Halo Infinite Settings Editor

A tool to edit & view Halo Infinite's settings file (SpecControlSettings.json).

How to use?

1. Fetch the latest release from GitHub Releases.

2. Start Halo-Infinite-Settings-Editor.exe.

3. The program will automatically detect where the SpecControlSettings.json file is and then load its contents.

4. Here is how the interface looks like:

   

5. The toolbar has the following operations:

   Button	Operation
   ✍️ Save	Save the current settings.
   ↻ Reload	Reload settings from SpecControlSettings.json.
   🔎 Search	Search for a key.
   📄 Open	Open the SpecControlSettings.json file in a text editor.
   🌎	Open Halo Infinite Settings Editor's GitHub Repository in your default web browser.
   ?	Information on Halo Infinite Settings Editor.

6. Operations:

   • To edit a value, double click value you want to edit to open up the Edit Dialog Box.

     You can enter the following data types:

     Value	Representation | How to enter?
     String	Enter a alphanumeric expression.
     Integer	Enter a numeric expression.
     Null	Enter a blank value.

   • To search for a key, click on 🔎 Search and enter your query.

     

Build

1. Install Nim.

   Use ChooseNim to install Nim: https://github.com/dom96/choosenim
   Download the latest release: https://nim-lang.org/install.html

2. Install Dependencies:

   nimble install wNim
   

3. Build:

   • Halo-Infinite-Settings-Editor.exe

     nim c -o:"Halo-Infinite-Settings-Editor.exe" --app:gui -d:release -d:strip --opt:size src/main.nim
     

   • Optional: Compress using UPX!

     upx --best "Halo-Infinite-Settings-Editor.exe"