The January update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection is now available on Xbox One, brining a new “modern aiming” option, additionnal skulls to Halo: CE, playlist updates, and several bug fixes. If you felt that aim acceleration in these remastered Halo games never felt completely “right,” this new “modern aiming feature should address that and it will be turned on by default in the older titles.
“The “modern aiming” option helps to smooth out the aim acceleration zones on your controller by using values that are more like H2A and H4 than the older legacy titles,” the blog post reads. “The big difference you will notice is that the movement of your cursor is much smoother with these settings turned on and the aim acceleration zones in the diagonals are much harder to activate.”
The January update for Halo: MCC also fixes a long list of bugs, and you can find all details below:
Global
- Cleansed the Flood infection from the main menu
- Added error handling to prevent users from joining each other from different versions of the game
- Fixed an issue where players could not enter gameplay using custom map or game variants in offline LAN
- Fixed an issue where menu music volume slider changes were not respected while in a squad
- Fixed some navigation inconsistencies in the main menu
- Fixed an issue where the descriptions for some campaign killstreak medals were inaccurate in the medal chest
Halo: CE
- Fixed an issue that resulted in inconsistent hit detection against players with poor connections
- Fixed an issue where the Bandana skull did not grant infinite ammo to energy weapons in Campaign
Halo 2
- Fixed an issue where the Bandana skull did not grant infinite ammo to energy weapons in Campaign
Halo 3
- Fixed an issue where the Shade Turret was not appropriately displayed as the tool of destruction in the post-game carnage report
ODST
- Improved messaging around which playlists support co-op play
Forge & Films
- Fixed an issue where incorrect file sizes were being displayed for films
- Fixed an issue where the character limit for map variant names was displayed inaccurately in Halo 3
- Fixed an issue where players were forced to re-enter a map variant name after inputting an invalid description
Developer 343 Industries has still many more updates in the pipeline for Halo: MCC in 2019. The Custom Game Browser that was announced a couple of months ago is still being worked on, and it should debut in an MCC Insider build in the next few months. Moreover, the developers are also working on an IP masking feature and a new Post Game Carnage Report. Make sure to add the official Trello board to your bookmarks if you want to track the team’s progress on these news features.
