including this

Nice cat but why do cats always love going inside the bag?

my cat always does that.

My Cat doesn't even do anything, it just sits in front of the heater and sleeps.


That's the dream life

The original looks like metal that is well kept and has a lot of gloss, there's a difference between that and plastic. The specular is the main thing you'll want to work on.

Master Noob remade the cubemap I think, it looks better for some reason on his h4 master chief setup.

Yeah, but we are doing our h4/reach tags from scratch.

I would reccomend at least taking a look at how master noob set his shaders up. Also are the textures fixed up (no compression artifacts), I can't really tell from the picture.

Also as far as balancing, check the links below for some spreadsheets with weapon data.

Halo Reach Weapons: http://haloreachskillz.blogspot.com/2010/12/halo-reach-damage-charts.html

Halo 4 (much more detailed than the Reach one): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ag_41uvwYj9ydHBFaHlNRFRkVFFWS05tXzU4dk93cFE#gid=0
Edited by ZOBI3KING on Apr 10, 2014 at 07:03 PM

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lolman asked me to do a higher-quality illustration of the MA4D Assault Rifle which never really had proper visual representation. This is what I had to go off of, therefore I took a few creative liberties. To be specific, I added a vertical grip, Halo 4-inspired electronic scope, and a large anti-everything bayonet (aka mini-sword) where the magazine would typically be on a conventional Assault Rifle. A friend of mine mentioned that a more practical replacement to the bayonet would be a studded stock, somewhat like having a studded belt bolted into the gun. However, I must assert how this would be infinitely less cool then stabbing an elite in the face with a blade attachment.

Aesthetics: With this gun, the magazine is placed on the side like the SMG, although based on Halo Nation's description I couldn't tell if it would be on the left or the right side of the gun. This also presents a space issue as I'm not sure where the bolt would be placed, so I'll leave those problems up to the modeller. Visually, the MA4D looks like a mash-up of the BR, SMG and AR while also playing like it's own individual weapon which thrives in mid-ranged combat.

Functionality: The weapon would have a low rate of fire which could be used in both automatic and semi-automatic modes. IE just tapping the mouse button for controlled shots, and holding down the trigger for additional firepower with a slight loss in accuracy. The scope also supports 2x, 5x, and 8x zoom as the weapon basically fills the role of the universal mid-ranged marksman weapon.

I haven't done any hands-on balancing testing considering I'm just a concept artist, but these are some ideas I came up with while bouncing off of the Halo Nation article. Of course I haven't ran any of this by the team so if anyone has their objections I have yet to hear them.
Edited by xnx on Apr 10, 2014 at 08:37 PM

its... its... beautiful... im crying tears of joy.
yeah, it will be more balanced then all that crazy 3x zoom stuff. the plan is to be a slightly more powerful AR with a low rof. with a 2x scope. none of that crazy stuff. *but that bayonet is pretty awesome so ill let that in*
Edited by MEGASEAN2812 on Apr 10, 2014 at 09:55 PM

*casual nudge*

So yeah. everything's been going smoothly so far. but we ran into a little issue today. we only have 1 bsp guy. and its great we have one, but hes also our artist, so we don't wanna give him too much stuff to do. we also don't really have someone to help us with scripting. so, we really need either another bsp guy or another artist (mainly bsp, like, really we need someone pro with bsp) we are also looking for scripters. so if your interested, please don't hesitate to add me on my xfire (megasean2812) or skype (megasean12281)

Look a bit too plastic. Get a look at this (old shaders and crappy rig but it can help)

@darksoldier remember we had that talk a litle while ago. If you want to try and fix it let me know and i can send ya the tags.

Yes no probs, pm me via skype :)

Anything news about theses spartans ?

Yes, I worked on that spartan.





Yes, I know, It's look like glass (little) in some part, but I think it looks pretty great right now.

I prefer these
armor is way too dark and visor is way too orange
Edited by savinpvtmike on Apr 26, 2014 at 06:26 PM

Nah I think the other ones look better.

thats not mc tho. thats mp armor i just have a green cc applied
Edited by savinpvtmike on Apr 26, 2014 at 06:33 PM

i based off in game not renders

h4 suxs anyway

Dark green armor looks better than bright green armor on an H4-era MC. It also makes a bit more sense from a camouflage perspective.

like i said its mp not mc mc will have the dark armor. for the mc i prefer dark solders for the mk6 its mp and thats how the color is

Edited by savinpvtmike on Apr 26, 2014 at 08:26 PM

Darksoldier, it looks ok but the visor is super bright and you somehow made the helmet darker then the rest of the armor.

Ok guys, I have fixed many things on them. (I'm not a fan for copying other halo games but...).





Is that better ?

Like the old one ?

visor needs to be less shinny
this is the image i was basing off of

Edited by savinpvtmike on Apr 27, 2014 at 11:27 AM

Is the undersuit near the shoulders supposed to be green? I thought it was Black.

Yes. they are meant to be colored as well.

for those tired of seeing MC colors:

Sean we need to talk about how to take decent screenshots.

Among other things.

I aint no pretty picture maker. Im just showin cc
Edited by MEGASEAN2812 on Apr 29, 2014 at 10:07 AM

I'll join, where are the women?

Lel. If you really want to just let me know on skype, we actually like your firing effects alot.