Run Halo 2 on XP

[Anger007]

well you still managed to do something noone else has - you should be applauded for that.

i think i speak for everyone when i say thank you.

[Rads]

Yeah thanks man, atleast you did get a "Vista" game to work on windows XP , cheers mate.

[x6Magic6Jester6x]

Aww.. i hate Microsoft.. they took a great series and ruined it by forcing people to use Vista just to play it Once again Microsoft shits on us all with their bullshit "Exclusive game" I hope they die. They ruined bungies great game and turned it into nothing.

[makiskavala]

Installation Instructions:
1) Extract the archive.
2) Insert the Halo 2 DVD
3) Run Startup.exe on the Halo 2 DVD using the included Loader.exe
Ie.: Loader.exe D:\Startup.exe(START-RUN-CMD.....ie.:Loader.exe D:\Startup.exe)
4) Install the game.
5) Install XLiveRedist1.0.6027.msi and vcredist.msi from the \redists dir on the Halo 2 DVD.
6) Copy the following files into the directory you installed Halo 2:
dwmapi.dll, mf.dll, MFPlat.dll
7) Finished. To play the game, run halo2.exe using the included Loader.exe
Ie.: Loader.exe "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo 2\halo2.exe"(START-RUN-CMD.....ie.:Loader.exe"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo 2\halo2.exe"
8) Workaround for playing rest of game found!!!!!

Everyone who can't activate now can! Not really but on the same border.

1. Take the Loader version of MF.DLL and place it into you WINDOWS\system32 folder (ie.. C:\WINDOWS\system32\)

2. Take RZR1911 version of MF.DLL and place it into your Halo 2 folder (ie.. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo 2\)


Notes:
You need to be logged in with an administrator account for Loader.exe to work, since it uses privileged API's.
Currently the code for playing the intro and credits movies is unimplemented,
so if you want to see them you'll have to play them yourself (they're located in \movie).
I haven't tested the online functionality of the game, it will probably need more attention.

Have fun playing

/xtc

[makiskavala]

thats for you folks.im playing the 5th level allready.

[Crystopher]

Hi guys....

i have an errore during the installation..

"This computer's performance information has not been created.

You should create performance information on this computer before running Halo 2 for Windows Vista.

Click Start, Control Panel, System and Maintenance, and Performance Information and Tools."

I have no idea that i must ....

And i have only PLAY HALO 2 but i don't installing the game...

pls help me...

thnx

[STORMTROOPER91]

Are you using an virtual PC?I tried it with that,too and it won't work.

You have to click on:"Custom installation"--->install without starting/playing

Then put all the files to their places from wowloader and join.

[STORMTROOPER91]

Originally Posted by abcba

I've spend about as much time on this project as I think the game is worth.
What started out as a quest to expose the true nature of H2V's exclusiveness has now turned into a support nightmare.
I'm placing the source code into public domain in the hope that someone more passionate about halo will go the extra mile.
To the ones who werent fortunate enough to get it to work, I'm sorry.

I've pretty much accomplished what I set out to do.


Get the source code here: WowLoader-SRC.rar

You are working really hard for that.thank you dude!

But,in the loaderSRC are datas which I don't need.I don't use C++ .Do I need this programm?

[Crystopher]

i'm running in a virtual device .... i can't install the game because when i start the installation the msg that i have explained appear and all stop....

there are any methods to do installation manually ?

i can't install ....

[STORMTROOPER91]

With a Virtual device it won't work... you/I could only install it but not play...sry i tried it 3 times.

[icec]

Hello guys , i have a problem . I've installed Halo 2 on XP and i can enter the game but i can't play the campaign and the network doesn't work (i dunno if the network is working with the Loader ... i guess not) . When i'm trying a new campaign , after i set my difficulty level , the background appears and there is no menu , no loading screen , nothing .... . Sorry for the post but i really want to play this game on PC and i don't want to put Vista now ....

[STORMTROOPER91]

Did you installed XLiveRedist1.0.6027.msi and vcredist.msi from the \redists dir on the Halo 2 DVD?
Perhaps the newes directX should help you(DirectX9.0c Jun).

[x6Magic6Jester6x]

Don't install vista, the upgrade adviser said my comp would run vista fine.. after it finished upgrading vista killed my computer, i couldn't go into safemode, and i couldn't even do system recovery

[ChaseC]

Can anyone help me install the game? I used the newest loader, get to the custom install, and click full install and no start. Then it gives me a bunch of "cannot read memory address 0x******". Is there anything I'm missing to install? I even copied the mf.dll to \system32.

[WindowsVistaGeek19]

This in response to a post written long ago on Page 3. DDR2 SDRAM, 1 gb, does not cost 100 USD. If you go on Newegg.com, you can buy 2 gb's for 60 USD, 667 mhz, with heat spreaders.

Additionally, I am able to run H2V with a 3.4 ghz Pentium D, 1 gb of DDR(1) SDRAM at 300 mhz speed, with a 256mb ATi Radeon 9550, with GDDR(1) VRAM, and running at 400 mhz. Don't listen to the system requirements. I run the game on high quality with no stuttering, but no antialiasing.