halo=LAG

[nunya_bidnesss]

is there any way to help lag in this game? I have set all settings as low as they will go! Sometimes i find a good server but it never lasts long before it starts lagging. I have cable modem....never had a problem in any other games (mohaa, stararcraft, cs). Can anyone help???

[nightmare]

We both have exacly the same problem.Halo is just a extreem laggy game,the only thing that helped me alittle little and that may help you too is turning off your firewall while playing.

[Gregsy]

Wait untill We get T1 then it will go speedy as hell:classic:
but i guess there will be patches for it so tht it will go faster

[Dark_Shadow]

Even with dsl,cable its slow somewhat but dont lag that much not as bad as 56k.

[Gregsy]

but remember it has to do with others internet speed, also the ram on your computer.. i have a 128 mb ram and even on campaighn it jitters a bit , it is actually improved for some reason in multiplayer

[nunya_bidnesss]

after watching my bandwidth usage while playing, ive noticed that i can play while my bandwidth usage is around .03 to .05%. (100 mb card so full usage for me would be 2%). Once i start lagging, my usage slowly climbs to 1.5% or so. if i reconnect to the server, my usage goes back down and i can play for a while, but it will suddenly climb back up after about 10 minutes of play. what tha !@#$%$#@!!!!! why does halo make my usage climb up suddenly. It would make sense to me if the usage was always at the top while playing. i dont understand why it spikes up suddenly. anyway, if anyone understands my jibberish and can help i would appreciate it.

[iSpy]

i have a kickass system p4 2.6 overclocked to 3.2, 1 GB of 500 mhz ram with 1000 Mhz FSB, ATI 9800 pro, etc etc. I stll get lag, mostly in the campaign, but i play at 1600 x 1200. almost like old nintendo games when there is just too much going on on the screen. it makes me laugh. i lowered my res. then everthing was just fine. For online play try to stick to dedicated servers, they have the least lag, if the host has a crappy connection it doesn't matter what yours is. i stick to servers that i know are good and i seldomly have a problem.

[Gregsy]

yeah .. that is why online is better because of the connections , there is arely lag on good servers

[Agent)@(Johnson]

I can't say what exactly is going on with you guys and your serious lag issues but I don't have any lag whatsoever. I am running win2000 pro, 1.5ghz p4, 256ram, and a 32mb geforce video card. Not a kickass setup by any means but I can run it at 1024x768 with 0 lag in single player or multiplayer. I think it's a compatability issue with some systems because it seems that the game runs beautifully or terrible for people. Fortunately it runs beautifully for me.

[SuicideCoder]

I play with the same thing 1024...i also used a tweak posted on somewebsite that makes the graphics use the least about of extra things...(the tweak is applied in the shortcut to halo like "c:\halo.exe" -useff or something like that...anyway thats fps tweak

I also play the game with dialup and its totally smooth...however out of the cllear blue sky their are times when lag strikes while the game was going smooth and i blame this on the servers more then anything.

[tommy2004]

i have a gr8 comp gr8 connexcion but i lag like a donkeys playground

[Gregsy]

it also has to do with who your playing against

[munkeegutz]

modifications to the shortcut

-useff turns your picture to crap but makes it look better. youre stuck with this if you have a crap card or you REALLY need the preformance.

-use11 a little lower than the next two. I dont see any difference except in the preformance

-use14 use this or -use11

-use20 this enables pixel shaders v2.0. if you can do this and have high fps, kudos to you. I cant. I use -use14


you can seperate the modifiers with a space. others are

-novideo gets rid of the videos when opening halo. use this.

-screenshot lets you take screenshots. use the prtscr button. saved in the screenshots folder in halo.

-console lets you use the console. I use it for 'rasterizer_fps true' every once in a while, just to take a better look at my preformance. access the console with the ~ button. once you get in, you cant do much till you get out of it. press tab when in there to see your options. youll see.


thats all I would use. so in my shortcut, it says:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo\halo.exe" -novideo -console -screenshot -use14

so...I dont see videos in the begining, can use the console, can take screenshots, and have pretty good preformance

[savage101]

i dont lag in anyother game except halo

[dhrv2]

yep

[Jesus Claus]

I get no lag here... Must be the AMD...

[munkeegutz]

I dont lag in any game, period. I just love it. I often see servers with a ping of less than 30. I just dont get it. my computer is good, but not GREAT. whatever.

[cRAZyDESi]

i have the demo and get lots of lag, but every demo has lag.

[nightmare]

Well this my sound funny but the lag in the demo is much lesser for me then in the retail game,I dont know why yet,but I think it has something to do with the ports.And my firewall of course.

[Jesus Claus]

They always improve the speed of a game in the retail verison. Demo is a beta in a way.