[WIP] Halo: For The Win >OMG Page 20 Has Screens 4 You!!!<

supersniper · Post by **supersniper** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:38 am

Now when this is released do you have to overwrite your old maps. Like replace your timberland.map file for the pepness one or will it have to be injected with HMT?? Also this is looking really awesome it really is FTW.

Off Topic: What were the songs that were used in teh video??

Andrew_b · Post by **Andrew_b** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:49 am

in order
Goldfinger - Superman
Phantom Planet - Big Brat
Jimmy Eat world - The Middle
Led Zeppelin - The Immigrant Song

hiheyhello · Post by **hiheyhello** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:43 am

O and andrew i don't no if you realized what i said earlier, i called you a ho, BUT i meant to say tho, it was a typo my mistake.

hell_knight · Post by **hell_knight** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 7:18 am

2 the first post,

a 6800 is still 2 good XD

SL!P · Post by **SL!P** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:32 am

IDK what's good, but I know what I have is not. XD

I don't see me using anywhere close to full settings in the near future.

Andrew_b · Post by **Andrew_b** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 7:08 pm

Im still amazed by this. I want to know how you skin man. i just cant figure it out dude. its amazing. Good job pepsi. i still play the beta with no one haha.

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 7:19 pm

im making this post from my point of view. im not trying to say anyone is or are doing what im about to speak upon, but more of how im feeling at the moment when reflecting on this mod as a whole. i say this again.. im not accusing or calling anyone out but merely stating my own personal point of view on something that has been troubling me within the past 24 hours or so.

first off.. when will FTW be done? honestly..now i dont know when..i seen a light at the end of the tunnel but with recent events the door to the light has been closed and im being forced by my own will to search for another way out.

this is why..

within the last 24 hours i happen to see a few mods dropped by some of our local PC modders. i knew one was in the works basically after redux was dropped and i was fine with that. then 2 others are there that to me just seem like there riding the redux/FTW train way of modding. this being the technique of reskinning complete maps to refine them to look different from what normal halo has to offer. when i looked at these 2 closer i also couldnt help but notice the same cues that FTW has been following with its textures and placement styles. even when describing these mods theres referances to "i edited lightmaps, bumpmaps.." and so on..

i cant help but not being feel like im being shadowed. i know these other two were working on there own mods totally different then what i was doing but it seems like they put their own mods on hold to give "FTW/redux" a try. im not saying this was their intention but from my point of view its what im seeing. then we get into the working of other WIP's with people speaking of doing the same thing again, this being the PM7 updates and blargs little project. im am very happy if redux/FTW is inspiring people to mod PC again and they are having awesome creative ideas and making their own mods but theres a catch..

the one thing i cherished more then anything was how new and bold redux and FTW are. its like SP and MP overhauled and what not and totally putting so many hours into trying to perfect every little detail. trying to break new ground and bust out the mold of normal modding/skinning. when i see all these new and up coming mods that i cant help but notice reflect the same traits as FTW/redux has i feel honored people are trying to do new things and expand on a idea i had but as im trying to say..

things dont become unique and special when everyone is taking a shot at it. they loose their luster and become just another mod. to me FTW is turning into this. ive has 5 hours tonight to work on this mod and i simply cant find the will to. im sure ill finish it cause i said i would but frankly it isnt epic anymore to me. it just seem like more of what is the norm now in PC modding trends. i feel as if im falling out of love with working on this and its becoming more of a chore to finish more then anything.

so now my problem..

i have to lug through the rest of this still trying to have the same passion for the mod i did before and try to not half-arse it for the sake of finishing it or try to find something else that will break it away from the pack. so yeah.. thats where my mind is now. my point of view.

merry xmas and stuff ..

Mr.Brightside · Post by **Mr.Brightside** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 7:22 pm

Agreed.

Andrew_b · Post by **Andrew_b** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:16 pm

Mr.Brightside wrote:Agreed.

hell_knight · Post by **hell_knight** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:33 pm

how the hell do u have the time to post all that and not reply to me on xfire? now GET BAK 2 WORK! XD

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:17 pm

this mod now has a offical theme song. i was talking to mr. brightside tonight and we both agreed that the lyrics in the song really to transpire into what has gone through this mod since redux and ftw's birth. ive used this song in some other analogies but it seems to fit 100% here too. this song will be featured in FTW somehow because of the lyrics and how they relate to oh' so much..

Chevelle - Vitamin R (leading us along)
Vid: http://youtube.com/watch?v=w9k7arn27a8

Lyrics:
Some will learn; many do.
Cover up or spread it out.
Turn around, had enough,
Pick and choose or pass it on.
Buying in, heading for
Suffer now or suffer then.
It's bad enough
I want the fear... need the fear

[Pre-Chorus]
Cause he's alone (he has become)
He's alone (he has become)

[Chorus:]
Well if they're making it, making it
Then they're pushing it, pushing it
And they're leading us along
The hassle of all the screaming fits
That panic makes remorse

After all, what's the point?
Course levitation is possible.
If you're a fly; achieved and gone
Theres time for this and so much more.
It's typical - create a world
A special place of my design
To never cope or never care just use the key

[Pre-Chorus]
Cause he's alone (where have we gone)
He's alone (where have we gone)

[Chorus]

Over and Over a slave
Became
Over and Over a slave
Became
Over and Over a slave
Became
Over and Over a slave
Became

[Chorus x2]

Ragdoll · Post by **Ragdoll** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:20 pm

I'm sorry, but thats just silly.

{TP}Spartan · Post by **{TP}Spartan** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:32 pm

Ragdoll wrote:I'm sorry, but thats just silly.

but u dont kno what's he has been through so of course u would think it's silly

-Legendary- · Post by **-Legendary-** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:42 pm

{TP}Spartan wrote:
Ragdoll wrote:I'm sorry, but thats just silly.
but u dont kno what's he has been through so of course u would think it's silly

I think a theme is pointless.

Ragdoll · Post by **Ragdoll** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:43 pm

{TP}Spartan wrote:but u dont kno what's he has been through so of course u would think it's silly

This is just a mod we are talking about, right?

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:46 pm

Ragdoll wrote:I'm sorry, but thats just silly.

honestly i dont care if you think its silly or not. then again i dont think you could relate to a mod being concieved almost 2 years ago and developing to what it is now. i know of some that can and thoes who can relate should get what im portraying with the theme song statement.

to each his own.

Dalek · Post by **Dalek** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 2:20 am

My Master disagrees with the use of a "theme song" even if the mod has been in development for two years my master has worked on a mod for three years yet he wouldn't even think of using a theme song for his mods.
Theme songs are the kind of things new modder's have beaten out of them not encouraged to using.

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:06 am

I think Pepsi is trying to say that this music was the most inspiring to him as he made the mod. I myself use music to inspire Mods, Artwork, and Other Music.

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:01 am

Music inspires great artists, why not a mod for a game?

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:13 am

why is it no one had a issue with breaking benjamins "blow me away" being the theme for redux but suddenly chevelle is a issue now?

haters..

anyways..

ratrace is done. theres no pics cause i truly hate this map and i rushed it just to be done with it. why do hate this map? cause when ever i play it its either a nade fest or some rockets variant. just sucks to me.

anyways.. pressing forward...