Hack 60. Swap Ammunition

Mix and match projectiles from the different weapons .

This hack changes the type of ammunition that existing Halo 2 weapons use. For example, you can change the Rocket Launcher so that it fires Wraith mortal rounds.

To complete this swap, navigate through the [weap] Weapons tags until you find the Rocket Launcher (see Figure 7-9).

Figure 7-9. Selecting the Rocket Launcher tag

Next, open the drop-down box and select the Wraith mortar rounds. You will find the Wraith mortar along the path objects\vehicles\wraith\turrets\mortar . Once you have it selected, use the Swap Dependency button to switch the Wraith ammunition and the Rocket Launcher round (see Figure 7-10).

Sign your map [Hack #53] and then FTP it to your Xbox [Hack #54] .

This change is pretty cool because you can use the mortar in places where you normally would not be able to have the Wraith weapon (see Figure 7-11).

Figure 7-10. Out with the shell, in with the mortar

Figure 7-11. The Rocket Launcher firing the Wraith mortar

Hack 61. Dual Wield Any Weapon

Change the properties of weapons so that anything can be dual-wielded .

Halo 2 restricts dual-wielding (DW) to certain weapons. This hack allows you to DW any weapon you want. In this hack, you will alter the properties of the Shotgun so that it can be dual-wielded.

First, open the Shotgun tag in the [weap] Weapon list (see Figure 7-12).

Once the tag is selected, open the Tag Editor and check the Dual wieldable property.

Figure 7-12. Altering the Shotgun properties with ADI

Sign your map [Hack #53] and FTP it to your Xbox [Hack #54] . Now you will be able to dual wield the shottie (see Figure 7-13). Imagine having a Sniper Rifle in one hand and a Shotgun in the other!

Figure 7-13. The Shotgun dual-wielded

This mod will only be a cosmetic change for the Plasma Sword. Since Halo 2 has no left-handed animation for the sword, you will simply drop the left sword when you pull the trigger.

Hack 62. Death by Soccer Balls

as Fill the Metropolis level with soccer balls .

Tired of firing bullets and rockets ? This hack alters any gun so that it fires soccer balls. However, the hack will only work on the New Mombassa level. The reason for this is that the soccer ball Easter egg [Hack #26] is only present on the New Mombassa level. In the level menu, New Mombassa is called Metropolis.

To create this mod, browse to the [weap] Weapon tags and choose a weapon. In this example, you will use the SMG. Next, go to its dependencies and find the [proj] dependency (see Figure 7-14).

Figure 7-14. Finding the SMG projectile

This determines the projectile fired by the weapon. Click the [proj] dependency and use the drop-down list to swap it with something else. In this example, we will actually change [proj] to [bloc] because the soccer ball is a [bloc] tag. The result of this is that you are going to swap the path objects\weapons\rifle\smg\ projectiles \smg_bullet for scenarios\objects\solo\earthcity\soccer_ball\soccer_ball (see Figure 7-15).

Sign your map [Hack #53] , FTP it to your Xbox [Hack #54] , and then start a game on the Metropolis level.

Figure 7-15. Swap the meta tag for the soccer ball

Once you have completed this mod, you will be able to fire the enormous soccer ball Easter egg from your SMG (see Figure 7-16).

Figure 7-16. It's like a ball room