Microsoft Halo PC Dedicate Server Instructions
October 2nd 2003
(c) Microsoft Corporation, 2001-2003. All rights reserved.
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Welcome to Halo for the PC Dedicated Server!

This file contains information to help you install and run a Halo
dedicated server.

NOTE: THE HALO DEDICATED SERVER IS NOT SUPPORTED BY MICROSOFT PSS.

To be in touch with other dedicated servers operators, please visit
the Dedicated Server forums on http://www.gearboxsoftware.com.


Contents
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1. Basic installation
2. Configuration
3. Console commands
4. Further releases


1. Basic installation
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1. Double-click HaloPC_DS.exe to extract the files to a folder
on your hard disk. (e.g. C:\HaloPC_DS)

2. Double-click C:\halopc_DS\halopc_reg.reg file.

3. Run haloded.exe.


2. Configuration
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Configuration is handled through the init.txt and mapcycle.txt files in
this version. Samples have been provided to run a few maps and get you
up and running very quickly. The text files can be modified to include
more features, different server name, maps used and game variations.


3. Console commands
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You can get a listing of the different console commands by pressing the
TAB key within the console window and then using "help command" (where
command is actually one of the console commands listed) to get specific
help on a command.


4. Further releases
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The dedicated server will be updated within the next week or so to
support multiple instances per server as well as RCON.

Please visit http://www.bungie.net or http://www.gearboxsoftware.com
daily for updates.