Ring of Apokalypsis Update

For anyone that ever doubted me, here is my retort! I reported as much changes & bugs as I could, but it is likely I still missed a few things. If I missed anything, do let me know! I know I said this before, but this will likely be the last major update for the mod, bug squashing aside. I'll also be pushing for a tag release on the gore system in the future, as well as pushing for a standalone "Brutality Classic," where the maps and sandbox is 100 percent faithful to vanilla CE, since I know not everyone may be fond of the changes I made.

General Changes
Assault Rifle, SMG, Sniper Rifle and Shotgun re-skinned to an "edgy red" color pallet.
Assault Rifle max ammo buffed to 420.
Assault Rifle has an independent grenade launcher, can no longer throw regular grenades.
Banshee AI can now use "gimballed controls" with their weapons. In other words, they can aim at you without directly facing you. Be careful, now!
Brute encounters added to later levels, courtesy of tftu(?)
Brutes have their own unique gib effects.
Brute Spike Grenades added as a third grenade type.
Brute Plasma Rifle added, courtesy of CMT's H2 Coagulation mod for Custom Edition.
Billboard textures updated. Classic one re-worked & is more faithful to the default one. Roxanne billboard still exists, and as woke as ever!
C4 pickup sound is now using the Halo KOTH time sound bit.
C4 is now the fourth grenade type.
C4 grenade icon upgraded.
Campaign has been re-compiled to share a bitmaps and sounds map file, to trim down on space.
Explosive fusion coils and plasma batteries added to select levels.
Fall damage reverted to its vanilla values, to allow for more gib falling.
Flashlight's distance has been slightly buffed a few units.
Flashlight lasts forever, no longer drains.
Flood elite & human combat forms now use melee audio from Halo 2 Anniversary.
Gib tags are re-organized & cleaned up.
Gibbing effects optimized for each biped.
Gib sounds re-worked, especially the Quake gibs.
Halo 2 Music introduced on specific level queues to lower repetition of some tracks (looking right at you, iron_lp).
HL1 generic limb Gib used in some gibbing effects.
Magnum firing sound replaced with revolver, courtesy of Fubih's Aerial mod.
Magnum's first person model tweaked with red bevel.
Magnum's texture updated.
Dead Orion Cyborg bipeds removed.
Master Chief's death sounds are now using more notable screams from Halo 2 and 3.
Rocket Launcher now uses ZTeam's first person H2 animations, including a faux lock-on hud element for firing homing rockets.
Rocket Launcher's HUD now has target elements to help aid with firing homing rockets.
Removed the dual pistols due to redundancy, both with the default pistol and magnum present.
Sentinels have Major variants from Halo 2, courtesy of The Flood: Forgotten Exile Developers.
Smaller gib landing sounds are now more "icky" sounding.
Slugman shaders re-vamped to better match the Hunter's armor (they're both made up of the same worms, after all).
Custom sounds re-compiled to Xbox ADPCM.
Weapon zoom sounds from later Halo games added for weapons that can zoom in (rocket, pistol, ect.)

A10
Cafeteria "leftover" of Johnson biped cleaned up in the cinematic scripts.
Marathon symbol decal added to POA bridge entrance. Inspiration from Combat Revolved.
Second hall opened up for Shotguns & ammo, with extra encounters (it's near the first Life Pod hall).

A30
Scenic crash for dropship added, bodies, body parts & powerups galore!
Secret active camo hidden near the first beam tower.
Added Hunters at cave entrance, Slugmen inside the cave.
Missile Pod moved to Rock Slide crash.

A50
Intro dialog replaced, courtesy of the Halo CE E3 2000 Trailer.
Active Camo added to left cliff.
Slugman Snipers added in each bend, 1-3 each & depending on difficulty.
First prison introduces the Brutes!
Outro cutscene for dropship fixed.

B30
B30 now has multiple mini islands, complete with bonus stops along the way.
Bravo 22 now crashes on an island.
Bonus objective includes helping Stacker fight off a Banshee horde via Hornet. Hornet vehicle by HNMP and NerveBooger.
Bonus fight victory rewards with Hornet AI that attacks the Cartographer entrance.
Security control room now has additional Brute Spike Grenades.
Doozy boats allow you to surf to the inner islands.
Flavor piece added to Zealot encounter.
Pelican exit animation fixed.

B40
Defeating the bonus encounter near the end of the level will grant you ODST support at the top of the Control Room Citadel.
Disturbing Brute flavor piece added to one of the bridges. You'll know it when you hear it.
Sleeping Grunts on the first bridge are closer positioned to the edge. Knock them down to their chonky death!
Fixed Grunts not using some Shade turrets.
Missile Pod moved from cave bridge to outside near a marine corpse pile.
Powerup near cave entrance swapped from Camo to Overshield.
Powerup inside tower of cave exit swapped from Camo to Overshield.

C10
C10's interior lightmaps are re-lit to look more dark.
C10's "skybox" interiors adjusted to add creepy ambient fog.
Electrical hallway adds Brute Flood.

C20
A few Shade turrets were added for player use.
Covie ammo pit now has Grunt survivors holding out.
Decorative dynamic Covie crates added at some key spots.
Elite combat flood can use some Ghosts in select areas, courtesy of The Flood: Forgotten Exile Developers.
Golden Moa easter eggs re-positioned to be more reachable.

C40
Allegiance scripting between Humans and Cyborg fixed.
Allied Hornet added to "Final Run".
Flavorful audio transmissions added throughout the level to help paint the desperation of the overall conflict. Inspired by HAVOC MOD.
Hidden Ghosts added inside Bridge Cave.

D20
Select few Captain Keyes transmissions from H1A terminals added. Inspired by Halo SPV3's D20.
Some dead bipeds & loose gibs re-decorating sections of the map.
Spec-ops units at the end debut with Brute and Slugman variants.

D40
Marathon symbol decal added to POA bridge entrance for continuity.

KNOWN BUGS
Brute Flood lighting is busted under dynamic flashlights.
Hornet AI biped refuses to close the cockpit.
Some impact effects for the Brute Plasma Rifle appear blue when impacting some bipeds.
Slugman Spec Ops's gibbing defaults to the regular Slugman shaders. I simply forgot to make the separate effect.

- AR now holds 3x its mag size in ammo reserves, making it a little more desirable.
- Extra misc limb gib added to the Elites.
- Fall damage less punishing, about 6-12 units.
- Needler rate of fire's acceleration nerfed by one point.
- Missing magnum re-added to B40.
- Shadow turrets should be used by the AI more in A50 and B40.
- Slugman's armor damage intake nerfed, so they're more easily gibbable; especially with the Energy Sword.

Not included with this mod, but Trottingham Firefight now also has a "Brutality Cut" made available. You get to watch a pony explode by a brute! Isn't that cool!?

- Ambient fog added to C20.
- Creepy Xbox ambient audio added to C20 elevators.
- Cutscene bugs for A10 and D40 fixed.
- Explosion damage for Cov dropship turrets nerfed in half.
- Extra ghost added in C20 with other ghost spawn. Intended for co-op.
- Music for C40's final stand fixed.
- Pickup icon color for Gravity Rifle changed.

Revelations Update

Any emerging bugs aside, this is the last major update for Halo: Brutality Evolved, and I intend to end it with a BLAM!

- 357 magnum added, courtesy of Jahrain and altis94. Sounds by Crowbar Collective.
- Additional Elite death audio added, ripped from Halo 2 and 3.
- Additional encounter tweaks to all of the levels.
- Additional music cues added from the Halo Legends soundtrack.
- Armored Marine chest gibbing backported from CMT SPV2.
- Billboard updated.
- Charged homing rocket damage nerfed. It now shares the same damage values from firing a normal rocket.
- Covenant uplink crates have additional audio cues from the original Xbox UI sounds.
- Dual pistols firing sound swapped to classic.
- Elite limb gibs reduced by one leg gib.
- Final assault in Two Betrayals includes ODST backups, taking inspiration from HAVOC MOD.
- Foehammer's death scream restored, both in the final cutscene as well as destroying the pelican with explosives.
- Fuel Rod Cannon FP animations by Jackal Stomper of TM Mapping Team.
- Fuel Rod Cannon shaders fixed, courtesy of Halo CE Revised on Github.
- Golden MOA rewarding a rare grenade type: C4. C4 has a three second arm time, and the explosion radius is huge. Use with caution by taking cover after a toss! Courtesy of Tiamat.
- Golden MOA spawns adjusted in each level for hard to reach places.
- Gore sounds re-worked.
- Grunt minors can now only be decapitated. Any other grunt rank gibs like the rest; leaving a head around. This wasn't because of any performance or bugs. I just wanted to add some gib diversity.
- Hud elements tweaked
- Level Keyes Floodcarrier coolant spam spanw replaced with infected combat elites.
- Marine animations backported from CMT SPV2.
- Needler animations backported from CMT SPV2.
- Needler damaged buffed against Hunters, taking inspiration from Ruby's Rebalanced.
- ODSTs! Special units appear in rare circumstances, mostly in T&R and Two Betrayals. Gibs also included!
- Pelicans can be destroyed by explosions! Doing this may affect the outcome of your missions, so proceed to betray with caution.
- Rare case missile launcher added, courtesy of of Bungie, 343 & the Digsite crew. Third person camera courtesy of Halo CE Revised on Github.
- SLUGMAN! Cut slugmen enemies make a return on select missions, courtesy of Bungie, 343 & the Digsite crew. Gibs included!
- Some turrets replaced with a non-pilotable, but turret usable Shadow, courtesy of of Bungie, 343 & the Digsite crew.
- Spirit dropships & explosions backported from CMT SPV2.
- The Library's audio ambiance made creepier, from the original Xbox UI sounds.
- The Library's map lighting is made darker.
- TSC Ghost spawns from Dropship restored.
- Unique limb gibs for Jackals.
- Warthog run's second half plays Gungnir Mix.

There's likely a few other tweaks made that went over my head. If there's any bugs or any other issues with the mod, then do let me know. Have fun!

- MCC Latest Version Patch.

- MCC Latest Version Patch.

- MCC Latest Version Patch.
- Strings for the Sentinel Beam fixed.
- Covenant Dropship cutscene in A50 fixed.
- Elite gibs restored to all four limbs.
- Jackal torso gib downsized to match its chest size.

Gib Reduction Act

- Limb gibs reduced to two instead of all four. This helps with gib spamming, dropped weapons & ragdolls de-spawning. This also helps with the overall presentation of the gibbing instead of having limbs awkwardly cluttered at times when a body explodes.
- Flood horde audio queues added to The Maw.
- Last hidden weapons cache in The Library tweaked. Gravity Hammer replaced with the Fuel Rod Cannon. Environmental storytelling was also tweaked.
- Dual pistols & ammo spawning in The Silent Cartographer fixed, but for realsies this time I swear!
- Truth & Reconciliation's pelican is classic; no chainguns. The level is stealth, so it makes sense to drop the turret variant. More importantly, this is also to fix a bug regarding troops being dropped off on the second level of the hanger.

This will likely be my last major update to the main campaign for Brutality Evolved. Why? Well, I want to concentrate on bonus levels for this mod, as well as work on other projects like Trottingham Firefight improvements. Be sure to re-sub to the mod to see changes, and stay tuned. TYVM!

- Torso gib model replaced (from Quake 3, but using modified UVs).
- CMT Pelican turret texture compressed to a smaller size.
- Levels 343 Guilty Spark and Keyes both have flood horde queues.
- Level Keyes now has a secret weapons cache.
- Particles for limbs being gibbed now optimized.
- Strings for Rocket Launcher fixed.
- Head gibbing volume lowered.
- Removed Herobrine again.

- Grunt Decapitation fixed! They all now properly "die" from a decapitating headshot.
- Damage state for Spirit fixed! It now properly smokes at low health.
- Encounters on AOTCR tweaked. Intro to Fireteam Zulu is a little more dynamic, some cut encounters restored, and you get two extra marines to help push.
- The Pelican can be destroyed! (But why would you do this? Sicko.)
- Dropship health for the Spirit and Pelican can (slowly) get chewed away by regular gun fire.
- Pelicans have mounted gun turrets (from CMT SPV2).
- Rocket Launcher now has a homing rocket charge feature (also from CMT SPV2).
- Gravity Rifle's original aiming reticle restored.
- Hud strings for extra weapons corrected. For example, "Picked up a minigun."
- Pickup icons for extra weapons outside the default sandbox tweaked with placeholders. They're also displayed as Red instead of Blue.