Hey guys, i wanted to ask this quick before my wedding on saturday.

Halo 2 vista has gone offline, and i'm very :(.

but, using OS 3.1, could we not bring it back?

normal maps, bloom lights, specular effects, vehicle boosting/boarding, etc.

sure, it'd just be a bunch of rips, but i feel that we could bring back a great MP experience, complete with H2's graphics.

what do you guys think?

Halo 2 has finally died after years of struggle.

It's not bad of an idea,though.

Maybe we can start making all those H2 ZTeam maps even more beautiful. :P
Edited by Dumb AI on Jan 22, 2013 at 10:37 PM

that's what inspired it, funnily enough. my idea is to make it so convincingly like h2 that even altheros would buy it.

CMT is working on a Halo 2 Singleplayer project.

oh yeah, i know, i've been following that very closely. SO excited. but i'm talking about MP, and making it EXACTLY like it was.

Nope. Not possible. At least not in the near future.

Sure, they can recreate the maps, but I'm pretty sure you want ALL the maps?

Dual-wielding already offers many problems. Yes, it's possible, and kind of cool, but it takes up a lot of tagspace, IIRC.

Maybe when Altheros dies this will be possible.

killjoy.


...however altheros dying is a rather pleasant idea.

Why not just continue to hack away at Halo 2 until it reaches it's full potential?
Edited by OrangeJuice on Jan 22, 2013 at 11:29 PM

Halo 2 will never reach its full potential. Not with the way Micro$oft castrated it.

Halo 2 isn't very easy to hack. Not as easy as CE at least.

Clonecam117:

I doubt that will ever happen to him.
Edited by Tape City on Jan 23, 2013 at 11:34 AM

we can dream, my friend. we can dream.

Netcode in CE is far inferior to Halo 2's as well.

I believe OS fixes some of the lag.

Yup, a person by the name of PaulusT made it...



His Direct quote:


"Explanation
===========
When player A directly shoots player B, it will usually miss
because by the time the message has reached the server, player B has moved.
This tool will cause the hitbox of player B (and all players) to lag behind
so that player A's shot will hit without player A having to lead.
A similar technique is used in Source games, like Team Fortress 2,
Counter Strike, etc.


The hitbox of player B will lag by the following number of milliseconds:


Ping of player A * multiplayer_hit_sound_volume + mouse_acceleration


The technique is not perfect and the formula will almost certainly need to be tweaked.
The defaults I have provided above have worked OK in my limited testing:
i.e. Ping of player A + 95
Please check back at
modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?24803-Release-Source-Halo-Lag-Compensation-Tool
for updates and the best values to use.


If multiplayer_draw_teammates_names is true, then the average of player A's ping
over the last 10 seconds (sampled once per second) is used,
instead of player A's current ping.


The maximum lag amount is about 2 seconds."



Source is here:

http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?24803-Release-Halo-No-Lead-Fix-(Server-side
Edited by Caboose 14 on Jan 23, 2013 at 05:08 PM

Well, not CMT, even though some of us are involved.

I thought btcc made that?

I obviously wasn't reading the OP's name properly when I looked at that thread last. o.O

i use the leatrix latency fix, it works pretty well. but it cant fix crappy internet so if you have slow network connection your are pretty much screwed http://www.leatrix.com/