The biggest wrench, however, was the advent of Infection Forms which are of a special object type called a “creature” which the simulation formerly had no awareness of whatsoever. These each required unique solutions relative to other actions we simulate.

For example, Flood Pure Forms can morph between character types and Infection Forms can resurrect dead Flood (or non-Flood) units. Our distributed model already supported most “normal” AI actions thanks to the work we did for ODST Firefight’s MCC debut last year, but the Flood throw a lot of wrenches in things. Previously, Flood enemies had only ever been present in Campaign where the aforementioned synchronous simulation model is used. The second challenge involved supporting Flood in the new distributed simulation model we use for Firefight. We found the missing sun in Halo 2 classic.Halo 2 classic texture and bump map fixes that bring them closer to alignment with original Xbox.Halo 2 Classic lighting and cinematic fixes.Improved stat tracking for Halo Reach Firefight.We are actively working through legacy fixes across our games.Additional Accessibility Support: (In Test).Support for Halo 1 and Halo 3 coming with Season 8.These updates will continue to be free and will include the unreleased features and content from this year – as well as a continued effort to improve stability and tackle legacy fixes where possible. We still have a lot of goodness to deliver in 2022. Starting next year, we’re targeting pivoting away from our current seasonal model and cadence to instead focus on smaller MCC updates that can land when they’re ready based on development status and studio roadmap alignment. So, while we very much have more updates coming – including more content, fixes, and features – the manner in which they are delivered is expected to shift. We’ve agreed on two key points: One, we have more MCC work to do and support will continue and two, as a studio it’s not ideal to run and continue shipping seasonal updates for two different multiplayer titles concurrently. As we think about the future, we’ve had a lot of conversations around how to best support MCC once Halo Infinite’s free-to-play multiplayer is up and running.

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