Sure Halo Custom Edition is dying and slowly losing players but why is it that more stock maps get played than custom maps? And why are some people still playing Halo PC when CE offers all its features improved? HCECMP is a group devoted to playing custom maps and promoting Halo CE. Anyone can join as long as they follow to basic rules. It is not meant to be a clan but more a way for all Halo CE members to communicate through Xfire.

Game nights will be planned and a server will be created shortly with only custom maps. If this works as I hope all members will recomend maps for the cycle, download the all the maps on it and try to focus on that server instead of the stock maps servers.

For more information visit: www.hcecmp.webs.com

Well... As soon as I finish learning Spanish =\, I will go onto 1.00 and advertise in Spanish I will tell them to 1. either start playing custom maps or 2. upgrade to 1.08 and start playing custom maps. -_-. Great idea though, I might join mb.

isn't this what HCER is doing?

HCER is making maps. HCECMP is playing the maps.

If you want i can make a dedicated server for you.

1. Halo CE is not dying, it just doesn't have many players.
2. People play stock maps because there are only a handfull of custom maps even worth playing. Most of them are either crappy bloodgulch mods, AI mods, or obnoxiously huge maps with little to no gameplay value whatsoever.
3. People play PC more than CE because people either don't know about Custom Edition or don't know how/where to obtain it.
4. I suggest you add the names of the maps you want people to download, as well as links to download them, either in this thread or on your site (or both).
Edited by Karrde on May 2, 2009 at 01:44 PM

1. HCECMP will promote it then to get more players
2. There are many good maps that use generic content. Good mapping teams like CMT or Zteam have perfected custom content and are very playable
3. HCECMP promotes Halo CE to those who have never heard of it
4. I'm hopping for suggestions but ill give a list of good maps I think could be played alot more:

ewok
vestige
prime c3
cmt fragment v2
portent
cmt tensity
hydrolysis
h2 zanzibar
z coagulation h2 pb2
cmt dissolution

That would be great. For now I think I'll be able to run one from home. I've tested it out and it works great. If might not be permanent depending on how much lag occurs with more players so if you could that might be handy.


Edited by colter13 on May 2, 2009 at 01:54 PM

I made a post on another thread with a bunch of good maps...let me find it.

EDIT: Here.


Edited by Karrde on May 2, 2009 at 06:22 PM

Dude, its an old game. I wouldn't blame the players who leave it behind. The Engine sucks, and the originality of maps is lingering. Everyone wants to make H2 and H3 maps, or copies of something that's already made. Everyone pretty much models the same damn thing (Battle Rifles for example) or makes blood gulch maps for a hobby, and uploads them. So the main map database is all crappy blood gulch mods.

Good point. Instead of trying to get people to start playing maps, why not try to increase the average map quality? Then people might not go on the site and see a much of maps that really should have been kept unreleased.
And darn it Colter, I've had this avatar since I joined and now finally someone new started using the same one :(

All you really have to do is go to random Halo forums, and make a topic about Haloce, list some awesome maps, and were and how to download it.

Nice spelling mate.

Dennis should at least delete the ones with the least amount of downloads, since no one really uses the files. Not only does it increase space on his servers, but it reduces the amount of crap that people look at.

BG mods should be banned from entering into the drives of halomaps.

Nobody mods sidewinder anymore :(

infinity FTW

Are blind, ignorant or both?

Try reading the thread next time.

Try reading the thread next time.

You said that all you saw on the site was content from other games. That was a very stupid thing to say, because it's not true. You all need to look around, not me. There are good maps to be played, but no one plays them because 90% of the people who play CE only like big maps because most of them are children and simply cannot grasp the concept of gameplay. They just want to screw around and nuke people. And who cares about new stuff? if you don't like it, don't play it. The old maps that are "full of originality" are the good maps, and people need to start making them instead of stupid blood gulch AI mods that nobody is going to play.
Edited by Karrde on May 3, 2009 at 12:47 PM

Read all in bold

Let me just summarize my point: The new maps suck. The old maps are good, and I will play them. The problem is, most people don't have them, because they're old. People need more good maps. And as you said, that's what this thread is about.

YEAYEYAYAYYEYEYEAYEYAYEA~ MORE ARGUING! AWESOME, COOL, GNARLEY, SWEET! STFU!


It's an old engine, the game has been around for ages. While it is fun, it's also old. If you were to run a campaign encouraging people to play NEW games, obviously it would work, but think about it. This is to play an older game. Your not going to save Halo ce, all things will fade out in time, and a surplus of anything is not good. Ever. This game has had a great few years but I think it is time to move on. Be thankful there are still people playing it, and stop trying to get more and more on. It's old, people are jerks and won't wanna go back to play an old game.

Uhhh, you're totally out of it. I've seen many new maps that are pretty damn good IMO. Look up the most recent featured maps.

there are more "good" custom maps with classic weapon sets than halo 3 weapons.


there is only 1 halo 3 map out right now.

So what i've been trying to get at is that yes there are some custom maps that are very good but need to be played more. I can understand that people would like to leave Halo 1 for a newer game engine but what about those who still play Halo PC or Halo Trial? Also Halo Custom Edition is a one of a kind game. Games like it last much longer than most. There are even older games than it that are still doing quite well today.

Also this has really lost focus on the group i've been trying to make. Just tell me flat out good or bad idea?

I know you can talk however you want on the forum, and it's ok you choose to talk this way. But now it's just becoming a pain to read, and if you wanted to be a good member, be considerate and just type normal.

KID, i know its irritating, but I think it would be best if you were to ignore his posting style. Although,t hats jsut my opinion on the matter.

As for the thread, I agree with Recycle Bin, I haven't seen anything 100% custom in a long time. What, did people just lose their imagination over the years or something?

Hey man, I know that he is saying the right things and that it's not idiot. I am just annoyed that he butchers the good posts by typing like that.

Anyways this would have been a good idea if more people knew about Halo CE and halomaps because there's still alot of people that play Halo PC or stock maps. Unless you want to go out and convert everybody to start playing halo CE and download some decent and orginal custom maps (NOT Hugeass, Coldsnap, or Extinction) then this just won't work.
Edited by SegwayMaster1324 on May 4, 2009 at 07:20 PM

Hey someone who agrees that Hugeass, Coldsnap and Extinction suck! Anyway yes that is what I was planing on doing. Not exactly like that but making some promotional videos at least and posting in forums. And when ever I play HPC I bring it up.

You guys don't realize that it's not up to us to make better maps. I mean, sure the people who make maps now can make better ones but the new members aren't going to try because they either get flamed or not interested enough. Halo CE IS going to die, it's dying right now. It's inevitable.

All your base are belong to us.

Well, on Xfire Halo is pretty popular... #24th best game, more than six thousand players playing per day and more than 526 thousand minutes played per day. But I do see it going down, though. I saw it on #20th, then it raised up to #22nd and now it's at the #24th.

@mastur cheef.
You have an invalid CD key says it all. If you want to play the game that much , get a keygen , buy a unused cd key or the game itself.
Im tired of all the crap on HCE. Most of the dedicated servers now run BloodGulch Snipers , someone needs to revamp the entire game , best candidate would be CMT's SPv2 , really looking forward to it.

Then who the hell is sucking all my bandwidth and downloading the 11 million files we have served? Your statement does not correlate with the bandwidth or file download statistics.

Edited by Dennis on May 5, 2009 at 10:25 AM