Reach Unlocked

Instructions: Open the zip file, and have it handy in a separate window. Then open your MCC directory (Shortest way is through Steam -> Right click -> manage -> browse local files) up to haloreach, then maps. Go into the open zip window and drag the contents of the Modded subfolder into your main map folder to replace the vanilla maps. When you want to turn the anti-cheat back on, open the zip file and use the maps contained in the Backups subfolder to effectively reset your modded maps to vanilla. NOT COMPATIBLE WITH MODS THAT ALSO ALTER VANILLA MAPS. If you forget you replaced the maps and the game kicks you out of a match because of it, close the game and use the backup folder.

Details: Removes the soft kill zones and ceilings in each of the following vanilla maps.

Multiplayer:

- Battle Canyon

- Boardwalk

- Breakneck

- Breakpoint

- Condemned

- Countdown

- Forge World (Base)

- Highlands

- High Noon

- Powerhouse

- Reflection

- Ridgeline

- Tempest (More notes below)

- Sword Base

- Beachhead

- Courtyard

- Installation 04

- Unearthed

- Waterfront

Q: X subregion of the Forge map still has soft kill zones. Why?

A: I don't know where those are stored, and I don't feel confident looking for them. The version of the map that doesn't have kill boundaries is the baseline forge world, which is the gigantic template that people separate into smaller subsections for their purposes. All I did was make it so the only kill boundaries are the ones you place yourself.

Q: Can you open up X modded map?

A: Theoretically, provided nothing has fundamentally changed in the tag structure and permission has been given to do so.

Q: Collision for the out-of-bounds areas?

A: Not up to me to decide. It's outside my skill and frankly outside my patience.

Q: Why not upload to Steam Workshop? I don't want to spend the extra five minutes replacing the map files in my folder when I want to switch on the anti-cheat.

A: Because Halo Modding Tools is a royal pain in the ass to work with, and there are precious few guides on how to do it. As that is currently the only way to upload to Steam Workshop, I have decided after four hours of frustration that it's much easier for me and for the end user t