Patch 1.04 features/fixes
•The GameSpy Security Hot-Fix for Halo for Windows addresses a rare crash
bug that could occur if a malicious individual (hacker) purposely tries to exploit
the GameSpy CDKey SDK.
Patch 1.031 features/fixes
•Fixed the crash on startup bug relating to the intro movies.
•Anisotropic filtering is now NOT on by default.
•Saved games prior to 1.03 are now no longer compatible. Any levels that
were unlocked as you progressed through the game are still available, but your
checkpoints will be reset.
Patch 1.03 features/fixes
Features:
•Anti team killing – Implemented server-configurable team-killing
banning solution. Removed respawn penalty from person who gets team killed.
Increased respawn time multiplier for team killing.
•Assault mode role indicator – “Offense” or “Defense”
will appear on the HUD indicating which role your team is on
•Assault mode timer – A permanent countdown timer is displayed on
the HUD showing the time left for that “round”
•Assault mode flag hard reset option – The flag will reset automatically
at the end of each “round”, even if it is being carried by someone.
•Networking performance – Enhancement to player prediction
•Persistent teams across mapcycle – Players will remain on the same
team when a new map is started
•Map quick restart – restarts any MP game – good for having
all players start at the same time.
•New in-game scoreboard – Displays players, kills, deaths, assists
and ping
•Increased chat text length – Chat length has been increased from
40 characters to 64 characters
•Improved banned player detection - Banned players no longer appear in
game for brief second before getting kicked out
Fixes:
•Plasma grenades can no longer teleport on vehicles
•Players standing on rock no longer experience “warping”
•Teleporters no longer cause occasional camera out of sync
•Cinematic speech bug with Audigy cards fixed
•Game not starting with unsupported refresh rates fixed
•“Telefraged” message is now displayed when a player is telefraged
•Flashlight toggle bug in MP games fixed
•Interrupting reload animation bug fixed
Dedicated Server:
•Increased server name length – Server names can now be up to 63
characters in length
•Expanded character set for server names – Server names can now
contain extended punctuation and characters
•RCON can now pass quotation marks to server – useful for turning
on and off passwords
•Fixed “-ip” for assigning which network card is used by the
game
•Fixed ability to restart a single instance of the server without restarting
all instances
