Support Spartan Ops

[Cakes 1]

Well, i was playing in spartan ops, and since it's sort of like campaign, i was wondering if it would be modifiable like campaign. But, then i saw that there was no option to 'save'. So i guess it doesn't make a svg or such on the hard drive.

The only thing i could think of would be to real time it. But then you can't enter spartan ops without a LIVE connection.

So i was wondering, if anyone any ideas if anything would be able to be done. Not to neccesarily cheat, but to spice things up, solo of course.

[JJIJR 666]

currently there isn't a way, but I'd say wait until someone bypasses the live block and then it'll be possible with rth or normal .map modding

[ShadeTH 16]

Wait for someone to figure out/release how to get into that game lobby without XBL, I spose. Probably just waiting on people to release.

ninja'd

Edited November 9, 2012 by ShadeTH

[[Iconoclast] 693]

Hmm maybe fake live

[Thunder 468]

Hmm maybe fake live

halo is too smart for fake live

[Guest Gamecheat]

It checks LIVE for the episodes available and for the episodes name, description and picture. The maps are loaded as firefight maps we just don't have a way to force load them at this time

[sackorice 3]

I'm not sure that you actually have the missions on your hdd/game. Thats why it requires live connection, and thats how they are able to release more episodes without downloading anything.

Think of it this way:

A world of warcraft server can release new 'custom' content replacing id's with existing ones without requiring the user to download a patch or addon.

Halo uses the same method, the database stores the map id then the selected area for the chapter to take place then adds the spawns for the enemys without actually making anything "new"

Edited November 16, 2012 by Khronic

[Thunder 468]

Khonic, they are on the Xbox. Disc 2 installs 2 DLC packs.

[sackorice 3]

Khonic, they are on the Xbox. Disc 2 installs 2 DLC packs.

Oh well then why don't we have all of the episodes now? Aren't the episodes on the network though?

Edited November 17, 2012 by Khronic

[Elijah B I 138]

Oh well then why don't we have all of the episodes now? Aren't the episodes on the network though?

The episodes are just checkpoints on the map, load up a different checkpoint for a new "mission". The loby is live locked though so its not as easy as just walking in a pressing a buttion to get them to load.

[misterbanshee 51]

what you trying to do to spartan tops ?

[tigeronmybed 8]

Two likely places to find the live lock; default.xex and mainmenu.map

[deadcanadian 271]

Two likely places to find the live lock; default.xex and mainmenu.map

the mainmenu is a container like any other map, there may be a way to switch lobbies in it, however the main lock would need to be in the default.xex

although to my understanding the actual list of what to play is grabbed from online so we couldn't play it unless we found a way to replicate that or forceload them.

[Lord Zedd 1,771]

the mainmenu is a container like any other map, there may be a way to switch lobbies in it, however the main lock would need to be in the default.xex

although to my understanding the actual list of what to play is grabbed from online so we couldn't play it unless we found a way to replicate that or forceload them.

Switching lobbies with campaign works in theory (you totally can, actually) but the xex still wants XBL for the lobby to do anything.

The issue is that initial efforts in enabling XBL in the xex makes the game lock you out and disables controller input.

[tigeronmybed 8]

There's something in the servers in 343i or Xbox Live that tells the game what content is open.

I was disconnected this morning in the middle of a paused Spartan Ops game and it didn't kick me back to the menu.

[xXRubIks420Xx 15]

i ive actualy tested that i disconnected my self to see if i get booted out but i didnt was able to still play

[tigeronmybed 8]

This is the reason why they should have kept firefight.

Spartan Ops is way far different than the traditional firefight.

No wave traits, no player traits, and the biggie - lack of scoring.

[Kostasishere 2]

Here is the content from the dlc file "Halo 4 Spartan Ops Season One 1.5"

in case that helps to understand if it's possible to work offline.