Hey there everyone! Jay2645 here from the SWMT (Star Wars Mapping Team). For those of you who are unfamiliar with the team, our goal is to bring accurate representations of Star Wars locales, weapons, vehicles, and bipeds from both the movies and Expanded Universe into Halo CE.
However, for quite some time now I have been alone on the project, and progress has been... Slow, at best. I have gotten ingame new sounds, weaponry, a map and a vehicle, but considering how much time has been put into it, there only a small amount of work done.
So I've decided its time for a recruitment drive.
Here's what I have done on my own:
A280 Blaster Rifle (Rebellion Blaster Rifle):




E-11 Blaster Rifle (Stormtrooper Blaster Rifle):






Lightsaber:



AT-AT (All Terrain Armored Transport):




Older Shot demonstrating bay doors:


X-Wing:



Snowspeeder:


Stormtrooper:




Hoth (Slightly Outdated):



Tantive IV:

Outdated Ingame Shot:

Bulletin Board:


SWMT Sidewinder (TESTING PURPOSES ONLY):








SWMT UI:


This is what I've managed to accomplish on my own, but I have hit some snags, mainly:
Bitmap creation
First person models
Biped Rigging

If you have ANY knowledge or experience in those fields, or any field at all (I could use a helping hand here and there), please let me know in this topic! I could use all the help I can get!

Link to main SWMT update thread:
http://forum.halomaps.org/index.cfm%3Fpage=topic&topicID=15208
Edited by Jay2645 on Jan 5, 2009 at 11:19 PM

I could replicate some Star Wars Battlefront maps. Or any Star Wars game I own.

Welcome aboard, Nexus. Glad to have you!

i like the AT-AT

Is it possible to convert them to halo ce???
Edited by kev3344 on Jan 1, 2009 at 10:08 AM

how would you get in the at at?

They 'could' enter the AT-AT from landing pads like this:
http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/7/6512/45790.jpg
They enter through the tunnels, the AT-AT is around the right size. I'm also sure many Imperial bases where they construct the AT-AT's come equipped with stations like this, I'm also quite sure that Imperial Star Destroyers also have railings like this in in the Vehicle Loading Bay. Or so I assume.

they could do that or sence the at-at isnt always going to be in those places ou could wlk up to its leg and press e to enter like the anti air guns in extinction
Edited by vmt on Jan 1, 2009 at 12:19 PM

By re-making them through mapping.

and when you have things already on the comp then its easier to model by. you could even convert and model to a 3d image and use it to model exactly.

Could i help jay? i am ok with map models but i cant do much other in modeling, i am good with textures really good with sapien/guirilla and everything with hek im advanced with websites and hosting and i love starwars and pie!
Edited by vmt on Jan 1, 2009 at 12:27 PM

Sure you can! Add Jay2645 to your Xfire, I'll get in touch with you ASAP.

mouth watering

And like in SW Battle Squadron 2.

I always wondered when a team like this would come around.
Edited by EnigmaJ on Jan 1, 2009 at 02:16 PM

We have had a few on this forums but they all pretty much failed. This one wont as you can tell they have alot more stuff.

The hatch doors open and allow Stormtroopers inside. There is:
1 driver seat
1 Co-pilot seat
16 passenger seats (8 per side)

I have a script which SHOULD make Stormies spawn inside the AT-AT. Never really tested it out much.

stormies for sp? or for bipeds that way there is no lag and sync problems?

Multiplayer bipeds. Essentially it makes the AT-AT into a mobile spawn point for the Imperials.
Edited by Jay2645 on Jan 1, 2009 at 06:49 PM

but there is only one way for the players biped to be different on each side and that if its random biped selection... i thought

if they spawn in a volume trigger, you can tell the person within the volume trigger to change to a certain permutation.. if he wants to spawn them within the vehicle, he would just spawn them in a special room where it changes their permutation, then warps them to any avalible seat within te vehicle.

Exactly. I had a slightly different version where I spawned them in a special room, changed their permutation, and then warped them to a spawn point for the regular spawns as well, but, now that I think about it, that's probably a little more work than necessary.
But other than that, Kirby is exactly right on how it would work. If the driver seat is available, then the first one to spawn in that room will get a new permutation and would warp to the driver seat, and once the driver's seat is filled, the other players who spawn in the room would warp to the passenger seats, in addition to the normal spawn points scattered throughout the map. There will be 32 spawn points in the Hoth room, for example, since there are 2 AT-ATs, in addition to the 68 normal spawn points.
Edited by Jay2645 on Jan 1, 2009 at 07:51 PM

Think of a better map design other than hallways that are roughly 2 mc's wide. That doeen't allow the player much room to interact with making it overal pretty boring. You should design the map so the player has clues that this is the armory other than having it print it when entering a trigger volume.

Actually... I added the text in after the video, that isn't actually ingame. I will make it more obvious where the armory and such is, as I still have much to do around that general area. In my 3DS Max model right now I have a finished armory, and it is much more evident that it is, indeed, an armory, with weapon holders on the wall and dual grenade caches.

As for the hallway width, they are approximately that wide in the movie (I designed and scaled the Max file according to actual movie blueprints, as I do with almost every level, weapon, or vehicle I can), so I'm trying to stay true to the movies. The "Stormtroopers" I placed marching down those hallways lead to some interesting close-quarters gameplay.

do you have republic commando?

Yes, I don't have a copy of SWBF (I must have taken it back but I'm going to borrow one). I still have republic commando.

well even if your trying to go by the movie.. for hce i personaly think it would fit in with the game setup better if the hall way was a bit bigger. but thats just my opinion. jay please check you pm's. Nexus idk if i can help but i have the starwars game pack with the 6 games or whatever and i have all the star wars game for the xbox but i dont know if somehow i could send you the maps or whatever somehow if you need something just ask.

It's ok. I'm going to borrow SWBF2 from my friend but I might look into Republic Commando but Hoth is my main priority at the moment.

I've been following this project for a while now, and I have to say I'm pretty excited to see that it is still being worked on. I think everything you have done so far looks great and I hope that you can get everything done. Also, the SWBF games are awesome, and I would personally love to see some of those maps ported over to HCE. Good luck with the Mod guys.

I made a website for the team. At the website you can see public releases of screenshots or renders and even videos. There is also Jay's forum which I added also.

http://www.starwarsmt.tk/

Edited by Nexus Halo on Jan 2, 2009 at 07:19 PM

Can I take up Biped Rigging?

Nice SWMT, this is looking great!!!
I don't usually like conversion mods, but this is looking really awesome.
This has potential, great work guys.

Yeah, I could use some help in that area. I'll get in touch with you over Xfire ASAP.

Also here's a board I'm adding to the bunks mainly for my own amusement (Because I know what the Aurebesh says =P):

Edited by Jay2645 on Jan 5, 2009 at 11:17 PM