A new patch for Halo: The Master Chief Collection has added a bunch of new quality-of-life improvements, most notably the ability to remap buttons to suit your preference.
Back then, if you wanted to remap controls in Halo: The Master Chief Collection, you'd have to download additional software. That's cumbersome if you just want to enjoy Halo right away. Fortunately, the developers finally added button remapping as an official feature in Halo: MCC, so you don't have to jump through hoops just to create a personalized button layout.
To create a custom button layout, you must do the following:
- Launch Halo: MCC.
- Select Options & Career.
- Select Settings.
- Navigate to the Controls tab.
- Select Configure Gamepad.
- Under Gameplay, select which game you would like to reconfigure the controls to.
- Using the Button Layout option, select a controller layout to modify.
- Select Edit Layout.
- Modify the inputs to suit your personal preference.
Aside from button remapping, the July 2023 Update added new custom game settings to Halo: Reach and Halo 3. In Halo: Reach, you can now disable waves of enemies when creating a Firefight session. This setting can be found under the "Wave Limit" section of the Firefight Settings menu.
If you want to be immune to assassinations in Halo 3, you can enable a brand-new setting called Invulnerable (MCC). Take note that this can only be turned on in custom games.
Changelog
Settings
- Background video selections are less likely to be reset after closing and relaunching Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
- Players now return to the Video Background submenu after selecting a new Video Background.
- Performance on Xbox One consoles with Menu Narration enabled has been improved.
- New profiles will retain any progress made on Campaign playlists, as well as any changes made to player Settings and Customization, after restarting Halo: MCC.
Halo: Combat Evolved
- The Plasma Rifle is now able to stun enemies more consistently during online Multiplayer matches.
- Resolved a memory leak in Halo: Combat Evolved Campaign missions.
- Multiple improvements to cutscene letterboxing throughout Halo: Combat Evolved Campaign missions.
- Objects and characters no longer appear in incorrect positions during the opening cinematic of the mission Pillar of Autumn when Remastered graphics are enabled.
Halo 2: Anniversary
- Campaign
- Lighting and shadows have been updated to closer align with the original release of Halo 2 on Xbox.
- Campaign Co-Op sessions are now less likely to crash when playing through the mission The Oracle.
- Graphical artifacts no longer appear around the Arbiter's arms and equipped weapons when playing through the mission Sacred Icon.
- Players are now less likely to encounter a "Network Disconnect" error message while playing through the mission Quarantine Zone in Campaign Co-Op.
- Multiplayer
- Players are now less likely to be stuck at "Respawning in 0" after getting killed during a matchmaking session.
- PC players are less likely to crash when loading into the Stonetown multiplayer map via crossplay.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection July 2023 Update is available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
