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[winnarps]

Yeah, this is one of the biggest problems with Halo. If I were you, I'd stay out of ranked matches for a little while and try to get back in the swing of the game in social matches. Either that or play a playlist that you're a lower level in. In the past few months, the skill level of Halo has jumped up enormously imo. It's no wonder that you're finding yourself losing a lot of matches at your highest skill level.

Ah, I was afraid of this. Thanks for the response.

I'd start a new account, but I'm afraid I have wayyyyyy too much shit tied to my current one.

:/

 

[BladedExpert]

Damn, why am I only good with such inconsequential weapons? :/

Do you really want me to answer that?

 

[backflip10019]

Ah, I was afraid of this. Thanks for the response.

I'd start a new account, but I'm afraid I have wayyyyyy too much shit tied to my current one.

:/

I'm sure that you could eventually get the hang of the game once again. Just jump into a few Social Slayer/Rumble Pit games and work on your game a bit. Hell, I'm sure a bunch of us would play with you to help you get your game back. GT is backflip10019, hit me up when I'm online.

Do you really want me to answer that?

Haha, I haven't played with you in a while. I've gotten a little bit better since I jumped up in sensitivity to 6.

Spoiler

STOP PLAYING MYTHIC AND LETS PLAY

 

[Sai-kun]

That it's confusing. But more to the point, it's unnecessarily confusing. Of all the Halo 3 maps, it has the least intuitive layout. I like the idea of being able to see the other team as you spawn, but the way the map both shifts levels and doubles back in the center is really disorienting; I'm still hearing in every game some variation of "where the fuck am I?" from my team. I think something like Elongation but doubled over around a corner, with side routes, would have worked better.

But as I said, once teams actually find each other, the combat is great. The cover, the corners, the shootouts from the overlooks - great stuff. It's just an example of a counterintuitive map design.

I still have no mental concept of the layout.

I thought it was just 2 U's stacked over each other and one shifted over slightly

 

[EazyB]

I thought it was just 2 U's stacked over each other and one shifted over slightly

Yup, it is. Very straightforward in its layout and after a couple of matches you've probably figured out all the routes around the map as there are very little options. Some lasting confusion may crop up when you initially spawn because oftentimes you'll spawn looking down long hallway #2 and depending on how far along one hallway you spawn they may look alike.
with enough play everyone will be able to easily distinguish the hallways by the placements of boxes though.

 

[BladedExpert]

I'm sure that you could eventually get the hang of the game once again. Just jump into a few Social Slayer/Rumble Pit games and work on your game a bit. Hell, I'm sure a bunch of us would play with you to help you get your game back. GT is backflip10019, hit me up when I'm online.

Haha, I haven't played with you in a while. I've gotten a little bit better since I jumped up in sensitivity to 6.

Spoiler

STOP PLAYING MYTHIC AND LETS PLAY

I've played a few games today and quite frankly, I suck harder than a Dyson

 

[fin]

Red = Attackers and Blue = Defenders or te other way around?

 

[EazyB]

Red = Attackers and Blue = Defenders or te other way around?

Other way.

Red = defenders
Blue = attackers

 

[GhaleonEB]

I had to go into a default CTF map (Valhalla) via Forge to check.

 

[fin]

Other way.

Red = defenders
Blue = attackers

thanks. Also thanks to Voc for making the Sky Canvas. I should be posting some shots of my map.

Refuge

 

[KevinRo]

I've played a few games today and quite frankly, I suck harder than a Dyson

Haha it comes back don't worry. I've been playing on and off recently and I just get by by using my brain. The aiming would come back if I did a whole week of non-stop customs but I don't have the time anymore

Haha but I know how you Brits feel now. I don't have internet here so I've been leeching off of my next door neighbors wifi through a bridge through my laptop that's stationed in my bathroom for a better signal haha

 

[The Librarian]

I really enjoyed this:

Destructoid: How Killzone 2 is blatantly better than Halo 3

I'll leave it to someone else to post in the KZ2 thread, though.

A funny read. :lol

 

[vhfive]

After many many hours Sanctum is finished. I will not post a lot pictures like i have already done, just the one overview.
Download:Sanctum

Will take any and all feedback to make it better/fix mistakes. I tried really hard to make it impossible to get out of the map (even with grenade jumping).

And thanks Bullfrog for noticing something in forge. It is now fixed

 

[FourDoor]

Sweet. Will have to try this when I get home. The map looks good from the overhead.

Did you also set up the map for CTF and KOTH? I have very fond memories of camping like a bitch with a shotgun and/or sword in the center structure.

 

[vhfive]

Sweet. Will have to try this when I get home. The map looks good from the overhead.

Did you also set up the map for CTF and KOTH? I have very fond memories of camping like a bitch with a shotgun and/or sword in the center structure.

set up for slayer, assualt, ctf, and oddball. no koth (even though it wouldn't be to hard)

 

[Arnie]

I dont want to spam or anything, but offer still stands

PM sent, Love me please?

 

[Sai-kun]

Yup, it is. Very straightforward in its layout and after a couple of matches you've probably figured out all the routes around the map as there are very little options. Some lasting confusion may crop up when you initially spawn because oftentimes you'll spawn looking down long hallway #2 and depending on how far along one hallway you spawn they may look alike.
with enough play everyone will be able to easily distinguish the hallways by the placements of boxes though.

That's what I thought. The only time I get confused is when I spawn in one of the two doorways connecting the main big hallways. D: Then I look around and it's fine.

 

[GM Bullfrog]

And thanks Bullfrog for noticing something in forge. It is now fixed

No problem.

 

[ManCannon]

I really Bungie has found a solution to their hosting woes or is at least close to finding a solution because I'd love a new Bungie Podcast.

So would we... so would we. <sad face>

 

[xxjuicesxx]

That Sanctum looks mad good too!

Neutral Flag was fun on that map. So was Snipes. So was MLG Multiflag. Doubles BR was decent too.

 

[AndresON777]

This would also explain why 100% of the people who play Halo 3 are, without exception, gay pedophiles. Meanwhile, Killzone 2 players have lots of sex with adult women, except for the two women who play it, who can't be pedophiles anyway because there's no such thing as a girl pedo.

:lol

 

[Captain Blood]

My high school's mascot was the Midgets

Spoiler

true story lol

and we regularly had seminars about Halo's anti-midget message. Needless to say I am really glad this issue is finally coming to light.

 

[Willeth]

So would we... so would we. <sad face>

I seem to remember the guys on the podcast saying something about some forsaken shack on a hill somewhere that was going to house all the stuff. This was months ago, though (and the podcast had probably been recorded months before that...). What's going on with that?

 

[kylej]

is there one good mexican halo 3 player i mean really ts is just filled with terrible mexicans who go like -15 every game goodness gracious

 

[Digital Limit]

After many many hours Sanctum is finished. I will not post a lot pictures like i have already done, just the one overview.
Download:Sanctum

Will take any and all feedback to make it better/fix mistakes. I tried really hard to make it impossible to get out of the map (even with grenade jumping).

And thanks Bullfrog for noticing something in forge. It is now fixed

I see you're missing a blue block in there resulting in some definite asymmetry.

Was that in the original, or did you hit the budget/item limit?

EDIT: Huh, seems a bunch of blocks are missing there. Must have been in the original. Been so long.

 

[Havok]

I see you're missing a blue block in there resulting in some definite asymmetry.

Was that in the original, or did you hit the budget/item limit?

EDIT: Huh, seems a bunch of blocks are missing there. Must have been in the original. Been so long.

It might just be that the missing pieces are set to spawn after a certain amount of time (after the screens were taken), so they aren't there yet. Or maybe Forge decided to kill them like I've had happen to so many ramps and double walls so far...so annoying.

 

[GM Bullfrog]

I see you're missing a blue block in there resulting in some definite asymmetry.

Was that in the original, or did you hit the budget/item limit?

EDIT: Huh, seems a bunch of blocks are missing there. Must have been in the original. Been so long.

I think it is just that pic, because you will notice one of the bridges is missing some platforms, but they were there when I was looking at his map.

 

[Trasher]

lawl at that Felicity map. WTB more Goldeneye maps!

 

[backflip10019]

Welp, my xbox just perma-red ringed. This bitch is going in.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

Welp, my xbox just perma-red ringed. This bitch is going in.

That really sucks dude. Expect to wait around 3-4 weeks until you get a new one.

Let us know if you need to provide your own shipping box.

 

[EazyB]

is there one good mexican halo 3 player i mean really ts is just filled with terrible mexicans who go like -15 every game goodness gracious

Racist much?


Map maker - Map
Bladed Expert Bnet – Mage v2
Dax01 Bnet – Geminie
EazyB Bnet- Rise v2
Fin Bnet - Refuge v1
Ghaleon Bnet - Sandstorm
GM Bullfrog Bnet – Kulkukan
Grimm Fandango Bnet – Turf II v2
Havok Bnet - Agartha
Insaniac Bnet - Sky Perch
Merguson Bnet – Firmament v1.1
Spirit Bnet– Pitfall V2
Spudbud Bnet - Skybad BETA
Vhfive Bnet - Sanctum
Vociferous Bnet - Abaddon

Tools
Fourdoor - All default objects moved to crypt
Vociferous - All objects on the ground moved aside so that they aren't in the way. (Updated 2/28)
Vociferous - All default objects moved to the skybubble

 

[Domino Theory]

So would we... so would we. <sad face>

What if I gave some Map Packs to GoDaddy.com?

 

[Sai-kun]

is there one good mexican halo 3 player i mean really ts is just filled with terrible mexicans who go like -15 every game goodness gracious

Me. But I'm only half

 

[NOKYARD]

Since everyone else is posting their Sandbox work-in-progress maps here,
i thought i would post some pics from the new Griball Arena construction site.


Myself and my assistant putting the finishing touches on the North wall.


Only the most skilled craftsmen using the finest tools were used.
All blocks were hand carved from a nearby quarry and carried to the construction site on the backs of enslaved Grunts.

 

[backflip10019]

That really sucks dude. Expect to wait around 3-4 weeks until you get a new one.

Let us know if you need to provide your own shipping box.

Yeah, I do. Thankfully my buddy just had his Xbox break and had it returned in a perfect package to him. So, I'm just sending it back in the box his new one came in. The only thing that sucks is that my campus post office closed today so I need to wait till tomorrow to send it in.

 

[EazyB]

Since everyone else is posting their Sandbox work-in-progress maps here,
i thought i would post some pics from the new Griball Arena construction site.

:lol

What in the hell am I looking at?

Yeah, I do. Thankfully my buddy just had his Xbox break and had it returned in a perfect package to him. So, I'm just sending it back in the box his new one came in. The only thing that sucks is that my campus post office closed today so I need to wait till tomorrow to send it in.

Post #88666

You'll never see your 360 again.

 

[Digital Limit]

Not sure if Sandbox has the tools necessary, but I saw a Hinge tutorial on Forge HUB and thought of Turf II: http://www.forgehub.com/forum/aesthetic-maps/26509-hinges-sliding-doors.html

 

[backflip10019]

Post #88666

You'll never see your 360 again.

Oh well. As long as they replace it with a different one...

 

[Insaniac]

Not sure if Sandbox has the tools necessary, but I saw a Hinge tutorial on Forge HUB and thought of Turf II: http://www.forgehub.com/forum/aesthetic-maps/26509-hinges-sliding-doors.html

No, there aren't big enough movable pieces to make it viable.

 

[Kibbles]

Take this for what it's worth, but Corrinne Yu, Lead Engine Programmer at Microsoft's Halo Team, is speaking at this year's GDC.

https://www.cmpevents.com/GD09/a.asp?option=G&V=3&id=635685

They better have something to show I wish Killzone 2 all the best. I want Microsoft to be pressured to put some big things out. All I've been playing is Halo 3 lately. <3

Sanctum looks great, downloading. I'm looking forward to GAF customs... it's going to be epic.

So one of my friends has been working on a Facility remake in the crypt:

[DOWNLOAD LINK]

Facility? Count me in.

 

[Toddler]

So how many people got told at Gamestop that you get the Mythic map pack when you but the standard version of Halo Wars? Just me?

 

[Stinkles]

Me. But I'm only half

If it helps, I get owned by Mexicans all the time, and at least they're gracious about it. Even en espanol.

 

[NOKYARD]

What in the hell am I looking at?

some people (poor souls without the Mythic maps) were asking for pics of the new Grifball court Burnie hired me to build - i obliged

what you are looking at is the roof from the outside - the inside? - nothing but stone, bling and awesome!

 

[KevinRo]

some people (poor souls without the Mythic maps) were asking for pics of the new Grifball court Burnie hired me to build - i obliged

what you are looking at is the roof from the outside - the inside? - nothing but stone, bling and awesome!

wat

 

[fin]

So for some reason the first spawn is out in the middle of now where and players fall to their deaths. I can't find a spawn point anywhere, anyone else have this? I noticed that Bladed's Warlock remake also doesn't spawn players in the Crypt.

At first I wanted to try a BTB map but I think I was being too ambitious so I started on Refuge. It's basically Ivory Tower's slower brother. But a couple of friends were digging it today.

I put in as much hand rail I could so it wasn't as risky walking backwards. It ended up being bigger than I thought.

I'll be online tonight, we should get some GAf customs going. I'm stoked to try some of those maps on the list.

Here's the File Share:

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=68433954

 

[Grimm Fandango]

So for some reason the first spawn is out in the middle of now where and players fall to their deaths. I can't find a spawn point anywhere, anyone else have this? I noticed that Bladed's Warlock remake also doesn't spawn players in the Crypt.

You need to delete the respawns from the specific game type. So if you change gametype to slayer in Forge, you can set specific spawn points just for slayer.

Specific spawns have a weird energy field over them so you can tell they aren't for all gametypes.

 

[FourDoor]

Will there be any kinds of hidden secrets in this new Griffball court?

 

[KevinRo]

No offense but I suggest alot of you map makers go over to ForgeHub and look at their tutorials. You'll see obvious things like placing markers to align your objects(which by looking at your maps alot of you don't) and more advanced tips like interlocking and geolocking. Seriously, interlocking a ramp and box to make the transition between the two really makes the map play that more awesome.

 

[Kibbles]

No offense but I suggest alot of you map makers go over to ForgeHub and look at their tutorials. You'll see obvious things like placing markers to align your objects(which by looking at your maps alot of you don't) and more advanced tips like interlocking and geolocking. Seriously, interlocking a ramp and box to make the transition between the two really makes the map play that more awesome.

Bah, map-making takes up too much time as it is.

 

[Blueblur1]

Game with Flame

Great idea guys. I now know what you guys were really up to that day when we got matched up in MM. Its nice to see Bungie continually embracing the Halo community even when Microsoft is practically doing its best to ruin it.