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[willow ve]

Shutout= lockout if I remember correctly

Wonder how that map plays with sprint and ordnance...

And jetpack...

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Care to post the links ?

I cant's find them now. It was city combat at night and inside a mansion I think .

I remember seeing the Locust and getting all nostalgic. While Gears 3 lambent were new the locust are just plain superior

 

[CyReN]

We are making a video for THC channel going over each maps, we would link to how to DL them but yea.

 

[MaximumFlipFlop]

We are making a video for THC channel going over each maps, we would link to how to DL them but yea.

Are they in the authors file shares?

 

[Homeboyd]

Are they in the authors file shares?

Yes but no guarantee they're the same version that's going in MM. Can't control that.

 

[Karl2177]

Are they in the authors file shares?

According to bs angel, "Yes, but they might not be the exact versions in matchmaking"

 

[TheOhrenberger]

We are making a video for THC channel going over each maps, we would link to how to DL them but yea.

well we should be able to download them after we play on them tomorrow, but I'm looking forward to the video.

 

[Rev3rb]

And jetpack...

Shit. Forgot about that...

 

[darthbob]

We are making a video for THC channel going over each maps, we would link to how to DL them but yea.

Man, you guys really need a new acronym.

I see THC and I get all excited, then remember this is HaloGAF.

 

[MaximumFlipFlop]

Yes but no guarantee they're the same version that's going in MM. Can't control that.

According to bs angel, "Yes, but they might not be the exact versions in matchmaking"

thanks guys.

 

[xxjuicesxx]

Tashi saved Halo!?

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

Just upgraded my Windows 7 Laptop to Windows 8.

Can anyone here who uses Windows 8 confirm if Halo 2 Vista works fine on Windows 8?

 

[Gordon]

Any pictures anywhere?

Here are pics for three of the maps

Garrotte: Album

Despair: Screen 1, Screen 2, Screen 3, Screen 4, Screen 5, Screen 6, Screen 7, Screen 8, Screen 9

Scythe: Album

And here are videos of what I hope are the latest versions - or close to them - of Big Papa Salot's maps
Shutout
Simplex

And there's lots of footage of Relay around.

Can't link to tinypic on GAF BTW. Thanks for posting though.

Lemme just fix that...

 

[Steelyuhas]

Just upgraded my Windows 7 Laptop to Windows 8.

Can anyone here who uses Windows 8 confirm if Halo 2 Vista works fine on Windows 8?

Haven't tested it myself, but it should work fine.

Here are pics for three of the maps

Garrotte: Album

Despair: Screen 1, Screen 2, Screen 3, Screen 4, Screen 5, Screen 6, Screen 7, Screen 8, Screen 9

Scythe: 1, 2, 3, 4, Overview

Looks like Forge™

Holy shit who decided on those Forge pieces for the environment that Despair is built in. That takes ugly to a whole new level.

Can't link to tinypic on GAF BTW. Thanks for posting though.

 

[Rev3rb]

Here are pics for three of the maps

Garrotte: Album

Despair: Screen 1, Screen 2, Screen 3, Screen 4, Screen 5, Screen 6, Screen 7, Screen 8, Screen 9

Scythe: 1, 2, 3, 4, Overview

Thanks!

 

[Havok]

Messed around with most of those Forge maps going in tomorrow. They seem okay, hard to say without playing on them.

I haven't seen a map set on Erosion yet that doesn't look like hot garbage visually.

 

[kittens]

Hey CCs, get a Pit remake in rotation pls thx. Sanctuary, too.

 

[MaximumFlipFlop]

I was just thinking that an awesome feature for Forge would be a gravity plane. Basically, you set the angle at which you want gravity effecting the map. So say you wanted to build a slanted map so you could get better lighting effects or scenery, you would adjust the gravity then choose to have all objects automatically align with it. You could also choose to not adjust the pieces to align with the gravity plane which could lead to some pretty crazy maps.

 

[Enfinit]

Hey CCs, get a Pit remake in rotation pls thx. Sanctuary, too.

I'll sacrifice a child for Pit.

 

[TheOhrenberger]

I think forgers should just avoid erosion in general. The only thing it's good for is Griffball, and that's because it has a dedicated court built into it.

 

[mhi]

Clearly you didn't post on Optimatch. Also, the same guy led the team Halo 2 and Reach matchmaking (Jeremiah).

The biggest issues discussed on Optimatch were Hardcore (people pushing it to be as identitical to the MLG settings as possible, pistol secondary), then eventually Hardcore FFA etc. H2H and Multi-Team were also hotly debated.

Still can't believe 6v6 turned out so great. Overall, I think communication was very strong and most feedback was heard and acted upon. The only negative was it did take a while for mm updates to be rolled out.

 

[CyReN]

We did test out a Pit version, for whatever reason the Forger made the map smaller so with sprint it made it a cluster-fuck. If you guys got any good ones feel free to message Fyre, Tash, or I.

 

[Steelyuhas]

Can one of the CC's speak to weapon spawns on Forge maps in MM? Some of those versions shown, such as the Lockout remake, have traditional weapon spawns on them (including Halo 4 loadout weapons on the map). Will the MM versions have the same weapon spawning systems as all the current MM maps? (global and personal ordnance spawning only)

 

[Homeboyd]

We did test out a Pit version, for whatever reason the Forger made the map smaller so with sprint it made it a cluster-fuck. If you guys got any good ones feel free to message Fyre, Tash, or I.

Jerk

 

[Tashi]

We did test out a Pit version, for whatever reason the Forger made the map smaller so with sprint it made it a cluster-fuck. If you guys got any good ones feel free to message Fyre, Tash, or I.

Yea it was no good.

And yea, if you guys find any good maps, please let us know.

 

[kittens]

We did test out a Pit version, for whatever reason the Forger made the map smaller so with sprint it made it a cluster-fuck. If you guys got any good ones feel free to message Fyre, Tash, or I.

Oh, cool, I didn't realize you were a CC, too!

 

[MrGreencastle]

Dispatch is like Relay version 2. I figured that it would have been in instead of Relay.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95U5W14Tcq4

 

[SHIFTYkiwi]

Hope you guys like the selection so far, I REALLY hope Lotus makes it in there in the future.

What was the reason why it wasnt chosen this time? It seems like a good map for infinity slayer settings, more so then lockout for example.

 

[Ghazi]

Simplex is soooooo good.

The way the encounters flow on that map are much better than any of the maps on disc, it's around Haven goodness.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Just upgraded my Windows 7 Laptop to Windows 8.

Can anyone here who uses Windows 8 confirm if Halo 2 Vista works fine on Windows 8?

Works better in Windows 8 then it did in Windows Vista and 7 for me oddly enough.

 

[Poker Face]

Looks like Forge™

pretty much what i was thinking looking at those. simplex and lockout look good though

 

[ElRenoRaven]

What is the population like online?

So yea you were asking and earlier I didn't know well a bit ago I got on again and there were about 3,400 hundred people on.

 

[SPACECADET]

awesome, looking forward to some forge maps tomorrow. specially lockout :3 <3

 

[CyReN]

Ace, Mikwen, and Naded talking about their switch to CoD.

 

[Havok]

The only one I hadn't checked out before was Garrotte. Holy crap, it is tiny. As in, 8 second sprint from spawn to enemy base tiny. I have a feeling instant respawn is going be chaos on that map.

 

[Rev3rb]

So yea you were asking and earlier I didn't know well a bit ago I got on again and there were about 3,400 hundred people on.

Not too bad for a brand new console

 

[JB1981]

We did test out a Pit version, for whatever reason the Forger made the map smaller so with sprint it made it a cluster-fuck. If you guys got any good ones feel free to message Fyre, Tash, or I.

So tomorrow we got a MM update and Forge playlist ???

 

[NullPointer]

So tomorrow we got a MM update and Forge playlist ???

I hope that Exile's Gauss is removed, among other things. And I'll be keeping an eye out to see if they shift the Mantis over to different maps, like maybe remove them from Meltdown and put them into Vortex.

 

[NobleGundam]

Man, SpOps Ep. 6 looks sooooo much fucking fun than Halo 4 Campaign. Wth with these feels...?

Edit: By David Ellis, from 343i:

"Don't forget, Spartan Ops season 1.5 kicks off early Monday morning Pacific time. There will be a download for this half of the season."

https://twitter.com/DavidEllis/status/293053041576390656

 

[Rev3rb]

In the forge maps, are there static gun spawns?

Saw a DMR laying against a wall in one of the pics.

 

[NOKYARD]

The only one I hadn't checked out before was Garrotte. Holy crap, it is tiny. As in, 8 second sprint from spawn to enemy base tiny. I have a feeling instant respawn is going be chaos on that map.

Keep in mind a few of the maps are destined for Team Doubles. They may be a wee bit tight for 4v4 but the playlist was created to stress test maps.

 

[Noricart]

oh god wtf is going on in those forge maps, they all look like crap

lockout and simplex actually look good though

 

[Computron]

I blame Tashi and Cyren.

 

[User 73706]

I hope that Exile's Gauss is removed, among other things. And I'll be keeping an eye out to see if they shift the Mantis over to different maps, like maybe remove them from Meltdown and put them into Vortex.

Mantises on Complex or bust.

 

[heckfu]

oh god wtf is going on in those forge maps, they all look like crap

cc: Tashi
Here's some great feedback!

 

[The Librarian]

cc: Tashi
Here's some great feedback!

whoa

 

[Havok]

Keep in mind a few of the maps are destined for Team Doubles. They may be a wee bit tight for 4v4 but the playlist was created to stress test maps.

Sure, it seems like it'd be fine for that, I was just talking in the context of the gametypes we'll be seeing tomorrow. 8-10 players and all. That one in particular stuck out, the rest seem fine for those settings (though I have my own personal trepidation about Lockout in a Halo 4 gameplay environment).

I hope that Exile's Gauss is removed, among other things. And I'll be keeping an eye out to see if they shift the Mantis over to different maps, like maybe remove them from Meltdown and put them into Vortex.

They'd need to remove the tank as well. Gauss is the only thing that can keep it in check. It's this really stupid escalation of counters. Remove 'em all!

 

[NullPointer]

They'd need to remove the tank as well. Gauss is the only thing that can keep it in check. It's this really stupid escalation of counters. Remove 'em all!

I'd be Ok with that. Standard hogs equidistant for each team and I'm good.

 

[Rand0m TAG]

Any pictures of the forge maps?
And is the playlist going to be slayer and objective?

 

[Ghazi]

Any pictures of the forge maps?
And is the playlist going to be slayer and objective?

There will be CTF & Slayer I believe. Gordon posted some pictures earlier.

Here are pics for three of the maps

Garrotte: Album

Despair: Screen 1, Screen 2, Screen 3, Screen 4, Screen 5, Screen 6, Screen 7, Screen 8, Screen 9

Scythe: Album

And here are videos of what I hope are the latest versions - or close to them - of Big Papa Salot's maps
Shutout
Simplex

And there's lots of footage of Relay around.


Lemme just fix that...