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Re: Your Guide To the Last Days of Halo 2
Posted By: PsychoRaven	Date: 4/12/10 11:59 a.m.
In Response To: Your Guide To the Last Days of Halo 2 (FyreWulff) Great guide. Makes me sad though. Just 2 more days. I do have to say though if people have a pc that can run Halo 2 Vista I suggest it. It's just as fun and of course will still have online. I also loved the 2 maps they made for it. I wouldn't have minded seeing those ported to the xbox version. Course we know for sure that won't happen now lol. : FyreWulff's : Guide To The Last Days of Halo 2 : (and beyond) : : As everyone knows, Halo 2 is coming to an end. Sadface. But here is a guide : to make sure you are not caught with your pants down before the ship : sinks. : First, make sure you have all the DLC. Sign into Live (gold account : required): : Select your profile when prompted. If you want to bring guests online with : you, this is the screen to use. : : Now select the "Downloadable content" option on the main menu. This : will prompt you to exit Halo 2. Press A to confirm. : : You will now be prompted to reconnect your controller (just press A). Select : your gamertag, and then proceed to download the content: : PAL users: Unfortunately, the DLC program is not emulated correctly for VGA : mode - you will end up with a blank screen. You have two options: 1) Use : your normal SDTV cables to download the content. : 2) Use component cables to download the content. : : Gametypes : Halo 2 had many popular gametypes. Most of which had tweaks applied to them : by each community; what I list here may not exactly match up with what you : are familiar with, but it should be close enough. : Zombies : Mostly played on the map Foundation. Ivory Tower and Zanzibar are also good : maps for the gametype. : Base Gametype: Team Slayer : Starting Weapon: Sword : Secondary Weapon: Shotgun : Special Instructions: In the pregame lobby, everyone switches to Red team. : One person then switches to green team, and the game is started. Each time : anyone from the green team kills a person from the red team, the red team : victim must switch to green (Start button -> Change Teams). The game : ends once everyone is converted to a zombie. : Tower of Power : Played on the map Ascension. Each team tries to control the big tower and : it's turret. Remember to turn on the Primary turret in the gametype : settings (it's under Vehicles) : Base Gametype: Team Slayer : Score to Win: 200 : Shields : None : Starting Weapon: Shotgun : : Bucket List : Herein follows my suggested list of gametypes to try with at least a : "full" party of 4v4: One Flag on Relic, Headlong, Zanzibar, : Ascension, Turf, Tombstone and Terminal : One Bomb on Headlong, Zanzibar, Terminal, Coagulation, Beaver Creek, Ivory : Tower : King of the Hill on Gemini, Backwash, Warlock, Sanctuary, Ascension, : Midship, Desolation, Beaver Creek, Terminal : 2 Flag on Coagulation, Warlock, Sanctuary, Desolation, Elongation, : Colossus, Waterworks (6v6+), Beaver Creek : Oddball on Midship, Desolation, Turf, Beaver Creek : Territories on Containment, Sanctuary, Turf, Tombstone (see below), Relic, : Terminal : Neutral Flag on Warlock, Foundation, Backwash : : Special Notes : The map Backwash has particular issues on the 360. If anyone picks up the : active camo and then is decloaked by being fired upon or shooting, the : game will drop to around 3 frames per second due to the emulator. Contrary : to what you may have heard, it is possible to play Backwash with no : problems on the 360. You just need to make special variants for it that : remove the Active Camo (found under Equipment options). With the Camo : removed, you should see no problems with framerate. : * * * : The maps Warlock , Foundation , and Waterworks all support 4 teams for : CTF (1 or Multi) and Bomb (1, Multi, Neutral). Be sure to try out a 4 team : Bomb game on Warlock, or a 4 Team Neutral Flag on Foundation! Waterworks : may not work as well, but the 4 team support also lets you play 2-flag : "sideways" on the map by setting one team to Yellow and the : other to Green. : * * * : Halo 2 is push to talk, all the time, 24/7. If you talk without pressing LB : or up on the dpad, only nearby players will hear you (and they will hear : you through the speakers). You can also not be heard when you are dead. : * * * : Be sure to check out the map Terminal . Try playing a game of KotH with a : non-moving hill - the hill will be placed on the train tracks. The winning : team will have to dodge enemies and bullet trains! : * * * : The map Tombstone is the only map that supports all 8 territories that the : Halo 2 engine has settings for in gametypes. Try playing with 8 : territories on Tombstone with 4+ teams, and a really high score limit (30 : mins). Watch how fast that score timer goes up when you have all 8 : captured! : * * * : Backwash 's fog blooms and enhances plasma weapon trails. Try a game with : Plasma Rifle and Sentinel Beam starts for an awesome light show. : : Life after Death : While many people will be disappointed when Halo 2 signs off for good on : April 15th, there are two options to continue playing the game. : XBC , or Xbox Connect , is a program that emulates a LAN over the internet : to allow you to play system link games over said internet. With Halo 2, : this is pretty much like playing over Live, except you have no friends : list, clan list, or the ability to easily boot people out of the lobby. : Requires a router and broadband internet. Note: You will also run into a : bunch of modders, so I suggest only playing with friends. XBC is a good : reason to keep your Halo 2 disc around. : * * * : Halo 2 Vista is the PC port done by Hired Gun for the Windows platform. : It works in Windows 7, too. Halo 2 Vista has achievements, dedicated : servers (plus the usual peer hosted private lobbies), all the features of : 360 live (minus voice party chat as of this writing), and supports custom : maps. It should be noted that superbouncing no longer works in Halo 2 : Vista. Unfortunately, Hired Gun didn't fix animation glitches. The game : also does not require the DVD to be in the drive after the initial : install, and even supports playing the game while the install is being : performed. : Halo 2 Vista has two exclusive maps available as well: District and Uplift. : Have fun!

Message Index

Your Guide To the Last Days of Halo 2	FyreWulff	4/12/10 4:54 a.m.
Re: Your Guide To the Last Days of Halo 2	sharpsniper99	4/12/10 6:07 a.m.
Re: Your Guide To the Last Days of Halo 2	FyreWulff	4/12/10 9:43 a.m.
Re: Your Guide To the Last Days of Halo 2	geekinabox	4/12/10 9:59 a.m.
Re: Your Guide To the Last Days of Halo 2	FyreWulff	4/12/10 4:24 p.m.
Re: Your Guide To the Last Days of Halo 2	PsychoRaven	4/12/10 11:59 a.m.
Re: Your Guide To the Last Days of Halo 2	sharpsniper99	4/12/10 12:16 p.m.
Windows 7 without a doubt	PsychoRaven	4/12/10 1:49 p.m.
Re: Windows 7 without a doubt	sharpsniper99	4/12/10 3:01 p.m.
Having trouble downloading the maps.	Gravemind	4/12/10 4:46 p.m.
Re: Having trouble downloading the maps.	terminator182	4/12/10 5:12 p.m.
Got 'em. Thanks.	Gravemind	4/12/10 11:29 p.m.
Played a few games.	BlueNinja	4/13/10 8:59 a.m.
Re: Played a few games.	tln	4/13/10 11:04 a.m.