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Halo
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 canceled in 2015. However, Halo Online is playable worldwide with the El Dewrito Mod, which is now essential for play. All changes, settings, etc. are in reference to El Dewrito 0.6.1.0 Mod.

As the El Dewrito Developers received a DMCA takedown in April 2018, the official game data (Halo Online v1.106708 cert_ms23 from the 4game launcher) is no longer provided with the El Dewrito Mod;^[1] however, there is a Reddit page dedicated to providing various downloads of ms23 v1.106708.

General Information

ElDewrito.com - Official Page of El Dewrito Mod

Halo Waypoint - Official closure of Halo Online testing under Microsoft Studios in Russia

Availability

Not officially available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
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

Entry graphics settings

In-depth graphics settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Eldewrito UI and In-game HUD does not respond to Language changes and remains in English.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D		DirectX 9 Extended, Using ReShade Mod for Halo Online will require full DirectX 10 Support
DirectDraw
OpenGL		Halo 3 Engine only renders in DirectX, only way to load OpenGL is to use WineD3D wrapper for Linux machines

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok	Halo 3 uses Havok, physics does not appear to be changed between Halo 3 and Halo Online
Multiplayer	El Dewrito	Requirement to play after shutdown by Microsoft

System requirements

|OSfamily = Windows


	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Windows 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (or AMD equivalent)
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4GB hard disk space (real Install size of El Dewrito Mod 0.6.1.0 is 2.35 GB)
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT (or AMD equivalent) As according to El Dewrito Mod Developers, not Microsoft or Saber Interactive ^[2]

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

[gamedir-2] 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).

[1] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/HaloOnline/wiki/index/download index/download - HaloOnline

[3] ttps://www.tweaktown.com/news/46999/new-mod-brings-halo-3-online-multiplayer-pc/index.html

[1]

[Note 1]

[2]

@@ Line 144: / Line 144: @@
 {{Audio settings
 |separate volume          = true
-|separate volume notes    = Listed as "Master Volume" in Settings Menu, editable through {{file|dewrito_prefs.cfg}}
+|separate volume notes    = Master, SFX, and Music
 |surround sound           = unknown
 |surround sound notes     =
 |subtitles                = false
-|subtitles notes          = In unmodded MS23, there are available Subtitle files for Russian, but are removed in El Dewrito Mod
+|subtitles notes          =
 |closed captions          = false
-|closed captions notes    = In unmodded MS23, there are available Subtitle files for Russian, but are removed in El Dewrito Mod
+|closed captions notes    =
 |mute on focus lost       = false
-|mute on focus lost notes = Since the game plays in Borderless Fullscreen or Windowed, the game will continue to run and render even when minimized or unfocused.
+|mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              = false
-|eax support notes        = EAX was not supported on Xbox 360, and hence Halo 3 Engine does not utilize this technology.
+|eax support notes        =
 }}
 {{L10n|content=
-{{ii}} There is an "Game.Language" option in {{file|dewrito_prefs.cfg}} however, it is unknown how well supported other languages are outside of "english"
+{{--}} Eldewrito UI and In-game HUD does not respond to Language changes and remains in English.
 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = English
-  |interface = yes
+  |interface = true
   |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = false
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+ |fan notes =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = French
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = false
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+ |fan notes =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = German
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = false
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+ |fan notes =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Italian
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = false
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+ |fan notes =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Portuguese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = false
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+ |fan notes =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Spanish
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
   |subtitles = false
   |notes     =

Developers

	343 Industries
	Saber Interactive
Windows	Microsoft Game Studios
Publishers
	Microsoft Studios
	Innova Systems
Engines
	Halo Engine
Release dates
Windows	2015