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Armor customization (Halo: Combat Evolved)

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This article is about the armor customization in Halo: Combat Evolved. For other games, see armor customizations.
An image of a Spartan in Combat Evolved with a green visor.
A Spartan with customised blue armour, and green visor, in Halo: CE's MCC port.

Armor customization in Halo: Combat Evolved allows a player to change the colour of their armour, and in MCC only, customise the colour of their helmet visor too. Unlike later armour customisation systems, the player cannot change their physical armour model in Halo: CE, or assign a secondary or tertiary armour colour.

Colours

Armour colour customisation has existed in CE since its initial release on the Xbox in 2001, and has remained unchanged since. It allows players to pick the colour of their entire armour set, with the exception of the undersuit and certain sections of the bracers and greaves, which will remain black regardless of colour choice. Unlike later games, no secondary or tertiary armour colours are available; the entire armour will be coated in a single colour. The set of colours available has not changed between any of the ports, remasters and rereleases of the game.

A total of 18 colours are available for use in CE:

Armour colours
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Icon Image Name Unlock Requirements
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Black Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Red Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Blue Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Gray
(Grey MCC)		 Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Yellow Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Green Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Pink Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Purple Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Cyan Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Cobalt
(Light Blue MCC)		 Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Orange Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Teal
(Lapis Lazuli MCC)		 Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Sage
(Forest Green MCC)		 Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Brown Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Tan Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Maroon
(Cherry MCC)		 Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. Salmon Unlocked by default
Halo: CE colour icon taken from MCC files. Colour customisation render ripped from Halo: Combat Evolved's files. White Unlocked by default
MCC Colour names that were used by MCC at launch, before later being updated to match the original CE names.


Visors

On the 13th of June 2020, alongside the launch of Series 2: Spark for Halo: The Master Chief Collection, 343 Industries retroactively added the ability to customise the player's helmet visor colour, first introduced in Halo: Reach, into the MCC port of Halo: CE. This was alongside a larger update to MCC CE's cosmetic customisation options, which also added weapon and vehicle skins. To allow players to experience the game as it originally released, a toggle was implemented that allows players to hide all new skins and visors and show only those customisation options that were available at the launch of the original game.[1] These options are specific to MCC CE, and do not exist in CE on Xbox, its original PC and Mac ports, or the Xbox 360 remaster, Halo: CE Anniversary.

A total of 30 visors were added, making for a total of 31 including the default visor (which remains unchanged from the original game):

Visor colours
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Icon Image Name Description Unlock requirements
- Default - Unlocked by default
HCE Blue Visor Icon.png
 Blue Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 1 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE DarkBlue Visor Icon.png
 Dark Blue Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 5 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE Green Visor Icon.png
 Green Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 7 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE DarkGreen Visor Icon.png
 Dark Green Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 12 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE Purple Visor Icon.png
 Purple Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 15 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE Bronze Visor Icon.png
 Bronze Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 19 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE DarkPurple Visor Icon.png
 Dark Purple Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 22 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE Red Visor Icon.png
 Red Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 24 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE Yellow Visor Icon.png
 Yellow Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 28 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE Orange Visor Icon.png
 Orange Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 33 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE DarkYellow Visor Icon.png
 Dark Yellow Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 38 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE PastelBlue Visor Icon.png
 Pastel Blue Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 40 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE Silver Visor Icon.png
 Silver Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 44 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE DarkRed Visor Icon.png
 Dark Red Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 47 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE PastelGreen Visor Icon.png
 Pastel Green Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 50 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE DarkOrange Visor Icon.png
 Dark Orange Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 53 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE PearlescentYellow Visor Icon.png
 Pearlescent Yellow Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 57 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE Platinum Visor Icon.png
 Platinum Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 60 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE PastelOrange Visor Icon.png
 Pastel Orange Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 63 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE PearlescentRed Visor Icon.png
 Pearlescent Red Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 66 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE Spectrum Visor Icon.png
 Spectrum Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 70 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE PearlescentPurple Visor Icon.png
 Pearlescent Purple Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 72 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE PastelPurple Visor Icon.png
 Pastel Purple Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 75 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE PearlescentOrange Visor Icon.png
 Pearlescent Orange Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 78 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE Groovy Visor Icon.png
 Groovy Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 81 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE PearlescentGreen Visor Icon.png
 Pearlescent Green Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 85 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE PastelRed Visor Icon.png
 Pastel Red Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 89 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE PastelYellow Visor Icon.png
 Pastel Yellow Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 93 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE PearlescantBlue Visor Icon.png
 Pearlescent Blue Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 96 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE Onyx Visor Icon.png
 Onyx Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements. Series 2, Tier 100 (Spartan Point 1)

Gallery

  • An unused colour selection image extracted from the files of CE, perhaps indicating that a random colour option was once going to be available.

    An unused colour selection image extracted from the files of CE, perhaps indicating that a random colour option was once going to be available.

Sources

  1. ^ Halo Support, Halo: The Master Chief Collection Patch Notes – 7/14/20 (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]

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List of player customization by game title
Armor (Colour • Visor (MCC only)) • Weapon skins (MCC only) • Vehicle skins (MCC only)
Armor (Visor colors (MCC only)) • Emblems • Nameplates • Service Tag • Weapon skins (MCC only) • Vehicle skins (MCC only)
Armor (Coatings • Emblems) • Body & AI (Prostheses • Personal AI) • Spartan ID (Nameplates • Service Tag • Stance) • Weapon (Coatings • Emblems) • Vehicle (Coatings • Emblems)
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