Has it really been that long?

[teh lag]

http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=71330

5 years.

Let's share some memories of the past half-decade.

[Ki11a_FTW]

I really miss those days :(

[il Duce Primo]

It's been fun.

[teh lag]

Upon further investigation, the game's 5th birthday was actually March 15 (http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/halo-custom-edition/).

Who cares, let's hear some fucking memories.

I remember waiting for the HEK to be released, when all we really knew was that there was an object placer a lot like Sparkedit by the name of "Sapien." I also remember how excited I was to get my first level model from GMAX into the game, and how frustrated I was all those times when tool spat it back out for the piece of crap it was.

[Alwin Roth]

I haven't been around that long, (only July 2007)
but I'm surprised it's that old... Gratz on guess.

[ThePlague]

I remember back when I first started modding, I heard this program called Prometheus. Haven't heard much since. :p

Also, I remember way back then when I asked questions about every step on how to do stuff, and didn't know how to heightmap. Ahh, those days were terrible.

[CabooseJr]

I remember the first time I installed Custom Edition. I had a shit computer.

[Inferno]

I remember the first time I installed Custom Edition. I had a shit computer.
Same. I remember invisible explosions and no specular.

Those were simpler times.

[Cortexian]

I remember back when I got my new ATI All-In-Wonder X800 and was chilling with Nitrosoxide at 60 FPS with all settings maxed! :cool:

Now I blaze around at like 1000 FPS, heh.

If you played since Halo PC was released (day 1), raise your hand! :wave:

[MetKiller Joe]

5 years, huh? Wow.

Two things: Damn I feel old now; also, never realized how far back everybody went here, so yeah, bit taken back thinking about the release of HEK.

[Sakievich]

I remember hearing about the HEK and being really excited about using it to create some maps of my own, it really got the old imagination going.

I remember getting frustrated with HEK during the summer of that year when I was building Abyss as my very first map and major 3d project and I had just graduated with my BFA in illustration. I set it aside for a month or so and then figured it out. Good times.

[FRain]

I came into this world by looking for Zanzibar pictures and I found the H2CE Zanzibar pictures and thought "WOW! THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING" and I was like, 10.

[Cortexian]

I came into this world by looking for Zanzibar pictures and I found the H2CE Zanzibar pictures and thought "WOW! THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING" and I was like, 10.
So you're only 15, 'splains a lot.

:rolleyes:

[paladin]

Wow, I remember back when it first came out, my first map. Waiting day and night for NMC... its really been 5 years.

[Timo]

Ugh, I was such an idiot when I heard about Halo CE, I thought I needed 3dsmax and the HEK to be able to play custom maps, used to sign my posts, etc. Joined up to Gearbox around this time, 5 years ago. Can't believe it's been that long - gone so fast :(. Used to play in a 640x480 window with no specular and decals to keep the fps up.

Was an awesome time though - 100 cap ctf on Wartorn Cov3 was the best. Hoping for 1000 players on the night New mombasa was released,

[Rook]

I'm afraid to come back to this topic in the next five years. :eyesroll:

but :highfive:

[Heathen]

Mannnn, I remember that.
Oh no I dont.

First forum here guys.

[n00b1n8R]

Tell those scrubs there to make accounts here so we can keep together.

Also, only signed up at halomaps (with my n00b1n8R account anyway) in 06 D:

[Rook]

Yeah I'm kinda sad I didn't sign up for GBX in late '04... never posted at any forum in my life till '06.

[paladin]

Ugh, I was such an idiot when I heard about Halo CE, I thought I needed 3dsmax and the HEK to be able to play custom maps, used to sign my posts, etc. Joined up to Gearbox around this time, 5 years ago. Can't believe it's been that long - gone so fast :(. Used to play in a 640x480 window with no specular and decals to keep the fps up.

Was an awesome time though - 100 cap ctf on Wartorn Cov3 was the best. Hoping for 1000 players on the night New mombasa was released,

Haha, i was banned from GBX about this time on my first acct. Paladin is actually my 6th alt acct

[InnerGoat]

mmmm yeah halo ce, i remember that game!

[Siliconmaster]

5 years old, eh? I remember stumbling across CE and trying to create my own weapon using guerilla.

Exception.

Lol. Then came a year and a half of falling deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole before I realized that everything I had been working on from the beginning was total fail. :P And thus I stand today, knowing quite a bit but not using any of it. Looking back on it, I'm glad to have been a part of it all. Thanks for the memories Halomaps, EPG, Gbx, and H2v/Modacity.

[Reaper Man]

Dear god, I look back upon my old posts and cringe. But wow, 5 years, heh.

[FireScythe]

I remember being angry for a few months because tool disliked my first map...and the 25 hours it took to light it D:

Oh and trying to convert tags...by hand...without any knowledge of hex.:dance:

[Reaper Man]

Remember all the H2CE hype? I wish they'd released their new stuff before it died, they were the pinnacle of CE modding back in the day. I still love the style of their new maps that they never released, sure looked fun.

[Masterz1337]

^

I want Thermal :(

[dg]

DocOc.


Come back. :-(

[FRain]

Lol, I've been banned from GBX repeatedly. Once from my WViper/Halo2hCE account for being fucking annoying, and repeatedly afterwards on my TalkingRain account for getting these:
http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/images/buttons/redcard.gif

Also, DocOctavius was one of the best. I miss him (single tear)

[Varmint260]

I remember the days right after Halo Trial was released, playing it as a LAN party in the school computer lab... with no pixel shaders, grey chiefs with black visors, and overall crap effects.

Took quite awhile before I found Halo Custom Edition, around the time that H2CE was releasing Zanzibar. It's been an interesting ride; nothing else I've seen in video gaming has been quite like it.

Still remember when I finally got my Radeon 9250, and my joy that I could run the game with specular, decals and all the effects the game had to offer... at 640x480. Still, the massive improvement from 640x480 with zero effects whatsoever was almost orgasmic. Bump mapping... actual shaders... Chief was GREEN for fuck's sake! Though it was pretty funny with camo 'cause that series of card was one of the ones that rendered camouflaged players as one solid colour. Someone would be trying to sneak up on me only they were bright blue (colour of the sky) against the bottom of Blood Gulch. Now, all them years later, I can render the game with full effects at 1680x1050 and I don't even know what the hell to do with myself.

[PenGuin1362]

I miss the talent, dedication, and maturity of the old days :(

[InnerGoat]

I miss fat buddha


ahaha oh wait that is halo pc nevermind

[blind]

http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/member.php?u=13413
Quite arguably the greatest member ever to have graced that forum.
Seals (http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=65499)
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7238/sealsealra9.jpg
Hilz (http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=59696)
Fat (http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?p=1268340#post1268340)
post tits (http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?p=1261067#post1261067)
Wow. (http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=64122)
THE GREATEST POST EVER TO GRACE THE HALLS OF THE INTERNET (http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?p=1231569#post1231569)

[Hunter]

I miss the talent, dedication, and maturity of the old days :(

I am sure it can be fixed. Teach nubz to have skill - if they dont want to learn or are too lazy get rid of them - discourage people getting from getting lazy and ripping. Start up your compotitions? :highfive:

[hry]

*Gonna cry :c

[mech]

the best] (http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/member.php?u=13043)

2nd best (http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/member.php?u=8717)

[PenGuin1362]

the best] (http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/member.php?u=13043)

2nd best (http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/member.php?u=8717)

hahaha oh god

[Mr Buckshot]

Back then I had a HP laptop with an amd athlon xp processor and 512 MB RAM (shared, so went down to 448), and integrated ATI Radeon IGP 320M. Ran Halo CE on fixed function mode :P MC's armor is gray with a black visor, there are no patterns on the ground, etc. Looked like shit, basically.

But shortly after H2CE released I got a desktop capable of doing some gaming, was happily breezin' through CE after that. I still play H2_Zanzibar from time to time.

[Limited]

Pics from the past :O

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3627/tankfromair.png
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3915/coolscore.jpg

[Stormwing]

sup u basterds

needs moar bunghole
and schwinnz
and rec0
and bloodislands
and c3ll
and NMC
and KOD
and HIV
and jahrain
and hugeass
and H2CE vs CMT
and SVC
and all that other shit i don't really remember anymore woo

[LlamaMaster]

These threads always depress me. :(

[sdavis117]

For some reason the first thing that came to mind was HTL. It was like a casual MLG for the Halo Trial.

I once played against there #1 player in a competition match. I was in the cave that had the flamethrower in it, and I had nothing but a pistol and and AR. I knew he was on the opposing cliff waiting for his shot, so I switched my AR for the flamethrower and made a run for the mini tunnel/cave thingy, shooting my flamethrower in a way where he would not be able to get a lock on me. He missed with all his shots, and I made it, only to be shot down on my way to blue base.


Then HTL died.


My first step into CE was admittedly when I saw a video on Youtube of a guy driving a Scarab on Extinction. I decided to get CE to do "cool" stuff like that. Of course I found out that the scarab mechanics sucked, but I eventually found good maps, and of course I found you lovable guys.

[Syuusuke]

Daaang

[killer9856]

Man 5 years? I remember when I first opened up Sapien and was like WTF IS THIS SHAT?!

Now I don't open it as often :)

[Siliconmaster]

There was definitely something magical about those days.

And if my experiences weren't enough, my roommate in college for this past 8 months saw me posting here yesterday, and said, "oh, modacity? I remember that site. I used to post there way back." o_0 It took you an entire TWO SEMESTERS to remember that!? Of all the chances, that he and I would end up rooming together...

So yeah- just finding someone else who was a part of all this is awesome and nostalgic.

[sdavis117]

What was his username?

[TeeKup]

I remember the days before I got my first real graphics card. Anyone that got a camo turned into a gray blob.

Heh easy targets.

[Sel]

I remember the days before I got my first real graphics card. Anyone that got a camo turned into a gray blob.

Heh easy targets.

God you fucking hacker :maddowns:

[TeeKup]

If you call having a shitty system hacking then yeah, I was god.

[n00b1n8R]

I remember the days before I got my first real graphics card. Anyone that got a camo turned into a gray blob.

Heh easy targets.
YOUR KIND RUINED ALL MY FUN <:mad:>

[PenGuin1362]

Speaking of reflection, jcap will appreciate this,

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/PenGuin1362/tkfest06sofar.jpg

I see you mech (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/PenGuin1362/completlyowned.jpg)

[blind]

If you call having a shitty system hacking then yeah, I was god.
aimbot!~
its okay i forgive you :) <3

[Neuro Guro]

I remember back when I got my new ATI All-In-Wonder X800 and was chilling with Nitrosoxide at 60 FPS with all settings maxed! :cool:

Now I blaze around at like 1000 FPS, heh.

If you played since Halo PC was released (day 1), raise your hand! :wave:

:wave:

[dg]

:wave:

'lo.

:-)

[Disaster]

hey, its neuro


:mech2:

:wave: I actually played halo the first day it came out at a friends house. I was in 8th grade. Ahh, good times. Didn't by it for another year and a half though because of a pos computer lol.

[DrunkenSamus]

I remember Arteen's map GreenCanyon...no one found that map incredibly amusing like I did.

[=sw=warlord]

i first started playing Halo on the xbox while going to a social club then when it came out i got it for PC which i didnt place untill late )$ because the PC we had used a poor little Pentium 3 and the hard drive didnt have enough room for halo to be installed.

[p0lar_bear]

Came for the H2CE, stayed for the HEK, got sucked into GBX.

Don't really think I changed much over time besides concepts new to me and my opinions on them (like map/tag leaking/ripping)... I've always tried to keep a somewhat professional face and stay pretty low key and open-minded. Hell, I'll admit that I came from a (long-defunct) warez forum, and even there I was always trying to be the straight man in any drama that happened. :lol:

As I said on GBX, the past four years I've spent with the CE community has been pretty much the best times I've had with an online game in my life. All the maps, dramas, people, good and bad.

[Siliconmaster]

What was his username?

Sorry about the delay in responding. I think he said it was Venemos. I told him I couldn't remember ever seeing anyone by that name, and his story was that he came for a few months, posted up a storm, and then left, telling the mods to delete his account because it was getting spammed. Sounds believable, if a bit odd. Anyone remember him, from about 2 years ago? Must have been right after the name change, because he recognized it as Modacity, not h2v.

[teh lag]

I could have sworn it was only a few months ago that I made this thread, but here we are again.

From good old Gearbox (http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?p=1947022#post1947022):


Though I'm sure I am speaking to a ghost town at this point, just stopping by in my yearly ritual.

That's right. Halo CE turns 6 years old today. It's been a long, rocky road, but I am proud to call myself a Halo CE fan this day.

Just think... the babies who were born while we huddled around here, waiting for Wartorn Cove, New Mombasa, and Blood Islands... they're all in kindergarten now. Growing up. Playing Halo 3.


The servers are slowing down. People have all but forgotten the great classics. But somehow, deep down in my heart, I know that we'll see year 7.

It has been fun. Give yourselves a pat on the back once again.

How time flies.

[sevlag]

so 6 years now? i got into CE like a year after it came out, so many different names till i settled with the one I use to this day

[annihilation]

Wow.:smith:
I've spent 6+ years of my life playing Halo PC/CE.

;_;

[Con]

carry the fire

[Timo]

I signed up at around this time at gearbox in 2004. :|

[Reaper Man]

Oh god, I remember all the hours I spent playing Halo, seems like so long ago.. but it really hasn't been all that long.

[NuggetWarmer]

I miss the HIV server. They always had my favorite maps playing. :D

[ThePlague]

Only been a little more than 3 years for me, but it's still crazy how fast time has gone by.

[annihilation]

I remember waiting for Yoyorast Island to come out. It looked so awesome.

[Pooky]

I could have sworn it was only a few months ago that I made this thread, but here we are again.

From good old Gearbox (http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?p=1947022#post1947022):



How time flies.

Ugh, and I've been too busy raging at H3 and Reach to play more than a few games of CE in that time :(

[Rook]

If you played since Halo PC was released (day 1), raise your hand! :wave:

lol

Either way yes this game was very fun from noob to pro, many memories & fun times with halo being my first real online experience for a game. It would also be really nice to go back to the times when everyone played on good customs all day err day.

DarkMaster: how2shot

[Donut]

shit like this really makes me wish i had been born about 5 or 6 years earlier. i missed out on the whole super nintendo era, halo 1 and halo 2 were kind of old news when i got into them (2005 - 2006), i missed the whole fable thing when everyone was into that, and i just never even played that much halo pc or ce. god damn this is depressing :smith:

[Dwood]

~Wishes i'd have bought Halo pc 2 years earlier.

[Cojafoji]

Good game. Shame CE had that sharp drop off in '07.

[Limited]

Just think they only mean custom edition too, I think PC is like 8 months or so older.

[Sel]

I am halo ce

sam is second in being halo ce

D9boakeqfP0

[supersniper]

woah gbxforums still exist?
i remember when I was just a viewer wow that was 5 years ago too.

i wonder how many unfinished projects still linger from that long ago :p

[n00b1n8R]

7 years? Wasn't that how long it took Valve to make TF2?
Wish they'd hurry up and make H3 PC on a level as good as PC with CE support. :smith:

[Inferno]

Halo 3 PC system requirements... 4.5ghz CPU with at least 4 cores and 1gb graphics memory with 4 gb of ram.

It will probably be something horrible like that being as Halo 2 Vista took like 2.6ghz CPU with at least 2 cores. ( and it still didn't run smoothly )

[Cortexian]

The only thing ridiculous about those requirements is the processor speed, but it's extremely attainable with some of the i5/i7 chips.

[n00b1n8R]

The only thing ridiculous about those requirements is the processor speed, but it's extremely attainable with some of the i5/i7 chips.
It becomes ridiculous when compared to the specs of the 360 which is what the game's been running fine on for years. :ugh:

[Inferno]

The only thing ridiculous about those requirements is the processor speed, but it's extremely attainable with some of the i5/i7 chips.

Because the average joe has enough money to nitrogen cool there super clocked i7 extreme edition!