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Some of you know I was releasing this, like the wonderful people who have helped me with this mod. Now, this isn't my first mod, but it is my first released mod. This mod takes place on Death Island and includes the following BIG changes (I won't be listing the other stuff, you'll find it out when you play it.)

Major Changes:

New Master Chief Biped
Pelican
Covenant Dropship
Wraith
Lifepod
New Scenery

Minor Changes:
New Assault Rifle Animation, Similar to Halo 3
New Sniper rifle animation
New Pistol animation
Minor Tweaks to all vehicles
Changed all Environment Shaders to "high" for awesome visuals.
New Layout for both bases.
New ladder (not a model, just spakedited. look for yourself when you download)
New HUD Messages: "Health Restored, Active Camofluage Activated" etc etc.
User Friendly Menus when you press Esc.


Screenshots: *Note: Some of these screenshots may have been taken before this mod was released, so there may be differences.


http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/1.png
http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/2.png
http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/3.png
http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/4.png
http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/5.png
http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/6.png
http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/7.png
http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/8.png
http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/9.png
http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/10.png
http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/11.png
http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/12.png
http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/13.png
http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/14.png
http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/15.png
http://vclanonline.com/files/discreenies/16.png

Files included in Download:
deathisland.map
bitmaps.ppf
PPF_O_MATIC.rar

Programs needed to apply Bitmaps.ppf:
PPF-O-MATIC

Fixes in this Update:

- None really, just a few spawning issues.


Changes in this Update:

- Bumpmapped textures, edited textures, some new
- Lifepod
- Walkways, platforms, more scenery, kinda like the silent cartographer
- New Threshhold, and Basis textures
- Missle Launcher
- Minor tweaks to ALL vehicles
- Minor tweaks to ALL weapons
- Added original assault rifle model, but kept new animation.
- Added original flamethrower model, but made new skin.
- Enhanced Shader Environment Quality
- Fixed Covenant Dropship view while driving
- More you can find out for yourself.


Bugs:

- Resetting map will cause all new vehicles to go into one big orgy somewhere
- New platforms overlap shaders (look for yourself)


Credit:
Everyone who had helped me my problems in the Modding Discussion forum. Thank You.

PM7 Assault Rifle: Animation
L33t's Model Pack: Rocket Launcher, Sniper Rifle, Shotgun
"Extinction" CE Map: Sniper Rifle Animation
pepsi711- Gave me the link and assistance for putting Jahrains master chief biped.
CMT - Pistol Animation - Friend gave me the Meta
??? - Homies_Ramp (I forget who put a download on here, it's somewhere in Modding Discussion, just say your name and i'll put your name here.)

If I have forgotten anything/anyone, I am sorry, let me know, and i'll edit this add you to this post.

Download:
http://www.vclanonline.com/files/DeathIsland1.1.rar

6.5/10.

Lacking:

No new reskins, which are a + in a mod.
The only models in there are borrowed, which makes it less unique.
It's been done hundreds of times before.
The assault rifle animation is okay, but the model is horrid. (because it was made by PM7, no offense guys.)

On the bright side:

Drivable dropship. (YAY) Because its hard to get a dropship drivable. Good job.
Jahrain's biped.
It's deathisland, not bloodgulch.




BTW, those Pistol animations are by CMT.

I've added a couple more screenshots and listed more changes. Yes, I know there aren't any reskins, I'm horrible at skinning, and good god dont even start with the modelling.

Anyways, Yes, i know it's been done lots of times before, but this was probaly the most i've pmi'ed at once before. And I might put the original assault rifle model on from the original map. But keep the animation.

Any suggestions are nice too.

im going to give you a few ideas on how to make this map very unique and worth a download. these are somethings i couldnt do for redux cause of server side issues and would love for someone to use them in a stand alone map like this.

duplicate the pelican and dropship. the ones you duplicate make them scenery. go into sparkedit and make 5 of them for each. set them far out the map so you cant see them from a base hardly. go into hmt and make these "scenery vehicles" active scenery. these tuts on how to do this. once you do that edit the projectile you sacrificed for the effect and make the duration of it a bigass number so the vehicle will fly for the duration of the entire length of the map when it flys across. take the cryoglass meta in bitmaps and put it over the sky.sky. this will null out the blue sky and make it night. you will see the stars and the cryoglass has a faint blue so it looks like a "milkyway" galaxy effect. then go to the sky tag in hmt. change the sky tags numbers to this..



make the numbers that are "10" in that to like 80. the higer you go the brighter, the lower the darker. youll see when doing and testing it. then go into hht and null out the sun. go back into hmt and go to the light branch. find the beacons. check the dynamic check spot and change the radius modifier from "1" i think to like 3 or 4. you thank me for that effect in the sky setting i gave you. lastly go reskin these vehicles. if you want you can jack mine from redux, i dont mind, as long as it takes away the stock look of this map.

now..

if your froggy and want to leap at this then i highly suggest you redo the pmi work on this map again but this time add the rain and bugs from 343 guilty spark. thoes rain/bugs with the sky settings i gave you would make this own.

thats my take on it. honestly right now it is a 4-5/10 cause of the PMI work involved but it doesnt just jump and stand out. i gave you a ton of hints and ideas if you choose to use them. also.. edit the bitmaps for the ring, basis and threshold. it will look out of place if you dont. and for a kicker add a animated sky thing like i posted in the tuts section.

hope this helps you make this mod stand out even more to people. these are the things "I" would do and im not trying to make you do them but just offering some suggestions on how to make this better then simply giving it a ranking.

Hmm...thank's for the hints and suggestions, pepsi.

I only have one concern...if i do plan on putting the rain/bugs from 343...i'd lose all of my changes (i have the pmi folder i did when i rebuilt with the new stuff)

I may plan on doing a total reskin, thanks for letting me know i can use your bitmaps...but i dont think i'll have too.

the scenery vehicles....i'm not a total fan of it. If i could somehow get them to fly around in circles around the map...i'd do it right away.

you need pictures in 24 hours orrrrrrrrrrrr this will not be deleted until a mod comes here lmao.

There have been pictures ever since i've posted it.

im pretty sure you didnt but w/e

he did..

at the time of my reply above he had pics or i couldnt have told him what i said about adding things...

simple as that.

_FC_Homies wrote:BTW, those Pistol animations are by CMT.

If they are the ones in Snow Grove, (aka not spv1) they are by CtrlAltDestroy

i like it, especaly the new Biped...it looks familiar, but i dont remember from where


---i dont like veex though

hey, can this be modded for halo trial??

that would be cool

Prince_albert wrote:i like it, especaly the new piped...it looks familiar, but i dont remember from where


---i dont like veex though

It's from CE in Jahrains map called Downflow.

guity_spark wrote:hey, can this be modded for halo trial??

that would be cool

No, I odnt have Halo Trial, but if I did, i'd be happy to make it for Trial.

P.S: I'm releasing an updated version of this soon...there are minor changes to the map, but updated skins, some new.

whats with the Dropships veiw? u cant see anything

No this can't be made for trial because it's illegal.

Oh and crusnik, nice bump. 8 days, not so bad, but still, if you were going to bump it, the post should've at least contained some type of content to it.

Not just, "Whats up with the dropship view."

yeah, i suppose, i fixed that problem with the dropship's view in the next version already, but school's been a bitch, so i havent had the time do it much.

pepsi711 wrote:im going to give you a few ideas on how to make this map very unique and worth a download. these are somethings i couldnt do for redux cause of server side issues and would love for someone to use them in a stand alone map like this.

duplicate the pelican and dropship. the ones you duplicate make them scenery. go into sparkedit and make 5 of them for each. set them far out the map so you cant see them from a base hardly. go into hmt and make these "scenery vehicles" active scenery. these tuts on how to do this. once you do that edit the projectile you sacrificed for the effect and make the duration of it a *** number so the vehicle will fly for the duration of the entire length of the map when it flys across. take the cryoglass meta in bitmaps and put it over the sky.sky. this will null out the blue sky and make it night. you will see the stars and the cryoglass has a faint blue so it looks like a "milkyway" galaxy effect. then go to the sky tag in hmt. change the sky tags numbers to this..



make the numbers that are "10" in that to like 80. the higer you go the brighter, the lower the darker. youll see when doing and testing it. then go into hht and null out the sun. go back into hmt and go to the light branch. find the beacons. check the dynamic check spot and change the radius modifier from "1" i think to like 3 or 4. you thank me for that effect in the sky setting i gave you. lastly go reskin these vehicles. if you want you can jack mine from redux, i dont mind, as long as it takes away the stock look of this map.

now..

if your froggy and want to leap at this then i highly suggest you redo the pmi work on this map again but this time add the rain and bugs from 343 guilty spark. thoes rain/bugs with the sky settings i gave you would make this own.

thats my take on it. honestly right now it is a 4-5/10 cause of the PMI work involved but it doesnt just jump and stand out. i gave you a ton of hints and ideas if you choose to use them. also.. edit the bitmaps for the ring, basis and threshold. it will look out of place if you dont. and for a kicker add a animated sky thing like i posted in the tuts section.

hope this helps you make this mod stand out even more to people. these are the things "I" would do and im not trying to make you do them but just offering some suggestions on how to make this better then simply giving it a ranking.

oooor you can not waste time making something barely noticable and change the sky/clear afternoon/sky clear clue bitmap

pepsi711 wrote:at the time of my reply above he had pics or i couldnt have told him what i said about adding things...

simple as that.

i guess it was an error...or the fact that there are links to pictures...which are annoying to click every frekin one.

tip :