Halo PC Gravity Gun V3

[CrAsHOvErRide]

Yeah...you've seen this probably a thousand times but here is my/our final version. Works for 1.09 Halo PC, SP and MP on all objects.

I wrote it in C# and Brandon is converting it to a C++/DLL which will then be released soon.

Here a small preview...
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Enjoy. :-3

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[Syuusuke]

ALL objects??

[Cortexian]

Oh wow, if you could make a dedicated server that synced up all players using this (and a custom version so only people with the mod can play on the servers) people could make maps like in that HL2 mod... I forget what the HL2 mod is called but you basically ran around making your own bases/structures out of things that were lying around the map and then you fought it out!

[CrAsHOvErRide]

ALL objects??
Everything except for the bsp.


Oh wow, if you could make a dedicated server that synced up all players using this (and a custom version so only people with the mod can play on the servers) people could make maps like in that HL2 mod... I forget what the HL2 mod is called but you basically ran around making your own bases/structures out of things that were lying around the map and then you fought it out!

Problem is that the Halo engine pretty much sucks for this kind of stuff. Collision gets lost sometimes, vehicles disappear...not to mention it doesn't sync in the first place.

I agree though..it would be cool. It also would not be too hard to save it as well.

[Higuy]

This is pretty cool, great job. I see a window of opportunity that could use this to make some pretty cool levels.

[Inferno]

Can it catch rockets and projectiles?

[CrAsHOvErRide]

Can it catch rockets and projectiles?
:O

It should I haven't tried it yet. Though maybe the time would be too short for the app to calculate everything when the rocket arrives. This should be no issue with the C++/DLL though. tl;dr yeah.

[Inferno]

:O

It should I haven't tried it yet. Though maybe the time would be too short for the app to calculate everything when the rocket arrives. This should be no issue with the C++/DLL though. tl;dr yeah.

There needs to be a map where you have to catch rockets and throw them back at a AI or something.

That would be fun.

[English Mobster]

Holy crap. Have a command which grants the player flight capabilities with flashlight or something, and then you could have a Forge mode in H1.
That's fucking awesome.

How would it save the levels? Would it save it as a .map file? This could theoretically give mapmakers the ability to BALANCE A LEVEL WHILE PEOPLE ARE PLAYING.
You, sir, are my hero. +rep.

[chrisk123999]

Scenery changes won't sync. So the most you could you is move around other players and vehicles online. That and weapons.

[Delta4907]

That's pretty damn awesome. Someone needs to animate the fp hands for that.

[Con]

Something like this would be great for placing and tweaking scenery, vehicles and weapons in map dev.

[itszutak]

Holy motherfucking shit.

[Kornman00]

Can it catch rockets and projectiles?
You don't want to know what happens when you let go of that rocket and it finally collides

[Donut]

i wanna know :iamafag:

[Limited]

Pfft you ask for my addresses and ditch me pat :(

:D Nice work though, can you rotate objects? (Around Z max, Y 3D world).

[Heathen]

That's pretty damn awesome. Someone needs to animate the fp hands for that.

Make a Half Life gravity gun gmod physics gun

[Kornman00]

i wanna know :iamafag:
Oh, well you see when the projec-

GATHERING EXCEPTION DATA

which is why I never took the time to include the Forger (not an actual weapon, just a mode you can turn on/off) from Project Yellow into OS. Other than unit objects it caused instability and exceptions. If you correctly "disconnect" the object from the bsp before moving it around, then "connect"ing it back, in theory there would be no issues.

Was fun while it lasted though since you could keep increasing the (eg, vehicle's) roll and pitch values while holding it and it would act as if it was in a vacumn...until it finally collided with something causing massive amounts of boucy bounce.

E: The system I had in place for it also easily allowed specifying who was the active Forger. So you could assign someone on your server to be the Forger and they could move shit around. Potentially, you could have assigned another unit (biped/vehicle, not just a player) to act as a Forger.

[CrAsHOvErRide]

Pfft you ask for my addresses and ditch me pat :(

:D Nice work though, can you rotate objects? (Around Z max, Y 3D world).
I thought about it and I want to add that too. Also I think we can imitate physics a bit at least on some items. :iamafag:


That's pretty damn awesome. Someone needs to animate the fp hands for that.

I did that a long time ago once.
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[Dwood]

:Forge: :Skarma:

[CrAsHOvErRide]

Yeah he did the ESP thing first but I still not stole his idea since I did this back then already. Not to this extend though of course. %)

[PenGuin1362]

If someone will skin it, I'll whip up the phys gun from gmod for shits and gigs if it'll work in it.

[CrAsHOvErRide]

This app is not dependent on the gun. You can use any gun you want. A gravity gun should not be a problem then :P

Usually the reticle turns red when you can pickup something but the first level is an exception on this I guess.

Good news...rotation is working already.

[Dwood]

btw... havent watched the vids cus im posting from my phone but you mentioned this is for pc...? not ce?

[CrAsHOvErRide]

I just tested and it works for both.

[Inferno]

I could easily rip and ingame the gravity gun from gmod. You should make it dependent on the weapon though.

Unless penguin wants to make a custom one.

[Dwood]

Dependant on the weapon would be great. i could make some great sp mods with that

[CrAsHOvErRide]

It shouldn't be a problem to change that.

[NerveBooger]

Would love your rocket cam too . . . . would be fun to set the projectile to homing (guided angular velocity at 70k) and far reticle range, but slow moving - slightly faster than the MC - certain, but slow - and a good chance of out maneuvering the rocket - mean while - you are vulnerable but get to watch your enemy run. I think you did this with a script and attached the camera to the rocket? - I have tried and failed 400 times to do that. - off topic, but release or pm to me?

Look forward to your gravity gun app. You could make a verticle map, and by moving objects on the parts of the bsp climb out of the "hole" - or team up and do kind of a leap-frog (I move you - you move me) the whole thing would be very . . . moving. :downs: Maybe a weapon which after a few uses - self destructs?

[NuggetWarmer]

Use the Halo gravity rifle for the weapon model. :D

[Advancebo]

Use the Halo gravity rifle for the weapon model. :D

this

[Con]

It needs proper UVs first.

[CrAsHOvErRide]

Isn't it in H2 Zanzibar or something? I forgot.

Also, shooting objects (vehicles,bipeds) works now and rotation.

[Advancebo]

What about dead bodies? Can they be moved around?

[chrisk123999]

Isn't it in H2 Zanzibar or something? I forgot.

Also, shooting objects (vehicles,bipeds) works now and rotation.

Engine Room Beta has it. H2 Zanzibar is protected.

[Dwood]

Make a custom tag type in cheApe that lets us define the proper gun?

[Heathen]

Use the Halo gravity rifle for the weapon model. :D

look, for reference, this guy made a model of it irl.

http://www.ohgizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/vac_sanitizer.jpg

No kidding though, I saw a video on prerelease halo 1, and they showed an elite holding a golden sniper like weapon that was obviously the gravity rifle with a VERY extended barrel.

Incidentally, if someone can find this video I would be happy since I wanted to watch it again. It has bungie guys commentating over it.

[Amit]

Oh wow, if you could make a dedicated server that synced up all players using this (and a custom version so only people with the mod can play on the servers) people could make maps like in that HL2 mod... I forget what the HL2 mod is called but you basically ran around making your own bases/structures out of things that were lying around the map and then you fought it out!

Garry's Mod.

[t3h m00kz]

Incidentally, if someone can find this video I would be happy since I wanted to watch it again. It has bungie guys commentating over it.

I think that's the "Evolution of Halo" video, could be wrong

[CrAsHOvErRide]

http://www.vivid-abstractions.net/downloads/GravityGunV3 BETA.rar (http://www.vivid-abstractions.net/downloads/GravityGunV3%20BETA.rar)

A small test version. It works better in HaloPC. I don't know if it works for and I should mention that it is resource intensive.

Start Halo first then this app. Please don't upload this anywhere since it's not finished yet.

[tythespy]

Got it to work on halopc but not haloce.
sometimes it grabs objects from behind me and through things
but it still fun to use

[CrAsHOvErRide]

Yeah I have to fix the behind thing. Maybe I'll get help from the community on that math part :-3

[Dwood]

What's the current math for grabbing the object? I have the original Halo Forge on my computer and it's Open Source.

[Heathen]

I think that's the "Evolution of Halo" video, could be wrong

cant find the whole thing to dl.

could you????????????


Garry's Mod.

No, he is talking about that build-a-base mod.

[CrAsHOvErRide]

What's the current math for grabbing the object? I have the original Halo Forge on my computer and it's Open Source.
It's simple math. The problem mentioned above took be about 1 minute to solve in Religion class :-3

[Dwood]

It's simple math. The problem mentioned above took be about 1 minute to solve in Religion class :-3

Cool.

Btw, what do you think of my idea for making our own tag reference to the/a weapon for the Grav gun?

[bobsam]

No Clip possibly?

[1bobsam1]

I apparently I haz two Modacity accounts.... Any way I keep getting an EXCEPTION!

[CrAsHOvErRide]

No Clip possibly?
What do you mean?


I apparently I haz two Modacity accounts.... Any way I keep getting an EXCEPTION!
Where do you get an exception...Halo or the application? Are you sure you are using Halo PC 1.09?

[t3h m00kz]

cant find the whole thing to dl.

could you????????????


Nah, the only one I saw was on youtube :(

[1bobsam1]

oops I forgot about updating -___- and no clip as in float around through floors and walls like GMOD

[CodeBrain]

Technically noclip could be achieved by nulling the players collison and changing the player biped tag to allow "flying", however since Halo's tag system can only be directly changed within Guerilla, I don't believe it would be possible.

Even if you could, nulling the collision would either make the player fall through the level, or crash the game.

Besides, in Gmod, Noclip was a console command developed for the Source engine to use. Halo never needed noclip, so it obviously never got made.

[1bobsam1]

Alrighty then.

[CrAsHOvErRide]

What CodeBrain said. If I wanted to make it wall through I would have done it in camera mode. :-3