so I've noticed ce and pc are not as....graphically gifted as the original xbox and xbox 360 versions of halo 1. so, I was wondering if someone tried to make halo as awesome looking as the xbox version, which is basically all in the bitmaps I'd think, on a scale of one to ten how hard would you say it'd be to improve and then perhaps make it exceed xbox's graphics slightly?

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Nah, but it depends on your level of expertise, for example, for me, it'd be harder since I know next to nothing about bitmaps/shaders and can't texture to save my life, but for someone who's really good with shaders, it'd probably be easier.
Edited by UnevenElefant5 on Aug 29, 2010 at 12:09 AM

For some stuff, easy, because it's a matter of ripping the multipurpose map. Other stuff, hard because Halo PC doesn't offer the same shader/bitmap options.
For example, you can rip the Xbox assault rifle multipurpose to make it look the way it was supposed, but I believe the Jackal shield uses a shader not available in HPC.

ya thats true the ar has diffrent multis on xbox. and xbox had diffrent cube maps i belive to.

but it is possible if you know what your doing. you can make the shader bright or dark.. etc