lets see you rip it and call it yours. :smug:

Ripping it and putting it into Halo doesn't take too much work, if you think about it. You take the model, add nodes, link the movable parts to the nodes, export, compile through tool, done. Take the bitmap, compile, create a multi, compile, done. Create a shader or take an existing one, change bitmaps, stick onto model, done. Making it look good is a whole other step, but not many rippers bother with that anyway. It took me about 35 minutes to get the Halo 3 Beam Rifle ingame, and only 15 for the energy sword. However, I did hardly any work myself, as if you compare how much effort it takes to put it ingame to the amount of effort it takes to model and texture the thing in the first place, you can see that ripping isn't too hard.

^ What he said.

well if ripping it and that hard how come we havent got any halo 3 maps yet?

Because you can't get halo 3 bsps yet :smug:

To all anti-rippers, I'd like to state my opinions on the matter, as logically and neutrally as I can.

First and foremost, rippers will rip. There's nothing you can do to prevent it, because they don't care.

If they don't wind up getting a job in game development because they never took the time to learn how to model and texture on their own, that's their problem, not yours. You know how to model and texture? Cool, more power to you. Hope you get that job in game development you want so badly. Rippers most likely won't have that opportunity, because they won't have the required skills. Why? Because they didn't take the time to learn. This is, of course, assuming the rippers in question have absolutely no modeling skills, which is not always the case.

Now, with that said, I have to ask, why does it bother you so much? "Oh no, someone else is ripping models they didn't make!" So what? What are they going to do, go off and pass them as their own in a portfolio to show off in an attempt to get a job in the game industry? Hardly likely. There's no profit to be made from it, no way anybody's going to make money out of it. You've got a much better chance if you actually develop your own stuff. So, with that in mind, where is the anger stemming from? Why is it SUCH a big deal?

What they do should not interfere with your life. Making a big deal out of other people's decisions is ridiculous. Pitching a ridiculous attitude and insulting them is going to do nothing more than make you look intolerant, someone who can't accept other people's choices and opinions. Rippers do NOT interfere with your personal lives. Getting so upset to the point of insulting and name-calling, ESPECIALLY over the internet is pointless, and will do nothing but bring negative attention to yourself. And then, the trolls. Trolls who do it just for the sake of getting a rise out of you because of the way you SQUIRM about it.

Honestly, tell me that complaining about it constantly is going to do something to prevent it. Because it won't. These people are determined to rip, and the desire to keep stuff protected just makes them want it that much more. They won't stop, part of the reason they rip is because of the rise they get out of people who protect their stuff. They LAUGH at you for protecting your stuff, and then they publicly release it, only to watch your pride shatter. This is how people over the internet are. Ruthless, uncaring, and hostile. They don't care that you're morally against it, because who are you to tell them what to do? Some dude over the internet they don't know or care about? They're not going to care.

Take a look at troll sites, people's personal lives have been practically destroyed because of an instance where they pitched an attitude over the internet. If you're foolish enough to pitch an attitude over the internet AND have your name and information out there (Lookin' at you, Martyn Lee Ball from the UK), you're putting yourself in danger. Piss off the wrong person on the internet, you'll be archived and humiliated. I'm not threatening here, I'm giving warning. I'm the last person to do something like that, to completely destroy somebody. It's just, I've seen it happen to people I used to know, and it's saddening, probably one of the most saddening things I've known to happen. A single google search from their family and relatives, the things they've done and said to other people is exposed. It's a horrible thing to cope with.

What do I think the best course, most logical of action is?

Chill. Don't give a crap what other people do, do your own thing. Getting bent out of shape over what other people do is a waste of your time.

Consider this "harsh crit."

E: Quite a wall of text I left there~
Edited by Marka Haiyana on Mar 16, 2010 at 01:41 AM

Rippers have the possibility of becoming well known and have their name known well through a community because of the rips and game content. Thing is, they do NOT deserve it.

But, going back on what m00kz said, it does not really affect anyone. If he/she is well known, so what? Not like they're getting paid or rewarded.
All they get is (possibly) fame. And fame in a community like this is not a very important thing.

Meh who gives a rats ass. Post more bipeds.

I want War Machine from Iron Man 2!

Smart man unlike the dumbass 2 posts above him.

I will get around to converting something from h3.




I need to fix a few vertex weight errors and then I am good.
Edited by Spartan_094 on Mar 18, 2010 at 07:04 AM

didnt the Extractor tool that e3p0 make rip the bsp?

What D:

And folds on the pants look a bit extreme, otherwise looks pretty good.

I didn't mean you lol.

doesnt look very good. Fix his legs.

I noticed that there was this section of his arm that was clipped off , second photo elbow area.
Might just be the angle though.

Thanks L28.

Very cool, nice job.

Heh, thanks for the multipurpose map. I finshed my own grunt now. Cheers.

Any chance someone could put this in a map for all us non CEers?

Needs a cubemap. To blah right now.

found some things you need to work out, l. contact me on xfire next time you can

Not unless you do it yourself most likely, sorry bud.

or if you have a good friend that can help you out lol.

I will olly,anyways hows MGM going? :D I will pm you with link and you can spread.

Its not his to spread ripper boy.
Edited by lockon0830 on Mar 20, 2010 at 08:37 PM

I dis-trust you from my information from other people what they told me about you. And this helped me prove it. Gtfo.

My information is always up in the air who does what and this and that about him. Meh still on the other side.

Kewl, MGM is still full of flames but we're getting better. Guaranteed Success when Steam gets to mac.
I think i'll just post the map on the forum so i don't get flamed to bits for posting CE.

good god, isnt this the bipeds WIP? hurrrrr

wtf is mgm?

EDIT: OMFG!Dennis deleted mai post!!!
Edited by Delicon20 on Mar 22, 2010 at 03:09 PM

Microsoft Gaming Montages

lul

Quite the Opposite actually, MacGamingMods. it's a small community off in the hills of ireland.
Back to the topic at hand, are you going to release all of the Halo 3 stuff in a map or individual tags?

Microsoft Gets Money

im working ona biped model(similar to grunts size).
gona make it simialr to the Portal Pods(those thigns that u knock off GLADOS :P)
goona be all robotic and such lol. well post later on