This is the announcment thread of my big map project. Just putting this out there. I can't say when I will finish the FINAL version of the map, it may take months and even over a year. Either way, I hope you'l enjoy it anyways when it comes out in the far future. Now onto the Pre-ALPHA.

Well, for those who have been helping me and those who know I have been asking a lot of questions, my big map project, Great Assault, has its Pre-ALPHA finished. Why Pre-ALPHA instead of just the ALPHA right? Well, lets just say I tried applying faulty tags to my map and they crashed my original scenario, so now I have to rebuild the map scenario all over again. Before I get into the details, the Pre-ALPHA is going to be much different than the BETA and final maps. In no way should you consider this map a "complete" version.

Now what will be in the map:
- Basic floor plan; what you can count on as the basic shape of the map.
- Basic scenery and a very small taste of what future finishes will have.
- Rocket Warthogs; don't expect the rocket warthogs past the ALPHA. They are there to compensate for missing elements only.
- ARs, Pistols, and Plasma Cannons are your primary weapons; snipers don't have any ammo and all other tags I put in for weapons failed.
- Banshees, RWarthogs, and Shade turrets. I wasn't able to get the bird vehicle in. Now I see that that isn't a bad thing.
- A random Biped Spartan. Please be kind to Jeeves.lol.
- CTF and Slayer compatibility only.
- Cliff textures and sky only; floor textures and hill textures failed.
- Birds chirping SFX.
- Crappy bases. These will be changed immensely in the BETA version.
- Ground looks like snow, but it actually has no color.

Things to see hopefully in the ALPHA:
- Textured ground and hills.
- Bigger map size.
- LAAG turrets.
- More weapons.
- The bird vehicle (if map will hopefully be larger).
- More extra stuff, hope to get to it soon!

Things I need help on:
- Custom Weapons appearing in the map.
- Custom Vehicles appearing in the map.
- Structured Bases appearing and working in Sapien and in the map.
- Where do I send the maps I finish to get them posted up on the website?

ENJOY!!!!
Edited by DarkHalo003 on Mar 20, 2008 at 04:03 PM
Edited by DarkHalo003 on Mar 20, 2008 at 04:05 PM
Edited by DarkHalo003 on Mar 20, 2008 at 04:07 PM
Edited by DarkHalo003 on Mar 24, 2008 at 06:33 PM

Hey I'll help ya with the weapons, vehicles and uploading it to the site :P Can you at least send a photo of the map so far?

Any pictures?

Nope I'm waiting for one... If he responds
Edited by Newbkilla on Mar 20, 2008 at 04:57 PM

How do Itake them? Sry, I forgot the command thing to put in. =/

And I did. I'm currently waiting and seeking tuts on how to take pictures. How?

print screen

LOL.. i know what you mean..

Well, it IS a pre-ALPHA. It is hardly going to be anything in comparison to the BETA and FINAL. Just check it out. If you don't like it, that's okay. It's only the pre-ALPHA anyways...

******BTW, pics will come soon!!!!********

*I pressed print screen when in my map, but nothing happens and I can't find where the files, if any, in the CE directory. Help?
Edited by DarkHalo003 on Mar 20, 2008 at 10:31 PM

press print screen
then open paint
then paste
then save
then make a photobucket account
then upload
then copy url
then paste link in a reply

It did not work. This is what I did:
-Opened Halo:Custom Edition
-Went to my map.
-Got in a banshee for a better view of the map.
-Pressed insert/prt sc.
-Went to Paint.
-Can't paste anything.

Help? Reason why this happens?

press cltrl v

When? When I take the pic or paste the picture? Specifics!

paste.

He says he could not paste the picture in paint.

Try Try Again. That is What I always do. Take two or three screenshots of the same thing when trying to take a screenie of something with prnt scrn.

BTW, WHY THE HELL Only CTF And Slayer Compatibility? I smell laziness in the air.
Edited by Enzo03 on Mar 21, 2008 at 01:21 AM

lol. The map is going to be sort of large and the ALPHA may have compatability with Race and KoTH. The pre-ALPHA was made before my scenario became corrupt, so CTF and Slayer iswhat you have for now. Also, the map is U-shaped, so Oddball just doesn't work all that well. I can tell you this much, though, that the BETA and FINAL versions won't have KoTH nor Oddball for very specific and obvious reasons. There may be race, slayer, and CTF, though, you can hope for that.

You know how you enable the console in Halo? It's the same thing except you put "-screenshot" in the command line instead of "-console" (Ex: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\haloce.exe" -console -window)

THEN...

Do what they told you.

~Kz
Edited by ALD_KaiZei on Mar 21, 2008 at 10:07 AM

How to configure Halo CE for Screenshots and Console
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?nid=319

Now when you wish to take a screenshot of some action on your screen press the [PRTSCRN] Print Screen button and a bitmap file will be written to your C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\screenshots folder. The Image will be in the .TGA format. Then create an account here: http://www.pcgameshots.com and upload the image.

Thanks Dennis, I needed clarification on submmiting my stuff. Thanks everyone who has also contributed so far. I will post picks ASAP, as well as the map.

BTW, CTF won't work and I did all of the steps in order to allow it to work. It crashes CE and causes an Exception to appear. The scenario was corrupt, so I suppose that means the Pre-ALPHA only supports Slayer variants. Don't think badly, as this was completely unexpected.
Edited by DarkHalo003 on Mar 21, 2008 at 05:21 PM

Also side note, if you have vista and cannot see the pictures in your screen shots folder) in the Halo CE root folder) you click on Compatibility files.

For some reason when you take a screen shot in Vista it stores the screen shot in the appData area instead of the programs data area.

Stores in this one:
C:\Users\Boy's Stuff\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\screenshots

Instead of this one:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\screenshots

I don't know why it does it or how to change it. I think you should add that to the screen shots guide you posted earlier Dennis just so people later on won't be asking that.
Edited by supersniper on Mar 21, 2008 at 05:20 PM

I still can't get pics. =/

Alright, this is different. I am doing exactly what I'm told, but it doesn't work for some reason. Don't go saying my map is going to be bad because I made a mistake with screenshot crap. They are two completely different things.

Here are the exact steps I did:

1. Went to my properties window of my Halo CE and add to it "-screenshot."(without the quotes).

2. I open Halo CE shortcut and go to my map.

3. In the map, I get to my spot where I want to be to take the picture.

4. Now, I press the key on my laptop that says "insert/prt sc (print screen). Then I leave the game (ending it).

5. I quit out of HaloCE and I go to Paint (it is named paint, not Microsoft Paint).

6. I have tried right click pasting, edit then pasting, and ctrl+v. None of them worked. The "paste" word is not a choosable selection, as it is gray.

7. I have done this over and over again. Any tuts would be perfect so I can see how it's done.
Edited by DarkHalo003 on Mar 22, 2008 at 12:46 AM

Photobucket=crap.
Imageshack can has recon.

Also the check your halo directory for a folder called "screenshots."
Edited by DEEhunter on Mar 22, 2008 at 12:57 AM

Yea I got one of those.. Its up by the f keys

Well, anyways, this is just the Pre-ALPHA and all of the problems in it andwith screenshots will be fixed in future updated versions. In the mean time. The map is U-shaped and I hope you enjoy it!

Well we can't enjoy it if we can't see it... Its simple if you have the f mode key make sure it is on. Then press print screen/sys Rq. If you don't have a f mode button, just press print screen. Obviously you have to paste it in paint.
Edited by Newbkilla on Mar 23, 2008 at 10:04 AM

If an F- Mode button is the f key on the keyboard, then I'm afraid I can't take proper pics. The f-key on my keyboard is my melee.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=707547&id=677346702
Sorry the picture was taken so dirty. This is Red Base.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=707547&id=677346702#pid=707548
This is the random Biped that was put in before the scenario crashed. Please be kind to Jeeves.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=707547&id=677346702#pid=707549
This is Blue Base respectively.

*I tried to post the pics via picture links, but it failed so I am just giving you the standard links.





Edited by DarkHalo003 on Mar 23, 2008 at 06:11 PM
Edited by DarkHalo003 on Mar 23, 2008 at 06:28 PM

eww... get rid of that shiz. I use middle button for nade and right button for Melee. It is much more effective.

Also, it is ONLY Prnt Scrn. Not Insert! And I said you need to press it MULTIPLE TIMES TO ENSURE YOU HAVE A SCREEN SHOT!

lol. Ok then i guess you don't have a f mode button. Because the f moode button says F MODE on it. Just press print screen 10 times :P to insure that you get a pic. By the way... Happy Easter Halomaps.
Edited by Newbkilla on Mar 23, 2008 at 12:25 PM

Yeah, so tell me, what if Prt Sc is in a blue box below the word Insert on the key board? Is there a certain button I press that enable the blue caption?

No, my f-mode button says Fn.

DarkHalo, any possible way that you can take a picture of your keyboard?

To resolve this whole problem, some one should just get the map from Darkhalo and take some pics and know what there doing. :\ Alot easyier way.

Hmmm, I found the fn button. I have already posted linked pics from Facebook(public links) and I had to take the pics from outside of the computer. Anyways, I'll try the fn button, but you may have to just deal with the original pics.



*****AND IT WAS A SUCCESS!!!!!!*******

Now how do I get it out of TGA format?
Edited by DarkHalo003 on Mar 23, 2008 at 06:48 PM

I'd rather you put it in imageshack or photobucket. Nice Base :. Send me the file or something.
Edited by Newbkilla on Mar 23, 2008 at 08:05 PM