How to get Microsoft's Halo to work with old video cards
How to get Microsoft's Halo to work with old video cards
If you have an old Video Card and wand to be able to play Microsoft's Halo, there is something you can do to make it work. First of all, I have a NVidia TNT2 M64 and I have been able to play Halo with a simple modification to one file. If you go into the directory of where Halo is installed, open the config file and change the min cpu speed to something like 6000. Then, run Halo in safe mode. This will allow you to use an old video card such as a TNT2 with Halo. The only drawback is the grahics are really horrible. If you can, I would recomend getting a newer graphics card to play Halo if you are serious about the game.
Halo requires a minimum of 32 MB of video memory and a chipset that supports Hardware Transform and Lighting. There are some cards and chipsets that may meet this requirement but are still unsupported because there is a lack of driver support by the manufacturer or because the manufacturer is out of business and is no longer supporting their former products. When a card is classified as unsupported, it means that while Halo may work with that card, you may experience issues that range from minor graphics issues to system level issues such as error messages, blue screens, failure to run the game, or system reboots. Microsoft Product Support will not be able to help you in resolving any Halo issues that you are having if you try to play with unsupported hardware. When you have an unsupported card in your computer, you will see an error message that is similar to one or more of the following error messages in the table below. Note that these dialog boxes are permanently dismissible and will not prevent you from trying to run the game.
If you choose not to see the error message again, the information will be stored in your registry as a Binary Value under the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Halo
Each error message is tied to your video or sound card regardless if it is a sound or a video card specific issue. This means that the Binary Value will be named something that is similar to the following: nVidia GeForce3 (0x0200):147. The data in this value is a ‘y’ followed by 0 or 1 depending on if you choose to show the dialog box again and if you click Continue or Continue in Safe Mode. The following table contains possible video-related alerts that you may see in this dialog box, a probable cause, and the official Microsoft recommendation. The Microsoft recommendation is based on the supposition that the error message is correct for your situation.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829478#7
If you choose not to see the error message again, the information will be stored in your registry as a Binary Value under the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Halo
Each error message is tied to your video or sound card regardless if it is a sound or a video card specific issue. This means that the Binary Value will be named something that is similar to the following: nVidia GeForce3 (0x0200):147. The data in this value is a ‘y’ followed by 0 or 1 depending on if you choose to show the dialog box again and if you click Continue or Continue in Safe Mode. The following table contains possible video-related alerts that you may see in this dialog box, a probable cause, and the official Microsoft recommendation. The Microsoft recommendation is based on the supposition that the error message is correct for your situation.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829478#7