r/halomods

I made a lightweight third-person camera tool for Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

It is called **Jim's MCC Third Person Lite**.

https://www.nexusmods.com/halothemasterchiefcollection/mods/2862

This is meant for campaign / modded / offline use only. Launch MCC with anti-cheat disabled. Do not use it in matchmaking.

The tool supports:

- Halo CE

- Halo 2

- Halo 3

- Halo 3: ODST

- Halo Reach

- Halo 4

Halo CE uses my custom DLL camera method. That version has the most features:

- Adjustable camera distance

- Height

- Shoulder offset

- CE presets

- Hold-right-mouse zoom

- A “Modern Close” preset for a closer over-the-shoulder feel

The other games use a simpler Toolbox-style byte switch method. Basically:

- Press **Third Person** to enable third-person

- Press **First Person** to restore the normal camera

Halo 3 and Reach third-person are working with that method. CE has the better adjustable camera right now.

Known limitations:

- Non-CE games do not currently have the same offset / RMB zoom support as CE

- Some vehicles, turrets, cutscenes, or special animations may act weird

- This is a tool, not a fully polished built-in camera mode

- Use at your own risk and only in modded/offline mode

I made the app simple on purpose. Pick the game, press Refresh, then use Third Person or First Person. For CE, inject the DLL if you want presets and camera settings.

I am mainly looking for testers and feedback, especially on:

- Which games work cleanly

- Any crashes or restore issues

- Better CE preset values

- Whether the interface is clear enough for normal users

If people like it, I may keep working on non-CE offsets later.

Heresy to some, I know, but the nude design is uncomfortable to me, I much prefer her Tron Legacy esque designs along the lines of Halo 2 Anniversary. I know there are plenty of mods out there that replace Chief's armor with Halo 3, just wondering if there's a similar one out there for Cortana or a bulk mod that happens to replace her along with other art direction

Title = opening question, I've been wondering this for a bit now and I figured someone here would know if it was possible. Currently my working theory is that the skins for each game would be stored in their respective dll files (ex. halo3.dll) but IDK if that'd be correct, if it is then I assume it's something i could easily replace via the official mod tools or something else? obviously i'd have to have a backup of my original dlls to avoid having to redownload the whole thing should i accidentally save over it.

Any help on this would be appreciated!

Hi, well I really love all these games. I’ve played Halo CE, 3, and Reach so many times I can’t even count, so just imagine my excitement with an open-world Halo, where you can explore, collect items, and do side objectives—it’s truly amazing for me.

It’s just that there are no mods, and I genuinely wonder why? I should clarify that I don’t know anything about the modding process. I mean, I know in general how it goes and that some projects can be difficult, but what stops modders like you, who really know, from doing things like adding new enemies or vehicles to the campaign, or maybe just tweaking damage/health values on enemies to create a sort of Legendary+? What makes it so difficult?

This is really a genuine question from someone who doesn’t know anything. Thanks, and sorry for my bad English.

Currently, I’m trying to swap Master Chief’s model with Cortana’s. Implying switching the model file technically works, but Cortana’s animation graph file only has her standing still in 3rd person. Trying to use another character animation graph for it (like a marine’s or Master Chief’s) results in “unit ‘objects\character\masterchief\masterchief’ has no animation graph and cannot be created” when loading a mission in tag test. Any help?

As for the other question, is there a way to make equipment unlimited? I want to make it so that you can spam whatever equipment you currently have.

is there a way to play halo mcc modded maps online? for example i have downloaded extinction for halo 1 and i d really like to play with other peoples this map