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[ManaByte]

I haven't been this excited for a Halo game since the original.

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

This playtest has been a lot of fun can't wait for big team battle next week

 

[elliot5]

tomorrow is the new 4v4 map with vehicles papa bless

 

[M.W.]

Give me swat already

 

[Stephen Curry]

The aiming on controller is the only thing keeping me from completely enjoying this game. I've messed with every sensitivity/deadzone setting and I cannot seem to get one that feels good. I keep getting dominated in PvP against PC players to the point where I just feel exhausted.

Something felt off with Halo 5's aiming but this is on a whole other level.

 

[Naked Lunch]

The aiming on controller is the only thing keeping me from completely enjoying this game. I've messed with every sensitivity/deadzone setting and I cannot seem to get one that feels good. I keep getting dominated in PvP against PC players to the point where I just feel exhausted.

Something felt off with Halo 5's aiming but this is on a whole other level.

Try:
5 or 7 Look Deadzones. (default is 12 I think)
3.5 or 3 Horizontal and Vertical Sensitivity. (default is 4 or 5)
1 or 2 Aim Acceleration. (default is 2)

Thats what I use after not being able to aim at first - and im now donking on fools like im playing MCC.

 

[Leyasu]

Yeah this is pretty great. Can't wait for the full release

 

[SatansReverence]

I keep getting dominated in PvP against PC players to the point where I just feel exhausted.

I doubt it has anything to do with PC players and more just controller players who are exploiting the console aimbot to its fullest.

I've played fps exclusively on PC for the last 4 years at least. Not insane good or anything but get plenty of them hackusations. Typical problem of weapons being balanced around insanely high magnetism that doesn't exist on M&K

Fire up my xbone controller, first fast paced shooter on it in years, getting consistent perfects and rarely going more than 2 shots passed it. All this while the aiming feels like garbage.

The tip? Use strafing. The game will do most of the aiming for you.

It's sad to see that it has Halol 5s babies first FPS aim assist with a layer of very bad aim acceleration and response curves.

 

[Stephen Curry]

Try:
5 or 7 Look Deadzones. (default is 12 I think)
3.5 or 3 Horizontal and Vertical Sensitivity. (default is 4 or 5)
1 or 2 Aim Acceleration. (default is 2)

Thats what I use after not being able to aim at first - and im now donking on fools like im playing MCC.

1 Aim Acceleration feels very good against bots right now. Will try in pvp later.

I doubt it has anything to do with PC players and more just controller players who are exploiting the console aimbot to its fullest.

I've played fps exclusively on PC for the last 4 years at least. Not insane good or anything but get plenty of them hackusations. Typical problem of weapons being balanced around insanely high magnetism that doesn't exist on M&K

Fire up my xbone controller, first fast paced shooter on it in years, getting consistent perfects and rarely going more than 2 shots passed it. All this while the aiming feels like garbage.

The tip? Use strafing. The game will do most of the aiming for you.

It's sad to see that it has Halol 5s babies first FPS aim assist with a layer of very bad aim acceleration and response curves.

Halo 5 has some of the most ridiculous aim assist in any game. If I pick up the sniper in H5 I expect to get a kill for every bullet since it just tracks their heads. I can’t hit anything in Infinite though.

I think a big problem is that the sidekick drops all aim assist past ~20 feet. It’s the starting precision weapon so you end up having mid to long range battles with it and with 0 aim assist PC dominates that situation every time.

 

[Self_Destructive]

Halo Infinite looks so good on PC.

Some of the texture-work is just *chef kiss*

 

[elliot5]

Halo Infinite looks so good on PC.

Some of the texture-work is just *chef kiss*

crate floats on the last pic, no shadow 0/10 !!!

 

[SenjutsuSage]

crate floats on the last pic, no shadow 0/10 !!!

floaty crates, would not bang.

I eagerly await now 343 detailing all of what's going on with this game engine at a technical level. I'm beyond impressed with how they got this thing running while looking like it does.

 

[ManaByte]

Halo Infinite looks so good on PC.

Some of the texture-work is just *chef kiss*

That's what the kids call a "glow up".

 

[ResilientBanana]

Halo Infinite looks so good on PC.

Some of the texture-work is just *chef kiss*

I agree, however, I think the ambient lighting is up a little too much and to my knowledge, there's no way to adjust at the moment.

 

[SatansReverence]

Multi back up

 

[Dynasty8]

The aiming on controller is the only thing keeping me from completely enjoying this game. I've messed with every sensitivity/deadzone setting and I cannot seem to get one that feels good. I keep getting dominated in PvP against PC players to the point where I just feel exhausted.

Something felt off with Halo 5's aiming but this is on a whole other level.

Totally agree. Something feels off... Bungie updated the controller settings for Destiny 2 recently and it feels perfect. I hope 343 can add some of those additional settings for us controller players.

Also, have they said if console and PC players will automatically play with each other or will it be opt in?

 

[Dream-Knife]

First match I got to play, game crashed on my randomly shooting someone. Game would freeze and fail to load if my controller was on when I launched the game..

Edit: Turned controller off and launched the game, turn it back on when in the menu and it just rumbles uncontrollably.

Is the blue fuzz normal?

Crashed again, think I'll wait for the full version.

 

[elliot5]

First match I got to play, game crashed on my randomly shooting someone. Game would freeze and fail to load if my controller was on when I launched the game..

Edit: Turned controller off and launched the game, turn it back on when in the menu and it just rumbles uncontrollably.

Is the blue fuzz normal?

Crashed again, think I'll wait for the full version.

pc version is fucked worse than last flight for me. hopefully they can fix something inbetween this and next week if possible

 

[ManaByte]

Holy fuck this game is amazing.

 

[jigglet]

Ok after many, many hours of play time here's my only complaint (it's close to perfection): sliding could use some work.

Once you slide you're locked into the slide animation, you can break out of it by jumping, but you can't break out of it early by hitting the sprint button or something like that. Also, after you jump, you need to wait about half a second after you land before you can initiate a slide. You can't combo a jump --> slide.

I get it's an attempt to balance it...HOWEVER slide has already been balanced - it's slow and short as hell compared to Halo 5. Now this is totally fine, but also removing the ability to cancel out of it or initiate it after a jump leaves us with a slide that just doesn't feel as responsive as it could be.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Holy fuck this game is amazing.

It feels so good. Love me that sidekick. I have to get work done, but I just want to keep playing.

 

[SatansReverence]

Ok after many, many hours of play time here's my only complaint (it's close to perfection): sliding could use some work.

Once you slide you're locked into the slide animation, you can break out of it by jumping, but you can't break out of it early by hitting the sprint button or something like that. Also, after you jump, you need to wait about half a second after you land before you can initiate a slide. You can't combo a jump --> slide.

I get it's an attempt to balance it...HOWEVER slide has already been balanced - it's slow and short as hell compared to Halo 5. Now this is totally fine, but also removing the ability to cancel out of it or initiate it after a jump leaves us with a slide that just doesn't feel as responsive as it could be.

Or they could just remove it since it adds absolutely nothing positive to the game

Thinking of putting together a list of all the locations the shitty clamber mini game is nothing but a detriment to gameplay and map design

 

[jigglet]

Or they could just remove it since it adds absolutely nothing positive to the game

Thinking of putting together a list of all the locations the shitty clamber mini game is nothing but a detriment to gameplay and map design

Well, I like it.

 

[ManaByte]

This is probably going to end up GOTY.

 

[jigglet]

Can anyone explain to me the team damage rules, I'm a bit confused (I'm talking about Slayer specifically).

If I recall correctly, Halo 5 had full team damage - bullets and nades (I could be remembering this wrong). I distinctly recall the auto-chatter like "hey stop shooting me!" or whatever.

In this game, I think there's no team damage at all, however your nades can still hurt yourself but not team mates. Is that right? I've killed myself by accident a few times but never a team mate. I feel the rules have changed but haven't quite put my finger on it yet.

 

[jigglet]

That's what the kids call a "glow up".

Fuck I was happy being an old man out of touch, and you had to put that into my brain.

 

[haveagood1]

I was told I was selected, but I haven't gotten my download email....what's up with that?

You have to download it through the xbox insider hub on the preview tab.

 

[Artistic]

All this texture stuff keeps reminding me of PDZ screens lol.

 

[ManaByte]

All this texture stuff keeps reminding me of PDZ screens lol.

 

[Sleepwalker]

This game is honestly so fun, I suck ass with KB + M, the aiming im good at but I can't move or use the keyboard for shit, so I switched to the controller and the aiming feels a tad off, any recommended pad settings?


So pumped for this to come out

 

[Artistic]

People were doing the same stuff when the 360/PDZ launched.

Again I don't think the game is that visually impressive, but a lot are making the case with it just due to textures.

 

[Come On Tars]

Did they tone down the ragdoll when you melee.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

The aiming on controller is the only thing keeping me from completely enjoying this game. I've messed with every sensitivity/deadzone setting and I cannot seem to get one that feels good. I keep getting dominated in PvP against PC players to the point where I just feel exhausted.

Something felt off with Halo 5's aiming but this is on a whole other level.

I am having issues with melee vs equipment vs reload. Played so much MCC Halo 3 that Halo Infinite throws me off a bit.

 

[ManaByte]

People were doing the same stuff when the 360/PDZ launched.

Again I don't think the game is that visually impressive, but a lot are making the case with it just due to textures.

No they weren’t. They were mocking wall guy.

 

[elliot5]

Ok after many, many hours of play time here's my only complaint (it's close to perfection): sliding could use some work.

Once you slide you're locked into the slide animation, you can break out of it by jumping, but you can't break out of it early by hitting the sprint button or something like that. Also, after you jump, you need to wait about half a second after you land before you can initiate a slide. You can't combo a jump --> slide.

I get it's an attempt to balance it...HOWEVER slide has already been balanced - it's slow and short as hell compared to Halo 5. Now this is totally fine, but also removing the ability to cancel out of it or initiate it after a jump leaves us with a slide that just doesn't feel as responsive as it could be.

I'm pretty sure there's like a slide buffer (at least on controller). I noticed that if I pressed B to crouch hop mid-air I would automatically go into a slide once I touched the ground, without needing to hold B. Gets kinda annoying. But you definitely can cancel out of a slide by jumping, I've done it plenty of times.

Can anyone explain to me the team damage rules, I'm a bit confused (I'm talking about Slayer specifically).

If I recall correctly, Halo 5 had full team damage - bullets and nades (I could be remembering this wrong). I distinctly recall the auto-chatter like "hey stop shooting me!" or whatever.

In this game, I think there's no team damage at all, however your nades can still hurt yourself but not team mates. Is that right? I've killed myself by accident a few times but never a team mate. I feel the rules have changed but haven't quite put my finger on it yet.

There is no team damage, period. That's just the spartan teammate chattering.

 

[MrFunSocks]

I’ve never played halo on PC so I might give it a go today to see how it feels. I’ve got a 5800/3070/UW VRR monitor so should be a different experience to on Xbox.

 

[elliot5]

I’ve never played halo on PC so I might give it a go today to see how it feels. I’ve got a 5800/3070/UW VRR monitor so should be a different experience to on Xbox.

fair warning it runs like shit on my build that's not too different from yours

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Can anyone explain to me the team damage rules, I'm a bit confused (I'm talking about Slayer specifically).

If I recall correctly, Halo 5 had full team damage - bullets and nades (I could be remembering this wrong). I distinctly recall the auto-chatter like "hey stop shooting me!" or whatever.

In this game, I think there's no team damage at all, however your nades can still hurt yourself but not team mates. Is that right? I've killed myself by accident a few times but never a team mate. I feel the rules have changed but haven't quite put my finger on it yet.

Based on MP leaks, some mode will have friendly fire and some will not.

 

[MrFunSocks]

fair warning it runs like shit on my build that's not too different from yours

Geez, what in the world have they done wrong haha.

 

[Artistic]

No they weren’t. They were mocking wall guy.

You sure?

Who/What is Wall Guy anyways?

 

[ResilientBanana]

Geez, what in the world have they done wrong haha.

Do what others have been saying
No Min Framerate
Max Frames highest setting
VSYNC off
Ultra Terrain and Geometry Detail

I'm getting fantastic fps on my RTX 1080 / i7 8700K / 1440p / 144hz

 

[elliot5]

Do what others have been saying
No Min Framerate
Max Frames highest setting
VSYNC off
Ultra Terrain and Geometry Detail

I'm getting fantastic fps on my RTX 1080 / i7 8700K / 1440p / 144hz

this still makes me stutter like shit

 

[ManaByte]

You sure?

Who/What is Wall Guy anyways?

 

[Aguero9320]

I tried this and confirmed why it's not for me. Halo single player, all over it. Multiplayer (in anything, not just Halo) doesn't click for me - looks great but I will never play it. I hope 343 put enough focus on single player content for people like me.

 

[Come On Tars]

I keep trying to rebind my melee and grenade to mouse buttons but it wont take.

 

[Derktron]

I’m loving every minute of playing this game.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Check this one out guys.

 

[jigglet]

There is no team damage, period. That's just the spartan teammate chattering.

Holy shit so all these years I’ve been playing carefully under the assumption there was friendly fire but there isn’t? Lmao

 

[jigglet]

I keep trying to rebind my melee and grenade to mouse buttons but it wont take.

There’s something wrong with mouse buttons. Mine keeps hard crashing if I rebind M5 (back side button) to push to talk.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Strongholds is as shit as territories ever was. The weighting in this test over CTF is a joke. Played 8 games of strongholds to 2 of CTF.