October 26th and TSC:E isn't out yet, i think RabbitFood's prediction of TSC being released this month might be wrong.

It's coming out October 32nd.

That and the streamer's lack of memorability of the original CE was astonishing. The streamer was also not prepared nor entertaining.

One thing that really got me was the fact that he always killed himself with the Gravity Grenade.

You know beta testers are there to improve the experience of the people who get the final product, and I'm not part of this> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE3WmxOMDCw for nothing
Edited by Maiku3 on Oct 26, 2014 at 12:55 PM

I guess it's just me but I memorize games quite well.

Still 7 items on the list. Wonder how thing will progress.

I cannot wait to play this map, i will do like 1289300129784091823 playthroughs for each difficulty. Will the Fuel Rod Gun make an appearance?

Some Hunters and a Brute Chieftain use it, but for an assortment of reasons (some technical limitations, some design limitations) the player won't be able to.

Teh_lag. Use all your energy and do all the items in one go. I know you cant do it!

Some of the remaining items can necessit a lot of work, depending on how much have already be done... And I don't think Teh lag is in charge of most of them

eg :
- Apply cluster sound env properties to updated BSPs : terribly long and boring, even more boring if the level have been extended and cut in many clusters (which are certainly seeing the amount of detail added)
Pelican :
- Import redone body, textures : shouldn't take long ( 1 hour ?)
- Create busted crashsite model : could take like 5 hours of work depending on the quality and detail.
Hunter :
-Model is done, yay !
-about the textures, it coud take a very long moment to be done, i'd say around 6-10 hours depending if UVs and cage have been done, but less if it's made by an experienced mudbox/zbrush user through sculpting.
- VFX for back-armor destruction : shouldn't be hard for someone experienced, around 1-2 hours
- Merge in upgraded foliage tags : No idea what this means exactly.

Now you have to figure out who can work for this and how long by weeks and you can estimate release date, I guess. I'm speaking from my experience, so I may be wrong

Edited by bourrin33 on Oct 26, 2014 at 03:57 PM

Yeah, it does make sense canonically too. In the books, when an Elite let go of his Energy Sword, the failsafe would activate and it would permenantly shut down. With a Fuel Rod gun, once it overheated, it would explode any remaining fuel rods and destroy the launcher mechanism inside it.

On the list I see that the new Hunter Model is done :)
Just that it has to get textured. Just realised that 5 items remain on the list, holy crap.
Edited by Infinite Guardian on Oct 26, 2014 at 07:54 PM

Only 5 dude, a few more dedicated work days, and itll be set for final test and release!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

I memorized the whole campaign because I spent my entire middle and high school life playing it

Ditto, except I'm not American so I didn't go to middle school.

Okay, the Hunter Fuel Rod Gun I understand, but, what technical and design issues prevent a normal Fuel Rod Gun from being used?

This is taken directly from the Halo Wiki: "The Type-33 is extremely powerful, and as such the Covenant went to great lengths to ensure it does not fall into enemy hands - it was originally equipped with a fail-safe that would activate under certain conditions, either when the user drops the weapon without first engaging a safety or if the weapon runs out of ammunition and is not reloaded within a certain amount of time."

Design: the only non-Hunter FRG appears at a point in the map where giving the player an FRG would throw a wrench into the map's current progression. It wasn't part of the original design for the surrounding areas for the player to have that sort of weapon. As a result, the question of "will it improve the map to let player use this" was answered with "no probably not".

Technical: we don't have enough room in the map for another gun, nor do we have a high-quality FRG model suitable for the FP view, nor do we have time left in our development cycle to free up the necessary space + develop the requisite new art assets. We're maxed out on basically every relevant limit there is: model data, number of tags, tag size, total map size... And a one-time-use gun (since there's only one non-Hunter FRG unit in the map) just isn't high enough on the priority list.

Between you and me, if certain technical limitations are cleared it's not out of the question that the gun might make a limited appearance in a certain secret manner.
Edited by teh lag on Oct 26, 2014 at 10:31 PM

@ teh leg

Alright, good enough for me.
Edited by austen1000 on Oct 26, 2014 at 10:33 PM

Not a fan of the FRG. It bounces instead of exploding.

Six items remaining, the hype is real.

also far far too late to ask for this but am i the only person who loathes the black and yellow scheme of the rocket hog? it has an awesome model but i honestly think it looks toyish in a world of bad ass awesomeness. like hey checkout this awesome military spectacle.. and now check out its derpy brother who looks like a reverse tonka truck.. maybe its just me but id keep it green and smexy looking

I like the color scheme, but it does seem weird on a military vehicle. I understand that it was done to give players a quick means of distinguishing between standard Warthogs and rocket Warthogs in multiplayer, but none of the other games use alternate paintjobs for their Warthog variants, so I think we've reached the point where we can handle identifying vehicles by their turrets alone.

In early screenshots, the rocket 'Hog was green with yellow decals, as opposed to black. Perhaps this could be something to consider.

The rockethog is pretty overpowered in MP. It needs an obvious, "oh crap here is comes!" paintjob, so that footsoldiers can instantly spot it and prepare for it.

In campaign, yes, I would prefer for it to have a more subtle coloration, like the green/yellow.

I like the black and yellow

I think the rocket hog needs a hot pink/dark turquoise paintjob.

insert comment about teal here

Black with red stripe.

That's racist.

No no no no no! It needs to be so black, even in the daylight you cannot see it. (with green stripes)
Edited by Jobalisk on Oct 27, 2014 at 02:15 PM

Black with Red stripes sounds nice, maybe.
Edited by Infinite Guardian on Oct 27, 2014 at 04:18 PM

It would match the color scheme for the AR/GL.

Inb4 DaLode in credits for suggesting final rocket hog color scheme.