WIP Gridiron

[PopeAK49]

Map is currently in beta stage, been working on it for 1.5 weeks. I need to create portals, smoothing groups, etc...It should be done in a week.

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[Tnnaas]

This is more like the maps Halo needs. Actual game assets and textures being put in original environments AND keeping to that classic arena Halo I like. No modified campaign levels or dumb, AI-strewn cube worlds. 10/10 actually genuinely looking forward to release.

[Rentafence]

Awesome job! Really great.

Hey if you could help me out please check out: http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?25421-WIP-Candelabra&p=653442#post653442

Give me a thumbs up and leave a comment it really helps me out

[n00b1n8R]

second what nneyatano said. good shit

[Rentafence]

I didn't realsie this was legit. First time I opened the thread I didn't see any pics lmao.

Third what nne said.

[Cortexian]

I'll put this on one of my servers, or like, spin up another server for custom maps.

[Rentafence]

IMO you could probably get away with upping the poly count on some of those rounded corners so they look less blocky. It's 2014 I don't think anyone would have a problem running the map if you did that.

[Donut]

Pardon my gross ignorance of Halo architecture styles, but the base of the columns in that first picture kind of struck me as forerunner. I mean, how the base extends up in the back and have the 45 degree angles on them. I don't recall if that was ever in any human architecture in the original game.

Other than that, I'm really digging this. It looks like it could be a stock map.

[Rentafence]

Pardon my gross ignorance of Halo architecture styles, but the base of the columns in that first picture kind of struck me as forerunner. I mean, how the base extends up in the back and have the 45 degree angles on them. I don't recall if that was ever in any human architecture in the original game.

Other than that, I'm really digging this. It looks like it could be a stock map.

I don't think the Forerunners had a patent on 45 degree angles.

[Cortexian]

They were the Forerunners, they had patents on everything you silly goose.

[Rentafence]

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/rentafence/Misc/dontpostk.jpg

[Cortexian]

dats my ride

[Tnnaas]

http://www.modacity.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3329&d=1403296235
Is this crashed pelican outside in a vacuum?

[Rentafence]

The metal plating actually has oxidizer strategically embedded in it to sustain the fire

[PopeAK49]

The skybox is a lot different now. I replaced that destroyed pelican area with engine thrusters.

[Donut]

I don't think the Forerunners had a patent on 45 degree angles.
It was just an observation. No need to be smarmy about it.

[PopeAK49]

Hello testers, the Gridiron server is now up.

The IP is: 23.238.186.3:2306

[Cortexian]

You can also use:
game.halo-ce.com:2306

A little easier to remember :)

http://cache.www.gametracker.com/server_info/23.238.186.3:2306/banner_560x95.png?random=287237 (http://stats.halo-ce.com/#s=23.238.186.3:2306)
(click for live stats)

[Tnnaas]

width=0 height=0

[PopeAK49]

New Titan installed, so now I can play Halo at decent frames. Ran a little late because new PSU had a CPU power cable like two inches too short. :v

http://www.modacity.net/forums/images/customavatars/avatar4668_41.gif

20 min until game time!

[n00b1n8R]

joining now, get in here fags

[Tnnaas]

Tested on LAN just for frames. Dropped down to 300 fps without V-sync facing the center from an outside edge. Make better portals please for final version.

[Cortexian]

I won't be home for 2 hours plz wait

[Tnnaas]

Needs classic mapcycle. No PP starts would be nice.

[Rentafence]

There's some sky material on red team's computer thing

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/776058732168079670/FC73D261EDEF838CC301019DAC5E84BCFA1E64F3/

[InnerGoat]

actually thats where all the dead chiefs go when you're not looking. a little robot thing crawls out of that hole and cuts up the dead and

[n00b1n8R]

ew gross

ps i'm glad we made progress on finalising plans for the asuka room

[PopeAK49]

ew gross

ps i'm glad we made progress on finalising plans for the asuka room

almost done. :-3

[Cortexian]

did the sauce I gave you work out? :confused:

edit: and you should post a thread here (http://www.halo-ce.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=3&sid=0df7a0fbaff07edd49cc584d4480a856) when you're done.

[PopeAK49]

did the sauce I gave you work out? :confused:

edit: and you should post a thread here (http://www.halo-ce.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=3&sid=0df7a0fbaff07edd49cc584d4480a856) when you're done.

Yep, made the scenery model last night.

[n00b1n8R]

make a gamagoori room, she's much better than ryuko

[PopeAK49]

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/c9/c9e1095062393a24dab581243efc2de1caad68a4a78377fcb4 a8fe54472060f1.jpg

[PopeAK49]

I'm still finishing and polishing up things. It will be released sometime this week. Thanks guys.

[Cortexian]

realease me a secret beta so i can make sure ther secret asuka room is good

[Rentafence]

make a secret jennete mccurdy room for all the icarly fans

[n00b1n8R]

http://0-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/a/image/1389/33/1389330598921.jpg

he's so dreamy :mech2:

[PopeAK49]

:mech:

[PopeAK49]

Hey guyz, I uploaded some gameplay videos. Map is almost done.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLffzBdSV8dXr0Cn0adA7H0R3vlKBnCaFh

[n00b1n8R]

wow i warp a lot

[Warsaw]

I missed the date. Been wrapped up in MechWarrior Online school.

[Rentafence]

I missed the date. Been wrapped up in MechWarrior Online school.

poland cannot into beta

[PopeAK49]

I don't know how to fucking +exactportal.

[n00b1n8R]

E: put a gamma room in

http://31.media.tumblr.com/e3809bc1b5aea1de7de5032ad92efc1b/tumblr_mxq3xw68Ha1s0qqgvo3_500.gif

[Cortexian]

so how about that release

[PopeAK49]

so how about that release

I released the beta on halomaps in my thread. I'm going to have to redo the exterior/skybox in order to make portals work. There are always complications...

[PopeAK49]

I've been working on the skybox lately. Instead of a space environment, I decided to make it an underground research facility with lava flows.

[n00b1n8R]

I thought you said you gave up on that?

you're going to do fat asuka right

[Cortexian]

Took the server for the beta offline, though I don't think it got much use since that first test anyway. If you need it again let me know!

[n00b1n8R]

ded maep

[stunt_man]

Ugh get a load of this shit:

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[PopeAK49]

Ugh get a load of this shit:

3353

Maximum trolled. I should blame myself for not finishing it up yet. I've started my last year of college and it's not easy...

[Rentafence]

Hahahahaha get rekt

[Lateksi]

Fat Asuka's Lair

Pope's Secret Base

[n00b1n8R]

yzvIn0mdXtY

[PopeAK49]

335433553356

[Rentafence]

Ya that makes a lot more sense than a cube shaped building floating in space.

[stunt_man]

Daed map?

Finish pls so I can host it on my dead server XD

[Lateksi]

What stunt_man said. I've had some really good games on this map. Just today I played some NOS clan guys on Griddy.

[Rentafence]

Nearly half a year in development, Gridiron has been a work in progress for nearly a quarter of the time entire AAA games have been. Hopefully this map will change Halo forever.

[Lateksi]

No pressure, Pope

[PopeAK49]

College is importanter right meow.

[Rentafence]

College is importanter right meow.

I'm a Halo major minoring in greenmen.

[Lateksi]

In 30 years I can imagine you could study a game franchise.

[PopeAK49]

-Release-

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=6946

[Higuy]

looks great m8

http://31.media.tumblr.com/8ae554904ba12f042255f04dee7af019/tumblr_muz10w7cFV1rby4vso1_250.gif

[n00b1n8R]

where is the secret room

[Cortexian]

-Release-

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=6946you tease you

[PopeAK49]

But in all seriousness, I have winter break coming up so hopefully I'll be able to get workz done.

[n00b1n8R]

http://i.imgur.com/SEvNBcW.gif

is this guy meant to be perfect??

[PopeAK49]

is this guy meant to be perfect??

You can't handle his perfect body.

[Patrickssj6]

http://www.modacity.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3373&d=1416730288

[Lightning]

Nearly half a year in development, Gridiron has been a work in progress for nearly a quarter of the time entire AAA games have been. Hopefully this map will change Halo forever.

Half of a year? Oh please.

[InnerGoat]

the man himself that has made more content than CMT but released none of it :realsmug:

[PopeAK49]

the man himself that has made more content than CMT but released none of it :realsmug:

Wat.

[Rentafence]

Half of a year? Oh please.

Shouldn't you be at Gamestop preparing for Black Friday sales?

[InnerGoat]

Wat.lightning needs to finish a few maps. a few....

[PopeAK49]

lightning needs to finish a few maps. a few....

Oh, well I think he has no remorse about maps being incomplete.

[Rentafence]

Oh, well I think he has no remorse about maps being incomplete.

He should otherwise he could make good maps like this (http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=1759)

:smug:

[Lightning]

He should otherwise he could make good maps like this (http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=1759)

:smug:

This was planned, right?

Right?

[Rentafence]

Fat Asuka's Lair

Pope's Secret Base

Give her the cornchip treatment

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[PopeAK49]

What the actual fuck.

[FreedomFighter777]

You know I just had an epiphany; Halo is (kind of) generic sci fi; but the art style is truly different. There's a game I absolutely love to play called Natural Selection 2. In that game the marines in that game are as generic as it gets, and so are the environments. Just looking at this map you're making though makes me realize how different Halo's art style is! I like it!

[Rentafence]

Halo is (kind of) generic sci fi

Please do not be rude to Halo

[PopeAK49]

Please do not be rude to Halo

I heard Halo is a pretty cool guy.

[FreedomFighter777]

I'm sorry Halo!!!

[PopeAK49]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=6992

[n00b1n8R]

does it have an asuka room tho

[PopeAK49]

No. Give it a 1 rating please.

[n00b1n8R]

tbh that's what it would deserve even with an asuka room :smug:

[PopeAK49]

I'm out of dicks to slap you in the face with. I used them all on freelancer.

[Rentafence]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=6992

This is the final, official and complete version without the fierce ai and bugs. You are alone this time.

[PopeAK49]

This is the final, official and complete version without the fierce ai and bugs. You are alone this time.

I was rolling on the floor laughing.

[Cortexian]

where is the secret halo room

[PopeAK49]

where is the full server

[Rentafence]

where is the secret halo room

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/rentafence/Misc/dontpostk.jpg

[Cortexian]

that should be in the secret halo room

[Rentafence]

-Bump-

This project is dead

[PopeAK49]

Believe what you want.

[PopeAK49]

https://scontent-1.11404.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/p180x540/1497527_1593652997514943_714858937909267474_n.jpg? oh=7fc1070eb0402a2ed57e2ab26efa5fe1&oe=554AE3B0

https://scontent-1.11404.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/p180x540/10989130_1593653017514941_336119087771891829_n.jpg ?oh=2167c847e327f1841dba210333558123&oe=55490558

https://scontent-1.11404.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/p180x540/1560721_1593653007514942_8300790553194517947_n.jpg ?oh=06b9e9cbce6bbf4a38afe0bd6bddc7e1&oe=559681F2

[stunt_man]

I-have-a-boner/10

[Lateksi]

Da pimp pope

[Cortexian]

Still have servers available for testing when you have something you want to play. PM me and I'll get back to you ASAP about w/e.

[PopeAK49]

Still have servers available for testing when you have something you want to play. PM me and I'll get back to you ASAP about w/e.

Thanks!

[n00b1n8R]

ASUKA
SSUKS
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KSUKK
ASUKA

[PopeAK49]

ASUKA
SSUKS
USUKU
KSUKK
ASUKA

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[stunt_man]

Thanks!

Beta test pls - I'll give you good feedback, promise

[RadWolfie]

Base on what I seen... Those pipes or any of the cylinders are very roundy, yet still haven't extended the HEK's poly limit to create a map? That would be interesting gameplay experience.

[MechWarrior001]

Pope, if you can try to build the scenery meshes into the level BSP; That way they get nice and light-mapped and not just be vertex lit like everything else.

[Rentafence]

Caution strips look too thick IMO.

[PopeAK49]

Caution strips look too thick IMO.

ur mum m8.

[stunt_man]

Pope, if you can try to build the scenery meshes into the level BSP; That way they get nice and light-mapped and not just be vertex lit like everything else.

Is there any downside to this? Doesn't the BSP collision model get too cluttered and start producing phantom BSP's? Could have sworn there was a reason people weren't doing this... Or is it just because no one wants to go through the work of cutting and welding everything to the BSP?

If there's no downside it sounds like something I'm going to do in my maps.


Base on what I seen... Those pipes or any of the cylinders are very roundy, yet still haven't extended the HEK's poly limit to create a map? That would be interesting gameplay experience.

Interesting. Pope have you been testing this using HAC2's increased poly hack? If not then bravo on the portalling.

[Rentafence]

Is there any downside to this? Doesn't the BSP collision model get too cluttered and start producing phantom BSP's? Could have sworn there was a reason people weren't doing this... Or is it just because no one wants to go through the work of cutting and welding everything to the BSP?

If there's no downside it sounds like something I'm going to do in my maps.



Interesting. Pope have you been testing this using HAC2's increased poly hack? If not then bravo on the portalling.

You don't need to have the scenery as part of the BSP if you were to do that. They can just be separate objects from the world mesh. IIRC they can even have surfaces that are coplanar to the world mesh and it will compile just fine.

[stunt_man]

New screens when

[PopeAK49]

New screens when

Now. I just got back from Talkeetna.

https://scontent-1.11404.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10498095_1601155850097991_8766959045484295921_o.jp g

https://scontent-1.11404.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/p180x540/10459920_1601155863431323_1006226046323956703_n.jp g?oh=610928fdc2bc61779f9a825f53a09a1f&oe=557AD4D0

https://scontent-1.11404.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/1617574_1601155873431322_4783963454298500499_o.jpg

[Lateksi]

If you could add something other than the crate thingies to jump to higher platform that would be great. They're sometimes very buggy to jump on.

[PopeAK49]

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[stunt_man]

Sweet titties.

[Lightning]

Awesome human architecture/10

[Rentafence]

Are you remodeling the entire fuckle

[stunt_man]

:(

[Tnnaas]

When can I play this on Freelancer's custom maps server?

[PopeAK49]

:(

10k map pack

[stunt_man]

10k map pack

:)

beta test when

[Lateksi]

I want to be in beta too!

[Tnnaas]

10k map pack (http://forum.halomaps.org/index.cfm?page=topic&topicID=48484)
This is more like the maps Halo needs. Actual game assets and textures being put in original environments AND keeping to that classic arena Halo I like. No modified campaign levels or dumb, AI-strewn cube worlds. 10/10 actually genuinely looking forward to release.

[stunt_man]

This is more like the maps Halo needs. Actual game assets and textures being put in original environments AND keeping to that classic arena Halo I like. No modified campaign levels or dumb, AI-strewn cube worlds. 10/10 actually genuinely looking forward to release.

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[Lateksi]

What's the poly count on Gridiron beta? It's funny cause it looks fairly simple yet it hits my performance worse than Yoyorast Island V2. Waiting for the final version of the map.

BTW awesome work on your 10K map pack! Tnnaas said it better.

[stunt_man]

The issue likely isn't the total polycount of the map, but rather how it is distributed among the portals (not to mention lens flares and particle effects like sparks and smoke). It's an interesting point because a lot of content creators are unable to test performance correctly due to their machines being powerful enough to pull 100+ fps on maps with even the highest polycounts/most visual effects.

I once built a test machine with an old Radeon 9600XT 512MB in order to test performance consistency throughout maps I was working on - Halo ran between 25 and 35 fps on stock maps, which is what I was going for. Unfortunately the processor is fried now and it's pretty much useless.

[Rentafence]

Hey asshole are you still working on this

[~ZMT~Trace]

he said it would be done in around a week DONT RUSH HIM

[PopeAK49]

RIP

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[n00b1n8R]

What wasn't finished about it anyway?

[Rentafence]

Hey asshole are you still working on this

^^^

[Rentafence]

^^^

Ok fucker this is the third year now I have bumped this thread WHERE IS MY MAP

see you in 2019

[PopeAK49]

AFTER THOUSANDS OF YEARS....




WHY CANT I POST LINKS????

[Spartan314]

nice