destertplat is a modified single player map Pepzee.biohalo was the first custom single player map to be released. though I guess you are somewhat right with the description. change it to the first ever custom single player map.
Edited by Spark on Jan 13, 2013 at 01:26 AM

You're right, guys. I totally forgot about Desertplat. I'll make sure to fix the description. Nice catch by the way.

Looking at these maps... HCE really needs more quality SP maps. I'm talking Lumoria and CMT SPV3 standard here.

I don't think that's too far off with the advent of Open Sauce.

Edit: Damn I really need to sleep more.
Edited by MoooseGuy on Jan 13, 2013 at 04:53 AM

I don't see how Open Sauce will magically get people to collaborate and plan stuff out decently.

Agreed, the average SP levels are of rather mediocre quality unfortunately. If more people worked together and planned things out, things might be different. It's really not super duper hard to do. It just takes dedication and a right combination of people and planning. Then again, I suppose those are the hard parts...
Edited by The Lodeman on Jan 13, 2013 at 04:54 AM

^ OS could encourage greater cooperative effort by showing what can be achieved if they try hard enough. To do this they would be more pressed to team up and plan.

I agree with Lodex. OS isn't just gonna magically increase people's map making skills.

You give a few bakers the simple things they need to bake a cake, some will bake a good cake, some not so much.

Now you give those bakers the simple things they need and some additional bonus things. Those who didn't make a good cake to begin with aren't gonna suddenly bake a good one because they got more stuff to mess around with.

The cake is a lie

^ So much baking, how can there be no cake?

While OS can do a great number things, a poorly designed SP map will still be a poorly designed SP map. I do think we'll see more innovative features and tags in them, which will make them far more interesting.

Edit: I think takeback needs to be taken off the list, if you start it on heroic it's completely unplayable.
Edited by Masters1337 on Jan 14, 2013 at 02:41 AM

I'll have to agree with Takeback, though I love the concept, and the ending cutscene is cool. I had to be on deathless and infinite ammo to even finish the level on normal.

Yeah I saw StormAndBlackbird play that map, and wow, that was just ridiculous :-)
I think the covenant killed you in one shot, and then you had to defend the chief too...

Shouldn't the Chief be invincible or something?
It's too much of a hassle to guard NPC's.

Lodex, there are no spots on Descent that the AI can't reach. There are some spots that they don't go to for a while. But as far as I could see, there are no spots at all that they can't reach. I looked for quite a while. (I was being chased down by hunters and I had almost no ammo. I think my search was pretty thorough :P)

And Moose can decide whatever he wants about the quality of the maps. It's his UI. You wouldn't want anybody challenging some of your horrible design decisions in Lumoria, would you? (And yes, there were some. Xfire me if you want the gruesome detail) Well, don't challenge Moose's design decisions as trollishly.

I agree with the idea that any maps with poor or no cinematics should be out. Yes, some other maps can be considered poor. But they're still quite playable.
Plus you may have noticed that the maps being challenged have also been challenged by their creator(Lestat).

E: Lol, I'm a page late. xD
Edited by Jaz on Jan 15, 2013 at 09:24 AM

Hi i was wondering when would this ui be released and how much space does it need?

It will be released sometime this year, whenever is deemed appropriate. You'll know when that time comes. UI map files can go up to 35MB, so it'll be under that amount. Right now it sits at about 27MB.

I can't tell you how many times I've heard you say that about the stuff you make ;).

Hopefully it will be released sooner rather then later.

Well last I talked to moose man (who needs to get on xfire!) it's pretty much all visual stuff and bug fixing. The entire thing is fully functional ATM.

Will there be any OS involved? If so, why not integrate that map downloading feature?

Also, will the ui automatically remove the approved sp maps from the mp maps list, the same way the default campaign already is?

And lastly, a request: d40_revenge

y'know, for laughs

Are we going to see Lumoria and SPV3 there? Its just a question, because I didn't see them in the campaign menu. Obvious answer is obvious, but the question had to be asked.

this has already been answered

It probably will be forced onto this UI in some form, just cuz. Think I read something retarted about them adding in "achievements" somewhere in the UI. Although I can't imagine MoooseGuy truely liking the idea.

Answers in red.
Edited by MoooseGuy on Jan 19, 2013 at 10:46 AM

A request: Can you make a startup script to enable player_magnetism by default?
For those who doesnt know yet, player_magnetism its the aim assist on halo pc/custom edition, it only works with a gamepad.

Yeah I can do that if you want. Cheers. ^_^

I don't know if UI mapfiles are different pertaining to this command, but I had included the player_magnetism command in Lumoria's mapfiles at one point for ease of use...and they did NOT actually work. Typing it in manually in console did work, but not having it as part of the script.

So might want to test if it's actually possible in UI map files.

I can't test it myself, since I don't have a gamepad. But I'll put it in, and maybe it'll work for users that do. Won't hurt, I think.

you could have said I want to request MY M# series since I made you the account which I now see was a big mistake and I will not allow it to happen again.sorry to those who suffered from his annoyance he is bound to be banned sometime.
Edited by Spark on Jan 21, 2013 at 01:02 AM

Well, i built the stock tutorial.map with this script and it worked:



After loading tutorial.map (on multiplayer or using map_name), the player_magnetism its still enabled after i exit the map and load the ui or another map.


Well, just type on the console player_magnetism, if the console returns true, then its enabled and the script its working.


Edited by SpartanHex on Jan 22, 2013 at 12:20 PM
Edited by SpartanHex on Jan 22, 2013 at 12:22 PM

Sounds good SpartanHex. I didn't know you could do that check. Thanks!
Edited by MoooseGuy on Jan 22, 2013 at 12:44 PM

No problem, this will end up helping alot of people as well, i dont think im the only one here who likes to play halo with a gamepad.

Thread closed. Be sure to check out the Universal UI Official Thread for more information.