the shape of the emitter looks linda strange

from a design standpoint, wouldn't the top be slanted to prevent ice/snow/rain/dirt/sand accumulation?

that's would be great! i would really appreciate it, thanks! :D





Hmm, let me see what i can do about it, i'm not THAT happy with that structure either
i will post pics if i actually modify it :-)





I did! Thanks :D

Credit goes to maniac1000 for the amazing metal texture!





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Updates!

I didn't like the floor texture on red bases's lobby had so i changed it




Removed volume of the trees (thanks for pointing it out Higuy)




Added metal strip around glass! (I still have to make it's own glass texture tho)


Edited by ChBgt909 on Apr 14, 2013 at 01:44 PM

This map is looking very good so far.

This map isn't very good, its amazing. ;D

AI on the client side will spawn an inactive biped, and an active AI. The active AI's are completely in different locations for every person. That inactive biped can only be killed by someone killing the AI on the hosts side, which is almost impossible for a client.

The only way this would work is to spawn them in an empty room and have them teleported with a command list to the exterior, so you would have the inactive bipeds stuck in a room, while the active ones will still be completely out of sync.

I have no idea, I know that some other people have used simple AI as ambiance in maps before but I didn't know they caused problems like SlenderMans post said, I have never experienced anything like that. Perhaps it has something to do with the multiple amounts of AI. Perhaps that could be solved by creating a single encounter, or squad, for each individual AI. I'm not really sure, but I know that Kirby in the past had figured out a way to make a Elite sync online.

Another thing to note, if you end up using scenery, the animations will not sync online.

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=5992
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=5989
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=6036
All the AI sync maps by Kirby I could find. Not sure if they work.

That does have quite an astounding look to it, the shine is pretty cool and the patterns with the darker tile pieces show wearing over time. Love it.

I have played with the AI quite a bit in MP maps for the Halo CE Chronicles and have seen what is being reported in my experience.

The maps I have seen with AI's as ambiance have been flood based where they were all in an enclosed room. There were more AI in the client than the host. but they mostly just stood there anyway.

As you said before the birds either as AI or scenery don't need to sync since they really aren't interactive or part of the game play.

if im not mistaken, that color difference you're seeing is due to Halo 3's lighting system

I think ChBgt909 already has that floor texture, as far as I remember he used it on in map imposing

Dsalimander, is normal :) All the shaders made for that stuff are custom. All the color permutation for the scenery are custom (they just look like halo 2 and halo 3 and there are some new color) It's just my personal assets . ^^

Well guys, i haven't been working on the map lately i've been busy with some other stuff, i will resume my work next week

However i did add some stuff to the things i already had...

*Added effects to the starting point of the energy beam:






*Another view of the beam emitter:




*Changed metal flat texture... those lines you see are actually part of the specular (alpha channel) but the diffuse color is just the metal color without any pattern


Edited by ChBgt909 on Apr 17, 2013 at 12:52 AM

I think way off in the distance, something that might look good are big ol' floating Forerunner towers like in Halo 4. You have to admit those were impressive.

that beam emitter looks sexy o.o
Also glad you're using Broke's Gauss rifle (though it might be better to have somebody else animate it for you, some of the animations are meh/bad)

dude.... lol i have posted like 3 times that i AM going to do that with the sky box

i forgive you for not reading my post tho... xD

But here it is again

The concept will be, a shield world, with Halo 4 like structures floating, the blue base is actually a gondola station, which means that it's aligned to another structure in the distance, the structure is gonna be huge and it's gonna be attached to a mountain or island, i will show a concept pretty soon

Edited by ChBgt909 on Apr 17, 2013 at 01:13 AM

I think it would be pretty awesome if you added sound when you are near beam emmiter and made camera shake a little.

I looked at all your other maps. I'm instantly a fan of your work! Have you ever thought about doing other themes besides a lush forerunner environment? I think you should try something different for your next map, like a new type of environment, or a different architectural theme.

But that is just my opinion, I just want to see how you could expand to other forms of halo 3d art.

Keep up the good work!

Oh derp.

Snowy, we need good snow maps. Especially people who RP because Sanctuary Final is too overused :x

snowy definitely

If you can perfect the snow and ice effects and reflections, forerunner structures embedded in ice caves would be awesome (maybe like reach's breakpoint?)

Haven't been working on the map yet... but here is another picture of the map in the game

The map looks great, just don't put h3 or hr in the title lulz.

EDIT: fixed problem that made my post not say h3 or hr
Edited by ZOBI3KING on Apr 21, 2013 at 01:22 AM

Well i wanted to make this part of the bsp, but since the sky rendering system is too buggy to display something like this, i decided to make the terrain closer to the map part of the bsp, the texture of the large plane is subject to changes, the blue is the bed of the lake

the sky will just have the further away features, like distant mountains, structures, clouds, and the stuff that will be seen in the sky

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Edited by ChBgt909 on Apr 22, 2013 at 10:33 PM

rotate the UVs for the forest texture; it looks good in the first image, but from the center(where the cameras will be?) the trees will look awkward ala the third image.

Yeah the tree's need to be flipped vertically.

Planning on releasing a classic version of the map? (Stock weapon/vehicle set)

I think for the trees, it wouldnt be bad if you make them as many planes in front of the others. you can put like multiple trees on 1 plane and copy it

Thats not what I mean exactly. custom bitmap with much more trees than 3 or idk how much

UPDATES, PLEASE READ EVERYTHING

I decided to scrap that undetailed terrain and make something new, but i don't know... is this too much??

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The ocean and islands are going to be part of the sky model, aligned with the blue base, in the distance, there's gonna be a huge island with an structure, they will be aligned because the blue base is supposed to be a "gondola station".

The red side will have a more simple terrain, and most of it will be composed of elements that are going to be added to the sky model, it will have more "floating" structures, but with different design since their purpose will be different

The sky itself won't be the classic one with stars and planets, since you are inside of some sort of shield world, you will be able to see a ceiling with metallic features and all that...
Edited by ChBgt909 on Apr 25, 2013 at 03:50 PM

simple, but effective. Quite appealing.

so wait, you're getting rid of ALL your work on the map thus far or just the sky BSP?

If the whole thing, can you atleast give us the other BSP you made?