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[Karl2177]

So I'm doing something that I haven't done before, and that is release a version of a map in a completely playable alpha state. It's all primitive blocks, slopes, and glass; plus the required gameplay items(weapons, grenades, spawns, objectives, barriers, et cetera). What I'm just looking for at this point in time is how the map flows. Do certain sightlines need to be changed? Would an area benefit from another "trick jump"? Do I need to more clearly define each team's base? I know some things are out of wack, like the lighting and a few pieces being off by part of a unit, but I'm not looking for those. I'm going to rebuild the map so the center of the map is at 0,0, as well as implement any changes from playtests.

Here's a picture to show a little bit of the map.

I want to get a test group together sometime this weekend or next. So I'm gonna ask who has a map that they'd like looked or tested? Respond to this with map names and your gamertag, por favor.

 

[BlackJet]

So my friends and I recreated Outskirts from the Halo 2 campaign. It's still a work in progress but we have about 95% of the map finished. We set it up with the Infection game type in mind but hopefully we can configure it for 2v2 matches and such.

http://imgur.com/a/ohtAP

I took these shots late at night so I'm sorry about the HUD being in the way. I'm probably gonna add some more later and without the HUD.

 

[Ryouji Gunblade]

So my friends and I recreated Outskirts from the Halo 2 campaign. It's still a work in progress but we have about 95% of the map finished. We set it up with the Infection game type in mind but hopefully we can configure it for 2v2 matches and such.

http://imgur.com/a/ohtAP

I took these shots late at night so I'm sorry about the HUD being in the way. I'm probably gonna add some more later and without the HUD.

I was playing Outskirts just last night. Awesome dude!

 

[Glass]

Next object it'd be cool to see in Forge.

Whatever the heck this thing is.

Also posters/billboards and decals like the ones on Plaza.

 

[Gabotron ES]

You have to see this

 

[Samurai G0SU]

You have to see this

That was pretty awesome to watch TBH!

 

[Ryouji Gunblade]

You have to see this

Nice choice of boss music too.

 

[nillapuddin]

Spoiler

My basketball game is leagues better than Grifsketball

 

[nillapuddin]

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/meridian-awaits

"... a lengthy list of Forge additions, fixes, and improvements, ..."

fingers crossed boysss

 

[belushy]

Tom French posted this on twitter.

Looks like new trees

edit: Also I think we will get the prefabs this update as well.

 

[nillapuddin]

Tom French posted this on twitter.

Looks like new trees

edit: Also I think we will get the prefabs this update as well.

Guarantee that's an "oink" sound effect

 

[Ryouji Gunblade]

Is that a new forge map? I love those new trees.

 

[Voho]

Is that a new forge map? I love those new trees.

Tom French clarified it's on Alpine.

 

[JaggedSac]

You have to see this

lol

 

[JDB]

Tom French posted this on twitter.

Looks like new trees

edit: Also I think we will get the prefabs this update as well.

Trees, flowers and grass? Not sure if that grass is just there by default though.

 

[Nollemaster]

I'm way too excited about the new trees. In fact, it looks like a tree and two bushes!

Also, that tree looks a whole lot like the H2A MCC Forge tree. Same model?

 

[Gabotron ES]

Tom French posted this on twitter.

Looks like new trees

edit: Also I think we will get the prefabs this update as well.

That tree will make a good bush and yellow flowers are from Alpine canvas.


Edit: WTF is that rain I'm seeing.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Trees are excellent. More foliage options are good.

What I'd really like are some of those alien trees from the Flood swamp and High Charity.

 

[belushy]

Michael Byron from the forge team tweeted this

 

[Gabotron ES]

Yess

 

[Hispanic! At the Disco]

I've been working on one map for what feels like forever because it keeps not saving my progress or crashing on me.

The other day I was saving every 10 min or so and after 2 hours i close the game. Next time I open it I realize none of it had saved! I really hope this stuff gets fixed because I quickly went from thinking it was the greatest gaming anything ever to never touching it.

 

[RedSparrows]

Michael Byron from the forge team tweeted this

Hahaha,it is stupid how pleasing this is to me. I have a map me and my friends enjoy that would be improved so much by this kind of foliage.

 

[User 73706]

I wonder if we're getting true Primitives this update.

 

[Fata1moose]

Going to be interesting to see forge when all of the updates are said and done. Forge was a new beast entirely and it's only improving more. Viking and High Citadel blow my mind on what's possible.

 

[RedSparrows]

Viking is wonderfully faithful, although sadly I think that doesn't make for as good a map as Valhalla was for Halo 3 in the current Halo meta. Still enjoyable though!

 

[Fata1moose]

Viking is wonderfully faithful, although sadly I think that doesn't make for as good a map as Valhalla was for Halo 3 in the current Halo meta. Still enjoyable though!

I'm talking purely forge work, I actually never liked Valhalla that much. Too much cross mapping.

 

[User 73706]

foarj changelog when

 

[NOKYARD]

foarj changelog when

Live stream tomorrow at 3 PST i believe.

 

[Gabotron ES]

https://www.twitch.tv/Halo

Stream is going to start soon, get in here!

Edit. Tyrant's skybox is BEAUTIFUL

 

[Homeboyd]

Forge info? Never got the stream to load.

 

[matthieuC]

Forge info? Never got the stream to load.

They haven't gone over it yet

 

[nillapuddin]

why bother with these amazing remakes when you could play on my decent ones

smh 343

 

[nillapuddin]

guys, guys, guys


GUYS

time for me to be salty as fuck

that basketball game looked like decaying rotten fucking garbage

Spoiler

my forum salt ensures I will never be spotlighted lol

Edit: You might think, Jeeze nick, that was pretty immature of you to say that. Yeah, you're right. Apologies to guy who made it, I'm sure he put in alot of effort to make that. I won't edit my post cause I shouldn't have said it, but I won't act like I didn't.

 

[RedSparrows]

Looking forward to tinkering with more plants and some rain.

Now I just need to read the bug-fixes, hopefully scripting spawns/despawns has been tidied up.

 

[The Real Napsta]

I missed the stream, did they add palm trees so we can have a proper Ivory Tower?

 

[iFirez]

I missed the stream, did they add palm trees so we can have a proper Ivory Tower?

Doesn't seem like it, like others have mentioned it looks like we've got more foliage (trees, ivy) and new weather effects built in. There are variants to all of the new objects like frozen ivy and stuff which is cool. They also said there's a shit ton of new sound effects in.

Grabbed these for anyone who missed/can't watch the stream archive


* Forgot to mention they talked about vehicle blockers too, walls/shields that block vehicles but allow people on foot to walk through.

 

[belushy]

The weather is a cool addition

 

[RedSparrows]

The weather is a cool addition

Yeah, really nice. Does it preclude fog also, or could you have thick fog AND thick snow? etc.

 

[User 73706]

Yeah, really nice. Does it preclude fog also, or could you have thick fog AND thick snow? etc.

Operates independently from fog effects, but also gets affected by wind override. Not sure if your fog color options will affect the weather in any way, though.

 

[NOKYARD]

Operates independently from fog effects, but also gets affected by wind override. Not sure if your fog color options will affect the weather in any way, though.

Purple Rain, Purple Rain.

 

[Raide]

Weather effects? Interesting!

 

[Homeboyd]

Seriously.. other than new canvases and prefabs, what else is left for them to add that people have been asking for? French and co. are doing crazy good work and forge maps looking more and more like dev maps. Insane how far it has come since Halo 3.

 

[Raide]

Finally checked the notes. Great to see more foliage etc. Should make decorating maps a little easier. Also great to see some more objects to play with. Might revisit some of my older maps and see if they can be tweaked with foliage and weather!

 

[User 73706]

Fixed an issue that caused weapons and power ups to block players when set to Phased or Fixed.

YESSSSSSSS

 

[Fuchsdh]

I'm thinking these Forge maps need more QC before they go into matchmaking.

Like when I get JIP into a match and this happens. And then I join another match and it happens, again.

 

[Gabotron ES]

I'm thinking these Forge maps need more QC before they go into matchmaking.

Like when I get JIP into a match and this happens. And then I join another match and it happens, again.

http://www.forgehub.com/maps/skylark.1542/update?update=2884

 

[NOKYARD]

I'm thinking these Forge maps need more QC before they go into matchmaking.

Like when I get JIP into a match and this happens. And then I join another match and it happens, again.

There is no way we could have tested for how scripts would behave in a JiP MM setting. He fixed it by having a delete script run every 5 seconds.

Also. One Way Shields are destructible which makes them kinda useless for most scenarios.

 

[User 73706]

Any suggestions for handling the glitch that causes changing skyboxes on Glacier to just get you stuck in an infinite loading loop alternating between the two screens? Lightmap budget is only at about 60%, by the way.

 

[Nollemaster]

They broke the grouping function again! The grouped object becomes unselectable for the entire Forge session when I try to change the parent object. Anyone else experiencing this?

 

[JDHarbs]

Seriously.. other than new canvases and prefabs, what else is left for them to add that people have been asking for?

A Sabre and circular stairs.