Now the only reason this is protected is for your own good. It's not finished.

The only reason I'm releasing this is because I'm calling out to the community to seek for help.
Need in majorly needs a rig fixer upper, and a shaderer. Maybe a decent animator.

I haven't done much except rig it and put it ingame. Marines have a disgustingly horrible rig but I'll need somebody who is more experienced. I think I'll be handing most of my tagset WIP to this person. This includes Plasma Launcher (Beta stage), Plasma Repeater, Jetpack biped (with effects), DMR, Reach Marine, Reach Elite, Reach energy sword, Reach shotgun (horrible condition), and focus rifle (untextured horrible condition).

Basically I need someone who can pretty things up.

My time for Halo CE modding is nearing it's end I think. Getting busier day by day and I don't even have the time to check these forums anymore. Sometimes I'd be going to bed at 1 in the morning even when there are exams/quizzes the next day (or same day to be more accurate).

http://www.mediafire.com/?q8ixv3qpi77y3rj

Link to my test map. OS only because the marines and elites take up so much space. (That needs fixing too...)

http://www.mediafire.com/?jb2fbmmbkrqf9j9
OS Config file. You need this to run the map. Replace the one in: My Documents\My Games\Halo CE\OpenSauce

Alright this is hopefully the last hurdle... If not..
Copy paste data_files into you rmaps folder and it should get working.
http://www.mediafire.com/?jmie93we90vwk4e

PM me if you think you've got time and the will to take my mantle.

E: Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUU2G07ZT4E
Edited by Spartan314 on Feb 28, 2013 at 03:30 AM
Edited by Spartan314 on Feb 28, 2013 at 01:46 PM
Edited by Spartan314 on Feb 28, 2013 at 11:29 PM
Edited by Spartan314 on Feb 28, 2013 at 11:43 PM

thank you for the DMR and the Elite.

i think all you need is a time off, then before you know it, you'll start missing something.

um yea, just one issue, it cant be opened because it uses a modset. could you compile it again using this command os_tool.exe build-cache-file-ex "" 0 0 1 that should keep it from making a modset and allow anyone to use it

I can do shaders pretty well.

Sorry about that, but I forgot you guys needed my config file to run it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?jb2fbmmbkrqf9j9
Use this to replace the on in:My Documents\My Games\Halo CE\OpenSauce
Edited by Spartan314 on Feb 28, 2013 at 01:46 PM

this is yet again because it was created as a project file

@ spartan314 it would just be easier to compile in tool with the command i sent you earlier. the mod option is more for creating a custom campaign instead of a single map.

He didn't supply everything.
Problem with his compiling parameters.

http://www.mediafire.com/?jmie93we90vwk4e
Put this in your map folder.

First time I'm trying to release something and this happens...

'Tis working now?

for full example

os_tool build-cache-file-ex "" 0 0 1 levels\test\tutorial\tutorial

Actually,a lot of people can.

If they can fix it,then they can ask 314 for the tags.

Precisely the point. I'm looking for someone to consult me. So far only one person has sent me a PM. I'll give it 6 days.

You've really progressed a lot lately, 314.

yes, nice job on the elites they turned out great, i also like your shaders for the spartan.
Edited by killzone64 on Mar 2, 2013 at 07:54 PM

I got some rigged Halo Reach Elites along with ODSTs and Marines. Their mouths and mandibles are also rigged.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IuHhUGBMFw

Great work Yoshiman!

Mine don't use any OS features. The only reason it's a .yelo file is because of the file sizes.

Btw, how did you get the mandibles to work with the mouth data? Whenever I tried it would mess up the Elite.

The Elite is rigged to the Halo Combat Evolved Elite bones. I got the original elite rig and placed it in with the Reach Elite. The Reach Elite was skinned to the bones and I skinned each of the elite's mandible to the the correct frame mandible. To see if the mandibles were correctly rigged, I used halo animation importer and used the berserk animation for the elite since his mouth spreads apart on that animation. The mouth data inside the sound tags are what makes them move their mouth for that sound. If there is no mouth data in the sound, then they don't move their mouth. But for marines to move their mouth, you have to rig their jaw to the ponytail bone.
Edited by Yoshiman on Mar 3, 2013 at 03:24 PM

those are very well done yoshiman, the os shaders could use a few tweaks in places and the mouth may need adjustment, but it looks good so far.

The rigging on those bipeds are indeed very well done. Great job yoshiman!

*cough cough* Do you mean Halo 1? Cause they're using Halo 1 anims, rigged to Halo 1 bones.

Its true that they are using Halo 1 animations but I added the melee, different flee animation, different shotgun reload, and removed the h-ping animations from the unit_damage for the marines. That way, the Marines would actually live on Legendary without you throwing yourself at the enemies to try and save them.

There comes the question of whether this is for private use or public release :)

i think Spartan314 takes a part of the decision. I really hope he agrees for the release

Same here, those tag's would be good.

i think he wants someone to finish them first, if he gives me the chance to finish them. once they're fixed i will try to do a public release if he agrees.
Edited by killzone64 on Mar 4, 2013 at 02:58 PM

They look very awesome. The rig is nearly perfect. I just have a little question, they have a proper collision model ? Or it's just the halo 1 marine and elite collision ? :)

They have their own collision models for the Elite, Marines, and ODSTs.

Very nice ! Do you have in plan to release them ? That's would be very good to the community :)

Maybe, but I am trying to give them different animations.

I've given the tags to Killzone64 to finish.
Hopefully they will get finished, and all of you will get good Reach tags to play with. ^_^

That's would be awesome. I looked the melee animation, it's your animation ? (because it looks fantastic).

Oh and I have a little request, someone can do for me the rig of my marine please ? I can do it, but right now I don't have the time with my the floods remake project, it's diffucult to work on some different things. I fixed the bitmaps textures, added multipurpose, fixed the material setup in 3ds max. The only things I need it's a rig, that's would be very helful ! :D

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Edited by darksoldier on Mar 5, 2013 at 07:22 AM

did you keep the reach rigging intact?. if so it should be a breeze. i plan to make all the permutations for both the elite and marine but as soon as i get mandible animations for the elite and fix the marine ill release the two.

and by the way, the current marine rig isn't too bad, the most noticeable part is the hand being askew. and that's just because of a rotated marker
Edited by killzone64 on Mar 5, 2013 at 08:17 AM

Yeah that's the reach rigging :)

ok cool pm me the model and ill have it rigged by this evening

A big thanks to you Killzone64 ! :DDDD

ok so i found this amazing tool today and i thought i might post it here for everyone to use:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2904948/Tools/Martinez_RemoveBoneAssignWeights.ms
it is a maxscript that allows you to select a skinned object and delete a bone from the skin modifier, then you can transfer the vertice weights to any bone you choose, it makes character porting 100 times easier.
Edited by killzone64 on Mar 5, 2013 at 06:08 PM