I won't lie I am somewhat partial to the funny lewd anime mmorpg ads which occasionally spring up from time to time.

And I do occasionally like to fantasize that the hot singles within a 1.1 mile radius of my location are infact looking to hook up with me.
Edited by Super Flanker on Jun 24, 2016 at 02:02 PM

I think it has an option to allow funny lewd anime mmorpg ads

It does in fact have an option to allow funny lewd anime mmorpg ads

ATTENTION EVERYONE: THE MOD HAS LAUNCHED! https://www.facebook.com/halospv3

It was released 5 minutes early there for some reason.


http://haloce3.com/downloads/singleplayer/original-singleplayer/spv3/

http://haloce3.com/downloads/singleplayer/original-singleplayer/spv3/

Mirror

You can download from here
Mod .ZIP 1.19gb
Mod .7Z 997mb
Mod + Game .RAR 1.23gb
Edited by MatthewDratt on Jun 25, 2016 at 12:48 AM

About time.

but seriously, when is vidoc #4 being released?

I'm assuming this uses the same Open Sauce version that was released in March last year?
Y haz masters neglected us halomappers
Edited by Spartan314 on Jun 25, 2016 at 02:00 AM

yep

How to disable showing those green messages at the left
Edited by Mokou Price on Jun 25, 2016 at 02:08 AM

So where do we post bug reports? When I exited a wraith in a30, I clipped through the map and crashed.

that shouldn't be happening unless activated in another map. But in console type set developer_mode 0

Bug reports are on the subreddit, crashing when falling through the map is a known issue and will hopefully be fixed in the upcoming patch.

I'd say that if it's possible, upload a screenshot or video to show the bug.

We'll do our best to patch any bugs, so more detail = better.

I have a PC that can run games like GTA V, BF4, modded Skyrim and even Halo Online, so it begs the question: what about this mod (same with TSC:E) is so taxing on the hardware that I hit 22fps with all Open Sauce effects turned off?
Edited by Oskarmandude on Jun 25, 2016 at 03:47 AM
Edited by Oskarmandude on Jun 25, 2016 at 06:21 AM

If you are on W10 or 8 it is probably defaulting to the integrated GPU. Check your nvidia control panel settings.

The reality is that Halo CE is simply using an outdated engine that doesn't use modern techniques. Thus it will perform less optimally than modern games, and more noticeably so when trying to push this engine to its limits.



Because he feels famous now and is focusing on facebook, twitter and reddit. Where he apparently has a large fleet of fans that shower him with praise, unlike here on halomaps where he's met with a mix of some praise, some trolling and another guy saying "cheers and beers" the entire time.
Edited by DaLode on Jun 25, 2016 at 04:59 AM

Day 1 patches ftw

The reality is that you're saying false things, I have 7 years old hardware and I never had any framerate drop in SPv3, if the guy is having a low framerate, the problem is on his side...
Edited by Idaho on Jun 25, 2016 at 05:53 AM
Edited by Idaho on Jun 25, 2016 at 05:56 AM

How is saying that the engine is outdated false.
How is saying that the engine is not using modern techniques false.
How is saying that an outdated engine will not perform as optimally as the engine in newer games false.

But I'm running the Windows 7 master race.


Lmao what is this 7 year-old GPU you speak of?
Edited by Oskarmandude on Jun 25, 2016 at 06:18 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_HD_5000_Series



You were heavily implying that these were the causes of his problem, which based on my experience (and probably most other people who played SPv3) are not.
Edited by Idaho on Jun 25, 2016 at 06:45 AM
Edited by Idaho on Jun 25, 2016 at 06:45 AM

All you did was tell me the the family your GPU is, not what your GPU is lmao.
If you have a 5970 then you tell me you have that instead of a 5000 series.

Check it anyway.
I'm on 7 and I had to manually set up the Nvidia control panel to detect Halo: Custom Edition.

I use an AMD GPU and I have no integrated GPU.
Edited by Oskarmandude on Jun 25, 2016 at 07:45 AM

Wether an engine will perform optimally or not is no where related to the age of the engine. A good comparison is IGI 2 and COD AW. IGI 2 runs well on even oldest of machines but COD AW lags like hell on top config PCs as well. SPV3s performance is not related to how old an engine it uses, considering it runs perfectly on my pc.

Play around with HCE settings as well as your AMD CCC or whatever it's called now.

I had some issue with TSC:E when I first ran it, but I got it working. That was on a R9 7770, which was some time ago so the issues may actually be different. My R9 270X has run it fine (haven't played this as my CPU has some, let's just say bridged connections inside) other than issues with eyefinity. Halo CE does not like to run across three screens. It's annoying. Somebody fix this. Looking at you, Open Sauce.

I'll see if I still have my 4670 (and enough some spare parts for another machine) and see if that'll handle it, or what can make it go. That'll probably be a little while though.

E: Actually, I'll test it on my laptop since it's got a HD 5500, and that's probably closer to what you have. It'll be awhile though. Phone posting FTW
Edited by Skidrow925 on Jun 25, 2016 at 08:27 AM

I was most definitely not implying the age of the engine is the only cause of the problem. Several things are at play here. I merely stated that the age of the engine plays a role here. Is it the only role? Most likely not.



Of course it is related. What are you kids smoking.
That is not to say that the age is the only reason performance is abysmal for a user, but it is most definitely related.

Not exactly true. Take CryEngine 2 for example, its an unoptimized engine that still struggles to this day to run efficently (eg Crysis). Considering DaLode has actually built an engine in the past, he may know a thing or two!!

Now that it's released, I want to give you my thanks Masterz1337

I know that you've recieved a lot of hate and team problems (TSC:e team quitting) throughout the development of SPV3, so I respect it that you went on making this project, I'm very happy that it's out and I can't wait for part 2 :)

I agree with you, just like you, all of us want new softwares to perform better than the old, but in reality in half of the cases it doesn't happen (May be not the case of your engine and excluding exceptions). About SPV3 there is almost nothing we can really do about this, unless someone makes the next gen open sauce. Well, I found a few solutions of lagging or stuttering in Halo CE OS.

Usually in OS, the motion blur effect is handle mostly by the CPU instead of the GPU. I often found the CPU readings spike when rendering motion blur and the moment it reaches 92-98%, it lags like anything (may be not the case for every one). Lowering motion blur or disabling it keep the CPU at 35-50% and the game runs like butter (no lags).

In SPV3, lot things get loaded, apply LAA Large Address Aware on HaloCE.exe, causes the game to utilise more than 2GB of RAM. Reduces occasional pauses, well not that effective. You can give it a try ,its safe.

ATI Radeon users can enable crossfireX if using 2 GPUs. Turn on Shader Cache for HaloCE.exe profile, switch all settings to High Performance mode. NVidia might have similar things.

Hope this helps! Goodluck!

That's not really a good example because my old 750ti can handle it maxed out with a decent framerate.

A better example would be the source 1 engine that is for the most part still largely single threaded.
Edited by ghost901 on Jun 25, 2016 at 11:43 AM

It's a 5780 1GB VaporX...

What matters here is the GPU age, a 5000 series whatever the price you put in it in the past is a turd nowadays, the whole "OpenSauce requires good specs" thing is a myth, it only requires decent specs.



Please explain how it is related? When SPv3 runs well on my 7 years old hardware explain how the issues this guy with a PC better than mine is having are related to the engine?
Edited by Idaho on Jun 25, 2016 at 01:24 PM
Edited by Idaho on Jun 25, 2016 at 01:27 PM

My MacBook Pro 13 inch model generally gets 60 fps at 1920 x 1080 in SPV3.

The second BSP area in Halo (second mission) brings me down to about 20 fps at times.

Please explain how it is related? When SPv3 runs well on my 7 years old hardware explain how the issues this guy with a PC better than mine is having are related to the engine?

No, no no. You're turning it around here.
What you are saying is that it is completely, one hundred percent, unrelated.
Explain to me how it is, again, one hundred percent, unrelated.
Your argument is simply "it works for me, so it should work for you". If only the world of game engines and hardware was that simple.

Oh what a lovely world that would be indeed. How that would've saved me tons of time when making a rendering engine using OpenGL. But let's not get into that. Basically you just have no idea what you're talking about, and let's leave it at that.