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Halo 2 For Windows Vista!
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:05 pm
by VoYdE
Halo 2, on Windows Vista. Halo 2, you may remember, is a "shoot them up" featuring the adventures of Master Chief and his wacky sidekick, Cortana. Well, Halo 2 you know about, but Vista, what the heck is that?
Windows Vista is the next generation Microsoft operating system that will by turns, be sweet, awesome, radical, and potentially translucent (in places). It will also add layers of new functionality, speed, media processing and so on. I have heard a rumor, in fact, that it will replicate a lot of the functionality of them new-fangled Media Center PCs so that you can stream HD and whatnot to your Xbox 360. If that's true, that would also be nice.
The game WILL be for Windows Vista, as in, not for Windows XP, so you have a while to get used to that and complain to me about what a jerk I am to Windows 3.1 users.
But back to Halo 2. We're working with another team at MS to make this not only happen, but happen in a super-sweet radical fashion. To that end, we're going to be helping with a lot of aspects, but don't worry, we are not doing the actual coding work
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:06 pm
by dos mes
Wow that sounds amazing im thinking that i should save for it

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:17 pm
by BEEF!!!
PIMMMMMMP!!!!
This could spark new things for Halo 2 modding and the community as well. I look forward to this.
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:58 pm
by GraphicsArtiste2
Two words: Gheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyy
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:17 pm
by RaVNzCRoFT
It should be for XP also. I don't know if I want to get Vista. Also, this only means we're going to get the same amount of clueless new people as we got when Halo 2 came out for XBox.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:18 pm
by dos mes
RaVNzCRoFT wrote:It should be for XP also. I don't know if I want to get Vista. Also, this only means we're going to get the same amount of clueless new people as we got when Halo 2 came out for XBox.

This is very true

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:06 pm
by Rallos
dos mes wrote:RaVNzCRoFT wrote:It should be for XP also. I don't know if I want to get Vista. Also, this only means we're going to get the same amount of clueless new people as we got when Halo 2 came out for XBox.

This is very true

More, because the PC is easier to mod.
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:19 pm
by Cuda
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:13 pm
by jks
Chances are most of you are gonna have to get a new computer for windows. Vista is gonna have x64 bit processors as standard, and most computers today are 32 bit. Im lucky I have an AMD 64 that can run both 32 and 64... so either get a new processor or get a new computer. (x64 Intels are around >$200 and AMD 64's are the same.)
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:16 pm
by dos mes
lol i dont need a new comp mine rapes

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:08 pm
by Spartan Sniper
BEEF!!! wrote:PIMMMMMMP!!!!
This could spark new things for Halo 2 modding and the community as well. I look forward to this.
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:33 pm
by Kirk
jks wrote:Chances are most of you are gonna have to get a new computer for windows. Vista is gonna have x64 bit processors as standard, and most computers today are 32 bit. Im lucky I have an AMD 64 that can run both 32 and 64... so either get a new processor or get a new computer. (x64 Intels are around >$200 and AMD 64's are the same.)
No. Unless I read that wrong, you're saying that Vista will make your computer 64 bit. It won't, it'll just support a 64 bit processor.
I've had a 64 bit dual processor for like 2 years now ;P
Anyway, this sucks.
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:12 am
by Kurroda
i am buying Windows Vista when it comes out upgrade my pc this laptop is brand new so it should be able to handel it
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:02 am
by Cuda
you just gotta make sure that its got a 64 bit proc. It dont matter how new it is.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:02 pm
by afridge
here is the current info:
will only work on Windows Vista
will have the original Halo 2, the multiplayer map pack contents, and a multiplayer map maker/editor
info on vista includes:
directx 10
3d desktop and interface
new alt-tab interface
new search interface
new start menu interface
requirements for vista (at this time as stated in the article):
512 megs of ram
a current processor
(for the current beta) a directx 9.0c compatible video card
(...i just copied and pasted this from a thread at halomaps.org, this info was supposedly found at
http://www.gamespot.com)