Halo Map Tools

Halo Map Tools is a freeware software for the Windows Operating System that allows players to edit and modify Halo: Combat Evolved maps meta tags. It can only edit non-custom edition maps; basically the Campaign and Standard Multiplayer maps, and can edit maps from the XBox too.

Meta Tags
Meta tags are little shortcut names (like TinyURLs) that link to a specific weapon, vehicle, projectile, biped, actor, etc. One of the main aspects of modding Halo maps is swapping or duplicating meta tags. A few examples are:
 * Replacing the assault rifle\bullet tag with the rocket launcher\rocket meta tag, so when you shoot the assault rifle, you will have rapid fire rockets coming out of the assault rifle.
 * Replacing all the elite actor variant tags with Elite Commander Energy Sword tags - this will replace all elites with Elite Commanders with Energy swords.

Note about Modding
Some of the following mods require you to restart the level but you can't do that from within game, because when you open the game you'll get an EXCEPTION. What you need to do is delete your My Games folder in My Documents, and create new profile. That way, you'll restart the level.

Walkthrough: Mod Master Chief to run Faster

 * 1) First, Open HMT and open a map file.
 * 2) Expand the tree item "Game Globals [matg]" or "[matg] Game Globals"
 * 3) Click The Dropdown next to Bipd and click 0.
 * 4) The boxes with the values should now be filled with numbers
 * 5) Change the first value (normally 2.25) to something else. Numbers over 40 sometimes don't work and you revert to normal speed, speed 1 or get an error. So use 40 at the most. If any level needs a warthog, set the speed to 20, and you'll never need a warthog again (except for The Maw, which requires a warthog not because of steep heights that this mod can overcome, but because the canon doesn't work and Cortana keeps asking you to go back, and much more trouble...!!)
 * 6) Click Save on the left panel
 * 7) Close HMT, done!!

Walkthrough: Make the warthog fly!

 * 1) Open HMT and your favourite map
 * 2) Click Vehicles >> Warthog
 * 3) Click the Pelican/Dropship radio button
 * 4) Click Save on the left
 * 5) Close, you're done!
 * 6) Remember to restart the level.

Walkthrough: Be able to fly the pelican
'Reason: You can't drive pelican if it is called the pelican because master chief isn't allowed. Call it a Warthog, then you can drive it.'
 * 1) Open HMT and your favourite map
 * 2) Click Vehicles >> Pelican
 * 3) Click Seat, then 0
 * 4) Change the string 'P-driver' to 'W-driver'
 * 5) Click Save, then close and you're done
 * 6) To drive the Pelican, jump on top of the front window - that's the only place that lets you drive, so you might need to mod so that you can jump higher slightly.