Quote: --- Original message by: Storm


Something else that doesn't have to checked, polished, re-written, double checked, examined for plot hole, makes sense, is dramatic, and takes nearly as long as the entire map to create. Overhauling assets is a breeze; if I took the time to learn how to model, unwrap and create weapon diffuses, I'd be able to create the entire CMT tagset within three months, of solid hard work, and then I'd just have to learn particles. After that, it'd be sunshine and lollipops. In all honesty, TSC:E's BSPs should be all done by now. Why is it taking so long to make?

Quote: --- Original message by: Echo77

Because custom assets have to be created, polished, revised, examined for bugs, make sense for gameplay, so on and so forth. One could say that writing stories is a breeze, (See: The Power Rangers series, Dr. Seuss, famous poems written by authors on opium), but as you say, stories require work. Overhauling assets simply requires a different kind of work, which is why it doesn't really make sense to directly compare the two, or say that one is simple and the other is not.

Quote: --- Original message by: Masters1337
Baby steps my friend. You need to have a good tagset that works in a multitude of maps, designing around just one map may lead to a good map, but it's not very scaleable. SPV3 is about us having fun creating content, and adapting it into the campaign. We have fully custom maps and stories planned, and you've seen what we've done so far with our TSC reinvention. We're mostly modders and content creators, and we want to get the most mileage our of our content and ideas, something we wouldn't be able to do just making a custom map.

Quote: This is the end of media month. Having spent nearly 30 days making this happen, TSC:E will be going fairly if not fully dark again for quite a while, probably until the lead-up to the map's release; making sure everything is public-ready takes a lot of time and effort, and we're very eager to bring our full attention back to developing the map. Still, keep an eye out for more tidbits; as soon as we've got a comfortable lock on a release window, we'll let everybody know -- in the meantime, check through the OP to make sure you didn't miss anything, and enjoy the last trailer!

Quote: --- Original message by: Dumb AI
Why do the ODSTs have turtle shells?

Quote: --- Original message by: Killer5000

yeah lol turtle shells is true why do they have it maybe majors shouldnt have turtle shells and standared armored marines should cuase majors are more wanning the action or add sarge hats to the sarges so there more sargey

plus a pic for lololololololol
http://imageshack.com/scaled/large/268/fscq.jpg
Edited by Killer5000 on Jul 26, 2013 at 03:00 AM

Quote: --- Original message by: Storm


Then, I have an offer to make to CMT. Once you've finished with the first half of the campaign and can't be bothered to do the flood half, would you be interested in making a custom single player project? You have the man power, all you need is a playwright and a plothole scanner.

Quote: --- Original message by: CorpseManTS
CMT made a custom :
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/ODST_battle_armor#Rucksack
that's all there is to it.

And you guys just noticed it now? IMO, it looks somewhat tech-y/convenient. But I humbly request that the 2 Sarges have their faces shown just to be unique.

Quote: --- Original message by: LegionofShadows
I honestly don't see how you could take stuff in or out of there. Well, maybe if you took your turtle shell off, but...

I honestly think a model WITHOUT a turtle shell would be better. If you're striking a Covenant Cruiser, the last thing you need is a Turtle Shell hindering your manoeuvrability. They'd probably just use their webbing.

Quote: --- Original message by: Masters1337
The ODST model I think goes back to 08 or 09, the back was an oversight then but we are going to have some new gear we can add onto them soon, like backpacks and stuff from the marines (colored black of course)

Quote: --- Original message by: Echo77

I like the sound of this. Will there be helmet permutations, perhaps similar to those seen in Halo 3: ODST?

Quote: --- Original message by: Masters1337
We have testers who only use controllers, so no worries there.

Quote: --- Original message by: renegade343
Those would be pretty cool... but let's wait 'till they finish Silent Cartographer.
At this pace, it'll be at least another 3 or 4 years before CMT gets anywhere near the Flood levels..

Quote: --- Original message by: Killer5000
well i just wanna no what the fraggin hell cmt has against me :(

Quote: --- Original message by: Storm


It's what everyone has against you; You're an idiot who doesn't use grammar in any form except the primitive 8 year old form. You post crappy content, your "projects" always look ugly and you post things that are 0.2% done and have absolutely no decent content to show. You constantly post annoying, useless replies on threads and whenever people criticise you, you say "lol" or "whatever".

You want to know what CMT, sorry, everyone has against you? Look at your content, your worse than half-assed content, then tell me that you have no idea why people dislike you.

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I love you.

Quote: --- Original message by: Masters1337


You'll be seeing flood stuff within a year. We have a lot of ideas and plans, I'm really looking forward to the day we can put a10-a50 behind us and start doing flood work.