I never thought I would see the day Dennis would use the word "Ass".

Edited by Infinite Guardian on Oct 31, 2014 at 03:30 PM

I find it funny people still regard Dennis as someone to be argued with. At the end of the day he probably has 30 years on most people. He has no time to sit on here and argue with every squabbling teenage hormone-fueled attempt at attention. To sit here and to try to reason with him when he has given a set of instructions to everyone AKA the terms of use/forum rules is ludicrous. When all is said and done he'll ban whom he pleases without regard to anything, as this site is owned by him. I find it funny how every single thread on this forum seems to eventually require his attention.

Though with that said, the entertainment value can be good. Keep it up.

Thats good to hear. But can we also modify your game right?

An alternative, assuming that the game can be updated over time with new content, could be a fun community contest to get their maps made. Winners and the runner-ups can have their meshes compiled by the devs and added to the newest iteration.

In the end, I have no idea how Cryengine works or if this is possible.

Cry engine 3 is fun to use but end of the day you need a new kick ass PC.

"If PC players want to play halo that bad why don't they buy an xbox one?"
"Ha Ha Ha people on PC are too stuck up for xbox but still want halo, so stupid"

My god.

What does that have to do with my post?

You don't need a super amazing new PC to run cryengine. I had a crappy $30 graphics card that could run crysis 2 pretty well.

That being said, I am however getting a super amazing new pc :|

somewhat saddening that the head of HAC2 would disagree with the project, but hopefully we'll change your mind as we continue to make progress.

Forge please.

Something so good to ask for, at least.

I'm going to use green text because I'm lazy to use the quote function.

>This attempt at childish defiance just shows how little you understand about how forums work.
How is it childish to point out the rules that you cannot even enforce?

>First off they are not my rules to follow they are your rules to follow. As owner of the forum, just like any forum owner of any forum I can do whatever I please with the forum. I have no constraints you do. This is just how forums work.
And yet I seen people broke so many rules in this forum and they don't get punished for it. Only when it gets so bad, then you get involved, but even then you just give them a slap on the wrist.

>But besides that this is not a real time chat where I sit anxiously awaiting each and every post as you seem to think. So I intervene when I see fit not when you think I should. Again this is how forums work.
No freaking duh. I know how forums work, I used to be on SA forums before my ban for supporting #GamerGate

>You apparently have a bug up your ass about something to do with me or this forum so just get it out and we can discuss it. Otherwise your options are to abide by the rules, leave or be forced to leave.
No, I'm just sadden that a modding community that had potential has gone to waste. This has nothing to do with you. Now if you excuse I'm going to play some more Shin Megami Tensei IV, that game is just too good to pass up.
Edited by FrostyVA on Oct 31, 2014 at 07:05 PM

He's not disagreeing with the project, he's just not sucked into the hype, like any rational person who hasn't seen actual gameplay yet. If anything take it as more motivation to work towards that goal.

Fair enough, I can agree with that

Hay sniper, I have compeletly have faith on this project (and I hope I am not the only one.) I can tell where this is aheading and I even made a post about "moving to contingency" and everyone start to say "no", heck I don't know why I did that lol but I think some of them are going to regret one day at least once the game is released. But anways I think the fact that most people on this forum are not super hyped up because that might be no gameplay, game won't support edit kit tool at all, horrible pc, doesnt look orginial. And other thing is sniper you know one thing that I'll be worried about? Its Microsoft. That company have shut down many other halo fan games all over the years and many xbox haters are saying "man lets see Microsoft take this game down" just now I was watching halofollower on youtube about contingency and I scroll down just to see xbox fanboy comments and they all proper going against this game. But I notice that it gotta do with jelousy.


Yes keep up the good work and I wonder where this is going to lead too.

dw, screw microsoft bro they wont shut dis down.

SO blocky. Needs a ton of work, but is off to a good start.

Why the stripes?

**To elaborate (inb4 tl;dr):

The model is suffering from the same problems as the other human assets; it looks like somewhere along modeling, you reached a point where you went "Uh oh, what do I do now?" We've all been there, some of these hiccups are easier to get through than others, but one I've learned NOT to do if I've reached this point is to 'Select Faces' > 'Inset' > 'Extrude.' This isn't a very clever way to get more detail, and it certainly doesn't showcase the artist's true potential.

Next, I'd like to bring up as to why you're going the low-poly route? There really isn't a reason not to sculpt high-poly hard surface details first and work your way down. This will 99.99% of the time work better (some exceptions I can think of are rounder objects) than building a low poly and UVing some normals onto it. In a game like this, a current-gen game, and one that has such a monumentally strong visual appeal in so many places, high-poly has to be the way to go. It just has to be.

I can't really explain it more than that. Look at masternoob's renders. His materials and bitmaps, specifically normals, are fantastic. That's because he knows how to bake high-poly meshes down. This isn't really aimed at your Pelican specifically, but rather a lot of what I've seen outside of MN's Covenant work pertaining to this project. The detail that you're missing out on is teeth-grinding (in a good way, because I know there's so much more you can show us, even if 3D-work isn't your intended career path as it is mine). This is something you should be aiming for ... [Thread].

I'm not trying to hurt anyone's feelings here at all, everything I say is intended to be constructive to some degree. If the head developers are absolutely okay with the model then there isn't anything I can do. I will still try the game at least should it finish completion.
Edited by Dante on Nov 1, 2014 at 01:40 AM

I was actually wondering of that myself. Kinda reminds me of a Christmas cookie for some reason.

I kinda like the boxy design, actually. I'm not a 3D modeler by any means, so I wouldn't have the knowledge or ability to identify models needing work versus those with an artistic design.

Looking at the pelican for what it is though, I particularly like the way the four engines are not completely covered by the green plating (underneath and parts of the sides), as opposed to having the wing's form completely encompass the engines. To me, at least, it seems to differentiate them both, making them look like exposed engines covered just where they're needed to get the job done, rather than wings designed with a synergy between aerodynamics and forward/vertical thrust. I'm a Y-Wing kinda guy. Also like the way the exhaust valve looks in the center-back.


Some crits I'd have would be with what I'd imagine is the pelican's landing gear. They seem a bit too small small, or thin, and if that's what those indentations are, those legs would definitely not able to support that weight. The top-most air intake in the center also is a bit narrow looking, as if it's a straw. I've always liked Bungie's dual-intake, V-design myself. Last would be whatever's going on with the last view, the one from the top. Something just feels a bit off about it, but I'm not sure what.




The stripes could be something cool like luminescent ribbons, designed to make the vehicle look more badass:



Or on an aircraft:
http://youtu.be/zutD1xIO_Zs?t=15s

I like it alot, perhaps it's purpose could lend towards civilian transport.

The orange blinkers on the rear thrusters make me cringe however.

I have to say that I enjoy this "blocky" design, and the shape of the cockpit is awesome.

You don't need zbrush to sculpt.


:)

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Free > http://pixologic.com/sculptris

Pay For > http://www.autodesk.com/products/mudbox/overview

http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/modo/

Have the Xbox community become total idiot's or what?

Nature is truly unbalanced.

Too much mountain dew, too litte Dr Pepper

It's just misunderstood.
Oh, and girls don't like it.

When I said sculpt, I should have said subdivided model. You have 3ds max I take it? Sub-d willy nilly with that.

Edited by SciFi on Mar 28, 2015 at 07:19 AM

You're models look good it has this halo combat evolved. Just need some W.I.P

keep up the good work.

Soon...

Edited by SciFi on Mar 28, 2015 at 07:23 AM

I don't think something like that would really fit into Halo, but as far as the art itself goes, that is a very, very nice-looking ship.

Looks like halo 3.

halo 3's plasma pistol was super low res tho