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#1 innuenstu

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Posted 10 October 2010 - 11:00 AM

Hello all. My problem, well New problem while running Halo on my dual 2.ghz tower with nvidia Geforce 6600le graphic card running 10.5.8. The game after I complete a level it quits to my desktop. Even if I log back in and select continue etc. it still quits. I never had this problem before. Maybe I have not played it since I installed 10.5 a long while back. I have heard of the universal patch I can buy(which is not fare I own the game). Regardless, can this be fixed without purchasing the universal patch so I don't have to pay a total of 60 dollars for a nine year old game? Thanks all.

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Posted 10 October 2010 - 02:22 PM

I think that the UB patch is free now, but I could be wrong
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Posted 10 October 2010 - 02:47 PM

View PostSneaky Snake, on 10 October 2010 - 02:22 PM, said:

I think that the UB patch is free now, but I could be wrong
It's still $10 for a disc and $5 for a digital download.

$5's not that much if you like the game, and it brings you current with the PC version if you ever want to be able to play the multi... just get that. And in this case, $5 is fair because MacSoft had to practically rewrite the game to make it a UB, it wasn't just some simple patching. The $5 allows them to recoup some of the rather sizable cost that went into making a Halo UB.
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Posted 11 October 2010 - 05:24 AM

It's a shame you can't buy anymore unless you get lucky on eBay..

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Posted 11 October 2010 - 05:25 AM

View PostSargiel, on 11 October 2010 - 05:24 AM, said:

It's a shame you can't buy anymore unless you get lucky on eBay..
The update is available at MacGameStore, or are you talking about the game itself?
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Posted 14 October 2010 - 04:16 PM

View PostFrost, on 10 October 2010 - 02:47 PM, said:

It's still $10 for a disc and $5 for a digital download.

$5's not that much if you like the game, and it brings you current with the PC version if you ever want to be able to play the multi... just get that. And in this case, $5 is fair because MacSoft had to practically rewrite the game to make it a UB, it wasn't just some simple patching. The $5 allows them to recoup some of the rather sizable cost that went into making a Halo UB.

Thanks all, I purchased the download yesterday. I'll have to tinker around with the graphic settings now because although I can now continue along through the game, I'm not getting the good performance I had prior to the install.

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Posted 14 October 2010 - 04:33 PM

Make sure to also install the latest patch. The UB had some rather glaring problems with certain graphic effects, which was addressed in subsequent patches.
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Posted 08 November 2010 - 09:15 PM

You're on PowerPC, G5 I assume... the UB purchase might have been a waste. I've read it improves Intel performance and hurts PPC.
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Posted 09 November 2010 - 01:23 AM

Didn't hurt the performance when I was on my G4.
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Slower and faster? I'm sorry to hear such good news?

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