After a slight delay, Halo.bungie.org has posted the latest of Matt's Halo Updates. Here are some of the more interesting tidbits, but this particular update is pretty meaty and well worth a full read.
- Bernie as usual is upping the graphical beauty capabilities of the Halo engine. He's testing the fog effects (very realistic and used only for atmosphere, not to hide draw-in like other games), working on particle systems, transparent shaders, water effects, and doing some preliminary work on mirrors - but these are not just ordinary mirrors.- The jeep revision is almost done. Marcus upped the res of the model itself - the wheels have more sides so they look rounder, the steering wheel no longer looks like ass and there's a lovely new chain gun (sketched out by Rob, modeled by Marcus) on top.
Also of note is a particular game the Halo programmers are playing, involving adding one letter towards spelling... a particular word... for each bug introduced into the code. Head on over to HBO and take a look.