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Halo 5 Forge
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Twilight Gap
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CreateNowSleepLater
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With grouping is it possible to duplicate something? Like I build a base, group it and then make a copy?
Yup. Shown off in the Forge trailer.
blue_phazon
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Didn't literally hate it, but I disliked not being able to flesh it out as much as I would and then it taking off before I could fix it. I put an updated version out sometime after the first one, but as Fyrewulff said, the transition kinda cut its lifespan in half.
I recently went back to the drawing board to try and reinvision it. This was some previz I was doing for another map that was kind of a successor. Jackal Creek took the "two bases in a field" concept from Timberlands and condensed it, so the trick has been to reinvent that with interesting gameplay dynamics. I'm no Sparth, but this helps me to visualize the kind of mood I want to take something before I put the blocks down.
Looking forward to elaborating on this more before December.
So....why aren't you working for 343 again?
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Jenga and Duck Hunt were the best Halo 3 mini games. Such silly.
Also, the one with the flying Elephants on Sandtrap was a riot every time.
Two massive airships that could suddenly crash to the map killing everyone at any second
I saw them group and then move but did they actually show copy for the entire group?
Papasmurf531
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I see your Duck Hunt, and raise you Jenga.
Just imagine this with some scripting!
These are my favorite Halo 3 gametypes <3 Can't wait for the games of Donkey Kong as well!
Twilight Gap
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still a long ways away from anything like that. it'd be interesting to be on the Forge sustain team though.
Indiana Jones never failed to excite a full lobby.
Gabotron ES
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Stahp I'm gonna cry! too much nostalgia :,)
Gabotron ES
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NOKYARD there are black and grey terrain pieces in the space canvas, whats up with that?
Twilight Gap
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Almost forgot another important question:
Are there any unique trees like these, or are they all just the same pine tree, palm tree stuff we've had in the past?
Game really could use some thicker trees, especially larger ones than those.
Are there any unique trees like these, or are they all just the same pine tree, palm tree stuff we've had in the past?
Game really could use some thicker trees, especially larger ones than those.
Apparently. They said it could be done but our dev boxes had many features disabled so i can't describe the process. Expect more Forge features before launch.
The didn't show it, but it's a single button press.
I didn't get to see the Space map outside of nightly tests since the forger working on it was across the table from me. I never found the time to look over his shoulder. I believe they are like asteroids. You can sawn snow terrain on the space map if you want to.
The tree palette was sparse but not representative of the final product.Almost forgot another important question:
Are there any unique trees like these, or are they all just the same pine tree, palm tree stuff we've had in the past?
Game really could use some thicker trees, especially larger ones than those.
Keep in mind that they can add new assets in future CUs. If the community absolutely needs that tree, they may be able to add it to the inventory at a later date.
Twilight Gap
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I just checked. There is no indication that you can do this in the actual game.
I may have been confused when they were explaining how you could place Glacier terrain on Alpine, and i thought they meant forge structures, not terrain pieces.
Sorry if this has caused any confusion.
Twilight Gap
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I want to believe
But either way, I'm sure building maps will be much faster than before. Just a matter of how well they'll run with all of these new features available now.
I see your Duck Hunt, and raise you Jenga.
Just imagine this with some scripting!
awesome!
I have no idea if that is a thing or not. No idea if we can path objects like lifts etc. I get the feeling they won't let us script really crazy things but I live in hope!
I wonder if they have sorted out the performance issues when you put too many objects in one area or not. I am guessing the grouping/welding of objects is still all the separate pieces and not making 1 solid prefab item....wait, that's what I want! Build an object and save it as my own set of prefabs.
RedSparrows
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Yes, I guess so.
I hope 343 put a lot of effort into map competitions/playlists. A couple of Forge playlists would be lovely - small-team/big-team.
I've not done anything remotely creative in a game since Project Spark last autumn, so I'm tempted to make something on this.
I hope 343 put a lot of effort into map competitions/playlists. A couple of Forge playlists would be lovely - small-team/big-team.
I've not done anything remotely creative in a game since Project Spark last autumn, so I'm tempted to make something on this.
Man I hope they have an actual Vidoc on this. The teaser vid was great, but I want to see something like Bungie did with the Forge World reveal. Just go IN on the deets. Show some stuff that's been built by the studio using the new tools/scripting etc.
I know Nok mentioned some stuff was coming...
I know Nok mentioned some stuff was coming...
Forge World ViDoc was sooooo good. I watched it so many times.
Gabotron ES
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No real file browsers and file share implemented, custos are also shit because no join in progress... so ded.
BUT now we get forge 5.0 and MAYBE an actual ingame file browser and file shares in December.
You and me both man.
We're not really sure what the plan is for Forge maps in matchmaking. In the past there have been "community creations" playlists featuring only maps made by the community in Forge, but there's also been a lot of Forge maps make it into regular playlist rotations (slayer, objective, etc). File shares were a great way to DL popular maps around the community but, again, we don't really know what the plan is for file share in H5 (or maybe just I don't know what the plan is). Custom games is a definite way to play these maps and I'm sure GAF and plenty of other communities will be hosting these regularly now.
Community has been screaming for a Custom Games Browser for years now. If 343 added that to H5... megaton of the millennium.
not talked about I don't think?
Twilight Gap
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Looking forward to seeing the different times of day on these palettes. Have an idea for a map but it needs the right atmosphere to sell its design. Something in the vein of this aesthetically:
Lmao this is one of my fondest memories with HaloGAF. Shit was the best.
Love u forever [[HALO]]
Thoughts?
Wouldn't it make more sense for the Chief helmet to be Hololens since not only does Microsoft own that, but the Chiefs helmet is already an AR-esque display in the games?
Not to mention the marketing appeal of "Halo 6: Halolens Deluxe Edition."
Dark_AnNiaLatOr
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I really hope so. Need some large unique trees like these.
I hope they put a variant of guardian in there, such a great map, so many awesome trick jumps and the atmosphere is great.
Monocle
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So beautiful. ;_; Very impressed with 343 right now.
Twilight Gap
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terrain shaping looks legit.
Jessie.Bristol
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There's color!
It looks awesome, be very interesting when they fully reveal Forge prior to it's December release. I am (admittedly) not into Forge, but this new iteration looks fantastic.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
There really should be three different multiplayer modes: Arena (focused, competitive game modes), Warzone, and Social (featuring custom games browser with Forge maps and game modes). Social should just be one mode where any game type is game, but with a voting system just for it.
Terrain shaping stuff should hopefully lead to way more interesting ground options for maps. Should also be great for the ForgeGAF members who like to make BTB maps etc.
Really hope they have an expanded VIDOC for Forge. Also some more in-depth stuff on the new scripting would be ace.
Really hope they have an expanded VIDOC for Forge. Also some more in-depth stuff on the new scripting would be ace.
I am hoping they let us add fog effects, water effects (Rain maybe?) or even snow. Just more things to spice up the variety in levels!
Lots more FX than just those.
So far, only fog. But you can make it fall straight down.
It is, but you are not actually shaping the environment. You are selecting the correct piece from an expansive collection of terrain pieces, and melding them together.
The only thing which bugs me about those gifs is they make it look like you still need to be holding the object to move it. You can select and move objects so it appears as if they are being grabbed, but your camera can be focused anywhere while moving the object.
Not sure about global FX other than fog.
You will not be disappointed with the lighting options.
Those were super easy to do in Halo 3 / Reach / 4, which is why they were there. It's basically a level-wide shader-effect-area you're in.
It was added in later Halo 3 DLC maps because people were glitching into those effects for screenshots, so Bungie decided to make it a lot easier.
I submitted an Infection map for Reach with the black and white filter on it, but it was removed when it debuted in matchmaking.
Another Infection map submitted retained it's Juicy filter for matchmaking. So they did actually get used, but since they could affect visibility it was super corner case for any maps that used them.
I think the advanced lighting options will breath way more variety into maps. Being able to build shadowy nooks and brightly lit spaces is what I am looking forward to. I am sure there will be some interesting lighting tricks to play with as well.
Do we know if the lighting can be linked to scripting? Like forcing a black-out or changing things as a round progresses?