The Halo Thread V12: The Last Thread Turned Into A Bridge - Games

[QUOTE=Wickerman123;50144100]It's really good in Warzone Firefight. I actually played 2 matches, given it was 5am so not the greatest idea but I really enjoyed it. I liked how the waves weren't exactly the same every round.[/QUOTE] I'm disappointed the firefight ends after 5 rounds though

[QUOTE=343N;50140988]emile armor concept from 343 for MOR [IMG]https://content.halocdn.com/media/Default/BlogPost/community-update/blog4-c447b772d7554a70abdcc28487419d05.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE] Unfortunately it won't look quite as nice in-game, because I HIGHLY doubt the undersuit will be black...

[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;50144647]Unfortunately it won't look quite as nice in-game, because I HIGHLY doubt the undersuit will be black...[/QUOTE] Well the undersuits for all the new armour are black in the Infection trailer. [editline]16th April 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=lxmach1;50143273]It's a concept paintover, not a model :v: the concept artist most likely used images from a figurine and moved them around on the base undersuit, then did additional painting afterwards.[/QUOTE] You're right, in the infection trailer it is just a flat texture. [t]https://i.imgur.com/xaLHsZx.png[/t]

[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;50144647]Unfortunately it won't look quite as nice in-game, because I HIGHLY doubt the undersuit will be black...[/QUOTE] Ingame footage says otherwise.

[QUOTE=Delta616;50144721]Ingame footage says otherwise.[/QUOTE] Pre-release images/footage for Halo 5 also showed completely black under-suits for the base armour.

I'm going to hop on for a bit, anyone around?

[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;50141720]How do you mean with the UV wrapping? Does it double up on assigning geometry to parts of the texture or something?[/QUOTE] Here's Haven with each material a different color. Demonstrates some of what I mean: [t]http://i.imgur.com/TXv886P.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/MKLVRFq.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/Zdg1KQS.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=Itszutak;50146257]Here's Haven with each material a different color. Demonstrates some of what I mean: [t]http://i.imgur.com/Zdg1KQS.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] What's your material total? iirc, Halo 3 had maps that went over 200 materials, such as Heretic.

[QUOTE=lxmach1;50146276]What's your material total? iirc, Halo 3 had maps that went over 200 materials, such as Heretic.[/QUOTE] ignoring iterations (_dark, _noref, _gray), I have somewhere around 16 materials used.

That's... interesting. So, they made multiple UV maps for parts of the models and assigned various textures to those? That seems like it would almost be needlessly complex if it weren't for the potential versatility

well shit [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgLcsRFXEAAUzVY.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgLcweeWwAAkcWG.jpg[/IMG] Zeta Halo, the location (?) of the Halo 2013 trailer [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgLcw7OXEAAnAux.jpg[/IMG] the same planet is in the backgrounds, and the Ark has the desert landscape

A rewritten story or a look into Halo 6? I hope that stuff from the teaser is used at some point..

Probably was gonna be the endgame for Halo 5 but the [sp]evil cortana story[/sp] thrown in pushed it to the next game

[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;50146475]well shit [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgLcsRFXEAAUzVY.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgLcweeWwAAkcWG.jpg[/IMG] Zeta Halo, the location (?) of the Halo 2013 trailer [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgLcw7OXEAAnAux.jpg[/IMG] the same planet is in the backgrounds, and the Ark has the desert landscape[/QUOTE] Hate to burst your bubble. Installation 07 is actually lush. The Ark's Hologram was out of date, the ring had repaired its environment. (you can also see green in your first picture) [url]https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-lore-of-the-rings[/url]

Chief is probably on the Ark in that picture anyway. [t]http://i.imgur.com/bUz9ogi.jpg[/t]

Saw this on reddit, you can see Emile's armour in the background of the Warzone menu And it has flames on it. Looks like we're getting more then one variant of the armours. [t]http://i.imgur.com/mkKV39S.jpg[/t]

So, that's potentially eight new armors if we include variants, a new gamemode, two remixes, campaign balancing and probably more that hasn't been revealed yet (Reach weapon variants?). Memories of Reach is looking pretty good so far.

Well we still do not have that Plasma Rifle seen in one of the Firefight Videos.

Might be coming with Hog Wild or Warzone Firefight itself. Do we even know what Hog Wild is yet?

Maybe a race game mode? It more then likely has something to do with the Warthog

The update name and "teaser" image is enough to tell you what the update is about.

[QUOTE=AbbaDee;50146996]Chief is probably on the Ark in that picture anyway. [t]http://i.imgur.com/bUz9ogi.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] I don't think so, the Ark had it's shit thoroughly wrecked when 04b went kablammo. It's got inclement weather over the entire surface. Plus, if you could see the planetoid from that angle you would see the other prongs of the Ark.

Good video showing off the Halo mod for Sins of a Solar Empire - Rebellion. The player hasn't played Halo since ODST, so his knowledge is a bit out of date. Not that it matters much with this. [video=youtube;RKr53MFsmm4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKr53MFsmm4&feature=em-uploademail[/video]

[QUOTE=FlandersNed;50148096]I don't think so, the Ark had it's shit thoroughly wrecked when 04b went kablammo. It's got inclement weather over the entire surface. Plus, if you could see the planetoid from that angle you would see the other prongs of the Ark.[/QUOTE] Retconned. The Ark is now only partially damaged

[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;50146475] the same planet is in the backgrounds, and the Ark has the desert landscape[/QUOTE] I re-watched the Teaser, it isn't the same planet, not the same colour and none of the details match.

[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;50148754]Retconned. The Ark is now only partially damaged[/QUOTE] I haven't read Hunters in the Dark, so I apologize if I'm completely wrong, but couldn't the Ark have been repairing itself? I doubt the Forerunners would leave such a huge, vital part of their plans open to being permanently destroyed.

[QUOTE=AbbaDee;50148796]I haven't read Hunters in the Dark, so I apologize if I'm completely wrong, but couldn't the Ark have been repairing itself? I doubt the Forerunners would leave such a huge, vital part of their plans open to being permanently destroyed.[/QUOTE] If you go by Halo 3 then the Ark is gone, if you go by 343i then the Ark is just damaged by you can still walk around it on certain parts. I can't remember if it's being repaired or not.

[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;50148814]If you go by Halo 3 then the Ark is gone, if you go by 343i then the Ark is just damaged by you can still walk around it on certain parts. I can't remember if it's being repaired or not.[/QUOTE] According to Halopedia the monitor of the Ark has been trying to make repairs. Honestly, given the size of a Halo ring compared to the Ark, I'm more annoyed that [I]Guilty Spark[/I] survived.

[QUOTE=AbbaDee;50148860]According to Halopedia the monitor of the Ark has been trying to make repairs. Honestly, given the size of a Halo ring compared to the Ark, I'm more annoyed that [I]Guilty Spark[/I] survived.[/QUOTE] Yeah everything after Halo 3 is all kinds of retarded

I think having the ark destroyed in one blast would be incredibly dumb. A species like he forerunners would have had failsafes in the event of an accident at the scale of what happened in Halo 3. An installation like that would also have a huge workforce to keep it operational so it's bound to be under repair.