halopat.tmp

[PlopPlop]

what is halopat.tmp , halo combat evolved, and why do i
need it , pleaze. halopat.tmp is part of the update for
multiplayer play. halopat.tmp has no certificates to
verify its 'malicious code' free. option given to decline
download,which shuts down the game, or accept-which
produces this error message_'there was a file access
problem. you have to be logged into windows as a user
with admin rights'. after logging on to xp pro as
administrator still unable to get the update to take.
part of the update deals with buggy update problems _
just unable to download it. i do however get as far
as 'gathering exception data' , then halo combat evolved
has to shut down due to a problem.Sooo,if i may, what is
halopat.tmp , halo Pc, and why do i need it , pleaze

 

[Chris H.]

Great news, PlopPlop, and many thanks for posting the issue. I checked with
the Microsoft folks, and it seems that one of the Gamespy update versions
(there are a total of 24 available) loaded improperly which would return a
*.tmp file as being incomplete. The error has now been corrected.

You can safely delete the "questionable" file on your system, and
re-download the patch now.

Again, thanks for pointing it out.

 

[PlopPlop]

Thanks for getting back to me so fast - unable to
locate .tmp file_tried downloading update again , in
hopes of overwriting previous updates. still didn't take
sending this along in case it helps thanks again
__12.11.03 08:23:42 C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Games\Halo\haloupdate.exe untracked version Sep 5
2003 18:54:48 -------------------------
12.11.03 08:23:42 working directory set to C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Games\Halo\
12.11.03 08:23:42 initializing config with command line
information
12.11.03 08:23:42 reading user cfg
12.11.03 08:23:42 Current configuration:
12.11.03 08:23:42 gamemode => 1
12.11.03 08:23:42 url =>
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/b/5/5b58bd13-
74b4-4337-8e6c-940820c84e87/patch1.0-1.03.exe
12.11.03 08:23:42 updateversion => 1.03
12.11.03 08:23:42 gamecommand => halo.exe
12.11.03 08:23:43 waitprocessid => 1368
12.11.03 08:23:43 End configuration
12.11.03 08:23:43 running in game mode
12.11.03 08:23:43 Waiting for a process to finish
12.11.03 08:23:47 wait process is finished, we are go
12.11.03 08:23:47 creating the autopatcher object to
find/download an update
12.11.03 08:23:47 downloading to _halopat.tmp
12.11.03 08:23:47 setting autopatcher to game mode
(which means we already found an update URL, and just
need to download it
12.11.03 08:23:47 enabling cancel button
12.11.03 08:23:47 autopatcher - url config set to
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/b/5/5b58bd13-
74b4-4337-8e6c-940820c84e87/patch1.0-1.03.exe
12.11.03 08:23:48 autopatcher - retrycount config set
to 0
12.11.03 08:23:48 autopatcher - retrydelay config set
to 0
12.11.03 08:23:48 autopatcher - language is 'English'
12.11.03 08:23:48 autopatcher - version from registry
is 1
12.11.03 08:23:48 autopatcher - distid from registry is
860
12.11.03 08:23:48 Proxy set to ''
12.11.03 08:23:49 autopatcher - started download of
file #1 -
'http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/b/5/5b58bd13-
74b4-4337-8e6c-940820c84e87/patch1.0-1.03.exe'
to '_halopat.tmp'
12.11.03 08:23:49 autopatcher - request download
of 'http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/b/5/5b58bd13-
74b4-4337-8e6c-940820c84e87/patch1.0-1.03.exe'
12.11.03 08:23:49 autopatcher - download attempt #1
started
12.11.03 08:24:11 autopatcher - File received
successfully
12.11.03 08:24:11 autopatcher - download time = 22 secs
12.11.03 08:24:11 autopatcher - preparing to update
12.11.03 08:24:12 autopatcher - setting pending version
in registry to '1.03'
12.11.03 08:24:12 disabling the cancel button
12.11.03 08:24:12 deleting autopatcher object
12.11.03 08:24:13 preparing to run chktrust
12.11.03 08:24:13 executing 'chktrust.exe _halopat.tmp'
12.11.03 08:24:13 New process id 2444
12.11.03 08:24:13 waiting for chktrust to exit
12.11.03 08:24:14 Chktrust.exe returned 0 (success).
12.11.03 08:24:14 EXE loaded, extracting CAB info.
12.11.03 08:24:14 extracting cab from EXE
to '_haloext.tmp'
12.11.03 08:24:14 writing 4544209 bytes into file for
cab processing
12.11.03 08:24:15 file written successfully.
12.11.03 08:24:15 overwriting original downloaded file
with the extracted file
12.11.03 08:24:15 CopyFile
('_haloext.tmp', '_halopat.tmp') succeeded, proceeding
12.11.03 08:24:15 Extracting files from
cab '_halopat.tmp'
12.11.03 08:24:15 starting extraction.
12.11.03 08:24:15 found update to the updater
program 'haloupdate.exe', saving as 'haloupdate.upd'
12.11.03 08:24:15 extracted 'haloupdate.upd' from
cabinet
12.11.03 08:24:15 extracted 'patch.rtp' from cabinet
12.11.03 08:24:15 processing files extracted from cab
12.11.03 08:24:15 processing update to the updater
12.11.03 08:24:15 deleting '__new_haloupdate.exe', if
it exists
12.11.03 08:24:15 copying 'haloupdate.upd'
to '__new_haloupdate.exe'
12.11.03 08:24:15 could not copy 'haloupdate.upd'
to '__new_haloupdate.exe'
12.11.03 08:24:44 deleting output file '_halopat.tmp'
12.11.03 08:24:44 deleting extracted file '_haloext.tmp'
12.11.03 08:24:44 deleting currentupdate.cfg
12.11.03 08:24:44 deleted 'currentupdate.cfg'
12.11.03 08:24:44 Log Closed.

 

[Chris H.]

Okay, lets try this. First, go into Control Panel/Folder Options/View tab
and make sure you can view these files. Under Hidden files and folders, put
the radial in the line "Show hidden files and folders." Next move to "Hide
extensions for known file types" and remove the check mark from the box. Do
the same for "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" okay the
warning.

Now, open Windows Explorer and go to Search, then enter halopat.* and see if
it exists on your system. If it does, delete it. You might also want to
clear your C:\WINDOWS\Temp directory, too. Restart your machine, then retry
the download.