[MAP-MOD] H2MT - Outskirts ODST Campaign Mod

[Resinball]

PRESENTS

Outskirts ODST Campaign Mod



by Kills Alone of the H2MT Crew

Released - December 2012
Updated - August 30th, 2013





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)










notes.txt

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Make all Marines ODST on Old Mombasa
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Kills Alone 2013



Open 03a_oldmombasa.map with Gravemind 1.6B.

Then navigate to: mode - objects\characters\marine\marine

Enter Meta Editor.

Scroll down to Compression Info

///////////////////////////////////

0 - body

perm
0 = standard
1 = odst
2 = wounded
3 = dress


ODST BODY
11
11
27
42
61
61

///////////////////////////////////

2 - head

perm
0 = smith
1 = banks
2 = dion
3 = odst
4 = wounded
5 = morgan - PLAYER HEAD AFTER MOHAWK BIPED SWAP
6 = perez
7 = walter
8 = johnson

ODST HEAD - CONFIRMED!
15
15
33
48
68
68

^Apply to Head perms 0, 3(already set), 5(?), 6-7


///////////////////////////////////

3 - helmet

perm
0 = on
1 = dress
2 = pilot
3 = hat



NO HELMET
10
10
26
60
60
60

STANDARD HELMET
2
5
22
40
56
56

ODST/DRESS? HELMET
29
29
29
44
63
63

PILOT HELMET
All set to 66

JOHNSON BASEBALL CAP

All set to 69

///////////////////////////////////

5 - packs_abdomin / 6 - packs_arms / 7 - packs_chest

perm
0 = standard
1 = odst
2 = wounded
3 = dress

ODST PACKS_ABDOMIN through PACKS_THIGH

8
8
24
41
58
58

///////////////////////////////////

VERIFY 7 - packs_chest is correct

///////////////////////////////////

8 - packs_thigh

356
180
1
180
1
103


*Use Entity to get exact values as Gravemind will often give incorrect values. When you open a tag in Gravemind, the model tag for example; the next field you select can dictate the next which will
give you incorrect data. So if the second field has four sub-fields then the next field will only show the same amount of fields (even if it should have eight sub fields it would only have four,
if the field selected before had that many).


At the end (when you are done with any and all Gravemind edits) open the Map file with Mr. Mohawk v1.2 and then copy the Marines meta offset over the Masterchiefs. Doing it this way forces the MC to act
like an ODST, for example they can no longer jump very high.

However, if you want them to look like another NPC but act like the MC then use Gravemind 1.6B to swap the HLMT under the BIPD.




----MORE---



ODST OUTSKIRTS
change marines to odst, leave johnsons head, mc black suit, or miranda-johnson swap and swap sky to foggy sky

new spawn point (snr - player 0): -576.7466 -631.8923 2.175157 3.13975



Biped 11 is MC

Biped 13 is johnson, meta edit him to odst - didn't crash and was cinematic invis but same biped

I think Biped 18 is the first ODST

scnr oldmom - Biped Placement 68=odst_01 variant name=default_nrl

Johnson

X -33.30509

Y -291.9514

Z -0.9998547

Yaw 1.570796

Pitch 0

Roll 0


ODST_01

X -34.92849

Y -293.6703

Z -0.9998566

Yaw 1.570796

Pitch 0

Roll 0

if fails try changing spawn coords to weapon spawns and up a little
mc biped hlmt to marine gives good marine/odst/johnson cross






hlmt - objects\characters\marine\marine

Variants - modify or null values?


Marine

0 - johnson
1 - default_nrl - sound\dialog\combat\marine_perez
2 - default_cky - sound\dialog\combat\marine_aussie
3 - default_ntz - sound\dialog\combat\marine_timid
4 - pilot_nrl - sound\dialog\combat\marine_cross
5 - sarge_grf - sound\dialog\combat\marine_aussie
6 - johnson_combat - sound\dialog\combat\sgt_gruff
7 - johnson_dress - sound\dialog\combat\sgt_johnson
8 - dress_grf - sound\dialog\combat\sgt_gruff
9 - dress_cts - sound\dialog\combat\sgt_cautious
10 - dress_hat - sound\dialog\combat\sgt_gruff




Also works with biped!
Does not appear to work with char, in fact it seemed to cause a strange type of white screen H2V lockup

TRY THIS: go under globals[MATG] in the meta grid. and show idents. go down to where it shows mastercheif third person and change that

MC A844264

Marine A50EE34

Miranda A9A9504



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Play as Miranda with Marines helping

Play as standard Marine with Mirandas helping?

Miranda cannot die when hlmt swapped, only with biped swap

Try Master Chief swap by hlmt to test if shieilds work any better? remove shield attachment or null it?

Move spawn point to end of map? Depends on scripts that would fail

Swap Marines to Master Chief?


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CHAR - Variations

objects\characters\marine\ai\marine_odst

0
Permutaion - odst_cky
Base Perm - cky

1
Permutaion - odst_grf
Base Perm - grf

2
Permutaion - odst_cts
Base Perm - cts

updates.txt

The main reason for these two mods is to try and get the IWHBYD skull to spawn then do that section with ODST support and the main player character as an ODST, then record it and share it on YouTube.


I found it funny that no-one else had figured out the proper way to pull the ODST permutations out from the Marine biped. Sure, some people had done character swaps but that method only works on scenarios with the ODST as a character (such as Delta Halo). The information to do the same is included and has already been added to a few mods by other modders.



Some things I might try to fix:

-Convince Kant to make me a view-lock camera app for better Machinima recording and creation

-Convince Kant to make a small app (or tweak to Blu Trainer/Ambiguous Alpha) that senses when the player exits from a vehicle so it can reset/force the camera back to third person

-The ODST grenade throwing animation takes forever and they cannot throw very far
IMPROVED - further throwing ability


Hybrid - New ODST Marine Player Character setting - BIPED
8 - Grenade Velocity
4 - Grenade Count

-Increase jump height by just a little
FIXED - jumping is much better

Fires From Camera - Checked - more dynamic firing effect in First Person
Melee Attackers Cannot Attach - Checked

Player - Default Team

head - Camera Marker Name

7.235988 - Lip Sync decay Weight
7.235988 - Moving Turning Speed (DPS)

Use Limp Body Physics - Checked

2.250796 - Stationary Turning Speed
2.1 - Jump Velocity
0.6 - Max Soft Landing Time
0 - Max Hard Landing Time
0.9 - Min Soft Landing Velocity
4 - Min Hard Landing Velocity
8 - Max Hard Landing Velocity
0 - Death Hard Landing Velocity
1.7 - Stun Duration

15 - Lock On Distance
1.2 - Head Shot Acc Scale

Use Player Physics - Unchecked - So the player cannot walk when throwing a nade


-Disable Dual-wielding of weapons as the Marine biped/anims/nodes do not support it
-Magnum
-Needler
-Plasma Pistol
-Brute Plasma Rifle
-Plasma Rifle
-SMG



Campaign MC
10 - Grenade Velocity
4 - Grenade Count

8.485791
8.485791

1.396263
3.08
0.6
0
1.5
7
12
0
1.7


Marine
5 - Grenade Velocity
0 - Grenade Count

5.235988
5.235988

1.570796
1.5
0.6
1
0.3
1
4
0
1.7


Dead Material Name: hard_metal_thin_hum_masterchief
This could provide ODST player (and maybe NPCs) with better armour

Enabled Flashlight toggle
Still needs reference in model


*Changes made with Gravemind 1.6B

[PopeAK49]

That looks really cool.

[Resinball]

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