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*back on topic*

graphics wise (and i know alot of people would complain) i think halo 3 pc (if ever made) should have low requirments(not too low, but you know what i mean[reference crysis, halo 2 vista, other games]) so more people could play.

think about it, if you need a 1200$+pc to play a game versus a 900$ pc for example, wouldnt you, as a company, lower the system specs required so more people could buy your game?

I say that because in the first post, someone said H3pc should require AT LEAST an 8800 (which are somewhat reasonably cheap now, but that's beside the point)

i'm not saying you should be able to run halo 3 on a crap pc, but you shouldnt need a gaming rig just to play it either.

i mainly took this to heart, because i'm all about performance in things, not just looks(that's what she said?)

*deposits 2 cents*

  • 12.13.2008 9:54 PM PDT
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My few things i'd like to see in Halo 3.

Community.
Connect the community, host a community site with link's to league's, mod's, guide's (end user based ones) etc - Bring the community together at the getgo.

Multiplayer

Virtual Couch
Being able to join a temporary server on a users computer with up to 4 other players or so to join servers together.

Votekick (+50%)
Voteban (75%, only available with 12 players or more)
MOTD
Next map vote (66%)

MvP (one from each side?)
Effect for the MvP of the game - showing icon, stats etc - based on cap's (& time with the gametype item), kd ratio, +/- (assissts counted) and hit percentage.

Gametype modification.
The Halo 1 game modification was simple, create the gametype you want and upload it to the server. Only thing id like to change here is basically being able to set specific items to spwn on the standard spwn's (item spwn's of course).

Preset matches & scrim's
When it comes to this i'd like to be able to set maps, gametypes etc before you start the scrim through rcon. This including base autoswap - swapping sides between maps so that you dont have to mnually swap team for each map.

Base modification
Make it possible to upload your clantag, then have (2 places as a proposition) in the base where you can view this tag. I'm not to sure it would be a great idea due to upload/download whenever you play another clan, but would be nice imo.


Balance.
Please look at Halo one when it comes to veichles, there they were actually useful and limited to specific uses.

Remove the old AR, make new AR dual fire with old AR's firerate/dmg on second (this might be implemented allready (?).
Simply learn by the mistakes and make those minor tweaks that would have made the gameplay better.

Might ad later in new post.

[Edited on 12.22.2008 7:22 AM PST]

  • 12.22.2008 7:13 AM PDT

Halo CE forever!

IAL had lots of very good suggestions and I would be happy even if they just added a server lobby, ability to spectate and a demo recorder ...Oh yeah, it's already there.

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Votekick (+50%)
Voteban (75%, only available with 12 players or more)
MOTD
Next map vote (66%)

Balancing the overall gameplay and custom maps, with item modifications would be nice, though.

  • 12.23.2008 4:36 AM PDT
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I think that halo 3 will came for PC, there are just some clues,: first of all there is a mouse pad with some logos including Halo 3, and secondly if you go on the sito of Game for windows, click on the marketplace icon, you could see that in one of the promotional image over the icons (communicate, gamertag,marketplace, ecc...) there is an halo 3 image, it suggests that halo 3 is coming for PC and will probably available on marketplace.

And one other thing:
In halo 3 we all know that bungie gives the Recon armor to the best gamers, who do you think will do it on the PC version?



[Edited on 12.25.2008 10:19 AM PST]

  • 12.25.2008 10:14 AM PDT
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Posted by: RomeoGolf 90
And one other thing:
In halo 3 we all know that bungie gives the Recon armor to the best gamers, who do you think will do it on the PC version?

A playboy bunny of your choice.

[Warning booring answer follows]IF theyre going to have it theyll prolly just pre-set a some kind of auto system for it that will contain lots of faults or some funny bug.

  • 12.25.2008 4:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: IAL
A playboy bunny of your choice.

[Warning booring answer follows]IF theyre going to have it theyll prolly just pre-set a some kind of auto system for it that will contain lots of faults or some funny bug.


I like the playboy bunny idea lol

  • 12.26.2008 3:50 AM PDT

Posted by: RomeoGolf 90
Posted by: IAL
A playboy bunny of your choice.

[Warning booring answer follows]IF theyre going to have it theyll prolly just pre-set a some kind of auto system for it that will contain lots of faults or some funny bug.


I like the playboy bunny idea lol
So does he...

  • 12.26.2008 10:17 AM PDT

My own website and clan
http://www.xgclan.com

just like with bf 2142 where you can put a server banner(clan name,masterchief on the background and a tank on the right or something you see most of the time than;) )
clan tags some where on the level is a good idea.

good performance and quality for 2007 standards on low, medium = early 2008 systems,high=expensive(late) 2008 systems,Ultra high= future hardware.

motd,server rules scrolling in.

player vote can be disabled or only map/gametype vote.
account system where you can track your clan members and give them more vote rights, make there vote's count more on maps(like normal player vote=1 vote point clan member = 3 vote points(amount of points can be selected by server admin to)

maybe something like you vote for bloodgulch(and maybe 2 other people or something) and 5 people vote for avalance and 5 for sidewinder than the guy(s) that voted bloodgulch can revote.

after that a gametype vote?

also a website url, ingame voice that works good very important chat lag is really annoying.

p2p system to unload server or player servers like the guy with the fastest ping/connection in a certain country will host all players in that country and send it to the server.(it will have a list of backup people if someone leaves and will auto stream new people so you wont notice anything when someone leaves)

64 bit version?
dx10,10.1,11(not sure about 9...)

server browser, custom and quick match.
friend list.
achievements, and free online play.
no mouse lag;)
g15 lcd keyboard support to show server stats.
ranking? including team points like helping your team use the bf system not the halo 3/2 system...
widescreen support.
anti cheating system.

maybe some more ideas i cant come on now:p
wait didn't i post some of this stuff already somewhere... ow well.

update:

how the ded server should be:
support for windows 2000 and upwards.
linux version?
64 bit version available to(both windows and linux).

at least on windows(if possible on linux to):
all components should be another exe file.
1 component to start the server(s) and management tool if it crashes.
that will auto start every 1 min with a scheduled task if its not running(this can be set up on the configuration of this component) you can't see this screen it's always hidden
2 management tool(web acces can also be set up including multi users so you can make it like member x of your clan can ban everybody except admin,leader,other member can be kicked and he can change map and stuff. some members can only kick normal players and change map,gametype) also maybe plugin support so people can make plugins, and multiple mods/versions of a single map. this screen can be hidden to a icon in the right bar with the clock(task bar or something? can't get on the English name...)
3 the actual server including plugins this screen can be hidden and showen in the management tool locally.

[Edited on 12.27.2008 5:44 AM PST]

  • 12.26.2008 2:42 PM PDT
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Oh yeah forgot this one - been requested from xbox fans a few times;
The playername within the local chat is always the color of the team you are in.
Should be VERY easy to fix imo.

If you are red - your name in local is red, if you are blue your name in local chat is blue.


[Edited on 12.27.2008 12:49 PM PST]

  • 12.27.2008 12:48 PM PDT
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Hate to break it to everybody, but a lot of the great ideas written here will likely be ignored. If anything Microsoft will have their hand in this (again), which means limited features and buggy software all over again. Do I need to remind everyone of Halo 2 Vista? Never mind the problem with the lag in porting the game over. Everyone who wanted to buy an Xbox 360 for Halo 3 has long since done so. Another year or two and the market potential for its PC counterpart will likely fall short like H2V did--not only because it's likely to get the short stick, but because there will be little to no anticipation for it, so we'll have a stock shortage like we did last time (or worse--a last minute recall because there's "nudity" on the CDs).

Halo 3 PC is a nice pipe dream, but I doubt it will match up to the quality of Halo 1 PC, and that more had to do with Gearbox being in charge.

  • 12.29.2008 8:28 PM PDT
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I R busy wondering.. will halo 3 have theater mode? because if so that would be neat

  • 12.29.2008 9:36 PM PDT

....oh thank thee glorious bungie for being so wise as to include the almighty search feature in thy most glorious website....
The More You Know. ™ ';..;'

i was begging for this before halo 3 even came out, even though they already said that they wouldnt do one they could alwaysget someone else to do it

  • 12.31.2008 3:12 AM PDT

Wish Halo 3 PC would come out sooner... :(

Halo 3 PC will have to be made after Halo 3 ODST.
I also hope they give us plenty of Options.
I would like to have more than 4 Player Co-op.
No Limit on Forge Please.

Also don't be full of Failsauce by giving us a locked EK like H2V.

I would like Halo 3 PC, be able to make custom maps, with AI and all objects.

  • 12.31.2008 11:02 AM PDT

Posted by: MoiFUgly
I would like Halo 3 PC, be able to make custom maps, with AI and all objects.
I think that's be a little bit too much, although awesome. I'm only hoping we at least get a functional, non feature-stripped HEK.

For now, we have to depend on hackers to find a way to (re)enable a lot of functionality in the dev tools that came with H2V =\

  • 12.31.2008 11:22 AM PDT
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lol what a pointless thread. You'd have though after the insult they lumped on us with Halo 2 Vista that you guys would have given up hope.

Ultimatly MS is never going to let H3 Vista be anything other than a shoddy port for two reasons:

Reason 1: it would show up the xbox version

Reason 2: There simply isn't enough interested PC users, and therefore potential sales, to justify any sort of focused development that takes advantage of the PC's power.

Ironically enough with Gears for PC, they actually did make an effort, the thing is it was just too late, PC owners are not interested in buying a game that 360 owners have already been playing for over a year.

Also many PC owners like myself have XBoxes as well, so in the case of Gears I was already bored of that. And as for Halo 2, well I'd already been playing the shizzle out of it for at least a solid year anyway, like I was gonna be assed to upgrade to Vista to get Halo 2 again when I was already salivating over the imminent release of Halo 3.

I'm sorry dude, but it sucks this isn't a crossplatform release like COD, but that's just the way it is.

If what you really want is a mouse and keyboard my freind, may I suggest you head over to YouTube and search for a little known gadget called the Xim2. Now that's pwnage ;)

  • 12.31.2008 5:06 PM PDT
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My Idea Is When You Open The Halo 3 Pc Map Editor ( When It's Halo 3 Comes Out On Pc) That The Editor Must Use All The Textures And Materials From All The Halo 3 Multiplayer Maps So You Can Feel Free To Make Any Custom Maps

[Edited on 01.02.2009 6:42 AM PST]

  • 01.02.2009 6:40 AM PDT
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lol what a pointless thread. You'd have though after the insult they lumped on us with Halo 2 Vista that you guys would have given up hope.

Ultimatly MS is never going to let H3 Vista be anything other than a shoddy port for two reasons:

Reason 1: it would show up the xbox version

Reason 2: There simply isn't enough interested PC users, and therefore potential sales, to justify any sort of focused development that takes advantage of the PC's power.

Ironically enough with Gears for PC, they actually did make an effort, the thing is it was just too late, PC owners are not interested in buying a game that 360 owners have already been playing for over a year.

Also many PC owners like myself have XBoxes as well, so in the case of Gears I was already bored of that. And as for Halo 2, well I'd already been playing the shizzle out of it for at least a solid year anyway, like I was gonna be assed to upgrade to Vista to get Halo 2 again when I was already salivating over the imminent release of Halo 3.

I'm sorry dude, but it sucks this isn't a crossplatform release like COD, but that's just the way it is.

If what you really want is a mouse and keyboard my freind, may I suggest you head over to YouTube and search for a little known gadget called the Xim2. Now that's pwnage ;)


Only that HPC was a pretty big hit despite the gaping flaws and being released around two years after the Xbox version. There's nothing to say H3PC couldn't be very popular if it was done right.

H2PC didn't sell for the simple reason that not only was it worse than HPC, but it was Vista only. Hopefully they wouldn't make the mistake of trying to use a shoddy DX9 port to try and push sales of a failing OS, again.

Personally, I think that H3 could make a great game on the PC provided they did it right. It'd be pretty hard to mess up really, but they've managed it twice so I wouldn't hope for too much.

  • 01.02.2009 7:38 AM PDT
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H3 pc will most likely come out with Windows 7 in 2010.

  • 01.09.2009 8:55 AM PDT

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H3 pc will most likely come out with Windows 7 in 2010.
Unless, by then, it used DirectX 11.0, there's absolutely no reason it should only be for Windows 7... (*cough* Vista *cough* *except it still used DX 9.0*)

  • 01.09.2009 9:09 AM PDT
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*All of the above is the opinion of the user: WartHogRacerman3. Complaints can be forwarded to his secretary.

I own an HDTV [12/30/07]

Halo 3 PC better support Windows XP.

  • 01.10.2009 7:02 PM PDT

Wish Halo 3 PC would come out sooner... :(

A number of things I want Halo 3 PC to have:
Cross-Compatible Play &/Or Matchmaking.Game Browser for Co-op and Multiplayer.An option to convert/record saved films to a media playable file format.
Saved Films to work properly on Campaign - Rewind etc.
16 Players for Matchmaking and more for Custom games and Campaign.I want Infection to be Flood Infection (Alpha Zombie = Flood Pureform)Custom maps and Custom Campaign maps also Forge to work on Campaign as well as multiplayerNo limit on any content (limits piss me off)More Custom Content for Maps, No locked/Half Editing Kit, AI in Multiplayer maps
I would like these thing to happen...

  • 01.11.2009 8:27 AM PDT
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they should make it so it has more permutations and works with bungie.net stat tracking

  • 02.07.2009 2:23 PM PDT
Subject: A New Unofficial "Halo 3 PC" Thread

Kindly refrain from Frog-Blasting my Ventcore.

If Halo 3 comes our for comp, I think it should be exactly the same as the 360 version. However, a few things that they could improve on from H2V:
1# Don't make it a console game that runs on a PC. I'm really sick of the menu controls on H2V designed for a 360 controller, and it takes forever to set the controls to your liking. Actually do a full port to the comp this time.
#2 Make a Mac version in addition to a PC version.
#3 Don't make it exclusively for one OS. That only showed that Microsoft really doesn't care as much about their customers as they do about making lots of money and taking over the world.
#4 Keep up the tradition of making exclusive maps, weapons, and vehicles for the comp version
That's all I can think of for now.

GD

  • 02.09.2009 3:28 PM PDT
Subject: The New Official "Halo 3 PC" Thread

Posted by: IAL
My few things i'd like to see in Halo 3.

Community.
Connect the community, host a community site with link's to league's, mod's, guide's (end user based ones) etc - Bring the community together at the getgo.

Multiplayer

Virtual Couch
Being able to join a temporary server on a users computer with up to 4 other players or so to join servers together.

Votekick (+50%)
Voteban (75%, only available with 12 players or more)
MOTD
Next map vote (66%)

MvP (one from each side?)
Effect for the MvP of the game - showing icon, stats etc - based on cap's (& time with the gametype item), kd ratio, +/- (assissts counted) and hit percentage.

Gametype modification.
The Halo 1 game modification was simple, create the gametype you want and upload it to the server. Only thing id like to change here is basically being able to set specific items to spwn on the standard spwn's (item spwn's of course).

Preset matches & scrim's
When it comes to this i'd like to be able to set maps, gametypes etc before you start the scrim through rcon. This including base autoswap - swapping sides between maps so that you dont have to mnually swap team for each map.

Base modification
Make it possible to upload your clantag, then have (2 places as a proposition) in the base where you can view this tag. I'm not to sure it would be a great idea due to upload/download whenever you play another clan, but would be nice imo.


Balance.
Please look at Halo one when it comes to veichles, there they were actually useful and limited to specific uses.

Remove the old AR, make new AR dual fire with old AR's firerate/dmg on second (this might be implemented allready (?).
Simply learn by the mistakes and make those minor tweaks that would have made the gameplay better.

Might ad later in new post.

Their not going to change the AR. Maybe in custom games though

  • 02.09.2009 4:59 PM PDT