Halo CE Debug Mode

[iBotPeaches]

Halo CE Debug Mode

//iBotPeaches

 

Requirements:

• JTAG/Dev
  
• Transfer Device or FTP Access
  
• Hex Edit Knowledge
  

How to do it. In memory editing the location is.

 

0x8245397F. Its a byte set to 00. Change it to 1. The controls are choppy and complicated, but it'll work. If you don't have realtime and are modifying the XEX. Go to offset 0x457962 That should move you to a line that looks like (see below). If it doesn't. Go to offset 0x45397F (and add 3FE3 (hex) to it). Look around there for the line below. Remember were editing a unencrypted, decompressed xex file. You can do this in xex tool doing (see bottom of post).

 

38 A0 00 00 38 89 86 C4

 

change to.

 

38 A0 00 01 38 89 86 C4

 

Or catch me on msn for the XEX or here or mu lol.

 

 

Pictures;

http://i44.tinypic.com/17esxu.jpg

 

http://i39.tinypic.com/a4lx6g.jpg

 

http://i44.tinypic.com/2ii8l0j.jpg

 

http://i41.tinypic.com/1z18x7p.jpg

 

 

http://i39.tinypic.com/vuoev.jpg

 

http://i41.tinypic.com/2mob79j.jpg

 

http://i43.tinypic.com/10y2rgj.jpg

 

 

Video;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52hptT-8S88

 

Controls;

//ibotpeaches

//xerax

//deadcanadian

First time: Hold RB/LB + RT to launch the menu first time. You can even do this at the mainmenu. A version number will appear in top right if successful.

 

Hold RB (2 seconds) then click LB. = Pop Debug Menu / Close Debug Menu

DPAD = Navigate Menu

A = Select Options

 

Hold RB (3 seconds)

- Enables Fly Cam

- Moves to 3rd Person

- Moves to 1st Person

 

Hold LB (+ X Button)

- Enable/Disable God mode

- This god mode allows your health to never go past the last red bar. I tested by standing the middle of 3 elites on Legendary. They attacked me over and over and I never lost that last bit of health. The instant I clicked LB + X, It said, "God Mode Off" and I died.

 

Hold LB (+ A Button)

- Enable Gun Fly Mode (noclip)

- Body teleports to camera location after clicking again

 

Hold LB (+ B Button)

- Freezes for screenshot

- Stored in the active game partition (D), so you have to view it while the game is running. (dead canadian)

- In the game.cfg file, under the DEBUG section there is ScrShotPath="D://shots". Possibly changing to like HDD1://shots will work? (untested)

 

 

Thanks;

• deadcanadian (plugins)
  
• Xerax (found offset too, but forgot to button mash lol)
  
• AMD (explaining ppc)
  

XEX Tool Help;

 

xextool -ra -mr -cu -eu -o default_uncompressed.xex default.xex

• Removes all limits
  
• Converts to Retail (JTAG)
  
• UN-encrypts
  
• UN-compresses
  
• It does not alter the original (default.xex).
  
• It creates new one at default_uncompressed.xex
  

What now?

Some controls on the debug menu: (cheats and collisions) don't save the options you select and they are always enabled (without giving the associated effects). My guess is that since the debug options are present in the game.cfg file, that there used to be variables for the cheats and collisions options that were removed prior to retail release. Maybe even in another cfg file, not currently referenced. However, the XEX only lists this 4 cfg

• game.cfg (present)
  
• user.cfg (present)
  
• parameters.cfg (unknown)
  
• saves.cfg (campaign save file, inside package)
  

Edited November 20, 2011 by iBotPeaches
updated what now.

[deadcanadian]

screenshots are stored in the active game partition in a folder called shots. you would need to view your harddrive while playing to see them.

[Rogue Modder]

Yes peaches! This is awesome!

[pyrosquirrell]

way to go peaches, thats something to be proud of

[Twis7eD]

Awesome job, Peaches. Very cool.

[iBotPeaches]

way to go peaches, thats something to be proud of

 

Was just one change lol.

[halolordkiller3]

Is this working for anyone? I can't get to the menu at all.

[iBotPeaches]

Is this working for anyone? I can't get to the menu at all.

 

Honestly, just mash your controller. Once you load the menu once the RB/LB method works. However, the first time is very difficult and never really constant. It worked the first for me clicking my thumbs on both sticks + RB/LB.

[halolordkiller3]

I can't get this to work lol.

[halolordkiller3]

Hm, my friend just said he got it by doing left stick, right stick, lb, rb, Lt

[deadcanadian]

all i do to turn ont he debug menu is press, RB/LB/RT at the same time. then RB/LB to open teh menu

[Rogue Modder]

Lmao, just looked in IDA. I tried poking this offset so many times. Didn't try button mashing after though.

[iBotPeaches]

Lmao, just looked in IDA. I tried poking this offset so many times. Didn't try button mashing after though.

 

Its funny you mention that, because it was one of the first ones I poked when I searched for "debug". Lander and Xenon said that the mode was already enabled on devs without any work, and that the method to load the menu was hella complicated. So I thought, just mash the buttons and hopefully something pops up. Sure enough it did.

[Magnus Hydra]

Works for me and have ad no problems other then what I told renny about.