Halo: Combat Evolved library artwork
halo-ce-cover.jpg is the unchanged 1,365 × 2,048 original Halo: Combat
Evolved cover image (312,132 bytes), obtained from
Halopedia's cover-art record.
That record credits the official Halo Facebook post.
The downloaded image URL is
https://www.halopedia.org/images/8/8e/HCE_Cover_Art.jpg.
Halo cover artwork and Halo/Xbox names belong to Microsoft. This promotional artwork is separate from the installer's MIT-licensed source code; neither this file nor Halopedia's description grants a general artwork redistribution license. The installer uses the cover to identify the user's Halo game in Steam. It does not include game maps, disc images, or a commercial game executable.
halo-ce-landscape.png is a 920 × 430 library tile prepared for this installer:
the same cover is scaled to fit a 286 × 430 area without changing its aspect
ratio, alongside a dark green title panel. No generative artwork is used.
halo-ce-thumbnail.png is a 180 × 270 aspect-preserving PNG rendition of the same
cover, prepared at build time so the installer's Tk interface can display it
without an additional image-library dependency.
SHA-256:
84fee9349f8f00d8ade44c840330ac54ec4b01ef84086d72b8c791d16c8ad248 halo-ce-cover.jpg
179ff6b9bd1a6ba610e9c0c4b9b32c76e525719b253856d547f65eaa02d1f33d halo-ce-landscape.png
f9a665a7f0379c7c32943aed10461ef8e16bc809ad59d16df69cab249bba0375 halo-ce-thumbnail.png
The installer displays the thumbnail locally and uploads the cover and wide
tile over SSH to fill missing art for the active Steam account's native Halo
shortcut. When Steam is running, its own artwork API writes and verifies the
images; direct config/grid/ updates require Steam to be already closed.
Portrait artwork uses <unsigned-shortcut-appid>p.jpg; the wide tile uses
<unsigned-shortcut-appid>.png. Existing custom artwork is preserved, including
an image with a different supported file extension. The same operation runs
for an existing native shortcut and for Add to Steam again. New files are
published atomically without replacing an existing file; if publication fails,
only unchanged new files created by that operation are rolled back.
The filename convention was originally compared with the open-source steam-shortcut-artwork implementation, then the client API and written file hashes were verified on a Frame for 1.2.3. The 1.3.1 hero, logo, and icon additions have software tests; physical Frame verification is pending. Valve's library-asset specifications describe the separate banner and transparent logo roles.
Steam detail-page artwork added in 1.3.1
halo-ce-hero.jpg is a 1,920 × 620 JPEG rendition of the original Halo: Combat
Evolved Scorpion/Chief promotional screenshot. The source is
Halopedia's original press-image record,
which identifies the image as ripped directly from the official Xbox Imagery,
11 Jan 2002 press CD-ROM, original filename HI_06_HO.TIF.
Downloaded original: https://www.halopedia.org/images/6/6c/HCE_MC_Scorpion.jpg.
The installer uses a literal crop (0, 480, 1920, 1100) of the 1,920 × 1,440
original and encodes it as a JPEG; it does not stretch or invent image content.
Chief appears on the right, leaving the left side for Steam's separate title
logo overlay. The original is not duplicated in the installer.
halo-ce-logo.png is a 1,000 × 431 transparent PNG rendition of the original
Halo: Combat Evolved title logo, resized with its original aspect ratio and alpha
channel. It is obtained from
Halopedia's title-logo record.
Downloaded original: https://www.halopedia.org/images/9/91/Halo_-_Combat_Evolved_Logo_Huge.png.
This record identifies the copyrighted/trademarked CE logo but does not document
an upstream publisher URL. Do not describe this rendition as a newly licensed
asset or the project's own original drawing.
halo-ce-icon.png is the exact 256 × 256 PNG rendition of the original project
Master Chief helmet drawing (resources/artwork/halo-ce-icon.svg). It remains
the Steam shortcut icon. Version 1.3.2 uses a separate classic Halo PC icon for
the Windows installer, documented in its notice.
Halo promotional artwork and the Halo/Xbox names and logos belong to Microsoft. These images identify the user's Halo game in their library. They are separate from the installer's MIT-licensed source code. Halopedia's descriptions do not grant a general artwork redistribution license. No game maps, ISO, executable, or music recording is contained in these assets.
SHA-256 of bundled new files:
3eb9ba1515bd7e25b11a31911edb8610ee33fe9df0505f1a805214e9a9dcff31 halo-ce-hero.jpg
7df3336e9988291552270764e80196b1892ab9d11b79d7d289e6243746d42dc8 halo-ce-logo.png
184620356407e42a33877528c4f14b702df8b026415a99ed16976565fcfbce36 halo-ce-icon.png
SHA-256 of separately downloaded originals (kept outside the repository):
e5604c94c66d7a9740b247af4f10ccae674d4c53b44f01a0cec4433b2ca75b21 HCE_MC_Scorpion.jpg
07afdc25f5fe0e11e966ff5e5af2f4adc0196c4ac89b0aeba7df99cc065ab76f Halo_-_Combat_Evolved_Logo_Huge.png
New bundled assets total 944,913 bytes. The optional developer utility
scripts/generate_library_artwork.py prepares these renditions with Pillow;
Pillow is not required by the installer at runtime. Source originals and the
three final renditions were visually inspected on 5 October 2026. The hero is
original CE-era art, not Anniversary/MCC or another Halo game's art.