Okay, so i've been wanting to do this for a long time.
I'm looking to totally convert halo ce into a brand new Halo (sort of)
I want to go through and totally refurbish this game from the ground up.
I want to totally change the fundementals (sounds, textures, models, lighting, shaders, hud etc) so that they're more modern and makes halo look a million times better than it does now ^_^
i'm a strong believer in keeping things to their original form, but maybe, updating everything besides the actual gameplay itself, maybe we can get something amazing started ^_^
so if you're interested, pm me or reply to this post..

------- UPDATE 19/06/14 -----------------

Hey guys, sorry i've not been on for a good few weeks.
My girlfriends mother passed away and i've kind of been a little offset by it all, if you wish to talk among yourselves, i'm sure you'd be able to accomplish something.. i'm no longer in the frame of mind to be doing anything for a while as it's hit me pretty hard.
You're all a bunch of budding individuals anyway, and i'd probably just hold you all back.. thank you for taking interest though :s
Edited by spikeymikey0196 on Jun 19, 2014 at 03:51 AM

i am intrested in dis

pics plz kthxbai

Are you saying you have the skills to do this and want help, or are you saying that you would like people with skills to do this and you would try to help?

Also, what engine would you try to do this in? UDK? Cryengine? Super mega ultra OS version +9000?

Edit:

Oh, and yeah. It does sound interesting. :3
Edited by P3 on Apr 18, 2014 at 11:05 PM

Look at join dates prior to posting, please.

just no more halo ce has no potential ce3 flaming.

It's not that it's something hard, neither it's something easy too. The problem is blam. Blam engine is too limited, and HEK too. These engines where build for good gameplay, not good graphics. We should consider moving to a new, more fresh engine, like Unreal, Unity, Cryengine 3. But who will listen to me anyways...

I would listen you to be honest.


I am waiting for Contingency to be released so I can start working on CE3.

What is stopping you from working on it now?

Absence of assets to play with is my guess. Rather hard to make halo maps without the appropriate vehicles and weapons, wouldn't you agree?

He could just import existing assets in...

The guy hasn't returned sooooo i guess there's no project.

You guys realize he joined yesterday, right?

it wont happen guyz.


unless gearbox says f it and releases da source code.

Which has been proposed time and time again to no avail.

Closest hope we've had was that time on Modacity where there was that thread to have a show and tell to Corrinne Yu.
But that's all done and dusted so...

Sorry compadre, but I've been over half a year with a project called "Halo: Overhaul" which is a retexturing of Halo in HD.
I'm about to end and I will not rename my project.
Greetings and good luck with your project.

My project: http://goo.gl/gEQuZb

never really liked texmods.

Sorry for not commenting soon enough, I've been swamped lately... look for your quote below to see my reply to it.



I am not saying i would write my own source code unless it actually had to come down to that, i just thought that i could maybe create a custom dx file and use that to make the game look more advanced.. i noticed that SweetFX managed to create a custom dx9 file that changes the way the engine runs and such and i figured maybe you could create a file that contains dx11 properties but is named 'd3d9.dll' so that it runs through the game engine.. i'm not entirely sure if it'd work but i figured it'd be worth a try atleast. also Halo 3 wont be brought to pc at all.. halo is an xbox exclusive item..



I am a bit experienced in coding but i am a graphics designer, so I can create textures and normal maps and such.. i will help in coding where i can, but that is probably the main area I need help. I have quite a few contacts that can help with models and other stuff, but i figured the task will get done alot faster with more than one person, especially with people who know what they're doing in terms of coding :3



I wouldnt say that the engine is limited, it's more the fact that not many people have really tried to do anything with the engine itself so it's unfamiliar to most of us.. Like BKTiel said "
Absence of assets to play with is my guess. Rather hard to make halo maps without the appropriate vehicles and weapons".
Look at some of the stuff you can do with the old cod engines.. UGXMods are a great example.
Maybe if we hack at the engine enough, we can actually make it run the way we want it to.. it just takes time, patience and alot of know how.



Bro, the project isn't actually going to be called "Halo Overhaul", it's just the name of the post as that's basically what i'm intending to do.. Your project is looking pretty darn good though, if we actually get anywhere and you wish to collaborate or you need help with textures, just ask..

So yeah, i hope that's cleared a bunch up :3 i'll try get on here more frequently..
Edited by spikeymikey0196 on Apr 30, 2014 at 12:47 AM

sounds like a nice idea y don't you give some help to the man who is making OpenSauce ?

If this would work, wouldn't you need the dx11 libraries in the actually game itself to work with dx11?

The guy who is working on Installation 01's shaders can write engine shaders and lighting...

This a highly ambitious project.
I would just like to know why you think this will work...
Edited by Dumb AI on Apr 30, 2014 at 09:38 AM

He just has to get the right people...
Edited by TheChunkierBean on Apr 30, 2014 at 09:47 AM

Because halo with os isnt pretty enough.

That's not what I'm saying. I have no problem with Blam! but if someone can make a clone but with whatever is important than yeah.

Will there be a day, when we see a thread of progress or custom content instead of "i thinkwe should do dis..." ...

Bring back the forum from afew years ago.

I thought the forums a few years ago was full of people hating on rips and causing major forum flame wars...? How far back are you saying? -_-

Well, at least he seems like he could do stuff to help out also and not just can you do all of this for me. Mind showing some models and stuff that you made spikeymikey0196? Maybe that would get more people into helping if they see that you could do stuff also and not just boss people around.

Yeah show us boy. lol

Back when people didn't really rip and people created loads of content.

I never really understood the hatred of rips until I landed a job, because that made me hate piracy. You can work your arse off at minimum wage to get your kicks the hard way, but some scrub is always going to waltz in and undercut your token contribution to the continued growth and sustainability of the gaming industry by nabbing it for free.

It's a stretch, but I think the same can really be said of ripping. You have people working for hours on end making custom content (if not in concept, then in geometry), only to potentially have another guy reaping the same kind of results by just essentially stealing from another title. It demeans the effort put into anything not under the umbrella of 'ports' while simultaneously depriving them of any limelight they deserve. Because in a modding community, quantity almost always beats out quality.

There's a different between effortlessly ripping and putting something in game and making a good port. An example of a good port that breaks a lot of the points you just made could be something like that Wolfenstein 3d port someone is doing for the Sega Genesis. Good ports require dedication and a bit of effort to pull off which is more flattering than stealing others work. A bad port (TMM) is to me a effortless mockery of the work done for the original asset.

God, this post has exploded more than i expected xD i'll just do the same as last time, i guess :3



I would try and help the guy who is making OpenSauce, but i feel like i wouldnt be much help as there wouldnt really be much i could do to help xD i prefer to work from the ground up anyway and it'll be more rewarding creating something from start to finish :3



I'll be honest, i'm not that well versed in DirectX, but that does make alot more sense xD maybe there could be some way of tricking the engine to load dx11 libraries instead of dx9?



I'm not so much a believer that it will work, because i know using outdated game engines can be a bit of a bitch.. but i do feel that upgrading the original engine somehow, allows it to stay original :3 and if it doesnt work, we can always put our efforts into something else? like i always say, theres no harm in trying..



I know what you're getting at, but i'm not here to just suggest ideas.. i'm motivated to actually get stuff done. all i need is help, hence why i posted on here because i know that there are alot of thriving individuals in this domain :3



I remember the old forums too well xD i deactivated my old account because of how many people where there trying to add gasoline to a fire xD it was like 4chan..

and i'll see what stuff i conjure up :3 i dont do models but i do graphics and coding.. it'll be a little hard to show you the coding stuff, but graphics shouldnt be a problem :3 just give me a few days to have a look through my old stuff ^_^

Well I'd like to take part in this motivation. I've also got that shader guy who can write shaders and the lighting in DirectX 11.

Sadly he hasn't taken the time to look at OS. Gosh, he did even know what it was!

This... ^

Do it... Do it NOW!