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i have something of the sort, when i pick up an active camoflauge (spelling?) my screen goes black for a second.  it didn't use to happen until i upped lens flare to extreme. hmmmm.

my buddy has the same problem on his powerbook (with some ati 32mb card, i think), and i had that problem with my dad's powerbook, athough not with my 733 tower (geforce 4 ti). i think it's something to do with the video card, not the texture settings. and it makes certain things in multiplay and singleplay impossible, even on easy. being unable to see sucks.

edit: oh yeah, what kind of computer/graphics card are you two using?

dual 1.25 ghz g4 with radeon 9000.

ok, that's kinda confusing... i think the problem you have is different from the other problem, unless you're also having the sreen black happen with needler shots or plasma turret fire, or when picking up health. i don't know why yours does, but i suspect Booksley has the problem because of the graphics card. who knows, perhaps yours is the same problem... but the 9000 is a 64 mb card, vs. the 32 mb card in my friend's (and dad's) laptop. a little tinkering may be in order.

Yes, I am also using a Powerbook with some ATI 32mb card.

Normally when you pick up the active camoflauge you should get a blue negative effect (like thermal goggles) for your view, but it should only last temporarily. Also, when you get hit while you're in a vehicle your screen should flash white. My guess is that some graphics cards or settings are simply screwing this special effect up. You should probably report the bug to Macsoft so they can either fix it or give you the option to turn screen flashes off. If it comes to turning those screen flashes off (if it's possible), at least you'll still have the red arrow indicators to indicate where the damage is coming from.

It also does that on my Dad's G4, which uses a 32MB PCI Radeon 7000.  I just hope I don't die while I'm blinded for a couple of seconds.

okay...so 32 mb ATI cards seem to be the common denominator...i'm not sure if it's a Radeon 7000, because apple's computer spec's site isn't working for me for some reason.

Try looking here.

There was a bug on PC Halo in one of the older updates that turned the sniper scope black whenever you were zoomed and turned on the nightvision thingy.
Could they be related?

Spam doesn't have anything to do with it, but it isn't supported, no. Originally, tho, it was on the Macsoft site as the min requirement. Eventually someone must've noticed... the 7000 lacks hardware T&L. It might run the lowest geometry-related detail levels, but in that case it should have better than the minimum CPU.

Hmm... I'm remembering now that the PC FF pipeline has triangle-based, rather than pixel-based fog... wonder if this is a fogging effect gone wrong. Tris have vertexes.

7000-users with problems- do you have vertex shaders On? (7000s don't have vertex shaders).

I'm using a Radeon 9800 and my screen goes black whenever I pick up Active Camo.  I don't think it has anything to do with the card, I think it has something to do with how high (or low) you have your video settings.

Driver issues are always possible- a certain key caused night vision to go black instead of lighter for me a couple of months/ driver releases back.

A couple of entries on the MacSoft Halo Support page hint at possibilities...

When I run Halo on my Mac with ATI video in OS X 10.2.8 I get looping, jerky audio and a black screen.

This is caused by an issue with the ATI video drivers in 10.2.8. Simply install the updated ATI driver located in the Extras folder on your Halo CD and restart your Mac.
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After installing Halo, I double click the game icon, the screen goes black and then returns to the desktop after a second. What's up?

The shaders folder is missing files or is missing altogether. To fix this, copy the shaders folder from the CD into the Halo folder on your hard drive. If prompted that the shaders  folder already exists, click "Replace."
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The background in the game looks distorted on my eMac with ATI video.

A driver update is coming from ATI that will resolve the issue.

(And these unconnected but cute ones...)

[color=green]My gamepad doesn't work with Halo. Why?

We did not implement gamepad support for the initial release version of Halo. However, we are looking into adding support for some game controllers in the future.

[b]Will Halo support my WHIZBANG COVENANT ZAPPER 5000