lol. Hearing the word "alienware" is almost as funny as hearing the words "gaming laptop".
heh heh! "Gaming" hahaha! "laptop" ha! Haha! HAAAAAAAAA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh gotta love the "gamers" with those 'beasts".
XD

Jeez, I'm sorry, maybe I touched a nerve, but that is my personal opinion on gaming laptops. I actually HAVE gamed on them before and that is actually the reason why I think they're a joke. I think Alienware is a joke. Crap quality for more than you can pay for better. You are paying a few hundred for that stupid little logo on the front and that is simply ridiculous. PC gamers build their own "desktop" PCs or they are not truly PC gamers simple as that. I'm sorry, but that's just what I believe, no need to get hostile.
Desktop has a thousand more advantages to laptops besides portability. It's a smart option as well with easier swappability of parts and hardware troubleshooting.

I'd like a list. Let's see, Laptop: Very portable, easy to store, lower power consumption, less noisy, less bulky, built-in peripherals, built-in screen, worse game performance.
Desktop: Better performance, cheaper, easier maintenance, less portable, peripherals and monitor separate, higher power consumption, noisier, liquid coolant, more customize-able.
Please do feel free to add to it.

Well, I guess it's just because I am a bit more serious when on the go. I don't like having portable devices on me except my phone even because it detracts from the task at hand or potential things that could be done in place of it. I feel that when you are on the go if it is for leisure you should be seeing or socializing and if it is for business or school, it should strictly be business or school. Gametime is when you are home with nothing to do. But that's just how I see it.

Apple user? really? um this is a "gaming" debate why are you even here? XD
Edited by eliteslasher on Nov 19, 2012 at 01:41 AM

I prefer to have a choice of where I sit when using my computer, also a lot of businesses use these magical things called computers for work, which usually requires you to have one with you on a business or other trip. I do agree with you on gametime, however I do like to game while in the car (RV actually) on a roadtrip, when there isn't much to do.

@EDIT: How is Apple even relevant to gaming? I can game on my Mac all I want, I can use windows too (who knew?). Sure, I don't get amazing performance, but it's tolerable 90% of the time (Skyrim, I'm looking at you.). Don't bring operating/manufacturer preference into this, it is completely irrelevant.

@Tiel: ^ - Haters gonna hate.

God... post something and kids start arguing over it.

Sigh,wars on the forum everyday.

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COME HERE ANYTIME,ANY DAY.

I don't know if anyone noticed, but all the renders on the Bungie.net site for Halo Combat Evolved are not the same models/textures seen ingame, they more closely resemble the pre xbox models. (only some of them have bumpmaps because they were rendered outside of 3ds max).

So using these images I modeled the "pre xbox" render model warthog.





I still have to remodel the steering wheel and retexture the seats (and fix the tires?) and maybe blur the dashboard hud.

It's hard to see everything I did without a comparison to the original warthog, but here's a list of visual differencesL

Different Dashboard hud
Different dashboard screen positions
low poly bumper
low poly tires
low poly tusks
low poly winch
different bed texture
turret mount is a ring
different seat texture
different, low res tire texture
low poly headrests
different windshield cubemap
bump map
no detail map or cube map for hull
different turret (not shown)

Edited by ptowery on Nov 21, 2012 at 02:05 AM

better view on the front side

Thanks, It's hard to find images from the e32k trailer in high res.

Will you be recreating other pre-Xbox assets, as well?

Hell yeah, I don't think I could pull off something like a Biped or the bsp, but Vehicles, Weapons, stuff like that.
I might try this version of the warthog too:

You'd think that texture would be easy to make.

And I've already done some weapons.

WIP, I really wish I was better with textures.



here's the texture if someone thinks they can do better:
PSD File
Edited by ptowery on Nov 21, 2012 at 10:39 PM

Looks like Cartman came in with his family revenge package.
"I have a package deal made specially for you. We're going to smear poop, ALL OVER your army's warthog" .

OH BOY!!! :D

Hey do u think we could ask bungie for some of the models from the pre beta?

Franchise was sold, even models such as those should probably now belong to 343.

Someone like me wouldn't be trying to recreate them If i thought there was a shot in getting the originals...sadly.

That is one sexy warthog

With huge tusks.

Moar shader work needed.

What is a revnant?
Oh,you mean a Revenant?
Well,that would be nice to drive around in.

you're obsessed with reach, just buy the game or learn to port for yourself.

A little bit better but it still needs more work.

Set the format flag in Guerilla to 32-Bit color, then recompile the bitmap.

That's gunna wreck the filesize.

That's the catch.

Haha,that's not true.
Plus,that's just based on opinion.

The quality of an object is based on a person's opinion.

changed my mind on Waffles' point since Flood campaign.
The loss in quality is nothing next to the loss in memory.

Well,it's really up to you to figure out whether you want quality or quantity (as in memory)

I always saw the compression in things like pelican textures.

Ignore the back thrusters, I'm not used to using 3ds max's lighting system. But I really need a texture artist's help.
Edited by ptowery on Nov 24, 2012 at 02:11 AM

Delete the alpha channel (Xbox's specular) from the diffuse because when the bitmap is compressed the alpha is blended (unless 32 bit etc) into the diffuse and makes things screw up.

That may be the problem.

I know that, but what I am saying is that if he has not deleted the alpha channel from the dds file in the diffuse map, when he uses colour key tranperancy, his diffuse will merge with the alpha and the diffuse will have black bits from the alpha.

I suppose lol. I mean for multipurpose maps for bipeds with colour change.

Ok. Thanks. Will try on my elites when finished shaders.