The Halo 2: Multiplayer Revision is almost exactly what it sounds like, a vresion of Halo 2 that only has multiplayer. It includes all the new maps up to Desolation and Tombstone, and they all work. This wasn't a complicated mod, but being my first I'm kinda proud at how it turned out.
The mainmenu.map is modded to remove the blue filter, and also removes the text for Campaign and Xbox Live, I replaced the text for Split Screen with Custom Games, as well. In addition, I've removed the Multiplayer Maps from the mainmenu entirely so even if you do select where it says Campaign, there will be no maps, it will say you haven't unlocked them. Foundation is also unlocked for those of you who haven't completed campaign, it comes unlocked to start with.
The Start Screen:
Pregame Lobby:
Map Selection:
Like I said, this isn't an outstanding or complicated mod, but it might be helpful to those people who only want to play multiplayer with friends, as this works over system link.
I also changed the loading video, as well as the attract_60 one, and completely removed the credits one, since with no campaign, there will be no way to view it. I also removed a few other uneeded things, such as the media folder, which contains fonts for campaign, and the update, dashupdate, and downloader.xbe, and changed the internal name of the default.xbe to reflect the name of this project: Halo 2: Multiplayer Revision.
I'm giving several ways of downloading this, you can download the patch for mainmenu.map in either serenity or sppf formats, both have been tested and work.
Serenity Patch (915 KB)
SPPF Patch (2 MB)
If you want to only experience the new mainmenu, apply one of these patches. If you want to have the rest of the experience, follow these instructions:
1. apply one of the above patches to a clean mainmenu.map
2. create a folder on your xbox harddrive called Halo 2: Multiplayer Revision
3. create 2 folders inside that folder called bink, and maps
4. download this package containing the modified default.xbe, and the modified loading and attract videos.
5. ftp intro_60.bik and attract_60.bik to the bink folder you created on your xbox
6. ftp default.xbe to the Halo 2: Multiplayer Revision folder on your xbox
You should now have 3 items in the Halo 2: Multiplayer Revision folder: a folder called bink, a folder called maps, and default.xbe
7. ftp all the maps from Halo 2 (including the new ones (yes, that's including derelict and highplains)), and the shared.map (you don't ned single_player_shared) to the maps folder, along with the fonts folder found in the maps folder on the Halo 2 disc. If you can't get the maps, or the font folder, you can download the fonts folder here, and the maps from here.
8. check that you have everything done, your file tree should look like this:
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Halo 2: Multiplayer Revision
|-bink
|-attract_60.bik
|-intro_60.bik
|-maps
|- fonts
|- (all the fonts files, there are 36 of them, I don't feel like writing them all out)
|- (all the maps, there are 25 of them, I don't feel like writing them all out)
|-default.xbeAlternately, you can burn this to a disk be creating this same file structure on your computer's harddrive, then opening an Xbox ISO creator (I use c-box tool 2) and creating an xISO, then using a burning software to burn it to a DVD-R.
I've burned a disc and can confirm that it works in a modded xbox under both evox and XBMC (The only ones I tested), it unfortunately does not work on an unmodded box or an Xbox 360.
That all being said, I hope you enjoy this release, let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks to:
Prey, for making a great mainmenu editing tool: Menu Menu Menu!
Monkey Terd, for helping me with various different troubles, and recommending ProjectP
Anthony, for creating ProjectP
Everyone else who helped!
