Progress with Halo

zomby · June 21st, 2004

There's some progress with Halo in the latest CVS source tree. You can now get to the menus with it. (Debug mode only though) The game crashes after you select your difficulty level.

They appear all screwed up on my system, but at least there is some progress. I have included a few screenshots to demonstrate the current state of the emulation.

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D.Strange · June 21st, 2004

Hmm... Looking weird...But anyway good progress.

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**caustik** · June 21st, 2004

zomby, you spilled the beans a little early :>

yeah, halo is making good progress. there are issues (probably simple swizzling problems) with textures; but other than that, halo is able to boot up very fast so it is mostly minor fixes to get the menu working really nicely. then i'll get it in-game and see what new fun there is to fix.

halo likes to modify it's textures at unusual times, which had me scratching my head until last night when I put in a fix and suddenly everything started showing textures.

RF · June 21st, 2004

Nice progress caustik

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ChaosBlade · June 21st, 2004

Yea, looking good & nice to hear from you guys. Keep up the great work

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zomby · June 21st, 2004

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zomby, you spilled the beans a little early :>

Sorry about that.

I was too glad to see some interesting new developments to keep this to myself.

**Chrono Archangel** · June 21st, 2004

lol well it is awesomeprogress if you ask me

kinda nice to see something other then Turok.

thanks for spillingthe beans zomby

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gamezonline · June 21st, 2004

This is big news, halo is starting to show something (thinking to self), long live halo

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**ChaosCode** · June 22nd, 2004

caustik, Does Halo use the same Dev pack as toruk or are other games made with other dev packs starting to fall in place? ps you rock.

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pro-logic · June 22nd, 2004

No, it uses a different dev pack, it uses one of the first ones out there...

Speeking of Halo i'll see if i can get a network sniffer on it to see what kind of network packets it runs. ( this will proly happen in the next 8 weeks)

**blueshogun96** · June 22nd, 2004

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**ChaosCode** · June 22nd, 2004

well I do that kind of stuff for a living *sniffing packets* if you need help let me know.

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pro-logic · June 22nd, 2004

That's an interesting liveng, hehe, nah its not high priority at all... i mean going from knowing what packets it sends to emulation them is a long way, and i'm sure caustik will rather be addin more xdk versions then network support for halo, so that we can use a pc to kick my friends in a lan game, considering how much better a mouse/keyboards is the a ny controller.

SCVirus · June 23rd, 2004

and with XBConnect having a good user base PC-->Xbox play online is only LAN support away (not that thats easy, but its easier then full XBLive emulation)

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_hyde_ · June 26th, 2004

Good news indeed... Long live M$!

Razor-X · June 26th, 2004

I know this sounds a little selfish in my first post :-P but, isn't packet sniffing for Halo illegal? Meh

**ChaosCode** · June 26th, 2004

how would it be illegal? I never heard of that law before "Section 1: Sub Par 4: Packet sniffing of any game is deemed illegal" lol its not.

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**ChaosCode** · June 26th, 2004

Also, I would think that the tpc/ip udp protocol would be the "same" as windows 2000/xp so emulating it should be easy. Key word is should be tho :-p

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pro-logic · June 26th, 2004

Yeh well, wasent emulating xbox games the way caustik does it considered "easy" to all the other methods? and i don't see how sniffing stuff on your own LAN can be illegal if your the owner

**ChaosCode** · June 27th, 2004

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Originally Posted by pro-logic

Yeh well, wasent emulating xbox games the way caustik does it considered "easy" to all the other methods? and i don't see how sniffing stuff on your own LAN can be illegal if your the owner

Well... Id gotta say there is nothing easy about what they are doing with cxbx. Id say read up on how it works. I think its harder then other emulators but with a huge pay off in speed in the end.

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June 21st, 2004	#2 (permalink)
D.Strange Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Russia Posts: 244	Hmm... Looking weird...But anyway good progress. __________________ God didn`t create humans. Humans created God. CPUAMD Athlon XP 1700+ @ 2.4Ghz [12x200] MainBoardEpOX EP-8RDA+ Memory512Mb DDR400 PC3200 VideoChainTech GeForceFX5600 128Mb AudioCreative Sound Blaster Live! DriveDVDRW LiteOn SOHW1673s 16x6x16 HDDSeagate 120Gb 7200RPM + Maxtor 80Gb OSWindows 2K Pro SP4 DX9.0b ------------------------------- *PlayStation2 SCPH50008

June 21st, 2004	#3 (permalink)
caustik Emu author Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 180	zomby, you spilled the beans a little early :> yeah, halo is making good progress. there are issues (probably simple swizzling problems) with textures; but other than that, halo is able to boot up very fast so it is mostly minor fixes to get the menu working really nicely. then i'll get it in-game and see what new fun there is to fix. halo likes to modify it's textures at unusual times, which had me scratching my head until last night when I put in a fix and suddenly everything started showing textures.

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RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,744	Nice progress caustik __________________ CPU: Core i7 920 \ MB: EVGA X58 \ RAM: 12GB OCZ DDR3-1600 \ GPU: SLI 8800GTX HDD: 2x 150GB VelociRaptor R0 / PSU: Enermax Galaxy 850w / OS: Windows 7 x64

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ChaosBlade Translator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Israel Posts: 1,959	Yea, looking good & nice to hear from you guys. Keep up the great work __________________ "..Did you win?" "I lost." "You dumbass! You're still alive, You won!" "I couldn't protect anyone, And i couldn't defeat those who wounded us." *I LOST.*

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Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,842	lol well it is awesomeprogress if you ask me kinda nice to see something other then Turok. thanks for spillingthe beans zomby __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

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gamezonline Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 213	This is big news, halo is starting to show something (thinking to self), long live halo __________________ Abit Motherboard w/800 FSB P4 3.4 w/HT 1mb L2 @ 4.0 GeForce FX 5700 Ultra Emprex 8x DVD+-RW 250gig Maxter HD 80gig Maxter HD 1 Gig DDR 3700 SB Live

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ChaosCode disassembler Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Somewere Posts: 1,056	caustik, Does Halo use the same Dev pack as toruk or are other games made with other dev packs starting to fall in place? ps you rock. __________________ CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8500 VIDEO: GeForce 8800GT RAM: 2 gigs DDR2 800 Onboard Sound HHD: 4 of verious sizes Dolphin's webmaster and admin http://www.dolphin-emu.com/ For latest news

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pro-logic Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 159	No, it uses a different dev pack, it uses one of the first ones out there... Speeking of Halo i'll see if i can get a network sniffer on it to see what kind of network packets it runs. ( this will proly happen in the next 8 weeks)

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ChaosCode disassembler Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Somewere Posts: 1,056	well I do that kind of stuff for a living sniffing packets if you need help let me know. __________________ CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8500 VIDEO: GeForce 8800GT RAM: 2 gigs DDR2 800 Onboard Sound HHD: 4 of verious sizes Dolphin's webmaster and admin http://www.dolphin-emu.com/ For latest news

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pro-logic Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 159	That's an interesting liveng, hehe, nah its not high priority at all... i mean going from knowing what packets it sends to emulation them is a long way, and i'm sure caustik will rather be addin more xdk versions then network support for halo, so that we can use a pc to kick my friends in a lan game, considering how much better a mouse/keyboards is the a ny controller.

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SCVirus Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 46	and with XBConnect having a good user base PC-->Xbox play online is only LAN support away (not that thats easy, but its easier then full XBLive emulation) __________________

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_hyde_ Meh. Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles - CA Posts: 130	Good news indeed... Long live M$!

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Razor-X Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3	I know this sounds a little selfish in my first post :-P but, isn't packet sniffing for Halo illegal? Meh

June 26th, 2004	#17 (permalink)
ChaosCode disassembler Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Somewere Posts: 1,056	how would it be illegal? I never heard of that law before "Section 1: Sub Par 4: Packet sniffing of any game is deemed illegal" lol its not. __________________ CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8500 VIDEO: GeForce 8800GT RAM: 2 gigs DDR2 800 Onboard Sound HHD: 4 of verious sizes Dolphin's webmaster and admin http://www.dolphin-emu.com/ For latest news

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ChaosCode disassembler Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Somewere Posts: 1,056	Also, I would think that the tpc/ip udp protocol would be the "same" as windows 2000/xp so emulating it should be easy. Key word is should be tho :-p __________________ CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8500 VIDEO: GeForce 8800GT RAM: 2 gigs DDR2 800 Onboard Sound HHD: 4 of verious sizes Dolphin's webmaster and admin http://www.dolphin-emu.com/ For latest news

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pro-logic Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 159	Yeh well, wasent emulating xbox games the way caustik does it considered "easy" to all the other methods? and i don't see how sniffing stuff on your own LAN can be illegal if your the owner