halo

[person]

has anyone played halo for the PC online???

im finding that the ping is overly high

the lowest ping ive seen is 180...and the highest....well lets just say its >2500

does anyone else seem to have this prob??

[[Gandalf]]

Personally I dislike Halo, but do you know if the multiplayer connects to XBOX players too? It could be the difference in the system used. Otherwise it could be either a firewall blocking some ports or something of the sort necessary to play the game. Lastly and most probably, it could be your internet connection or computer hardware.

Solutions
1. I have no clue
2. Check the FAQ for something like "ports" "blocking" "router" "firewall" and unblock the neccessary things.
3. Internet - get a better internet? Hardware - get a better computer?

[Mazer]

person: pause your porn downloads in kazaa and bit torrent, that could help.
In all seriousness, I don't know. I'd never have much trouble getting ~80ms connections on my not-so-impressive DSL line.

[Gandalf]: I'd guess that no, it doesn't connect to the XBOX games. How could it? The PC version includes differences such as being able to fly the Covenant Banshee, whereas the buttseXBOX players can't. And I can't be sure, but I think there were differences in weapon balance between the two versions.

[person]

the difference is not the banshees...the following r the differenches:

1) the comp version has 2 new guns (alien rocket thingy, and a flame thrower)
2) when u get active camouflage, in the comp version, ur not invisible, u just become blue/red and flashing (wtf? wit dat??)

btw: its probably my connection

[Martin]

That's probably because you don't have a very good video card.

[person]

i think 9200 is good enough for halo, and i dont think video cards have anything to do wit ping

[Mazer]

person wrote:

the difference is not the banshees...

It may not be the only difference, but it is a huge difference. If a buttseXBOX player is in a game with a PC player, and the PC player hops into a Banshee and starts flying around, how would the XBOX player react? "Ooh! Microsoft, I love you!"?

And I'm pretty sure the stealth camo is the same.

[Martin]

person wrote:

i think 9200 is good enough for halo, and i dont think video cards have anything to do wit ping

No, I was referring to the blinking invisibility. The Radeon 9200 series of cards doesn't support pixel shader 2.0, which is why you blink when you cloak.