Halo Custom Edition

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File:Halocustomedition.jpg
The logo for Halo: Custom Edition.
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Screenshot of Halo 2: New Mombasa, a user-created map based on the Halo 2 E3 trailer.

Halo Custom Edition, sometimes abbreviated Halo CE (which is not generally accepted as an abbreviation for Halo: Combat Evolved), is a free expansion that requires a key code of Halo: Combat Evolved by Bungie Studios, which was ported to the PC by Gearbox Software. Halo CE was released by Gearbox as an unsupported version of the original game. However, users do not need to pay to play it, as it is downloadable from selected websites.

Features

Halo Custom Edition has the ability to load and play user-created content and maps created with the Halo Editing Kit. Many custom levels have been created by dedicated members of the modding community and have been posted for download at a large number of websites.

Custom maps may contain entirely new content. Including:

  • Level geometry
  • Bitmaps
  • Weapons
  • Vehicles
  • Player Character
  • Sounds
  • Game Interfaces
  • Level Scripts and Interactivity
  • Objects
  • Special Effects
  • Animations
  • HUDs
  • Single Player Modifications

An arguably better net-code was put into Halo: Custom Edition, as well. It has noticeably reduced lagging for some, but for others it made it worse. Also, a Rules feature can be viewed by pressing the F2 button by default. It displays all of the specifics for the game-type currently being played in the server.

With the Halo Editing Kit, AI characters can also be added in a map. This has allowed some map makers to create their own mods that can be played like a campaign mission with checkpoints and objectives. People can also make "teams" of AI that will fight each other. The player can fight alongside Elites and Grunts against Marines, or vice-versa.

Community

Several modding communities have emerged since the advent of Halo CE. One of the most prominent communities is Halomaps.org which has the most updated multiplayer custom maps. Modders use the Halo Editing Kit to incorporate custom models, images, physics, and data into an easily distributed .MAP file, which is compressed and uploaded. In the game, many clans establish themselves to fight one another on custom maps. They train intensely on some maps. This extends and steepens the learning curve for many players. These clans will sometimes make maps of their own.

Halo Editing Kit

Main article: Halo Editing Kit

Available for download from any Halo Community Website, the Halo Editing Kit, commonly referred to by its acronym, HEK, is a repackaging of the development tools that Bungie created and used in the development process of Halo. The Halo Editing Kit was released for the creation of custom content for Halo Custom Edition. It is a free, unsupported add-on released by Gearbox Software.

This editing kit includes, Guerrilla, a game resource and tag editor, in addition to Sapien, a mapping and object placement editor, and Tool, a map resource compiler. Most original content must first be modelled in 3ds max (or Gmax) and then converted to a HEK friendly format using the Blitzkrieg exporter and Tool to be edited or added to a custom map. This allows users and players to created completely original and barely similar maps.

A third party program, called the Halo Editing Kit Plus, is able to rip everything from a map, including the BSP. This allows users to mod maps entirely. A very often modded map is Blood Gulch, with more changes than other maps. However, some mappers use the HEK+ to protect their maps to prevent users from ripping anything from the map.

Developer Mode

Main article: Developer Mode

There are also 'cheats' for Halo CE, called Developer Mode (commonly called devmode). It is used by map designers to test out maps they make. It can also be used to cheat in single-player maps that can be downloaded. However they can only be used in single-player maps because when devmode is activated, the host can only start a server through LAN. The only way for it to work in multiplayer is to download a small application which allows you to enable or disable devmode without restarting the game, thus allowing you to enable it within a multiplayer game, and disable it when the game is over, or the game will crash. Even then most of the cheats can only be used by the host. However, clients may not be able to fully see the effects of the cheats.

Related Links

External Links

Top 100 Lists of Halomaps.org

Lists of July 30, 2008

Most played on Servers 

  1. bloodgulch
  2. SideWinder
  3. dangercanyon
  4. coldsnap
  5. HangEmHigh
  6. timberland
  7. icefields
  8. Yoyorast_Island
  9. ratrace
 10. hugeass
 11. carousel
 12. chillout
 13. infinity
 14. deathisland
 15. damnation
 16. gephyrophobia
 17. beavercreek
 18. H2_zanzibar
 19. ChaosGulch
 20. no_remorse
 21. wizard
 22. CMT_snow_grove
 23. prisoner
 24. siege
 25. H2_New_Mombasa
 26. putput
 27. Chronopolis_C3_Public_Beta0
 28. boardingaction
 29. H2_Blood_Gulch
 30. longest
 31. extinction
 32. H2 Coagulation
 33. grove_final
 34. portent
 35. Camtrack-Arena-FX
 36. cliffhanger
 37. snowtorn_cove
 38. H2_Warlock
 39. H2_Beaver_Creek
 40. H2_Momentum
 41. CMT_tensity
 42. helix_canyon
 43. fissurefall
 44. h2-relic
 45. immure
 46. z_sanctuary_h2_pb2
 47. nightcamp_ce
 48. downflow
 49. bang'em'high
 50. LostCove
 51. Red_Feather_Ranch
 52. decoy
 53. H2_Backwoods
 54. OUTPOST_RIO_CLASSIC
 55. quagmire
 56. New_Mombasa_Classic
 57. CamtrackArena
 58. launch_bay_x
 59. broadsword
 60. h2-ascension
 61. h2-foundation
 62. immure2
 63. concealed
 64. mystic
 65. bloodislands
 66. hydrolysis
 67. New_Mombasa_Race
 68. deltaruins
 69. Sneak
 70. CMT_coagulation_ce
 71. wartorncov3
 72. h2-lockout_final
 73. corrupted
 74. h2_headlong
 75. the_halo_hq
 76. Solitude
 77. Windisland
 78. Freezing_Point
 79. wpitest1_race
 80. beryl
 81. municipality
 82. runway
 83. highlow
 84. the_narrows
 85. x2_mudslide
 86. ewok
 87. casualty_isle
 88. Bacons_race_track_v2
 89. ambush
 90. anxiety
 91. hyrulefield
 92. haloball
 93. needleosity
 94. launch bay
 95. pipedream
 96. fragment_v2
 97. tlsstronghold
 98. TLS_Devils_Drop
 99. falujah_1
100. ministunt

Most Downloaded Files 

  1. Halo Custom Edition Game
  2. Hugeass
  3. (HEK) Halo Editing Kit for Halo (CE) Custom Edition
  4. Coldsnap
  5. Halo Custom Edition (CE) Hot-Fix v1.07
  6. Yoyorast Island
  7. Extinction
  8. Halo 2 CE Zanzibar
  9. ChaosGulch
 10. Chronopolis C3 Public Beta v0.2
 11. H2 Coagulation
 12. Area 53
 13. The Pillar of Autumn Space
 14. Hyrule Field - Pre-ALPHA
 15. Development Trainer V2.11beta
 16. Mini-Stunt
 17. Halo 2 CE New Mombasa
 18. Halo CE Developer Mode
 19. CMT Snow Grove
 20. CMT Version - Single Player A10 Level - The Pillar of Autum
 21. Area 54
 22. Pipe Dream
 23. H2 Zanzibar Updated
 24. Hydrolysis
 25. z Sanctuary H2 pb2
 26. No Remorse
 27. Halo FlyCam
 28. Haloball
 29. Rainbow Road
 30. House 2
 31. Sonic Gulch
 32. Mystic
 33. Hotzone
 34. CMT Version - Single Player A30 Level - Halo
 35. Downflow
 36. D40 Custom UI (User Interface) Map file replacement
 37. Sniper Training
 38. Apocalypse Hugeass V2
 39. Zanzibar For Halo CE
 40. Area 52
 41. H2 Blood Gulch
 42. Gulch 2
 43. Full Dev Mode Commands List V0.1 - PDF & Word DOC
 44. CMT Tensity
 45. CMT Version - Single Player B30 Level - The Silent Cartographer
 46. Grunt Attack 2
 47. Bang'em'high
 48. Island Hop
 49. Immure
 50. CMT Version - Single Player B40 Level - Assault on the Control Room
 51. CMT Coagulation CE
 52. CMT Version - Single Player A50 Level - Truth and Reconciliation
 53. H2 Coagulation Movie Edition
 54. Siege
 55. Library UI (User Interface) Map file replacement
 56. Supertoy gulch
 57. Portent
 58. Runway
 59. S-M-E beta V11
 60. Reach City
 61. Halo CE Trainer 3
 62. The Floods
 63. H2 Lockout final
 64. The Floods part 2
 65. H2 Ascension
 66. Custom Single Player Level - Bio Halo v1.1a
 67. Area 55
 68. Hopeless War beta v0.6
 69. Coldgulch
 70. Halo Third Person Fov
 71. CMT Version - Single Player D40 Level - The Maw
 72. CS beta version 2
 73. H2 Relic
 74. Watorn Cove 4 - H2 improvements
 75. H2 Headlong
 76. Covenant Vs Marines FINAL
 77. A Bridge To Far
 78. Halo CD Key Recovery Tool
 79. Dev Mode Commands Tutorial (PDF)
 80. Urban Warfare beta
 81. Development Trainer for CE
 82. Beach Assault Mod (Fixed AI)
 83. Teletubbies
 84. Tallon IV
 85. Wing Zero
 86. Blood Islands
 87. CMT Version - Single Player C10 Level - 343 Guilty Spark
 88. CMT Version - Single Player C40 Level - Two Betrayals
 89. Bombbomb Battlefield
 90. Ambush
 91. Castle 2 Castle Medieval Map
 92. Halo Map Tools v3.0
 93. Church
 94. Super Stunt Track
 95. Halo Editing Kit Plus as of 12-17-06 - (HEK+)
 96. H2 Ascension
 97. H2 New Mombasa updated
 98. Resurrection
 99. Immure2
100. Halo Custom Edition (CE) Dedicated Server Hot-Fix v1.07

Highest Rated Maps 

  1. Frozen Tunnels(9.5)
  2. B40 modified v4(9.3)
  3. Hypo v0.3(9.2)
  4. Mystic(9.2)
  5. Extinction(9.2)
  6. House 2(9.2)
  7. z Sanctuary H2 pb2(9.2)
  8. Z Coagulation H2 pb2(9.2)
  9. Snowtorn Cove(9.2)
 10. Mystic Classic(9.2)
 11. Headlong PB2(9.2)
 12. H2 Coagulation Movie Edition(9.2)
 13. Tactics(9.2)
 14. H2 Warlock(9.2)
 15. Launch Bay(9.2)
 16. Chronopolis c3 public beta v0.3(9.2)
 17. Tallon IV Overworld RC1(9.2)
 18. H2 Ascension(9.2)
 19. Halo SP Level - Multiplayer Play as an Elite(9.2)
 20. WW Battlefield(9.2)
 21. Yoyorast Island(9.2)
 22. Sniper Training(9.2)
 23. Zanzibar Classic(9.2)
 24. The mummy 4(9.1)
 25. The Floods part 2(9.1)
 26. Hopeless War beta v0.6(9.1)
 27. Chronopolis C3 Public Beta v0.2(9.1)
 28. Sniper Canyon(9.1)
 29. Ciffrun(9.1)
 30. Soli Deo Gloria(9.1)
 31. CMT Snow Grove(9.1)
 32. Z Coagulation H2 PB1(9.1)
 33. Kokiri Forest(9.1)
 34. Hyrule Field - Pre-ALPHA(9.1)
 35. Mudslide Final(9.1)
 36. Covenieye(9.1)
 37. artillery_zone.zip(9.1)
 38. CMT Fragment V2(9.1)
 39. Launch Bay X(9.1)
 40. BGi01(9.1)
 41. Helix Stronghold(9.1)
 42. Beach Assault Mod (Fixed AI)(9.1)
 43. Frozen Final(9.1)
 44. Storm Assault(9.1)
 45. Chop Chop(9.1)
 46. Portent(9.1)
 47. CS beta version 2(9.1)
 48. Single Player D40 Level - The Maw(9.1)
 49. PH Canyon(9.1)
 50. Cliffedge(9.1)
 51. Star Gate 2(9.1)
 52. Hugeass(9.1)
 53. Coldsnap(9.1)
 54. Augery(9.1)
 55. H2 New Mombasa updated(9.1)
 56. Autumn Slay(9.1)
 57. Cove-Island(9.1)
 58. Covenant War v1.0(9.1)
 59. Halo 2 CE Zanzibar(9.1)
 60. Flood Land(9.1)
 61. Hydrolysis(9.1)
 62. Halo 2 CE New Mombasa(9.1)
 63. Snipewinder(9.1)
 64. Rainbow Road(9.1)
 65. The Bridge(9.1)
 66. CMT fragment(9.1)
 67. Tower Gulch XL(9.1)
 68. Single Player C10 Level - 343 Guilty Spark(9.1)
 69. Hanger(9.1)
 70. Outpostdn(9.1)
 71. Aftermath(9.1)
 72. CMT Fragment - Public beta 3(9.1)
 73. Stinger V2(9.1)
 74. MASK INSANE(9.1)
 75. Ice Frost(9.1)
 76. Snakes Room final(9.1)
 77. Excavation(9.1)
 78. Haloball(9.1)
 79. Fox Island(9.1)
 80. Infection(9.1)
 81. H2 Zanzibar Updated(9.0)
 82. Covenant Vs Marines FINAL(9.0)
 83. Vertimad(9.0)
 84. Apocalypse Hugeass V2(9.0)
 85. Gate(9.0)
 86. Deathisland ME(9.0)
 87. Hypothermia v0.2(9.0)
 88. Saber Arena(9.0)
 89. Below Zero AI(9.0)
 90. Apocalypsehugeass V3(9.0)
 91. Blood Creek Duke Nukem edition!!!(9.0)
 92. Single Player C20 Level - The Library(9.0)
 93. Fox Island Insane(9.0)
 94. Olympus Mons(9.0)
 95. P Canyon(9.0)
 96. Contemplation beta(9.0)
 97. HGK Snowhold(9.0)
 98. Ice Track(9.0)
 99. Grunt Attack 2(9.0)
100. TLS Devils Drop(9.0)
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