60-Round Assault Rifle - MA5B 2001

MA5B 2001 — the 60-round assault rifle, restored in Halo: Campaign Evolved

In Halo: Combat Evolved the assault rifle held 60 rounds. Campaign Evolved cut it to 36,

and dropped its fire rate from 15 to 12 rounds per second. This mod puts the original

weapon back.

What it changes

• []Magazine 36 → 60[/]

  []Max reserve 360 → 600[/]

  []Ammo on pickup 180 → 240[/]

  []Rate of fire 12 → 15 rounds per second[/]

  []Spread 0. 3° → a flat 3. 5°[/]

Nothing else is touched. The counter on the weapon's screen follows on its own.

Installation

Copy all three files into

<game>\Meteorite\Content\Paks\MA5B_2001_P.utoc · MA5B_2001_P.ucas · MA5B_2001_P.pak

They only work together. Delete them to uninstall. No game file is modified.

Optional file — 60 Rounds, Fully Accurate

Same 60-round magazine and reserve, but the remake's own 12 rounds/second and no spread at

all: every round goes where the crosshair points. Requested in the comments.

Install it instead of the main file, never alongside it — same three files, named

MA5B_60_Accurate_P.

Where the numbers come from

The assault rifle's weapon tag in the Halo: Combat Evolved maps of the Master Chief

Collection — the same values in all 29 maps: 60-round magazine, 600 max reserve,

240 rounds on pickup, 15 rounds per second.

The remake already ships a "legacy" version of the rifle (what the Magnified skull turns

on). This matches it, except on ammo at pickup: 300 in their legacy tag, 240 in 2001.

Balance

Halo CE 2001      Campaign Evolved

Assault rifle        60 / 600 / 240    36 / 360 / 180

Pistol (magnum)      12 / 120 / 60     12 / 120 / 60

Sniper rifle          4 /  24 / 12      4 /  24 / 12

Rocket launcher       2 /   8 /  4      2 /   8 /  4

Shotgun              12 /  60 / 24     10 /  60 / 30

Needler              20 /  80 / 80     24 / 120 / 96

(magazine / max reserve / ammo on pickup)The assault rifle is the only weapon back from 2001 whose ammo was cut. But the remake

also adds the SMG, with a 60-round magazine, covering much of the old AR's role — so this

mod is fidelity to 2001, not a balance patch.

Notes

• []Single-player campaign. Enemies carrying the rifle get the same magazine, as in 2001.[/]

  []Compatible with my other mod, VF Originale 2001 (original French voices, audio only).[/]

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