PRESENTS

Outskirts ODST Campaign Mod



by Kills Alone of the H2MT Crew

Released - December 2012
Updated - August 30th, 2013


YouTube - H2MT Outskirts ODST Mod Preview


ABOUT
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ODST Bipeds for Marines and Player Characters on Campaign scenario Outskirts (Old Mombasa).

The ODST player character biped is only viewable in Third Person. Thus I have provided two versions of the Campaign and a list of recommended applications. The other Campaign variant is the same except for a few minor changes, specifically the player character remains the Master Chief.


I used Gravemind 1.6B to make the changes, unfortunately the application has many faults such as some fields will not appear after viewing other fields first. Also many values are incorrect or in the wrong places. Thus I used the following two applications to verify the settings.


-Entity (H2x) was used to study the original map in its unmodified XBox incarnation.

Entity

Halo 2 XBox maps


-The unlocked Guerilla New (H2v) was also used to study original scenario source in its PC incarnation.

H2MT H2EK Unlocked - Enhanced Edition

03a_oldmombasa.scenario


Then Mr. Mohawk v1.2 was used to swap the player's biped to that of an ODST Marine.

Mohawk was used for the swap instead of Gravemind because it provided more consistent results.





ALTERATIONS
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-All Marines are ODST
-Some Marines have human heads (such as Johnson)
-Most Marines have ODST helmets (which is actually a head permutation)

-Changed the sky to a more cloudy/foggy sky

-Adjusted player0 starting location

-Player starts with Rockets (instead of a BR) which can be traded with other ODST Marines

-Pilot and Co-Pilot are now visible when picking up Johnson

-In one variant you play as an ODST (but this is limited to Third Person)
-I will attempt to get this recorded when playing Co-op

*See the included notes file for more specifics and values


INSTALL
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1) Before copying the file to your Halo 2\maps default maps directory you must backup the original.

2) The filename is 03a_oldmombasa.map, so make sure you backup the original by either renaming it or by
moving it to a backup sub-folder. I rename the original file to 03a_oldmombasa.map.ORIGINAL so I know what
it is at a later date.

3) Copy the new file to the same location then start Halo 2 Vista.

4) Select Outskirts from the Campaign selection screen.

5) For the ODST player character variant I recommend using one of the Third Person applications
listed below. I have included these and a few more apps/mods that you may require.





TOOLS
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Ambiguous Alpha v2.5 - for Third Person/Still Cam


Ambiguous Beta v1.0 Pre-Release - for Real-Time Editing


Gravemind v1.6B - for Meta Edit/Swap


H2V Blu Trainer vK2 - for Third Person/Still Cam/Fly Cam


HUD Removal - remove HUD and on-screen text


Mr. Mohawk v1.2 - for Meta Edit/Swap


DOWNLOAD
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H2MT Outskirts ODST Campaign Mod
~240MBs compressed (~400MBs extracted)

H2MT Outskirts ODST Campaign Mod SPPF Only Version
~11.5MBs compressed (~25.1MBs extracted)



YouTube - H2MT Outskirts ODST Mod Teaser



YouTube - H2MT Outskirts ODST Campaign Mod Gameplay 01




notes.txt
Edited by Kills_Alone on Aug 31, 2013 at 03:32 AM

I finally got around to updating this mod and the next map after; so now you can play as an ODST all the way through Old & New Mombasa.


Don't forget to use the included Ambiguous Alpha v2.5 and Blu Trainer vK2 to play the mod properly in third person.*

The downloads have been updated, and separate (much smaller) SPPF only versions are provided as well.**


*Make sure you have the most recent Microsoft .Net, Visual C++, and full Windows Updates to use these apps.

**The SPPF versions require the user to use the included Super PPF application to apply a patch to the appropriate map. Its a simple process but I always suggest making backups of the original campaign maps first. If it sounds confusing just download the full release.





NEW CHANGES:
-Improved the player's jumping
-Increased the player's nade throwing velocity
-Removed Dual-wielding
-Marines cannot use Energy Swords
-Various movement speed tweaks
-Small camera tweaks
-First Person mode no longer shows a biped (no hand, weapon, nor body remains)
-Other minor tweaks
Edited by Kills_Alone on Aug 31, 2013 at 03:43 AM

seems good

Guys, i fudged the bucket. I forgot to save my original map.. i had thought i saved it but i didn't.. :/

Do any of you have the original Outskirts map file? D: