If you have Halo PC installed, you do not need to download the dedicated server map files. You also want to be running version 1.07 since as far as I know people can't use the gamespy lobby to find your game otherwise. So you first download [url=http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/c/f/1cf3647a-4d61-48d2-8923-ac068a9c9768/Halo_DS_1_02.exe]server version 1.0.2[/url], and then the [url=http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/1/8/218790bf-47e1-4492-b020-fde44928ca27/haloded.exe]1.07 update[/url]. Just put the new [b]haloded.exe[/b] in your [b]Halo Dedicated Server[/b] folder. [Edited on 07.13.2007 4:45 AM PDT]

someone told me i needed to download the maps. but on the readme it says it will use the maps from the full retail version of halo i have installed. should i download the file anyway? and which version of the dedi should I run? theres 1.02, 1.03, and 1.07. when i ran 1.02, i saw peopel in it, but not on 1.03 or 07. is 1.07 for halo CE? plz help!!!

okay i changed the server name to !!!!!!!insanity and the gametype name to insanity. so my init.txt file looks like this, after i learned i had to put quotes around a custom gametype name. sv_name !!!!!!!insanity sv_public True sv_public 1 sv_maxplayers 16 sv_password sv_mapcycle_timeout 10 sv_mapcycle_add hangemhigh "insanity" sv_mapcycle_begin so i start it up and after it repeats the status of the server i can see there are people in it. but it does not show up when i click "get list." i opened up ports 2302 and 2303. what do I have to do to get it to show up on the list, and play on it? and if i have to do something, please tell me how to do it. i just started using the dedi server. PS i am using the full retail version of halo, not halo CE.

Actually Igg, some hosts put it in a different spot than "cg". As far as the gametype goes, if you're running the server on your local computer, custom gametypes are in "My Documents\My Games\Halo\savegames". If you use a firewall or router, you may need to forward certain ports for people to connect to your server. Check out this [url=http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?nid=237]article on Halomaps[/url].

that doesnt help me at all. what map? i never created a map. do you mean my gametype? why? what is a reserved character? custom map? i didnt make a map. are you talking about my gametype? where is \halo\cg\savegames... on the server? do you mean on c:\program files\microsoft games\halo server?

The very first thing is too change the name of that map to something similar. too much of a chance one of those symbols will be a reserved character. Second, when your using a custom map you need to save the map to \Halo\cg\savegames on the server. If it is not in there it won't run the map