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Cryosis
Due to the amount of work I've put into this, and the information I provided for this mod, I decided to create an informational page in wikipedia's Halo mods section. In other words, click here to learn more about the Cryophobia mod series:
http://halomods.wikia.com/wiki/Cryophobia




Cryophobia = a morbid fear of freezing
Arctic Crisis = Original name of the enhancement for the Cryophobia campaign before I canceled it.

Dropped the "Arctic" as it was redundant.
Cryophobia --> <-- Crisis
Just for fun I searched how to write out the two ways to demonstrate its pronunciation:
1.) Cry-oh-sis
2.) krī-ō-sĭs


Yes, I know I said I was gone, but I forgot to give ya'll that last thing I made before I left. No more updates. This is it.

So I haven't really thought too long about posting the file...I just thought, "not everyone checks out the sites you posted it on; some people never check more than one site for some mods sometimes". That made me think about posting the file here.
Because I believe it's better to state the bad news before the good, that's what I'll do.

Ok, so here's the bad news. It's a trial mod, and unfortunately thus far, cannot work on macs for some reason. However, some people might get it to work; it doesn't work on macs because a recursive meta injection messed it up. This also caused another problem: computers with minimal graphics most likely can't play the mod either. For example, if you can't see the detail of grass, just some green paint, then that's bad. If you can see it, then that's good. To make sure you can run it, check your video setup to see if you can turn "Specular" on and off; if you can, then you've got a 99% chance that it'll work.

Good News: Everything else.
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Echo Ranger 449 and the Halo Archives are proud to present the Halo Trial mod that has been in the making since April 26, 2007. The mod started out as an update for Sky Wars v.1.2 and ends up as Sky Wars v.2, Cryophobia, Cryophobia v.E, and then finally, Cryosis. I hope you enjoy this mod as much as I do.

Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNzsc2hl3ww
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY_XzS0dv48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltfqbPhq4kk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBqMwujzHcQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUaMRlq_ceQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8ZgqVJKNsM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt31vTWMrLM

Ok guys, here it is. Cryosis. Sorry I'm not releasing the campaign version. I just can't release something I don't feel at least 90% satisfied with.

First off, to anyone whose never played Cryophobia v.E (a.k.a. Cryophobia:Enhanced) before, this mod puts a lot of stress on your video card so you need a pretty decent one to even run the mod (otherwise you'll get an exception error).

Downloads
Day version:
Install Cryosis
http://files.filefront.com/Cryosis/;120 ... einfo.html
Uninstall Cryosis
http://files.filefront.com/Remove+Cryos ... einfo.html

Night version:
Night Installation
http://files.filefront.com/Cryosis+Nigh ... einfo.html
Night uninstallation
http://files.filefront.com/Remove+Cryos ... einfo.html


In case you have a mac that can somehow run this map (I have yet to have heard of any), here are the map files:
http://files.filefront.com/Cryosis+map+ ... einfo.html


Below is a description of the updates to the "Cryosis_original" file I posted a while ago. The updates are much greater compared to the Cryophobia and Cryophobia: Enhanced versions.

I already posted a link for the file, but a lot of people may miss it, so here is a slightly updated version...I only updated a handful of things...like the fuel rod projectile reflection and the battle rifle's auto-aim. Brute shot is a little more lethal now. Needler isn't impossible to dodge when strafing (but the wielder can adjust their lead to make up for the reduced homing). The jet can't fire missiles at 45 degree angles from the jet's forward position; this makes it a lot easier to avoid missiles and makes it much harder for a jet to take out a Flying Walrus. The shotgun has reduced damage as well; it's still very powerful though.
By the way, if you use devmode to spawn all weapons, you can use the campaign needler which fires brute shot rounds (expect major lag if you use it though).

Credits

• NASA for the planet Earth image
• Ring bitmap by Bungie (extracted from the full version for the level "Truth and Reconciliation")
• Snow covered interior base floor and gauss hog snow tires by XSking
• Taxiservice for the Assault Rifle reticle
• Hud outlines for Battle Rifle- public contribution to wikipedia.org
• Battle Rifle firing sounds recorded off of a Halo 3 beta "battle rifle glitches" video on youtube
• Fragmentation grenade [model][skin]- Tazz
• Air Striker [skin] and [model]- Tazz
• brute shot model by CtrlAltDestroy
• brute shot third person model and skin by Echo Ranger 449
• spartan[models].... by CtrlAltDestroy
• spartan [skin]-kerrhalla452
• Pistol [model]- Tazz, minor model adjustments by Echo Ranger 449
• Pistol [skin]- Tazz, red markers removed by Echo Ranger 449
• Energy Sword [model]- Echo Ranger 449
• Energy Sword [skin]- Bungie and Echo Ranger 449
• Hud outline for Energy Sword- public contribution to wikipedia.org
• Abraham Tank [model]- Echo Ranger 449
• Tank camo skin- Terorrr
• Snow texture, snow bump map, snow detail, cliff texture, cliff bump map, and cliff detail bitmaps taken from the full version map "Assault on the Control Room".
• Hood of gauss hog [skin]- {SMT}iguana
• Rest of Gauss Hog [skin]- Echo Ranger 449
• Warthog [model]- Echo Ranger 449
• Tech (aka (DA)Ender) for the fuel rod sounds
• conure for helping me figure out how to rebuild ui maps
• Kiwi and the halomaps community for helping me come up with a name for cryophobia
• mooseguy for the "raising the vehicle ceiling height" tutorial
• halopc.net tutorials for helping me figure out how to record sounds.
• Xion for the Walrus (flying warthog) skin. Homepage:

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  http://xiion.deviantart.com

• Echo Ranger 449 for the Walrus model
• NitrousOxide wanted me to give credit to the h2ce team, so here it is.
• Mac Gaming Mods for the snow tutorial and Taxiservice for putting snow into Cryophobia for me.
• Applied Language for providing flags I could skin the Cryophobia's multiplayer flags with.
• ZMT L33T for the pistol animations
• FlamingRain for the Assault Rifle animations.
• The Assault Rifle model may be by phoenix, I adjusted the width a bit.
• AR display by Phoenix. I modified it to make it more "Halo 3-ish".
• Invaderveex's Assault Rifle multipurpose (modified by me)
• Invaderveex for the Assault Rifle skin
• Many sounds were taken indirectly from Halo 3 (through recorded sounds from Halo 3 games).
• NiTrOuSoXiDe for the Gauss hog sounds
• Bungie for the Energy Sword sounds
• OrionWarrior for the loading screen image

Meta Injectors:

• Fu£L
• taxiservice
• [WHMT] Macsforever
• spida

Day version Screenshots













Night version Screenshots









As always,

Have fun and




Enjoy!

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Just to clarify, this mod is based off of Halo Trial
which is owned and/or created by
© Microsoft Corporation, 2001–2003. All rights reserved.
© 1999-2003 Gamespy Industries, INC.
© Gearbox Software
© Bungie Studios



Here is some more interesting info on halomods.wikia.com for it (it's listed in the trivia section for Cryosis):

• The "campaign needler", which can be found by using the devcommand cheat_all_weapons, fires brute shot projectiles at a high rate of fire.
• The Assault Rifle has a very fast melee
• If you get stuck on the log platform on the top, you can either teleport yourself down via devmode or use the energy sword to bring a vehicle up to you
• The teleporter to the hiding place located above the red cave be can be accessed using a brute shot to jump up to the log platform
• Hover tanks can climb on top of the bases (original bases) if given enough speed at the right angle.
  
  The day and night version download contain a special halo.exe file included with the installation files that allow players to use the devmode. This was done so players can use the gametypes created with the modified ui.map file.
• type ` to activate the devcommand line (it's the same key as the ~ key)
• type sv_map bloodgulch "name of gametype in quotation marks"
• for example, sv_map bloodgulch "team slayer"
• There is a video posted by Echo where he was "messing around with the devcam during a game of Cryosis". The first half of the video shows two clueless players (not acting, real) behave unusually and almost on key with the music (that was played at the same time the video was recording)
• There are two versions out, though only one was publicized. The Cryosis_original is the unpublicized original one that is featured below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PP-p_3J1xU


Here is something I made for my server, which other people can use. However, to avoid confusion, tell anyone after you use the "ctrl + z" command that you're not Echo Ranger, otherwise you may get a lot of questions you can't answer.

ctrl+z: welcome to server
ctrl+x: how to install
ctrl+c: history of cryosis

alt+z: cryosis explanation
alt+x: cryosis videos

shift+z: do not curse
shift+x: do not betray
shift+c: do not hack
shift+v: do not interupt host
Shift+b: report all afk's


The other "hack" abuses the animation trigger for the assault rifle's melee. Shift+W

Download for it is here:
http://files.filefront.com/host+message ... einfo.html

That's pretty awesome.

Thanks. It took a lot of refining to make it more than just a concept mod.

Would you be able to send me that model I asked you for? All I got was four replies which had nothing to do with my question.

Holy crap, that looks amazing. Will download as soon as I can.

Philly wrote:Would you be able to send me that model I asked you for? All I got was four replies which had nothing to do with my question.

The model is gone because the file is gone. I said that if you wanted that stuff, you had to get it fast. Maybe I gave you the wrong file, but I directed you to the right filefront folder where it was.

The tags and scenario file are gone. The rebuild folder is still there.

The fuel rod model was actually released on this website.
In fact...
http://forums.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=71370

There.
Note: there are some adjustments you need to make on the model's shaders- the piece that covers the left and right side of the fuel rod's barrel is part of the "metal" shader. You can look at Cryosis' fuel rod shaders' dependencies and settings to get a better idea of how to make it look good. BTW the cryosis fuel rod is a bit too shiny.

Oh, one final thing, you could use the knave's flak cannon- it has nicer shaders, animations, and model. Just give him credit and remember to correct the bitmap and sound meta if you plan to use it for Halo PC instead of Halo Trial.

This is what his brute shot and fuel rod look like in Trial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKavj4f3UlQ

I'm surprised everyone overlooks these excellent creations after all the posts I've made for them.

The campaign would've been so much greater than the multiplayer. Alas, I can't do it, not for two years. Anyways, check out the Cryosis updates on my youtube channel. The gauss hog is, without a doubt, the l33test of them all.

Saying no to the campaign is harder than saying I am done with modding. It was sometime during September I was considering finishing it then. Mr Mods was suggesting a more efficient way of creating my campaign version, without glitches and with the ability to use my project "chaos island" scenario file. It was going to have new cutscenes for the silent Cartographer, have weapons like the flak cannon (halo 2 fuel rod) and brute shot by Knave, and Doc's latest energy sword. It also had some of the older stuff like the c4 and Spelican. I wanted to put my best into the finale, but I knew it would take at least six months to create, even with all the conversions done on it already. So yes, I did try to see if I could delay the project, six months, a year, two years...no I can't. So is it possible after that? Yes. I may be out by then, but then no one will care about it, plus the people I'll need for the project will be gone. So no I can't do it.

Despite all that, I have left you all [the halo trial community] with the remnants of my Cryosis campaign work:

Well, maybe someone may be able to use the stuff I was using to make something incredible with it.
You can download the stuff that was going to be used for it from here (You need 7zip to open them though):

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http://hosted.filefront.com/echoranger449/2294109

Just make sure that if you give credit to the CE content makers for the stuff you use. Like Kirby_422 for the jackal shield, Doc Octavius for the energy sword, Jahrain for the Halo 2 spartan, Tiamat for the Spelican and c4 charge, bungie and I for the "esword", Knave for the Flak Cannon and brute shot, etc...
The bitmap and sound metas are set for Halo Trial, so if you use them for Halo PC, you need to fix them.
Go here for more information about the files' components:

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http://s11.zetaboards.com/Halo_Archives/topic/7045319/1/

By the way, you need to download this file:

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http://files.filefront.com/dds+extractor7z/;11725599;/fileinfo.html

with 7zip, extract the exe file, then open the exe file with notepad.
Those have the passwords to all the encrypted files.

The Gauss hog, which is the most awesome, contains effect tags created by the creator of "Oblivion" and were updated to be "halo 3-ish" by me. The body of the warthog (the model and skins) comes from Gangland, which (DA)Ender gives credit to Masterz1337\Knave (CMT)for it. Keep in mind it uses "duplicated bitmap meta". So make sure you click "EOF", then "Update" before injecting the new bitmaps into those slots. It's in the rebuild.7z folder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxS_KU8kYYw

You can also go to http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11562 to see the discussion I made while developing some of the effects for the gauss hog.

No........................U
No U
lol wut


and that smiley, as well as a couple other versions, seriously annoy me.

well, maybe not the smileys, but the fact that a lot of people say "trail", ooh, that makes me fry.

Remember to try out the night version- it will very likely determine once and for all whether or not you will ever want to play in a "night mod" again.

This is amazing.
And I hate it when people say trail.
And also, this is amazing.
Also, I hate to see you leave
Stay here a little while longer, cmon man, we need people like you here.

thats only the best mod i've seen for trial!

thank goodness, you said trial. Thank you!

ER-449 wrote:but the fact that a lot of people say "trail", ooh, that makes me fry.

"Turrent." Nuff said.

I'm eager to try the night version, although I never have liked night mods.

this looks too good to be a PC mod Good job!

This mod seriously looks win. And that Assault Rifle, OMG I'm salivating over it.

This definitely needs to be ported over to PC.

Yeah, well I don't think anyone will want to. Plus, it has a lot of issues-- can't be opened in sparkedit or HHT. I don't know how much stuff can be extracted from it as well without encountering errors.

i think this is a job for bcnipod, with his mac trial converting skillitz

this is quite stunning, very impressive.

Just a question, I know 3 out of the 4 meta injectors you have listed. As far as I know Fuel and Macs do not mod anymore and I am pretty sure spida does not. How old is this?

Oh most of the meta injections were done back during Cryophobia.

The rest of them were done by taxiservice.

By the way, check this video out, it has something you might want to put into fire team delta:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p472OoVwmc

Hmm, thought about that sort of thing already. I'll think about it for sure. Thanks.