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[StalkerUKCG]

Fixes to the sniper:

1. Make it black, none of this brown grey bullshit

2. Make the scope smaller

3. Bring back the old sounds from Reach...

1. Make it the Halo CE:A Sniper.....
2. Nothing, Problem is already solved.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Frankie, can you confirm the existence of a War Games "vidoc" of sorts and if we'll see it soon?

 

[Der Flatulator]

Use the pic as an avatar, then you can at least pretend to have "special member" tag.

Though arguably that would be pretty lame...

Seems legit:

 

[Tawpgun]

Fixes to the sniper:

1. Make it black, none of this brown grey bullshit

2. Make the scope smaller

3. Bring back the old sounds from Reach...

Bring back anniversary sniper sound.

Sounded like that thing could destroy planets

 

[Ken]

I don't understand how weapon drops work. It's probably because we've had to piece together stuff Frankie and Ellis have said, resulting in a mish-mash of information, but I'm sitting here past E3, after having seen gameplay videos, and I don't understand how the system works. Do they or do they not have random timers? How is it predictable?

Perhaps a bulletin going into great detail about how everything fits together would clear things up for me.

I've only watched one of the MLG videos but I recall them saying that medals give you points, and when you hit a certain number of points you get an ordnance drop.

Also, lol at special member fake tag.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Bring back anniversary sniper sound.

Sounded like that thing could destroy planets

YES.

 

[Hypertrooper]

When are we expecting the Sparkcast to drop?

David said he wanted to re-record a part with Kiki, Josh and Frankie.

Bring back anniversary sniper sound.

Sounded like that thing could destroy planets

Frankie said that something is wrong with the sound in these MP-videos. He said that he is trying to get us a uncompressed Audio-file.

 

[Der Flatulator]

Bring back anniversary sniper sound.

Sounded like that thing could destroy planets

That thing was crazy!
I don't know, I think we'll get used to it. At first I was like "My eyes!" but it's growing on me...

 

[BigShow36]

WTF have they done to the sniper rifle? One of the most iconic weapons of the series gets remade into that piece of shit?

Looks terrible? Check
Sounds like a nail gun? Check
Remove iconic gas trail? Check
Add random reticle jumps? Check


Damn that's terrible.

 

[Ken]

WTF have they done to the sniper rifle? One of the most iconic weapons of the series gets remade into that piece of shit?

Looks terrible? Check
Sounds like a nail gun? Check
Remove iconic gas trail? Check
Add random reticle jumps? Check


Damn that's terrible.

It still shoots bullets so it seems fine to me.

 

[Gui_PT]

TheOddOne
Banned

 

[Sordid]

Catching up with the thread and this is what I was instantly reminded of when I saw the new design. Johnny 5 is alive a sniper :/ looks weird and takes up too much of the screen.

 

[kylej]

YES.

That is how much real estate a gun should take up on screen. You know what gun you're holding, it's big enough to be "realistic" but you still can see enough of the screen to feel empowered while holding it.

 

[Der Flatulator]

I've only watched one of the MLG videos but I recall them saying that medals give you points, and when you hit a certain number of points you get an ordnance drop.

Also, lol at special member fake tag.

You're getting confused. All gametypes use "Ordnance", only the Infinity Slayer gametype uses "Personal ordnance".

- Personal ordnance is determined by points/5 kills. You use the D-Pad to drop it wherever you are.

- Regular ordnance is spawned in by the Infinity. Take Regular Countdown as an example here.
Initial spawns: Sword on bridge, Shotgun in vents, Conc rifle on balcony
Every 'X' seconds. Where X is determined by some gameplay element: Either a sword, shotgun or conc rifle will be spawned on either bridge, vents, or balcony.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

That is how much real estate a gun should take up on screen. You know what gun you're holding, it's big enough to be "realistic" but you still can see enough of the screen to feel empowered while holding it.

It also goes "KKPUUUUAAAAoooooo"

 

[TheOddOne]

A+!

 

[Spawnling]

I feel this needs more love.

CANNOT UNSEE

 

[Hypertrooper]

He used the words ASAP.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

He used the words ASAP.

What the hell is going on in his Twitter background?

 

[StalkerUKCG]

What the hell is going on in his Twitter background?

Hulk Smash
Ellis Drunk
Party Hat
Giving the Finger

 

[Poker Face]

He used the words ASAP.

should have said soon

 

[kittens]

Fixes to the sniper:

1. Make it black, none of this brown grey bullshit

2. Make the scope smaller

3. Bring back the old sounds from Reach...

NO WAY! The color scheme is the best part about it.

 

[CyReN]

What the hell is going on in his Twitter background?

Someone asked him if he liked Reach in the picture.

 

[Der Flatulator]

Hulk Smash
Ellis Drunk
Party Hat
Giving the Finger

Yeah pretty much...

 

[Mister Negative]

I feel this needs more love.

CANNOT UNSEE

"Just doing some snipingggg <333"

 

[squidhands]

Bring back anniversary sniper sound.

Sounded like that thing could destroy planets

Despite what Frankie said about the sound weirdness in the videos, I REALLY don't like how any of the weapons sound so far. Hopefully 343 can slap some of the uncompressed audio in a sparkcast or something and change my mind, but compared to the Anniversary Sniper, the one in H4 sounds like a complete joke.

 

[Spawnling]

"Just doing some snipingggg <333"

It all makes sense now....

 

[Tashi]

I just bought Too Human...

 

[Louis Wu]

Despite what Frankie said about the sound weirdness in the videos, I REALLY don't like how any of the weapons sound so far. Hopefully 343 can slap some of the uncompressed audio in a sparkcast or something and change my mind, but compared to the Anniversary Sniper, the one in H4 sounds like a complete joke.

The H4 sounds are actually quite good. I'm surprised by how unrepresentative the videos have been.

 

[The Librarian]

I've only watched one of the MLG videos but I recall them saying that medals give you points, and when you hit a certain number of points you get an ordnance drop.

That's for Infinity Slayer, not regular slayer.

MP vidoc.

I said to myself, "I don't remember them explaining that in the ViDoc." Then I remembered there hasn't been a ViDoc.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

I just bought Too Human...

Im sorry

 

[Tha Robbertster]

Well apparently, you can hide under the floor of imago. How the hell can this get through testing?

 

[FyreWulff]

The H4 sounds are actually quite good. I'm surprised by how unrepresentative the videos have been.

I've enjoyed them myself. Although I have noticed 343's foley is more cold and treble-y. Versus Bungie's warm / bassy sound design. But that's more of the studio's style than anything positive or negative (their sound design was the same for their changes to Anniversary's foley)

 

[789shadow]

I just bought Too Human...

Whatever caused you to do that?

 

[Tashi]

Whatever caused you to do that?

I've wanted for years but couldn't justify the price. Walked into Gamestop today and it was 5$. Impulse buy lol

 

[squidhands]

The H4 sounds are actually quite good. I'm surprised by how unrepresentative the videos have been.

Good to hear, thank you.

I've enjoyed them myself. Although I have noticed 343's foley is more cold and treble-y. Versus Bungie's warm / bassy sound design. But that's more of the studio's style than anything positive or negative (their sound design was the same for their changes to Anniversary's foley)

This is my problem with what I've heard so far. It may just be how the audio is skewed in the video, but that's exactly the feel I get from the sounds as presented. Can't wait to hear how they really sound.


BTW - is anyone from 343 going to be at the RTX thingy?

 

[lybertyboy]

BTW - is anyone from 343 going to be at the RTX thingy?

Yes.

 

[Hypertrooper]

I just bought Too Human...

It gets pretty frustrating later. Never finished it. I liked the concept and gameplay was okay. But damn. too many enemies and too hard to beat.

 

[Ken]

You're getting confused. All gametypes use "Ordnance", only the Infinity Slayer gametype uses "Personal ordnance".

- Personal ordnance is determined by points/5 kills. You use the D-Pad to drop it wherever you are.

- Regular ordnance is spawned in by the Infinity. Take Regular Countdown as an example here.
Initial spawns: Sword on bridge, Shotgun in vents, Conc rifle on balcony
Every 'X' seconds. Where X is determined by some gameplay element: Either a sword, shotgun or conc rifle will be spawned on either bridge, vents, or balcony.

Ok then. I haven't paid much attention to much H4 footage or info.

 

[Der Flatulator]

This is my problem with what I've heard so far. It may just be how the audio is skewed in the video, but that's exactly the feel I get from the sounds as presented. Can't wait to hear how they really sound.

You guys remember this update, right? http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=24623

343, do one of these. With a crazy weapon we haven't heard yet.

 

[789shadow]

I've wanted for years but couldn't justify the price. Walked into Gamestop today and it was 5$. Impulse buy lol

Okay second question: why have you wanted it for years?

 

[Gui_PT]

I just bought Too Human...

Sorry to hear that

 

[dangerbyrnes]

does anyone else see a covenant cruiser? i don't think it could be, cause there's no way the infinity is that large. mini-cruiser?

big pic for size comparison.

 

[Overdoziz]

So David has me blocked on Twitter. Was wondering why those links never worked for me.

 

[TheOddOne]

I just bought Too Human...

Epic laughes in your face.

 

[Wizman23]

So is campaign co-op in or is Spartan Ops our only co-op option? I asked yesterday but it was just people guessing yes.

 

[The Librarian]

does anyone else see a covenant cruiser? i don't think it could be, cause there's no way the infinity is that large. mini-cruiser?

big pic for size comparison.

Great catch, man. That ship is more massive than it looks. I wonder what it is – Forerunner?

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Yep, that sniper is ugly.

More here.

That assassination looks amazing, but man I feel the visual effect of the rockets is underwhelming all over. It needs a bigger kick and a bigger visual explosion.

Tech analysis of Halo 4 at E3 via Eurogamer/Digital Foundry

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-tech-analysis-halo-4-at-e3

Cool, that was an interesting read.

So this is an interesting thread at HBO:

http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1143538

Hoovaloov noticed that if you play the Halo 4 video in the main banner ad on ESPN.com (make sure your adblocker is off ), it takes over the screen, and displays some interesting stuff.

I pulled out the actual takeover file:

http://adsatt.espn.go.com/ad/sponsors/utilities/espn/halo4_microsoft/content_takeover14.swf

The text shown in various places is... odd.

These strings are in the SWF itself:

s et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur
So8ii aspoke qpdkv disofasddddddd
Cras mattis imperdiet est, quis pharetra sdr3
Curae; In tempor pulvinar felis in ves
Maecenas tincidunt vehicula est, vitae condim
imperdiet felis sit amet mauris dignissim
oque penatibus et magnis dis parturient r35
Curabitur sagittis quam vel nisl cas37 jj6-fdd
scelerisque faucibus. In auctor leo eu sapien
Ut sollicitudin neque
faucibus neque accumsan. Ut convallis sagittis
Proin suscipit malesuada elementum.
a justo. Vestibulum dapibus aliqu

These strings are displayed by one of the parts, reversed; I simply captured them and flipped the video to read them:

!diag proc 10
probe terminal proc 10
rogue proc 10
proc 7 8 9
linvntry terminal
862..293.342.3487.2
thanksshk terminal
d!D@cT
!attach act drop
38XUI¶¶ aos . 299 .
clean !splotch control
!bite rogue pro 1 recurse
§200 sdkue
94. ssdd a s--------

Smarter people than me will need to figure out what it's all about.

What the hell is this? Latin and gibberish in a random ad that also seems to mention the Didact...hm..

Fixes to the sniper:

1. Make it black, none of this brown grey bullshit

2. Make the scope smaller

3. Bring back the old sounds from Reach...

Yeah, I think making the scope a pinch smaller in comparison would really help the design.

You guys remember this update, right? http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=24623

343, do one of these. With a crazy weapon we haven't heard yet.

I miss these style of updates that basically compared the old to the new, I was hoping we could get something like this for Halo 4.

 

[Wizman23]

I just bought Too Human...

One of the best games of this generation for me and I buy a shit ton of games.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

We did drop in on David Candland, Bungie’s Lead UI designer earlier in the week to ask if HUD customization is something he’s ever considered implementing and the answer is yes. The problem with the multi-colored approach, it turns out, is that it can often blend into the color palette on display in a given environment, rendering it effectively unreadable. Since those color palettes can change dramatically from space to space (and even from room to room), it’s more problematic than just hooking up the technology and hoping for the best.

Shame, i very much like the pale yellow HUD