No H4 AR will be in it.

Jeez

holy crapcakes this is looking pretty darn impressive


Edited by Ubergoober on Mar 9, 2013 at 12:42 AM

YOU ARE GOD!!!
Someone should pay you money for your work

Alright that just looks outright freaking fantastic.

I totally agree.

Pretty impressive for a Halo 3 port. Good job.

Added the pulsing light to the crane.
Edited by Jesse on Mar 9, 2013 at 02:40 AM

Semi-fixed up the spartan colors, so it doesn't look so saturated.






I'm going to have to make minor edits to the markers on the spartan but other then that I think it's pretty much golden.

Looks good.

I hate to say this but I think it could look better if it was just a bit more saturated.

that because those are scenery objects right? if so, use shader_models and add a reflection mask using a multipurpose map so it can blend with the fog
Edited by ChBgt909 on Mar 9, 2013 at 11:10 AM

there are many features that were removed from the old xbox version when it was released for PC

1.- there was a h2 like atmospheric fog effect(if anyone has the old xbox halo you can play 343 guilty spark and see it yourself)
2.- bump mapping on shader environment tags could be seen without the need of using a dynamic light
3.- shader environment tags could use reflection mask on scenery objects
4.- as far as i remember, water looked better in the xbox version (?)
Edited by ChBgt909 on Mar 9, 2013 at 01:13 PM

Nah, the saturation looks fine to me.
I think it needs a tad more gloss on the cubemap. Metal looks a bit dull at the moment.

yeah, too much gloss is better than to little in this case

we can argue about how H3 over uses it later :P
Edited by SilentJacket on Mar 9, 2013 at 02:32 PM

More gloss would be nice even if its as overkill as halo reach's Reflection cubemap.

we might not have the engine power, but as has been proven before, we can make something that looks close

Well,I think it could be changed a bit.
It's up to 094 to decide whether to leave it how it is or tweak it some more.

All I can say is that dis is epic

@waffles lol build your own computers. Did it recently and is so much cheaper/better.

ahh custom edition computers
Edited by Cheddars on Mar 9, 2013 at 11:33 PM

After a very successful Beta test, I'm glad to say that Foundry is very close to being finished. Here are some pics (videos to come later)


















DSalimander getting shot in the face

Awh man I should've showed up earlier. The map is really fun and should be great when released.

I took lame pic because I'm lame. Video coming from me soon.


Edited by Invader Veex on Mar 10, 2013 at 03:07 AM

Lol, what an awesome night that was.

NOBODY CAN DEFEAT ME AT ODDBALL!!! MUHAHAHA

Dat light :o

Also, testers, please type up and post any and all issues you have found while testing. Currently we need to:
- move the dumpster on the right, people land between the crate and dumpster too often.
- reduce the amount of grenades you spawn with.

Assault Rifle posing sound. I'm hearing plasma pistol sounds.

I like the radioactive waste, don't take that away from me :(

-Fix secret room
-PR shake
-Dumpster like you said
-I have some floating to my spawn points? Idk if this is your fault though
-I need to do something bout that flag

also here is my only screenshot. The rest I have is video

Edited by MatthewDratt on Mar 10, 2013 at 03:33 AM

- Plasma rifle has too much screen shake.
- Shotgun needs a slight tone-down.
- Flag getting behind the fences.
- Forklift collision needs major fixing.
- Player model seems too dark.
- Stairs clipping with bsp.
- BR needs beefing up, better homing.
- Dumpster collision itself can cause "hopping" lag.
- Forklift needs new drive-forward sound (warthog driving sound is heard from afar).
- Switch primary grenades to frags.
- Brute shot needs to "push" things.
Edited by MoooseGuy on Mar 10, 2013 at 03:32 AM

Fans don't spawn in CTF or something.
Gotta move some scenery a bit
Rockets don't damage the forklift

You cant win them all chumps



I'll go through with some thought input on the spartan shaders/bitmaps. Since I think these are the final lightmaps or close too so I can adjust as necessary.

This build has no easter eggs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bzkRp1-SI0




Edited by 1bobsam1 on Mar 10, 2013 at 03:49 AM

It's times like these I wish I were a renown beta tester...

We don't really "pick" our beta testers, we hand betas out to those who have established a real working relationship and have been helpful to us in any significant way. Just being a popular beta tester doesn't really get your foot in the door (except for one instance.)

Masterz - has been there from the beginning, and while he hasn't really contributed anything materialistic, he's always a good person to have around, and he knows what he's talking about when it comes to gameplay and criticism. (CMT leader)

ShadowSpartan - he joined for fun. He did technically contribute the tagset (Zteam).

Mooseguy - a good person to work with, fun and capable (Descent)

Kirby - nuff said

Invader Veex - developer and H3MT member.

Akrylic - original modeler of Foundry and H3MT member.

Qwerty - help with making scenery objects into proper vehicles. Worked with him before.

Spartan094 - falls into the developer category.

MattDratt- we used to rip maps and leak for a living. Fun times. Server host and trailer maker. Lots of sound help.

Yoko - sound contribution and such.

Any others have contributed to my projects in the past, even if not this one.

We invited Dennis, but he is a busy man.
Edited by Jesse on Mar 10, 2013 at 04:47 AM

I actually want to join in the fun....... but the server prevents me and it keeps saying "Unable to join server" <------- Sigh

Actualy, all looks pretty awesome, the just little things who are not good (for me):

-The fog looks doesn't very good, I see the video and some screens, maybe it's my computeur idk right now
-That h3 spartan needs to work on the shield, change the setting for it more looks like halo 3's one.
-It would be cool if the spartan will had some permutations.

And, It's difficult to critic because I didn't played the maps.