This is going to a be a huge request (and I know that I probably won't find anyone and will end up having to resort to myself learning how to rig to do this - but!!!)

Could anyone rig me up some halo 3 characters? I could care less for Karner, Kadar, Door Guard and any characters that are all Mark VI (Chess Player Silly, New Recruit) since I have bipeds that are good enough for them (but if Karner, Kadar and Door Guard could get their new armor additions that'd be cool).

Also the reason why I'd want a character like Nova redone (even though his armor is exactly the same) is because the original biped has like 2 shaders (the visor isn't even it's own shader - that's why it didn't have a reflection in Project Lawson).

Here is the list if anyone cares to help... if not well...crap:
Lawson - Primary color: Grey
Helmet: EVA
Left shoulder: Recon
Right shoulder: Recon
Body: CQB

Karner - Primary Color: Red-Orange
Helmet: ODST
Left shoulder: Mark VI
Right Shoulder: Mark VI
Body: Scout

Kadar - Primary color: Green
Helmet: Mark VI
Left shoulder: EVA
Right shoulder: EVA
Body: Mark VI

Nova - Primary color: Grey
Helmet: Scout
Left Shoulder: Hayabusa [ Purple ]
Right Shoulder: Scout
Body: Recon

Jane - Primary color: White
Helmet: Mark VI
Left Shoulder: Recon [ red ]
Right Shoulder: Recon [ red ]
Body: Mark VI

Door Guard - Primary Color: White - Helmet visor: Black
Helmet: Mark VI
Left Shoulder: Mark VI
Right Shoulder: Mark VI
Body: EOD

Chess Player Silly - Primary Color: White
Helmet: Mark Vi
Left Shoulder: Mark VI
Right Shoulder: Mark VI
Body: Mark VI

Chess Player Gruff - Primary Color: White
Helmet: Mark VI
Left Shoulder: CQB
Right Shoulder: CQB
Body: Mark VI

New Recruit - Primary Color: White
Helmet: Mark Vi
Left Shoulder: Mark VI
Right Shoulder: Mark VI
Body: Mark VI

Hartnall - Primary Color: Steel
Helmet: Security
Left Shoulder: Security
Right Shoulder: Security
Body: EOD

Lucas - Primary Color: White
Helmet: Mark V
Left Shoulder: Mark VI [ Gold ]
Right Shoulder: Mark VI [ Gold ]
Body: Mark VI

Lieutenant - Primary Color: White
Helmet: Mark VI
Left Shoulder: EOD [ Steel]
Right Shoulder: HayaBusa [ Steel]
Body: Scout [ Steel]

Mechanic - Primary Color: White
Helmet: Rogue
Left Shoulder: Mark VI
Right Shoulder: Mark VI
Body: Mark VI

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Yes I am still working on this
EXTREME SAPIEN SCREENSHOT WIP




Ohhh also, how would you like health to work in Takedown: Extermination?
1. Health Scattered Throughout Map Halo 1 Style
2. Health as an Equipment (like halo 3 equipment style - flashlight to activate - NOT like Project Lawson where it was a weapon)
3. Rechargeable Health (halo 2+ style)

Takedown: Extermination
After the events of Project Lawson, Lawson discovers the location to a forerunner super weapon. It's a race to the location before a brute chieftain, Patriachus, finds it first.
It will be OPEN SAUCE only (3.1 +), split into 2 .yelo files. There will be 4 Rally Points in the first Yelo file and 4 Rally Points in the second Yelo file.

If you have voice acted I'm almost done with the dialogue script so I will be expecting lines soon!
Edited by MatthewDratt on Nov 29, 2013 at 01:41 AM

I know I asked for a pretty big requests but I'm putting in a lot of work into this project myself. Part 1 (THATS ONLY HALF OF THE MAP) dialog script is 23 pages long. Not including all of the extra dialog found in Rally Point Alpha.

Part 2 is 24 pages long so far (I'm no where near done with that).

The amount of dialog in this map is gunna kill me.

Also if you're not a biped person I have BSP positions open. And pretty much mostly freedom to do what you want. I currently have Killzone working on the first "Lawson" base. (The one from Project Lawson - except a bit more spiced up). In Extermination you run into another Lawson base so I'll need another one of those. I don't know if Killzone wants to do it or not but you pretty much are free to do what you want. Just need a few rooms and a hanger. I have a few requests for the hanger but otherwise you can do whatever in whatever style.

Edited by MatthewDratt on Nov 29, 2013 at 02:55 AM

H2+ style health regen plz

So asking for moar help.

If people have gameplay ideas let me know! You can just tell me, or you can create an outline of a BSP w/ the encounter ideas, ect. If you want a few story/environment tidbits message me on Xfire. As you can see one of the areas is on-foot swamp, but there are many more. I mainly need ideas for alone in an forerunner interior.

I wrote some ideas in your old post about Extermination. I don't know if you read it or not, but I'm going to repost it.

1) If you want to divide the squad, don't just separate the characters. Divide the story in different points of view, like Bungie did for the Master Chief and the Arbiter in Halo 2, or like in Halo 3 ODST. This will also provide a longer experience.

2) More scripted boss battles. The Enforcer and the Brute Chieftain in Project Lawson were brilliant. Seriously, a scripted fight is definitely less boring than just emptying your magazine against a bullet sponge.

3) About boss battles, I hope you're going to use a Scarab, since you showed a little demonstration of a cover system for a Scarab battle.

4) Exploration. I loved the first part of the mission, in which you could explore the base and talk with the other spartans, but I'd love to see some investigation in an open area. Something like the beginning of "Winter Contingency" in Halo Reach, or "Requiem" in Halo 4.

5) I noticed that in Project Lawson you used tons of Mass Effect songs. I approve this choice, and I'd like to listen "Prothean Beacon" in a cutscene and "The view of Palaven" during some battles.

6) I don't know if you're going to reintroduce the Flood again, but if you're, use a darker atmosphere for their encounters. "The Ardat Yakshi" from the Mass Effect 3 OST could help.

7) I know that this would be really hard to do, but I'd like to see a difficult boss fight with an Elite. Not a simple boss fight, something like the battle between Chief and the Spec Ops Elite on the Ascendant Justice in "Halo: First Strike". I'm asking this because I love the Elites, and in Project Lawson they didn't have enough space.

Original OST plz :3

I tested some stuff and this won't happen. Everything is from Karner's POV



Don't have resources

I'm currently composing for a... um... I hate to say this, but... (COUGH COUGH) CryEngine project (COUGH COUGH) and if I wasn't busy with that AND moving I'd help you out.

Well this project will take some time. Any previous work I could listen to, that is if you eventually want to help

Well once my new laptop arrives I could do something quick just to show you how much I've learned. What kind of OST would you imagine it to be like?

Halo meets Mass Effect

XD How about a mix of Halo 4 and Halo Wars? With some Mass Effect flavor?

If you could do that

KK but it'll be a little bit, I'm currently moving and my laptop still hasn't arrived (damn you costco!)

I'd be happy to remake the bipeds for you

I think I can help. Might need a bit of help with color change maps.

I'll do Mechanic, the LT, Lucas, Hartnall and the New Recruit.
Edited by Dumb AI on Dec 19, 2013 at 08:22 PM

Ever consider making New Recruit have the Recruit Helmet from Halo 4? Just an idea. You guys like?
...anyone? Hello?...
(goes to live in a cave)

*Realizes he's already in a cave, so he takes a shovel to the wall and creates a cave WITHIN a cave... and goes to live in it*

I personally think he should get the ODST helmet.

Please do! I will say which bipeds are finished. I already put up the list so yeah. Currently no one has done any bipeds for me.

Also I will reconsider making .map files since I now see how many people are downloading the .map vs .yelo. But the .map version of TD:E will have features removed from it. Sorry.
Edited by MatthewDratt on Dec 19, 2013 at 10:38 PM

FYI:
I am done with 4 of the 5 characters I have promised to remake for you.

<3

got one working. He is using the halo 1 bone set
now i need to put him in game.

Nice render!

Not sure if it is because of UV, render, or smoothing groups, but that just looks off. Otherwise I'm liking what I'm seeing but maybe a dash more of specularity plox.

I think that's just lighting render issues.

Woot! The main problem with my old lawson was his materials were pretty bad and his hand was stretched (bad rig)

apparently it was the model itself it was split in two

Hey, Matthew, what kind of format do you want bitmaps in?

For the diffuse maps, I'm currently using 16 bit.
I'm using interpolated alpha for multipurpose maps.
For bump maps, I decided to use 32 bit.

Do I need to make any changes?

They look fine to me.

I'm making TD:E with OS as primary so whatever is highest quality

Update!


From left to right:
Hartnall, LT, Lucas, Mechanic, Recruit, Gruff Player and Door Guard

I like the how it looks...

I'll probably just use a BSP cubemap or an edited version of the stock Chief cubemap, maybe bourrin's minor edited cubemap (which is awesome)

i'm using the base model to make a decent shader before i add the rest in.
nice shaders dumb ai are those opensauce or non opensauce?

I can help on the map texture if you need help on that part