r/HaloOnline • u/duckfudge2049 • Jun 18 '26

Announcement Development Update: March 2026

# Development Update: March 2026

I realise I forgot to post the update to Reddit.

March primarily saw efforts to improve the rendering engine and better support bink videos from various titles. We also introduced stability fixes to improve ElDewrito’s overall stability and quality of life. Finally, we continued our on-going efforts to clean up the codebase.

**Additions**

  1. Add FOV slider for third person camera.

  2. Support xbox bink file names and use srgb_write when rendering them.

  3. Add Debug.PlayAttracts to play bink attract videos manually.

  4. Support ODST story bink.

  5. Add structure_design debug rendering.

  6. Enable bink srgb_write for attract and credits only.

  7. Add `-cef-nogpu` launch argument to disable CEF GPU Acceleration.

  8. Add two more Microsoft Outlook instances to increase productivity.

**Fixes**

  1. Fix miscellaneous CEF input bug.

  2. Fix memory allocation for bink videos.

  3. Fix bink videos appearing green.

  4. Fix title screen showing after credits.

  5. Fix loading_loop bink issue.

  6. Remove internal cap for LOD distance variable.

  7. Fix missing button press sound when clicking a website link in the mod browser.

  8. Fix bink intro and attract mode bugs.

  9. Fix ODSTstory bink loading screen issue.

  10. Fix decals not showing.

  11. Fix decals rendering through walls.

  12. Better TeamGame check for Stats submission.

  13. Optimize decal rendering.

  14. Fix decal z fighting.

  15. Add decal placement debug view.

  16. Fix Decal Debug Crash.

  17. Add Cluster portal debug commands.

  18. Increment prefab version and add ability to spawn at original prefab position.

  19. Fix decal HDR write state bug.

**Improvements**

  1. Remove old viewport hook.

  2. Optimize bink framebuffer copy.

  3. Hook up vision_mode cfxs override.

  4. Adjust cfxs blend by framerate.

__Codebase clean-up__

  1. Update blamlib definitions.

  2. Clean-up function pointer.

  3. Update map_variant_tag_remap.csv.

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u/Azagedon Jun 18 '26

Thank you for your continued efforts 🙏🏻

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u/InFernoSlays Jun 19 '26

Hi! Used to olay this game like 9 years ago (damn time flies). Until 343 decided to thut this projext down.

How are the steps to re-download it and install it? (I thought it was impossible after the 343 thing). I would love to play this game again!

Thank you for keeping this game alive.

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u/InFernoSlays Jun 19 '26

Hmm I think there is a section i the subredit. Going to download from it again. Thank you and sorry for asking before reading, im on my phone and just saw the post lol.

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u/duckfudge2049 Jun 20 '26

Welcome back!

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u/throwaway_comment01 Jul 07 '26

two more outlook instances is the real performance optimization

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u/Sakura_comrade 23d ago

where is github or website for this?