*relevant*
Are sprinting FP animations completely out of the question or has there been any progress in that area?

Off Topic: This thread is a smart arse. I press last page and it take me to page 222... there isn't a page 222....8==D...

Still no progress or attempts on progress on this front.

Pretty sure it's cuz accuracy matters a heck of a lot here, so headshot weapons are the way to go.
Plus it would be hard to not award accurate weapons with headshot capabilities.

I believe it was only a limitation made for the sake of gameplay.

so does this mean there's finally a way for supersoldiers to use their uberextensive combat experience for reasonable reload times (considering how often they've done it) and be able to fire a semi-auto weapon faster than .5 rps? BRAVO CMT! (no but seriously, i dunno if u guys know what speed shooting is, its a thing. there are people who can empty a 10 round mag in a handgun in well under a second)
Edited by greg079 on May 29, 2014 at 11:20 AM

Handguns are one thing, full-caliber rifles are another. There are mechanical limitations to rate of fire, as well, but the lack of competition-style fire rates and lightning-fast reloads in-game is probably for sake of gameplay.
Edited by Echo77 on May 29, 2014 at 11:47 AM

It allows the player to slow down time for several seconds in order to line up hard to make shots and increase mobility.

well that sucks.

Can we have a screenshot?

stop posting.

take your own advice :)

Finally a custom phantom for CMT. If there are any suggestions or problems you see with it, feel free to point them out. Remember your opinions about the art style are simply your opinions.

Looks pretty sweet in my opinion!

The only problem I really see is almost everything else behind it and around it... :l It doesn't look the best. I don't want to post a wall of text so I'll just leave it at that. The other problem that I see is the energy shield. Isn't this map supposed to be part of the first half of the campaign that is supposed to be released like a month and a few weeks or so from now?

B30:Evolved is releasing in July. Spv3 is on its own timetable.

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I'm enjoying the handle thingy on top
EDIT:
OH HALO REACH SPACE PHANTOM LIKE HANDLE


still nice looking.

Edited by spiral on May 30, 2014 at 10:37 PM

nah, I'm good.

pretty terribad, definitely not the right shade of purple.

looks great

yay my own phantom sand bucket!

The "purpleness" does like a bit in your face. Otherwise its pretty.

looks almost exactly like the halo 3 mesh with a retexture. The quality gap between that and the other assets is incredibly jarring. the added parts like the ring on top are incredibly low-poly and there are noticeable UV errors all over, made even worse with the tiled hexagon texture.

In terms of the texture there's a lot of shapes for the sake of shapes without any definition or purpose, and the low resolution makes them look very compressed and smooth. the wings and body have normal errors that are distorting the cubemap, which should never be an issue since you are using normal map support. the dark diffuse is heavily contrasted with all the bright terrain and the FP weapon, making it jarring to the eye. considering the phantom's scale, you should scale down the hexagons to emphasize its size compared to the other covenant assets. in general, it feels very under-detailed and missing overall definition.

Could be just me buuuuuuutt


Also what is that thing that is shooting at it?
Edited by EtchyaSketch on May 31, 2014 at 12:55 AM

now that was a quality post. thanks, you covered everything that I saw and then some.

orgams

The handle is ugly. And the Phantom altogether feels old. (blah blah blah color yada yada yada halo 3)
It'd be cool to see the return of the color of the SPV2 ripped Phantom, or something similar.

For example any of these color schemes would make it more interesting:





Also smaller hexigons, depending on the resolution you guys are using for it.



And I know it's much too late, but for anybody looking to model a phantom in the future, as I was searching for phantom pictures I came across a megablocks phantom. But what appeals is the rippled topside. Someone make a rippled topside!
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/-3vlE-0A-lY/0.jpg
Edited by Invader Veex on May 31, 2014 at 11:34 AM

I agree with Veex on the colour. I mean, I thought you guys were trying to avoid just copying H3 stuff? Seems to me like you're starting to lose focus on being unique. I don't think anybody wants a Halo Anniversary clone or even just H3 gfx in H1. If anybody wants to play Anniversary or H3, they can just get an Xbox, which you can do for less than £100 used these days.

It'd be much better if you just tried to make your own theme. Still try to be at least a bit loyal to the Halo artstyle, but don't try to be Bungie.

This seems like saying, "Be unique, but not too unique. Be loyal to the art style, but not too loyal." It's probably a lot easier said than done. It's most definitely not a HA10 or H3 clone, regardless of whether or not some assets look similar, because they have new weapons, armor abilities, VISR mode, and various other features and gameplay mechanics that aren't found in either of those games.

srly ?
Edited by UHWArby on May 31, 2014 at 01:33 PM

Color is something super easy for us to change, I didn't want to use a H3/Reach/h4 color for it with the blue, but I agree a more maroon could be good.

UV errors and hexagon pattern will be fixed in due time.

As far as it's asset quality, vehicles are all based around the level of detail of our Wraiths, the phantom also has to cary up to 32 of our bipeds, a task that already can tax the game. It's also not an object the player ever really gets a good chance to look at, and given our windows for release, it's not an object we can afford to invest a large amount of time in.

Edit: For SPV2, like SPV3 we use some ripped assets as placeholder until our custom ones are done. SPV2 ended up just having modified spirits though.
Edited by Masters1337 on May 31, 2014 at 02:38 PM

You guys need some seamless ground textures. A30's ground looks like a stretchy, splotchy checkerboard.

Also is the cmt campaign gonna be 100% phantoms, or are we going to see the occasional spirit as well?




Edited by Delicon20 on May 31, 2014 at 03:23 PM

Remember you don't fly around while you are playing the map, the textures won't look that bad when you are on the ground, it's not easy to see the repetition.

that was the only point i disagree with, covies seem to care as much about random detail as functionality (one of the things i didn't like, but that's my opinion)

otherwise fantastic post, nail on the head, etc.
Edited by greg079 on May 31, 2014 at 04:04 PM

Yes but you stand on top of structures and high on cliffs overlooking areas. So yeah, you will easily see the repetition during parts of the levels.