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The Official Halo 3 Thread
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I convinced my roommate to let me borrow his 360 over the weekend.
Better get my fix in while I can, lord knows when MS will decide to let me fix my xbox.
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Latest Changes:
3.08 Ghaleon's Entrenched 1.4 (updated)
4.30 Vhfiive's Sanctum v2.1 (updated)
4.29 Butane's Chimera
4.29 DualX's Train Station (updated?)
4.28 Ghaleon's Elevation 1.0
4.28 Grimm's map Turf v3 (updated)
4.23 Ghaleon's Sandstorm 2.0
4.23 EazyB's Brouhaha v1
Sixthsubset's GAF map blog.
Map maker - Map(s)
Alisdair Bnet - Aspirite v2
Bladed Expert Bnet Mage v2.2
Butane123 Bnet - Chimera, Neosho 1.2
Dax01 Bnet Outskirts, Geminie
DeputyMoonman Bnet - Goldmine v1.5
DualX Bnet - Train Station?
EazyB Bnet- Brouhaha v1, Ber Ber Creek, Ber Ber Customs, Rise v3.1
Exfixate Bnet - Gangplank Galley
Fin Bnet - Refuge v1
FourDoor Bnet - Air Stream 0.2
Ghaleon Bnet - Elevation 1.0, Sandstorm 2.0, Centrifugal, Entrenched 1.4
GM Bullfrog Bnet Kulkukan
Grimm Fandango Bnet Turf II v3
Havok Bnet - Agartha, Phaeton
Insaniac Bnet - Sky Perch
Metroidvania Bnet - Mountain 1.04
Merguson Bnet Firmament v1.2
Nokyard Bnet - Grifball High, Grifball Palace
Oozer Bnet - Remnant a1.0
Silly.Mikey Bnet - So High
Spirit Bnet Pitfall V2, Worship
Spudbud Bnet - gave up on life
Striker Bnet - Access
Vhfive Bnet - Platform, Sanctum v2.1, Flying Dutchman
Vociferous Bnet - Abaddon
Tools
Fourdoor - All default objects moved to crypt
Nokyard - Girfball High can be modified to take advantage of it's existing flat flooring in the sky bubble.
Vociferous - All objects on the ground moved aside so that they aren't in the way.
Vociferous - All default objects moved to the skybubble
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Highlights
These two maps were approved from Atlas and will be hitting MM next month. It's important to note that both maps are not necessarily in their final state at this point. For those forging it may also be useful to look at these maps to see what a MM-worthy map looks like, it's spawns, and other things.
Utah Mambo
Punishment v2
And again, since no one at Bungie wants to make the MM sandbox variants easily available I've taken the initiative of hunting them down. Here's what I've been able to find:
Vessel
Cubed
Plurality
Tundra
Tundra Swat
Vindictive
Still on the lookout for:
Wastelands
Better get my fix in while I can, lord knows when MS will decide to let me fix my xbox.
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Latest Changes:
3.08 Ghaleon's Entrenched 1.4 (updated)
4.30 Vhfiive's Sanctum v2.1 (updated)
4.29 Butane's Chimera
4.29 DualX's Train Station (updated?)
4.28 Ghaleon's Elevation 1.0
4.28 Grimm's map Turf v3 (updated)
4.23 Ghaleon's Sandstorm 2.0
4.23 EazyB's Brouhaha v1
Sixthsubset's GAF map blog.
Map maker - Map(s)
Alisdair Bnet - Aspirite v2
Bladed Expert Bnet Mage v2.2
Butane123 Bnet - Chimera, Neosho 1.2
Dax01 Bnet Outskirts, Geminie
DeputyMoonman Bnet - Goldmine v1.5
DualX Bnet - Train Station?
EazyB Bnet- Brouhaha v1, Ber Ber Creek, Ber Ber Customs, Rise v3.1
Exfixate Bnet - Gangplank Galley
Fin Bnet - Refuge v1
FourDoor Bnet - Air Stream 0.2
Ghaleon Bnet - Elevation 1.0, Sandstorm 2.0, Centrifugal, Entrenched 1.4
GM Bullfrog Bnet Kulkukan
Grimm Fandango Bnet Turf II v3
Havok Bnet - Agartha, Phaeton
Insaniac Bnet - Sky Perch
Metroidvania Bnet - Mountain 1.04
Merguson Bnet Firmament v1.2
Nokyard Bnet - Grifball High, Grifball Palace
Oozer Bnet - Remnant a1.0
Silly.Mikey Bnet - So High
Spirit Bnet Pitfall V2, Worship
Spudbud Bnet - gave up on life
Striker Bnet - Access
Vhfive Bnet - Platform, Sanctum v2.1, Flying Dutchman
Vociferous Bnet - Abaddon
Tools
Fourdoor - All default objects moved to crypt
Nokyard - Girfball High can be modified to take advantage of it's existing flat flooring in the sky bubble.
Vociferous - All objects on the ground moved aside so that they aren't in the way.
Vociferous - All default objects moved to the skybubble
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Highlights
These two maps were approved from Atlas and will be hitting MM next month. It's important to note that both maps are not necessarily in their final state at this point. For those forging it may also be useful to look at these maps to see what a MM-worthy map looks like, it's spawns, and other things.
Utah Mambo
Punishment v2
And again, since no one at Bungie wants to make the MM sandbox variants easily available I've taken the initiative of hunting them down. Here's what I've been able to find:
Vessel
Cubed
Plurality
Tundra
Tundra Swat
Vindictive
Still on the lookout for:
Wastelands
CrazedArabMan
Member
EazyB said:
Mine has broke once, and I got a coffin within a few days, sent it off with no problems, got it back and was fine. I do see where you are going with the multiplatform though, that way you can choose what console you want to play the game on.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Eazy, just have them send the box to your parents' house or something.
That's what I'm going to do. Ugh, have to make another 4MyXbox call though...Domino Theory said:
No, there will definitely be customs. Hoping that we can get a rotation thing going with 4 people swapping in to the PAF game and back to customs. And maybe we can get the PAF guys into customs after those games.Timan said:So PAF instead of customs? PFT
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but I find the last desired qualification for a player experience designer quite funny. Must start playing WoW.
http://www.bungie.net/Inside/jobs.aspx#job19234
http://www.bungie.net/Inside/jobs.aspx#job19234
CrazedArabMan
Member
update is up for people who haven't seen it yet
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_050109
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_050109
Grimm Fandango
Member
That's awesome.
Grimm Fandango said:
Stosh has been appending the File ID's to the image names for a bit now. If you ever want to get one in higher quality, just swap out the ID of the image.
http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=74959468
i like the idea of a GAFtage using all custom games with gaffers. i think this weekend we should go back and collect badassBladedExpert said:Both make good points. Maybe I can tinker around with it some more. Im always looking to make things better. Maybe the GAFtage
and hilarious
Grimm Fandango
Member
urk said:
Sweet thanks!
vhfive said:
I'd like to see that but the montage from last month didn't work out like all other GAF ones... well here's hoping.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Ha! They talked about combat dialogue in different languages (I watched some Halo 3 in japanese during the week).
Perhaps that's not funny, but in my exhausted state I find it to be a neat co-incidence.
Perhaps that's not funny, but in my exhausted state I find it to be a neat co-incidence.
backflip10019
Member
WOW Fiesta on Sandbox is terrible.
CrazedArabMan
Member
backflip10019 said:
I can see a sniper dominating on that map.
The Librarian
Banned
Cool Q&A
OT: HaloGAF, I got the SATs tomorrow. Have to wake up and get to my school this Saturday AND Sunday before 8:00 am. It sucks.
CrazedArabMan
Member
A Penguin said:
:lol
Yup, that's dominating.
just played a couple of games here are some thoughts
mlg - starting to grow on me. i used to hate it but now its fun... except when the entire other team is elites. i expect people to be elites in swat but i thought there was some unsaid rule that you dont play as an elite in mlg
swat - cold storage sucks please remove. in fact make it blackout every time that map is perfect for swat
team slayer - i will never make it past 41 without teammates because randoms are afraid of working together
mlg - starting to grow on me. i used to hate it but now its fun... except when the entire other team is elites. i expect people to be elites in swat but i thought there was some unsaid rule that you dont play as an elite in mlg
swat - cold storage sucks please remove. in fact make it blackout every time that map is perfect for swat
team slayer - i will never make it past 41 without teammates because randoms are afraid of working together
backflip10019
Member
CrazedArabMan
Member
backflip10019 said:
Ouch
Mr. Enigma
Member
backflip10019 said:
Just another stroke of meticulously, rigorously tested genius from Shishka.
The Librarian
Banned
Wow Bungie, I just looked at your requirements for some open positions. While most of them require experience, you also just want a BS in Computer Science? What about Computer Engineering? I mean, it's not like working at a game company is my life goal but I'd rather do something fun than work at a defense contracting company in the DMV area :/
Just had one of those life-affirming games in matchmaking, where a group of eight strangers who 1) all have mics, 2) are not dicks and 3) all communicate and coordinate well run into a squad of apparent varsity players and win. Gratifying.
But there were a couple of interesting moments involving flags.
The first was caused by me. Intro:
We've just barely stopped the flag from going over the man cannon by mere inches. We set up a defense, while the rest of the team focuses on attack.
Now, in defense of this next move, an explanation. We've got a guy coming up the front of the base. If he so much at touches the flag, it goes over. That leads to this:
So, despite the fact that we have a shotty at the ready, I decide to toss the power drain over the man cannon. The thought was, it would light up and drop the guy's shields as he's coming up the base, and then it would fly harmlessly over the man cannon. But with his shields down I could take him out as he crests, and not let him touch the flag. Good plan, eh? I thought so too.
Instead, this happens:
The freaking power drain knocks the flag into the man cannon. I was not aware that a flag could be budged by anything other than human/elite touch. WTF(1)!
But it gets better. Upon lighting up, the power drain knocks the flag away from its charge:
It lands here:
It ends without incident, and we return it. I do have to explain, in detail, why I dropped that power drain to a rather urked team mate, though. :lol
Incident #2.
After our flag is capped in what I can only call an embarrassment - I gave a friendly lecture about getting in the warthog when a driver is there yelling "Get in the warthog!" - someone on our team snags the blue flag. Direct quote: "Now that's how you steal a flag."
He said that about here:
And he was right. That is indeed how you steal a flag. It's also how you get sniped right before landing.
The good news is, our team is all over it, and move in to take it from there.
The only question is, who's going to grab it?
It's going to be close.
Yup, a real nail-biter.
*poof*
The flag returns after about five seconds on the ground, not an enemy around. Much grousing ensues.
The good news is, I was on the way to the flag with a mongoose, having snagged the bubble shield for help with the cap. I abandon it in center, and two enterprising team mates drive off for revenge.
The better news is, the entire blue team also doesn't expect this glitch to happen, so they all - including the sniper - bail out the man cannon to defend it. Some even walk right past the flag to do so.
So they are most shocked when a) the flag isn't there and b) it's being carried off on a mongoose back at their base. Their entire team was out in the center; I tell them that, they head water side. Maybe had a BR shot or two land on'em, but otherwise go untouched. So the game was redeemed. But boy were we sad puppies for a moment there.
Also, two random pics I thought were awesome:
(I'm the dude with the missile pod.)
CTF on Valhalla <3
But there were a couple of interesting moments involving flags.
The first was caused by me. Intro:
We've just barely stopped the flag from going over the man cannon by mere inches. We set up a defense, while the rest of the team focuses on attack.
Now, in defense of this next move, an explanation. We've got a guy coming up the front of the base. If he so much at touches the flag, it goes over. That leads to this:
So, despite the fact that we have a shotty at the ready, I decide to toss the power drain over the man cannon. The thought was, it would light up and drop the guy's shields as he's coming up the base, and then it would fly harmlessly over the man cannon. But with his shields down I could take him out as he crests, and not let him touch the flag. Good plan, eh? I thought so too.
Instead, this happens:
The freaking power drain knocks the flag into the man cannon. I was not aware that a flag could be budged by anything other than human/elite touch. WTF(1)!
But it gets better. Upon lighting up, the power drain knocks the flag away from its charge:
It lands here:
It ends without incident, and we return it. I do have to explain, in detail, why I dropped that power drain to a rather urked team mate, though. :lol
Incident #2.
After our flag is capped in what I can only call an embarrassment - I gave a friendly lecture about getting in the warthog when a driver is there yelling "Get in the warthog!" - someone on our team snags the blue flag. Direct quote: "Now that's how you steal a flag."
He said that about here:
And he was right. That is indeed how you steal a flag. It's also how you get sniped right before landing.
The good news is, our team is all over it, and move in to take it from there.
The only question is, who's going to grab it?
It's going to be close.
Yup, a real nail-biter.
*poof*
The flag returns after about five seconds on the ground, not an enemy around. Much grousing ensues.
The good news is, I was on the way to the flag with a mongoose, having snagged the bubble shield for help with the cap. I abandon it in center, and two enterprising team mates drive off for revenge.
The better news is, the entire blue team also doesn't expect this glitch to happen, so they all - including the sniper - bail out the man cannon to defend it. Some even walk right past the flag to do so.
So they are most shocked when a) the flag isn't there and b) it's being carried off on a mongoose back at their base. Their entire team was out in the center; I tell them that, they head water side. Maybe had a BR shot or two land on'em, but otherwise go untouched. So the game was redeemed. But boy were we sad puppies for a moment there.
Also, two random pics I thought were awesome:
(I'm the dude with the missile pod.)
CTF on Valhalla <3
GhaleonEB said:
That reminds me of the last time I was on halo. I don't remember whom this happened with but I was playing Squad Battle for some reason and I was in the middle of the map BR'ing someone when he drops a bubble shield. Of course I just sort of sit there and wonder wtf I'm going to do since I'm not usually use to this situation. All of the sudden my teamate throws a power drain at the bubble shield which pushes the bubble shield back therebye exposing the noob to my fire. Awesomeness.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Ramirez said:
Yeah it sucks, but less than 4 weeks until the good stuff starts rollin'.
Grimm Fandango
Member
Domino Theory said:Yeah it sucks, but less than 4 weeks until the good stuff starts rollin'.
Ah yes, it's in June, not July. Lots of other games I'm looking forward to as well
DualX
Member
Since I have no way of capturing the videos and uploading them myself to the youtubes, I have uploaded the two very best film clips that has happened to me during our Q sessions.
Both of these films are from the older versions of the maps, but still plays very much the same as the updated ones.
Trap Hazard - Killtacular
Iron Bane - Trip Mine Surprise
And with that said, the first four maps are up in my fileshare ready to go!
Both of these films are from the older versions of the maps, but still plays very much the same as the updated ones.
Trap Hazard - Killtacular
Iron Bane - Trip Mine Surprise
And with that said, the first four maps are up in my fileshare ready to go!
The Librarian
Banned
Ghal, that was awesome!
T-minus an hour and a half before I have to take the SAT
EazyB said:
lol like me...but nah, MLG doesn't allow Elites to be used in gamebattles or at events so that's why everyone gets pissed when you use them in MLG matchmaking...again like me lol...I would be alright with it but I just have such a hard time killing elites. It takes fuckin 8 shots for me with a BR and I can never get a straight up headshot with a sniper. If I do, it's all luck. That's why I get so angry.
"People fear what they don't understand, hate what they can't conquer..."
UltimaPooh
Member
Hey, if anyone who is interested in making a montage, if they want to send me raw footage I can edit them one.
I'm graduating in like 2 weeks and I just want to keep doing some kind of production (Film Production Major here) so yeah.
I'm graduating in like 2 weeks and I just want to keep doing some kind of production (Film Production Major here) so yeah.
BladedExpert
Member
Tashi0106 said:
Nah, I just have plenty of spare time and the equipment. If we have someone with actual skills then they should do it for sure.
@UltimaPooh: Be my guest dude. I'd like to see what you could come up with. I was gonna make a silver account for people to send clips to, never got round to it. Just a suggestion though.
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