Halo 1 Modding 4-Player Coop and Beyond- Now coming to your nearest modded Xbox :O

[n00b1n8R]

Shit, this is awesome. I've always wondered what the Library would be like with 16 players...

Yeah, it could even be fun!

[dg]

Could I do all this with softmodding? I don't really want to give my Xbox to anyone to put a mod chip in :\

Yes. Learn about the Splinter Cell exploit.

[StankBacon]

Well I can play on Xlink now, just not with mods

Could I do all this with softmodding? I don't really want to give my Xbox to anyone to put a mod chip in :\

yup.


-edit-

Yes. Learn about the Splinter Cell exploit.

don't even bother with that, there are far easier (and safer) methods of modding your xbox nowadays.

[Kornman00]

Dude, AI in Halo 1 DOES NOT sync in PC OR Xbox. There is NO code to sync the AI.

Get. It. Thru. Your. Heads.

This really isn't co-op, it's just SP->MP conversions tbqh.

[Zeph]

I think he means over the Internet. Maybe you could use Hamachi to fool the game into thinking you're playing over LAN, but would that even change anything? Also, the syncing issues would still be there, would they not?

The internet, no, as halo 1 has no netcode for the xbox. Over the net as in tricking it into thinking it's playing system link yes. However, the AI actions are created based off processes on the xbox's cpu. Any time an AI makes a decision it is liable to reach a different conclusion on each cpu. As for the ability for a person to have a co-op in a single player level, yes it's very possible as the only difference in a Halo 1 MP and SP map is a flag that says what fashion of game it is. The engine runs the same way, but in SP loads a different set of commands on what to do (such as the pause menu and what happens when a map is won).

[Kornman00]

well, not exactly true there Zeph. There are actually specific sub-game engines which are used when running MP games

[Zeph]

Not exactly true, but I'm trying to generalize it as much as possible. We're dealing with people who think AI sync over MP, remember?

[Kornman00]

[Zeph]

/huggle

[sdavis117]

Over the net as in tricking it into thinking it's playing system link yes. However, the AI actions are created based off processes on the xbox's cpu. Any time an AI makes a decision it is liable to reach a different conclusion on each cpu.

I know this might sound retarded and/or impossible, but couldn't you somehow just give the AI to the host's CPU and have all the other player's PCs just listen to what the host says?