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A simple way to add a custom background to the main menu.

Introduction

As the title suggests, this guide will show you the steps of creating and install a custom menu background.

NOTE: Before you start, it is suggested you create a backup of the original files you’re replacing

This is the directory where menu background videos are located:

...\steamapps\common\Halo The Master Chief Collection\mcc\Content\Movies

 

Prerequisite

We must first download RAD Video Tools before proceeding. This is necessary since the files that need to be replaced are in the.bk2 format, which calls for the RAD Videos Tools to convert your video files to the desired video format.

Link: http://www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm – [radgametools.com]

Once on this site, click the download link and let it download.

NOTE: When extracting the exe, it’ll ask you for a password; the password is “RAD”

Installing Custom Menu Background

Now that we have the required application, now we can start on installing a custom menu background.

This is the location of where the menu backgrounds are located:

....\steamapps\common\Halo The Master Chief Collection\mcc\Content\Movies

 

1. Open RAD Video Tools, find the video of your choice and select “Bink It!”
    

   
    

    

2. Once you select the video of your choice, there’ll be a range of option to configure your video; leave it as default and select “Bink” on the right side of the window
    

   
    

    

3. Once it finishes converting, go to the location noted above where MCC’s .bk2 files are located
    

   

4. Depending of which file you want to replace, rename the file to the one you’re replacing including the file format to “bk2” (refer to the table in the next category for which files it corresponds to)
    

   In my case, I’m going to replace the Halo: CE Vignette
    

   

5. Once you’re done overwriting, startup MCC, go into your settings, “VIDEO”, and click “SELECT” for CONFIGURE BACKGROUNDS
6. Choose which menu you want to replace, and from there find the video you’ve replaced it with
    

   
    

   In my case, I’m selecting the main menu with my customized Halo: CE Vignette.
    

   

In case you’re wondering, you can use an image as your menu background provided you have done the steps above.

NOTE: If your video has audio, it will play audio associated with it that is completely independent from the in-game menu music volume

File Names

If you’re unsure which to replace, here’s a table of which files corresponds to in-game:

In-Game Name	File Name
Halo: Reach	?
Halo: CE	?
Halo 2	?
Halo 3	?
Halo 3: ODST	?
Halo 4	?
The Halo Conflict	FMS_cr_bg.bk2
Covenant Assault	?
Noble	NOBLE.bk2
Halo: CE Anniversary	Halo CE Anniversary.bk2
Halo 2: Anniversary	Halo 2 Anniversary.bk2
Spark	SPARK.bk2
Recon	RECON.bk2
Reclaimer	RECLAIMER.bk2
Anvil	ANVIL.bk2
Raven	RAVEN.bk2
Elite	Elite.bk2
Mythic	MYTHIC.bk2
Halo: Reach Vignette	HaloReachVignette.bk2
Halo: CE Vignette	HCEVignette.bk2
Halo 2 Vignette	H2Vignette.bk2
Halo 3 Vignette	H3Vignette.bk2
Halo 3: ODST Vignette	H3ODSTVignette.bk2
Halo 4 Vignette	H4Vignette.bk2
Flood Vignette	FloodVignette.bk2
Warthog Vignette	WarthogVignette.bk2
YapYap Vignette	YapyapVignette.bk2
Halo Ring Vignette	HaloRingVignette.bk2
Covenant War Vignette	CovenantWar.bk2
Armory	FMS_player_customization.bk2
Evergreen	FMS_MainMenu_v2.bk2
Radix	mainmenu_ace.bk2

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