Hooked on Halo? Find a whole new way to feed your addiction. Black Art of Halo Mods is full of tips, techniques, and secrets for customizing the PC version of Halo. Maximize your gaming experience by creating new enviornments, including "bots" (characters with artificial intelligence), skins, weapons, sounds, graphics, vehicles and terrain. If you can dream it, this book will show you how to build it. If you're brave enough, you can even delve into the world of customizing Halo maps, console mods, and hex editing, so that you can play nice with Xbox-based Halo gamers. Take your Halo gaming addiction to an entirely new level with Black Art of Halo Mods.

Author Biography

Stephen Cawood is a Program Manager at Microsoft in the Office Server Group. In 2004, he was a member of the Halo 2 Beta testing team. With unlimited access to Halo 2, Stephen was able to gain extensive experience with the various levels and options. In addition, the Beta program included access to the unreleased Halo 2 web site and private newsgroups. As part of the Beta, the testers had an inside perspective on these types of decisions, and how they affect game strategies including extensive conversations with the Halo 2 development team about the relative strengths of Halo 2 weapons and the tactical aspects of game level layouts.