glyphstrip FAQ button
Halo.bungie.org
glyphstrip
Frequently Asked Forum Questions
 Search the HBO News Archives

Any All Exact 
Search the Halo Updates DBs

Halo Halo2 
Search Older Posts on This Forum:
Posts on Current Forum | Archived Posts


Re: Computer demands anyone??
Posted By: Loren Petrich <petrich@netcom.com>Date: 11/15/99 5:59 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Computer demands anyone?? (Matt)

> Obviously getting the game running on as many systems as
> possible is important to us. The trick is figuring out things
> you can eliminate or reduce in quality without adversely
> affecting the overall game experience.

Which is some of what I had described. Another shortcut would be to dither the transparency of semitransparent textures, making them look like they have lots of pixel-sized holes. I'm not sure how practical that is with OpenGL, however.

> But yes, we're trying to make Halo playable and enjoyable on
> computers used by Normal Folks.

I hope it will run without too much trouble on a 250-MHz PowerTower Pro (approx. a PMac 9500) with a Rage Orion video card. By the time it comes out, I may get some G4 Mac with MacOS X installed, which makes me hope that it will work in MacOS X without any trouble.

Message Index



Replies:

Computer demands anyone??Tobbe 11/15/99 3:34 a.m.
     Re: Computer demands anyone??Loren Petrich 11/15/99 5:30 a.m.
           System they ran the demo thing onDivideOverflow 11/15/99 1:56 p.m.
           Re: Computer demands anyone??Matt 11/15/99 4:09 p.m.
                 Re: Computer demands anyone??Jägermeister 11/15/99 4:53 p.m.
                 Re: Computer demands anyone??Loren Petrich 11/15/99 5:59 p.m.
                 Re: Computer demands anyone??Dispatcher 11/15/99 9:46 p.m.
                       Re: Computer demands anyone??Jägermeister 11/16/99 12:30 a.m.
     Yes, I demand a quad G4 with ATI MAXX (nt)Dan Rudolph 11/15/99 2:47 p.m.



contact us

The HBO Forum Archive is maintained with WebBBS 4.33.