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Subject: Physics Fixes that must be Done

Would you dance for it?

There are several things that I hope ODST will correct that I feel Halo 3 missed.

The most important is the contact physics. Most importantly body-vehicle collisions.

It stinks when you try to splatter someone and they jump and glance off of the front of your ride.

It makes the game feel like theres nothing holding the players down.

I would like to see the player models experience some attraction to the ground during collisions.

Basically when you splattered someone with a Ghost, instead of flying off in some random direction they would be pulled under the Ghost.

Alternatively a person hit by the Worthog would get pushed and possible caught on the grill.

The second body-vehicle interaction I would like to see updated would be player deaths while in a vehicle,

Instead of just falling through the seat wouldn't it be cooler if they slumped down and fell out at the next sharp turn?


Really it is all too likely that it is too late for these errors to be fixed but it is possible that they have aleady been taken care of.

*Remember that these are my opinions and there is a distinct possibility that they are NOT the greatest ideas ever had.

  • 06.18.2009 10:52 AM PDT
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Hi peoplz

lets see YOU become a game designer and make a game that has been sold to millions of fans

dont Expect Bungie to make everything the way people want it.

[Edited on 06.18.2009 10:56 AM PDT]

  • 06.18.2009 10:55 AM PDT
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All of your issues with vehicular splatters seem to be lag / packet loss related. Sucks I know, but sounds like the place to fix the problem is on your end, and not in the game.

  • 06.18.2009 10:56 AM PDT

Would you dance for it?

Posted by: bbman killer
lets see YOU become a game designer and make a game that has been sold to millions of fans

dont Expect Bungie to make everything the way people want it.


That not even helpful.

And this isn't lag.

Don't you guys think its lame that when you splatter someone they go flying like a hockeypuck under water on the moon?

Really. Think of what actually happens when you hit something.

It gets pulled under the car.
or
It gets pushed over the car.

Flying off perpendicular to the vehicle is not an option.

  • 06.18.2009 11:05 AM PDT
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Really, think about what you're saying.

You want the physics of a video game about a "super soldier" who fights aliens on a "Halo" what could possibility destroy the universe to be changed because you want it to seem more realistic when you run someone over in a "ghost" or a "warthog".

Say it out loud to yourself and see how dumb it sounds.

  • 06.18.2009 11:19 AM PDT

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ODST's they don't jump that high.

  • 06.18.2009 11:22 AM PDT
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i enjoy the random physics they give halo a gimmicky edge which most games don't have

  • 06.18.2009 11:45 AM PDT

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I've noticed this too, and haven't liked it, but it's not much to complain about. And about the whole thing about them rolling on top of the vehicle or going under it:
I'm gonna take a quote from Halopedia, "According to the Halo 3 intro cinematic, the Mark VI also included a "lockdown" mode where the suit retained a rigid form upon sustaining heavy trauma, most likely to avoid further injury. This also explains why a player's dead body gets 'stuck' in one stance when splattered."
The suit stays in one position, so it wouldn't be able to bend to slip under a vehicle or roll on top of it without causing the player driving severe trouble doing so.

  • 06.18.2009 11:54 AM PDT

I dont require, I inspire.

Dude those are awesome ideas.But they are using the Halo 3 engine and they are pretty far in developement.

  • 06.18.2009 12:09 PM PDT

Posted by: Duardo
I'd love to be a 10 year old and tell my mom I'm going on an adventure out into the world catching Pokemon, with her full support. Never mind the fact that there are rapists, criminals, and murders out there, or the fact that I may get killed by a Pokemon.

Luckily I have Pikachu.

How about ATV's and Warthogs not being flipped by BR fire?

  • 06.18.2009 12:35 PM PDT
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Halo sells it self. Halo 3 is an underachiever and idiots like you buy and are satisfied by it. Bungie can do a lot of stuff which they simply won't because they know whatever they put out will sell.

  • 06.18.2009 3:45 PM PDT
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I would rather play a fun game instead of marvelling at features that have no effect on gameplay, but look realistic.

  • 06.18.2009 3:46 PM PDT

Would you dance for it?

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How about ATV's and Warthogs not being flipped by BR fire?


^Nice Idea. I've taken physics and that is SO stupid that bullets flip cars.


Also, I'm not attacking Halo 3.

I just hope some annoying physics problems are corrected...

Geez it reminds me of the old Halo 2 boards. Any change proposed is shot down because the game is already perfect.

  • 06.18.2009 4:16 PM PDT

Fellow Floodian:
Posted by: Oh This Dude
I had a very similar thing, only I threw a 14 story building out of a pool and hit a kid on a paper aeroplane.


The Flood is just this awesome :D

just a reminder its a GAME

  • 06.18.2009 4:19 PM PDT

Posted by: The BS Police
How about ATV's and Warthogs not being flipped by BR fire?


I hate that. The number of times my team has been denied a cap because someone hit us with a BR as we went off a jump.... >_<

  • 06.18.2009 4:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: IXI maltreat IXI
Halo sells it self. Halo 3 is an underachiever and idiots like you buy and are satisfied by it. Bungie can do a lot of stuff which they simply won't because they know whatever they put out will sell.


and then there are people like you who expect the second coming of jesus christ everytime a game that is announced before it is released.

Grow up.

  • 06.18.2009 4:24 PM PDT