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If they allowed that then how could they sell you the same game again, and again, and yet once more?
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I think Microsoft is a pretty cool guy. Eh ignores PC Gamers and doesnt afraid of anything.
Lets review, shall we?
-Microsoft loves PC Gamers but cannot be bothered to sell us new games. If we are lucky we are rewarded with terrible ports that run slow, even on modern hardware, they really care about us guys. They've been telling us so for the last seven years, any day now...
-Microsoft loves us so much they will port old games to Steam! Games we already paid for are ready for us to purchase again!
-Microsoft understands that we want Halo on PC:
(...but we do not deserve it and the time is not right, nor will it ever be)
Introducing Halo Combat Evolved PC; a game that will run like molasses on pretty much any PC at time of release.
Introducing Halo Custom Edition; we apologize for getting your hopes up, it was actually Gearbox who created Custom Edition....without them we never would have released such an awesome Editing Kit, in fact we never would have provided any HEK what-so-ever. They really made us look bad by giving the player so much power and we are very sorry for it. The fan should never be able to make his own encounters, what were they thinking? How are we supposed to charge for DLC when the fans can just make thier own assets? No, this will not fly, next time we will lock that Editing Kit down, we promise.
Introducing Halo 2 Vista; such an amazing port it requires hardware from the future to get a decent frame rate. Now you can pay more to play online, now you can make new maps and weapons and, oh wait, we decided to lobotomize the Halo 2 Editing Kit because reasons that we will never speak of publicly. Ah but we did include nudity in the final code, thats right, now when you try and learn how to make a map you will be rewarded with a Microsoft employees behind. Another satisfied customer. The fun doesn't end there, we vow to shut down the team behind the game almost immediately. And when the game crashing starts, we will straight out ignore it, we won't even patch it out even when you supply us the exact details on said crash. That is our guarantee to ignore you; the customer.
Never thinking towards the future; we put Vista in the title so as to further confuse our customers. Now users of Windows 7 & 8 will not even think the game works on their OS, genius! Then we limited the amount of activations per PC so you have the option of buying the game again, weeee! Then we broke Mic support, and we swear; we will never fix it. When you call our support line you can talk to an automated voice, neat-o! AND, if you get a real employee to talk to you they will lie to you, making up stories about future Halo PC titles that will never really come out, we are so classy.
Introducing Halo: Spartan Assault; a Halo game lacking the Master Chief, a decent story, any connection to previous Halo PC releases, or FPS mechanics in general. Co-Op? Who needs that garbage? PC gamers don't play local or online co-op...why would they want this feature, co-op is the kind of thing that can only be done on inferior hardware with a TV and a sofa. PC Gamers lack sofas and TVs, everyone knows that. Psssh, a PC Gamer with friends and a gamepad...?...noob please.
We put XBox on the PC, but minus the games! We know you want the games, but no! Just no.
-Microsoft loves us so much they want to keep G4WL around, not in any usable condition mind you. Now, for the first time ever, you will be able to connect to the G4WL Marketplace and not have the ability to download any of our Halo PC games because we never bothered to make digital download versions of them. No, that would make it far too easy and make too much sense. Here at Microsoft we are committed to over-promising and under-delivering. Have you ever heard the phrase, "to pull a Molyneux."? We owned that guy until even he could not stand the intoxicating levels of incompetence, pandering, and double-speak leaking from our collective mouth piece.
Even our own studios are jumping ship to Steam, but you wouldn't know it if you just listen to what our Marketing Team has to say. We are into PC Gaming for the long haul, new game releases to be announced....eventually....perhaps in a few years.
Clarity is only for Xbox users. Nothing but misdirection and shadow puppets for the PC Elitists!
"When 343 says that the have no plans for releasing it on pc they mean microsoft doesnt let us because halo is the only thing that sells xbox. It aint gonna happen, stop asking go play your other pc master race games."
-A real anonymous Halo (XBox) Fan
-Microsoft is so into PC Gaming, like whoa, its so cool, we made XBox 360 Gamepads work with Windows! A gamepad on a PC, its unheard of! Good luck finding a first party wireless dongle sucker. Hey, remember that SideWinder line of PC gamepads, joysticks, and other gaming accessories we used to make? And then we discontinued support for most of them and the drivers? Yeah that never happened, don't talk about it. But look, we took all that research and made the XBox gamepad (AKA the Duke). What an innovation!
-Microsoft is proud to introduce the XBox One Gamepad drivers for Windows PCs! Enjoy your games like never before; wireless support! Who needs that? Games to play, who needs that? Look if you want games we have all the games on XBox, why would anyone want to play games on a PC?
Behold an enigma
A wireless gamepad that cannot be used without a mini-USB cable thus negating the entire point of a wireless controller.
A Surface PC without Disc Drive running Halo 2 Vista: Super Cool Guy Edition (aka ******* Child Edition)
Who needs wireless? Who needs a playerbase? Who plays on PC anyways?
No, the only reason for PCs is to hide at E3 and pretend they are consoles. It is known. They hide in the back of the building where they belong.
-Microsoft is amazed with PC Gaming and has reaffirmed their commitment for the last seven years. Thats a long time and shows they really care, it is also Bungie's magic number and not ironic at all. Not even a little.
-Microsoft is severely (insanely even) proud to announce.....nothing for PC gamers at E3, like ever. You see, PC Games are not welcome at E3. E3 is for consoles, didn't you get the memo?
-Microsoft is going to release a remake of a port of an update to the first Fable. Thats right; you can re-buy and replay the same game from 10 years ago! Now with more random crashing and glitches that were not even in the original. Who needs sequels? Cowabunga dudes! Enjoy playing with your old toys, oh and PC Gamers, no new presents for Christmas, but....maybe next year, or even the year after.
Bungie co-founder: "Nobody wants to" play FPS games with mouse and keyboard
"We limited players to two weapons, we gave them recharging health, we automatically saved and restored the game -- almost heretical things to first-person shooters at the time. We made the game run without a mouse and keyboard. And now nobody plays shooters the way they used to play them before Halo 'cause nobody wants to."
-Jason Jones of Bungie
The wrong way!
The right way!
“Hardly anyone plays first-person shooters on the PC anymore.”
-Kudo Tsunoda of Microsoft’s Kinect Team
This seems like a good time to remind you that...I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't let you do that. Where do you want to go today?
Hey who likes ads everywhere? We know you do, so we put more ads in our ads so you can enjoy our ads even more.
XBOX / XBOX 360 / XBOX ONE / XBOX 063 / XOBX? It seems pretty obvious when you think about it.
This Public Service Rant brought to you by the fine people of H2MT.
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I have no idea but considering I played everyday since 2004, I'd say its a lot.
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I'm hoping that these three maps come out. They were my absolute favourites from Halo 2.
As for Zanzibar, Lockout and Ascension. They're the choices I would've chosen apart from my three below.
Coagulation
Its no big deal, but that pic is not the real H2 Coagulation. If you look at the little details and the Hogs you can see its a port of the map made for Halo Custom Edition.
I know they already did a remake of Headlong for HCEA; so my hope is that you can somehow play on that map but in the H2 engine. And this brings me closer to my next point, what if you could have whatever weapons (or weapon-set) you wanted on any maps? Perhaps Forge will offer such a feature.
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PRESENTS
Cairo Station ODP Campaign Mod
by Kills Alone of the H2MT Crew
Released - February 20th, 2014
ABOUT
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In this mod I expand on Cairo Station by adding one variant of Brutes & two variants of Jackals. There is a new Banshee encounter, & a section where you will find two empty Banshees. The Longsword has been added & is flyable.
Other tweaks include a higher Field of View (FoV), darkened MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor. Player character starts with a BR & Shotgun. Extra friendly NPCs have been added (Marines & ODST), along with extra enemies.
Assembly was used for this mod as it provides more consistent results, is easier to use, faster, & has not broken any of my maps unless it was something that should break said maps.
Additional applications where used with source tag files, xbox .map files, & PC .map files to verify the settings.
-Entity (H2x) was used to study the original map in its unmodified XBox incarnation.
http://www.h2mt.org/tools/2_XBox/Entity/
https://xboxdb.access.dyn-net.com/0000000001/files-DB/web/Default.asp.net?act=category&id=2
-The unlocked Guerilla New (H2v) was also used to study original & rebuilt tag source in its PC incarnation.
http://www.h2mt.org/tools/2_Vista/H2EK_Unlocked/H2MT_H2EK_Unlocked_-_Enhanced_Edition.exe
ALTERATIONS
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-Some Marines are now ODST
-Some Marines have human heads
-Most Marines have various helmets & clothing
-NPC weapons have been reallocated but not edited; so the weapons are as you know & expect them to be
-Player starts with a BR & Shotgun, full ammo
-Longsword is now a flyable vehicle & fires Pelican Rocket Pod projectiles
-Various Banshee have been added
-Additional enemy AI such as two Jackal variants & one Brute variant, this can be affected by difficulty settings &
the Thunderstorm Skull. I suggest playing on Normal the first play round, then increasing difficulty on the next
INSTALL
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1) Before copying the file to your Halo 2\maps default maps directory you must backup the original.
2) The filename is 01b_spacestation.map, so make sure you backup the original by either renaming it or by
moving it to a backup sub-folder. I rename the original file to 01b_spacestation.map.ORIGINAL so I know what
it is at a later date.
3) Copy the new file to the same location then start Halo 2 Vista.
4) Select Cairo Station from the Campaign selection screen.
TOOLS
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-Ambiguous Alpha v2.5 - for Third Person/Still Cam
http://www.h2mt.org/tools/2_Vista/Ambiguous/Ambiguous_Alpha_2.5.exe
-Ambiguous Beta v1.0 Pre-Release - for Real-Time Editing
http://www.h2mt.org/tools/2_Vista/Ambiguous/Ambiguous_Beta_1.0_Pre-Release.exe
-Assembly 1.0.4817.30869 - for Meta Edit/Swap
http://www.h2mt.org/tools/2_Vista/Assembly/Assembly_1.0.4817.30869.exe
-Gravemind v1.6B - for Meta Edit/Swap
http://www.h2mt.org/tools/2_Vista/Gravemind/Gravemind_1.6B.exe
-H2V Blu Trainer vK2 - for Third Person/Still Cam/Fly Cam
http://www.h2mt.org/tools/2_Vista/MOD/Blu_Trainer/Blu_Trainer_K2.exe
-HUD Removal - remove HUD and on-screen text
http://www.h2mt.org/tools/2_Vista/MOD/HUD/HUD_Removal/
-Mr. Mohawk v1.2 - for Meta Edit/Swap
http://www.h2mt.org/tools/2_Vista/Mr._Mohawk/Mr._Mohawk.exe
DOWNLOAD
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H2MT Cairo Station ODP Campaign Mod SPPF Only Version
~4.22KBs compressed (~1.63MBs extracted)
notes.txt
scr
1-55: ai squads and end of game all set up
86 set to banshee
masterchief.bipd
CHANGE COLORS (Dark Green SP Spartan)
Primary
weight - 1
color lower bound - r:0 g:0 b:0 - Black
color lower bound - r:0.513726 g:0.513726 b:0.513726 - Gray
Secondary
weight - 1
color lower bound - r:0.501961 g:0.501961 b:0.501961
color lower bound - r:0.513726 g:0.513726 b:0.513726 - Gray
FoV
Camera Field of View: was 1.22173, set to 1.55173
Much less melee Biped Shoulder issues at: 1.32173
01b_spacestation.scr
-Set player start to have 4 human grenades
-Set player start to have BR & Shotty
BR
Rounds Loaded: 36
Rounds Total: 144
Shotty
Rounds Loaded: 12
Rounds Total: 48
AI Squads:
34 - 116 (117)
Name: bay1_hum_floor_mar
Then Starting Locations:
1 - 4 (5)
Character: 7 (objects\characters\marine\ai\marine_wounded.char)
Set him to another free Marine char like 2 (Male), 5 (Female), 6 (ODST)
Or higher rank char like 8 (Miranda), 13 (Cortana), 14 (Marine Dress), 19 (Marine Johnson Dress)
brute.char/.bipd
-Set Brute from Prophet team to Covenant
jackal.char/.bipd
-Set Jackal from Prophet team to Covenant
CHARACTERS:
-Set marine_johnson - BRUTE
-Set marine_wounded - JACKAL
CHARACTER EXAMPLE JACKAL (.char)
char: ai\generic
bipd: objects\characters\jackal\jackal
(null)
styl: objects\characters\elite\ai\elite_specops
(null)
Variation
Permutation: standard
*Set Char Stats, if left blank it relys on second char or generic Char Stats.
CHARACTER EXAMPLE BRUTE (.char)
char: ai\generic OR objects\characters\elite\ai\elite?
bipd: objects\characters\brute\brute
(null)
styl: objects\characters\elite\ai\elite
(null)
Variation
Permutation:
minor_bth - lowest rank, no armour, besides face helmet sometimes
minor_crl
major_bth - looks good
major_crl
captain_bth - red flag
captain_crl
honor_guard_bth - red flag and outfit with large helmet
honor_guard_crl
default - Tartarus?
CHARACTER EXAMPLE HUNTER (.char)
char: ai\generic
bipd: objects\characters\hunter\hunter
(null)
styl: objects\characters\elite\ai\elite
(null)
Variation
Permutation: base
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Longsword
scnr
AI SQUAD 107 2nd biped - 60.4914 -9.17941 12.06252 -1.003571
set Y to around -22.17941 and test
too much X causes crash
fix driver string and passenger strings?
fix boost speed more?
move hog turret marker a little forward, just a tad
remove flip bansehee string?
should take no damage
add to view distance when in camera mode
placement
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CHARACTERS
0 - 19 (20)
char - 0 - objects\characters\elite\ai\elite
char - 1 - objects\characters\grunt\ai\grunt
char - 2 - objects\characters\marine\ai\marine
char - 3 - objects\characters\marine\ai\marine_johnson - BRUTE 3&5
char - 4 - objects\characters\bugger\ai\bugger
char - 5 - objects\characters\marine\ai\marine_female
char - 6 - objects\characters\marine\ai\marine_odst
char - 7 - objects\characters\marine\ai\marine_wounded - JACKAL 7&3or4
char - 8 - objects\characters\miranda\ai\miranda
char - 9 - objects\characters\elite\ai\elite_ranger
char - 10 - objects\characters\elite\ai\elite_specops
char - 11 - objects\characters\grunt\ai\grunt_heavy
char - 12 - objects\characters\elite\ai\elite_stealth
char - 13 - objects\characters\cortana\ai\cortana
char - 14 - objects\characters\marine\ai\marine_dress
char - 15 - objects\characters\elite\ai\elite_zealot
char - 16 - objects\characters\elite\ai\elite_ultra
char - 17 - objects\characters\grunt\ai\grunt_ultra - HUNTER?
char - 18 - objects\characters\elite\ai\elite_major
char - 19 - objects\characters\marine\ai\marine_johnson_dress
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WEAPONS
0 - 10 (11)
0 - weap - objects\weapons\rifle\battle_rifle\battle_rifle
1 - weap - objects\weapons\rifle\smg\smg
2 - weap - objects\weapons\pistol\magnum\magnum
3 - weap - objects\weapons\pistol\plasma_pistol\plasma_pistol
4 - weap - objects\weapons\pistol\needler\needler
5 - weap - objects\weapons\rifle\plasma_rifle\plasma_rifle
6 - weap - objects\weapons\fixed\h_turret_mp\item\h_turret_mp_item
7 - weap - objects\weapons\fixed\plasma_cannon\item\c_turret_mp_item
8 - weap - objects\weapons\rifle\shotgun\shotgun
9 - weap - objects\weapons\melee\energy_blade\energy_blade
10 - weap - objects\weapons\multiplayer\ball\head_sp
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Its a mislabeled variant of the model. They used different voice actors for some of the NPCs and the one that they are calling on was removed from this map, so this Elite is formed out of semi-random sections of the various Elites in that render model.
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Sorry for the late reply but this is one of the many Halo forums I only visit every few months.
This modification takes the existing scenarios of Old and New Mombasa and replaces the (male) marines with a slightly customized version of the ODST. Some of these NPCs have helmets, others have human heads and sometimes they might have the baseball style-cap seen on Johnson.
I have included two versions, one where you play as an ODST and another where you remain the MC. It should all be explained above and in the included readme file.
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WARNING, I DO A BIT OF RANTING BELOW, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED...IN CAPS...AND NOW YOU HAVE BEEN YELLED AT!
Besides that we (we being the H2MT: Halo 2 Map/Mod Team) are also working on our own custom campaign for Halo 2 Vista, along with a more open and customized edition of Halo 2.
Unfortunately the tools that came included with the original H2EK (Halo 2 Editing Kit) were lobotomized just before release, and to this day Microsoft refuses to comment on the issue. They sold us a product with the promise that we would be able to do everything from making new working models (physics, collision, render_model), to completely new game-types, and beyond. But this was not to be, instead they gave us a program so locked down all you could really do was make a BSP and lay down the netgame equipment and settings. No custom models, no new variants, no custom anything besides BSP and textures. It truly was the saddest Editing Kit to ever be released, fast forward to today and the community has removed most of the ridiculous restrictions.
Here is the video evidence:
It has been a long process of fixing the H2EK tools and tagset (source files) to return it to its former glory. We have a working beta prototype of this new take on Halo 2, however there are still a few issues that we need to fix/circumvent. If certain representatives of 343i would respond to their tweets perhaps we could get some help from them.
If 343i and Microsoft would just wake up, recognize, and emulate what Valve does in regards to their userbase and the mods that are made they would gain more in customer good will and sales revenue. Instead they are driving the game into the ground by CODifying it, but that is a rant for another thread.
Seriously though, just imagine what Halo could become if we had our own sandbox version of it that was open and modifiable in the sense that Garry's Mod is. Accessible yet complex as you want it to be.
For anyone who is interested in how I ripped globals.globals out of the mainmenu.map (allowing me to make my own resource maps such as mm and shared), or in some of the other progress related to such a find like new player HUDs and bipeds, you can follow this link:
Take-my-globals.globals-
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I finally got around to updating this mod and the next map after; so now you can play as an ODST all the way through Old & New Mombasa.
Don't forget to use the included Ambiguous Alpha v2.5 and Blu Trainer vK2 to play the mod properly in third person.*
The downloads have been updated, and separate (much smaller) SPPF only versions are provided as well.**
*Make sure you have the most recent Microsoft .Net, Visual C++, and full Windows Updates to use these apps.
**The SPPF versions require the user to use the included Super PPF application to apply a patch to the appropriate map. Its a simple process but I always suggest making backups of the original campaign maps first. If it sounds confusing just download the full release.
NEW CHANGES:
-Improved the player's jumping
-Increased the player's nade throwing velocity
-Removed Dual-wielding
-Marines cannot use Energy Swords
-Various movement speed tweaks
-Small camera tweaks
-First Person mode no longer shows a biped (no hand, weapon, nor body remains)
-Other minor tweaks
For the next map in the series (Metropolis aka New Mombasa) go here:
http://www.halo2vista.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=623 -
Its a bit messy, but I use both Ambiguous Alpha and Beta together, or rely on the Multi-Mod, or Kant's Blu Trainer vK2 for extra camera controls.
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Save halo 2 pc
Save the world
Hahahaha, thats a Heroes reference for anyone in the dark there.
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Doesn't matter, this would remove most of the hacks because the people who made many of them did not release source code and are not playing the game anymore. Thus Kant might update Ambiguous if it happened and that would be great, I use Ambiguous for all kinds of mapping and Machinima purposes.
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Why would they remove an optional Map Editor? Being optional, it wastes no space or resources whatsoever.
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They could release a patch that offsets many of the games values by 1: all existing trainers and hacks are properly screwed then, easy peasy.
But to do that a company would have to support said product with proper patches for a period longer then say four months.
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Sign the petition if you care about H2V:
Change.org - 343 Industries: Keep Halo 2 PC Online
And this survey as well:
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I guess we shouldn't expect any less from a console company.
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PRESENTS
Outskirts ODST Campaign Mod
by Kills Alone of the H2MT Crew
Released - December 2012
Updated - August 30th, 2013
ABOUT
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ODST Bipeds for Marines and Player Characters on Campaign scenario Outskirts (Old Mombasa).
The ODST player character biped is only viewable in Third Person. Thus I have provided two versions of the Campaign and
a list of recommended applications. The other Campaign variant is the same except for a few minor changes, specifically
the player character remains the Master Chief.
I used Gravemind 1.6B to make the changes, unfortunately the application has many faults such as some fields will
not appear after viewing other fields first. Also many values are incorrect or in the wrong places. Thus I used the
following two applications to verify the settings.
-Entity (H2x) was used to study the original map in its unmodified XBox incarnation.
-The unlocked Guerilla New (H2v) was also used to study original scenario source in its PC incarnation.
H2MT H2EK Unlocked - Enhanced Edition
Then Mr. Mohawk v1.2 was used to swap the player's biped to that of an ODST Marine.
Mohawk was used for the swap instead of Gravemind because it provided more consistent results.
ALTERATIONS
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-All Marines are ODST
-Some Marines have human heads (such as Johnson)
-Most Marines have ODST helmets (which is actually a head permutation)
-Changed the sky to a more cloudy/foggy sky
-Adjusted player0 starting location
-Player starts with Rockets (instead of a BR) which can be traded with other ODST Marines
-Pilot and Co-Pilot are now visible when picking up Johnson
-In one variant you play as an ODST (but this is limited to Third Person)
-I will attempt to get this recorded when playing Co-op
*See the included notes file for more specifics and values
INSTALL
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1) Before copying the file to your Halo 2\maps default maps directory you must backup the original.
2) The filename is 03a_oldmombasa.map, so make sure you backup the original by either renaming it or by
moving it to a backup sub-folder. I rename the original file to 03a_oldmombasa.map.ORIGINAL so I know what
it is at a later date.
3) Copy the new file to the same location then start Halo 2 Vista.
4) Select Outskirts from the Campaign selection screen.
5) For the ODST player character variant I recommend using one of the Third Person applications
listed below. I have included these and a few more apps/mods that you may require.
TOOLS
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Ambiguous Alpha v2.5 - for Third Person/Still Cam
Ambiguous Beta v1.0 Pre-Release - for Real-Time Editing
Gravemind v1.6B - for Meta Edit/Swap
H2V Blu Trainer vK2 - for Third Person/Still Cam/Fly Cam
HUD Removal - remove HUD and on-screen text
Mr. Mohawk v1.2 - for Meta Edit/Swap
DOWNLOAD
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H2MT Outskirts ODST Campaign Mod
~240MBs compressed (~400MBs extracted)
H2MT Outskirts ODST Campaign Mod SPPF Only Version
~11.5MBs compressed (~25.1MBs extracted)
notes.txt
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Make all Marines ODST on Old Mombasa
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Kills Alone 2012
Open 03a_oldmombasa.map with Gravemind 1.6B.
Then navigate to: mode - objects\characters\marine\marine
Enter Meta Editor.
Scroll down to Compression Info
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0 - body
perm
0 = standard
1 = odst
2 = wounded
3 = dress
ODST BODY
11
11
27
42
61
61
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2 - head
perm
0 = smith
1 = banks
2 = dion
3 = odst
4 = wounded
5 = morgan - PLAYER HEAD AFTER MOHAWK BIPED SWAP
6 = perez
7 = walter
8 = johnson
ODST HEAD - CONFIRMED!
15
15
33
48
68
68
^Apply to Head perms 0, 3(already set), 5(?), 6-7
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3 - helmet
perm
0 = on
1 = dress
2 = pilot
3 = hat
NO HELMET
10
10
26
60
60
60
STANDARD HELMET
2
5
22
40
56
56
ODST/DRESS? HELMET
29
29
29
44
63
63
PILOT HELMET
All set to 66
JOHNSON BASEBALL CAP
All set to 69
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5 - packs_abdomin / 6 - packs_arms / 7 - packs_chest
perm
0 = standard
1 = odst
2 = wounded
3 = dress
ODST PACKS_ABDOMIN through PACKS_THIGH
8
8
24
41
58
58
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VERIFY 7 - packs_chest is correct
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8 - packs_thigh
356
180
1
180
1
103
*Use Entity to get exact values as Gravemind will often give incorrect values. When you open a tag in Gravemind, the model tag for example; the next field you select can dictate the next which will
give you incorrect data. So if the second field has four sub-fields then the next field will only show the same amount of fields (even if it should have eight sub fields it would only have four,
if the field selected before had that many).
At the end (when you are done with any and all Gravemind edits) open the Map file with Mr. Mohawk v1.2 and then copy the Marines meta offset over the Masterchiefs. Doing it this way forces the MC to act
like an ODST, for example they can no longer jump very high.
However, if you want them to look like another NPC but act like the MC then use Gravemind 1.6B to swap the HLMT under the BIPD.
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ODST OUTSKIRTS
change marines to odst, leave johnsons head, mc black suit, or miranda-johnson swap and swap sky to foggy sky
new spawn point (snr - player 0): -576.7466 -631.8923 2.175157 3.13975
Biped 11 is MC
Biped 13 is johnson, meta edit him to odst - didn't crash and was cinematic invis but same biped
I think Biped 18 is the first ODST
scnr oldmom - Biped Placement 68=odst_01 variant name=default_nrl
Johnson
X -33.30509
Y -291.9514
Z -0.9998547
Yaw 1.570796
Pitch 0
Roll 0
ODST_01
X -34.92849
Y -293.6703
Z -0.9998566
Yaw 1.570796
Pitch 0
Roll 0
if fails try changing spawn coords to weapon spawns and up a little
mc biped hlmt to marine gives good marine/odst/johnson cross
hlmt - objects\characters\marine\marine
Variants - modify or null values?
Marine
0 - johnson
1 - default_nrl - sound\dialog\combat\marine_perez
2 - default_cky - sound\dialog\combat\marine_aussie
3 - default_ntz - sound\dialog\combat\marine_timid
4 - pilot_nrl - sound\dialog\combat\marine_cross
5 - sarge_grf - sound\dialog\combat\marine_aussie
6 - johnson_combat - sound\dialog\combat\sgt_gruff
7 - johnson_dress - sound\dialog\combat\sgt_johnson
8 - dress_grf - sound\dialog\combat\sgt_gruff
9 - dress_cts - sound\dialog\combat\sgt_cautious
10 - dress_hat - sound\dialog\combat\sgt_gruff
Also works with biped!
Does not appear to work with char, in fact it seemed to cause a strange type of white screen H2V lockup
TRY THIS: go under globals[MATG] in the meta grid. and show idents. go down to where it shows masterchief third person and change that
MC A844264
Marine A50EE34
Miranda A9A9504
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Play as Miranda with Marines helping
Play as standard Marine with Mirandas helping?
Miranda cannot die when hlmt swapped, only with biped swap
Try Master Chief swap by hlmt to test if shields work any better? remove shield attachment or null it?
Move spawn point to end of map? Depends on scripts that would fail
Swap Marines to Master Chief?
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CHAR - Variations
objects\characters\marine\ai\marine_odst
0
Permutaion - odst_cky
Base Perm - cky
1
Permutaion - odst_grf
Base Perm - grf
2
Permutaion - odst_cts
Base Perm - cts
updates.txt
The main reason for these two mods is to try and get the IWHBYD skull to spawn then do that section with ODST support and the main player character as an ODST, then record it and share it on YouTube.
I found it funny that no-one else had figured out the proper way to pull the ODST permutations out from the Marine biped. Sure, some people had done character swaps but that method only works on scenarios with the ODST as a character (such as Delta Halo). The information to do the same is included and has already been added to a few mods by other modders.
Some things I might try to fix:
-Convince Kant to make me a view-lock camera app for better Machinima recording and creation
-Convince Kant to make a small app (or tweak to Blu Trainer/Ambiguous Alpha) that senses when the player exits from a vehicle so it can reset/force the camera back to third person
-The ODST grenade throwing animation takes forever and they cannot throw very far
IMPROVED - further throwing ability
Hybrid - New ODST Marine Player Character setting - BIPED
8 - Grenade Velocity
4 - Grenade Count
-Increase jump height by just a little
FIXED - jumping is much better
Fires From Camera - Checked - more dynamic firing effect in First Person
Melee Attackers Cannot Attach - Checked
Player - Default Team
head - Camera Marker Name
7.235988 - Lip Sync decay Weight
7.235988 - Moving Turning Speed (DPS)
Use Limp Body Physics - Checked
2.250796 - Stationary Turning Speed
2.1 - Jump Velocity
0.6 - Max Soft Landing Time
0 - Max Hard Landing Time
0.9 - Min Soft Landing Velocity
4 - Min Hard Landing Velocity
8 - Max Hard Landing Velocity
0 - Death Hard Landing Velocity
1.7 - Stun Duration
15 - Lock On Distance
1.2 - Head Shot Acc Scale
Use Player Physics - Unchecked - So the player cannot walk when throwing a nade
-Disable Dual-wielding of weapons as the Marine biped/anims/nodes do not support it
-Magnum
-Needler
-Plasma Pistol
-Brute Plasma Rifle
-Plasma Rifle
-SMG
Campaign MC
10 - Grenade Velocity
4 - Grenade Count
8.485791
8.485791
1.396263
3.08
0.6
0
1.5
7
12
0
1.7
Marine
5 - Grenade Velocity
0 - Grenade Count
5.235988
5.235988
1.570796
1.5
0.6
1
0.3
1
4
0
1.7
Dead Material Name: hard_metal_thin_hum_masterchief
This could provide ODST player (and maybe NPCs) with better armour
Enabled Flashlight toggle
Still needs reference in model
*Changes made with Gravemind 1.6B
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The Essential Collection
DATA & TAGS
By Kills Alone & the H2MT Crew
Released October 31st, 2012
SUMMARY:
The core H2EK installation takes up just under a Gigabyte of space.
When decompressed the collection I offer here will take up about 11GBs of space! It includes the original files from a core H2EK install, you just copy it right over the top of a fresh H2EK installation. It includes these original files as many have been modified and/or improved upon.
All of the H2V source files I have created over the years and others I have improved on. This collection contains H2V custom mapping work by most of the H2MT and is the best place to start from. With a few tweaks you can make your own versions of many maps.
This collection contains:
-MP, SP, CO-OP, & H2.5 MMM SCENARIOS
Multiplayer
Ascension Tower of Power PB
Bloodgulch (Unfinished)
BoneYard V4
Coag Redux V2
Collateral V2
Delta Halo PB2
Delta Towers
Desolation
Desolation Devolved
Foundry PB
Fuel Station PB
H3 Guardian PB2
Holidays Grave V1.5
Immure PB
Lockout Sym PB
Metropolis (Unfinished)
Narrows V2
Narrows V3 PB2
New Mombasa
Night Mombasa V1.5
Nightscape
Outskirts PB7
Quarry PB
Sandtrap V3
Sandtrap V4 PB
Sandbox
Sol System 2.1
Spaceout PB
Template PB
Template Sym PB
The Pit V2
Tombstone V2
Tombstone V3 (Unreleased)
Trence PB
Trenched
Valhalla V1.5
Vertigo 4
Zombstone V2
And more test maps
Single Player
Coagulation
Outskirts
Quarry
Requiem
Tombstone
Co-operative
Outskirts
H2.5 MMM
Various
Weapons
Reach Magnum M6G
H3 Assault Rifle MA5C
H3 Assault Rifle MA5C Custom HUD
H3 CMT Brute Spiker
H3 CMT Brute Spiker Custom HUD
H3 Magnum M6G
H3 Missile Pod
H3 Missile Pod Custom HUD
H3 H3MT Brute Mauler
H3 Spartan Laser
H3 Spartan Laser Custom HUD
ODST Magnum-Socom M6C
ODST SMG Silenced M7S (unfinished)
H2 Battle Rifle Grenade (only supports gamepad)
H2 Battle Rifle Torch
H2 Battle Rifle XBR55
H2 Covenant Carbine Extended Clip
H2 Covenant Carbine Reaper
H2 Chaingun Mobile
H2 Chaingun Mobile Custom HUD
H2 Gaussgun Mobile
H2 Gravity Gun (broken\unfinished)
H2 GT (broken\unfinished)
H2 Missile Pod (unfinished)
H2 Needle Rifle
H2 Plasma Shot
H2 Plasma Turret Mobile aka Plasma Cannon
H2 Recon Rifle
H2 Recon Rifle Blue
H2 Recon Rifle Red
H2 Scarab Gun (prototype)
H2 Sentinel Beam (restored)
H2 Sentinel Beam Major (unfinished)
H2 Shotgun Torch
H2 SMG Silenced Fixed (really fixed + slightly balanced)
H2 SMG Silenced Torch
H2 SMG Torch
H2 Sniper NoScope
H2 Spartan Laser
H2 Target Locator
H1 Assault Rifle MA5B
H1 Assault Rifle MA5B Rusty
H1 Flamethrower
H1 Flamethrower Custom HUD
H1 Pistol M6D
H1 Pistol M6D "Black"
Melee
H3 Gravity Hammer
H3 Gravity Hammer Custom HUD
H2 Energy Blade Dual (broken\unfinished)
H2 Energy Blade Purple
H2 Energy Blade Red
H2 Flag Blue
H2 Flag Red
H2 Gravity Hammer
H2 Jackal Shield (broken\unfinished)
H2 Plasma Saw (broken\unfinished)
H2 Sangheili Honor Guardsman Pike
H2 Skull
2x4 Wooden Plank
HL2 Crowbar
Equipment
Bubble Shield
Bubble Shield Single Use
Bubble Shield Single Use Custom HUD
Gravity Lift
Gravity Lift Single Use
Gravity Lift Single Use Custom HUD
Power Drain (broken\unfinished)
Trip Mine (broken\unfinished)
Scenery
Autofire
Barrage
Biped
Ledge
Vehicles
Other
Camera
Empty Handed
Flare Gun (broken\unfinished)
Masterchief Gun
Vehicles
H3 Hornet
H3 Hornet Snow
H3 Mongoose (broken\unfinished)
H3 Mongoose Snow (broken\unfinished)
H2 Banshee Damaged
H2 Banshee Heretic
H2 Banshee Mod
H2 Chaingun 360z
H2 Dino (broken\unfinished)
H2 Fire Scorpion
H2 Fire Warthog
H2 Ghost Damaged
H2 Gravity Ghost
H2 Longsword
H2 Manatee (broken\unfinished)
H2 Minigun
H2 Needler Ghost
H2 Revenant
H2 Rocket Warthog
H2 Scorpion Campaign
H2 Scorpion Damaged
H2 Spectre Damaged
H2 Spectre Mod
H2 Speed Ghost
H2 Spook
H2 Warthog Damaged
H2 Warthog Mod
H2 Warthog Troop
H2 Warthog Troop Damaged (glitchy)
H2 Warthog Trooper
H2 Weapon Ghost
H2 Weapon Wraith (broken\unfinished)
H2 Wraith Campaign
H2 Wraith Damaged
Ball aka Flying Bubble Shield
-AI
-BSPS
-EFFECTS
-MODELS
-SCRIPTS
-TEXTURES
-SHADERS
-NEW SOUNDS
-UNLOCKED H2EK
-IMPROVED H2TOOL
-AND MUCH MORE
FILES (7-Zip archive):
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=A730CFEAB2760675&id=A730CFEAB2760675!245
3.87GBs Compressed
Due to an upload size limitation with OneDrive it came out to 14 files; all at 300MBs a piece except for the last file.
The current host requires a MS account; a Games for Windows Live/XBOX Live account should suffice.
Next I will try and find another host with less strict upload and download limitations.
Alternate Download Location at MediaFire
H2MT Readme.txt:
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
ABOUT THIS COLLECTION:
Before I ride my pony off into the sunset I wanted to release all of our H2MT work so that others can bypass much of the BS and get right to the fun
of H2V custom map creation. Yes, it can be fun if you have the following:
1) A brain and patience
2) The right tools/applications
3) Good source files to start with and the knowledge to use them
My H2EK (Data & Tags) directory is ~11GBs and that is after removing lots of junk files, duplicates and so forth. When I compress it (with 7-Zip) the
size drops down to ~4.25GBs. From there I will split it into eight or nine pieces. I hope thats not too large of a download for you but this will
provide access to everything I've worked on. I include a few tools and many tweaks specific to the H2EK root folder, bin directory and so on.
BTW, when I say everything I mean everything: Single Player (AI), Multiplayer, H2.5 MainMenu Moded and CO-OP (AI) plus a few scenarios by other H2MT.
Getting some of the complied maps to work requires the latest MainMenu Mod (Public Beta 0.5), Ambiguous (Alpha), possibly Cheat Engine and other
tools and know-how. Its all laid out on the Map Repository under the Notes section (see the bottom of this text file for links).
You need to take special care when editing Single Player and CO-OP scenarios otherwise YOU WILL CORRUPT THE FILE! So make sure you are using the
tools I recommend such as H2GuerillaNEW.exe from the H2EK Unlocked directory also included in this collection. If a scenario becomes corrupt it will
not open again after it has been saved.
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
This archive uses 7-Zip LZMA2 compression so you need to have 7-Zip installed to extract it. You can download it from here: http://www.7-zip.org
0) You need to install the H2EK from your H2V DVD or an H2V ISO file as the tools will fail to launch otherwise.
1) I would suggest backing up your H2EK directory first just in case you make some kind of mistake. So copy the root folder and name the copy something
like Halo 2 Map Editor.BACKUP.
2) If you want to merge this collection with your existing Data & Tags then simply extract the files over the top of your existing files, I always
install my H2EK to C:\games\Halo 2 Map Editor or D:\games\Halo 2 Map Editor and so forth.
However if you are not a madman such as myself then you installed the H2EK to the default location, so you would look here:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo 2 Map Editor
or is it here
C:\Program Files\Halo 2 Map Editor
or perhaps here
C:\Program Files (x86)\Halo 2 Map Editor
3) If the extractor asks about overwriting files you can give confirmation because you did make that backup in step one right?
4) Step four is very important! Wait, there is no step 4. You should be good to go, although the extraction process could take quite awhile; so go outside,
rob a bank or do whatever it is that you enjoy.
5) Okay step five, yeah fives a cool number; **** you try rolling a blunt without a thumb, then you will see! Okay, now that the files are completely
extracted you can explore them. I suggest opening Sapien and then navigating to:
\Halo 2 Map Editor\tags\scenarios\multi\
from there you can jump right into editing your own version of an H2MT scenario!
* If you have any problems editing and/or saving any files I suggest setting the root H2EK folder and its contents to write access.
Do so from the folders properties palette by unchecking Read-Only and then clicking apply. This could take a minute or so to complete.
** Please respect the team's work by mentioning us if you release any maps/source based on our work.
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
ABOUT THE H2MT CREW:
The Halo 2 Map/Mod Team has been around for years now. We create custom maps, mods, applications, videos and other content for Halo 2 Vista
(aka Halo 2 PC or H2V).
We have some members that also work with Halo 2 for the original XBOX and Halo Custom Edition for the PC.
Some of the members act as consultants and error finders while others create new BSPs (terrain or geometry) to battle over.
The team has released a few mods that enhance gameplay rather then taking away from it, mods such as the MainMenu Mod, Blu Trainer vK2 and Ambiguous
Alpha & Beta (the first Real-Time H2V Editor).
A few members have created tools that now allow us access to enhanced Real Time Editing capabilities while others have ported maps and content from
various Halo games.
We now have a large pool of custom BSPs, weapons, vehicles, HUDs, shaders, bitmaps, new crates, active scenery, skys, scripts and more to choose
from.
When a project has reached an acceptable level of completion we choose to share most of our source files as we believe that the community can grow
and learn with more ease through proper existing examples.
We are not actively searching for new members at this time, particularly novices, but if you feel you have some skills that could help us expand the
Halo Universe please contact us through the MonstrMoose Forums.
H2MT members past and present:
AvengerofDeath2
B4M_TwinReaper
Baltic Beazt
Computron
Garanas
JohnnyBlaz20
Kantanomo
Kills Alone
Kirby_422
PCTechmaster07
PirateEggs
Shock120
Skiddy 632
Slaters Fury
StatutorytrOy
Super PolarBear
SuperSniper
XHN_SCRAPY
ZeroErrors
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
H2PC.org | Halo2Vista.com
H2MT.org/repository/index.php
Youtube.com/user/H2vKillsAlone
Halo 2 PC Add-On: Twintacular Map Pack
in Halo 2 + Anniversary
Posted
Naw, Twin does excellent work. H2v takes forever to light a map, sometimes days. I had a few maps take a week, and if one thing is wrong you get to
start over. Fun, such repetitious fun to be had!
Most likely, Gemini's Twin is using a lower lighting level to provide these previews within our life time and to continue working on them at a
non-maddening pace. When the lighting render level is set to a lower level it will look kinda shoddy and the shadows will be terrible, not that H2v
ever had amazing shadow tech in the first place.
Last, Twin has a few missing/mislabeled textures. The rainbow print textures are thought by many uninformed users/players to be a graphical glitch,
such as on H3 Sandtrap. But in truth that is the engine working as intended.