Modders Uncover Flamethrower In Halo 3

[DC RID3R]

It appears that a group of ingenius modders have discovered what could possibly be new content from Halo 3. It seems as if some modders have dug deep into the beta code and found sources of new weapons, vehicles, and new names for medals (Double Kill, etc). Apparently, some of this information is likely to be placeholder or maybe even trash that wasn't deleted from the final code, it does add some interesting ideas to what's already known. Read on for a full list of what was found.
Vehicles:

Pelican
Shadow
Phantom
Chopper
Weapons:

Flamethrower
Plasma turret
Claymore grenade (possible codename for Spike Grenades?)
Covenant Gun Tower (possibly a new kind of turret?)
Equipment items/Power-ups:

Jammer (possibly the radar scrambler shown in a leaked video)
Invincibility
InstaCover
Smoke (smoke grenade? smoke screen?)
New Medals:

Killocalypse
Killionaire


News Source: http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/05/18/modders-uncover-flamethrower-in-halo-3-more/

[ka0s]

damn... too bad all the people who modded their betas to use them were banned! (joke)

[wumpafru1t]

damn... too bad all the people who modded their betas to use them were banned! (joke)

Lol yeah.

What you said isn't entirely correct, because they modded their consoles, not the beta, but it's funny nonetheless.

[blade47167]

Very nice list. Wonder how they would balance the flamethrower. Aren't the suits supposed to be heat resistant? But maybe it would not be affect by the overshield and would directly hit health.

[wumpafru1t]

That's brave of them, putting a flamethrower in the game. I'd have thought the 360 gets hot enough as it is. *puts tongue in cheek*

[XxBigP123xX]

That's brave of them, putting a flamethrower in the game. I'd have thought the 360 gets hot enough as it is. *puts tongue in cheek*
:mad: that sucked lol

[JimmyHACK_KH]

flamethrowers are hot, i loved the one in resistance

[Umberger]

Hello, Gametagaeonflux here, original poster of that thread linked to in this article. Sorry to inform you guys that all the information we had in the thread (yes, there was a lot more than what is in this article) was taken down by personal request from KP and Frankie. There's a reason all of the information in the map files has not been released by Bungie, and we need to respect their decisions to withhold their "secrets".

EDIT: By the way...people are really over-glorifying this. "Discovering" all of this content was not hard by any means. If you have the .map files, you can open them in a standard hex editor (or treat them as Linker Address Maps in a Microsoft Visual Studio.NET Development Environment), and just keep scrolling until you find something interesting.

[Scorpion3]

Very nice list. Wonder how they would balance the flamethrower. Aren't the suits supposed to be heat resistant? But maybe it would not be affect by the overshield and would directly hit health.

Good question, they took it out of Halo 2 and replaced it with the Brute Shot because of Balance issues. I loved the JETPACK mod for Halo 2 MP though. lol. Anyway, I think the Armor can protect from heat, unless you're in the flame itself. But, I love playing MP without any shields anyway.

[sjkhounk]

I say have it in but leave it rare in matchmaking like the brute plasma of halo 2. The more the merrier I say. It was pretty cool in Halo PC.

[gonepostl]

Very nice list. Wonder how they would balance the flamethrower. Aren't the suits supposed to be heat resistant? But maybe it would not be affect by the overshield and would directly hit health.

So is kevlar but I'm pretty sure if I took a flamethrower to you you'd still die.:p

[Scorpion3]

So is kevlar but I'm pretty sure if I took a flamethrower to you you'd still die.:p

YOU DON'T KNOW THAT! :rolleyes: Good point though...