I've changed my mind about the AR. I especially like the new ammo counter.

please change the plasma pistol sound back,
and screw brightening it, add some glow into the area :D

I agree with the above about the plasma pistol sound


Also what in the hell happened to the ar's firing sound??

M6D easter egg on levels plz?
Edited by Dumb AI on Jul 2, 2013 at 02:59 PM

I disagree with a lot of this. I like the sound of the PP, (mostly the overcharge,) and the assault rifle looks great. Not sure about the ammo count, though. As long as it is powerful enough to not make you want to swap it out, I'm fine. It looks great, but needs a louder sound to match how powerful it appears.

the art style should never hinder the gameplay, we have real life for that.
for an island with a few hundred feet between shores, there really shouldn't be a swampy part.
343 guilty spark and subsequent areas were dark to build upon the suspense and the illumination from the flood's bodies. everything that needed attention drew attention to it in the form of glowy lights. since the brutes seem to lack the glowy bits, they are near invisible at glance since they hardly move in their idle animation. dark armor on dark skin in the dark is not a good idea.
and about sunlight not reaching the whole island, look into global illumination, especially since the sunlight isn't hindered by as much atmosphere as earth is. areas that receive large amounts of light reflect that light into the surroundings, which in turn reflect that light into more surroundings and essentially light up the entire area.

and the whole "this isn't finished" thing is the reason I'm pointing this all out now. that way these things can be tested/implemented/fixed before the actual release, where they would have to constantly pull back and re-release the map until everything works.

Well it's pointless to keep complaining about the lighting. When the map is done it will all be done in max rather than through tool, where we have full control over how bright we want certain areas of the map. The recording process also makes everything darker than normal, but it is presently much brighter than the video would lead you to believe.

Do brutes still have sheilds? From the video, it didn't appear to be so.

Rather than saying, "its pointless to critique our work!" how about say, okay, and use it your advantage and be open minded about it. One of the many things I've come to realize over recent years that really help!

By all means, feel free to critique our work, but what he is addressing is something I am telling you now, was already planned to be replaced. He can go on about it, but I'm telling you now what you see is not planned to be final nor is representational of what it will look like.

Ok. Here was a bit of a problem I had with Halo 1 The silent cartographer level. So you fly onto this island that has no other land mass near it, you activate map room, and then you fly into this little floor opening not even big enough for a pelican to go through, but then it somehow grows big enough to do it, and it then leads into this large underground place that will then shortly lead you to this large snowy open area?

Can you guys add land somewhere in the semi-near distant, and make the ground door at the top of the island wider?
I just thought it was really inaccurate how they did the level change. The weather i understand because Cortana said that it seems like the climate system thingy was malfunctioning, but the random huge new open area that just somehow appeared after going into the island with no land around it was just mystery to me. Has anyone other then me ever noticed this huge level design plot hole? It was the number one thing that bugged me when i first played it.

"Cortana, I've a feeling we are not in Halo anymore." That's because we're actually in Narnia! :D
^
A reference to the Wizard of Oz phrase - "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

Also, why a swamp? How did a small stream get up there? Sure it's cool and all, but a swamp on an island? Why not palm trees and tropical plants?

I need to correct you on that.
It should be something like "Cortana, I've a feeling we are not on Halo anymore"

They were on the surface and now they're somewhere inside.

It's supposed to be an almost exact quote phrase reference from the Wizard of Oz.... Just kill the mood why don't you. l:3

Sir, yes, sir.

I like the dark, lol make it glow! also, you might have forgotten that they may have been in tunnels for a while, could've went a distance maybe

we already have B10 for that, go please yourself there.

while im at it, ill write my name with bullet holes

In addition to Noobs comment about the dark, I agree. The covenant would likely use torches to light up the area, so why not do that? It's better than walking in poo and thinking it's mud.

Also, the weapons sound really weak :/ Beef them up! Don't make them sound like "ping ping ping" make them sound like "bam bam bam!"

The art style isn't hindering gameplay in any way here.

We don't know how large or small the island may or may not be in the CMT version.

There is plenty of glowing scenery visible in what was shown. Also, the brutes glow when they are hit as damage is done to their armor.

Have you stopped to think that maybe this particular environment was meant to be dark? Also, sunlight doesn't reflect well off of rock, dirt or much of anything else visible here. You are trying way too hard to justify nit picking something that is an aesthetic that you personally don't like :P
Edited by Bobblehob on Jul 3, 2013 at 01:18 AM

evidence against? you say that, but you've yet to disprove my points.

I don't think the BSP change would be that drastic, at least above ground.

and how do you hit those brutes? by seeing and shooting? think.
actually, let's play a game of Spot the Brute. zoom in as much as you want.

you know what I see? only 3 pieces of glowing scenery, but apparently that's what you would consider "plenty".

evidence? depending on the rock, light can reflect all over the entire island. also, where is your evidence that the environment is to be dark? I see a blue sky, not black nor dark.
and who are you to say that I cannot complain about something I personally do not like? isn't that the whole point of the debate? how about this, don't complain about something I like because you don't like it. is that fair? is that really a valid argument against what I said? the hypocrisy in your argument is astoundingly obvious, I can't see how you could miss it.

//Shows blurry screenshot of already low-quality video.
//Thinks it can actually work as evidence.

I do agree with your point on lighting though. If you were actually playing, you could probably see brutes fine, but regardless the aesthetic is a bit dark and unrealistic.

Though Halo doesn't have real earth for light to pass/reflect all the way through. It's mostly artificial so there wouldn't be that much light in sheltered places, except in the entrances. Remember, we don't actually know how much of the ring is artificial so whether the rock is actually really all rock can only be answered by the forerunners :/ (or a missile if the environment was destructible :P)

It's funny to see this coming from you...

Actually from looking at the sky and seeing a bit of orange determines it's either late in the day or early in the morning meaning that th sun wouldn't be directly in that area making it dark.
Edited by TailsTheGamer on Jul 3, 2013 at 01:59 PM
Edited by TailsTheGamer on Jul 3, 2013 at 01:59 PM

I'm sorry, what?

Pretty sure he's joking (by harshly pointing out TM's members' attitudes)

And yeah, they've always been exceptionally bad at taking criticism. While CMT's been working hard on fixing SPV3's problems despite not being paid, Lodex and Higuy have consistently pulled the 'we don't have a budget' argument, yet still attacked others for doing the same thing. (and a lot of Lumoria's issues could have been solved with time. Money(or lack thereof) wasn't really the cause for the major problems such as the horrendous final boss)

So far, CMT's actually been very good at taking criticism, especially in comparison to Lodex and Higuy.

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Edited by Jaz on Jul 3, 2013 at 02:42 PM

Nice to see everyone still has the "My work is better than others'" attitude here.

Does this simply not make what I pointed out towards CMT not valid? This is about CMT's level and not Lumoria; I won't even bother arguing over something so stupid. I won't deny that Lumoria had it's issues here and there but I found it as the creator and co-developer to be a fun, worthwhile experience and I'm sure others can also appreciate it for what it is. But like I said, my criticism was towards the CMT level. If I was someone else, would my points somehow be more or less credible?



Did you bother to read the last sentence of what I had said?
Edited by Higuy on Jul 3, 2013 at 07:40 PM

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i know that the argument of weapon sounds has been brought up before, and i don't know if any of u guys mod L4D2, but this is the video of a new sound set that got released that i believe u guys could really learn from, especially the shotgun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TP95yzdpYwY on a further note, please pay attention to how u can hear the action cycle in many of the weapons, as well as how the sound echos. additionally, note that suppressed weapons do not make a "little click" or a "little whistle", it dampens the sound and takes the edge of, if u want a quieter shot, u use subsonic rounds. even then however, a 12.7x40 or a 14.5x114 will still make a heckuva lotta noise, unless your suppressor is longer than the gun. subsonic rounds have much less recoil so they can be fired quicker and more accurately, however they have less stopping power and momentum, they won't hit as hard and travel slower, but again, u can sling them out a lot faster with more accuracy. so anyways, hope this helps.
I'M SERIOUS, FIX YOUR "SUPPRESSED" WEAPONS OR TAKE THEM OUT.

Keep in mind that this is 500 years in the future, science fiction, and a videogame.
I don't think realism is that much of a problem here.

Best answer ever...

How about we try this: We don't argue and we try to help out CMT by giving them decent feedback, instead of others attacking your feedback. Yes, not everyone can be pleased, but if we stopped this negative form of "democracy" we have here, where we argue among ourselves, we can produce far better quality content thanks to greater contribution.

That's like asking Dsalimander to stop beign an *censored because of the lovely profanity filter*

i'm not trying to rage at CMT, i love them and what they're doing. however i'm also very passionate about suppressed and tactical gear. i'm trying to offer them a way to make their guns more realistic, AND even have them balanced against the unsuppressed variants. also at whoever said "hurr durr its duh future they no haz realism" sure, maybe they don't use gunpowder, BECAUSE ITS THE GUNPOWDER AND THE SONIC BOOM THAT CAUSES THE NOISE, something that suppressed rounds virtually eliminate. c'mon masters, for the love of halo, it's worth it.
p.s. i'm not upset, the all caps is for emphasis.