Hack 96. Crawl Around a Desert


pimpinhobo528's Desert Creek is an adaptation of Beaver Creek.

This mod is a great balance between level, weapon, and vehicle alterations. The normally green Beaver Creek trees have lost their leaves and the other foliage has been replaced. These changes create the desert-like appearance of the map.

The main weapon mod is that the SMG fires Banshee bombs it's a cool change (see Figure 12-15).

Figure 12-15. The SMG is modded to fire heavy artillery


However, the most significant change in this mod is the addition of a Banshee. Instead of the Rocket Launcher, you'll find a Banshee at the top of the rock arch. Not only is the vehicle added, but it has been dramatically customized. This transparent Banshee is certainly one of the best vehicle mods out there (see Figure 12-16).

Figure 12-16. The invisible jet version of the Banshee


According to pimpinhobo528, the inspiration for this mod was an accident. He was swapping metadata in an attempt to put water over the entire map when he stumbled upon the leaves shader. After finding this, he decided to try nulling it out to see if it would strip the leaves from the trees. It worked so well that the idea of a desert popped into his head. From there, he simply swapped the rock wall shaders for the ground shaders.

After making the desert changes, he decided that the map still needed something. He decided to add a Banshee, but not just any Banshee, a transparent Banshee. To make the banshee transparent he used the shader objects\multi\ 2way_teleporter\shaders\ 2way_teleporter_luminous. After he added the Banshee, pimpinhobo528 decided that he needed to add a counter weapon so that the vehicle wouldn't annihilate the entire level. This is why he added the floating turrets. Using the Covenant turret meta, he replaced the Brute Shot projectile with the turret.

Anyone interested in pimpinhobo528's mods can find them on http://www.halomods.com or at his web site, www.hobo528.tripod.com. For anyone new to modding, pimpinhobo528 is willing to help you out. His screen name on AIM is pimpinhobo528.

Download the Desert Creek mod from http://files.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=24473.



Halo2 Hacks
Halo 2 Hacks: Tips & Tools for Finishing the Fight
ISBN: 0596100590
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 166

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