No .map version yet? Shame on you. However, I can take my impatience as an incentive to finally download and install OS.

So I went through the map again and I have found the Bad Wolf Corporation. Did you lose rose somewhere in the level Dr Matthew Who?

Rally Point Charlie is broken.

People are getting through just fine. Try again.

And yes, There are really only two easter eggs. Both are just decals stuck on walls. 1 has been found! The other one is pretty obvious too lol

PS. Map files are up. http://haloce3.com/matthewdratt/maps_tdpl.html
Edited by MatthewDratt on Jul 20, 2013 at 11:13 PM

just like ce3, im a day late, first a funeral, then my job, although ill give ya my rating on this soon

i'm downloading this as i type, i really liked your beta and i loved your animations, glad you used my hangar bsp i made you though credit wasn't necessary. but i cant comp-lain XD.

i will write up a review once i play all the way through it.

Much of that bsp was just copying and pasting what you did so credit was given lol

Also I didnt...fully...playthrough the map versions. I just made sure the loading of each rally point loaded and they did so if theres something wrong in them let me know

a wonderful family gathering.

honestly though, why's there an elite combat form, a dead patriachus, and lardson all in one room?

I really don't know why that flood combat form is there... he never has shown up before

It seems like a lot of people are getting this bug but I cannot get it to occur for me. Were there any other bugs occuring, ala not being able to use the pause menu? Did you go through the cave or around the side in echo? Did you start from beginning or load a rally point?
Edited by MatthewDratt on Jul 21, 2013 at 02:03 AM

finished with the standalone yelo, lot to do in the base, pretty awesome, tough to find the chess pieces, woot I get a br as a reward, I saw 2 unkillable gold flood combat forms in the boss battle, nice cutscenes

9/10

I recognize a lot of people in the credits lol

I'm surprised you played at all, considering there's halo 4 content in it.

Judging from your picture it's the elite needler. The only elite needler that appears right there would be the one that spawns in the cinematic in delta.

I've removed the flood needler in that cinematic and will look in the scripts to see what else I can do during that cinematic.

I hope to have that fixed before Dennis updates. But for now... I don't really know what to say. I'm sorry, really. It's really disappointing to me how a bug so obvious got in and no one caught it until release. (I still can't get it to happen for me).

You can always just restart the map right when the boss battle starts and load the last rally point for now.

Takedown isn't perfect. I can take a lot of serious feedback, it'd help a lot!
Edited by MatthewDratt on Jul 21, 2013 at 03:07 AM

Thank you very much for the release... awesome =D

I actually didn't encounter the flood problem, but there was a bug that caused it so the final entrance wouldn't become an objective. I ended up driving around with all enemies killed for about 30 mins before i just reloaded the level.

i couldn't find any bugs although there was 1 bug but it was on my end not yours i fixed so don't worry
Edited by licon4812 on Jul 21, 2013 at 04:50 AM

THis was really great Matthew, the only issues I had had were a few too many cutscenes in the beginning taking control away from me and the fact that Mass Effect music was used so much. It doesn't sound as fitting as Halo music to me. Still an awesome level though!
Edited by combinestrider17 on Jul 21, 2013 at 10:29 AM

if it helps, the flood elite appears when the party moves in and the door gets shielded behind them(when the walkways are shielded from the control panel)

you can pick up the Plasma Rifle from the crates to drop his shield and use the BR on the floor to finish him off with some headshots. figures that you would need explosives, though.

I thought he was just invincible. :O

You can kill the sentiels, take there beam, and if all sentiels are dead and his shields are down the game will move on. No need to kill him
Edited by MatthewDratt on Jul 21, 2013 at 12:25 PM

hey don't worry if this hits the site before you fix it, this is still a breakthrough

btw there is no console visual when you play this on 680x400
Edited by rcghalohell on Jul 21, 2013 at 01:00 PM

I just got out a new YELO version. I guess this will be my fix. I'm not sure what else to do honestly.

I'll also pump out a new Part 2 of the MAP versions. Let me get these on halomaps first and then I'll update my site

That was fun. If you include a tunnel complex into Danger Canyon, would be an even better experience!

Also, was that Witcher 2 music I heard in the game?

this reminds me of ghp danger canyon

Some of you have left feedback already on this, but what are some things you'd like to see in a sequel?

Things you don't need to tell me:
-More side characters. The side characters have so far received extremely well and I wanna do way more with them in the future
-Better Voice Acting. Since I will have the dialog script written before the map production it should be easier to get back in touch with my actors if I need extra takes, ect
-Custom BSP/Less linear missions & objectives. I plan to use more and more custom bsp throughout my future projects and I hope to make them way prettier

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Also thank you for making the main/least favorite character poll so confusing. The person who is the least favorite is the 2nd favorite.

Edited by MatthewDratt on Jul 21, 2013 at 04:35 PM

Dratt, I noticed that the polls might be set up wrong, which might be messing up your results..

I tried to rate this map as a 9, but it keeps thinking that I voted it a 10 instead.
If this is also happening on your other polls, then that might be why.. o.o
(Still, I enjoyed it a lot, nice job especially in the details at the Lawson base :D)

For Extermination suggestions... I'd like to see more variety with the setting and missions.
I guess it's an inherent problem with basing a map off of a Multiplayer map, but running around the same boxed canyon gets boring after a while (especially if it's a really familiar one like Danger Canyon). Don't get me wrong, you did the best job I've ever seen to spice that place up with custom encounters and that shielded bridge. But... unfortunately, there's only so much you could do.

What I meant is, most of your encounters can be separated into two groups: the kind you waltz into your next firefight, guns a-blazin', and one where you drive by and shoot down the Covvies/Flood as if you're a gangster in the Roaring Twenties. (The biggest exception is Rally Point Charlie, where you could snipe and you actually had to look in more than one direction to find and snipe your enemies -that's why I liked that part best. The end of Echo doesn't really count, since you just had to hug the entrance into the structure the whole time)
I'd love to see more dimensions (i.e. -getting bombarded by Banshees, fighting on a bridge or balcony, flying a Banshee or some other aircraft...) and just something... creative, I guess.

You've shown us in RP Alpha that you can make an intriguing story. I don't think it'd hurt to give us an intriguing firefight now? ;)


PS: I wonder what it'd be like to be a civilian criminal during the events of Halo...

Firefight maps aren't for me. So no. Sorry D: (I am gonna be helping on Portent II though)

Though thanks for the feedback! I'll be trying some new things hopefully with more freedom of BSP.

Oh, I meant a lowercase firefight (fights with guns), not a Firefight Map.... lol my bad. xP

No problem, good luck with everythi- wait you're helping in Portent II!? o.o

I demand a fight with fire. A fight with fire is an authentic firefight.

Uhh yes and yes.

the new MAP part 2 version has been updated on my website. I hopefully fixed the bug. I'm uploading the new YELO version and that should be up in 1 hour 30 minutes.

That's the only thing I fixed (attempted too), so if ya don't wanna download a newer version, you aren't missing out

Hello DSalimander, how are you?

The site should now have a newer version of TD:PL up for both MAPS and YELO. http://haloce3.com/matthewdratt/maps_tdpl.html (Refresh the page once to ensure you're not on a cache page of the site)

This fix simply attempts to remove the combat form glitch. If it didn't, then I don't know what else to do honestly.
Edited by MatthewDratt on Jul 21, 2013 at 10:17 PM

longer map, of the things not mentioned, ill add longer map

my guess is a couple months at least

Knowing him, it's probably gonna be released on July 12 or 19, 2014 (the second or third Saturday)... But I guess we'll find out :3

^ THAT IS NOT OFFICIAL; I'M JUST SPECULATING.

^ REDACTED -Yeah. I've no clue, either..
Edited by renegade343 on Jul 22, 2013 at 12:51 AM

TD:E is 0% done.

I have ideas. That's it.

Next step once I get everything working on my computer again (wiped everything), I have to
A. Portent II it up
B. Test gameplay ideas I have
C. Write the script & layout BSPs
D. Get script & layout feedback
E. Make script & layout modifications
F. Start BSP modeling
G. Start encounter/hsc work

I'm gonna just say it'll take more than 1 year to produce.
But I will make an announcement about it when I'm ready. I literally have nothing at the moment.

Infact as I speak I have no internet on my desktop because I wiped my computer and it got rid of my network drivers... :/ had to get on my laptop to get the right driver lol Give me 6-12 months before I say anything about TD:E
Edited by MatthewDratt on Jul 22, 2013 at 12:43 AM