http://tactical-assault.com/

Who are you to say I have no idea? Even if it was made out of crates it no excuse. The whole thing is way to simple. It could atleast be more complex and not so open.

Sorry, but you're acting like an idiot. You're judging something that you know nothing about. The fact the whole map is MADE out of crates is the reason why they wouldn't want to make them highly detailed objects, especially when there's vehicles involved. Bungie wasn't lazy, the decisions put into this map were all carefully thought out.

TA, looks great, but UT3 is one of the most friendly engines to develop for, and all the heavy lifting was done by Epic. Sorry, but making a mod for an existing game engine doesn't prepare you or give you any idea what really goes on in a studio.

Read my post.

Yes, that is the default layout of the map. It will not be a "blank" map. Just as Forge had everything removable, there was still a default layout, that was the default for Sandtrap (as has been updated so far; there is a possibility of the design changing before release, we won't leave that out of the question)...



Yes, I already went over this. All of the objects are movable, I've explained pretty much to exact detail what the map currently is set as. What you can and cannot do with it, as of right now... Of course, it /is/ subject to change within the period of time between now and official release, but I've said everything there is to know about the map without giving out a video of gameplay testing.

You can get the maps early if you buy Halo Wars but you don't have to. They will be released as DLC.

Only with the Limited Edition copy of Halo Wars. The standard/normal copy won't have the maps.

Don't forget that "Assembly", codenamed Purple Reign, was removed from the Heroic Map Pack just before release (within the final month), and again removed from the Legendary Map Pack...

Until it is released, anything can happen. If the production team decides they want to change it around, they can... But most likely, Sandbox as we see it, and as I explained, will be what the final version is.



The DLC pack will be released two weeks after the release of Halo Wars; the 17th of March is the current decision of a release date.

Oh, and, by the way. Keep this a secret. This information is unreleased to the public. ;D You're not really supposed to know about it. *Coughcough.*

Wait... You work at Bungie? =O

Hey everyone, Im just here to complain about a new map that I have no knowledge about except for one picture.

It looks good. Very large, open forging map. Just what people have been asking for.

I was hoping I was giving off that sort of vibe, just for kicks.

Call me an inside leak, or if you want, just call me a bluff. We'll see just how right I am when the maps come out. :3

Edit:
While I don't work at Bungie just yet, I do have numerous connections to inside information relating to Microsoft, and just a couple links to Bungie's intel as well. But it's not enough to make 100% guarantees, I just have a knack for knowing things aside from that.

While all of the information I've leaked may seem almost as if I was developing the map myself, I can't make any promises. You'd have to see the map first-hand to know exactly what it was... But it really does look beautiful, doesn't it?
Edited by MF Boom on Jan 31, 2009 at 05:31 PM

Oh, but I forgot to mention one more thing.

Like someone suggested about the blue/red lights for teams being able to be removed? It's possible. There are lighting orbs to change the brightness of the map in certain areas. Red, blue, and white. For each team, and general. So the map could be really dark, or really light.

Also, I'm 70% confirming that the scenery [floor and sky] can be changed... At the least, you have the choice between not having scenery at all (the blue grid, if you remember on the video) and having that sand scenery...

lol. Yeah right, you have intel on what goes on inside Bungie. I would have believed you before you started going on about the blue grid.
Edited by Masters1337 on Jan 31, 2009 at 10:21 PM

...It's called "Sandbox" for a reason. No, not because it is sandy. Because it's a sandbox to play around in with forge, kind of like Gmod minus the source engine and win.

The map will most likely feature the following:
-A Default Land Setting.
-New Color Filters that represent night and day.
-Desert-like scenery that can be placed for one's own designs.
-Great Vehicular Possibilities.
-Great Mapping Possibilities.

Stop whining if you are. This map looks great.

Mapping possibilities? It's a forge map >_>, not a level creator.

Halo 3 sucks. Its hype.. If they came out with a mostly unlocked modding tools like HCE then I might start playing it again. The only good thing I ever liked about it was the campagin.

The greatest things about Halo 3 were the weapon remakes in Halo CE [/sarcasm]

I consider Mapping anything that involves the Masters. >_>

the campaign was baaaaaddddd, halo3 was designed for multiplayer...sure the campaign had good aspects in it like the scaran fights and the AA cannon fight, but it wasnt that fun...halo 3 is getting old. i still play it for multiplayer and forge but bungie should really stop making new maps and start new games in the halo universe..such as Halo3 ODST. it looks good but will the campaign look good?

The only Halo series multiplayer iv'e ever loved on the xbox was Halo2's. I use to love coming home from school and getting on and playing with friends.

i didnt have xbox live when i had halo2 even though i still have it and now have xbox live i dont really want to play it on multiplayer.

What?!
You've truly missed out if you never got to LAN in Halo, Halo 2 and # are good but nothing beats the Halo LANs.

Halo 2 is a disaster, if you like it, well you're loving the black sheep of the halo series. H1 is great, but I don't think it really can compare to H3, which is IMO the best of the series.

This was my original thought, but I have to figure in Matchmaking (which is a big part of the experience) and because of that I think Halo 1 still triumphs over the other two, but 1>3=2 sounds about right (Halo 3 maps aren't that great; gameplay-wise IMO).

You haven't seen the Bungie Interactive Innovation Acceptance Speech, have you?

That's Sandbox.




Rofl, no. Overshield is pink, active camo is light blue, and the custom powerup is yellow.

Those are lights. Don't tell me you know what you're talking about. :3





Also, I can has post #69. :3
Edited by MF Boom on Feb 1, 2009 at 07:11 AM

Haha, They a;ready said there's no significance to the blue grid. In fact, I'd bet my phone that you're 100% wrong about sandbox and the blue grid.

.... the overshield has red in it
http://halowiki.net/images/thumb/7/79/Overshield_index.jpg/200px-Overshield_index.jpg
oh wait no sorry. here let me pull a crayola on the whole situation and tack words to the front of the color to describe its shade: light red
seriously MF boom. what happened to being a productive poster?

but um, commander farvel is also an idiot. one look will show you that those orb things are not overshield and active camo

Ok, for the record, overshield is red in the center and pink on the outside. Active camo is blue on the inside, light blue on the outside. Custom is dark yellow inside, light yellow outside. Now if you children are done fighting a useless argument in a pathetic effort to stroke your ego, then I suggest we get back on topic. If not then by all means, continue with your bickering and get the thread locked.

Blasphemy! Get the stake and the firewood!

Halo: Combat Evolved is the best, with Halo 2 in second, Halo 3 in last, and Halo Wars isn't really a Halo game, it jsut so happens to have Halo in it's name.

Yes

How on earth can you think H3 is the worse? It does everything we wanted from H1 but better, unlike H2, which totally changed the whole feel of the game.

That's the point. I like something new. H1 was new, it was the first one in the series.

H2 had a completely different view (Arbiter) and it showed that the Covenant didn't want to kill everything, but were either lied to, scared into fighting, or paid.

H3 felt like it was a H1 but made pretty, nothing new there.

Big difference: XBAWX
We can't mod for crap on it, I think CMT themselfes should know best that they can improve the game alot, unlike H3, wich is just Forge, a mode where you place even MORE crap on the map.

Halo 1: Custom Edition FOR PC

Epic Win.

Edited by BeachParty clan on Feb 2, 2009 at 12:51 AM

"light red". To quote Red Vs. Blue, there's a word for that. It's PINK.

But I suppose "magenta" would be a more accurate color. It's not straight-out red, it is a shade of red, yes, but it's not the same red as in that picture.

But yeah, one look will show that they're not. If you look at that same picture you quoted, it's also got a metal frame (at least slightly)... But it doesn't really matter, does it?

The point I was getting across was that they weren't OS/Camo.




I didn't say I had inside connections with Bungie. :3 I said I've managed to get unreleased information from Bungie's projects. I had "links" (quite literally; not people. Links as in "urls". It's called extensive searching).

I /did/ say I have connections to Microsoft, though. Very few, but still a couple. My dad had a copy of Windows 7 before the public beta was released; But that's because my uncle formerly worked for them for about 6 years in Seattle, and transferred to the one in Arizona for 3 years, until he left and moved here... It's not really anything major, I'm sure a lot of people work for Microsoft. I have just as much information as people who work for major companies.

I've said myself that my claims are only 70% confirmed, and some are simply assumptions. But the majority of my information is what I've gathered from numerous sources and others' claims, all over the internet and outside of the computer as well.

If I were out for attention, I would've said something like "I work for Bungie, and want you all to worship me so I give you more information", when truth is, I have no information besides what little I've said... I haven't seen the map empty, I've only seen the several screenshots that have pretty much all already been posted here.

I've never said my claims were irrefutable, nor have I said that I deserve any credit for giving this information; I simply put it all into one massive post, after gathering pretty much 80% of it from other people. All of it is subject to change, and may not be entirely likely in the first place.


But honestly, is it even worth fighting over? I'm giving people information that we ALL could get. Every ounce of information, I'm surprised that most of you didn't already know. And does it matter if I'm wrong? No. I didn't say I knew /exactly/, I said "from what I know", and rather obviously noted it was only "assumptions" and is a "possible theory".



Sorry for bursting everyone's bubble by simply gathering information and giving you a rough estimate of what the map would be. :\ I won't bother posting here if this is how the community's ended up since I've been gone.

I guess that's why I like it better, it's all I wanted from a sequal.


Custom maps arn't really part of the "game". I would be hard pressed to choose between CE and H3 though
Edited by Masters1337 on Feb 2, 2009 at 01:35 AM

And wow MF, just wow. I don't think I have to explain to anyone how you're running with your tail tucked between your legs.
Edited by Masters1337 on Feb 2, 2009 at 01:36 AM

Running? I lol'd, probably more than I should have.

But no. I'm just not going to stand here and argue about how everyone says I'm wrong, when I never said I was 100% sure of anything in the first place.

I give some information that /anyone/ could have gathered by using your friendly neighborhood search engine (Google), and everyone begins calling me a quote "lying idiot" unquote who is quote "just looking for attention" unquote (when actually, anyone could have posted that information, I just have all day to waste doing whatever, and felt like contributing something valuable; sorry for being at least 1% helpful to you)...

You were respectable about it, at the least...


But I also wasn't 100% claiming my leave either; I tend to overreact. I'm a little bit mental sometimes. [Aren't we all? Excuses, excuses...] All apologies for the outburst.