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Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Bri_Dog on November 04, 2004, 02:35:25 pm
Version 2 released!
http://upload.illuminise.org/files/Brian419/HaloModv2.rar
Change log
http://upload.illuminise.org/files/Brian419/newest changes.txt
Readme
http://upload.illuminise.org/files/Brian419/ReadMe.txt

Enjoy :)
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Bri_Dog on November 04, 2004, 06:14:01 pm
I guess nobody's interested :p
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Taristin on November 04, 2004, 06:27:30 pm
I don't have HALO PC, sorry. Else I'd try it. Because I do like shooting the other marines... :p
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Hippo on November 04, 2004, 07:10:57 pm
You did this al in HMT?

Not bad, though HPC CE is better in all ways...


Oh, and those upgrades for the flood levels are BAD... Since that affects you as well...
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Deepblue on November 04, 2004, 09:27:37 pm
Looks like you adjusted weapons the way they have been adjusted for Halo 2...
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Bri_Dog on November 04, 2004, 09:46:20 pm
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Originally posted by Hippo
You did this al in HMT?


Yup

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Not bad, though HPC CE is better in all ways...


Yeah, but it's multi player only


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Oh, and those upgrades for the flood levels are BAD... Since that affects you as well... [/B]


Why bad?

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Looks like you adjusted weapons the way they have been adjusted for Halo 2...


I guess, the only thing I really know about H2's weapons is the AR-Pistol "switch"
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Setekh on November 05, 2004, 07:04:47 am
AR --> SMG, Pistol --> BR, I think. The mod looks great for rebalancing, Bri, but I'm like Raa - don't have it on PC. Probably couldn't run it on PC even if I wanted to, too. :nervous:
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Bri_Dog on November 05, 2004, 09:33:05 am
Damn console jockeys :p
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Thorn on November 05, 2004, 10:03:54 am
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Originally posted by Bri_Dog
Why bad?

Because the Flood use those weapons too.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Deepblue on November 05, 2004, 11:41:08 am
uh oh.

That would suck when half of them have the AR. And on Legendary, they use them.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: ZylonBane on November 05, 2004, 01:07:31 pm
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Originally posted by Bri_Dog
I guess nobody's interested :p
What did you expect? It's HALO. Mmmmm... bland.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Deepblue on November 05, 2004, 02:04:58 pm
No, its just that most people have it on a console.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: ZylonBane on November 05, 2004, 02:23:12 pm
Yes. And there's a reason for that.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Bri_Dog on November 05, 2004, 04:31:31 pm
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Because the Flood use those weapons too.


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uh oh.

That would suck when half of them have the AR. And on Legendary, they use them.


Yeah, they're extremely deadly now. I only tested this mod on Normal.......I've never lasted more than 5 minutes on any map with Legendary, so I didn't take that into consideration.

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What did you expect? It's HALO. Mmmmm... bland.


But it's still a fun game. Plus the AI rules.

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No, its just that most people have it on a console.


So um.....how many of you have Halo PC?
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Taristin on November 05, 2004, 04:44:54 pm
Not I.

I like my XBox, regardless of what the haters say. MS may be a ****ty company, but the XBox is a nice little piece of hardware, for gaming only.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Roanoke on November 05, 2004, 05:30:38 pm
I have it on pc but my crappy G4MX means it looks better on X-box.

I prefer mouse control though.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Clave on November 05, 2004, 05:49:23 pm
Yep mouse control is cool.  I am trying a keyboard/joystick combo next though....

And, I have Halo on Mac, which is awesome, but it was such a long wait to get the Mac version, which is kind of ironic when you think about it....
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Bri_Dog on November 05, 2004, 06:39:01 pm
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Originally posted by Roanoke
I have it on pc but my crappy G4MX means it looks better on X-box.




Pfft, you should see it on my PC, with it's wonderful intel graphics chip
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Deepblue on November 05, 2004, 06:46:11 pm
YES!!!
I just figured out how to activate HDTV resolutions!!!
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: karajorma on November 06, 2004, 04:42:18 am
I have halo PC but I won't be downloading this. I hate mods which make the pistol useless.

The nicest thing about the weapons in Halo is that each weapon has its uses. I can understand why the AR needs to be upgraded somewhat cause it became a weapon that I never used (well maybe a litttle on Flood levels) but the pistol was nicely balanced with all the other weapons. It was useful at times but not an uber weapon.

The changes you've made make the pistol pretty much make it useless. I'd be swapping it for anything else on every level. Basically you've swapped one nearly useless weapon for another.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Bri_Dog on November 06, 2004, 05:02:05 am
Yes I know. And I tried covering it up with other stuff too.......




:p
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: 01010 on November 06, 2004, 05:18:19 am
Actually the AR is pretty good against Elite's shields. Circle them and empty the clip in their back. But I prefer overcharging the plasma pistol  to waste their shields and then punching them to death. Ha ha. Manly.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Roanoke on November 06, 2004, 05:30:34 am
I always thought the AR was the worst weapon for taking down shields.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: karajorma on November 06, 2004, 05:36:31 am
Yeah I never had any luck with it against elites except on easy (where  you can kill an elite with one clip sometimes). If you have to reload you're dead meat.

I did use the AR fairly heavily in 343 Guilty Spark and The Library however. It makes a nice complement to the shotgun. It has loads of ammo and deals with infection forms quite easily.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Roanoke on November 06, 2004, 05:39:42 am
speaking of clips, the new battlefield rifle has clips that are way too small.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: 01010 on November 06, 2004, 06:01:33 am
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Originally posted by Roanoke
I always thought the AR was the worst weapon for taking down shields.


Depends how you use it, short bursts of fire over distance can keep accuracy quite tight, peppering an elite and chipping away at it's shields is how I did it in Legendary, or running behind them circle strafing so they couldn't get a bead on me. Only when the AR was the best (or only) weapon of choice, however the AR is still not my weapon of choice, that's the pistol and shotgun combo, distance and power.

I think though I come at this from a multiplayer perspective, it's been a while since I played single player.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Hippo on November 06, 2004, 08:30:28 am
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Originally posted by Setekh
AR --> SMG, Pistol --> BR, I think.



Nope...

AR --> Battle Rifle
SMG = Not based on previous weapon
Pistol --> Pistol (no scope, shorter range)
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Deepblue on November 06, 2004, 08:41:46 am
Best weapon combo on Halo (on Legendary) is plasma pistol and human pistol. Vaporize the elites shields then two head shots.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: MicroPsycho on November 06, 2004, 09:45:27 am
This mod makes the game too easy, I could whip through the Pillar of Autumn with the AR, something I could never do or think of doing before.

But speaking of mods for Halo, does anyone know of any co-op mods?
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Bri_Dog on November 06, 2004, 09:48:49 pm
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Originally posted by MicroPsycho
This mod makes the game too easy, I could whip through the Pillar of Autumn with the AR, something I could never do or think of doing before.


Yeah I know. I did make the AR a bit too powerful. But this is the first mod for any game I've ever made. There's some stuff I want to change so I'll probably put a patch out soon.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Bri_Dog on November 21, 2004, 05:55:49 pm
The newest version is out, see the first page.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Setekh on November 21, 2004, 10:36:44 pm
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Originally posted by Hippo
Nope...

AR --> Battle Rifle
SMG = Not based on previous weapon
Pistol --> Pistol (no scope, shorter range)


[q]The change from Assault Rifle to Battle Rifle is actually more of a change from the Pistol to the Battle Rifle, and the Assault Rifle to the SMG. After watching people play Halo, we realized that people expected the big rifle weapon to be a stronger, better weapon than the dinky little pistol. As a result, people used the Assault Rifle in a lot of places where it was inappropriate, when the enemy was too far away, and that made it ineffective and unsatisfying. The Pistol was usually a better choice, but who would expect a pistol to be the medium range weapon of choice?

So, our solution was to transform the Pistol into the "preferred" weapon, a potent feeling Battle Rifle. Since differentiating the weapons is important, and we wanted to de-emphasize the bullet hose Assault Rifle a bit, we transformed it into the SMG, which feels more like a sidearm beside the Battle Rifle.


-- Tyson Green, Bungie[/q]

http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/halo-2/562670p1.html
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Deathstorm V2 on November 22, 2004, 08:05:52 am
I hate to derail another thread, but while we're talking about Halo mods, does anyone know of a patch, hack or anything that makes Halo run smoothly at 1024x768 on a GF FX5200?  

My old GF4MX440 ran it a beauty, but my 'new' 5200 only works properly at 640.
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: Flipside on November 22, 2004, 08:18:09 am
That'll probably be the pixel shaders kicking in I'm afraid. The MX440 doesn't support them, so the game automatically disables them, whereas the 5200 does iirc. :)
Title: If anybody's interested, I made a mod for Halo
Post by: aldo_14 on November 22, 2004, 08:50:38 am
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Originally posted by Deathstorm V2
I hate to derail another thread, but while we're talking about Halo mods, does anyone know of a patch, hack or anything that makes Halo run smoothly at 1024x768 on a GF FX5200?  

My old GF4MX440 ran it a beauty, but my 'new' 5200 only works properly at 640.


Try adding something like -ps1.1 or -ps1.4 to the command line (see the readme for the exact command).  Albeit I've never got Halo to run well at any setting on my FX5600; it seems to be a matter of luck as to whether you can actually run it or not.