I also have procmon.exe running in the background because some people said that it fixed the issues with the Gravemind level (weird, I know). This is circumvented by the second file group-a set of four-ish batch files that rename the maps of 4-7, 8-10 and 11-13 to the names of the first three, allowing gameplay as normal except for being interrupted every three levels and rebooting the game. This has the unwanted side-effect of perpetually being in "demo mode", i.e. I should be getting a new computer in the next month or so.Īlso, I got it to work! I used two files: first, the aforementioned Loader.exe thing and its counterparts, which skips the startup menu and just goes straight to the game.
TLDR: Anybody have the patch that lets you run Halo 2 on Windows XP?ĮDIT: For all those people asking me why the hell I'm still running Windows XP, I should clarify: I am currently between computers (my old Windows 7 machine's motherboard gave up the ghost), and I have my Windows XP computer to painlessly run 16-bit applications and run things like Doom at a framerate below the millions. To that I say one thing: I already gave Microsoft my damn money, so what do they care? Postscript: There were also questions about whether this violated the EULA / copyright law. Unfortunately, all download links were dead except for one, which was corrupted.ĭoes anyone still have this file, and, if so, would you be willing to put it up for a short time? Many forums pointed to a patch containing things like "loader.exe" and "mf.dll" that would trick Halo 2 into thinking it was running on a Vista machine. However, there are no real functional barriers between Vista and XP aside from this tacked-on douchebaggery. I poked around on Google, and it appears that this was a scheme of Microsoft to sell more copies of Windows Vista. However, when I stick Halo 2 in the drive it comes up with some dll error. I have Windows XP on my computer (I know, I know. I got Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2 (both for the PC) recently. Please keep all spoilers out of submission titles. NOTE: This format will not work in submission titles. For comments, please post all spoilers in the following format: >!The Master Chief is alive.!< For posts, please click the "Spoiler" link after submitting. Please read our r/Halo Spoiler Policy for more information.
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