Installation

Ringworld is distributed inside balltze.dll. The game loads it through a small loader DLL, ringloader.dll, that the game executable is patched once to import.

Manual

1. Install Halo Custom Edition fresh, in a folder of its own, instead of using an install that already has other mods. Leave your current install as it is; Ringworld does not need it.

2. Copy every file of the dist into the new game folder (e.g. D:\Halo Custom Edition), keeping its folders and replacing the files that are already there:

   File	Description
   haloce.exe	Game executable, patched to load ringloader.dll.
   ringloader.dll	Loader. It loads every DLL in mods.
   mods\balltze.dll	Ringworld and Balltze.
   shaders\EffectCollection_ps_3_0.enc, shaders\vsh.enc	Shaders with the ones Ringworld adds.

3. Copy the maps of the provided map pack into the maps folder, replacing the ones there. The pack is based on the restored maps and adds HD vector fonts and the video settings menu.

4. Launch the game.
5. Open Video setup in the settings menu and set the window mode, resolution and the rest of the options. The game starts in a window until they are saved. See Video settings.

Ringworld keeps its own files in Documents\My Games\ringworld, which is created on the first launch. See Files for what goes there.

Note

The video settings menu is made of tags, so it comes with the ui.map of the map pack. With the stock ui.map the rest of the engine works, but that menu is not there.