well I've already ported the next section. here's some new screenshots in game.








here's a link to the map so far:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5dpnl-i3riAMFBJTl9CTzh6T0E/view?usp=sharing
Edited by Jobalisk on May 30, 2016 at 08:06 PM

Now I'm no eye doctor, but I'm not seeing any links in your post.

sorry, still uploading, didn't expect such a fast response. Its up now.
Edited by Jobalisk on May 30, 2016 at 08:06 PM

Will you use Halo 2 weapon tags in the final map?

Yes. I want to make it as close to the original as I can.
Edited by Jobalisk on May 31, 2016 at 01:06 AM

bump how's that going for ya?

cheerz for the bump, just waiting on Flanker to do what he said he would do for this over the weekend, if he doesn't then I'll just have to work on it myself, meaning it will be slower.

With all weapons? can you release the h2tagset?
Edited by Halonimator on Jun 6, 2016 at 11:20 AM

Um. you do realize that was released a long, long time ago?

but yes, I do intend to use the h2 tagset

Working on it.

(insert facebook like)

So I took a look at this and didn't see what the big deal was IMAO.

The map is fairly simple, (by h4 standards) and has a pretty straightforward terrain.

I didn't end up using your file so I just ripped the mesh and associated textures with adjutant. Speaking of ripping I'm pretty sure your textures were in a .dds format.

What's up with that.

Oh yeah some pics of what I have ready to go in game minus a sky and actually being in game.





Working on the central spire thingy now. The only annoying thing is that adjutant decided to duplicate a few materials for lolz which pushes up the material count to 300 or so. lel.

Pretty much most of the time is being spent rounding up the duplicate id's and deleting them. And also sorting scenery and decals from the main bsp.


Other than that smooth running.........so far.

my man, you have just made my month

God if I have to fix any more materials I am going to suicide.







Did get them fixed though.





I've also successfully incorporated the main tower/spire into the surrounding terrain.





BSP is right around 17,000 triangles which is decent enough for halo to handle comfortably with decent portals. However this doesn't included special meshes such as glass or decals.

TLDR; Expect it to rise but I would be really surprised if the whole thing pushes 20k tris.

And in case anyone was interested I did do a bit of structual compiling.

1st try:



Not really surprised this failed tbh, but I will say STL check and xview will defo reduce your tool headaches.

2nd and 3rd try:



Mostly stupid mistakes I thought I could get away with but I didn't.

4th Try was a success.



But surfaces which clip to no leaves usually bugger up portals and I am a perfectionist.

5th Try:



Mostly happy with this but I will revisit once I have fulfilled my pledges to other time slots.

All of this was an hour an fifty minutes worth of work a huge chunk was skipping down 300 material ID's chunk by chunk cutting out stragglers.

Why you dindt made portals for the map?

Edited by Halonimator on Jun 12, 2016 at 03:13 PM

any chance you could slip a link. I'd like to have a better look

got any in chicken?

Oh dear you have just TRIGGERED me.




1. Portals should only be implemented into a BSP once the artist is 100% sure that no augmentations are ever going to be made to the level's topology again (at least in his/hers life time).

Why? because it introduces a never ending autistic cycle of fixing and re-fixing and more fixing to the point where you lose all enthusiasm for the project because you are constantly fixing something which if approached in a correct mood of thought should only need fixing once.

2. As I mentioned in the above post I couldn't be bothered to fix the surface/s which clipped to no leaves which is a mandatory requirement before even thinking about portals.

3. This was literally a test. IDK what sort of workflow you use but you certainly don't take dessert before a starter.


Updates:

Haven't had much time if any to work back on this but the next stage is to actually play Backwash so I can understand where all the spawn points go how the decals and shaders are supposed to look e.t.c.







Sorry about the lack of FXAAAAAAAAAAA.

https://mega.nz/#!BZVykLSL!YnsDmDsBfFxQKVs9uz-3oa7Fs8K5Bi1pZf844qp15Q8

Hmmm... What is the pass for that zip?

bro
1: If you don't like someone else's work ignore it.
2 no, this hasn't been ported
3: Some people like to see regular updates.

Then it is an even fight.

A) Thankyou for supporting that that lvl of humour.

B) K. Gib link pls.

C) By giving regular updates I feel that I am slowly improving the understanding of some of our less accomplished members. I also like to incrementally update things just to make sure I haven't missed anything and if I have then hopefully one of the awesome girls here will spot it for me.

D)

If you look closely you will see a bitmap node linked to a shader node which in turn is linked to the master MSO node. Don't really understand what's fancy pants about it.

Basically it's the exact same deal with the compact material editor.

E) By boolening meshes together I have consequently created some non supportive geometery. Because I am lazy I haven't optimized the stray verts which is something I would rather do before portals than after thus reducing any temperamentality with tool.

F) You totally missed my easter egg hole wtf kind of reviewer are you?



A jet which likes to 1v1 with stars.

Ask jobalisk he's the one who commands me.



By everyone else you mean one cute guy? :D



Alright I see what you are getting at.

Project dead RIP h6 spinebath
"2k16 - 2k16"

I'm now watching the comments on this thread with relish. Tomato relish.

TBH "This is hardly your work. And I don't mean "lol this is Bungie's", look at everybody else doing your work for you. If you post "your" work on a forum, you are not allowed to say "only compliments, no critique". That's kind of the point of a forum, young one. smh"

What do ya mean no critique. bro, there is helpful critique, like actually things that will improve the project, and then there's the crap your crapping out. that ain't critique, its just your opinion on how the thread is looking.


but if your gonna post helpful critique about that actual map, then I'm all ears.
Edited by Jobalisk on Jun 16, 2016 at 04:07 PM

If someone brings mayonnaise, I got some fried fish.

naa, gotta have tarter sauce with the fish! (and lemon juice.)

Awwwww

I'm with LegitGameReviews on this one it has been ported before, man a long time ago now, that was a ok map,
you lot better have a good fog.

just asking but are you going to use OS for this?, just so you don't have, to downgrade it to much.
Edited by DOOM899 on Jun 17, 2016 at 07:06 AM

Hmmmmm........not sure I believe you, name the colour of the whole.








I make guns and fx and that's it. I only do bsp's for people who are in need or want to learn.

Or failing the above who are single, above 18, preferable brunette and smoother than a dolphin.



U first <3





No. The map is from H2 not H420.
Edited by Super Flanker on Jun 17, 2016 at 10:45 AM












69th message btw.

Edited by Super Flanker on Jun 17, 2016 at 10:50 AM

No flanker, you can not have my eyebrows that aren't mine.

An imgur album of images:
http://imgur.com/a/1lvTg

new sky texture:



the H2 map:


Edited by Jobalisk on Jun 18, 2016 at 07:11 PM

This starts to look great :)

It is possible to fix HCE fog?

not really no. I could add a fog layer, but that would go through the building. its an unnecessary add on.

Yes it actually is possible, through the use of particle systems which if god
giveth the time I intend to make.

As for excluding weather effects from certain parts of a bsp that is basically the calling of exact portals which define specific areas of a level for halo to render items for, stuff like sounds and of course weather systems for example snow and rain.

I intend to make those to at some point after I get Halo2 working that is.