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Halo: CEA is now available in The Master Chief Collection on PC
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In the game settings you can deselect parts of the game to uninstall.
The concept of a Microsoft company being a "sub" to Microsoft gave me a good laugh. Thanks for that.
So just to confirm, steam is 7 GBish?
EDIT: thanks TaySan
Is this with respect to the MP or the campaign? I don't know much about the flights so not sure if you guys have had access to the campaigns.
EDIT: thanks TaySan
Is this with respect to the MP or the campaign? I don't know much about the flights so not sure if you guys have had access to the campaigns.
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you don't see the difference between 'talking about it' and going '343i are incompetent clowns' in a thread about another game?
Huge difference, I agree. But the person I was responding to isn't the same coming with the same energy as that other individual calling 343i everything but children of God.
Fair discourse is legitimate, no need for the name calling.
Ugh I can't wait. Not only to replay the SP with updated textures and Blur cutscenes, but to also experience the GOAT MP again.
Damn, noticing a lot more graphic detail (especially in the Chief's armor) and noticeable improved IQ overall in Halo CEA compared to even the 4K Xbox One X version. I always loved the remastered version's look with the exception of the Gold Elite which was too busy and tribal-like for no apparent reason. Love, love Anniversary...plays like a dream on PC.
During the testing period, 144hz worked excellently in Halo CE.
Think this is tied to the Advanced graphic setting. Not sure what the setting does but I noticed the dithering effect with it turned on. You can turn off Advanced graphics and it removes this on the Anniversary graphics.
I'm playing the first mission right now and it feels glorious at such a high framerate! :) No dips either except when switching the visuals. Looks like a good port!
Ah, thanks! Dunno if its works though, i only installed Halo CE (reach requires download), but download size is still 34gb..
And seems like cutscenes still not in 60 fps =(
They should be running at 60, but there is a weirdness with the way the in-game cutscenes were originally done which caused issues if the game's frame rate is higher than 30.
It's downloading slow as **** and stop/starting. Struggling to get over 1Mb/s when normally it's 70Mb/s +. Servers must be getting hammered and they can't cope.
It's true. They've even said their outsourcing it in their blog posts. 343 does almost nothing in this. Maybe data collection? Error Reporting? QA? But actually developing these ports? Not a fucking chance.
I've had issues with input, latency, and multiple UI bugs. Character customization is using reach skeleton so it looks like someone dislocated all of chief arms. Extremely simple fixes that for some reason made it through. A bunch of the MP text just says "null" all over the place.
I mean it's true is it not?
It's really in respect to the whole package.
Weird, they might've put in a different fix to prevent the animation hiccups the game has with the cutscenes.
lol, just turned the Steam framerate counter thing on, and the game's been running at 500+ fps in multiplayer, so that might be causing some issues. Is it weird that I'm not getting screen tearing though? 62 fps in menus though.
Doesn't seem like anybody's playing 8v8 in CE.
Also, why's friendly fire off?
Doesn't seem like anybody's playing 8v8 in CE.
Also, why's friendly fire off?
If you don't know what you're talking about then it is best that you don't speak on the topic. Yes, they're outsourcing, but they are not just the middleman.
At 500 fps you're very unlikely to notice screen tearing on a high refresh rate monitor. At most, you might notice distorted angles when moving. For example, a vertical wall might look slanted.
if you can play the game like this then more power to you but i can't. not everyone has the problem which is good but a sizeable amount of players are experiencing the game like this and that is simply not something i will deal with.
My initial campaign impressions from someone who hasn't been in any of the flights:
- Runs well. Locked 144 fps on my 6700K/1070 at 1440p with ~15-20% GPU usage with classic, 80-144 fps ~50% with anniversary graphics depending on action. Game looks great, and the UI elements are nice and sharp.
- The unlocked framerate looks and feels good in gameplay. Miles better than Reach. Mouse movement feels flawless to me.
- Anniversary graphics don't look half bad in 2020, but there are changes to the art style that I'm equivocal about. My most recent playthrough was with Anniversary graphics so I'll probably be playing in classic.
- Cutscenes are weird in that they have smooth camera panning that looks like it's at the native framerate, but animations and particularly moving characters have a strange interpolated, motion blur-ish look to them. Gameplay looks fine though.
- Some animations and effects still appear to play at 30 fps, notably plasma weapons. Especially notable with the Covenant dropships' plasma bolts.
- Audio sounds normal. Not muffled as in Reach. The music may be a bit soft, but I don't remember exactly what CE's sound mix between effects/music/voice sounds like.
- Some minor bugs I've run into so far: plasma pistol played the charge shot sound when I was just tapping. When Master Chief gets out of his cryosleep casket thing, his model also remained in the casket, so for a second there were two Chiefs.
It's not perfect, but it's pretty damn good. It feels kinda crazy to play Halo: CE on PC at 144 fps with a decent FOV and good m/kb controls.
- Runs well. Locked 144 fps on my 6700K/1070 at 1440p with ~15-20% GPU usage with classic, 80-144 fps ~50% with anniversary graphics depending on action. Game looks great, and the UI elements are nice and sharp.
- The unlocked framerate looks and feels good in gameplay. Miles better than Reach. Mouse movement feels flawless to me.
- Anniversary graphics don't look half bad in 2020, but there are changes to the art style that I'm equivocal about. My most recent playthrough was with Anniversary graphics so I'll probably be playing in classic.
- Cutscenes are weird in that they have smooth camera panning that looks like it's at the native framerate, but animations and particularly moving characters have a strange interpolated, motion blur-ish look to them. Gameplay looks fine though.
- Some animations and effects still appear to play at 30 fps, notably plasma weapons. Especially notable with the Covenant dropships' plasma bolts.
- Audio sounds normal. Not muffled as in Reach. The music may be a bit soft, but I don't remember exactly what CE's sound mix between effects/music/voice sounds like.
- Some minor bugs I've run into so far: plasma pistol played the charge shot sound when I was just tapping. When Master Chief gets out of his cryosleep casket thing, his model also remained in the casket, so for a second there were two Chiefs.
It's not perfect, but it's pretty damn good. It feels kinda crazy to play Halo: CE on PC at 144 fps with a decent FOV and good m/kb controls.
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That new render of Chief is so fuckin hot. Like damn, can that please be an option in Halo Infinite???
Is the netcode for this one still really bad? I remember it being a major issue on Xbox as an outgrowth of the PC gearbox port.
Don't know if I should play more or wait until my 144hz display arrives... which will take another 2 weeks.
100+ hz + mouse and keyboard feels so much better to play.
The biggest thing I noticed while playing HCE multi on Steam today is that audio levels are all over the place. My footsteps are amped up and my gun fire is quiet.
Already had to alt+F4 out of multi after three matchmade sessions. As of today, 343i apparently didn't update the multiplayer queue options to favor HCE matchmaking. My first match was in Longest with everyone spawning on top of their opponents. I can't remember if that map was always a nightmare in terms of spawn points.
Potentially unrelated, I have no idea how to report players; I had a guy on my team going on a betrayal frenzy, and in the post-game report, I couldn't figure out how to flag his account for being an asshole. Ah well.
Already had to alt+F4 out of multi after three matchmade sessions. As of today, 343i apparently didn't update the multiplayer queue options to favor HCE matchmaking. My first match was in Longest with everyone spawning on top of their opponents. I can't remember if that map was always a nightmare in terms of spawn points.
Potentially unrelated, I have no idea how to report players; I had a guy on my team going on a betrayal frenzy, and in the post-game report, I couldn't figure out how to flag his account for being an asshole. Ah well.
Well I explained what they potentially could be doing. QA/Error Management/Feedback. If that's not what their doing right now then please explain.
Ah yes, because work on every other game has to completely stop until their partners fix the audio in one game
Don't know if they fixed it, but the flight's audio was noticeably different from XB1 version. The gunshot sounds and voice lines were tuned down and the music was tuned up. It didn't sound too great.
It's weaker than Reach's but still there. It's not as "strong" in this game since you need to lead all of your shots, and the pistol is as random as the DMR when it wants to be.
They shouldn't be releasing additional titles until the issues in the first game are fixed.
And then you would be complaining they are not releasing them fast enough.
Audio is fine for me when I did the flights last week. All sound effects (both classic and anniversary) and music were playing correctly!
Slightly weird bug in that I completed the Pillar of Autumn level in single player but unlocked the Steam achievement for Truth and Reconciliation.
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary on Steam
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary comes to PC as the second installment of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, chronicling the rise of the legendary Master Chief.
It says on the store page "To play either purchase Halo: Master Chief Collection, or Individual DLC."
I absolutely still have the audio issues in Reach, but HCE is 100% fine for me.
Much obliged for the impressions, really looking forward to this now
You can do that now, I believe. Reach was the same way.Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary on Steam
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary comes to PC as the second installment of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, chronicling the rise of the legendary Master Chief.store.steampowered.com
It says on the store page "To play either purchase Halo: Master Chief Collection, or Individual DLC."
Really? It says this over on my end:
