Halo: Combat Eclipsed Showcase Trailer

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Paxton - Jackson Rogers
Lt. 'Cookie' Peterson - voiceover_requiem
Marines - Ty Wilkins, jkbravo3, The_Canales_King, Dexter Manning
Trailer Voiceover - Darren Marlar
Demo Voiceover - Jeff Steitzer
Demo OST - Vlad FSCHR, MS Synthwave
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[@halocombateclipsed]

Preemptive answers to possible questions - What is the Halo: Combat Eclipsed Project? The Eclipsed Project is an ongoing effort to create a new experience within the Halo 3: ODST engine, with the goal of creating brand new Multiplayer, Firefight and Campaign content. We are a small team of passionate modders and other talents with a plan, but in the near future we will be looking to open up the project to others who would be interested in doing their part. Whereas many Halo mods are (understandably) a rebalance or a remix of an existing campaign, the Eclipsed project will follow a new set of characters and events, with originally made levels and a new spin on Halo's gameplay. - What is the Eclipsed setting? The Eclipsed story takes place in an alternate Halo universe inspired by 80s pop culture and a cassette-futuristic setting, similar to the spin-off game Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. The universe has been created as a fun 'what if?' that takes existing Halo canon and imagines what would happen if a few things changed here and there, every now and then. - What is the Eclipsed story? Without spoiling too much, the story follows what could have happened had there have been more than one (living) Spartan onboard the Pillar of Autumn when it escaped Reach. Who are these Spartans? What will they get up to? Could they turn the tide of the battle at Installation 04? As well as the Spartans, what else may have changed in this alternate timeline? Who knows, you'll have to wait and see. - What kind of sandbox and gameplay will the mod have? The weapons sandbox will consist of reimagined favourites and original creations that are new to the Halo universe. You can get a feel for some of these weapons in the multiplayer maps that we have released, but bear in mind that they are not final and there is much work to be done until they are complete. Alongside the weapons, new vehicles, equipment and AI will appear in the mod. Everything has been designed anew for the project, so expect to see changes in everything you see. As for the gameplay itself, we're looking to make encounters more challenging and dynamic to keep players on their toes, and to think more tactically when facing the enemy. We have a few videos on our channel that you can watch to get an idea of the sorts of changes we are making. - What made you move from the CE engine? Besides the cool new features in the ODST engine; jank. Lots and lots of jank. As much as we like CE, its engine does not like us. - When will the mod be finished? Going to be very honest with you here; we don't know. It will very much likely be years from now. With the ODST tools being a somewhat recent release, and with very little documentation to follow, much of the modding process is spent learning how the engine works before we can do anything cool with it. Most of the videos you'll find on this channel are from our lead designer, where he's spent several hours figuring out how to make stuff like AI that can navigate rough terrain or Firefight reinforcements that can be called in from orbit with the touch of a button. To help keep things moving, we have a plan to release the project in chapters. - I'm a Halo modder / artist / budding rookie etc, and this project sounds cool! How can I help? At the moment our project lead is working on documentation and plans for the project so that we know where the story is going, what cool stuff we can put into the mod, and how to implement it with the tools available to us. By the end of July, we will have this plan finished so that we can make a proper start on the mod's development. Until then, you are welcome to find us in the Halo Mods or C20 Reclaimers Discord servers, or on our social pages. A link to these servers can be found in the description above. - This project sounds cool, but I don't think I'll be able to help create assets or design stuff. What could I do to help? Likes, shares and comments to help get the word out is greatly appreciated. As well as showing interest on our socials (links above), you can help us out by playtesting our multiplayer blockouts and weapons sandbox. We host the occasional gamenight, so if you need a group to play with keep an eye out in our Discord server. Lastly, we have a Patreon where you can donate to help us cover the costs of VAs and the work. You can donate as little as £1 to receive a mention at the end of our videos. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask them in the comments or in our Discord!

[@BlatantThrowAway]

There ain't no way that's the Halo 3: ODST engine.

[@BaconLover100]

>You can throw grunts Fucking 10/10

[@juancho650]

Oh yes, Halo Blood Dragon

[@DarenKajiWolf]

Dammmm, I was about to write that! nice mindset!!!

[@stevemc6010]

Halo Silver timeline: I sleep *Halo 1988 timeline* : Real shit?!

[@rellikx7519]

If this was a Paramount+ buddy cop series, they'd be swimming in money, instead they're playing with our childhood

[@MadamLava094]

"Violence, Blood, Strong language, Bad jokes, CE engine jank" Perfect

[@ClipRaptor-Pancake]

Halo CE enemies in ODSTs engine would be cool af if thats what yous are planning

[@SpecterSensorial]

A COOP WITH AI IN A FULL CAMPAIGN WITH A FRIENDLY SPARTAN!? MY DREAM COME TRUE!!!

[@TheVengefulVadam]

Now, this is a trailer that makes me feel good watching. Nice work, everyone :)

[@halocombateclipsed]

Cheers Vadam!

[@kriegertechpriest7011]

You put the Morieta rifle from Starship troopers in halo? Based

[@QuarrelsomeLocalOaf]

I'm doing my part! 🫡

[@kriegertechpriest7011]

@@QuarrelsomeLocalOaf *Chuckles good heartedly*

[@Spartanlyra]

fans are keeping halo alive

[@APerson-ni1gb]

Pfft only by pC No love for consoles Where it started

[@Spartanlyra]

@@APerson-ni1gb yeah, if only we had mod support on console

[@caramelldansen2204]

​@@Spartanlyracommon console L PCs are the platform of the people!

[@eticket48]

Everything about this mod just screams “hell yeah” and I love it

[@seva809]

80's and Halo is the best combo ever.

[@KhilladiK]

As a halo fan myself I think this seems great!

[@faustinosamayoa3348]

Awesome, I absolutely love that one of the Spartans has a significantly younger voice than the other, which reminds me of how the Spartan 2s and 3s were child soldiers, even if that is not what you are going for.

[@YasonYou]

Interesting choice to set this in an alternate timeline.

[@theXEN0KID]

Thank you Recommended for pointing me at this gloriously campy vaporwave-laden conversion. Looks fucking AWESOME!

[@firewolf34]

Trailer gets me more pumped than 90% of the trailers on steam lmaooo

[@gravityfallsfan7979]

Strong far cry 3:blood dragon vibes here and I love it

[@alliebinford9157]

I haven't been hyped for a Halo mod in a while. I seriously CANNOT wait for this!!!!!!!!!! I also fucking LOVE all the blood dragon references in this trailer.

[@xXBarthXx]

Nice, can't wait for this to release and give it another play!

[@halocombateclipsed]

Thanks Barth! We're planning to release the campaign in chapters so that folks won't have to wait too long, but it'll be a while until we can start doing that.

[@slipstreamtechnician2811]

If one or both of the Spartans don't have a headband on under their helmet, I'll be disappointed

[@koneesia]

this is the coolest halo mod I have ever seen

[@Jynx_Splatoon]

1:24 *Why is this magnum so incredibly sexy?*

[@rowanedy123]

I needed this Halo content today youtube. Thank you.

[@primusstar5995]

0:48 Ngl I thought these were a 80s version of john and Linda from the original game.

[@halocombateclipsed]

Nah, in our story Chief is off doing his thing, and Linda's just chilling.

[@BladeOpotato]

Oh this is gonna be awesome! Love the 80's vibes, can't wait!

[@SlipspaceEntertainment]

I absolutely love it

[@grim4962]

Now THIS is how you do an alternate timeline paramount

[@eyiss7236]

This feels so authentic, can't wait

[@AdeneTzr]

Absolute Cinema

[@fallupside]

these are the types of mods i wana see more of

[@ichibanbento]

This is so cool, i love classic Halo and also love 80s action movie vibes

[@lukearthur9727]

This is looking incredible! Really looking forward to checking this out.

[@brycevo]

This is genuinely amazing and I love it

[@Alfred31788]

Is this a fully new campaign? wow, hats off to you.

[@halocombateclipsed]

Yep, a fun little 'what if' story from an alternate timeline.

[@noble7525]

Robocop in space

[@Splarkszter]

If only the people at 343i management weren't talentless plugs. If only the guys in charge had a tiny bit of passion as this team does. Thank you.

[@caramelldansen2204]

TRUE 😤

[@walternelson2687]

Ooookay looks like it's time for another round of Storage Jenga. Here I was waiting for Ruby's Rebalanced for Halo 2 and 3 to get updated before reinstalling...

[@zalrohglekgolo6149]

GEN 2 STYLE MUTHUFUKA i appreciate the reference. Ill subscribe to it right now

[@jokroast6912]

Can't wait to see the H2A energy sword spherical hilt used to make an actual yellow vaporwave sun against an oscillating purple hard-light blade.

[@watch.v-dQw4w9WgXcQ]

is that a Morita Rifle with a counter glued on it?

[@halocombateclipsed]

The Morita Rifle was one of the guns we used for inspiration on the AR's design, aye.

[@RAMZAVFX]

This trailer goes hard asf!

[@renedog23]

Oh hell yes, yes yes. I want in for this

[@secretsecret2780]

Wow, this looks good.

[@Taron_HaiTar]

*WHAT IS THAT HELLISHLY COOL UNHOLY COMBINATION OF SPAS-12 AND HALO CE SHOTGUN?!!* *I N E E D T O S E E I T !!!* *I N E E D T O H A V E I T ! ! ! ! ! !* Atleast someday... On the other note, I would like to se an alternative version of this mod someday *after* the main mod releases! By alternative I mean separate story tied to Canon, with canon-tie-in lore for the new and remixed weapon of this mod (most of them would likely be not that common alternative versions/modifications of existing weaponry, or be a lore-friendly new weapons, either from minor factions/sub-factions or Insurgents from both sides)!

[@stikyyt9117]

glad to see that people like these still exist to save halo

[@whamdrig844]

this looks fucking amazing !! i will keeping an eye on this awesome project !

[@KennethV45]

Will you be releasing the original unfinished mod in CE? If not, please consider releasing it because CE and the 80s style looked so good! It could get released alongside the final Halo 3 version as to not risk spoiling anything. I just read a comment about the possibility of releasing a completed demo of the CE version which sounds amazing! Though, an incomplete version in the meantime would be great.

[@jarryj1995]

THIS LOOKS SO SICKKKK 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Nicolas-C]

Halo 3 engine looks promising

[@halocombateclipsed]

Cheers! We've since moved over to the ODST engine as it has some cool additional features like extra script functions, custom input support and new AI management, with the bonus that moving stuff over from the H3 engine is super easy.

[@SamuraiAlmond]

Will moving to the ODST engine move back the timeline? I'd assume there would be some compatibility issues?

[@halocombateclipsed]

​ @SamuraiAlmond Nope. The Halo engines store objects like vehicles and characters in files called tags. Because the ODST engine was a slightly modified version of the H3 engine, most of these tags worked right away in the ODST engine. The only ones that were a bit funky were a few shaders and some of the AI properties, but they were easy enough to recreate. We finished the move over back in January.

[@crimsonhowell7776]

This is how we get halo back! BLESSED BE THE MODDERS!!

[@teuthidainc.]

This shit looks so cool

[@icylocus3811]

this is pretty badass

[@Tlohtzin123]

Great trailer

[@thefourthseal0]

This is amazing

[@metalstones215]

dang this is awesome i cant wait!

[@Wooper_the_first]

Super excited to play a mod other that cursed halo

[@drekoolkid4582]

that was fun

[@Vik-wy3it]

Still better than everything 343 has touched

[@caramelldansen2204]

☑️

[@sleezymagyar8276]

Woah ok that's pretty good

[@Saltasaur]

*TRAILER VOICE*

[@CrewsterEX]

Legit Respect!

[@StuPdass]

Wow, just deleted the MC collection for space, but this is worth reinstalling

[@jonathanschenck8154]

EA showcase master cheif: "The drop zone is clear, i repeat the drop zone is clear." 👍

[@parallelarms5645]

Neat.

[@AbramHadnot]

I want to join the mod team

[@halocombateclipsed]

👀

[@Teh69thSpartan]

Epic!

[@_ZimZam]

Nice

[@painfulcrowd]

holy shit

[@hellwalker9356]

nice nice

[@Buttadew]

REAL SHIT

[@d27shgu]

could I help write?

[@basedchicana1776]

IT'S GLORIOUS I AM BLINDED DUMBSTRUCK

[@mastercat381]

Comment for the algorithm 👍

[@halocombateclipsed]

Comment for appreciation :D

[@manuelkfc7916]

I'm in

[@stormfoam]

Halo if it was good:

[@trotgang]

So... kino...

[@snakebot4986]

lmao this looks neat

[@dootscoot1324]

How can you a mod of a M rated game, a T rating?

[@halocombateclipsed]

The rating at the start is just a joke one to make the trailer more trailer-y.

[@dootscoot1324]

@@halocombateclipsed ah gotcha. I thought it was serious for a second. Im slow sometimes.

[@DINOMAN1337YT]

bruh why did I waste money on buying the mcc from the windows store when I already own it on steam the windows store version to my knowledge doesn't even support mods and it appears to be in worse condition than the steam version is

[@mattc7420]

Bisexual Halo

[@lahearle]

halo sux in 2024

[@Hakuru15]

YOU JUST THREW A GRUNT

[@halocombateclipsed]

:)

[@lPHOTONl]

Hell yes. A vaporwave mod for CE!

[@Chrisataur]

Now we need a shoegaze halo mod

[@eyeballpapercut4400]

​@@Chrisataur cue Besitos - Leave Me Behind

[@zenyousapprentice3732]

synthwave aka cringewave not vaporwave

[@spartancecchi]

Redditwave

[@LateNightHalo]

Looks like a ton of fun! Really happy to see original halo projects in the works

[@halocombateclipsed]

Cheers lad, glad to hear it!

[@funkyreapercat5280]

Ins't you the guy that cried when 343I was going to introduce the option to buy Spartan Points on MCC, gave them negative feedback, which made them not do it, and now MCC is no longer updated because of that? Thanks for that, you're really positive to the Halo community. We could have more Halo Online maps right now, campaign crossplay for all Halos, a better Elite customization for Reach, new armors, etc. Instead, the game is dead! Great work!

[@LateNightHalo]

@@funkyreapercat5280 my man. I dont have nearly as much power as you think I do but I'm very flattered you think I can control 343 and Xbox studios with just a tweet or two

[@funkyreapercat5280]

@@LateNightHalo It's called feedback. Not only your feedback, but the people that follow you, mr influencer and gave the same feedback. Oh well, is too late now anyway.

[@Coffeybean117]

Nobody talking about how they got the OG halo multiplayer announcer for this voiceover?! Love ya Jeff!

[@Unseen_Halo]

Im glad you guys are going to h3 engine! Looks great

[@halocombateclipsed]

Thanks, we're pretty pleased about it too! The BSPs hated us!

[@VoiceoverRequiem]

NOW THIS IS GAMING 🎉

[@halocombateclipsed]

Thanks, Cookie!

[@xTooPalex]

This goes harder than the Work in progress title card

[@apinla2237]

those spartan models look great, i'm subbing for updates also SPARTAN TOMBOY WOOOOOO

[@WasatchGarandMan]

1:54 >there is a space 1911 I might actually explode.

[@XHN_SCRAPY]

Totally Hasselhoff Approved 🤘😎🤘 This gunna be sweeeeeet.

[@RedjaGaming]

The BloodDragon vibes are so prevalent i approooooove

[@LungoScrungo]

Since this is inspired by Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon, can we expect to see giant glowing Elites that shoot lasers from their eyes?

[@halocombateclipsed]

Perhaps not Elites, but possibly something else. You'll have to wait and see...

[@5.7addict70]

ah yes, the timeless classic halo weapons: The morita mk1 rifle from starship troopers, an upside down spas 12, and the chiappa rhino

[@halocombateclipsed]

You're going to like the four-barrel Rocket Launcher.

[@5.7addict70]

@@halocombateclipsed the m202 flash incendiary launcher? Shit homie

[@split_ce]

Sweet trailer!

[@BlackViper37]

"HA, that's the best sort of entrance Pax! Touching down and getting straight into caving in Covie skulls!" -Spartan 1998 I already love Spartan 1998! I can't wait for more of this it looks fucking crazy!

[@jackmcmorrow9397]

Now we're cooking with gas

[@GucciPasta]

the fact that you could throw a grunt is superb. 10/10

[@Faintwolf]

Hey yall! This project looks absolutely amazing!!! I can not wait to hop in and have fun lol. Hopefully ill convince a bro of mine to get it too so we can do a coop playthrough when all is said and done. Any reason to go back to CE is good enough for me lol.....and throwing grunts?????? 10/10, need it now. I'd love to lend a hand with voice acting by the way, albeit this would be the first time on anything. I'll hit you guys up on Discord!