Four play co-operative campaign.

[Tugsy]

Warning if you do not want to read spoilers about the upcoming Halo 3 campaign, gametypes and weapons don't click the link below.

Read all about it here (http://www.halo3forum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4520). :p

[BlueHoopedMoose]

Seriously, some of that is very exciting...

"game variant sharing"

"4 Player co-op"

"Hold RB to drive Hornet
Hold RB to operate Pelican Turret
Hold RB to drive Shadow
Hold RB to ride in Phantom"

Plus a whole bunch of other pant-moistening goodies.

So where do I sign up?!?!

[NeoKubrick]

Four-player Co-operative Campaign?

Hell ****ing yeah *doffs hat to American mannerisms*.

[quickshot89]

have bungie announced this yet? if not, i aint trusting it, but its probably true for most of it

[Renegade]

Yes! Excellent news :D

[BlueHoopedMoose]

have bungie announced this yet? if not, i aint trusting it, but its probably true for most of it

did you read the link?

[Azure]

I'll give you three guesses.


This is excellent news. Halo 2 Campaign sucked the most miserable kind of wrinkly donkey **** available.

[Mazzy]

You could select co-op multiplayer over xbox live on halo 2. go try it.

im not saying it isnt included, but lets wait till official word of it first. also just because its in the data, dont mean it will be included in the full game, hot coffee anyone ?

[quickshot89]

did you read the link?

no, because i dont want to sign up to another forum

[FiveOhOne]

Then what gives you the right to rubbish information you couldn't be bothered to take the time to read?


I want to fly me a Pelican, not just gun one :(

[Spindryer]

I'll wait till Bungie annouce it rather than some random.

[BlueHoopedMoose]

I'll wait till Bungie annouce it rather than some random.

Agreed, but the fact those bits 'n' pieces are in the beta code surely indicates that;
a) those things will make final release
- or -
b) those things have been considered and removed for one reason or another

[Cormac]

Thats exactly what I wanted and hopefully its exactly what we'll get.

If they find/found that they can't manage four they had at least better give us two player Live co-op this time round!

Looks like they are trying to counter the modders by allowing extreme alterations in custom game variants too.

[carocat]

Looks like they are trying to counter the modders by allowing extreme alterations in custom game variants too.
You mean these: http://hushedcasket.com/node/1986

Not too sure what to think of some of the settings.

[BlueHoopedMoose]

You mean these: http://hushedcasket.com/node/1986

Not too sure what to think of some of the settings.

I know what I think - bring it on!!!

300% player speed, 200% jumping? BOING!!!!! 8 MC's pegging it round Lockout (or it's equivalent)? Hell yeah!!

[Chet Webley]

sh1t, don't you dweebs do anything except whore forums!!? ;)

i'm liking everything m00se posted - ooooh, pelicans! w00t! i can't be arsed to sign up to another forum either. i am liking the sound of "tankball" though!!

oh, and mazzy - black one sugar please :)

[Innes]

More links:

Info about Game Varients and 4 Player Co-op (http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/13539/Halo-3-Beta-Code-Confirms-4-Player-CoOp-Over-Xbox-Live/)

which basically says:

Many of the 300,000 users that are currently playing the Halo 3 beta are skillful modders who over the last few days have been examining the beta's code. They have found references to unannounced weapons, new vehicles and game types but probably their most precious finding is the fact that Halo 3 will support up to four players co-op on Xbox Live and System Link.

Scrolling through the list of on-screen text for party menus, one sentence revealed the following:

The game cannot start because all players are set to observer. Too many players for splitscreen. Only 2 players may play splitscreen coop on the same Xbox 360 console. The party size is too large to start the game. Up to 4 players may play coop on Xbox Live or System Link. Loading information from Xbox Live?

Weapons

* Assault Rifle
* Battle Rifle
* Beam Rifle
* Brute Shot
* Carbine
* Excavator
* Gravity Hammer
* Flamethrower
* Magnum
* Missile Launcher
* Needler
* Plasma Pistol
* Plasma Rifle
* Fuel Rod Cannon
* Rocket Launcher
* Shotgun
* SMG
* Sniper Rifle
* Spartan Laser
* Spiker
* Sword


Vehicles

* Mongoose
* Warthog
* Hornet
* Pelican
* Scorpion
* Ghost
* Brute Chopper
* Spectre
* Shadow
* Banshee
* Phantom
* Wraith


Game Types

* Capture the Flag
Invade your opponent?s stronghold, heist their flag, and bring it back to your base to score.
* Slayer
Kill as many of your opponents as you can. The player with the most points wins.
* Oddball
Find the ball and hold on to it to earn time. The player with the most time wins.
* King of the Hill
Gain control of the hill to earn time. Keep your opponents off and earn the most time to win.
* Juggernaut
Work together to take down the Juggernaut. Beware, you kill the Juggernaut, you become the Juggernaut, and only the Juggernaut can win.
* Territories
Find and control the territories on the map. The more territories you control, the faster you earn time.
* Infection
Destroy the Flood or become infected. Score points for killing flood or big points for infecting a human. The player with the most points wins.
* Assault
Da bomb!
* V.I.P.
Protect the V.I.P. from dying at the hands of your opponents. If you are the V.I.P., you must stay alive or your opponents score a point.


Variations
Apparently, you'll be able to share these with other users much in the same way you do with movies

# Team Slayer
# Team Swords
# Team Rockets
# Team Shotguns
# Team Fiesta
# Team Phantoms
# Slayer Duel
# Sword Duel
# Rifle Duel
# Rumble Slayer
# Rumble Swords
# Rumble Rockets
# Rumble Shotguns
# Oddball
# Fiesta Ball
# Team Ball King
# Phantom King
# Crazy King
# Team Crazy King
# Multi Flag CTF
# CTF Wraiths
# CTF Classic
# Shotgun CTF
# 1 Flag CTF
# 1 Flag CTF Fast
# Multi Bomb Assault
# Rapid Assault
# Neutral Bomb
# Neut. Bomb Fast
# 3 Plots Land Grab

Then, a glitch in the beta allowed some users to access the custom games menu option, which revealed the following settings (you can see pictures of these settings here):

* Damage resistance
* Shield multiplier
* Shield recharge rate
* Immune to headshots
* Grenade counts
* Infinite ammo
* Weapon pickup disabled
* Player speed (25%, 50%, 75%, 90%, 100%, 110%, 125%, 150%, 200%, 300%)
* Player gravity (50%, 100%, 200%)
* Vehicle use (passenger only)
* Motion tracker range (10m, 25m, 75m, 100m, 150m)
* Appearance
o Vis effects (black glow, team glow, white glow)
o Active camo (good camo that might fool and elite, poor camo that might fool a grunt, invisible)
* Indestructible vehicles (on, off)




and Pics of a glitch in beta to let you get into the custom games:

HERE (http://hushedcasket.com/node/1986)

which shows these pics:


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/212/503973115_e6c842755c.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/201/503973619_9834f09029.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/225/503973427_df1fe54c70.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/196/503973515_ab7fc127ec.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/231/503973679_660e011151.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/225/503934974_177d5092fd.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/226/503973809_a34df1d9c9.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/503973885_d29facf441.jpg?v=0

Second Link includes videos o_O

[Zyber]

I found all this info over at 7th Columnist (http://flamesoffeenix.wordpress.com/) which i believe are the people who actually cracked this to begin with. And guess what quickshot, no need to sign up to a forum.

[Gaskin]

Zyber you were the one who was saying it was all 'bullshit' when I was telling you lol.

[Zyber]

Yea, i know, that was when i thought there was nothing else in the beta, but since then i've seen loads of glitches including getting into a custom lobby and checking out the settings.

I thought Bungie wouldn't be so careless as to include this sort of code in the beta. I thought the beta would be a new build of their Delta and not just remove items from it because there would obviously be left over code.

[Azure]

I thought Bungie wouldn't be so careless as to

I wonder just how many times that sentiment has been expressed since Halo CE.

[BlueHoopedMoose]

I thought Bungie wouldn't be so careless as to include this sort of code in the beta. I thought the beta would be a new build of their Delta and not just remove items from it because there would obviously be left over code.

It makes sense to leave it in there.

During the development phase Bungie have the ability to easily switch things on and off, and I'd imagine this would extend to when they compile the build. I would also imagine this extends to all menu items in the game.

Now, if you start taking things out you would have to do a full regression test - it's wasted time to rip stuff out when you can effectively get the same result by just hiding it.

Also, I'm pretty sure that Bungie knew someone would poke around inside - look at the extra hype it's produced. 4 player co-op? F*CK YEAH!!!!! etc. etc.

[Azure]

Also, I'm pretty sure that Bungie knew someone would poke around inside - look at the extra hype it's produced. 4 player co-op? F*CK YEAH!!!!! etc. etc.

Oh come off it Moose, that is just a conspiracy theory, why can't you just accept they forgot to hide it properly? It's not like they need the publicity...

;)

[BlueHoopedMoose]

Oh come off it Moose, that is just a conspiracy theory, why can't you just accept they forgot to hide it properly? It's not like they need the publicity...

;)

:D :D

Touche

[Renegade]

Oh come off it Moose, that is just a conspiracy theory, why can't you just accept they forgot to hide it properly? It's not like they need the publicity...

;)

You dirty swine ;)

[FiveOhOne]

Group hug?