So, while turning in my new-ish laptop in for repairs, I'm stuck with this old-ish thing for two weeks.

So I decide to run Halo CE just for the hell of it and this happens:
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/8623/messeduphalo.png

I tried navigating with the arrow keys, and when starting up a game on a default map, I got an exception. So I don't know if it will keep doing that in the actual game.

It never did that to me before. I uninstalled and redownloaded it. It did this both with and without the update. Custom UIs do the same thing, too.

This computer's a Vista with DX10, and other stuff I don't know about. (It can run L4D2 on high with minimal lag, though, so it can't be that bad.)

The FAQ had something about the menu not showing up, and disabling anti-aliasing for Halo CE. Good thing it didn't tell me how to do that.

Regular Halo works just fine, though.

Edit: Graphics card's an ATI Radeon 3600 series. I tried turning off anti-aliasing, but it didn't work.
Edited by stormtrooper1701 on Oct 5, 2010 at 07:42 AM

Sounds like CE hates you.
First go to the anti-alising thingummy. Should be located in the control panel.
If you're using a Nvidia card it should be a very obvious "Nvidia Control Panel"
Hit that , click manage 3D settings. The option should be right there as "Anti-alising Mode".
Select off. For me it's under application-controlled , but it seems that CE just dosen't like this in your case.

I had the same problem 2 years ago, I never fixed it. Halo 1 played fine, and Call of Duty 4 played just fine on the same.

I think Dennis could you help better, seeing I never fixed this on my old computer.

Really? Noone?

Woah, I have never seen any kind of bug like this... Dennis?

Your bitmaps.map is corrupt. Re-install.

The forerunners dont trust you to see halo.

Did you try the anti-alising thing?

Yeah, it was already off. Turning it on makes the screen completely black.



I already did.
Edited by stormtrooper1701 on Oct 9, 2010 at 09:00 AM

Reinstall in another directory.

Every video card and video driver has a different way to access the advanced features of the GPU so it is beyond the scope of the FAQ to instruct you on your particular video card.

From the image you posted it is either your Video driver or an improper or corrupt installation of the game. First uninstall then re-install the game. Then try upgrading your video drivers.

Halo Custom Edition Game - required
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=410

Halo Custom Edition V1.09 Patch update - required
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=4987

Okay, that worked....

But if I add a SINGLE DAMNED MAP to the maps folder, then bitmaps get corrupted, and I can't reverse it other than reinstalling.

Then you have something else wrong with your PC. Halo CE does not write to the hard drive in the maps folder so adding a map should not effect the operation of the other previously working maps. If it happens with any map you add then you most likely have some malware or a virus that is causing it. Update your anti-virus and anti-malware software and run a ful scan. Halo CE can NOT corrupt working maps.

Okay, did a sweep, no malware or anything, but...

If I run it directly from the Halo Custom Edition folder, or through a shortcut, it's all corrupted.

But if I run it from the setup application, it works just fine, even with the custom maps. I guess I could live with that.