Java

New Chimera Versions are out, R932 fixes the download screen bug issue. R333 is out, but Vap addon the original strings data to it.
https://halorng.net/Addons/chimera-1.0.0r933.00d2fa7e.7z

To download from the newer map repo with Chimera you must put this

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download_template=http://www.haloarray.net/{map}.map

Under this inside the chimera.ini

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; URL template used to download maps

; - Supports valid RFC 3986 URLs ( scheme://[username:[email protected]]server[:port]/path )

; Replaces: ; - {map} with the map name ; - {game} with the game type ("halor" for PC, "halom" for CE, "halod" for trial)

; - {server} with the current server's IP address

; - {password} with the password for the current server ; - {mirror<x,y,...>} with each comma-separated value until one works.

; The default is the HAC2 / HaloNet map repo.

;download_template=http://maps{mirror<2,1>}.halonet.net/halonet/locator.php?format=inv&map={map}&type={game}

Be on the lookout for an update for Chimera soon (hopefully this weekend). Major issues was the map repo and reconnection/error on connection bug.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/631949444316659742/1062880831120617472/Halo_2023-01-11_18-46-15.mp4

Repo is up att, dealing with some bugs and waiting on Chimera reconnect bug to be fixed

This is going to take a while lol

So the map repo backup is still happening, we are literally working on 3 of them hopefully.
Currently before the current decided to bite the dust (don't really know what happen, it's just offline like usual).

We have 3 individuals, including myself; downloading and making it more reliable available. 
This will take some time sorting making sure we have at least a good chunk of the current one.

Welp here we go at backing up HAC2 Map repo...