Hey guys, I've been experimenting with using rpg style conversations and such in Halo.
This is where I'll test my levels.

E10:
http://www.filefront.com/16257469/e10.map

E20:
http://www.filefront.com/16355307/e20.map

E40:
http://www.filefront.com/16355357/e40.map

Credits go to:

Ranger- Created the original multiplayer level Sciophobia
NeuroKoNeza ,ZexGX , Lightning Rec0- Created original multiplayer level noremorse
Llatsin- Multiplayer level Outpost Rio
Jahrain- Multiplayer level Chronopolis
Helipad Studios- GTA cars
Baturkin- Passenger hog
Spartan_094- Halo 3 ODST
HDoan- Numerous Halo 2 bipeds
CMT- Ranger elite
CLS Grunt/Gwunty- Silenced assualt rifle
ICEE- Silenced pistol
Kingfish999- Desert Eagle
Tiamat- C4
Old Gregg- Beta testing

Known issues:

Overall- Stunned when health drops, cannot pickup certain weapons
E10- Keep weapon from Reach
E20- None
E40- Draco needs to be scenery, but the doors would need editing and I don't know how.

I can haz your impressions/critique/fixes?
Edited by Noobyourmom on May 3, 2010 at 03:06 PM

I will test it.

I cant extract the file, i keep receiving a crc failed error.

I just downloaded it and was able to extract, so I don't think it's the file. I guess you had a bad download.

I wasent able to extracked it eather. You might want to reuplode.

Yeah I'm also unable to extract... Weird.

Just re-upload I guess.
Edited by seanthelawn on Apr 25, 2010 at 10:31 PM

Okay, I re-uploaded and didn't zip it this time. Sorry about that.

nvm, testing it out now
Edited by Smmt on Apr 26, 2010 at 01:01 AM

I played it through and thourght it was realy good!!

Problems:

1.change the names from "E" and "Z" to "accdevate" and "zoom"

2. Why dont the mareiens suffercate?

3. I sometimes had to search for the covernant to kill them

4. Remove some of your allies form the center room

5.spraead the inavtion arround the station

6. Record voce like you did in your other map

Appart from that it was good!

I really enjoyed it. The conversation function was really cool. Well done! Also I laughed when I found the elite penetrated with the sniper rifle.

Well, that was a pleasant surprise. The conversation system worked really well. This campaign has a lot of potential.

Was an interesting way to hold conversations and such. I enjoyed it, even though the encounters didn't make much sense. If you ever want help or need to add some extra features let me know.

I prefer screen shots before downloading.

^Trust me, you should download it!

I found the whole thing very fun and creative, the part with the sniper rifle was briliant.

Some parts seemed very unrealistic though, especially with the marine brething in the hanger and the wide open airlocks. The positioning of the phantoms seemed a bit awkward aswell. The elite pined to the wall stays up even after you pick up the sniper.

The Covenant cruiser just seems to appear without warning and the admiral driving away seems either cowardly or illogical.

btw, found the C4, fun stuff,

Can't wait for the others!

:D

Instead of E and Z why not numbers like 1 and 2?
Should use some more fighting around the ship instead of the center, but overall its really good

I do need an ingame explanation. Maybe invisible containment field.

Idk, that took a good bit of work, and I'm lazy.

Would that fix the problem that they're frozen at first, I think?

The scripting commands only let you tested a limited number of input actions.

Maybe a couple things you can help me with...

1) Do you know of any female bipeds? Most lengthy campaigns need a damsel in distress, and Cortana and Miranda Keyes don't exactly fit the role.

2) If this is going to be a serious rpg with multiple paths and numerous endings, it will need multiple authors. In a future map (possibly the next one) I'm going to split it so that at the end you will have a choice whether to stay on Earth or chase General Jones to Halo, as seen in e40_demo. Would you (or anyone else reading) be interested in making one of those paths?

I thought this was really creative and fun. However, you have a lot to clean up regarding the AI encounters:

-Do not use Command Lists fore the AI to reach the center and make sure each AI's pathways to the center are clear. I saw quite a few AI wander away from the center (Elite Rangers) and some running into walls. Some were also not doing anything at all (a couple of Elites).

-The Marines with snipers are UBER powerful, too powerful and unfair, even against the Elite commanders and such. Give them different weapons, like a Battle Rifle, and also vary the weapons of the marines on the ground.

-The Crewman should have pistols after the fighting begins. It makes them not as useless and not so much as an obstacle.

-Make it so the hunters do not die from pistol shots instantly. You can fix this by going into their collision tag and unchecking the material with a box checked as "head."

-Make more encounters or make it that one encounter involving the Rangers. It seems more or less tedious walking around the ship to find out why you have moving dots in random spots.

There is some more, but I'll let other people point those out. Other than that, I enjoyed this SP. Probably the most fun in an SP I've had in a while.

Not really any female characters tbh. You could see if you can get some H3 female marines from someone.

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2) If this is going to be a serious rpg with multiple paths and numerous endings, it will need multiple authors. In a future map (possibly the next one) I'm going to split it so that at the end you will have a choice whether to stay on Earth or chase General Jones to Halo, as seen in e40_demo. Would you (or anyone else reading) be interested in making one of those paths?

I don't know. I think it would be cool if every author had a unique approach to the story, that way the choices would be unique and the player would have alot of different outcomes. Of course, if you want me to give you a storyline, that's cool too. And I'll be happy to show you how I did the rpg scripts if you don't know. The only thing I really feel strongly about is that I want to keep it clean, but besides that, it's wide open.

I also notcied that you can get inside the phantom if you jump and crouch on the window

Try using the "ai_force_active" or "ai_force_active_by_unit" commands.

(ai_force_active [ai] [boolean])
(ai_force_active_by_unit [unit] [boolean])

Edited by seanthelawn on Apr 27, 2010 at 10:16 AM

it would be nice if a battle take place in the outer space with a banshee vs some spirits or phantoms
Edited by WM Blade on Apr 27, 2010 at 08:39 PM

WM Blade I ask him to do the same but he said not enough room in the map for a space fight, the map size is too limited for one

Lifepod pilot, but she isn't really rigged for anything but sitting. I messed around with giving her marine animations, but I couldn't get her to look halfway decent.

I could donate the Turf BSP so it can be an alternate mission or something.

May I ask where the Elite penetrated by the Sniper is?

I had fun jumping onto the boarding ships.

Eh? Didn't see anything like that.

It's accsesed by thalking about Reach in the first conversasion.
Also, why was this uploded to halomaps twice?

That was my bad. I thought since it wasn't uploaded with the first batch of maps, I needed to upload again.

Is the E10 Demo identical to the E10 map? If so which one do you want me to keep?

You should keep the E10 Demo one. I won't double upload next time. :(

All I saw was me talking to Dover about what happened at Reach and me telling him that I'm retiring and the camera moving over to show an AR and a pistol.

I haven't been able to play this yet and doubt i'll be able to anytime soon but this sure looks interesting.