Someone should make a detail map for the sand that actually looks like the halo3 one. maniac needs to come back so he can texture this sense it seems like he does all the texturing for everything.

Hes acctually going to do the textures for this map.

i agree, maniac was awesome i miss seeing him around.

anyhow this map> does combat take place mostly inside the strucutre or is this mainly a vehicle combat game?

i think it needs some crashed vehicles though. like a crashed beat up tank, the human tank.

I is back. Had a great time in Scotland but its nice to be in Canada again. Would enjoy texturing this map i think. :)

Compatibility
Sandtrap will be coming to HCE and H2V, right now the H3MT is in charge of populating and texturing the version for HCE. As for the H2V version, I will be working on it alone, this is my second map I've worked on and I'm trying to get as much experience as I can. The H2V right now will only feature Halo 2 weapons and vehicles, being that from what I hear making user-created content is next to impossible.


YakZSmelk
Edited by YakZSmelk on Apr 7, 2008 at 04:30 PM

Nice 'stasche, Josh.

Want a cubemap that will make a few things look H3-ish (including armor)?
Edited by Enzo03 on Apr 7, 2008 at 06:40 PM

You should have a bunch of beta testers try it out, work out the bugs and such, than release a un fineshed version to the public to keep them happy and find bugs the beta testers havn't and then release the map.
I could be a beta tester lol.
Also in ur pic....the middle where it has like a bridge underneath is sand trail seperating the two bases....the bridge is like too close to sand almost as if u cant walk under teh bridge

D: everyone is always wanting to beta test... really, I think they just "want the map first."
Of course, I would not mind being selected for beta testing for any map, but I won't be one to ask "OMG CNA I PLIZ BETA?"

I always want to beta test but I don't think anyone knows me so I don't bother.

everybody loves me so he has to let me beta test.
The map looks really fun, I really want to play it and find out the bugs and glitches for him to fix. Cus it wouldn't be nice for the public to play a map where u run into a wall and fall hrough...any easter eggs?

great great great.... I should not have brought up the topic of beta testing.

lol i bought up teh subject of beta testing saying i wanted to beta test and u went off at me..lol...anyways back to subject...when can this be fineshed?

Of course, Halo 2 will look better than Halo 1's, sans the lack of custom weaponry.

Sooooo.... I would like to see a nice, Halo 3-looking vehicle sometime soon.

You see, it's mostly the people who ask for the betas who don't get it.
Also, it is also very annoying to the maker when people pester them with questions like 'can i betaz tat? i r gud at betaing!', and 'wens it fineshed?' Also, if you aren't well known, or you're new (Not saying you're a 'noob' or 'newb,' whichever floats your boat[expression]) you most likely won't get a beta. Sit back, get some popcorn (I don't care if you don't like it, get it) and wait for the show to start (or in this case the release).


He said he would keep Halo 1 vehicles/weapons (for Halo 1, same with Halo 2, but Halo 2 content)

Oh... I shoulda read. >_<
Well this will be an interesting experience. Halo 1 weapons in a Halo 3 map. Hmm..

At least I hope he changes the biped to Mark VI. Mark V just gets boring at times :-\

Yes it does.

this map is so gonna own!!! hope it gos popular so we can have 8 vs 8 on sandtrap for halo CE. And this will be VERY intresting with a halo 3 map with halo 1 weapons and vehicles. But I quite like it as custom weapons just don't cut it

Ummm actually...h3mt is populating this map.

ODX is a dumbass.

id say like particles, like snow or something but thats up to doan

yeah i wanted to do the same with an map i was making a while back
like making you kick sand up when ur walking in the sand

[sarcasm]Yep, that makes perfect sense.[/sarcasm]
So maybe I was looking at something else while I typed that?
You have no reason to go swearing at me. Why the hell does this stuff not get censored anymore?

STOP ASKING TO BETA TEST! YOU'RE NOT GETTING IT. WHY DO YOU WANT A BUGGY VERSION ANYWAY? WAIT FOR THE FINISHED MAP!

/rant

^

Also those are heat maps from H3 not H1, also a lot of people want elephants which might make a lot want to use it, it really depends on if anyone wants to model it and if Maniac wants to skin the elephant.

Halo 1 & 2 do not have the same engine as H3. Due to the movie playback and on-line co-op Bungie has to know where everything is at all times. Since they have to know they can track it. H1 and H2 do not have that capability.
The statistics show otherwise. People have them in H3 and don’t use them much. Like I said this is an example of perception not tracking with fact.

Beta Testers
There's been alot of talk about who will be selected to be a Beta Tester for this map, and the truth is I haven't given it much thought. But here's some facts, H3MT has a group of testers, so if they want you for the HCE test sessions, they will let you know. As for the H2V I will most likely be basing the testers on whoever is on when I go to test it, I'm super-professional! But don't get to excited because of this post, the map is far from complete, although the modeling is nearing completion and textures will be on display soon enough, the Beta/Final project is still a few weeks/months off. Sorry to be a downer but I wanted to get the topic back on topic and get more feedback on things that you think are memorable about H3's Sandtrap. All of this information will be taken into consideration (things that you hate would also help!), I have already made some minor tweaks to the landscape that I think will speed up gameplay and also help for player foot traffic.

I will be setting up a new account soon for potential, want-to-be Beta Testers. That way anyone interested can just PM that account and I can keep track of you. Please don't PM this account asking to be a Beta Tester, I will automatically ignore you. Sorry but I don't want to fill up my inbox with request like that. And as always if you have any questions about modeling in 3DS Max or on creating your own textures, those questions are always welcome in my inbox.



YakZSmelk
Edited by YakZSmelk on Apr 9, 2008 at 02:50 AM

Or you could beta test with us H3MT members that have H2V =) But Elephants move at 2 MPH and get almost no kills Its better to just make it an unmoving elephant with a turret on it so that you can defend the flag.

your doing a great job so far but you could do a bit more work but so far good and why would you make it a unmoving elephant when that make sandtrap alot of fun to no one would want to be noa elephant in h3 and not be able to move it
Edited by vmt on Apr 9, 2008 at 09:33 AM

because the elephant is an base and in halo 1 the engine is to outdated to do stuff like that

Here is what I want to know, if there is no elephant where will the flag spawn???

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Although in slayer we could have it move.

wtf no
that is where you could spawn weapon adn stuff
jsut make it into the bsp

I heard the idea of a broken down elephant. When you guys say stationary do you mean a normal one just sitting there or a broken down one? It would seem to make more sense if it was visually broken because that would explain your inability to drive it.
Edited by Face on Apr 9, 2008 at 03:04 PM

maybe have an chaingun from the warthog spawn somewhere