HaloDev has put up the first of in a series of "Feature Focus" articles. This one, by Talin, is accompanied by a very complex render done by Talin and Veegie and covers the technique of normal mapping to add the appearance of detail to textured polygons.
This image, which apparently took more than 30 hours to render and includes models extracted from Halo 2, was created by Talin and Veegie to demonstrate the technique of "normal mapping". There is at least one easter egg, as well as a few "doesn't really belong" objects in the image, if you can find them.
Sign up now for the halo 3 public beta program in spring 2007.
You must be at least 17 years of age to register for this event.
you WILL need:
An xbox 360 pro console or an xbox 360 core console with hardrive
A valid xbox live gold subscription
A valid microsoft.net passport account with an xbox live gamertag linked.
Here is the link:
http://www.halo3.com/index2/html so sign up now!!
Although the track "Siege of Madrigal" is actually from Bungie's earlier RTS game, Myth, it also appears in a hidden spot in the Halo level "Assault on the Control Room".
If you fly a Banshee to one of the ledges high above the pyramid structure at the end of that level, and stand on the far right hand side, you can hear this track play.
Spartan182 provided a separate transcription of this track as it appears in Halo. We have a separate page for this track as it appears in Myth, which is a photo of the score.
This one is machine and nerve, and will make a good tree-trimming;
This one is but flesh and faith... and will get coal inside his stocking.
Have a Merry Christmas... we'd rather not piss this thing off.
This one is machine and nerve, and will make a good tree-trimming;
This one is but flesh and faith... and will get coal inside his stocking.
Have a Merry Christmas... we'd rather not piss this thing off.
Have A Rampant Christmas!
I redid the Halo 2 Theme and fixed its mistakes. It is now played with violins and a cello and is played in the right key. It is also set as string ensemble for better quality sound. Again you can change it by selecting "instrument list" under "window" at the top of the page. Once again it is for Finale Notepad 2009.
To get Finale Notepad 2009 go here:
http://rampancy.net/blog/spartan182/12/11/2008/How_Open_MUS_Files
After working on it for almost 4 months, I have decided that this is good enough. It is only for Finele Notepad; so if you dont have that program, you can't view it. If you can view it, then enjoy! I am currently working on the rest of the trailer and hopefully will have it posted here soon again for finale notepad. Sorry, I will try to make a PDF sooner or later for those who are unable to view it. Anyway, here is the Halo 3 Piano Solo, transcribed by spartan182 and young kaos.
UPDATE: SIRBOE below provided a PDF version, which I have also added to the page now.
A couple of newsworthy items noted at WideloadGames.org that skipped my notice until just now: Alex "The Man" Seropian and Matt Soell, as well as others from Wideload, attended a meeting of the new Madison, Wisconship chapter of the International Game Developers Association last month. No missing brains have yet been reported.
Ducain put up an interview at High Impact Halo where Shdw Shinobi and Mr. Sprout put questions to HBO's webmaster, Louis Wu. No, not the one with gorilla breath and the big hat, the other one. He gives some pointers on what it takes to run a big fansite like bungie.org.
For the people who like to skip to the end of detective novels: no switch to phpBB planned. Sorry.
I can't see any official confirmation of this from Bungie yet, but it appears as if Microsoft sent out a press release that says there'll be signups for the public beta of Halo 3 multiplayer on Xbox Live, and that the signup form will be at www.halo3.com.
Spartan Jag got matched up with a bunch of quitters in Team Slayer on Xbox Live, but came away with a heartwarming tale of good sportsmanship and good manners involving a group not unknown to HBO's readers-- the Tied The Leader Gunslingers. A good read, check it out.
Four Aleph One netmaps and a Lua CTF script for Marathon fans today over at Aleph One, courtesy of eX and W'rkcacnter.
I got a lot of cool ideas for halo3 multiplayer:
-swap seats in a vehicle (warthog)while is in motion without stop the car and get down to board it again.
-fuel rod cannon.
-the option of swaping weapons with teammates(both players press the same button at the same time).
-to include all the old and new maps from H1 and H2(damnation, lockout, etc.).
-do something to the spectre so it can appear in multiplayer games as a default.
-some kind of system to avoid being killed while grabbing a sword that is buried under a thousand SMGs and plasma rifles.
