I can't believe there were just two full pages arguing about who's a troll.

Please, post pictures of something and revive my faith in this community.

:D

Once again, I don't know if it's just the angle of the light and render, but that first render makes it seem like the back fin has weird smoothing errors. The second makes it seem like there's some on the tail, right below the fin.

There are, but i could fairly easily fix them

Might as well, it's kind of a bad habit to leave them there.

The area just above the cockpit needs to be more streamlined, too wide and flat now.

The width was an error on my part early on, so it would screw the whole thing up to thin it out. And the top part, refuses to do as i want it to, and keeps flattening whenever its smoothed.

i liked the old cockpit better

What part of the cockpit? be more descriptive please, the windshield the front part or what?

to me, is seems like the front is stretched. I think it needs to be shortened down a bit and the windows widened.
Just a suggestion.

it just looked better in general. plus what olly said.

The side guns can be manned by different individuals, right?

Difference, i actually released my model. I do plan to try to get it ingame and working, with atleast some placeholder textures :), but i dont really need it right now, so i don't see much of a point atm.
Edited by Amazingcuziam on Nov 17, 2010 at 10:15 PM

MAC Cannons for the win! Did you know the scale is perfect to fit on a platform in H2MT Boneyard v2 without adjustment?
Edited by Petera275 on Apr 14, 2011 at 04:01 PM

Ahh, we all remember this post. i remember it just like it was yesterday.

So why do i bring it back from the dead? Because ender got his bragging rights, now it's MY TURN

TEH PWN

I don't mean to be a stick in the mud but in Halo: Reach they refer to it as the Mass Driver, not the MAC. Mass Driver is another name for a Railgun type weapon, also MACs are much larger, having either to be mounted on large human vessels, space stations or built into the planet's crust.
That big ass gun in Reach may very well have been a Railgun, you gotta remember that on Reach they had a lot of prototype weaponry in use, it was where the Battle Rifle was designed and tested IIRC.

Nice models all the same guys :)

Quote from halo wiki "The mass driver is a somewhat primitive United Nations Space Command orbital launch assembly designed to propel low-weight payloads into orbit, otherwise known as orbital lifting. The operating principle of the mass driver is essentially the same as that of the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon: it is a large coilgun that magnetically accelerates a package consisting of a magnetizable holder containing a payload.

While not a purpose-built weapon like the UNSC's Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, these platforms are still potent weapons of opportunity. While never formally incorporated as a weapon, mass drivers have been used at as defensive magnetic accelerator weapons at Harvest, the Rubble, and Reach." Ontop of that, when you walk up to it in Halo: Reach, it says "Press E to enter MAC Cannon". Don't believe me? Go look for yourself. Mmk, now that thats taken care of...
EDIT: Copy pasted from wikipedia, "A mass driver or electromagnetic catapult is a proposed method of non-rocket spacelaunch which would use a linear motor to accelerate and catapult payloads up to high speeds. All existing and contemplated mass drivers use coils of wire energized by electricity to make electromagnets. Sequential firing of a row of electromagnets accelerates the payload along a path. After leaving the path, the payload continues to move due to momentum.
A mass driver is essentially a coilgun that magnetically accelerates a package consisting of a magnetisable holder containing a payload. Once the payload has been accelerated, the two separate, and the holder is slowed and recycled for another payload." Their article on a "Mass Driver".
Edited by Amazingcuziam on Apr 23, 2011 at 08:19 AM

Might I just say that Wiki's are not the most reliable source of information, you shouldn't really quote a Wiki.
But yes I am not going to argue about this, just saying that in game it was referred to as a Mass Driver and a Railgun is a kind of Mass Driver.

Tis all I was saying.

Nice bump. I tried texturing it, but my version looked rubbish so I gave up. Seriously though. I would love to get stuff in-game but my 3ds doesn't like me, neither does my JMS exporter. Anyone willing to get some models in tag form? :D

Help is appreciated. This refers to the MAC Cannon if Amazingcuziam wants it to be and hasn't already, seeing as it looks beast and fits perfectly in H2MT Boneyard v2.

Meh.needs more textures on it and a better uvw unwrapment and also better bitmaps.also amazing cause I am,may I try unwrapping your falcon to reach bitmaps when done? I could also try get it in game

And yeah petera I'm getting the boneyard ingame Im just finishing face error fixing :D

Sure i have an untextured tag somewhere, i'll PM you a link later if you want.
@Chedders, I would suggest waiting before you try, i need to modify the falcon before the reach textures'll fit it.
@Rexhunter99, It is referred to in the entry string as a "MAC Cannon". You must have not read my post if your still trying to argue that it isn't a MAC.

Amazing, please don't blow this out of proportion. I'm not arguing with you, I am stating that in the game, the dialogue refers to it as a Mass Driver. Whether or not the strings list refers to it as a MAC Cannon (which is incorrect, it is not a Mass Accelerator Cannon Cannon) what I was pointing at was the dialogue. Sorry if that was unclear.

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=16877318&player=AskAlicia
"Hold (X) to enter MAC Cannon"

looks to plain it needs a better metalic texture.

I may have to "Duche It Up"

Oh man the arguments on this forum crack me up XD

Nice one Amazingcuziam.

I mean serously, No need to argue. Just enjoy the work you see, and tell me why my unwraps are bad?

They look to plain. Nothing Shiny, nothing custom. looks dull and boring.

I don't know whether this is a compliment, or an insult...?

This is why the forums are they way they are. You keep ignoring the fact that I am not even considering the strings list as information and keep shoving it towards me. If I were a troll, this would be the perfect excuse to troll your topic.

Guys there's no argument, I was simply saying that in game, the dialogue from the characters refers to the stationary weapon as a "Mass Driver" But when they're on the PoA or when Frigates are bombarding things they say "MAC Rounds" or "MAC" when referring to the Mass Accelerator Cannon that are built into UNSC vessels as an offensive weapon.
(Mentioning ships makes me realise we've never seen Bungie's rendition of a Destroyer class vessel on either Human or Covenant sides... weird)

@mastur_cheef:
Grow up kid, seriously.

I am not going to repost even if you decide to throw yet another strings reference to me.
Edited by Rexhunter99 on Apr 23, 2011 at 09:16 PM

quoting mass driver article from wikipedia "A mass driver is essentially a coilgun that magnetically accelerates a package consisting of a magnetisable holder containing a payload. Once the payload has been accelerated, the two separate, and the holder is slowed and recycled for another payload." Now Coilgun.
"A coilgun is a type of projectile accelerator that consists of one or more coils used as electromagnets in the configuration of a synchronous linear motor which accelerate a magnetic projectile to high velocity. The name Gauss gun is sometimes used for such devices in reference to Carl Friedrich Gauss, who formulated mathematical descriptions of the magnetic effect used by magnetic accelerators." "Coilguns are distinct from railguns, which pass a large current through the projectile or sabot via sliding contacts. Coilguns and railguns also operate on different principles. The first operational coilgun was developed and patented by Norwegian physicist Kristian Birkeland." I can't seem to find any articles on "Magnetic Accelerator Cannons" other than halowiki, which you don't think is a trustworthy source, if you think i'm incorrect about the Coilgun or Mass Driver, look it up for yourself, before you try and tell me what the hell my model is, and make a fool of yourself. TL;DR, Mass Driver, Coilgun and MAC are all essentially the same thing, whereas a Railgun uses two opposite magnetized rails to fire a magnetized projectile at high speeds.

http://www.myfacewhen.com/263/
Edited by ODST_Nick on Apr 23, 2011 at 10:41 PM

It was a compliment FTW. Lol that picture is scary, 'cos my name is Peter...

Triple fail, they've been uploaded to halomaps already:

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=6263

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=6261