Halo Campaign Evolved ships a campaign. It doesn't ship Blood Gulch.
Starting today it can. The MJOLNIR launcher installs all nineteen original Halo: Combat Evolved multiplayer maps, rebuilt to run inside Campaign Evolved, and a MULTIPLAYER menu to play them from with your fireteam. It's an alpha: it works, it has rough edges, and we want you to find them.
Blood Gulch in Halo Campaign Evolved
How to play
- Update the launcher to 0.9.0 (it offers the update itself). If you haven't set up mods yet, its My Mods page does that first. Then open the new Multiplayer page.
- Press Install multiplayer. The launcher downloads every map, the shared CE content they use, and the multiplayer mods, then registers the maps with your copy of the game. Press it again later to update.
- Start the game and choose MULTIPLAYER on the main menu. Pick a map and a game type, press INVITE FRIENDS to bring people into your fireteam, and START GAME.
Your friends need the same maps installed, so send them the launcher too.
What you get
- Slayer and Capture the Flag on every map, with team scoring and the announcer.
- The maps as they were. Each map keeps its own collision, so you walk where you walked in 2001: its spawns, its weapons and vehicles, its teleporters, health packs, grenades, overshields and active camo.
- The look of 2001. CE's own textures, lightmaps and skies, its water rippling and reflecting the sky, and the base beacons pulsing as they did.
- A multiplayer HUD. A kill feed that names the weapon, a respawn countdown, a scoreboard on Tab (the View button on a controller), and name tags over your teammates in team games, never over your enemies.
- Screens of our own. The lobby and map select are new menus cooked into the game, not buttons painted over the campaign's.
The maps
Blood Gulch
Blood Gulch in Halo Campaign Evolved
The box canyon with two bases and vehicles: Halo CE's most played map, rebuilt for Campaign Evolved. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Danger Canyon
Danger Canyon in Halo Campaign Evolved
A wide canyon between two bases, with a central structure and plenty of room for vehicles. From Halo PC. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Gephyrophobia
Gephyrophobia in Halo Campaign Evolved
Two bases on either side of a deep chasm, joined by one long bridge. From Halo PC. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Battle Creek
Battle Creek in Halo Campaign Evolved
Two small bases on either side of a creek. Tight, fast games for small teams. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Chill Out
Chill Out in Halo Campaign Evolved
Close-quarters rooms and ramps around a central chamber. Fast free-for-all. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Hang 'Em High
Hang 'Em High in Halo Campaign Evolved
Tombstones, ramps and walkways in a closed arena. A sniper's map for small teams. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Prisoner
Prisoner in Halo Campaign Evolved
A multi-level prison block of platforms and ramps. Fast free-for-all at every height. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Rat Race
Rat Race in Halo Campaign Evolved
A maze of corridors and walkways. Close, fast and full of corners. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Longest
Longest in Halo Campaign Evolved
A long, narrow arena with ramps at both ends. Small, loud and quick. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Wizard
Wizard in Halo Campaign Evolved
A small, symmetrical arena around a central structure. A free-for-all classic. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Derelict
Derelict in Halo Campaign Evolved
A structure floating in space. Close-range fights on and around the platform. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Damnation
Damnation in Halo Campaign Evolved
A Covenant facility of waterfalls, catwalks and long sight lines. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Boarding Action
Boarding Action in Halo Campaign Evolved
Two huge structures facing each other across open space, joined by bridges and teleporters. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Chiron TL-34
Chiron TL-34 in Halo Campaign Evolved
Training rooms joined by teleporters. A maze where every door goes somewhere unexpected. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Sidewinder
Sidewinder in Halo Campaign Evolved
A snowy, winding canyon between two bases. Big-team CTF with vehicles. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Ice Fields
Ice Fields in Halo Campaign Evolved
A frozen field between two bases. Vehicles and long-range fights. From Halo PC. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Timberland
Timberland in Halo Campaign Evolved
A forested valley with a river between two bases. Big-team CTF with vehicles. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Death Island
Death Island in Halo Campaign Evolved
An island ringed by sea and cliffs, with two bases and vehicles for big teams. From Halo PC. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
Infinity
Infinity in Halo Campaign Evolved
A huge open map with two bases and vehicles for big teams. From Halo PC. Slayer · Capture the Flag. Map page
How it works
Every map is converted from the original Halo CE map file into a new mission of its own. Its terrain, textures, lightmaps, sky and sounds become Unreal assets. Its collision becomes a Blam structure BSP the simulation walks on, and its spawns, weapons, vehicles and flags become objects the simulation places. Then it runs under the game's own multiplayer rules engine, the Megalo interpreter Campaign Evolved still carries from Halo: Reach. Slayer and CTF are Megalo game variants we write ourselves.
The one file that lists the maps for the game is built on your machine, from your own installed copy, every time a map is installed and again after a game update. Map packs are signed, and the launcher checks every signature and hash before anything lands in your game folder.
Known issues
- Four players. Fireteams top out at four for now. Raising that is the next thing we're working on. Update: fixed in mods 0.10.0. Fireteams now take up to 16 players, each on their own PC.
- The end of a game takes everyone back to the main menu. A post-game scoreboard and a vote for the next map are planned.
- Finding games. There's no public game browser in the game yet. Invite friends through your fireteam. Live games will also show on mjolnircore.com/games as hosts start reporting them.
- Game Pass. Built and tested on the Steam version. The Xbox app version should work the same way but hasn't been tested yet.
Found something broken? Tell us on Discord, with your ue4ss\UE4SS.log if you
can. Every map is on the Maps page, each with its own page for
comments and ratings.