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Halo problems; TylerG by dotNorma on 01-08-2006 at 09:27 PM
Im posting this problem on behalf of TylerG (So he doesnt get banned 
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He is trying to install Halo: Combat Evolved on his PC, and the installer installs it successfully but after he runs the game an error dialog pops up saying the hardware failed to initialise Direct3D and it tells him to run DXDIAG but that tells him everything is running properly.
Any suggestions on to why this might be?
The graphics card is a ATI Radeon 9550.
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by Joe on 01-08-2006 at 09:44 PM
make sure that you dont have anything that is controlling or locking your Refresh rates. I've also heard people having to roll back their drivers.
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by pollolibredegrasa on 01-08-2006 at 11:23 PM
Tell him to make sure that hardware acceleration is enabled in the Display Properties dialog (right click desktop>settings>advanced>troubleshoot)
I just set this to None, and came up with "A problem occured initialising DirectDraw" <snip> "Please run DXDIAG", so if it isnt already, set it to Full 
Hope this helps...
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by TylerG on 01-08-2006 at 11:47 PM
quote:
Originally posted by fatfreechicken
Tell him to make sure that hardware acceleration is enabled in the Display Porperties dialog (right click desktop>settings>advanced>troubleshoot)
I just set this to None, and came up with "A problem occured initialising DirectDraw" <snip> "Please run DXDIAG", so if it isnt already, set it to Full
Hope this helps...
It is set to full
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by pollolibredegrasa on 01-09-2006 at 12:01 AM
Does this help at all?
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by TylerG on 01-09-2006 at 12:06 AM
It is set to full. So it didn't help at all.
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by [MR] on 01-09-2006 at 01:39 AM
try using my halo cd and see if that works later.
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by TylerG on 01-09-2006 at 01:57 AM
I fixed it, but for some reason I can't join with dotNorma
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by [MR] on 01-09-2006 at 01:58 AM
quote:same here ...i can never find his servers
Originally posted by TylerG
I fixed it, but for some reason I can't join with dotNorma
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by TylerG on 01-09-2006 at 02:08 AM
Any ideas why we can't connectwith dotNorma?
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by Moo on 01-09-2006 at 06:11 AM
haxxed key maybe?
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by TylerG on 01-09-2006 at 09:11 PM
Hmm maybe... but he can plays with my friend and they used the same key
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by CookieRevised on 01-09-2006 at 09:22 PM
quote:The link provided by fatfreechicken doesn't talk about hardware acceleration setting to full.... Click the link and read and follow the instructions and you would have come to:
Originally posted by TylerG
quote:It is set to full. So it didn't help at all.
Originally posted by fatfreechicken
Does this help at all?
http://www.microsoft.com/games/halo/support.asp
Which is the official troubleshooting guide including all sorts of problems and solutions (including networking problems).
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by TylerG on 01-09-2006 at 10:17 PM
quote:Haha my bad I didn't see that it was a link
Originally posted by CookieRevised
The link provided by fatfreechicken doesn't talk about hardware acceleration setting to full.... Click the link and read and follow the instructions and you would have come to:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/halo/support.asp
Which is the official troubleshooting guide including all sorts of problems and solutions (including networking problems).
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by [MR] on 01-09-2006 at 11:23 PM
uhh i updated my halo 1 from the autoupdater and now when i try to start the game there is an error saying that it cant locate the halo 1 cd and its in the correct drive. how can i fix that?
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by prashker on 01-09-2006 at 11:29 PM
quote:
Originally posted by [MR
]uhh i updated my halo 1 from the autoupdater and now when i try to start the game there is an error saying that it cant locate the halo 1 cd and its in the correct drive. how can i fix that?
get a No-CD Crack
<link removed>
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by [MR] on 01-09-2006 at 11:32 PM
quote:thanks ill see if that works.
Originally posted by SonicSam
quote:
Originally posted by [MR
]uhh i updated my halo 1 from the autoupdater and now when i try to start the game there is an error saying that it cant locate the halo 1 cd and its in the correct drive. how can i fix that?
get a No-CD Crack
<link removed>
EDIT: thanks it worked...online play is really fun too
RE: RE: Halo problems; TylerG by TylerG on 01-10-2006 at 03:15 AM
quote:
Originally posted by [MR]
thanks ill see if that works.
EDIT: thanks it worked...online play is really fun too
Did you find dotNorma's server?
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by dotNorma on 01-10-2006 at 07:12 AM
quote:
Originally posted by [MR
]quote:thanks ill see if that works.
Originally posted by SonicSam
quote:
Originally posted by [MR
]uhh i updated my halo 1 from the autoupdater and now when i try to start the game there is an error saying that it cant locate the halo 1 cd and its in the correct drive. how can i fix that?
get a No-CD Crack
<link removed>
EDIT: thanks it worked...online play is really fun too
I already gave you a No-CD crack, there were three different ones included on that disk
And no Tyler, I havent played today: Im installing Far Cry.
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by [MR] on 01-10-2006 at 12:43 PM
quote:
Originally posted by .Norma
already gave you a No-CD crack, there were three different ones included on that disk (Smilie)
i didnt use your cd. i had to get my own cd because tyler wanted yours first so i never got it.
RE: Halo problems; TylerG by WDZ on 01-10-2006 at 03:38 PM
No cracks/warez...