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Re: A Halo: Reach Pan-cam guide
Posted By: Stephen L. (SoundEffect) <soundeffect@hotmail.com>	Date: 9/30/10 2:37 p.m.
In Response To: A Halo: Reach Pan-cam guide (BlueNinja) : Once upon a time, pete_the_duck wrote an excellent guide to Halo 3's pan-cam : : a wondrous tool that allows players to see things far outside the : playable area of the game maps. Now, Halo: Reach is out, and with it came : a multitude of new maps to explore, both inside the confines Bungie put up : for us and outside of them. : Halo: Reach, however, is an entirely new game, and the pancam, too, has : changed. Ever since I posted the video which gave us a closer look at the : Master Chief 'statue' left behind in Lone Wolf , I've been getting friend : requests and messages of people who want to know how I did it. This : thread is for them. : So, ladies, gentlemen and everything in between, I give you: BlueNinja's : amazing pan-cam guide! : As you all know, Halo: Reach includes a Theater suite. We've all used this : suite to take screenshots, record clips, or just watch our actions from a : different angle. There is, however, a lot more to the Theater than : initially meets the eye. : Bungie put a lot of effort into creating highly detailed worlds for us to : explore, but then cuts us off from all the interesting parts by erecting : multiple kill barriers and invisible walls. Deep down, however, we're all : explorers: we all want to see what lies over the next hill, even if it is : a gaping unrendered hole leading to Oblivion itself. With the miraculous : tool called pancam, we can. : But how does one use this pancam, I hear you asking? Well, good sirs, ladies : and androgynous cyborgs, I have the answers you crave! By following a few : simple steps, you too can break barriers, explore, and basically see a lot : of stuff Bungie never intended players to see. You can then, too, share : this stuff with the world! : Just don't start a panorama blog, as that idea's been taken. Just kidding, : of course. Or am I... : How to use Pan-cam : The pan-cam in Reach behaves similarly to the one found in Halo 3, but there : are some key differences. I'll point these differences out as we go along. : But enough talk, let's get started, shall we? : Step 1: Start a local Custom or Campaign game. To change your network to : local, press the 'Y'-button in the lobby, and select 'My Xbox 360 : Console'. : Step 2: Once you assume direct control of your character (see what I did : there?), press and hold down your Reload and Switch Grenades -button, : your Right Stick and UP on the D-Pad for a few seconds. : Step 3: If all goes well, a line of white text should appear near the top : left-hand corner of your screen. This text should include the word : "NORMAL". If it doesn't, repeat the second step. : Step 4: Now, you get to test your dexterity. Press and hold the and : Armor Ability button, the Left and Right Stick , and LEFT on the : D-Pad. : Step 5: If all goes well, the word "NORMAL" will now change to : "PANCAM". If it doesn't, repeat step 4. : Step 6: Kill yourself. Not literally, of course, in-game. A preferred : method of death would be one where your body is removed from the playable : space, by jumping from a cliff or dying as the Monitor in Forge. You can : repeat this a couple of times, if you wish. Save and quit when you're : finished. : NOTE: To make things easier, you might want to reach a Checkpoint with the : pancam active, then save and quit the game. Reload from that Checkpoint, : and the pancam should still be active. You can then proceed to senselessly : kill yourself. This is not required, but makes the next steps a bit : easier. : Step 7: Go to the Theater Lobby, and load up the saved film of the : shenanighans you just committed in the name of Science. : Step 8: Let the film play until the moment where you activate the pan-cam: : you won't be able to fast-forward. : NOTE: If you followed my previous note, the pan-cam will already be active : when you load up your most recent Saved film. I told you it'd be easier! : Step 9: Detach the camera from your character. You do this by pressing Y. : Do this béfore you kill yourself in the Saved Film. : Step 10: Notice that '1.000' in front of the word 'Pan-cam'? That's the : current speed of your flying camera. You can raise this by holding down : the UP-button on the D-pad, and lower it again by holding down the : DOWN-button on the D-pad. Increase your camera speed to 100.000. : NOTE : Now is the perfect time to get used to the pan-cam controls. The : triggers control altitude now instead of the bumpers, and there is no way : to fast-forward anymore. : Step 11: Let the film play until your character dies. Pause the film. : Step 12: Now it's time to go crazy with buttons. Just fly your camera : around, and mess with the triggers as you do. Eventually, you'll break out : of the invisible barriers Bungie has put up, and you'll be able to explore : the map. If you wish, you can lower the speed of your camera again, now. : NOTE: While the speed in Halo: Reach's pancam can't be bumped up to such : high amounts as in Halo 3, it usually is a lot easier to break through the : barriers. In several cases, such as on 'Tip of the Spear' and 'Forge : World', I encountered no resistance whatsoever. You cannot, however, reach : the edges of the map the way you could in Halo 3. The lower speed of the : camera usually prevents this. : Step 13: All that remains now is to explore. There are some truly : spectacular things out there. Have fun! : : Have any remarks? Post them! Constructive criticism is always appreciated. Thanks for this. Also, thanks for making it your 'amazing' guide. If you've made it 'BluNinja's mediocre pan-cam guide', I'd have been less impressed. :P I didn't read it all (while at work, but I'll make use of this at home) but did you mention hitting reload, and other potentially specific buttons that are control-scheme dependent? Did you base it off Recon or Default or some other?

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A Halo: Reach Pan-cam guide	BlueNinja	9/30/10 2:17 p.m.
Re: A Halo: Reach Pan-cam guide	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/30/10 2:37 p.m.
Re: A Halo: Reach Pan-cam guide	JonnyOThan	9/30/10 2:41 p.m.
Re: A Halo: Reach Pan-cam guide	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/30/10 8:49 p.m.
Re: A Halo: Reach Pan-cam guide	BlueNinja	9/30/10 2:43 p.m.
Re: A Halo: Reach Pan-cam guide	pete_the_duck	9/30/10 4:12 p.m.
UPDATE on Step 4	BlueNinja	10/3/10 5:08 a.m.
Re: UPDATE on Step 4	Louis Wu	10/3/10 12:11 p.m.
Re: UPDATE on Step 4	jazo	10/3/10 12:50 p.m.
:(	Ibeechu	10/3/10 1:42 p.m.
Although...	Ibeechu	10/3/10 1:43 p.m.
Re: UPDATE on Step 4	Louis Wu	10/3/10 1:42 p.m.
Thanks Louis! *NM*	BlueNinja	10/3/10 1:35 p.m.