Halo 2 E3 2003 Video

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  what about the ms haters? : malloc
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    Or mac users, for that matter. The OS X version of WMP doesn't do WM9. : jason bergman
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      So releasing a quicktime version of halo 2 footage on the xbox is Bungies formal apology of ganking halo ... : Wombat Woo
      • Halo is still on the way for Mac. : Carnivac
    • Doesn't VLC support it tho? And Quicktime = fabulous quality picture. However the player does have som... : Bagpuss
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  with all bias aside, QT is better quality. : Wolfanoz
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    The QT has better audio compaired to the WMA. But the WMA has better picture quality. : MarksmanX
    • The WMV has 5.1 sound if your sound card supports it. : yakz
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    Well, I wasn't 100% serious when I said that no QT version is needed. I personally would like to put the ... : Aubrey Philipsz
    • i do stupid quicktime : Break
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  I don't like how the free QT player doesn't actually fullscreen. : Outrager
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    apples player, to be sure, sucks ass. The QT codec though is extremely high quality. : johnny rotten
    • Ya which sucks. Apple screws themselves over so bad. : Chucklehead
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    QTTASK.EXE is enough reason to never install quicktime. It loads on startup. Remove it? It loads it to st... : Cygnus X-1
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      Disable it throught the Quicktime GUI: Control Panel > Quicktime > uncheck QuickTime system tray icon : afty
      • No, disable QT through Add/Remove Programs. At least WMP has the courtesy to wait till your back is ... : Phayyde
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  I heart QT. Such great picture quality. : Katarn3279
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    I see a lot of people talking about how QT is higher quality then WMV9. This is not true. By and large wh... : jonc
    • Technically, they switched to mpeg-4 in Quicktime 6. However, as people hadn't figured out all the intric... : gregorybrown
    • Actually, Quicktime has used mpeg4 since version 6. I will say that the encoder within Quicktime Pro h... : Serpico74
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  I will never, ever update WMP. So, yes, there is. :( : insta
  • bad call :( WMP9 > * : Downforce
  • Do you like to whip your naked body with blackberry tendrils covered with hot mustard too? ;) : Aubrey Philipsz
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    You dont have to. WMP9 codec (available at microsoft.com) + Media Player Classic (http://www.gabest.org/... : eiopa
    • i use WMP6.. mplayer2.exe in your WMP folder, it's there even if you have WMP9 installed. i only use WMP9... : Soul Colossus
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      Where? I don't see anything about a codec-only download. : insta
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        http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/format/codecdownload.aspx : Carnivac
        • Thanks. There wasn't an obvious link to that anywhere on the WMP9 downloads page. : insta
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  nothing microsoft is worth a shit : overtoke
  • Except fucking everything? : Aubrey Philipsz

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• Um, you know that this is for the XBOX right? : Snifter_42

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  Question: what are you watching it in? The sounds were muted for me in Media Player Classic, but sounded... : Carnivac
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    wmp classic not support 5.1 decoding perhaps so its mixing it to two channels or something? the video is... : grimiv
    • I think all MPC is doing is playing back just the front left and right channels, and not using the center... : Carnivac
  • thanks, the sounds where playing just fine, I had my speakers up and all, they just sounded like the gun ... : Cpt. Baseballbat
• It sure does tell some story. Play the first game to understand how important it is that the Covenant are... : DKo5
• 2004. That is when the game will be finished. : jigstah
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  Halos ring is a similar concept to Niven's Ringworld - the difference is mostly in scale. Niven's Ringwo : SgtFritz
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    Yeah, if I remember right, Halo sits on a Larange point in a tricky way, while Ringworld was literally a ... : Liquid
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      That sounds like a big ass structure. I wonder how many planets have to be used to get so much material. ... : Aubrey Philipsz
      • In Ringworld or Ringworld Engineers, someone makes the statement that it takes about a jupiter sized plan... : bostrov
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  knocking on the graphics is a poor troll dude...even if your not trying...gimme a break, it looks incredi... : Jackass1233
  • To me it finally looks like we're moving beyond Phong lighting. I noticed the lighting lobes didn't look ... : bostrov
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  how can you make any assesment of the SECOND game having never played the first. Halo kicks much ass, the... : Steve HOCP
  • well....for those of us who haven't played the first and are seeing the second now, it's not a "fair" ass... : johngloid
• Similarity to Niven's is why I like it! I'm an avid SF reader, and just the fact that it takes place i : *TerraFORM

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  ???? I've tried PowerDVD, Winamp, Media Player 7 (no way I am installing 9), DiVX, QuickTime 8-) : Flynn
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    Whats wrong with wmp9 ? : beefcake01
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      Other than the EULA that gives Microsoft the legal right to look in your computer remotely and turn off a... : RatBastard
      • I haven't installed wmp9 and can run it just fine with version 8. : d3tached
• that is too bad. WMP9 > QT : Downforce

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  75min wait in line or instant bit torrent link. Hmmm. Not to start a pissing match but bit torrent can... : handofthrawn
  • handofthrawn: If you regularly use Kazzaa make sure your using the speedup utility. What a difference. ... : beefcake01
  • bittorrent is great, most of the time my download nearly max out my cable (ok, not huge or anything cuz t... : khaosman
• Think harder, cause I got 400k/s when using BitTorrent, instantly. : Dermot81

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• I agree 100%, something is wrong with the sounds. The music is blaring and the weapon and turret sounds w... : zenares
• I liked when he ran the guy over and someone said "That better buff out!" : Pneum0

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• That's in-game, too. You'll be able to board vehicles like that during gameplay. : EvilDolemite
• I watched the trailer around e3 time and saw that spot, everyone (Halo fanboys) got pumped up seeing that... : beefcake01

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• Bungie also said that you will be able to shoot them or toss a grenade in the cockpit, while on the craft... : kedz

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• just make sure everyone leaves their client on so everyone can leech : killerasp
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  Alright are any shackers using this torrent? Right now I think im the only one with 100 sticking around ... : smacknca
  • I'll be grabbing this torrent when I get home in 1.5 hours, if it's still up. I usually leave mine up ind... : nakedsavage
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    I'm seeding it, but I have crappy upload bandwidth. Currently there are 113 complete and 459 downloading... : afty
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      How do you find out how many people are uploading and downloading? : Modulus
      • You need the 3.2.1b CVS version of BT, it shows peers and seeds and lets you throttle up/download speeds.... : R.Cade
      • TorrentSpy: http://torrentspy.sourceforge.net/ : afty
  • Speed isn't that great right now, but I just started downloading. I'll be leaving torrent up until someti... : nakedsavage
• Actually, it supports 4 channel as well. : Fred Garvin
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  Getting 200k/s download, 70k/s upload. I like. : Dermot81
  • Mmm make that 300k, very good idea this bit torrent. : Dermot81
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  I left my torrent open for over two hours and uploaded over a gig. I feel so good inside now =) : Tissen
  • its accelerating - neat :) : overtoke
• someone with the whole thing just turned their client off :;) : overtoke
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  how do you enable the 5.1 sound? cuz i d/led it from fileshack, played it and it didn't have 5.1 dolby... : khaosman
  • oh great, i went to help seed that torrent and looks like the fileshack version i had was only 58% done. ... : khaosman

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• It's Winows Media Player 9. Check out your local Windows Update for a copy. : Tissen

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• 5.1 sound = badass cant wait for it heh : -=kodiak=-
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  720p or 1080i and 16:9 support too. : edgewise
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    i mean, I hope it has those. : edgewise
    • ITS THE SAME XBOX : overtoke
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    XBox Graphics pocessor sux to much to put out those kinds of visuals at anything higher than 480p. I r... : Snifter_42
    • hey shrek, what's up? : Jackass1233
    • Atleast 99% of Xbox games do 480p, which is effectivly 2x the res of standard TV. : R.Cade
    • 480p still looks very nice, on this generation of Xbox games. Very nice. 1080i is something to shoot fo... : EvilDolemite

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  Me. QT quality > WMV quality. : johnny rotten
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    Why do you say that? If the files are the same size, and it's WMV 9.x, they're going to be almost exactl... : batkiwi
    • Im assuming that the QT version is a differently encoded version of the raw unencoded source. But yeah i... : johnny rotten
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  Mac Users. : freshview
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    why do mac uses come to the shack? for gaming, PC > Mac : Soul Colossus
    • they are at work, and work on macs : Snifter_42
    • why don't you ask one? : freshview

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• I really wonder why you posted this.. : ovrlrd
• Good for you. GB2GS. : edgewise
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  WMP9 ver > QT version Mercury > Gamespot Complete (I have both) : DKo5
  • gamespot complete owned during e3.. exept for when the bloody site was down :( : Lethal01
• saying it's in QT is like saying you picked up a hot chick AND she has venereal warts! : d-man

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  some scripted butts maybe : xphil
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    Have you ever read what Bungie does in their AI code? No, probably not. : Fred Garvin
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      No I didn't. You mean everything from taking over Ghost to all the talking wounded guys, all of them are ... : xphil
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        Taking over the ghost wasn't scripted. It will be in the game, if the conditions are right, you'll jump ... : Carnivac
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          That means, it's gonna be like, GT-alo? That sure sounds holy-shit-fuck-tastic. Now I don't mind what ... : xphil
          • Sort of, yes. Apparently the timing is a little more tricky and not the sure thing that it was in GTA. : johnny rotten
      • Almost all games have some form of scripting. Since we don't have real AI we have to fake it somehow. If ... : Fred Garvin
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      er but the ai was scripted in halo : -=kodiak=-
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        http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=7795698 : Fred Garvin
        • 5 mins late =P : -=kodiak=-

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• * F I R E D * : Snifter_42

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• Both good in defferent ways. : Fred Garvin
• Stalker looks bad ass, as well. MMMm : jigstah
• Looks awesome, but who knows how it will play. Until I've played it I'll reserve my enthusiasm for games... : Carnivac

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  Yea worked for me (XP/WM9/Audigy2). I can't find the damn MS site that has a test file for 5.1 but I kno... : smacknca
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    Here it is: 5.1 Audio test (be sure to open in WM9, not winamp or such) http://www.microsoft.com/window... : smacknca
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      Yeah, I got it to work in 4-channel which is still cool. : Fred Garvin
      • Oh yea I didnt mean to imply i have 5.1 I have 4 as well, but it actually still does an awesome job (its... : smacknca
    • uug that sounded like shit the test that comes with the nvidia soundstorm is MUCH better the halo s... : -=kodiak=-

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• What's your problem, son? : melancoholicz

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  Master Chief is the last Spartan cyborg. There are 'elite' marines on earth who get to wear somewhat sim... : johnny rotten
  • GET TACTICAL, MARINES'ED : grimiv
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  whats a sparten exactly? : HeXoN
  • Spaten is German word for spade. ;) : Aubrey Philipsz
  • its what master chief is, and he is supposedly the only one left after the Fall of Reach. : ultramega

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  Get Mercury - I was able to d/l it from the San Fran Server at 400k/second...I've never had bandwidth lik... : Waverider
  • I have mercury. :} : brutal
• It's weird because i've heard people with Mercury say this before, yet i've never seen any of the servers... : ovrlrd

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  Gives me a headache watching these :/ : SlamDunk
  • then mirror 'em for us! :D : Downforce
• Dunno....runs perfect for me... : wykd

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• No. Wait till sometime next year. : dupayosh
• Q1 2004. : Overbyte

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• of course. : johnny rotten
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  There's no information that it will be anything but Xbox exclusive. MAYBE in a couple of years they mi... : Carnivac
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    I guarentee it'll be out on pc's at least. Why? Because its a microsoft property and means they'd make ... : johnny rotten
    • and I say it'll be out about a year after the original this time. Why? Because by 2005 the xbox will be... : johnny rotten
    • Yeah, Microsoft kicks ass when it comes to be a successful company! ;) : Aubrey Philipsz
• It had better be... : Judicus

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• Thats the thing about this "demo". Every time its different, since they were actually PLAYING it. It wasn... : DKo5

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• taking a dump and listening to Slayer? : edgewise
• haha, that's just too damn funny. : stelth