Halo: Combat Evolved Wiki Guide

PC Cheats
Last Edited: March 7, 2017 at 8:13 PM
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This page contains a list of cheats, codes, Easter eggs, tips, and other secrets
for Halo: Combat Evolved for PC.

Hidden Sleeping Grunt

On the level Control Room, defeat all enemies after using the tank. Move forward
and down the last tunnel (where the wraith fires from atop of). After successfully
defeating the enemies, move to the other side of the cave and head to the left edge
of the room. If performed right a Grunt will be asleep on the edge of the level.

Access All Levels

To access all of the levels in the game, you have to mess with your game directory,
which could cause problems with your game or cause other problems.
Therefore, attempt this at your own risk

 1. Create a new profile

 2. From Windows, locate the 'checkpoints' directory for the newly created profile.
You will find this in the My Documents folder (such as D:Documents and
Settings...My DocumentsMy GamesHalosavegamesAll_Levelscheckpoints)
 3. In this directory create a text file called checkpoint0.sav with the following text
included: 0,0,0 0,0,0 0,0,0
 4. Repeat the previous step until you have ten files named checkpoint0.sav ...
checkpoint9.sav and for each file change the first number on the first line to indicate
the level (such as 0 The Pillar of Autumn)

 1 - Halo
 2 - The Truth and Reconciliation
 3 - The Silent Cartographer
 4 - Assault on the Control Room
 5 - 343 Guilty Spark
 6 - The Library
 7 - Two Betrayals
 8 - Keyes
 9 - The Maw

So, for instance, for 'The Maw' level, you will have a file called checkpoint9.sav with
the following text:

 9,0,0
 0,0,0
 0,0,0

 5. Now, select Campaign and Load Game. You should now have access to all the
main game levels.

God Mode
Before you double click on the Halo Icon, right click on it and choose properties.
Then change the target by adding -console. Do not include that switch in the
command line quotation marks.
Boot Halo through this shortcut and drop the console using the tilde key. Enter god 1
for invulnerability. (Unverified)

Hidden Area
In the chapter where you must find Capt. Keyes in the swamp, there is a secret area
you can access right from the beginning.

When Foe Hammer says “The Last transmission from the captain's drop ship was
from this area. That was over twelve hours ago.” immediately start pressing your
grenade throw button. Whatever you do, DON'T MOVE! After a few seconds, the
drop ship will take back off, and you'll still be in it. It flies for about 20 seconds then
crashes. Press X to exit the drop ship.

Now walk directly away from the ship until you reach a clearing. Head towards the
center and out of the fog you'll see a lone marine standing there! He won't move or
say anything, unless you shoot him in the foot w/ your pistol.

Hidden Music
In assault on the control room near the end of the level on the rock road there will be
a banshee steal the banshee and look behind you. if you look up you will see 3
sniper spots a bottom, middle, and top go to the middle one with the banshee land
carefully and go to the right side and look at the blue light wait a while and you will
hear a hidden track.

Rex
On the last level the Maw, on the last checkpoint, when you go off the big jump onto
the small bridge, drive the warthog so a quarter of it is off the bridge. Jump on top of
the warthog and jump on top of the wall on either side (the one closest to you) and
follow it up to an upper, smaller bridge. There are two hall ways and go in the one
with blood in it. Look to the right and you will find the name Rex written in blood.

Megg
'The Megg' is one of the hardest easter eggs in Halo. After all once you see the
Megg, its game over. Start a game on the Pillar of Autumn while on legendary
 difficulty. Jump on the cryo tube Master Chief comes out of. Jump on the shield
recharger thing. Then, jump on the walkway. You'll see some barrels. Jump on the
top one. Wait for that guy that woke you up to die, then jump down. Get to the
captain and shoot him. As soon as Cortana says, 'rampant', find the door the
invincible marines came out of. If you can get past them, another door will open. The
Marines can't get you while you're in here. Look up at the 'M' made out of bullets.
After you see it you're trapped and the marines now can kill you. Like I said once you
see the Megg, you die.

Cheat List
These cheats are ONLY for the Custom Edition of Halo: Combat Evolved.

Open the properties window of the Halo shortcut and add “ -console –devmode” after
the target. Start the game with the -console -devmode command line parameter.
Press ~ during game play to display the console window, then enter one of the
following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function. Codes do not work in
online games.

 Instant deaths for enemies that see player: cheat_medusa

 Set game speed game: speed
 Clear console window: cls
 Unlimited ammo and no overheating for weapons: cheat_bottomless_clip
 Unlimited ammunition: cheat_infinite_ammo
 Super jumps: cheat_super_jump
 Possess touched character: cheat_bump_possession
 Invincibility: cheat_deathless_player
 Spawn Warthog: cheat_spawn_warthog
 Spawn all power-ups: cheat_all_powerups
 Spawn all vehicles: cheat_all_vehicles
 Spawn all weapons: cheat_all_weapons
 Teleport player to current camera position: cheat_teleport_to_camera
 Quit game: quit

Mods for Halo, Not CE.

NOTE: It is always a good idea to back up your files, if you make mistakes you can
reinstall.
You will need HaloMapTools V3
Once that is extracted and installed forget about it (close it out or something) and go
to 'My Computer' the locate where you installed halo somewhere in the C drive (most
likely 'Prog Files' then 'Microsoft Games' then 'Halo'). Once you open up the file
'Halo' (not CE) you will see some other files such as "shaders" and "maps" and some
stuff, but the one you want is the one named 'maps'. Copy that entire folder (all the
maps) and paste them in a new file titled 'backups' and then minimize that so you
can see your desktop. (this will be your backup map folder). OK now that that’s done
we can move on to modding...
Now open up HMT3 and open the folder 'HMT.v3.ReleaseCandidate' (if u cant find
that it the 2nd one down) and then click on HMT3's icon (it might be books or a
 window and dont worry if a notice pops up) and HMT3 will open. Now click file and
open then again locate your maps folder (not your backups! the originals)(it may be
easier just to insert halo and click on the cd drive to locate the maps) and open a
map you would like to mod (cant mod bitmaps.map). Once selected a lot of word
closed folders will come up on the left. If you want to make things happen such as a
pistol shooting rockets go to the one named Projectiles (don’t worry about big words
just click on +/-) and click on the + to its left. Now a lot of things should have opened
and things such as:

 vehiclesbansheebanshee bolt
 weaponsassault riflebullet

...should have come up. Those are the projectiles for each weapon. So lets say you
want a needler to shoot pistol... well all you basically need to do is switch the
projectiles huh... exactly but there are 2 ways to do this. I find the easiest way is to
copy and paste the META (numbers) in the top left. So to make the needler shoot
pistol you would copy the pistols META and paste it into the needlers META then
click save and your done. And before you try out your mod on halo you need to
make sure that you press close map file at the bottom otherwise halo will freeze. But
wait there is a second way: you can click on swap next to the projectiles META and
then choose the projectile you want it to shoot then again press save and close the
map file.
Also in the TAG EDITOR on the left when you select a projectile you are able to
change the speed, arch, and alot of things as well as the projectiles life span. So you
can make plasma shoot as fast a bullet or faster or slower.

Silent Cartographer Shorcut - Squally's Jump

In "The Silent Cartographer" there is a sizeable shortcut. It involves a large jump
which can easliy kill you, but, with an Overshield, saves you some time.

First off, when you battle at the entrance to the main building on the island (the one
where the door becomes locked shut), make sure to leave the nearby Overshield.
After you have unlocked the door, return, and still do not use the Overshield. Kill the
Jackals and hunters, then finally grab the Overshield. From there, enter the base,
and hang a right to the structure jutting out from the wall. Here you can see each of
the levels of the compound. Take good aim, and jump to the second lowest level. If
done right, you will lose all of your Overshield, but you will land on the level above
the Silent Cartographer. From here, peer over the ledge where the edge of the
platform changes direction. below you is another Overhield. Simply drop
down onto the Overshield, and not only will you still be alive, but your shields will be
at 300% once again. Turn around you'll be at the Silent Cartographer!

Random Bull
Go to create a new account and type in .fortune for a name. As soon as the name is
completed, a random message will appear on the screen. Re-enter the name for
another message.
On Top Of The World
On the Silent Cartographer level, go anywhere where there is an overshield, and
bring a warthog with you. It's best to do this in co-op because it's easier to collect the
grenades and "initiate launch-off". Get as many grenades as you can, and have your
partner kill you, and vice-versa to get the grenades into one big pile. (Make sure this
is *near* an overshield.) Drive the warthog onto the grenades and try to position it to
where it would fly up on top of the level. Before you do anything else, make sure you
get a checkpoint. Have your buddy pick up a grenade and toss it under the warthog,
and RIGHT as he throws it, pick up the overshield and get into the warthog quick. If
you get into the warthog while the overshield is charging, you should get blasted
upward unharmed. You should reach the top of the level. If not, reposition the
warthog, or get more grenades. When you're up there, kill your friend with the
plasma pistol from long range, and he should appear up there with you. Have fun!

Talking Grunt
WARNING: You may need to restart this stage if you pursue this easter egg.

In the last level of Halo, you'll arrive at a second grouping of tunnels after the
dropship pick up goes awry.

Take the first tunnel on your right and there should be a fork leading to a dead-end
half way through. If you head partly that way, you can hear a grunt talking about
something phenomenonally droll.

Different Ending
Beat Halo's Campaign on Legendary to see a slightly longer ending movie.