Halo: Custom Edition
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Halo: Custom Edition, abbreviated Halo CE, is a free stand-alone expansion for Halo: Combat Evolved by Bungie Studios, which was ported to the PC by Gearbox Software. Halo CE was released by Gearbox as an unsupported add-on, which requires the original game. To prevent confusion between Halo Custom Edition and Halo: Combat Evolved (which can both be expressed as Halo CE) the original version of Halo (Combat Evolved) is referred to as Halo PC.
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[edit] Features
Halo: Custom Edition has the ability to load and play user-created content and maps created with the Halo Editing Kit (HEK). Many custom levels have been created by dedicated members of the modding community and have been posted for download at a plethora of websites.
Custom maps may contain entirely new content, including:
- Level geometry
- Weapons
- Vehicles
- Player character
- Sounds
- Game interfaces
- Level scripts & interactivity
- Objects
- Special effects
- Animations
- HUDs
- Single player modifications
- Artificial Intelligence
- Textures
In addition to user made content, several innovations that are planned to be utilized in Halo 3 have been integrated into both Bungie created and custom made maps.
[edit] Contents of Halo Editing Kit
The Halo Editing Kit (HEK) included with Halo: Custom Edition comprises of three distinct programs; Tool, Sapien and Guerilla.
[edit] Community
Several modding communities have emerged since the advent of Halo CE. Modders use the Halo Editing Kit to incorporate custom models, images, physics, and data into an easily distributed .MAP file.
[edit] External links
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Halo: Combat Evolved • Halo 2 • Halo 3 |
