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So THAT'S what's behind the curtain...
BOLL has done it again - check out the secrets revealed in this post. (If you can't figure out where they are, try the banners at the top.) (Louis Wu 22:35:08 UTC) (permalink)
Mac Halo 1.041 - now with movement!
Yesterday, we posted a note from MacSoft, that an updater for Mac Halo that would bring the application up to parity with its PC counterpart had been released. As many noticed, there was a problem with the updater; it introduced more glitches than it solved. Westlake has fixed the problems, though, and a new updater is now available. It will work to patch v1.03 or 1.04 to 1.041. (You cannot apply this patch to 1.02.) Some warnings, from MacSoft:
The updater may get confused if you have more than one copy of Halo installed on your machine. OSX 10.2.8 user may have to restart after applying the 1.041 patch for the get info (command-I) to refresh and show the proper version number.
That said... this 1.5 mb patch (currently available from nikon.bungie.org and files.bungie.org) should solve your movement woes, and get you back in the game! (Louis Wu 21:57:50 UTC) (permalink)
Hunter Troubles
And AGAIN, he forgets. :( Today's Guest One One Se7en is from Chris Fraser, and warns of asking for things you might get... (Louis Wu 21:35:23 UTC) (permalink)
Saturday Stories
Fourteen bits of Fan Fiction for you today:
- A Resurrection of Death, by Steve Ollett
- The Enemy Within-Chapter One: In the Shadows, by Mind_Affecting_Parasite
- Athenians-II Chapter 7: Mark Two, by ZackDark
- marines nightmare part 1, by crayola
- The Siege of Zion Base; Part One: Mission - Chapters 1 & 2, by Scimitarex
- The Siege of Zion Base; Part One: Mission - Chapter 3, by Scimitarex
- The Siege of Zion Base; Part One: Mission - Chapter 4, by Scimitarex
- The Siege of Zion Base; Part One: Mission - Chapter 5, by Scimitarex
- Halo: Dark Aftermath Ch. 3: --Covenant Pursuit--, by Nick Kang
- The Soldiers of Angelon: At Angelon They Wait, by Jinkaiden-XI
- Chapter One of Halo:Armageddon, by Chris Luchterhand
- Air Force Wing: Part 4, One Way Ticket to Hell, by teemus
- Souls of War.: Part 1: Tides of Battle, by Dark-NiTe
- war on planet Hedge IV- Part 1- nigotiating, by Preston
Not bad, for a site that was down most of yesterday... (Louis Wu 16:53:30 UTC) (permalink)
A special edition of an upcoming release
Marc Friedrichs, of Halo Universe, pointed out an item on the World of Games website (a Swiss site). He followed it up with an email, and learned that it is a special release, a cooperative effort of WoG and Microsoft Switzerland. The release date has obviously been bumped back... but the package itself might be of interest to Halo collectors; it will be Halo 2, as well as 'some other goodies' (unspecified), packaged in a metal tin. It's possible that other shops will be able to sell this as well. Sounds intriguing - if we hear more, we'll pass it along! (Louis Wu 16:02:02 UTC) (permalink)
Now THAT'S what I'm talking about.
An interesting article over on the BBC News website; entitled 'Probing Halo's enduring appeal', it looks at why Halo is still getting as much attention as it is, 2 years down the road. This is the sort of article I'd expect from a fansite... it blows me away that it shows up in the mainstream press. (It's not as though I can't relate, though...) Thanks to SIDEARM for sending in the link. (Louis Wu 10:55:34 UTC) (permalink)
Halo WILL be played at CPL Summer Event
Update on the CPL Extreme World Championships 2004: a couple of weeks ago, we noted that the president of the CPL had warned that the Halo Tournament might be cut from the event if more teams didn't sign up for it. Last night, Tonya Welch, CPL Community Liason, posted on the CPL forums that Halo would NOT be cut from the event. That's good news! Thansk to [FOoM]T3muJin for pointing out the thread. (Louis Wu 10:50:01 UTC) (permalink)
Not Exactly Flowers and Chocolate...
Valentine's Day best wishes from gutupio and Devin Olsen. (Louis Wu 10:44:17 UTC) (permalink)
Ep13 on Fri 13th?!
The 13th episode of EchoFourNineteen was released yesterday (Friday the 13th) at 343GS.com. (Check the downloads section.) Seems corn is infectious... (Thanks to Spartan-39 for the heads-up.) (Louis Wu 10:34:39 UTC) (permalink)
Holy Moley - It's Armor Time!
I feel really bad, because some of this info has been waiting on ME for over a week now... but sometimes, things just get away from you. We've got a double-armor update for you; Chris Bryan has sent along a bunch of progress pictures of his solo effort (pretty amazing work - works so well with his gun!), and the Nightmare Armor team has put up a new website, with all-new full-body shots of their armor, being worn. Also pretty amazing work! (gotta love those green eyes...) Comments for the Nightmare guys can go in this forum thread, started by Webshift. (Louis Wu 10:24:46 UTC) (permalink)
I'm lookin' forward to Wave 5!
Eep - almost forgot; earlier today, SketchFactor posted a note over on Bungie.net discussing Toy Fair 2004, the big annual toy convention; JoyRide Studios was there with some pretty cool stuff! They've put up 10 shots in the Tru7h and Reconciliation Gallery of waves 4 and 5 prototypes... go check 'em out! (Louis Wu 03:06:53 UTC) (permalink)
the Junkyard picks up the slack
Jake 'Evergreen98' Billo writes to say that he's mirrored the Geocities site mentioned in Frankie's Weekly update this week; the original link is already down, victim of a small Geocities bandwidth allotment. If you were curious what Frankie had to say, go look at the Junkyard's mirror! (Louis Wu 02:59:43 UTC) (permalink)
Mac Halo v1.04 released
I posted this to our forum earlier, because HBO wasn't reachable. (It's STILL not reachable, for the most part, but that's not going to stop me from updating.) MacSoft has stepped up to the plate and released a 1.04 updater less than 2 days after the PC updater came out. The Press Release is brief and to the point:
MEDIA ALERT
MacSoft Releases Halo 1.04 Update
MINNEAPOLS, MN -February 13, 2004 - Destineers's MacSoft unit announces that they have released a patch for their hit game, Halo. The patch brings Halo for Macintosh to parity with the PC version, which was released just 1 day ago. User's wishing to apply the patch (v1.04) must already have Halo v1.03 installed.
The patch is available now at
http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/halo_103-1041_updater.sit
Mirror:
https://files.bungie.org/halo_103-1041_updater.sit
You should be aware that there might be keyboard issues with this release - there have been a few reports of oddness. (At least one was phrased in a pretty obnoxious way.) These have been reported to MacSoft; hopefully the issue will be resolved quickly. Update: Links have been replaced with the 1.041 updater links, to avoid confusion. (Louis Wu 01:52:35 UTC) (permalink)
The Ballistic Phase
Frankie's Bungie Weekly Update for February 13 has been posted at Rampancy.net... it's exactly what the older fans are expecting, in terms of Updates. Covers where the team stands, who's doing what... and throws in some Frankie-specific humor, as well. Good stuff! (Louis Wu 00:12:42 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's news in brief:
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Prophets Can Go Down As Well As Up. Good Aim Master Chief vs Darth Vader RvB off this week Miniature Halo Update Ice Fields Desktops HaloPC Worldwide Championship Finals in 4 days! Are we back yet? |
Thursday's news in brief:
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Project Halo talks to Fropco Halo 2: Precognition, part 2 Bullets? The Valiant Master Chief Thursday's Writing Crow feathers stuck in my teeth Who needs a debug kit, anyway? Halo PC Hot Fix |
