Hack 86. Change Halo 2 s Machinery

Hack 86. Change Halo 2's Machinery

Use the mach plug-in to alter the speed of the Zanzibar wheel.

This hack uses the [mach] Machine tag plug-in for ADI [Hack #50]. The mach tags store metadata about various machines in Halo 2 levels. Using this plug-in, you will alter the speed of the Zanzibar wheel so that it is 10 times faster than normal.

Open the [mach] Machine tags in ADI and click on scenarios\objects\multi\zanzibar\big_wheel\big_wheel. Next, select the tag editor and change the value from 0.0333333 to 0.3333333 (see Figure 11-12).

Figure 11-12. Hacking the speed of the Zanzibar wheel

After you have made this change, sign the map [Hack #53] and FTP it to your Xbox [Hack #54].

When you load the map, you'll notice an obvious change to the Zanzibar wheel (see Figure 11-13). In fact, you'll be able to use the faster wheel to launch vehicles into the air.

Figure 11-13. The faster wheel is too quick for the normal animation