Halo: realistic tech (check pg 6, suggestions please!)

Kount-Dooku · Post by **Kount-Dooku** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:07 pm

What I meant was a tranparent scope sort of.

Corvette19 · Post by **Corvette19** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:20 pm

Oh, idk how to do that, isnt there a tutorial somewhere?

AbeFroman · Post by **AbeFroman** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:45 pm

dunno, but i have an idea, lemme try it out on some random skin

edit: success!

edit: nevermind, wont work on the sniper decals cuz they are dxt3

Andrew_b · Post by **Andrew_b** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:30 pm

actually it will. What you have to do is make it all black on the alpha (where you want it to be invisible ofcourse).

AbeFroman · Post by **AbeFroman** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:31 pm

thats not it, i found the problem...well that was part of the problem, but i had to find, on the bitmap of the actual sniper, where the scope part i wanted transparent was, and make it transparent, also added some neat lil things to it...it looks REALLY nice, and im sorry to tell you guys, but i wanna build up excitement for v2 by NOT showing a pic

i know, i'm an fuck hole

DeadHamster · Post by **DeadHamster** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:55 pm

I did it with a sniper, I made an H2 sniper and posted it here in the downloads section. hold on let me grab the link.

Halo 2 Sniper

edit: forgot to mention, CallMeShef=DeadHamster. For those who I havent told yet.

AbeFroman · Post by **AbeFroman** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:42 pm

yeah, thats what i did for the transparency, theres a good thing to refer to if i was to describe what it looks like

ok, MP version is a little more than halfway done

what to expect in the MP version:
Sparkedited maps!
a sneak peek at v2's new physics on Blood Gulch(if you turn the turning radius of the hogs back up on BG, your on your own trying to control it)
FRG on battle creek replacing sniper since its such a small map and doesn't seem like there is much need for it
all the weapon and vehicle stat changes in the SP version
a chance to see the Chuck Norris skin
the rocket hog will have it's new stats
a glitch with the flamethrower on derelict
on every map but chiron tl34 cuz that map sux

edit: MP version delayed, gonna have to do some PMIs for the sparkedit maps

update: one of the bigger maps, blood gulch, is done...that took only about 2 or 3 days...here, have a pic...

as you can see, i discreetly pointed out everything new
(circles are the more important ones, one of them is circling something behind a tree, guess what it is [Hint: theres a crashed PELICAN near it, it must be some other crashed aerial vehicle])

Nitestalkr · Post by **Nitestalkr** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:05 am

So exactly when is this gonna be realesed? I hope sometime soon.(And i am aware that it appears that i am a noob at modding but im really not i just joined this just to download some stuff and i am a member at modhalo.net)

AbeFroman · Post by **AbeFroman** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:04 pm

im finished with putting the upgraded weaps and vehicles into the MP maps, but im having some trouble with the sparkedit things, i bet some of the stuff i'm aiming for is in HMT, just have to look up some tuts,
but one the sparkedit maps im about 50% done, can't be too long now

don't have an exact date, but some time this week is what i have planned

edit: having trouble on Chillout, gonna skip it and start that level over from scratch after release

UPS · Post by **UPS** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:49 am

In that BG pic, the pine trees really don't fit the landscape. Reskin it or replace the pines with something else that would fit it.

DeadHamster · Post by **DeadHamster** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:30 pm

I actually like the pines better then the other trees.

Cobain · Post by **Cobain** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:15 pm

they fit fine, but re skinning it isn't a bad idea either....
make the grass a darker green, and make the dirt more dirtish =P

AbeFroman · Post by **AbeFroman** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:26 pm

maybe in v2 i'll replace the dirt textures with a real picture of dirt and the grass texture with a pic of real darker grass, but for now, i just wanna try to get the MP version out, in the mean time, would a different color fog help?

2 more maps to go but im having a really wierd problem with PMI's, doing everything exactly as the tutorial said, but at the start of the map rebuild it says im missing an xml document for some kind of tree meta, i look where it says i'm missing a tree, and sure enough, i'm missing a tree, so i extract the tree meta and xml manually and put it where it belongs, try again, and i STILL get the error.

anyhoo, it continues to rebuild the way it should until i get the rebuild successful thing, but when i open it in sparkedit, sparkedit closes due to an error when i try to swap a piece of scenery with one of the things i pmi'ed

any help will get progress moving again and the mod will def be done by this week, if nobody knows whats up then it could be delayed a week or two.

i'll work on my little mini-mod till i get some feedback on the topic, whether it's good or bad, i'll stop the mini mod and continue with the MP version, if i finish it before i get a response, which i probably will, it's gonna be released in this thread since it pretty much just expands on the mod a little bit

PM me if you think you can help and want all the details on the PMI issue, and i'll send you a step by step walkthrough of what i'm doing and what im getting in response

Cobain · Post by **Cobain** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:32 pm

mb skip the pmi stuff, and keep it simple.

AbeFroman · Post by **AbeFroman** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:36 pm

I see a perfect sparkedit thing goin on with the last 2 maps (sidewinder and timberland) but they need PMI's, for example i see spots where a crashed dropship would fit perfectly.

but let's start a poll...

Q: What should i do?
a: wrap it up and release it (sets the release date as today) 1 vote(s)
b: figure out what's wrong (sets the release date as some time this week, maybe tomorrow" 0 vote(s)
c: finish the "mini-mod" and release it (release today or tomorow if i run into problems) 0 vote(s)
d: google your problem (could take months) 0 vote(s)
e: "b" and "c" (could take couple weeks) 0 vote(s)
f: "let me PMI the stuff for you...what do you need PMI'ed into what maps?" (will be a huge help) 0 vote(s)

edit: since there haven't really been any replies to this yet, ill just say that above wherever it says today it means the day people respond to this poll

RESPOND, PEOPLES!

AbeFroman · Post by **AbeFroman** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:26 pm

congrats cobain, you single handedly won a poll!

MP VERSION RELEASED

heres the DL for the MP version

edit: for some reason it wont let me upload this with the built in attachment thing AGAIN so i'm gonna have to use everyone's favorite website...

mp version
AND...
Mp version bitmaps (i edited some lightmaps)

Battle creek, didn't see use for the sniper on such a small map so theres now a FRG

Damnation and chillout both now have this thick fog

Derelict is dark now, who in the right mind would abandon a ship and leave the lights on?

also, LOTS of rubble

INVINCIBUBBLE! throw a grenade at it to pop it, run in and let it rebubble!
also more shields lying around

white fog on icefields, and a pic of the new sniper that's included in the bitmaps ppf

the Wooden space ship on infinity is NOT an easter egg, but it's a good place to look, this one you will have to get lucky to find...or cheat like a butthead and open the map in sparkedit

longest is darker

i forgot what i did to prisoner, but it looks badass

ratrace is darker and has more covenant shields

there are easter eggs in here, so look for em if your bored

bloodgulch already has a pic up and looks awesome

the "mini mod" i mentioned earlier is in the works still, ran into some PMI trouble...again...god i hate PMIs, i wish there was just a PMI button that did everything for you

Corvette19 · Post by **Corvette19** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:35 am

I LOVE the Fog/Darkness stuff, it improves stealth capabilities by 80%.

Very good work AbeFroman!

timmy42 · Post by **timmy42** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:15 am

why only 80%.... don't leave 85% out, he's the same as 80% too...or maybe 90%...

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:35 am

a few things:
1. I hope you are not skinning in paint
2. are you recovering from a virus you downloaded through limewire?

Corvette19 · Post by **Corvette19** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:49 am

timmy42 wrote:why only 80%.... don't leave 85% out, he's the same as 80% too...or maybe 90%...

I just say some random high % number.