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HALO 2 ODST SQUAD CAMPAIGN (Anniversary Version Link In Description) UPDATED 02/24/24

Play as 2 Squads in a Platoon of ODSTs. Due to limitations for H2:Anniversary, I have split this into 2 mods.

Anniversary Version: Lead 2nd squad in the battle for Earth and Delta Halo. 6 Master Chief maps, 3 Arbiter maps, less customization.

Link: https://www.nexusmods.com/halothemasterchiefcollection/mods/2480


Original Graphics Version: Better story, all 13 maps, more ODST variety, Heretic allies in some missions.

I would reccomend downloading both mods to play the 9 Anniversary levels and the 4 missing ones in this version.

A hypothetical scenario where the spartan program never happened. So Master Chief became a Helljumper instead, and is the leader of 2nd squad of 1st platoon. The arbiter missions are replaced with the hypothetical 1st squad, lead by an unidentified trooper who specializes in testing covenant technology. Intentionally separated from the rest of their platoon for a highly classified mission, 1st squads mission is to make contact with known Covenant defectors amid the invasion of earth, and aid in the liberation of their rebel factions, while gathering intel on covenant tactics and technology, and building humanity's first alliance with an alien species. The Heretics would often joke about the squad's human leader becoming the next Arbiter, out of respect for the trooper and an insult to Covenant hierarchy, and Arbiter quickly became his nickname.

This version features every mission (excluding the 2 intro levels).

Sgt. Johnson has green shoulder pads and maybe some extra packs. Sgt. Stacker has no helmet in some parts and looks like beat up Doom Guy. Female and comm pack variants included. On the heretic missions all heretics are replaced with Covenant and a few Heretics will join your squad, and everyone has camo. Heretics and ODSTs will also join you in Quarantine Zone. Chief has no comm pack, Arby does. I could only get the flashlight to point up out of his head, so the mission High Charity is really dark in a lot of places, so it might be scary. Cutscenes are kinda funny cause Chief is scared of cameras and Johnson is always doing weird ♥♥♥♥.


Weapon notes:

All weapons are in 3rd person, except for the sniper and beam rifle. In 3rd person they would fire way off the crosshair, so I just made the viewmodels invisible.

You can't use the Bruteshot, Sentinel Beam, Sword, or that bigger plasma turret.

The shotgun does a weird secondary reload animation after being fully reloaded. You can double tap switch weapon like you're pumping it or just fire mid animation.

Grenades have a slow animation, but you can skip it by tapping melee before the grenade button. This will let you run but you still have to wait a second or 2 for him to actually throw it. And look up a bit because he throws like a ♥♥♥♥♥.



Other Notes/Bugs:

I slightly increased jump hight and removed the landing animation, but beware of fall damage.

You can't board enemy vehicles.

Press down to lower weapons.

In the very beginning, you need to grab a weapon for it to go into 3rd person.

On the mission The Oracle, after the cutscene with the enemy leader hiding behind the shield, immediatly chase down the Heretic leader to take his shotgun before he runs off to leave in the phantom.

On the mission Regret, you cant actually kill the prophet. I couldn't find a way to make his throne boardable, or make him killable in any other way in the tags or script. He just kept respawning. Fortunately its at the end of the mission, so just smack him and his infinite honor guards around until you are ready to quit the mission.

On Sacred Icon, after lowering the shield and the gondola stops in the flood room, you gotta do a little oldschool platforming, but you can jump into the next room.

In the room with the brutes right before the control room Tartarus fight, don't fall in that little space below the glass floor or you'll be stuck.

Tartarus might be broken. Someone let me know, cause I'm sick of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with it.