Editing Cut Halo Online levels

{{Title|Cut ''Halo Online'' levels}}
{{Status|RealWorld}}
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Due to the cancellation of ''[[Halo Online]]'', several multiplayer maps and a single-player training scenario were cut from the game. The map data is largely gathered from the files of the MS30 build of the game, wherein map names and descriptions can be found. Some map files have the prefix <code>s3d_</code>, indicating the map was built for the [[Saber3D engine]] employed by [[Saber Interactive]] and is thus built wholly new for the game. Other maps returning from prior ''Halo'' games do not have this prefix, indicating they were to be 1:1 ports. 

This page lists only maps which never made it into a publically-accessible build of ''Halo Online''. For a list of all other ''Halo Online'' maps which did make it into the playable builds, see [[:Category:Halo Online multiplayer maps|here]].

==Tutorial==
Named <code>s3d_tutorial</code> in game files for the MS30 ''Halo Online'' build, this level would have been set on [[Anvil Station]], and serve as an introductory tutorial for new players starting the game. Several pieces of released concept art for the level indicate the level was to involve a shooting range and [[Covenant]] automated turrets.
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File:Halo Online Secret Update.jpg|A screenshot of this level.
File:HO_Tutorial_Screenshot_1.png|A screenshot of this level.
File:HO Tutorial Concept 1.jpg|Concept art for the level.
File:HO Tutorial Concept 2.jpg|Concept art for the level.
File:HO Tutorial Ability Concept.jpg|Concept art for the level.
File:HO Tutorial TurretRoom Concept.jpg|Concept art for the level.
File:HO Tutorial Ability Concept.jpg|Concept art for the level.
File:HO Tutorial R1 Concept.jpg|Concept art for the level.
File:HO Tutorial R2 Concept.jpg|Concept art for the level.
File:HO Tutorial CovenantTurret Concept 1.jpg|Concept art for the auto-turrets.
File:HO Tutorial CovenantTurret Concept 2.jpg|Concept art for the auto-turrets.
File:HO Tutorial Signage Concept.jpg|Concept art for the level.
</gallery>

==Multiplayer maps==
===Cold Storage remake===
{{Article quote|The [[Swords of Sanghelios]] have not shared the reasons for their interest in this seemingly abandoned logistics base.}}
Named <code>s3d_chillout</code>, little is known of this map aside from its name and description. The description suggests this map would be a [[Covenant]]-themed remake of the maps [[Chill Out]] and [[Cold Storage]]. Some related text strings indicate this map may have been intended to be called "Abeyance" in the final game.

===Drydock===
{{Main|Drydock}}
{{Article quote|The docking spires on High Charity serviced vessels from a hundred worlds and a dozen species.}}
Named <code>s3d_dry_dock</code> in the MS30 build, this map's description indicates it would have been set on [[High Charity]]. Several pieces of released concept art, shown below, were named "drydock" and may be for this level.
<gallery>
File:HO Shipyard Concept.jpg|Possible concept art for this map.
File:HO CovenantShip Concept.jpg|Possible concept art for this map.
</gallery>

===Lockout===
{{Article quote|The creatures once imprisoned here are content to wait in the void of space for uncountable years.}}
Named <code>s3d_lockout</code> in the MS30 build, this map was a remake of the ''[[Halo 2]]'' map [[Lockout]]. Early concept art released of this map depicts it initially taking inspiration from the map [[Haven]] on [[Requiem]], however, the finalized version of the map appears to take place on the glassed remains of a [[Halo]] instead.
<gallery>
File:HO Lockout Concept.jpg|Concept art.
File:HO Lockout Overview.jpg|Final in-game design.
</gallery>

===Powerhouse remake===
{{Article quote|Powerhouse is set in a hydroelectric facility on planet Reach formerly utilized to provide alternative power supply to the rural settlers nearby, but was repurposed to support the military war efforts.}}
Named <code>s3d_powerhouse</code> in the MS30 build, the map was a direct remake of the ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' map [[Powerhouse]].
<gallery>
File:HO Powerhouse Overview.jpg
</gallery>

===Sky bridge===
{{Main|Sky bridge}}
{{Article quote|Seongnam's state-of-the-art clinics and labs contain knowledge worth dying for.}}
Named <code>s3d_sky_bridgenew</code> in the MS30 build, this map was to be set in Seongnam, [[Korea]]. 
<gallery>
File:HO city map 4.jpg
</gallery>

===Waterfall===
{{Main|Waterfall}}
{{Article quote|The UNSC constructed many secret holdfasts during the final years of the Covenant War.}}
Named <code>s3d_waterfall</code> in the MS30 build, little was known of this map. Several released pieces of concept art with the name "waterfall" in their filenames were released and likely correspond to this map, shown below. Some text strings indicate this map may have been intended to have the final name of "Whiteout".

The map has been implemented into the ''[[Halo 3]]'' component of ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'' in [[Series 6: Raven]].{{Ref/Site|Id=LovelyLetters|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/lovely-letters|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=News: Lovely Letters|D=12|M=02|Y=2021}}
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File:HO Waterfall Concept.jpg|Concept art.
File:HO Waterfall Pelicans Concept.jpg|Concept art.
File:HO Waterfall Skybox Concept 1.jpg|Concept art.
File:HO Waterfall Skybox Concept 2.jpg|Concept art.
File:H3 Screenshot Waterfall-1.png|The map as it appeared in ''Halo 3''{{'}}s ''MCC'' port.
</gallery>

===Other multiplayer maps===
The following maps are referenced in the MS30 text files, though beyond names no information is provided for these maps. As such, they are listed below. They consist of ''[[Halo 3]]'' multiplayer maps, and all use the same map filenames as those used in the original ''Halo 3'' game, indicating they were to be ported without any changes.
*<code>armory</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map [[Rat's Nest]]}}
*<code>construct</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map [[Construct]]}}
*<code>descent</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map [[Assembly]]}}
*<code>docks</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map [[Longshore]]}}
*<code>fortress</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map [[Citadel]]}}
*<code>ghosttown</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map [[Ghost Town]]}}
*<code>isolation</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map [[Isolation]]}}
*<code>midship</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map [[Heretic]]}}
*<code>salvation</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map [[Epitaph]]}}
*<code>sandbox</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map [[Sandbox]]}}
*<code>sidewinder</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map [[Avalanche]]}}
*<code>snowbound</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map [[Snowbound]]}}
*<code>spacecamp</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map [[Orbital]]}}
*<code>warehouse</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map [[Foundry]]}}

The following maps are referenced in the H3EK Shader Collection, though beyond names no information is provided for these maps. As such, they are listed below. They consist of cut ''[[Halo Online]]'' multiplayer maps.
*<code>s3d_dale</code>
*<code>s3d_hangar</code>
*<code>s3d_rock</code>
*<code>s3d_sidewinder</code>
*<code>s3d_underwater</code>
*<code>s3d_well</code>
*<code>s3d_countdown</code>
*<code>s3d_haven</code>
*<code>s3d_burial_mounds</code>
*<code>s3d_beaver_creek</code>

==Firefight maps==
Some text strings in the files reference the filenames of several ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' and ''Halo: Reach'' [[Firefight]] maps. It is unknown if they are simply leftover assets in the engine from those games, or whether Firefight was a planned gamemode intended to be included in ''Halo Online''.

===Beachhead===
{{Article quote|The Covenant rarely entrenched themselves on former human worlds.}}
Named <code>s3d_beachhead</code>, this map was set on a former human colony world, and was presumably a remake of ''Reach''{{'}}s map of the same name, [[Beachhead (Halo: Reach map)|Beachhead]].

===Other Firefight maps===
These firefight maps are referenced in the text files by name;
*<code>alphasite</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3: ODST'' map [[Alpha Site]]}}
*<code>chasmten</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3: ODST'' map [[Chasm Ten]]}}
*<code>lostplatoon</code> {{C|The ''Halo 3: ODST'' map [[Lost Platoon]]}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Deleted material]]
[[Category:Halo Online multiplayer maps]]