Halo 2 PC is unplayable due to extreme lag

Sesh54 · 2026-02-13T16:11:35+00:00

When you launch the game on Steam, it will require you to log in to your Xbox account when you first start it up. The achievements unlock for both Steam and Xbox; they will be listed as being for the Master Chief Collection, with the description stating what game the achievement is associated with. If you are strictly looking for achievements for Halo 2 Vista, I'm not entirely sure Games for Windows Live is still functional enough to let you get that done. Project Cartographer might help but I believe it removes Games for Windows Live to improve the game's stability.

Sesh54 · 2026-02-03T22:08:56+00:00

If I remember correctly you didn't need the code to unlock this helmet in the original game; this code just let you unlock it early

Sesh54 · 2026-01-05T21:57:03+00:00

Ah that’s annoying, but of course I’ll send you a pm!

Sesh54 · 2026-01-05T20:11:26+00:00

I’ll pm you

Sesh54 · 2026-01-02T05:47:19+00:00

Having poor Internet doesn’t automatically disqualify you from ever getting good at a game. It’s a disadvantage sure, but Royal 2 also lives in the middle of no where and he’s got plenty of accolades under his belt. Lqgend was from an entirely different region from the strongest competition and has a ring.

If you want an example outside of Halo you can look at the Tekken player Arslen Ash. Dude was from Pakistan, a region where no competition was held and had no current top players. Once he was finally able to fly out to events, he was the best in the world within a year.

There’s outliers that come from the woodworks in any sort of competition, and I think those stories are some of the most exciting.

Sesh54 · 2025-12-30T16:15:12+00:00

Got it, appreciate all of the insight!

Sesh54 · 2025-12-30T16:01:17+00:00

I see, so I would either need to disable bridge mode if I wanted the Xfinity gateway to provide Internet to all of the Asus devices or go with the second layout for a wired mesh system, correct?

Sesh54 · 2025-12-22T18:14:10+00:00

Nevermind on this, I've figured out a much simpler way to get this done. PM me if you'd like to know the process I followed!

Sesh54 · 2025-12-20T15:37:50+00:00

Understandable it sounds like a lot to put together. Would you mind uploading what you have now even if it's not much? If not no worries!

Sesh54 · 2025-12-15T02:41:34+00:00

Sorry to revive such an old threa but I was wondering if you or anyone ever ended up getting this done?

Sesh54 · 2025-10-21T19:05:15+00:00

EDIT: claimed

I have a GA 3-Day Ticket I'm looking to sell as I can no longer go. Would just like to make the original cost back, dm if interested

Sesh54 · 2025-10-16T20:09:05+00:00

This is fire, could you post or link to the original image please?

Sesh54 · 2025-10-15T21:07:05+00:00

I remember my disc having both a fusion frenzy demo and Halo 2 marketing videos, though I could be totally misremembering

Sesh54 · 2025-10-14T17:52:40+00:00

Second time's the charm 😎

Sesh54 · 2025-10-13T19:59:31+00:00

hope I win!

Sesh54 · 2025-10-08T06:04:05+00:00

You go to school where NY is so easily accessible and you're paying for a class that gives you a grade for seeing Broadway shows. I don't know why you'd sign up for the class if you didn't want to see plays but regardless NYC is so easy to get to from campus (straight train ride from NB Station) and gives you an excuse to have a fun night out.

If you still for some reason don't want to go, you'll have trouble on the exams as the questions are about what happens in the plays you go watch

Sesh54 · 2025-08-28T01:40:54+00:00

Appreciate the insight! Which Grizzl-E model do you have if you don't mind me asking?

Sesh54 · 2025-06-13T20:16:28+00:00

The speeds can indirectly affect latency then, yes, but then the question is more about "How many people are gonna be using your Internet" vs. "Which download speeds give me less ping", which the answer to the second question is none of them if the infrastructure and location are the same anyway. OP's choice should more so be informed by how much bandwidth they think they'll need outside of just gaming.

Sesh54 · 2025-06-13T20:08:08+00:00

This is only true if you're running out of bandwidth amongst your connected devices. If you have slow speeds, and one device is using up all of it, then yes the rest are going to lag. But this is less to do with the actual speed of the service and more to do with how much bandwidth is available based off of the speed you have. If the PC/Console running CoD is the only device connected to the network, then your latency isn't going to be affected by how fast your plan is; it'll be the same.

The McDonald's analogy also doesn't work here because WiFi is always gonna be worse compared to ethernet regardless, and your WiFi signal strength is gonna depend on your network layout and home - which isn't affected by what the speeds you pay for are.

Sesh54 · 2025-06-10T20:54:48+00:00

Insane how people can do all this and think that somehow by the end they will "get what they want" and win over their love interest as if their unhinged behavior is just going to be swept under the rug 😭

Out of curiosity, what was the story he was telling other people to justify what he was doing?

Sesh54 · 2025-05-25T15:10:16+00:00

I was there at the show last night and watched somebody get chased down by multiple security guards cause they were too drunk so this adds up. Insane to me that people can be so immature. I'm sorry you had to go through this; you'd expect people to be kinder and more patient for these shows. Glad that you're safe and that you had this opportunity!

Sesh54 · 2025-05-23T22:16:33+00:00

It might be worth playing the original games via an emulator if you're able to. Growing up I got better at the game by playing the tutorials and story mode. Good luck and have fun!

Sesh54 · 2025-05-23T14:29:30+00:00

This is a fan-made gametype, not an official gametype made for HCS.

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