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Developers | |
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343 Industries | |
Saber Interactive | |
Windows | Microsoft Game Studios |
Publishers | |
Microsoft Studios | |
Innova Systems | |
Engines | |
Halo Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | 2015 |
Halo | |
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Halo: Combat Evolved | 2003 |
Halo 2 | 2007 |
Halo: Spartan (series) | |
Halo Online | 2015* |
Halo 5: Forge | 2016 |
Halo Wars (series) | |
Halo Recruit | 2017 |
Halo: The Master Chief Collection (series) | |
Halo Infinite | 2021 |
Key points
- The official release under Microsoft Studios for Russian players was cancelled in 2015. However, Halo Online is playable worldwide with the ElDewrito Mod, which is now essential for play. As such all guides on this page is in reference to the aforementioned mod.
General Information
- Halo Waypoint - Official Beta Launch of Halo Online testing under Microsoft Studios in Russia
- ElDewrito.com - Official Page of ElDewrito Mod
- Blog.ElDewrito.com - Official blog for the ElDewrito Mod
- r/HaloOnline Subreddit for Halo Online and ElDewrito Help and Discussion.
- ElDewrito Source Code - Eldewrito Mod Repository
Availability
- Not officially available. Requires the ElDewrito Mod to play the game.[1]
Essential improvements
ElDewrito
- Provides Bug Fixes and Quality of Life improvements including 21:9 Support, extended FOV Slider and Raw Mouse input.
- Players can host Multiplayer and Forge Games with up to 16 Players with this Mod.
- The ElDewrito Mod's development has been put on hold until further notice, due to discussions with Microsoft regarding the reverse-engineering of their Intellectual Property - Game can still be played in spite of this just no further updates.[2]
Installing the ElDewrito Mod[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\dewrito_prefs.cfg[Note 1] |
Video settings
- In order to access game settings on keyboard and mouse, press Home from the main menu.
- Can only select Resolutions up to Desktop Resolution of the Primary Monitor
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
- ElDewrito UI and In-game HUD does not respond to Language changes and remains in English.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Versus Start the game with -multiinstance parameter. |
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LAN play | 16 | Versus |
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Online play | 16 | Versus |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | See this Guide for how to set up a Dedicated Server for Halo Online's ElDewrito Mod | |
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Open the console (~) and use connect followed by the IP and port. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 11775, 11777 |
UDP | 11774 |
- This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
Issues unresolved
- The best way to report game issues to the ElDewrito community and get assistance, is via the mod's latest bug report thread.
Crash on Nvidia RTX chipsets
- The game has a bug whereby Contrails cause the game to crash, notably on RTX GPUs.[4]
Replace mtndew.dll with this version[5]
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | DirectX9 Extended |
Shader Model support | 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Interface | Scaleform, Chromium Embedded Framework | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | 4Game, ElDewrito | ElDewrito Mod is a Requirement to play after shutdown by Microsoft |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Vista | 7, 8, 8.1, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Equivalent AMD CPU | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT Equivalent AMD GPU 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support | |
Controller | XInput Compatible | Xbox 360 or Xbox One Controller |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ https://www.polygon.com/2016/8/25/12650804/halo-online-pc-free-to-play-canceled
- ↑ https://blog.eldewrito.com/post/173283810663/microsofts-legal-action-and-the-future-of
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/HaloOnline/wiki/index/download#getstarted
- ↑ https://np.reddit.com/r/HaloOnline/comments/9r2mn4/biweekly_questions_requests_and_bug_reports/e8gnk75/
- ↑ Steam Community Discussion - Crash to desktop with no error message SOLVED (Nvidia users) - last accessed on 2018-11-11
- ↑ Verified by User:Weion on 2019-01-09
- The RTX crash is fixed by this patch but cannot Report Players and Audio Cutoff may still be present.