Because if it moves with you on it, you die.

unless you attach a device_machine...

ya but why would u stand on it you can walk faster than it drives lol and can you pull chaingun of hog?

because although you can walk faster than it, keeping with it would mean your speed is slowed considerably, you have to continuously walk, and it would be nigh impossible to dart around from position to position for tactical advantages. And it would ruin the feel.

And to top that off, why not? It wouldn't make it look anything different, and all it does is add good things to the map experience, not take anything away from it.

I did not understnad that reply so i will just say k

Then why did you reply?

@Headhunter: I don't think it'll work well that way...

idk and how would it ruin the feel

Here Malard, let me help you with something!

http://www.learnenglish.de/

There, now everyone is happy! =\ Please use correct grammar so we can all understand your posts.

Think about it. Your speed walking on the elephant would be your speed minus the speed the elephant is traveling at (if it's moving forwards). It would be harder to move around, and you would be a sitting duck for snipers.

I understand his posts.

i don't really think that elephants would add that much to gameplay though...

what is not added about a big mobile gun platform (providing you have players with guns on it) which can carry your whole team and two hogs?

it wont work the same as it works in halo 3
the best option would be give a h3 feel is to out it in the bsp

then it isnt mobile

but idk if grunt is going to do that

Was that quote by pakar45 from my thread?

if I wasn't working full shifts for 4 days id do it.
-sidekickpost

Oh, thought you said you will unwrap. Like I said before though, its edited, I fixed most, if not all, of the tool errors.

How would it not work like Halo 3? Please explain.

How is my grammar wrong.Tell me that Mr.Everything

parkar is just being stupid he has trouble w/ idk afk.. etc. LOL

I just like grammatically correct posts, it makes them easier to read.

this helpful post did not answer my question, merely repeated the post that I quoted when I asked the question.

Halo 1/CE does not use the same physics engine as Halo 2 or 3. You can not stand or walk on vehicles in multiplayer levels in Halo 1/CE becasue of the physics engine. Halo 1/CE does not transmit or sync the status or position of device machines or animated scenery as Halo 3 does so in order for the elephant to move it will have to be a vehicle and as a vehicle you can olnly ride in it if you are seated becasue you can't stand or walk on moving vehicles without damage. Anything to do with Halo 3 physics or syncing device machines or animated scemery will NOT work in a multiplayer game in Halo 1/CE like it does in Halo 3. The game engines are radically different.

not saying that device_machines have to sync. What I'm saying is attach the device_machine to the vehicle. I know the object_attach does work...

o hai teh plague

Just make it a base? That dramatically changes the way you play the map, as the elephant is the stand-alone gameplay element that keeps the battle in motion as well as entertaining and fun. Most of the carnage occurs in the gap between the two structures built into the sand, with the elephants normally crashing there and serving as a main spawn point for it's respective team. Taking it away completely destroys the gameplay, as now both teams must now walk to get to the battle, or take an indestructible warthog/chopper to get back to the fight. The pace becomes slower, and eventually, boring.
Edited by ODX on May 8, 2009 at 09:14 PM

Well, if there's nothing that can be done about it, there's nothing that can be done about it. :<

Why why?! Why can't you just make it a vehicle and then add some seats to it and make it a bit custom, I know it is suppose to be like halo 3, but it doesn't have to be an exact remake.So can we please make a decision soon?!

Talk to Arby about it, he might have some ideas, or may even have already done it. I'm sure he'd be happy to help.

wait, but the ability to stand on a moving vehicle has been made before. And it syncs! Its true, why won't you guys realize that its possible?

Because it must be proven, link to a vid of this possibility.
Edited by Sabre on May 9, 2009 at 08:22 AM

I'm sure it's dug in this thread somewhere

E: Found it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=Yy6-x7DTrBk&feature=PlayList&p=79373ADBEC91B9B9&index=0
Edited by Tuaha on May 9, 2009 at 09:39 AM

thanks, yeah. There was also another one like that where he did it with a marine on the device_machine on the warthog.

Now what we need is a vid of him making it sync.

can you put this on filefront aswell because for some reason it stopped letting me get maps from halomaps

ok now see that video was of the host. ok i'm sure alot of you played that area map w/ the terminal or that new rpg map w/ the elvator. the host is the one running fine but everyone else is not syncing. so there fore it is physicaly impossible to make anything sync in CE unless you go bug gearbox/microsoft/bungie for an update of syncing, but trust me i've tried that. so there fore the only way to do this is make the elephant have seats/turets or the player will die.

on the other hand does the elphant look like that one in the vid or halo 3 grunt?