Halo UNIVERSAL runs slow?

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Halo UNIVERSAL runs slow?

Has anybody run the new Universal binary version of Halo on a Mac Pro with the ATi X1900XT?

I bought the upgrade last night and installed it but it runs fairly poor on my 2.66 with 2 gb of ram?

I would have thought that this spec of Mac should run it at pretty much full settings?

If Anti ailiasing (say 4 or 6x) is selected for example brings it to it's knees!

Any experiences?

 Mac Pro 2.66ghz  iPod 20gb/40gb Photo  512mb Shuffle , Mac OS X (10.4.8),  ATi X1900 XT  2GB Of Ram  B/Tooth  Airport  160GB x 2  250GB  80GB 

Posted on Nov 10, 2006 4:57 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 10, 2006 5:04 AM in response to Mark Thornton

I would do the following in order until you find something that works…

- Repair your disk permissions using Disk Utility

- Delete the application, and every preference file etc, you can find and reinstall it

- Get Info on the application and make it's a Universal application and ensure it's not been set to run using Rosetta

- Install it on a volume with a clean version of Mac OS X and see if the problems are system related

- Contact Macsoft Games tech support else check out their forums

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Answer 2

Mark Thornton Author

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Nov 10, 2006 6:49 AM in response to infinite vortex

I'll try all that tonight!

Can't seem to find anywhere to conract Macsoft though?

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Answer 3

Nov 10, 2006 6:55 AM in response to Mark Thornton

Try the links from here…

http://www.destineerstudios.com/company/contact.html

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Answer 4

mbean

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Nov 10, 2006 7:59 AM in response to Mark Thornton

Mine was running slow at first. I found that I had to completely uninstall the old version first and then install the Intel version.

It seems the Universal install does not remove the old halo parts.

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Mark Thornton Author

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Nov 10, 2006 12:16 PM in response to infinite vortex

Hi,

All is well now, my HD needed some "minor repair" so ii rn Didk Utility and re installed.

Thanks folks!

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Answer 6

Nov 11, 2006 2:29 AM in response to Mark Thornton

yea i get about 90 fps sustained running all out, with no anti-aliasing. But under windows i can run with 4x anti aliasing and get 140 fps sustained. ***?

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Answer 7

ds store

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Nov 11, 2006 9:29 AM in response to Christopher Wetzel

Halo is a old game, ported from the Windows side.

Microsoft bought the developer to place the game on the X-Box, so don't expect anything to work right or see any new versions.

Doom3 and Unreal Tournament 2004 run excellent on Mac's.

In fact one can add hundreds of maps to UT2004 and get a zillion times more game time than Halo or even Doom3.

First one has to update UT2004.

http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/games/unrealtourn2k4/ut2004-macpatch3369-2.dmg. bz2.html

Next visit this site and register to download free maps

http://www.unrealplayground.com/maps.php?game=ut2k4&type=as&sortby=chron&search=

To place the files in UT2004

1: Locate the original UT2004 app in your applications folder

2: Control click on it and select "open package" which will revel a window of folders.

3: Place like files in their respective folders.

That's it, select the game type and map in the game itself.

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Answer 8

Nov 11, 2006 5:39 PM in response to mbean

Reinstalled Halo and all is ok until the first time I sit in the drivers seat of a warthog which instantly drops gameplay down to 4fps. Gunner and passenger seats are ok.. 😟

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Answer 9

Nov 11, 2006 6:27 PM in response to RankRotten

well thats just a little screwy

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Answer 10

Nov 12, 2006 4:51 AM in response to RankRotten

I sit in the drivers seat of a warthog which instantly drops gameplay down to 4fps

I had the exact same problem running PPC version under Rosetta... yet the game ran full out with all settings turned up tp max with AA set to 6x.
Something about the warthog coding?

12 PB-1.25Ram-2x250LaCie D2-SoundStix-20"ACD Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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