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Halo |OT 21| Battle is the Great Redeemer | LIVE. DIE. RESPAWN.
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Having tried making stuff in multiple iterations of CryEngine, Unity, and Unreal Engine, UE4 is by far the most straightforward and intuitive editor I've ever used. It's packed with awesome stuff from the start, and building out environment pieces is fairly easy for non-artists such as myself.
Blueprint is awesome for taking the tedium out of programming, but some stuff that feels like it should be essential that does exist in C++ isn't exposed to the visual scripting. The example I can give is how I recreated modern Halo's jumping input handling in Blueprint, which is what I was trying to show in the clip. First I had to draw a vertical vector from the bottom of the player downward to detect collision with the ground. Subtracting the Z of the vector's collision point from the bottom of the player's collision model gives me the height off the ground, and I use that to inform whether I can jump. Then I combined input detection with a timer that says, if you've pressed the jump button while in the air, and you're still holding it and hit the ground within a specified time limit, then you will jump automatically. The C++ character code is already doing the vector draw and collision detection, but it can't be summed up in a simple way with visual scripting, so I was forced to recreate it, which is obviously inefficient. Not a huge issue, especially on a fast PC, but it's annoying nonetheless.
This kind of jumping forgiveness doesn't actually exist in HCE, but I'm using H2A MP as a reference point for player control mechanics. This is what the jumping script looks like, with the entire bottom half being the repeated player height calculation. Thankfully, Line Trace, the function that actually draws the collision vector, has a few very useful debug draw modes so I can accurately visualize the arc of the player's jump and verify the collision is working properly. You can even attach break points to every event and function in Blueprint, so you can go in and double check your values or condition results really easily too.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Decided to search a bit solo last night...2 searches in Halo 3 & H2Classic netted zero players found. I then restarted the game (warm reboot) and search H2A and enjoyed a full game of 4v4.
At this point I'm not sure it's the game or the population...I hope it's the former, sadly. I'm really wanting to hear about dedis though.
At this point I'm not sure it's the game or the population...I hope it's the former, sadly. I'm really wanting to hear about dedis though.
User 73706
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https://careers.microsoft.com/search.aspx
343 is now hiring more people to work on Halo, mostly software and network engineers.
Also, "A good understanding of optimizing and finishing games."
343 is now hiring more people to work on Halo, mostly software and network engineers.
Also, "A good understanding of optimizing and finishing games."
Aren't they like 500 people now?https://careers.microsoft.com/search.aspx
343 is now hiring more people to work on Halo, mostly software and network engineers.
Also, "A good understanding of optimizing and finishing games."
I wonder how big they're gonna get...
https://careers.microsoft.com/search.aspx
343 is now hiring more people to work on Halo, mostly software and network engineers.
Also, "A good understanding of optimizing and finishing games."
HAHAHA finishing games....that's cute.
RowdyReverb
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It's true about the wrong game types showing up in SWAT. Just saw Midship CTF pop up
User 73706
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Spaceship Wargames, Abstract Technicalities
That's a positive, SWAT is awful.
Welfare
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Maybe it's SWAT CTF?
RowdyReverb
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If it was, it gave no indication.
Actually, I'm having a really fucking good time in it. Forgot how much I enjoyed SWAT. Gets me on the edge of my seat every time.
Too floaty with the jumping. Increase the fall rate a bit.
Overall though it's beautiful.
UE4 is awesome and fairly easy to get the hang of. Epic has had a huuuuge push towards accessibility this time around. They have put out a tons of videos and resources to help beginners get accustomed to the engine. The new Blueprint system allows for near code-less builds if you are not comfortable with writing C++ (or C# if Mono is your thing)
If you're a student you can get a year sub for free through the GitHub student pack. Or you can pay one month's sub and get the editor forever (just no updates). They have also open sourced the development of the next UT, so you can help out there too if that's your thing.
Oh and it has native Oculus DK2 support. Oculus Halo gogogo
Once I'm finished building out a basic map layout I'll upload a build for interested HaloGAF peeps to try out. I'll be looking for that kind of feedback. I don't want to mimic any specific Halo game, I just want to nail the Feel and expand from there.
I'm going to be staying with my family for the next three weeks, so I'll put down my first target build at a month from now.
VisceralBowl
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Grizz, if you decide to keep going with this in the future and want a level designer / lighting artist, I'd be down.
Halo in UE4? Yes please.
I was actually looking searching the internet to see if someone has started on something like that yet, but doesn't seem to be anything I did find this video from UDK that I thought was pretty neat.
UDK Hang 'Em High Not as good as the Reach remake but it still nice to look at.
I was actually looking searching the internet to see if someone has started on something like that yet, but doesn't seem to be anything I did find this video from UDK that I thought was pretty neat.
UDK Hang 'Em High Not as good as the Reach remake but it still nice to look at.
I can QA, bug track/report with xpdev (or something similiar) record video and playtest.
UE4 Halo, let's fuckin GOOOOO
Amazing Mic
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I don't understand when things went sideways, why they went to 5v5 rather than smaller. MM hasn't worked well since H3, IMO; the population is too diluted with all of the options on XBL- going bigger only makes the problem worse. I certainly am not finding good games regularly, even when half of the lobby quits out within the first minute.
I worry that with the slow bleed of content releases (playlists, ranks)- another chunk of the population will already be gone, nobody will put in the games for Truskill and H2 ranks to function well, and most games will remain "who can carry the dead weight the most."
God, I miss 2v2.
I worry that with the slow bleed of content releases (playlists, ranks)- another chunk of the population will already be gone, nobody will put in the games for Truskill and H2 ranks to function well, and most games will remain "who can carry the dead weight the most."
God, I miss 2v2.
Poodlestrike
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Sounds damn cool, looking forward to it.
what have I done
WHAT HAVE I DONE
PM me if you want to talk about it any more, I didn't intend to clog up this thread with my bs, was just messing with stuff for fun
NobleGundam
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This is pricelesshttps://careers.microsoft.com/search.aspx
343 is now hiring more people to work on Halo, mostly software and network engineers.
Also, "A good understanding of optimizing and finishing games."
I'm gonna keep repeating this in my head:
just for fun. no real deadlines. just for fun. no real deadlines.
I have a decent history of finished projects both led and not led by me. I won't worry too much about it. Start with the smallest scope imaginable, and only add more when you think you're done.
User 73706
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Future 343 Industries lead dev in the making.
This is going to be great, or an utter clusterfuck of an explosion. Either way it's going to be exciting.
too late
I put real before deadlines for that specific reason. Because if I fail, nobody loses anything.
"We regret to inform you that we were unable to meet the target date for our game's release. You can purchase these 50 polygons and the default first person rig for $60 today, and we are dedicated to continue supporting and updating the game until there is more than one place to walk."
Future 343 Industries lead dev in the making.
This is going to be great, or an utter clusterfuck of an explosion. Either way it's going to be exciting.
shhhhhhhhh. Someone change the topic.
Orochinagis
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I wonder if I get an Xbox One when it happens
User 73706
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#butthead
too late
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Mixmastershill with that new OT.
With the state of this game, that OT deserved nothing more than a kylej OT.
Looking at those NPD numbers you gotta wonder if word of mouth about Halo being borked had any influence.
With the state of this game, that OT deserved nothing more than a kylej OT.
Looking at those NPD numbers you gotta wonder if word of mouth about Halo being borked had any influence.
Ragnarok Flames
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well look at who posted it.
they knew they were releasing a baed gaem
like learn a skill
they've admitted to hiring people that disliked Halo. some people are there because they have released AAA games, and not because they like halo.
Yep
Big enough to release a non-broken game?
Ragnarok Flames
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Been away for a while , could have edited down the posts but fuck it, ill get my top men on it and it'll get 9 patches in a month.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Make it 12
Ragnarok Flames
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that post was not tested in this large an environment, i will be making it up to those that stayed and read it.
I'm glad to see that you are working on it. I'll hang in there.
Poodlestrike
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Man, NPD thread is going bonkers.
haha yea, CBOAT threw some nonsense out there, Xbone looks like it ended up winning by nearly half a million consoles.
Too bad only a fraction of those new owners will stick around long enough to play a functioning MCC.
Poodlestrike
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Depends how many have even tried yet. How many of those are Christmas gifts, do you reckon?
I have no idea what the hell is going on over there.
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