- gabotron15
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- Noble Heroic Member
I created this map to show you how Forge should work for Halo Reach,let's start.
Forge is divided now in two different models:Map editor and map maker.
The map editor
Is similar to the Halo 3 one,you can choose between weapons,vehicles... minor changes are only applied using this first model.No mayor changes uploaded just some tweaks(undo buttons,copy and paste weapons...).
The map maker
A brand new system,similar to the farcry 2 one,you can choose the weather,darkness and brightness... We will view this one steps by step.here we go.
1)You enter in the map maker lobby,you can choose between a few blank models:
-City model:The background is surrounded with big skyscrapers,flats etc.
-Grounded model:the background is surrounded with big mountains,rocks etc.
-Indoor model:no background is definied,you can choose your bounds using walls etc.
Note:each blank model has a different version of itself,for example you can choose between having lots of skyscraper or just a few flats in the city model.
More blank models could be added via DLC,a snowy one for example.
2)You choose the dimensions of your new map,this is done expanding a circle(squares and rectangles also allowed) to the desired lenght.The surface inside the circle will be the forgable zone.
3)Fun begins here,we will use a blank city map model ,the first you do is to choose the kind of ground:concrete,paving stones etc.This is not neccesary cause you can begin to forge from the default blank floor of the model.
You can place walls,walls with windows,rooftops,doors,bridges,tunnels,extend a pavement with the extendable tools(I will explain this),extend roads,traffic lights,cars and destroyed cars,operable doors and auto-doors,lights,barricades,trucks,ramps and fonts of fires...etc.
Forge tools
In this section I will explain some of the new forge tools.
-The grass spray:you use this tool to create grass texture,just hold the button and the spray will do the job.
-The extendable tool:you acces to this "tool" at the forge seccondary menu(X twice) and you will have the option to make an object extendable.Objects like pavements,roads,walls,bridges and rooftops are extendable objects.This system runs in a similar way to the sims one,you hold B and move the object to create a larger one.
Visual example.
-The plants tool:you use this tool to put different plants on the floor from small ones and some bushes to big trees.
-The dusting brush:you use this tool to add a dusty vision to walls,bridges and other stuff,each second you keep holding A a dusty and older vision you will add to your maps.
-The water tool:you use this tool to create portions of water around the map,from a small one to the biggest one.Lakes,rivers...
-The paving stones tool:you use this tool to create a surface of pavement stones,you can choose the texture your pavement stone will have from a default ones.The way this runs is similar to the seen in the visual example video.
-The weather filter:you can add this new objects to add a weather effect to your map:rain,storms,snow,sand storms and others,you can choose the intensity of the effects(very low-low-medium-high-extreme).
-The sun tool:you use this tool to choose if you want a night or day time and choose the intensity of this,moving this "sun" up and down will result in a lighter or darker athmosphere for your map.This tool runs in a very similar way to the farcry 2 one.
-The fonts:this new objects are used to produce foggy effects,you can choose the intensity,the type and the direction.
4)This is the final step,you just have to upload your map,after doing this you will have an option to take a screenshot of your map,that screenshot will illustrate your creation.
DLC Forge
Bungie could include series of DLC forge packs,they could be mensual for forge objects and ramdoms for blank map models.
-The mensual DLC:it could include objects for use in the map editor and the map maker,blocks,new windows models,new textures...
-The ramdom DLC:they include blank map models for exclusive use in the map maker.
NOTE:I will add new tools in the next posts,add your ideas and feelings,thanks.
[Edited on 09.14.2009 4:57 AM PDT]