Gravity Rifle
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The Gravity Rifle was going to be the Covenant Sniper Rifle of Halo: Combat Evolved, but Bungie decided to delete this weapon much like they deleted the Engineer. They do have the model in game but they never made a proper texture, first person model, and projectile. However a common mod simply has it firing plasma grenades which seems to be the right idea for a supposedly powerful weapon, similar to a Fuel Rod Gun. The Gravity Rifle was remade for Halo 2 as the Particle Beam Rifle.
[edit] Halo Custom Edition
In Halo Custom Edition, there is a cheat which you can use to get it. If you activate devmode ( -console -devmode), exactly as it's typed here with spaces, press ~ without the shift, and then type "cheat_all_weapons" into the purple text space, on the bottom of the screen, and then press enter and ~ again. It is situated next to the Flamethrower. To pick it up, the screen will say "Press E To pick up <need string entry here>", as if the game designers didn't even give it a name. If you are swapping it for another weapon, it will say, "Press E to pick up <missing string>". If you press E and pick it up, you can't see it unless you change the camera position (` debug_camera_save (press enter) debug_camera_load (press enter) `). There is no animation for it being fired, but it will create a bright flash when shot. It's similar to the flamethrower, except it only starts a fire when you point it at a solid object, like the ground, a wall or a vehicle. The Gravity Rifle when shot, has no shot animation, but has a small flamethrower burst when hits. It is pinpoint accurate, despite having no reticule or scope. Some find it easier to aim by lining up a shot through a sniper scope, then switching and firing with the Gravity Rifle. Also, it has unlimited ammunition, so it will never run out. If you get a user-created map, some have replaced the gravity rifle with other weapons and some don't even include it at all.
[edit] Deleted Material
Gravity Rifle is part of the Deleted Material cut from the Halo series.
When developing Halo: Combat Evolved, Bungie faced numerous prototypes during the pre-production and considered cutting down to a certain number of objects for the final bit of Halo: Combat Evolved.
As such, many aspects of the story such as vehicles, gameplay, design, and story elements didn't make it into the final version of Halo: Combat Evolved.
| Deleted Material | |
|---|---|
| Deleted Levels | Forerunner Tank · Covenant Ship · Guardian Forest |
| Deleted Weapons | EMP Rifle · Machete · M179 Projectile · Gravity Rifle · Gravity Wrench |
| Deleted Vehicles (UNSC) | UNSC Shield Ship · Kestrel · Aardvark · AirCare Ambulance · Strike Fighter · Falcon · Fox Cannon · Cougar · Grackle · Rhino (Aircraft) · Doozy · Scorpion (Lash) · Scorpion (Venom) · 2 Tickets to the Gun Show |
| Deleted Vehicles (Covenant) | Air Artillery · Gorgon · Runner-class Transport |
| Deleted Species | Alien Trooper · Drinol · Special Purpose Sniper · Stalker · Psion · Rogue · Keelbug · Sentients · Blind Wolf · Jaggmaw Sawtail · Doberman Gator · Harvest Whale · Eel-snake creature |
| Deleted Flood Forms | Flood Juggernaut · Shielded Flood Carriers · Flood Infector Form · Flood Transport Form · Flood Stealth Form |
| Other | Body Bags · Drill grounds · Early Halo 2 Script |
[edit] Images
 Developer Mode Screenshot from Halo PC in Battle Creek. |
 Another image of the Gravity Rifle. |
