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Has anyone ever thought of making a Marathon mod for Halo: CE? I figure it wouldn't be too hard to accomplish with a map editor and possibly a few tweaks to models since both games basically have the same enemies, save a few unique ones.

Just tossing it out there.

  • 10.23.2007 7:23 AM PDT
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Posted by: MarineGrunt73
Has anyone ever thought of making a Marathon mod for Halo: CE? I figure it wouldn't be too hard to accomplish with a map editor and possibly a few tweaks to models since both games basically have the same enemies, save a few unique ones.

Just tossing it out there.
That's an interesting idea. Did you know somebody made a mod of Halo for Marathon?

  • 10.23.2007 12:10 PM PDT

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It would be a tad harder than you think....

  • 10.23.2007 12:25 PM PDT

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Posted by: MarineGrunt73
possibly a few tweaks to models since both games basically have the same enemies

What is this tweak you speak of that magically transforms 2D sprites into 3D models? Please tell me, I'd love to know.

And of course people of thought of it, it just would be a really complex project that no one wants to put that much time into.

  • 10.23.2007 12:29 PM PDT
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Posted by: MarineGrunt73
Has anyone ever thought of making a Marathon mod for Halo: CE? I figure it wouldn't be too hard to accomplish with a map editor and possibly a few tweaks to models since both games basically have the same enemies, save a few unique ones.

Just tossing it out there.
That's an interesting idea. Did you know somebody made a mod of Halo for Marathon?
Yes, actually. It's called Halothon, although it was discontinued. It worked very well, with a working shield system, to overshield, and good replications of the weapons. The fuel rod cannon looks cool, and sound effects are well ripped.

Now we just need someone to do the opposite with Halo Custom Edition, which has a fan base that's about... what, 20 times bigger than Marathon's? :P

I want to mow people down with dual-shotguns on Duality. Fun stuff.

EDIT: I think a multiplayer Marathon mod would be very cool. Enemies would be hard to replicate, but not the weapons.

[Edited on 10.23.2007 10:03 PM PDT]

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Character models could be regular marines with "Fat Helmets"
The weapons could be simple to make, though you would have to be good with cooking up 3D models.

  • 10.24.2007 8:11 PM PDT

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Ive thought of it several times but now that I have experients with the halo enine I might rethink about creating it. It's very easy to egt the textures. for me to model the maps would be very simple but knowing me I would add dtail to the model since its a better engine its going into. But when you think about it, why not just play marathon instead of halo.

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Jumping, looking everywhere, grenades, 3d environments? (compared to 5d, but it still would be overall better)

  • 10.25.2007 5:27 AM PDT

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Posted by: Inbasul
Would It be possible to re-make "5d Space?"
Lol. The world will end when it happens.
Go back and rewrite our understanding of physics, geometry, and learn to program better than a hundred of the brightset programers at once and we'll talk about funding.

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Marathon will always be fun with 5d space.

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Posted by: MarineGrunt73
Has anyone ever thought of making a Marathon mod for Halo: CE? I.
There is a map author who has created a number of maps based off of or heavily influnced by Marathon you can find them here:

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?Search=SiMuLaCrUm

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Posted by: Inbasul
Would It be possible to re-make "5d Space?"
Lol. The world will end when it happens.

You can't make 5d space in a 3d world, any kind of image you see that claims to be more than 4 dimensional is bull. It's just showing you all the sides visible in the square, but would not be truly accurate to 4d and on.

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"5d space" was the term Bungie coined with Marathon. With it, you could have two hallways, both on the same Z axis, and you could go onto either of them with no problems. It also allowed the illusion of true 3d, such as a staircase going over a hall, something that FPSs at the time could not do.

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Posted by: Terin
"5d space" was the term Bungie coined with Marathon. With it, you could have two hallways, both on the same Z axis, and you could go onto either of them with no problems. It also allowed the illusion of true 3d, such as a staircase going over a hall, something that FPSs at the time could not do.
My God, you're old. Just kidding.

  • 11.01.2007 2:05 PM PDT

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Wouldn't be too hard, I mean you'd need pretty good skill with modelling for the weapons and really good modelling skills for the character model. It is a surprise no one's already done it.

  • 11.03.2007 6:23 PM PDT
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So far there is an unreal tournament mod.

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I respect your opinion, I'm probably just going to disagree with it.

Sorry, kinda bringing this up from the dregs, but it would be a cool idea. I started making a model of the WSTE-M and finished a low poly version of it, but it never found a use. It'd be cool if like a bunch of us did something like this, it could be a community project! A campaign mode would be possible but might take a while...

In terms of 5D Space, the only way of doing it would be using the portal type things from Prey or Portal, but I don't know if it is possible with the Halo engine!

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I wasn't able to post this last time because of my blacklisting, but a Marathon remake has already been done, and it was done very well.

Marathon: Resurrection

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I respect your opinion, I'm probably just going to disagree with it.

I have heard of that Mod before, but itsn't it for the Unreal engine, or something like that? I think there would be something nice about making Marathon in Halo, seeing as they are so closely linked. Anyone up for it?

  • 12.18.2007 1:01 PM PDT

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How would this be possible? Halo's engine does not support dual wielding.

  • 12.19.2007 1:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: zeldafanjtl
How would this be possible? Halo's engine does not support dual wielding.

Marathon had dual-wielding?

  • 12.20.2007 8:01 AM PDT

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Posted by: zeldafanjtl
How would this be possible? Halo's engine does not support dual wielding.

Marathon had dual-wielding?


Not as dynamic as Halo 2. You could dual wield 2 pistols and you could fire each one independently. Perhaps if you picked up a pistol it could switch grenades to the second pistol like CMT's battle rifle grenade launcher or the dual wielding in the old Halo 2 maps.

As for the Unreal mod, I don't like the look of it very much, the characters look horrible and the guns aren't very accurate at all to the originals (the pistol looks more like the Half Life 2 pistol, it doesn't even have a scope).

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I respect your opinion, I'm probably just going to disagree with it.

Yeah exactly. The dual-weilding aspect, like what Killa Koala said, isn't so complicated. I reckon it would be possible. And like you said, Killa, I don't like it that much either. The models look wonky, and the engine isn't as capable (at least, from what I can see) as the Halo engine.

And I mean, cummon, who doesn't like the idea of ripping apart aliens with dual sawed-off 10 gauge pistol grip lever action shotguns? =D

[Edited on 12.21.2007 6:43 AM PST]

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Posted by: Diaboy
And I mean, cummon, who doesn't like the idea of ripping apart aliens with dual sawed-off 10 guage pistol grip lever action shotguns? =D
The aliens.

  • 12.21.2007 3:21 AM PDT

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