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Halo |OT9| One Final Effort Is All That Remains

Gray Man

Banned
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I'd say Frank has already PM'd you a response at this point.

343 press releases to occur through NeoGAF PM from now on. Waypoint is jealous.
 

Computron

Member
About to start my Halo 2 Vista playthrough. Would anybody like to see 1080p screenshots of any particular areas?

You know that there is a Built-In No-HUD bullshot-maker in H2v, right?

I forget which function button it is, probably f11?

It takes SUPER HIGH-RES shots with prety good AA, and in uncompressed .TIFF format too.
They end up in the 'My Documents' folder with your game.

I was posting these type of screens before, I'll see if I can dig them up.
 
There should 1vs100 style quick multiplayer (halo related) trivia questions in the matchmaking lobby to kill time, if for some reason it's taking awhile. Correct answer net some credits, streaks net a multiplier.

You know that there is a Built-In No-HUD bullshot-maker in H2v, right?

I forget which function button it is, probably f11?

It takes SUPER HIGH-RES shots with awesome AA. in .TIFF format too.
They end up in the 'My Documents' folder with your game.

I was posting these type of screens before, I'll see if I can dig them up.

That's awesome. Barrow, I'm stealing your idea tomorrow as I play through Halo 2 Vista as well.

I think the best part about that game is that I use a wireless 360 controller with my PC, connected to my HDTV. And because there's aim assist in the game, it's like I'm playing Halo 2 anniversary.
 

Computron

Member
Right, about those screenshots Barrow, I found 'em:

Halo 2's still got it:


The key is F11 if you wanna take screenshots, I believe they go into the My Games folder in your documents.

Really nice quality and stupid high-res:

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Come on Halo 4 Theatre mode, impress me!

Wishfull thinking:
(Let me shoot in some higher bit depth or .RAW, add EXIF data with game info and let me have direct acces to gbuffers.)

More realistic suggetions:
Exposure and postprocessing control. oh and FOV.
 
You know that there is a Built-In No-HUD bullshot-maker in H2v, right?

I forget which function button it is, probably f11?

It takes SUPER HIGH-RES shots with prety good AA, and in uncompressed .TIFF format too.
They end up in the 'My Documents' folder with your game.

I was posting these type of screens before, I'll see if I can dig them up.
That's awesome! Guess that means I can turn off FRAPS too because F11 is my FPS counter hotkey. As for AA, I'm playing with 4x SGSSAA so IQ is pretty stellar already.

That's awesome. Barrow, I'm stealing your idea tomorrow as I play through Halo 2 Vista as well.

I think the best part about that game is that I use a wireless 360 controller with my PC, connected to my HDTV. And because there's aim assist in the game, it's like I'm playing Halo 2 anniversary.
That's what I'm doing as well, albeit with a wired controller. So if anyone wants screenshots of any particular areas then it's gotta be stop and stare moments. I'm not reaching over to my keyboard to hit F11 during the middle of a cinematic.
 
Going straight from a session of CSGO on kb/m at 120fps to Halo 3 on a gamepad at 30fps is rough as hell. Daamn. Second game was The Pit and carried my team with a +14 to an almost win. Map is so good that even full of control awkwardness I was having so much fun.

edit- a few games later and I'm adjusted to it (30fps and controller aiming), it only sucks really hard at first. Bring on Halo 4!! Will make sure to not play PC games on the week leading up to it so it feels perfect.

I've been boning back up on 3 as well.
 
Halo 2 Vista is completely stupid when it comes to 5.1 Surround. Set it to "Windows default" in the in-game audio menu while my sound card is set to 5.1 and I only get Stereo. Set it to 5.1 in the in-game audio menu and I get terrible crackly sound. :/
 
I don't think I'll be able to sit for a week after having my ass beat this much.
My personal favorite was when Tashi shot the grenade out of my hand and killed me with it.
 

MrBig

Member
Still wish we could set custom resolutions in Halo 2 Vista, would so love to downsample that.

It wont even allow me to play at my native res of 2560x1440 :/

I'd like to play through it some more but the IQ is just as terrible as it is on consoles having to scale it up from 1080
 

Tashi

343i Lead Esports Producer
Reach MLG is not fun at all. Nice exterm though, was beast.

Thanks bro. Here's the overkill for those who wanted to see it. http://www.twitch.tv/tashiii/b/333948358

I don't think I'll be able to sit for a week after having my ass beat this much.
My personal favorite was when Tashi shot the grenade out of my hand and killed me with it.


Oh that was you? lol that's pretty funny.

And I hate that grenades can be shot in midair. It was luck. I would have killed you anyway though lol
 

wwm0nkey

Member
And it's probably thanks to the community reception to the terrible port that makes MS think that PC players don't want halo.

Yup! Again Halo 2 (PC) could EASILY be given life again if it got a Steam release along side a patch that doesn't make it a complete piece of shit.
 

FyreWulff

Member
Yup! Again Halo 2 (PC) could EASILY be given life again if it got a Steam release along side a patch that doesn't make it a complete piece of shit.

MS can't even be bothered to release it on the GFW store so you can input your key and easily redownload it.

That shit was disowned the minute it went out the door by everyone involved.
 

FyreWulff

Member
Its just really sad honestly :/

Know what game you can put your key in and download from there?

SHADOWRUN. It's how I actually have the game on PC.


Fucking Shadowrun, a game MS put out and bombed horribly and sold way less than Halo 2 Vista.

That game is acknowledged and more supported by MS than their own franchise game.
 

heckfu

Banned
It's a grenade...it should be able to be shot.

JUST LIKE THE FLAG POLE SHOULD COUNT AS A PHYSICAL OBJECT AND HAVE BULLETS BOUNCE OFF OF IT.

How the hell am I the only one that thinks both should be true? I don't get it.
 
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