Halo: Combat Evolved Beta 1749

Beta 1749, was a beta build of the Xbox edition of Halo: Combat Evolved. The build originates from around [insert date here]. It was succeeded by Beta 2247.

Beta content

Entire Campaign and Multiplayer

-POA

--Alternate x20 Bridge Cinematic

--no intro cinematic

--sky is jet black with stars, no blue layers to help make things in the cutscene stand out, like the longswords

--game soft locks after lifepods are destroyed, player must use cheats to make it through the small doors to the next area

--needler is introduced earlier on, specifically when crewman sam is killed

--no health packs or ammo drops on map

--some scenery objects like the gun racks are included in the maps, but are not placed

--keyes doesn't give you a pistol, instead a crewman with one is gunned down by grunts where you would normally receive the pistol.

--area where lifepod launches has older geometry, including an unused hallway.

--in the lifepod launch area, there are doors placed outside the level from earlier revisions of the level which had a much larger playspace

--references in this area show that there were going to be marines (area needs further researching)