Halo PC/Custom Edition info:
Download for PC: https://archive.org/details/HaloCEPC
Custom Edition Game Files (in different langs): https://www.halomaps.org/hce/index.cfm?sid=38
HAC2 (Community patch with map downloads): https://halonet.net/wiki/index.php/HAC2
There's also another patch called Chimera incompatible with HAC2: https://c20.reclaimers.net/h1/community-tools/chimera/
NEITHER OF THESE WORK WITH PC, ONLY CUSTOM EDITION! If you try Chimera to make high resolutions work and whatnot on PC the game will crash.
Custom edition is a modified version of Halo PC with custom maps and is the main version people play online. It also has a few more features including IIRC better netcode, F2 for the server info, and F3 for toggling player indicators. It is the standard Halo multiplayer client.
Halo PC/CE patch 1.10 (fixes the master list, adds in no-cd): https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1130-halo-combat-evolved-patch/
How to get a CD key: run UMSKT with "umskt -b 50 -c 35"
Some fixes:
If the resolution setting doesn't let you max it out, one method to fix this is to use DXVK. This is needed on Intel GPUs on Windows anyway since zooming in with guns is messed up.
https://github.com/doitsujin/DXVK
If you use wine and get the pidgen.dll error, use winetricks to install mfc42.dll. Using proton won't magically fix it, it needs that dll.
The text chat/kill feed likely won't work until you install MSXML, which is in the game directory. It's in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\redist\msxmlenu.msi. Just double click it and install it.
Posted at 2026/04/25, 21:00:04
Post ID: 8140