I read all of the old halo books from when halo combat evolved came out. I was wondering if there was anybody who would want to make campaign missions based of the following books with me.

Halo: first strike

Halo: the flood (okay I know that all of you will be saying: "this was in the halo 1 campaign." but there were many areas and scenarios that were not in the campaign)

Halo:contact harvest

Halo: ghosts of onyx (a good one you see spartan IIIs in action)

Halo: the fall of reach (again I know that you will all be saying that: "this is halo reach" no it is not this book deals master chief's squad (blue squadron) saving some of the spartan training facilitys with Dr Hasley

I hope that some of you will be willing to make a campaign with me

Well believe it or not, you aren't exactly the first to suggest levels based on the books. You'd think someone would have actually made one by now, but apparently no one has gotten around to it.

Just what will you contribute if you do end up making a campaign?

A deeper understanding into the great story and enviroment that halo has to offer

Good answer. *slow clap*

So do you have any idea how to make a single player mission? Because I'd be more than happy to help if you do.

I wish... I'd make a pre-Contact Harvest SP.

So basically, not only are you saying you'd have them do all the real work, but you'd also insult them at the same time by implying that you are the only person who understands Halo as "deeply" as you do.

I have a great idea for a campaign : let's re enact the halo books

I'm sorry but does anyone else see anything wrong with that statement.

please sel, I'm just saying that it would be a good idea to make a campaign mission basd on the halo book. and I'm also saying that I would do the majority of the work.

and on that note I don't think I know much more about halothat all of the other people on this site. I just mean that I know more than the AVERAGE player in halo CE

Majority, as in a deeper understanding to the story and environment? Sorry, not enough for me. I think there needs to be less "idea" on Halomaps and more "productiveness".

He was trying to keep flaming to a minimum, without going spastic at him and becoming flamebait.

finally someone who understands my way of posting

What flaming

lmfao

All you've done is go hey here's my idea, "let's copy someone elses idea instead of being creative for once"

Well, that's kind of a safer method of doing things. If you put lots of work into something you already know people will like (like Halo: Reach things, or plotlines from the Halo books), then you know that someone will appreciate your work. If you make something that's never been done before, and people end up thinking it's stupid, you've wasted a lot of time for nothing, right?

Is that how the world thinks now?

Being creative is a waste of time if the masses don't worship it?

:S

Thats quite possibly the stupidest thing I've heard in a while. I've heard people say stupid crap, but this is one of the tops.

It's not really like it's a new thing. Have you ever seen the generic brand of anything? They know the original is something that works, and that people will like. Sure, they could try and market their off-brand cola imbued with the flavors of eucalyptus and vinegar, but it'd probably be a safer bet to just stick with lemon-lime.


....Seeing as how you didn't really provide a reason why it should be considered such (i.e. "This way of thinking is stupid because...."), you haven't really done anything to prove your point, have you? Anyone can say, "That entire comment was st00pid," but adding reasons as to why it was stupid makes you seem a bit more intellectual. Or at least polite.
Edited by Echo77 on May 21, 2011 at 05:46 PM

And this is precisely why our capitalist society is such a pathetic joke.

The reason its retarded is becuase of that fact that if you actually devoted time and tried on it people will like it. Half-assing things will get you no where.

I like quality h3 tags and hreach tags etc. But, people really get remembered for doing something crazy. Not just remaking something somebody else already did. Try something that nobody has done in CE before, or maybe even something that Bungie hasn't done or gotten right.

Just because you try to do something and devote time to it doesn't mean people will like it. I could spend my life trying to develop a machine that turns gold into lead. And if it was a success..... people probably wouldn't be too fond of it. What use would it serve? But I devoted time to it, right? So they should love it.

Well then maybe you should devote your life to making a machine that turns lead to gold.

Just because you spent a lot of time on it, doesn't mean it will be good. If you put a lot of effort, thought, heart, and time into it, it should be good.

when I said "it" in my statement, it really only applied to maps.

and yes, devote enough time and strive for imperfection, theres a pretty good chance that the general public is going to enjoy your map+.
Edited by Higuy on May 22, 2011 at 07:17 AM

This is basically my life's philosophy.

1 I wonder how many of you actually READ the books

2 The books would make a great story fo a campaign

3 I'm not "half-assing" anything

4 I already do make and try to help with as many prodjects that exist

5 and I wonder, why do all of my threads degenerate into a worthless argument?

1) Halo: Fall of Reach; The Flood; First Strike; Cole Protocol; Contact: Harvest; Ghosts of Onyx; Evolutions; Cryptum; Uprising; Helljumpers; and Blood Line (last three being comics), along with the anime video collection, Halo: Legends. And yes, I actually have all of those (with the exception of the comics).

2) Yes, they would.

5) Because this is HaloMaps :|

ok I'm gonna leave this thread before dennis gets involved and he lock up my thread again

Good. Get some tutorials, learn to model, or anything else before trying to start a team to build a SP campaign.

Or you could just do the whole thing yourself. Grab all of the glory. :P (well, you'd probably actually want to work with a team)

You'd be more effective working by yourself, but no one has the work ethic if they have the time, and those that do have the ethic dont have the time. :P
Edited by Dwood on May 28, 2011 at 05:48 PM

Both no, and no... working by yourself can be great on somethings, but creating a excellent SP map is going to be a team effort. One person can not possibly do every last task from BSP modeling to animating and dialouge if they plan to have a good outcome.

Make me proud son.

As we all know, it's a coordinated team that makes good stuff. That was probably assumed though. But I work quite well with my own ideas, maybe not so well with other peoples' ideas, but I work well with my own.

Edited by Xoronatus on May 28, 2011 at 07:45 PM