hey guys, im trying to help my friend get halo ce portable version onto his w8 tablet and it keeps getting exceptioned at bootup, and he doesn't have a disc drive, plus I don't have much time and I have no clue when im returning to his house, any solutions?

"and he doesn't have a disc drive" That could be the problem, may be the game just works with hard drives, and if im correct w8 tablets have flash memory, like iPads and small Apple devices. Also W8 tablets are not designed for playing, I mean of course they can run low-req games but not all, may be Halo wonīt run because the processor is weaker or the tablet has Low ram.

the tablet with detachable keyboard had i3 core haswell. never got a good look at the specs because w8 pissed me off too much with its not so user friendly exploration of the desktop... in my opinion... I am never going with an i3 or weaker again... unbelievable, im just gonna make him download the crap. funny story, hes afraid of getting viruses from halo downloads or stuff from this site... unreal. but anyways when im at his house on Monday, ill review the stuff and get him to DL and use his cd key this time instead of my flashdrive.


side note: what is the difference between a 120gb flash memory drive, and a 120gb ssd?
Edited by rcghalohell on Jan 4, 2014 at 12:47 AM

I donīt really know all the differences, I think one of them is that in Flash memories you canīt recover lost data.In an HDD or SSD when you lost a file, you can use some softwares to recover the file, but when somethings gets erased in a flash memorie, it will be deleted forever, Flash memories are cheaper than HDD and SDD. I think this memories are on-board I mean they are attached in the motherboard, so If your flash memorie fails or get damaged you will need to buy a new tablet and probably all your data will be deleted.

sounds like thin laptops are better than tablets

Why portable? Why not legal? If you downloaded halo ce with a legit cd key run haloupdate. Then you wont need a disk. Also a hybrid drive is a good value. But idk if they have a laptop one.
Edited by MEGASEAN2812 on Jan 4, 2014 at 03:38 PM

I know I could have put one in my laptop :P

False. Flash memory is the type of memory used in SSD's, so "flash drive" and "Solid State Drive" are synonymous. With an SSD you can't recover data from a dead drive.

I strongly doubt that the storage medium is what's causing the exception - it's more likely GPU-related. Try running it with the -useff command line. If that works, try -use14.

so which is faster? flash memory or ssd? btw does mac use flash or ssd? cuz if ssd is faster and mac doesn't have it, I have a whole college to brag to in a week or so

ur tellin me that apple is using giant flash drives in their useless crap? oh man im gonna feel so smug when I return to college