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'''Theater''' is a new feature for users in ''[[Halo 3]]'' and ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''. It allows them to access [[Saved film|saved films]] of all [[Campaign]], [[Matchmaking]], [[Custom Game]]s, [[Forge]], and [[Firefight]] games that they have played. The 25 most recent games are featured under "Recent Films" in Halo 3. Users are in control of the gameplay footage they played; fast forward, slow down, pause and taking screenshots from every film. The films that users are fond of can even be saved into a library of films. | '''Theater''' is a new feature for users in ''[[Halo 3]]'' and ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''. It allows them to access [[Saved film|saved films]] of all [[Campaign]], [[Matchmaking]], [[Custom Game]]s, [[Forge]], and [[Firefight]] games that they have played. The 25 most recent games are featured under "Recent Films" in Halo 3. Users are in control of the gameplay footage they played; fast forward, slow down, pause and taking screenshots from every film. The films that users are fond of can even be saved into a library of films. | ||
Film clips are recorded sections of a film, only usable in Halo 3, not in Halo 3: ODST. Pressing "Y" during a replay enables you to move around as in a regular film. However, these are only collections of game information readable only through the | Film clips are recorded sections of a film, only usable in Halo 3, not in Halo 3: ODST. Pressing "Y" during a replay enables you to move around as in a regular film. However, these are only collections of game information readable only through the Xbox 360 and cannot be used on a PC, with the exception that the player has a video capture card. Screenshots can be saved to a computer as an actual image if posted from a file share on [[Bungie.net]]. Popular or highly rated films will be shown in the [[Bungie Favorites]] list. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Theater, along with [[Forge]], are set to return in [[Halo: Reach]]. | |||
*Many people have saved their films onto a computer. This, however requires the use of a capture card which records TV onto a computer. | *Many people have saved their films onto a computer. This, however requires the use of a capture card which records TV onto a computer. | ||
*Even though you can save clips and rewind in the Theater on the [[Multiplayer]] games played, it is not possible to do either in the [[Halo 3#Campaign|Halo 3 Campaign]] games. This is because the loading sequence in Campaign is linear, and rewinding will make the film have to load the process again. For Film Clips, Bungie explains that it just doesn't work well in Campaign. | *Even though you can save clips and rewind in the Theater on the [[Multiplayer]] games played, it is not possible to do either in the [[Halo 3#Campaign|Halo 3 Campaign]] games. This is because the loading sequence in Campaign is linear, and rewinding will make the film have to load the process again. For Film Clips, Bungie explains that it just doesn't work well in Campaign. | ||