Halo Custom Edition + Ultimate Map Collection

https : // mega . nz / folder / hT9mhRaL#fIi_tXIHKLJ1QTSHI5aDzA

Halo Custom Edition + Ultimate Map Collection FULL download. Remove spaces in the URL and paste into your browser. (The link Mega is probably fine and doesn't need to be spaced but Steam doesn't like foreign download links so I am just being cautious lol)

Do not use if you intend to play with friends. This is intended for OFFLINE play only

What is Halo Custom Edition?

Halo Custom Edition is a highly mod-able multiplayer version of the original Halo Combat Evolved PC port which, prior to the Halo Master Chief Collection on PC was (and in my opinion still is) the height of the Halo Modding Community and THE Halo you played if you want to drive Scarab spiders, fly Pelicans or phantoms, play as Elites or Hunters, fly Covenant Capital Ships.. yep this has it all through the form of community-made modded maps such as the notorious Extinction_AI which has been emulated (and now broken like most of the current big Halo mods for MCC) for Halo MCC.

Halo Custom Edition has the capacity for singleplayer content also of course, in fact every one of these "multiplayer" maps can be played singleplayer with many even meant to be played singleplayer anyway. Not only is there a decade plus worth of these maps, but there have been professional modding teams who have created entire campaigns for Halo Custom Edition (these campaigns can be seen in the screenshots of this guide). There are many of them and many of them are beautiful creations, and many are in this download :) .

Halo Custom Edition's modding community is FULL of the most obscure and strange maps that you find and when you load it up are met with an absolute feeling of mystery as to what the map's inspiration is and who made it, most of these maps were made long ago so it adds to that obscurity feeling, it is like an adventure or exploration of sorts... Halo Custom Edition of course also has like i've said a great plethora of multiplayer purposed maps like Ambush which is made for team battles, beautiful and definitely worthy of their own Halo game -especially the campaigns like Halo: Covert Ops or Project Takedown.

All in all, this before Halo MCC was the Halo you got if you wanted a modded sanbox Halo (excluding J-tagged Xbox's of course lmao), I had some of the best time with Halo Custom Edition when I was younger, it's nostalgic to me. Seeing as there is little to no care about Halo Custom Edition nowadays and on the Steam community I figured why not give my Halo Custom Edition collection to all of you? :)

If you want to play Halo Custom Edition with your friends, I am afraid this guide is not so useful for you, however the maps included in this download definitely are.

Map list

I included as much of the beautiful classics as I could remember and refind.

Also includes the Universal UI replacer and ALL of the campaigns AND firefights that is available in it (except for the main Bungie Halo CE campaign since we have Halo MCC for that, this is only Custom Edition! Also excludes the SPV3 campaign since I couldn't find it in .map format :/ ).

Where to get additional maps + base Halo Custom Edition files

http://hce.halomaps.org

Additional info

Also includes an FOV slider. When in the main menu press F6 and use your mouse to adjust your FOV (the golden number is 110). Then press F6 again to lock it in place.

DO NOT attempt to use the FOV slider in-game, it may seem seemless and good but it will cause random crashes, ONLY do it in the main menu.


There is a Dev Trainer (cheat menu) in the files as well, it is in a folder called "Trainer". It's meant for SPV3 but it works for Halo Custom Edition too. It has all the classic commands from Bump Posession to Super Jump and Medusa etc.


To play Halo Custom Edition Maps go to Multiplayer --> LAN and choose a map. There are many maps which will crash when you load them because these .map files are meant for either a Firefight or a Campaign and therefore must be loaded through the Firefight menu or the Campaign menu. Maps such as Extinction_AI or B30_MPZ are meant for LAN singleplayer. Keep this in mind when choosing a map to play and you load up Slender Forest and it crashes haha.

Have Fun!

If you have any questions or map suggestions feel free to ask :)

[Draken22]

link plis

[Slammy]

Hey everyone, since MCC has a workshop and the JUICY CLASSICS (+new stuff) are being uploaded to it I have decided to make a Workshop Collection of them all https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2900246585

Halo Master Chief Collection Custom Edition lol

[Slammy]

Decided, to hell with it. It's fine as it is.
#1 No free 30 GB hosting sites
#2 Cons outweigh the pros for Version 2 and it's not worth it.

[Slammy]

I will be releasing Update 2 instead as an alternate version to the initial because they both have pros and cons.

Version 1 is that it's completely fine and has no problems with resolution or FOV, just that it's missing some campaign files like The Silent Cartographer: Evolved and all of Project Takedown.

All in all I would say version 1 is superior but I will release the Open poop version anyway, though not as a replacement.


FYI SPV3 is incomparable with Halo Custom Edition apparently and isn't meant to be played outside of the literal SPV3. I have loaded it into Halo Custom Edition and upon joining a mission I am met with INTENSE ear rape, everything missing textures and a headache.

[Slammy]

Okay, Open Sauce in my opinion absolutely sucks. ALT Tabbing is crash sensitive, it ONLY works in fullscreen and windowed mode and can only be run through a Halo Custom Edition shortcut executable file that has special parameters set like -vidmode for the fullscreen res.

ANY tampering with the resolution outside of this, say in the game's main menu settings, will lead to an immediate crash. I have asked Halo Custom Edition CMT developers about this, I have scoured the internet on why this is but really that's just the way it is apparently.

I personally played Gameranger multiplayer with Version 1 and Open Sauce makes that impossible.


Open Sauce has pros as well as cons, like it's seamless and perfect F7 menu settings like with FOV, just unfortunate that Singleplayer campaign makers have decided to use .yelo map format instead.

[Slammy]

I see, you're right :) I will upload it to other sites as well. Thank you for the warning good sir

[ExplodedBagel]

I think this is a good thing to share, especially considering 343 is going to make these unusable in mcc in the near future according to that last update text. I might suggest putting it somewhere like google drive as well though, mega has limits on downloads that people who have previously downloaded mods from there might hit.

[Slammy]

Okay, I asked around and an SPV3 dev helped me solve the problem of Open Sauce fullscreen. The new update will be very good and I will be able to include the rest of the Campaigns (Including SPV3). I am excited :)

[Slammy]

I am working on an update which has a lot of goodies. Firstly a downside is that the FOV slider (which contains something called HAC2 which has a big incompatibility with OpenSauce) will be removed sadly but it will be replaced with OpenSauce (which might have an FOV feature in it not sure, I use a widescreen so I need it lmao).

I will try to add the rest of Project Takedown which I forgot to put in before, CMT SPV3 campaign and TSC: Evolved campaign. I am also adding the mission "Sierra 117" which wasn't included before, it is literally I kid you not an extreme quality recreation of the Halo 3 opening mission. I will contemplate adding the OG Halo Combat Evolved campaign as well :). With all of that the campaigns will all 100% fully be available to play!

I'll keep you all posted in the comments about progress. Again I urge anyone with good map ideas to tell me them and I will incorporate them :)

[Arkay]

You are a hero by sharing this absolute classic in a great package, thank you.