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Halo 2 PC Vista Only, With Exclusive Content
Via 1up and Kotaku, news from the most recent Bungie weekly update. Work on Halo 2 PC is continuing apace, but players looking forward to the game should know a few things. The game looks to be Vista only and, despite the promise of the 'Live Anywhere' concept, will not be interconnected in the way that the Shadowrun game will be. The Bungie update clarifies on these announcements. From the article: "Will I need a DirectX 10 graphics card to run Halo 2 on PC? No. Although you will require Windows Vista to play Halo 2 on a PC, you won't necessarily need to upgrade your graphics card to do it. Halo 2, like some other Vista titles, will work just fine on a wide range of graphics cards, including DX9 cards. We will provide far more detailed minimum hardware requirements closer to the game's completion."
"Halo did do something very nice that every FPS game should copy. Give grenades their own controls so you can throw them with your main weapon equipped. Brilliant."
I'd like to note that the uberpopular Quake one mod "Team Fortress" did this originally.
The Exclusive Content may be BSOD's
Probably going to be modded down as a troll, but...
Alternatives does exist. Besides Direct3D and DirectInput, which realisticly speaking are the ONLY pieces of DirectX that actually work well (the rest being just too much bother to be worth it), DirectX sucks ass. And yes, IAAGD (I Am A Game Developer).