Did my tags not extract properly from the one I sent you? If not I could send you the folder with all the weapon data

Also, Advancebo, it's HR crosshairs are possible? How do you pull that off? I've been wanting to try it for a while but I figured the sprite size was pre-set
Edited by Marka Haiyana on Apr 7, 2009 at 08:48 PM

I make them at 128 or 256, then scale them down by half in the tags.

Basically, I draw them straight off a reference screenshot, then save that drawing in any size bitmap larger than the reticle. (If reticle is 110x110, I make the whole bitmap 128x128, then scale it down by half).
Edited by Advancebo on Apr 7, 2009 at 08:51 PM

Ohh, that's cool. IIRC Halo 3 actually has slightly smaller crosshairs than Halo 1 and 2, looks about 75% the size. May be something to look into, I'm assuming you can adjust the size by fractions.

Actually, I placed a Halo 2 reticle bitmap over a Halo 3 Screenshot of the reticle, same size.
Edited by Advancebo on Apr 8, 2009 at 02:03 AM

GAHH SETTING UP HUD'S
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

uhh, i see that i included both huds, elite and spartan, but i think i've set the elite grenade icons... not sure, meh i'll send it with the new ammo meters soon, like next week i think...

are you including the spike grenade? if so, i could make the grenade elements for that, i still have the original wips to edit

where's the UUUUUUUUU's???

I think hes sticking with the frag and plasma grenade. There isnt even a spike grenade on sandtrap.

He should still add it, that thing is badass.
Besides he can keep the Frag/Plasma nades if he makes the Spike nade a pickup-able weapon.
Like C4 is.

^that would be lame.
Then you need to make the fp animations. And the grenade wont go far like a regular grenade, it was just drop to the ground.

^That is wrong.

You can make it act like a Fuel Rod projectile, give it the right arc and it can go far.
FP animations are easy enough for people like Grunt and such.

Then you have the effects and particles.

Textures and model.

Tagging.

Animations.

HUD implementation.

And you can only pick up 1 weapon of the same kind at once. And making making it so you pickup 1 weapon as 2 grenades is lame.
Edited by Advancebo on Apr 9, 2009 at 12:04 PM

tl:dr
its going to be retarded shuffling in your weapons to look for a grenade and a heated combat setting, its going to be confusing enough with the bubble shield and all the other equipment.

Fair enough, though can't more grenades be scripted in? or is that too much for Halo's engine to handle?
Either way I'm happy with the next answer :P
(plasma grenades fail nowadays :P)

Its impossible to set more than 2 grenades.

Not even with scripting? Meh, what can you expect from this game.

I can expect fun.

I don't understand why everyone thinks scripting is some sort of magical pixy dust that can make anything possible.

It has pros and cons, not saying it cures cancer or anything, I don't know the absolute limits so please excuse me for coming late in the HaloCE community.

no

Replace the plasma grenade with a spike grenade.

no

no spike grenade. maybe a flame grenade but not a spike

Plasma grenade and fragmentation grenades, nothing else. Discussion over.

yes it's impossible to have more than 2 gernades but not weps. they could be like a wep w/ bare fist tags but they throw like nades so u can have fire and spike nades.

We went over that, its annoying to switch around.

Especially just for two types of grenades.

Only two grenades are needed if he wants different ones he can make the decision. We have all said enough about crazy nades lol. Too much talk about nades! *going into withdrawal*

ok so waht about the h3 weapons?

are they all going to be there?

*facepalm*

lol just wanted to start the next talk.

What's more important is if Grunt is willing to put in half of the animated weapons ODX has made.
Edited by DarkHalo003 on Apr 9, 2009 at 11:45 PM

yeah im only using hayabuzas as placeholder's.

Im still going to keep some of his ani's like the br and pistol.