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Will do. Hopefully we cab gather up enough people to play. There will be at lease 2 Community Cartographers in the party. Myself, @The_Psycho_Duck, and a 343 rep will be there later.
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Halo 5 Forge |OT| Plan, Build, Share
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nillapuddin
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Atta boy!
User 73706
Banned
Alright, here's what I have so far on Nightingale. I'm nearly done on one side of the map geometry (it's symmetrical - just have to fill in a few places, do the ceiling and script the ivory tower lifts / elevator trap) and then I have to do the lighting, coloration, weapons, spawn placement, etc.
Sightlines from the slit / window in either side of the sports bar.
View of base interior.
Spartan-level view of base interior, for scale - that little CE light is where the Flag will spawn. Either mancannon sends you to a different part of the upper level - their paths aren't symmetrical.
View of base upper level.
View of the rear / "access" section either side has.
Sightlines from top access. Note the floating "monoliths," catwalks etc. It's meant to feel like a symmetrical, more arcade-y Ivory Tower spiritual successor.
Sightlines from top perch / sneaky. Most importantly, while you're vulnerable, it lets you wail on anyone going top mid - there's going to be a Light Rifle nearby.
Ground-level view between elbow and "lazy mancannon." Lazy will launch you up to the second level of the base, but it throws you at a really awkward angle and leaves you open to fire midair - it's basically if you haven't gotten down the other, quicker jumps yet. Note also the view into bottom base.
Overhead between elbow and lazy.
View of bottom mid centerpiece; there'll be two bridges going off of the cylinder instead of just one in the final. They lead to the bottom of the elevator shaft.
Looking up the elevator shaft. Note the mid-level access tunnel, which appears just out of frame bottom-left in the "overhead between elbow and lazy" pic.
Looking down the elevator shaft from top mid. The black / rose floor panels will get you!
Looking down top mid. Oddly, the breakout piece in the center has a hitbox that's perfectly smooth to walk over. All the reflections are going to get messed with when I create my cubemap "dressings."
Midlevel mid's "sports bar" design, which'll look a lot more consistent when I unify the colors, lighting, give monitors gobos, etc. You can look into the elevator shaft through the windows, but can't actually enter it from center mid. That hole in the center will be plugged up by a console you can destroy, which opens up access to bottom mid for about 45 seconds - at the cost of locking down the elevator shafts.
Better view of platform / scaffold leading into elbow and the big ramp leading up to the top of the base.
Sightlines from the slit / window in either side of the sports bar.
Great! Looks like I'm not going to be able to make it, but if you're still playing I would absolutely love it if you tried out Spearhead.
We wrapped up 3 minutes before you posted this. Put in the queue for next time.
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
Yeah I watched the stream this morning. Man, that sniper sight line is VISCIOUS. Listened to the feedback at the end, all quite valid...will revisit.
Saying that... The snow is too bright? Adjust your TV people!
Kingdom is coming along nicely... Will stream some of its recreation later today.
Don't listen to them.. The snow looks good. Probably my favorite forge map so far aesthetically
NippleViking
Banned
Am in awe. Stellar work there!
RedSparrows
Member
Was Kingdom in Reach Forge MM? I saw a brief bit of the video/gief w/e you posted above and it was instantly familiar.
Gabotron ES
Member
Good thing your twitch archives past broadcasts now NOKYARD, lots of fun watching it. Guillotine and Deadlock specially looking much better now, dunno what changes were made to Antifreeze.
Sik's map looks like lots of fun too and the covie map is very interesting.
Sik's map looks like lots of fun too and the covie map is very interesting.
Is this that awful Reach map with the low G middle room? Why God?
Checking the stream now. Sik's map I indeed ready damn cool.
Hopefully the cool maps make it into the playlists if/when 343 sort them.
Edit:
I like watching games played because it gives me an idea of how big maps should be. I never really know if I am planning 4v4 and then put way too much running around in.
I think it's a bug. Try selecting a 343 gametype, then your bookmarked one again.
Other map intros need to step up their game; Colossal's had me laughing hard. Go little phaeton, go!
http://xboxclips.com/Thorn+Harvestar/25a6bae1-354a-46d6-801b-e5bbffce8672
http://xboxclips.com/Thorn+Harvestar/25a6bae1-354a-46d6-801b-e5bbffce8672
So in posting the Halo Forge update news to HBO, I had a sudden revelation on what my wishful thinking mind would love you to be able to do.
If you could make a piece of terrain or a base or some other discrete element and save it out *as a piece separate from the map itself*, it would be an awesome way of iterating on maps and sharing buildings and designs. Even cooler is if you could treat object import like layers in Photoshopeither "smart" linked objects where changes to the original object would propagate across your maps, or embedded objects that you could customize without changing everything else.
It's probably just a crazy pipe dream, but it would be a really awesome one.
If you could make a piece of terrain or a base or some other discrete element and save it out *as a piece separate from the map itself*, it would be an awesome way of iterating on maps and sharing buildings and designs. Even cooler is if you could treat object import like layers in Photoshopeither "smart" linked objects where changes to the original object would propagate across your maps, or embedded objects that you could customize without changing everything else.
It's probably just a crazy pipe dream, but it would be a really awesome one.
So in posting the Halo Forge update news to HBO, I had a sudden revelation on what my wishful thinking mind would love you to be able to do.
If you could make a piece of terrain or a base or some other discrete element and save it out *as a piece separate from the map itself*, it would be an awesome way of iterating on maps and sharing buildings and designs. Even cooler is if you could treat object import like layers in Photoshopeither "smart" linked objects where changes to the original object would propagate across your maps, or embedded objects that you could customize without changing everything else.
It's probably just a crazy pipe dream, but it would be a really awesome one.
Yeah custom Prefabs would be great.
Select and group some pieces, press a button and choose Save As Prefab and it adds it to a custom list that you can access on any map. I know I could save hours and hours by being able to load in fully built windows, bases. other buildings etc.
User 73706
Banned
The Forging community could definitely benefit from coffee cups and barstools
I WANT DOODADS!
Edit:
Can anyone give me a nice efficient Script to move the middle pieces over. Sliding is fine. Does it always have to be a switch or can you do area activation?
That basically describes my map-making experience in StarCraft and WarCraft. "Oh I could make an interesting encounter here, orHOLY CRAP I CAN MAKE BUILDINGS ON FIRE! Everywhere with them!"
nillapuddin
Member
Who enjoyed 16 player Foundation!?
The way Halo was meant to be played!
You don't know my voice but I said the snow was too bright, and you might be joking about the tv adjustment.. But it is quite distracting. I would honestly suggest to turn the brightness down a few percentiles.
I'm glad to see you heard the concerns over scale, the design isn't inherently bad, I just think its too big. The same terrain at 50% size would provide a very unique map experience that I would like to play again.
Source?
The way Halo was meant to be played!
You don't know my voice but I said the snow was too bright, and you might be joking about the tv adjustment.. But it is quite distracting. I would honestly suggest to turn the brightness down a few percentiles.
I'm glad to see you heard the concerns over scale, the design isn't inherently bad, I just think its too big. The same terrain at 50% size would provide a very unique map experience that I would like to play again.
Apparently you will be able to save groups and share them with the community in a future updates. Forge is going to get even better
Source?
HOW DID YOU CHANGE THE COLOUR OF THOSE SUPPORT BEAMS?!
I added some to my map and none of the colours changed based on the object properties.
nillapuddin
Member
Also, thanks to Nok for hosting. Played with a bunch of people I haven't seen for 5 or 6 years. Was fun to be back in the forge mix after so long.
This is the 60,000 dollar question right here.
Sweeeeet
This is the 60,000 dollar question right here.
Sweeeeet
Oh wow, I thought it was just a rumor/assumption based on Tom's comments about new prefab options. Now I'm really excited, definitely going to build a bunch of vehicle replicas to import into my maps now. That will be so much nicer than having to recreate a Pelican or Spirit whenever I want to use one.
That would be kick ass! Sharable prefabs!
I wouldn't trust them until groups stopped being buggy though :3
Oh yeah it will be super nice for pretty much anyone making maps and wanting to reuse assets.
My Grifball map template dream may finally come true. Was not looking forward to continuously updating 4 templates on the different canvases. (before you ask, i do not know more than any one else in this thread relating to this)
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
Kingdom was in Reach MM, yeah. Ghaleon put it forward I think.
I think I just joined them to the other objects and then changed their settings. Their metallic settings + light is also probably changing them a touch too.
Twilight Gap
Member
Either a cut feature or something they're working on implementing in the next few months.
With how modular they've made H5 I'm willing to bet it's a new feature.
RedSparrows
Member
Isn't this true for everything?
Nokyard mentioned it in a stream when forge released. I think it will happen, and soon.
Twilight Gap
Member
ruh roh
User 73706
Banned
I hope we have some kind of preview thumbnail for prefabs added, though. Last thing I need is for people to start uploading "Arena callout junction - group fix" items only for it to spawn 512 whales with strobe lights embedded in each.
What happens if I really, really need 512 Whales?
I see what you mean.
I would also love to be able to add a screenshot as the map title card. I am pretty awful at naming maps, so I have loads of test maps and random names (Old PC user habit)
Tom did say that he really wants custom map thumbnails and they're on the list, wouldn't be surprised if they did it for prefabs too.
Please let me know the very second this is finished.
Twilight Gap
Member
I can see the anime spawn point thumbnails already
I always lead with a disclaimer that anything i say about upcoming features is purely speculation and wishful thinking. Hell, i made 3 complete Grifball courts based on nothing but a screenshot of a Hammer.
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
So I got pretty far with my reimagining of Kingdom before the servers crashed yesterday.
Is this too much? I honestly don't know if in this case, less is more.
Is this too much? I honestly don't know if in this case, less is more.
So I got pretty far with my reimagining of Kingdom before the servers crashed yesterday.
Is this too much? I honestly don't know if in this case, less is more.
I don't really remember kingdom by name, are you referring to the fog? If so, you should post shots of the longer sightlines from gameplay perspective. Ideally with another player, but you could probably also place an initial spawn for the same effect. Otherwise it's difficult to tell how it would impact gameplay.