Hack 76. Turn Grenades into Skulls

Swap the model associated with grenades.

This hack allows you to alter the model that Halo 2 uses for objects. In this example, you will swap the normal frag grenade model for a skull.

First, open DotHalo [Hack #52] and find the tag objects\weapons\grenade\frag_grenade\frag_grenade (see Figure 9-22).

Figure 9-22. The frag_grenade tag

To change the model, you will swap the hlmt dependency from objects\weapons\grenade\frag_grenade\frag_grenade to objects\weapons\multiplayer\ball\ball (see Figure 9-23). The ball model which is actually a skull is used for the Oddball game type.

Sign your map [Hack #53] and FTP it back to your Xbox [Hack #54]. Once you load up the test map, you will find that fragmentation grenades look like skulls when they are on the ground (see Figure 9-24).

Figure 9-23. Swapping the grenade models for the ball model

Figure 9-24. Grenades for Halloween