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Halo: Combat Evolved

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Versions 1.0 to 1.09, where 1.08 and above don't need to have CD to run (therefore rendering Wine copy-protection issues... non-issue).

Application Details:

Version: 1.0 - 1.09
License: Retail
URL: http://www.gearboxsoftware.com...
Votes: Marked as obsolete
Latest Rating: Bronze
Latest Wine Version Tested: 5.0.4-staging

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Test Results

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What works

Installation After putting the mfc42.dll in windows/system32

What does not

The Game

Workarounds

What was not tested

Gameplay

Multiplayer

Hardware tested

Graphics:

  • GPU:
  • Driver:

Additional Comments

Installing MSXML4, updating to 1.07 and applying a nocd patch got me very close to getting this to run. When I run the Game in Windows 98 mode I could here the menu music playing but couldn't see anything. I also played with the graphics modes playing with the direct3d options and whenever i enabled pixel shaders it caused my system to crash.

selected in Test Results table below
Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?		RatingSubmitter
ShowMacOs Catalina 10.15Apr 07 20215.0.4-stagingN/A Yes NoBronzeThomas Helton 
ShowUbuntu 20.10 "Groovy" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Dec 14 20205.0.3No, but has workaround Yes YesBronzeCharles Edward Rogers Jr. 
ShowManjaro Linux 18.0.0Apr 05 20194.5Yes Yes YesGoldBob Niemöller 
ShowDebian GNU/kFreeBSD Unstable "Sid"Aug 30 20141.7.25Yes Yes PlatinumJohannes 
ShowFedora 20 x86_64May 15 20141.7.18Yes Yes SilverZachary J 

Known Bugs

Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
657 Many games and applications need 'mfc42.dll' ('winetricks -q mfc42' is a workaround) NEW View
1631 Sound underruns occur in directsound CLOSED FIXED View
3112 Get bink videos working correctly CLOSED ABANDONED View
3981 Pixel shaders problem in halo demo with wine cvs dated from 1 december CLOSED FIXED View
6175 Halo crashes with debug options that I can't click with nocd patch CLOSED FIXED View
6369 Video card detection is wrong CLOSED FIXED View
6971 Mouse "escapes" window or is confined to an area in the full screen program CLOSED FIXED View
7264 Halo just presents a black screen rather than the menu CLOSED FIXED View
7615 Regression; Black screen in Halo CLOSED FIXED View
8845 Halo screen usage is messed up when in Virtual Desktop mode CLOSED FIXED View
8846 Halo textures have odd colourations appear and dissapear CLOSED FIXED View
8847 Halo - All non-static objects are invisible CLOSED FIXED View
9321 Halo: Locks up on startup CLOSED INVALID View
9598 Halo: Combat Evolved crashes on startup CLOSED FIXED View
9680 Halo crashes on startup CLOSED DUPLICATE View
10673 Gnome panel bars overlap Halo in fullscreen mode CLOSED FIXED View
13741 Halo displays a different angle camera of the bottom left of the screen on the top left CLOSED ABANDONED View
14047 Correction: HALO - colorful geometric artefacts CLOSED WORKSFORME View
17167 Graphics completely freeze in Halo CLOSED FIXED View
17551 Halo: Installer fails to complete with error "Cannot load pidgen.dll" (needs mfc42.dll) CLOSED INVALID View
19499 Halo 1's built-in chat doesn't work CLOSED ABANDONED View
23048 Unreal Tournament 3 fails and locks up CLOSED FIXED View
37863 Halo only works using Nvidia graphics CLOSED FIXED View

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HowTo / Notes

Installation
Running full game:
  1. Install mfc42 - for example, with winetricks: 
    winetricks mfc42
  2. Insert the CD, or mount the ISO: 
    mount -oloop Halo.iso /cdrom
  3. Launch the setup: 
    ./Setup.Exe
  4. Run the updater to patch Halo, which now includes no-cd: 
    ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Microsoft\ Games/Halo/haloupdate.exe
  5. Run the game. The working directory must be the Halo directory. 
    cd .wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Microsoft\ Games/Halo
./halo.exe
Running trial:

Installing 'halotrialsetup.exe' into a clean wineprefix should work fine with wine-1.3.37.

To run the game, the working directory must be the Halo Trial directory, e.g. 

cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Microsoft\ Games/Halo\ Trial/
wine halo.exe
Active camouflage fix

2015-10-06 Admin note: the following issue has been patched in version 1.0.10 of Halo Custom Edition and Halo Combat Evolved.

2014-11-08 Admin note:  the following was extracted from a user comment made on 2013-10-30 and may or may not be relevant to current Wine.

THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO CURRENT VERSION OF HALO CE/PC

Wine is, like Windows, affected by a bug where Halo doesn't render shaders as well on Nvidia hardware. The most visible symptom is that the active camouflage is only using transparency instead of the proper way where it is using a pretty neat shader.
The Windows fix is based on making Halo believe it is running on an ATI card, which is not so complicated within Wine. Loosely based on the Windows fix, enter these into the registry:
As DWORD: "HKCU\Software\Wine\Direct3D\VideoPciDeviceID" = "724b"
As DWORD: "HKCU\Software\Wine\Direct3D\VideoPciVendorID" = "1002"
If your Halo is in a more vast prefix, it is recommended to specify it exclusively for the halo.exe as this fix may have the potential to burn your house down.
This picture will display the basic improvement: i.imgur.com/Rq93SgZ.jpg

HOWTO Run in windowed mode

Use argument -windowed to play correctly

Example: wine halo.exe -windowed

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