Massive Halo 3 feature leaked?

***wraggster*** · May 20th, 2007, 22:23

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You've probably already seen the leaked weapon and vehicle details unearthed from the Halo 3 beta by modders, but now the no-good dirty hackers have gone and uncovered something even bigger...

By digging through the source data of the multiplayer beta, the modding community has been able to unlock a massive list of on-screen text for both Halo 3's multiplayer and single-player campaign.

One fragment of text modders unearthed was this bombshell:

"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..."

So if this doesn't turn out to be another Bungie red herring, it looks like Halo 3 is going to sport 4-player campaign co-op via Xbox Live and System Link - a feature that's been begged for inclusion since Halo 1.

Potentially - requiring Halo 3's single-player campaign isn't as rubbish as Halo 2 - this feature could be huge on Xbox Live - and indeed we'll be as happy a butcher's dog if it does in fact make it in.

When Microsoft get back to work tomorrow morning we'll see what it has to say on the matter, but don't count on it being anything other than "we don't comment on rumours and..." etc.

**Destroyer699** · May 21st, 2007, 04:25

...the no-good dirty hackers...

I am disappointed that they call us Halo-hackers no-good and dirty. I am friends with the people who uncovered this information and I can assure you that they are not no-good or dirty. I really am getting sick of the stereotype associated with those who mod Halo. What everyone needs to realize is that only people who mod on Xbox Live are no-good and dirty.

By the way, what makes this so bad? The beta is free, and we are free to look through the maps that we are given. We are not distributing copyrighted content, we are posting what we find in the hex. I find it wrong that they take so negativly to these findings.

I could go on for hours about how incorrectly people view modding in general, but I have some hex searching to get back to.

By the way, I already have all the map names for the final game, but to keep my "no-good and dirty" modding reputation down, I will not post them.