Well it isn't that, as it's not listed as purchased for me.
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Halo 5 Forge
- Thread starter FUNKNOWN iXi
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Well it isn't that, as it's not listed as purchased for me.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Considering how well 343 have treated the Cartographers and how Forge is being handled, I think it's time for me to pre-order.
And start Forging the Halo 5 OT.
And start Forging the Halo 5 OT.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Maybe an armour or visor type?
Arby 'n' the Chief
Member
Oh my stars forge is gonna be amazing! I'm sure it'll be worth the wait, I'm looking forward to making silly maps with friends
Stinkles gave out a code? dang it
I hope there's more pls
Stinkles gave out a code? dang it
I hope there's more pls
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
Two birds with one stone. Day one Halo 5 and still getting my Halo 5 Christmas gift!
Twilight Gap
Member
Are you able to comment on what the biggest/most common feature request was and whether or not it was implemented?
One that comes to mind is custom thumbnails. If we have custom map intros though then I don't see why we wouldn't have those.
Also, undo button?
Dynasty8
Member
Everything about this game is looking absolutely incredible.
Can't believe some people ONLY look at just the negatives.
- Biggest Campaign yet
- Competitive 4 vs 4 Arena going back to its roots
- Warzone...the mode I've personally been waiting for
- The biggest improvement to Forge since it began
- The incredible soundtrack/throwback to oldschool Halo music
- Consistent 60 FPS
Can't believe some people ONLY look at just the negatives.
nillapuddin
Member
Twilight Gap
Member
Yea some of the rotation stuff has me a bit anxious.
Wasn't Forge GAF OT banned alongside Halo GAF?
Oh and do any bnet ninjas post here?
Welfare
Member
Just HaloGAF was taken out back.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Go ahead and do a new Forge OT in December. Should be awesome.
Well, everything can be done quicker in the new forge so you can go insane for minutes, not hours.
The dev build we were working on is very different from the usual xbox. When i loaded Halo 5 from the dashboard it went straight into the map i was working on. There was no UI or any kind of menu available. It was impossible to go digging in other areas of the game, and the team wasn't sharing any specifics outside of Forge.
However, i stayed for two days longer than the rest of the team to work on an unrelated project. During that time they put me up in a conference room on the "Campaign" floor.
Warning: Campaign Spoilers.
On my way back from a washroom break i happened to pass by an artist working on a campaign level.
I couldn't help but see his entire screen for few seconds, but that single glance revealed secrets beyond measure.
I tried to avert my eyes but could not bring myself to look away.
The artist was using Maya to carefully place a door frame within a wall opening.
Sooooooo, somewhere in the Campaign, there is a door with an exquisitely placed door frame!
I couldn't help but see his entire screen for few seconds, but that single glance revealed secrets beyond measure.
I tried to avert my eyes but could not bring myself to look away.
The artist was using Maya to carefully place a door frame within a wall opening.
Sooooooo, somewhere in the Campaign, there is a door with an exquisitely placed door frame!
Retail versions of Halo 2 and Halo 3 were on some of the other screens.
I believe Halo is in VERY good hands.
We discussed the importance of Thumbnails and Undo. They agreed these features were very important, but are extremely difficult to implement. For instance, Undo would require taking a snapshot of the file after every move you make. I'm not sure where the features stand at present but i am hopeful they will be implemented somewhere down the line.
Some of the maps in the video were just blocked out early versions, not complete maps.
I struggled with the movement options for the first 4 days. After finding the short cuts it became second nature.
User 73706
Banned
Nah, it's big (#xxxxxx(128)(10))^3 pieces, and that's only counting the color palette exclusive to that individual item before the new lighting options are taken into consideration.
BigEvilTurtle
Banned
Where can I see this?
Twilight Gap
Member
Chezzymann
Member
So are there little to no textures on the objects as a way to have way more types of objects without having to texture them all?
Ricky Ricardo
Member
Unbelievable. I've never really done much with Forge. Admittedly, I did the most in Halo 3 with Foundry, but this looks incredible. Maybe I'll tinker a bit more.
QuantumSquid
Member
Possibly. It also might make it easier to make the objects support color customization.
Chezzymann
Member
it would be cool if you could add shapes and maybe even draw lines on the walls
RowdyReverb
Member
I wonder what they'll do to address Forge's biggest problem- discoverability. Unlike Mario Maker, these levels require several players in a group with 5-10 minutes to properly evaluate them, which makes the separation of wheat and chaff a bit more arduous.
Making a dedicated community playlist that shuffles in levels randomly could be part of the answer, but you'd inevitably end up playing lots of stinkers in search of gems and it may make for unfun play sessions.
Or we could just keep using third party forums to share levels, but this could make it tricky to round up all those levels into a playlist for the public.
What is the best solution here?
Making a dedicated community playlist that shuffles in levels randomly could be part of the answer, but you'd inevitably end up playing lots of stinkers in search of gems and it may make for unfun play sessions.
Or we could just keep using third party forums to share levels, but this could make it tricky to round up all those levels into a playlist for the public.
What is the best solution here?
Pretty sure the article mentioned you could add art, probably like the unsc logo seen here
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Forge City brehsit's in the video
Twilight Gap
Member
Pretty sure the article mentioned you could add art, probably like the unsc logo seen here
best part about colors and curved pieces is that it means we can make Covenant maps. They obviously wont look as good as Truth, but they'll look better than anything we've been able to do in that vein before (I can only think of a handful maps that came close to looking Covie).
It's so you can make an entire base without it looking like a pile of unrelated blocks.
We brought up and discussed each of these issues with the forge team so they are aware.
The Community Cartographers will be doing their part to be sure suitable maps move upstream. We are active in many Forge communities. Look for map submission threads posted in these communities for more info when they go up.
The Decals section had plenty of content. Lots of logos and small items like <<<CAUTION>>> and <<<DANGER>>> signs. You can see samples in many of the Beta and Breakout videos.Pretty sure the article mentioned you could add art, probably like the unsc logo seen here
Demoncarnotaur
Member
I feel like this is a mixed bag, because it may come off as looking too plain without stylization. However..
This may help quite a bit.
Final Verdict
Member
Wow! They really have put a lot of effort into this!
Guys/Gals at 343 seem to be doing a great job with Forge this time around.
Can't wait!
Guys/Gals at 343 seem to be doing a great job with Forge this time around.
Can't wait!
paragonpro
Banned
I loved dicking around in forge! Cant wait!
Twilight Gap
Member
This is an underestimated point. We have to learn not only a new game, but a new Forge engine as well. It may be a while before we see solid maps pop up
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
I want to know how high I can build. Ground pound from 1000 feet is all I'm sayin'. Verticality. Halo 5.
I mentioned this before but have a look at how Dota 2 implemented dedicated custom games. I think they've done a pretty good job so far. You have a dedicated submenu, it has a splash screen with the top 10 custom games at the time along with a browse catalogue. Each custom game has its own page when you click on it. Each one has a rating out of 5 stars so you know what the community likes and doesn't. Creators can make their own logo/splash image and description etc. And you can matchmake for a game in that mode from the games page directly. Works pretty well.
I don't know how easy that sort of thing would be to do on a console though.
rokkerkory
Member
my boday is so ready
I haven't really gotten into Forge since Halo 3 but this is looking really cool. I might have to get into the scene and try my hand at making some maps.
Loving the weird bNet family reunion people are having. I used to go on it back in the day but not often enough to recognise peeps :3
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
This is extremely impressive. I know AI is not in, but I think whenever, if it ever gets added in then it would be awesome to add a "Grunt brain" to an Elite. It would be an interesting way to control behavior of AI if they didn't want to do AI behavior tweaking (or they could do both and the brains would be pre-set AI options).
Anyway, as far as community play levels. 343 could do a "tester playlist" that lets the community up vote/down vote maps as they play them. It could be stated that this is for testing purposes and that the players may end up playing really bad maps.
Also, Forge gametypes need to be a thing in matchmaking too, eventually. Some of the best game modes were community created.
The best way to get Forge into the larger community is to let them play the maps and game modes within Forge through normal means like matchmaking. Obviously CSR shouldn't be in community playlists.
Anyway, as far as community play levels. 343 could do a "tester playlist" that lets the community up vote/down vote maps as they play them. It could be stated that this is for testing purposes and that the players may end up playing really bad maps.
Also, Forge gametypes need to be a thing in matchmaking too, eventually. Some of the best game modes were community created.
The best way to get Forge into the larger community is to let them play the maps and game modes within Forge through normal means like matchmaking. Obviously CSR shouldn't be in community playlists.
ATOMICJORGE
Member
Impressive work by 343I, I'm really looking forward now to create some maps on Forge everything is looking great, the story, music, graphics, 60fps locked, classic old
school arena Halo mp, Warzone, my precious Mark V etc I know that Halo 5 will be epic I trust in 343 the game will be outstanding!
school arena Halo mp, Warzone, my precious Mark V etc I know that Halo 5 will be epic I trust in 343 the game will be outstanding!
Twilight Gap
Member
It just dawned on me that we might be able to pull off a map that looks like this.
Maybe not in the actual textures, but shapes and color contrast are no longer a thing of fantasy.
Maybe not in the actual textures, but shapes and color contrast are no longer a thing of fantasy.