Hack 57. Become a Grenade Sniper

Alter your throwing distance so that grenades fly like arrows.

This alters the Halo 2 throwing distance such that you can throw grenades in a frozen rope manner (a baseball term indicating a line drive that's been hit hard). By enhancing your throwing arm, you can not only throw grenades across the map, but you can also stick with deadly accuracy. Imagine being able to stick Plasma Grenades with the accuracy of a sniper round.

Open ADI [Hack #50] and open the .MAP file that you would like to alter. After the map is open, browse to the [bipd] Biped tag. Here you will find tags for the Elite model, the Master Chief, and the multiplayer Master Chief. If you want to apply this hack to all three models, you will need to alter all three tags.

In this hack, you will mod the Elite's throwing ability. Once you choose the Elite model, select the tab for the Tag Editor. The property that you will alter is Throw Distance (see Figure 7-1). In this example, suppose you want the Elite to throw grenades like a sniper's bullet to do so, set the value to 50.

Figure 7-1. Altering the Elite's throwing distance

Once you have made the change, make sure you sign your map [Hack #53] before you FTP it to your Xbox [Hack #54].

When you are finished, load up your map and stick to your heart's content (see Figure 7-2).

Figure 7-2. Chucking a grenade with pinpoint precision