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DanTheManPR
May 1st, 2004, 08:03 am
Linkage (http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/halo-combat-evolved/509885p1.html)

Halo Custom edition will be a 200mb download, and will include "fast shaders", supposedly increasing performance by 60%. They say:

Halo is as technically demanding as ever, but the graphics engine relating to rendering of the pixel-shading effects has had a dramatic overhaul. The new "Fast Shaders Engine" (as we call it here) has been measured at providing as much as a 60% performance increase on some configurations. Any configuration that supports advanced pixel shaders should see a dramatic increase in performance.

In addition to Halo CE, they're also finally coming out with Halo Editing Kit. This will be about a 250mb d/l

They also said they've made four new maps for multiplayer, but that they still need touching up and will be released a little while after Halo CE and HEK.

Cronus
May 1st, 2004, 09:50 am
So they are releasing a whole new version of Halo?

DanTheManPR
May 1st, 2004, 11:56 am
So they are releasing a whole new version of Halo?

Sort of. I suppose all the content will be the same, just with a revamped engine. You will need to d/l Halo CE in order to play on Halo CE servers, for example.



BTW, I forgot to mention that they completely revamped to netcode as well, so player warping wont be as much of a problem.

Cronus
May 1st, 2004, 12:41 pm
Finally lol. :)

Halo was fun, but the MP was a bit pants. Fun but pants. Warping everywhere and terrible fps.

Gary V.
May 1st, 2004, 12:45 pm
I think I may be one of the few who loved the mp. Hopefully with the CE edition more people will enjoy mp.

DejaFu
May 1st, 2004, 01:09 pm
so it will look cooler and run faster. thats hard to believe

DanTheManPR
May 1st, 2004, 01:15 pm
so it will look cooler and run faster.
It wont look cooler. It will only run faster.

Besides that, I'd love it if the netcode was better, cause I love the multiplayer. But a lot of times, its unplayable.

mandrake
May 2nd, 2004, 02:15 am
Yeah, my friend just posted an article about it here. (http://www.thedigitalrant.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6)

Cloudw4lker
May 2nd, 2004, 09:51 am
I read this yesterday on HaloHQ and didn't have time to post it here or check if it was posted.

I think this might make me want to play Halo again.