That actually wouldnt ruin the story line because it would be exact same thing as normal except more ship to be able to visit there has to be someway off the ship and that is jsut a thought.

Re-texture the ship? Awesome. I love the idea. Make up an entire story to ensure why the ship looks like it crashed?

Lol i love the idea too!!!!! no i thought the buring stuff wsa just scenary and crap not the texture....

So how are you guys going to do the rest of the levels?

Well, this is what I can deduce:
1) Argue
2) Come to an agreement
3) Begin working on it
4) "Forget" to give Gamma927 any work
5) Submit finished product

about the third/first person prob... Why not just make two variations of it, so the people who like 3rd person will think its good, and so will 1st person people?

You know what I think? I just removed the third person and made it first person again, the people who like it third person can download an external app! hah, now everyone's happy, for sure i'm not gonna script a trigger for Q because people can't choose :/

When is the Team going to work on other aspects of the mod except me? Are you all ignoring the work to do?

-Apply the Backpack Script
-Retexture the Elite
-Link the BSP's
-Make a new HUD
Edited by BeachParty clan on Jan 23, 2009 at 03:16 AM

I got the glow back, and removed the primary trigger. Test map will be uploaded, when someone gets at least one of the things stated above done or can proof beeing working on it






Edited by BeachParty clan on Jan 23, 2009 at 03:34 AM


Gamma, if you want you can start scripting a view switch assigned to Q instead of a flashlight, after all the fuss I am NOT motivated to do that anymore after all those posts yes/no do this don't do that, plus if we spread the work, we work faster.
Although, I had the idea for my Crysis Project, to assign Cloak to Q, would be a nice addition for this campaign too, like the spec ops, they had a cloak, but no shields, so whatever you wanna script, atleast I mentioned it.

Well, I'm at school now, too much hours off, lemme know when the rest is also going to work on this project for real beside the endless talking...
Edited by BeachParty clan on Jan 23, 2009 at 05:26 AM

this works for me...I have that program halothirdfov. Just don't forget to consider what things look like from the 3rd person perspective. Also try to make it so that you can also see your ammo, grenades, radar, and shield/health while in 3rd person mode if you can. This way everyone will be happy. That sword looks good now...can't make it glow blue like the halo 1 sword though huh?

And about that cloaking, I was gonna mention that because I remembered the Arbitor had something similar. I like this idea, the cloaking should be only last a short time of course. You could make that the Flashlight button, or the switch grenades button.

Oh and it's not the spec ops that have cloaks but no shields, it's those light bluish Elites that do.

Remember what I said about making those same light bluish Elites without the cloaks and have them exclusively carry carbines? I thought that was a cool idea, but not for the first level. Just remember that for a later level. Is the beam rifle in that picture straight from Halo 2? or did you make it? thatd be cool to get the exact one from halo 2...just a thought.

and I agree with Colin, retexturing the elite is the least of our concerns...we should really focus on everything else and make that our last priority. I don't know what kind of retextures you are thinking of but they couldn't be better than Halo 1's default Elite texture? I'd still prefer that you didn't even bother with it, but if you insist...
Edited by Venom1660 on Jan 23, 2009 at 12:37 PM

AI's can be placed for every difficulty level, so if you start it from the console at legendary i'm sure some elite commanders and lotsa needlers will do fine lol, and at pathetic only alot of fleeing- hold on, this is a covie campaign! PUT IN THA SPLAZERZ

but seriously, we can place them for all difficulty settings in the map files

sup http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=spell+checker

well thats good to know. To decide what weapons to give to your allies I suggest following the campaign for what to give them. In other words...don't put a weapon in a level that doesn't belong there or was never there in campaign, for example putting the Fuel Rod Gun in the Pillar of Autumn or a Needler in the Pillar of Autumn. To diversify the levels you should make it so not every weapon is available at the start, and further into the game more weapons will become available, like Fuel Rod Guns or a Plasma sword already in your inventory. Might as well not bother putting the Plasma Sword somewhere on a map to get picked up, just have a select few levels where you start with the sword in your inventory and that'll be fine.

Energy Sword. Another name for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBWFJ20Ofu4&NR=1

that's the special elite model, makes the texture more shiny, and if it aint gold, more ugly in my opinion, so i'm using the regular elite texture, i do think it's a must to at least improve the texture as we're gonna use elites through the whole campaign

I'm working on a new one right now, added some deeper engravings, any more ideas?

Sword is a plasma based weapon, in the books atleast, scorching hot plasma that cuts through the MJOLNIR like butter
Edited by BeachParty clan on Jan 23, 2009 at 04:36 PM



Friggin epic.

Maximum. Win. (/nanosuit voice)

If we could get the sword to glow like that, then my jaw would drop.
Also note the texture, battle scars and stuff, i'm not experienced at worn out textures, i could use some tips and/or some images
Edited by BeachParty clan on Jan 23, 2009 at 04:41 PM

Thats a render from a CGI trailer made by Ensemble Studios for Halo Wars. Halo CE is not even capable of that.

I'm not that stupid, even halo 3 can't come close to that, but if we could get something simelar in a cheap workaround, would be very nice. (like a swing, you know, drunk cam, that the glow swings)

Its from the TRAILER he said, not the actual game

Wrong. Another company made that for ES because ES phails.

don't worry about improving things cosmetically. Read my post about improving bump possession. That'd be a neat application to use on this project, that way the Elite would always be the starting character but if you wanted you could run the improved bump possession program and play as any other covenant member without having one of them being a sitting duck. This would just be a fun idea for a program once this project is finished, I'm not saying I want this integrated into the game.
Edited by Venom1660 on Jan 23, 2009 at 06:32 PM

I think I saw my name mentioned along with work somewhere above, but I'm not sure what to do. You want me to script a view switch? Personally, I think we should have a poll. One last thing to motivate people*: If I made it a view switch, we can't use flashlight for anything else (eg, cloak).


*to my side

I don't even think any other the covenant used cloaking in H1 other than the stealth elites, so I vote yes, flashlight for third person.

But seriously I don't know why certain people are being so lazy as to implement this script, as not everyone is capable of downloading external applications for 3rd person view. Jeez.

Edited by k9colin on Jan 23, 2009 at 06:58 PM

Has anyone noticed in the legendary ending the Elite grabs Johnsons Butt? xD

Also, what if that Elite is the Arbiter o.o

It isn't. For a fact, the Arbiter isn't gay towards humans. And the book First Strike shows that the Arbiter was actually shoved into a lifepod, and ejected into deep space.

I could go either way. I for one do have the external 3rd person view application...and actually I'm gonna have to go with cloaking because I like to be able to adjust what the 3rd person view looks like, If the 3rd person angle you choose is permanently that way and I happen to want to change it, I can only do that with the program so I say go for temporary cloaking. However we can't make the cloaking cheap in any way...maybe put a limitation as to how many times you can use it in 1 level?

PS colin if anyone wants the 3rd person application I can (or others) can send them out. The only reason I'm saying that we shouldn't have the view switch is because people have different preferences or ideas about how far away they want the camera from the character to be, whether or not the crosshair is off the side or right above the character, ect. So I say unless you can adjust the 3rd person camera somehow like the application HalothirdFOV or if for some reason an external application doesn't work, I suggest the cloaking.
Edited by Venom1660 on Jan 23, 2009 at 07:21 PM

The 3rd person application you are using most likely only works for 1.07. Unless you have one for 1.08?

the application is called HalothirdFOV. I downloaded this patch called haloce108patch, and that made it work. It only works for Halo CE though, it didn't work before I applied the patch.
Edited by Venom1660 on Jan 23, 2009 at 08:19 PM

Ok, I finished the work for the Covenant Carbine and the MA5C Assault Rifle.



I should put watermarks on my screenshots... but whatever, if anyone uses them, I can make new ones anyways

So, when do I get those BSP's linked and a backpack? I want to begin filming the trailer by now =/
It's taking so long...

Did you make those?

The AR texture seems to be the one CMT released a while ago.

The carbine could be the ripped halo 2 one in the leaked beta. Or any other map with a carbine for that matter.

And the HUD is once again not his.

yes you are most likely right from what I remember he was the leaker from H3MT i THINK

I have a question...will the Elite that you play as have dialogue? Like when you use the bump possession on an Elite he talks and when you kill a marine the Elite laughs like "haw haw haw haha" its great. I'm assuming it will.

Please continue keeping us updated whenever something gets done. I really want to give the first level a test run....I can't wait!
Edited by Venom1660 on Jan 23, 2009 at 11:16 PM

No. I still have no work.

damn, you guys are ****in up, big time.

but seriously, gamma I thought you and beach were going to work on the AI and getting them to follow you like beach said he could do

Edited by Venom1660 on Jan 24, 2009 at 02:54 AM

some more mysteries about halo...

Yup, when you kill someone you'll go like rawr, elite dialogues it is


I wanted to do so, but noone seems to be working on it for real


LOL no i did not leak this, i just merely downloaded it like most of the people do when they hear it's leaked somewhere, and use it for REFERENCE, the only thing frmo H3MT you see on the screenshot is their GRENADE and WEAPON icon, the AR skin texture is RELEASED by CMT, it's their OLD texture

also, the grenade icons and weapon icons are H3MT's yes, but its friggin reference material, stop whining, HDoan made a new hud when i mentioned the H3 beta hud (god, he has beaten me to the nick), BUT THIS SHIELD BAR AND VISOR OUTLINE IS MADE BY ME, THE TOPIC ABOUT NARROWS UPDATE IS PROOF, I MADE THIS INGAME (where i started about having alpha channel problems, look it up)


It's low because i play widescreen lol, if you don't play widescreen, for some reason the AR is pointer higher, but still like H3

so... any more complaints? OR ARE WE ACTUALLY GONNA STOP WHINING AND START THIS PROJECT? seriously, i'm gonna say this one more time

ALL THE SCREENSHOTS ARE REFERENCE MATERIAL, STOP WHINING ABOUT LEAKING OR STUFF BECAUSE I USE THEM FOR REFERENCE, IF I DON'T RELEASE IT, DON'T WHINE.

One more comment about me using their HUD icons, and I quit this project and start working full time on the Flood Campaign, and you know that I am showing the most progress so far, so think twice before you post again

Ok, lemme get this straight, so far, you guys have only come up with ideas, while the Flood campaign has nearly one level done, and its only me working on the level, Beach and Mythril are doing other stuff.

Seriously, you guys might wanna start.

E1: If I dont get any work to do by this Sunday you can officially get rid of me from the team, I have other things to do anyway.
Edited by Lone Warrior on Jan 24, 2009 at 09:21 AM