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8/20/2009 2:03:58 AM
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Test patch 1.09 for compat fixes
Hi all,
Last night I decided to sit down and fix the problem where 64-bit machines with >4GB of RAM complained that you have 0 RAM. That was easy. Then when I tried to test the fix, I discovered the compat problem with the recent IE security fixes, and saw the threads here suggesting that people uninstall them.
That's no good, right?
So I put together a fix for that, too. I'd like you guys to try it out on your various systems and make sure that (a) it fixes those problems, if you had them , and (b) doesn't cause any new ones.
NOTE!!!!!!
This will *not* have any impact on gameplay. All the changes are finished happening before the MGS logo movie even plays! Every time there's a patch, there are always a few people whose internet connections happen to get flaky that day, and they assume there's a correlation. This patch won't change the game. It's your imagination. Really.
This patch is only for HaloPC, not for CE yet. If a little time passes and no one can convince me that the patch is buggy, I'll port the changes over to CE and release both.
This version will network with 1.08 in the same game, it doesn't break compat.
Try it out, reinstall your missing IE patches, and post your results here. If anyone is still running Win98SE (gasp!) let me know if it works as well as previous versions.
Thanks!
[url=http://www.bungie.net/images/games/halopc/patch/halopc109.zip]1.09 Beta patch[/url]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] sawnose By the way (this is to everyone) - why are aimbots a problem when there are banlists? Before we shipped, we expected that the community would share results and collectively build a big banlist of undesirable players. (It's just a text file of hashed CD keys. A banned player has to buy a new game to play again)[/quote] I guess you don't play Halo PC. Sorry but respect is going downhill with a statement like this. Way too many false positives to be reliable. Some servers are better than others, but I can guarantee that every single excellent player out there has been banned at one point or another for "aimbottting" when in fact they are just good. Relying on "the community" to deal with cheating is a terrible idea and if you played the game you'd see firsthand the many reasons why after all these years it has never worked. Plus, the "before we shipped" statement I don't believe for one second considering the game did not ship with RCON support. Hmmmm.
