YOYORAST ISLAND: Potentialy, the best map ever made but...

yoyorast · Post by **yoyorast** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 4:22 pm

Guys! Excalibur sent me a mail... I have the answers! But let's say Excalibur is forgiven, he was in vaccation and forgot to tell me so... he has made his best for puting the map in game but has now new priorities and thinks it's to hard to get the work done... I want to thank him for all he did...
As we are making a big party now, I'll speak tomorrow of the event's following... Happy chritmas everybody!

dragonlair · Post by **dragonlair** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 5:42 pm

w00t!! I can wait for this map though because I just found out about in a few days ago:P

Spartan III · Post by **Spartan III** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 2:18 am

Does this mean someone else is gonna have to finish the map?

yoyorast · Post by **yoyorast** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 4:16 pm

Well guy! Here is the new situation regarding this unending adventure that is Yoyorast Island Project (YIP):

As you already know Excalibur has now new priorities and can't do the work anymore... Thanks again to you man and good luck for the projects... he has left me a really smart and kind email explaining his reasons and even flatting a little my ego

( I don't think he will get ungry with me if I post a copy here ):

Ah, I'm sorry dude. I was away on vacation. It's my fault, I forgot to
notify you. Anyway, I don't think I'll be working on this anymore
because I got a really big project in school using 3ds max that I have
to work on. I'm sorry, but if you want me to recommend someone to pick
up where I left off, I'm pretty sure I can get you some one good like
Taco. Honestly, you are a good modeller but the idea is a little to
extreme. I understand you are trying to do something different and all
but it just isn't meant to be played in Halo. My cousin said it looks
like a roller coaster park, and it does, lol. You have a unique talent
I haven't seen in ages in people that make Halo Levels. You are one of
the first's to take an extreme leap from halo-themed maps to something
completely different and have some success. I'm sorry, and I hope this
doesn't make you too mad seeing as I was the second attempt at this
map. It just has too many errors for me to hassle with. If you feel
like you need to do it yourself, I can guide you through the whole
process over MSN. I'm sorry.

Sincerely,
Excalibur

I'm posting it here, for you to see that he seems to think think it would be very difficult to get this model ingame... With him thinking this, Taco leaving some time ago, and many people here telling me it's nearly impossible to get it in game... I certainly should drop it... But you guys can't imagine the amount of work I've been putting in that map (I started modeling the 1rst version 6 month ago), in the mean time the HaloCE community has been a bit deserted by people but I think it's still worth to try to put this ingame and have the "best map ever" like I originally dreamed it.
I have reach the "point of not coming back", now I have to go to the end even if it's just for fun!

So, I've been in good contact with SSDC since some time now and he seems the one that can try to fix the huge amount of errors in the model... then maybe we could make a team to have fast progress... maybe with some of his contacts like JamesD for example... We're already looking for a good, I mean very good and motivated skinner... no betatester for the moment please... thanks... Oh maybe someone could make a sig for the Yoyorast Island Project team members....

Just a detail though: I'm not at home during 10 days from now (vacation), so, Excalibur would you please send the model to SSDC at his msn mail adress [email protected] , this way we won't loose time anymore. Thanks man

Let's see if the future is brighter than the past...

Sentinel · Post by **Sentinel** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 4:55 pm

if you want a kool sig for the members, just ask BigAFair, or post in the introductions/sig testing section for a request.

Flynn · Post by **Flynn** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 7:58 pm

If u want i can help too, i've made maps, vehicles and weapons..

St. Louis Rams Fan · Post by **St. Louis Rams Fan** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 8:39 pm

I hope this map gets out some day

Spartan III · Post by **Spartan III** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 2:37 am

Yoyoroast, if this gets fixed, It's gonna be amazing. Times like these, I wish I could do what Excalibur and co could do. I'd definitely help if I could.

I just really hope this happens.

yoyorast · Post by **yoyorast** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 6:15 am

The problem is that Excalibur doesn't seem to be around again

, and he has the original model in his hand... Man, if you're reading this, please, be smart, send it to SSDC fastly... cause I'm not at home for the next 9 days and I won't be able to send it myself.. I don't want to loose another 9 days!

ShloppyJoe · Post by **ShloppyJoe** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 2:52 pm

man.. we need this map.. it can really go main stream and brinp people back to HCE

yoyorast · Post by **yoyorast** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 5:50 pm

Thanks very much everybody for your support and comments

this is driving me forward...

Well Guys, I finally got my model back from Excalibur and I sent it to SSDC

... He is very motivated and really seems good at fixing errors (1800 mostly due to the problem of conversion from amapi to 3dsMax :crazy:)... So the work should progress pretty fast... After this, we should have some other people joining the effort (skinner, animators and all....), these guys will mainly be SSDC's contacts (I put my trust in him to hire the best guys out there)... By the way, I'm still looking for someone interesting in making sigs for the team members of Yoyorast Island Project (YIP)...

I don't want to be too optimistic this time but, with SSDC on it right now, things are looking brighter

I'm confident

St. Louis Rams Fan · Post by **St. Louis Rams Fan** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 5:56 pm

sounds good man! I have been really high on this map!
PS. Make me your first beta test guy

hotmonkeylicker · Post by **hotmonkeylicker** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 6:00 pm

cool thanks for the update

i hope this gets done for once and for all

The_Hushed_Casket · Post by **The_Hushed_Casket** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 6:52 pm

ya, I hope this map gets finished soon, this will be one of, if not THE best CE map

{ST} 117 · Post by **{ST} 117** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 4:32 am

Im a good sig maker, ill make all of the sigs u need. Just give me some details and names, quotes, pictures, colours, type(grunge/tech/other), and how many, and ill whip em up for u.

alternativly u can go down to the introductions and sigtesting forum and post there.

yoyorast · Post by **yoyorast** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 4:46 pm

{ST} 117 wrote:Im a good sig maker, ill make all of the sigs u need. Just give me some details and names, quotes, pictures, colours, type(grunge/tech/other), and how many, and ill whip em up for u.

alternativly u can go down to the introductions and sigtesting forum and post there.

Thanks man..

you are free... you can use the pics there http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/sh ... 93&fpart=1 and write Yoyorast Island or Yoyorast island Project or YIP... or both..

and if you could leave 120 pixels free in the large to be able to add a personal sig as mine... it would be cool...

thanks

{ST} 117 · Post by **{ST} 117** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:34 am

yoyorast wrote: and if you could leave 120 pixels free in the large to be able to add a personal sig as mine... it would be cool...

im not sure what u meen by that. 120 pixels empty at the side or bottem?

also, how many do u need? ill make one for each teem member.

yoyorast · Post by **yoyorast** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:02 am

{ST} 117 wrote:
yoyorast wrote: and if you could leave 120 pixels free in the large to be able to add a personal sig as mine... it would be cool...
im not sure what u meen by that. 120 pixels empty at the side or bottem?

also, how many do u need? ill make one for each teem member.

Sorry man, i'm not clear enough (i'm french

)...
Yes i thought 120 pixels free at the side ... this way, for example i'll be able to keep my actual sig... So you don't need to make diferents sig for each team member but a unique little one... And I'm not sure everybody on the team is ok to change their sig because it's just a begining collaboration so... don't waste to much effort in it... One thing is sure, I'll be wearing it proudly.... if it's good

{ST} 117 · Post by **{ST} 117** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:50 am

one more question:

cud u possibly give me a render of ur map with just a bright green or bright red background, because this map is a real hard to cut out neatly.
if u can that wud be great, but if u cant, i mite be able to get one of the people at gamerenders to do it. ty.

yoyorast · Post by **yoyorast** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:18 am

{ST} 117 wrote:one more question:

cud u possibly give me a render of ur map with just a bright green or bright red background, because this map is a real hard to cut out neatly.
if u can that wud be great, but if u cant, i mite be able to get one of the people at gamerenders to do it. ty.

Unfotunatly, I'm not at home (with my computer, map, and rendering prog) for 7 days more... so I won't be able to do that until then.... sorry
I'm sure you can do it without it