading the update to my computer. thanks
When I updated, I put my serial in, but it said in was invalid Yes, it's my (and mine only) copy. I wanted to play badly, but now I gotta contact MacSoft
Weird situation you have, too.
Yes, it's my (and mine only) copy. I wanted to play badly, but now I gotta contact MacSoft Weird situation you have, too.
When I updated, I put my serial in, but it said in was invalid
Weird situation you have, too.
I have this issue as well. I dug around and finally found my serial number, and then it said it was invalid...wtf
Try holding down the Command key while opening Halo. When the options come up, at the top select 'Vertex Shaders only'.
Any better?
Yea the exact same thing happens to me, except I am not prompted for my CD Key and it does not reject me As far as the update goes, I'm pretty sure it has to do with the actual update, NOT the graphics card (I have a Macbook w/Intel GMA X3100, which blows lol). If any1 has a solution to this or has contacted Macsoft and got a solution, please post it!!
As far as the update goes, I'm pretty sure it has to do with the actual update, NOT the graphics card (I have a Macbook w/Intel GMA X3100, which blows lol). If any1 has a solution to this or has contacted Macsoft and got a solution, please post it!!Yea the exact same thing happens to me, except I am not prompted for my CD Key and it does not reject me
i am in the process of contacting the company and i am getting emails, i will let you know when they find a solution for me/us .. one thing they told me, if your graphics dont work try this first,
try holding down the Command key when you open Halo
and when the configuration screen comes up, at the top of that window
choose "Vertex Shaders only" and then try the game.
this is one step for me that sort of helped, the graphics are a bit better, but still im getting some poor performance, i copy and pasted them my video/graphics card info and i will wait and see what they say.
P.S i dont think it has to do with the update, i have updated to 2.0.3 and its all the same. a year ago i bought the 2.0.2 version from the company it self in USA and i had the same thing going on here now.
Aight nice dude...but i hafta disagree w/ur saying that it doesnt hafta do w/the update, cuz i had v.2.0 for a while, then found out that there was v.2.02. I downloaded that and installed it, and my graphics sucked, just like w/v. 2.03. So I reinstalled halo and didnt install the v.2.2 patch cuz my graphics were terrible wen i did. But now that the PC side updated to v.1.08, i cant play w/any1 any more, so i was forced to update it. And I did try messin around w/the graphics settings a little, but nothin seemed to help, but like u said w/just vertex shaders, I could c objects, but they were in very poor quality. I'm tryin to find a phone # to call at the moment, so I'll give every1 an update (no pun intended
Aight nice dude...but i hafta disagree w/ur saying that it doesnt hafta do w/the update, cuz i had v.2.0 for a while, then found out that there was v.2.02. I downloaded that and installed it, and my graphics sucked, just like w/v. 2.03. So I reinstalled halo and didnt install the v.2.2 patch cuz my graphics were terrible wen i did. But now that the PC side updated to v.1.08, i cant play w/any1 any more, so i was forced to update it. And I did try messin around w/the graphics settings a little, but nothin seemed to help, but like u said w/just vertex shaders, I could c objects, but they were in very poor quality. I'm tryin to find a phone # to call at the moment, so I'll give every1 an update (no pun intended
yes i agree with you, because every new version they add more to it, to the point where your graphics cant handel it, so then you need to update. you can find contacts on macsoftgames.com, im from newzealand it will cost me heaps to call them so i just emailed them.
No, I meant exactly what I said. Halo is not installed on my MacBook (which is NOT a Pro) w/the GMA 950, and it is installed on my Mac Pro w/8800 GT, which is currently the fastest card available under OS X, sans the Quadro FX 5600 or some of the cards available to Hackintoshes. The MacBook Pro comes with the 8600 GT, which, while an alright card for its time, is easily outstripped by the 8800 GT in the Mac Pro.
Figured It Out!!!
Ok so I think I figured out how to fix the graphics issue. I'll be nice and share it with people.
1. Go to ur applications folder and find Halo
2. Move it to the trash
3. Go to ur Documents folder and find the Halo folder
4. Move it to the trash
5. Empty the trash
6. Insert ur Halo CD and double click on it and select "Halo.pkg"
7. Follow the instructions to install Halo
8. BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD THE 2.03 UPDATE, u need to go to ur applications folder and find Halo
9. Right click on it and select "Show Package Contents" and open "Contents"
10. COPY (do not move) the folder called "MacOS" in the "Contents" folder to ur desktop
11. Go here: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/halocombatevolved.html and download the 2.03 update
12. Install the update
13. Go to ur apps folder and find Halo and right click it and select "Show Package Contents"
14. Now drag the MacOS folder thats on ur desktop into the "Contents" folder and click "replace"
15. Open Halo and play with dope graphics!!!
You won't hafta type in ur cd key because u didn't delete the Halo prefs that save ur CD Key
I hope this helped...it worked for me...any questions feel free to email me @ tman444z@gmail.com
Ok so I think I figured out how to fix the graphics issue. I'll be nice and share it with people.
1. Go to ur applications folder and find Halo
2. Move it to the trash
3. Go to ur Documents folder and find the Halo folder
4. Move it to the trash
5. Empty the trash
6. Insert ur Halo CD and double click on it and select "Halo.pkg"
7. Follow the instructions to install Halo
8. BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD THE 2.03 UPDATE, u need to go to ur applications folder and find Halo
9. Right click on it and select "Show Package Contents" and open "Contents"
10. COPY (do not move) the folder called "MacOS" in the "Contents" folder to ur desktop
11. Go here: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/halocombatevolved.html and download the 2.03 update
12. Install the update
13. Go to ur apps folder and find Halo and right click it and select "Show Package Contents"
14. Now drag the MacOS folder thats on ur desktop into the "Contents" folder and click "replace"
15. Open Halo and play with dope graphics!!!
You won't hafta type in ur cd key because u didn't delete the Halo prefs that save ur CD Key
I hope this helped...it worked for me...any questions feel free to email me @ tman444z@gmail.com
Crapppp!!
Well, that didn't fix the problem like I thought it would. You have better graphics, but u can only play w/other mac users, so there's only like 5 multiplayer games. But I do know what the source of the problem is: the "Halo" file in the "MacOS" folder. IDK how to fix it, but I bet some1 that is better at programming that I am could figure it out. Good Luck...
Well, that didn't fix the problem like I thought it would. You have better graphics, but u can only play w/other mac users, so there's only like 5 multiplayer games. But I do know what the source of the problem is: the "Halo" file in the "MacOS" folder. IDK how to fix it, but I bet some1 that is better at programming that I am could figure it out. Good Luck...
Well I got an email back from Macsoft, and according to them: "The problem you're having is due to buggy drivers for your video card. Hopefully a system update will address these issues, but at the time the only way to play Halo properly is to use vertex shaders only." I think this is bs because I could play the original Halo Universal 2.0 just fine, but when I applied the updates, the graphics started sucking.
hey dude... dont listen to thea bs i have contacted the same company and the same office but i know someone special who is helping me, what they are telling you is what they told me about 2 years ago about the shaders and stuff its not gona help, im in contact with one of thea supervisors and he is good he helps! last request from this guy was for me to send him some ss's from halo while i am playing it and thats what i did, i think the fact that i have an eMac g4 is one problem, or the video card needs to be upgraded if i wasnt wrong but i just gotta wait for him to tell me what to do, people who are here telling you they have no problems its because if you ask them to go to system preferences and copy paste it here you'll see that they have stronger systems.
now me and you just gotta wait for the person im in contact with to tell me what i need to do, maybe in 2 or 3 days