Halo.2.XP.Gravemind.Fix-TheBabeLover

******************************************************************************* Halo.2.XP.Gravemind.Fix-TheBabeLover ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type.................: Game/Fix OS...................: XP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Halo 2 XP Gravemind level fix ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is alpha quality so use at own risk. I've tested it on two systems and it seems to work fine. to use: 1) copy WowMon.dll and Loaderplus.exe into your Halo 2 directory (same place as wow.dll and loader.exe) 2) start Halo2 using "loaderplus halo2.exe" from the command line at the Halo 2 installation directory. Alternatively, change your Halo 2 startup shortcut (if you have one) to use loaderplus.exe instead of loader.exe 3) play Halo 2 Technical explanation of Gravemind level problem (if you care): It seems that on some systems (presumably those with lots of RAM) Halo2 tries to load a single 75mb clip of the level. This operation fails on XP as it does not support asynchronous reads larger than 64mb (you can verify this by running filemon from sysinternals). For whatever reasons Halo2 treats this failure to read as a corrupted (or partially installed) map and asks for the original CD. I'm guessing that this only happens on Gravemind because it is the biggest level in the game. The WowMon.dll file in this archive intercepts large ReadFile calls and splits them up into several chunks smaller than 64mb. Loaderplus.exe is a modified version of abcba's loader.exe that just loads WowMon.dll in addition to Wow.dll Share and Enjoy, PS. Big thanks to abcba for getting Halo 2 to work under XP, awesome work dude. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I love girls, I love women, I love babes. Who am I? TheBabeLover" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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NickDaMan0 (2008-02-27)

Ehh...I'm incredibly confused. I don't know how to do this, and I'm using Dopeman's torrent. WTF do I do?
Plz help, really want to continue game.

TheBabeLover (2008-02-27)

If you use Dopeman's I don't think it will work.
Sorry, but you can download my Halo 2 http://thepiratebay.se/tor/3723877

kaybaz (2008-05-24)

fix worked great.
my desktop shortcut pointed to:
XP PLAY HALO 2.bat
just edit w/ notepad to use loaderplus.exe.
thx for the great fix!
i'm seeding

Trogdor2134 (2008-07-23)

Don't waste your time with this. Get a program called the process monitor. You can get it at Run the process monitor in the background while you load the gravemind level and it will load. It worked for me.
Note: The url I gave might not work because Microsoft is always changing around its website. If it doesn't just go to microsoft.com and enter "process monitor" into the search engine.

DrogbaPT (2008-07-25)

Guys I have a problem. When iam repairing X.live file it gives an error saying "Insert the Disc" Anyone knows how to fix this?
Btw iam seeding this so I would be glad to have an answer :)

bugler18 (2008-08-05)

THIS DOES NOT WORK FOR ME! WINRAR KEEPS SAYING INVALID OR CORRUPT AUTHENTICITY! I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR 4 DAYS STRAIGHT TO INSTALL, AND PLAY HALO!

gamemania (2008-08-20)

Thanks, awesomely work.
Just follow instruction 1 to 3.
Extra level after Gravemind:
Uprising, High Charity and The Great Journey is the end.

Nomad_one (2008-11-03)

please seed this again...

 CODYBOSS1969 (2008-11-14)

we need this fix. Please TheBabeLover re-seed or re-upload
PLEASEEEEEE!

alienMOAC (2008-12-07)

so i am downloading this torrent because the last torrent i had didnt work. i actually got the game as a present but my pc refuses to recognize the disc so i thought i'd just get a torrent, right? well the last one wanted me to register the product but i couldn't get the thing to finish the registration. will i be able to get past the outskirts level? i swear i'll kill someone if it doesn't work.

someperson15 (2009-01-14)

i love you man!!!

PatrickManning (2009-12-12)

No one has this problem on vista right?

stenare (2010-05-03)

As I wrote about another Torrent; "I've gotten as far as I've (Or rather they, the humans) retrieved the key, then I find myself on what seems to be me on a transport vessel back to earth, then there's this Flood-octo-thingamabob speaking somewhat retarded about some yada yada bla bla bla, then just as it seems it's about to start to load the next level, I'm thrown back to the starting-menu, "Press any key to continue" - Even if the game ended, shouldn't there be some end-credits or something??? "

FarStryder (2012-05-31)

In case this didn't work out for you or can't download the torrent now (as is my case), try downloading Process Monitor software and start the level while having this program run in the background. It fixed my prob and played till the end.