Halo: Combat Evolved Beta 1749: Difference between revisions

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'''Beta 1749''' was a beta build of the [[Xbox]] edition of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''. The build originates from around [[2001#August|August 15, 2001]]. It was succeeded by [[Halo: Combat Evolved Beta 2247|Beta 2247]].{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.obscuregamers.com/threads/halo-combat-evolved-beta-1749.2513/post-15872|Site=Obscure Gamers|Page=Halo: Combat Evolved Beta 1749}}

*The Elite who kills crewman [[Samuel Marcus]] uses a [[Type-33 needler|Needler]] instead of a Plasma Rifle. In the final game, the Needler is completely absent from this level's files.

*[[Brhi Xur-pattern Leech|Boarding craft]] do not have overshields in the back.

*The dialogue that plays out as you scout the first area is also expanded from the shorter final version.

*No dialogue will play upon clearing the bridge, and Covenant enemies will swarm into the room as soon as you do so. The dialogue that was supposed to play on the bridge will instead play once you return to the hangar, and is slightly longer. The extended line about the dropship's docking clamp controls being on the second floor may have been cut to avoid confusion for international audiences, as while the claim is true in British English, audiences used to the American English format would instead think of the controls as being on the third floor.

*[[Karo'etba-pattern Ghost|Ghosts]] spawn on the level, and in excess. Possessing one can easily break the level, especially during cutscenes, and this is likely why no Ghosts are present on the level in the final game.

*From this level onwards, there is far less implemented voice dialogue, with placeholder debug text often taking its place. This debug text generally follows the final script, but is far more casual and comedic in tone. For example, Cortana explains that the Rocket Launchers you find next to some dead [[Flood Combat Forms]] belonged to a heavy weapons squad led by "Major Whacker".

*[[Captain Keyes]] has no lines of dialogue in this mission. Cortana's lines at the start of the level are also very different, and is much more direct about Keyes' death. Combined with the level\s menu description, this indicates that the decision to make Keyes barely clinging on to life throughout the mission was a very late one.

*At the start of the [[Warthog Run]], looking to your right as soon as you enter the first big room will reveal a drivable [[Karo'etba-pattern Ghost|Ghost]] next to a dead [[Special Operations Elite]]; it is possible to complete the Warthog Run with this Ghost instead of the Warthog. In the final version of the game, this Ghost is no longer present, however the dead Special Operations Elite remains.

*The [[Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle|Plasma Rifle]] has a different side hologram. In this version, it displays a series of green indicators which shrink as the weapon's battery is used up.

*Shotgun has much higher reserve ammo capacity and a lower rate of fire. The Shotgun's third-person animations are identical to the Assault Rifle's.

*The Shotgun's reload is broken; reloading from an empty chamber will result in the player loading all but the last shell; you need to press the reload button again to completely fill up the weapon.

*A flat piece of geometry exists at the bottom of the map, allowing access to an Easter egg: a shrine towards a Bungie employee's girlfriend. In the final game, this flat geometry is replaced by a slope, and the girlfriend shrine is removed.