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Subject: Far Cry 2 Styled Map Maker(But with more options)

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Poll: Far Cry 2 Styled Map Maker(But with more options)  [closed]
Yesss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:  61%
(25 Votes)
No. Nooo......NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!:  24%
(10 Votes)
Maybe:  15%
(6 Votes)
Total Votes: 41

In halo reach,I want there to be a map maker.I still want forge,but I also want a map MAKER.I want one similar to the far cry 2 one,but I want it to have more options.You should be able to customize time of day(I dont know if you can already do that,I dont have the game,I just saw a video).You should be able to add grass,sand,snow,dirt,and water.Choose how high the water level is,or how thick the snow is,or even how high the grass is.You would create objects like the halo 2 vista map editor(unless you can already make objects in the far cry 2 one).You would choose the size of your map.The biggest would be about the size of 9 Sandtraps,and you would size it like in T.H.U.G. 2.You would use a scale for length and width.You could color the sky any color you want(purple,green,orange,black,white,ect)
.You can also add a blizzard,sandstorm,raining,foggy,and lightning effect to your level,and you could use more than one at a time.You could also add death barriers and regular ones.(EXTRA IDEA:And in forge you could add elevators and energy bridges).Thoughts?

[Edited on 09.30.2009 3:48 PM PDT]

  • 09.30.2009 1:56 PM PDT
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Yes but with options like doors/gates with switches, motion activated doors, landmines that respawn, elevators, light briges from Halo: CE.

Customizable shield doors:
*What it blocks
-players
-vehicles
-weapon projectiles
-grenades
-melee
-objects
*Size
*Shape
*Color

Blank weapons that are fully customizable

Blank vehicles that are fully customizable

[Edited on 09.30.2009 3:00 PM PDT]

  • 09.30.2009 2:59 PM PDT

no no no no no the far cry mapmaker is so stupid the halo 3 forge mode beats it in spades

  • 09.30.2009 3:05 PM PDT

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No, I would much prefer Halo Reach's map editior to be like Doom Builder

It is infinitely better than Far Cry's, it just gets ignored because it isn't an official editor, it was fan-created.

  • 09.30.2009 3:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: Newt831
no no no no no the far cry mapmaker is so stupid the halo 3 forge mode beats it in spades
The halo 3 forge only edits maps.Far cry actually makes maps.

[Edited on 09.30.2009 3:37 PM PDT]

  • 09.30.2009 3:37 PM PDT

I want them to make a HUGE and complicated @$$ editor like the one that came with CRYSIS!

Teh farcry 2 editor is trash next to CRYSIS' editor.

[Edited on 09.30.2009 3:39 PM PDT]

  • 09.30.2009 3:38 PM PDT
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forget it.

Halo is M$'s cash cow, everybody knows it. they make money like this : you buy the (incomplete) game, then they sell like 4 map packs for 10$ each (yuropens (these guys accross the sea where the queen lives and stuff) have to pay 10 Euros which is like 15$ but whatever).
you buy map packs with MS points, that you buy with real money.

so you spend ~100$ for the game and maps (100 Euros for us, which makes like 120$ ............. :| ).

but if they give us a powerful tool to make our own maps, then they won't be able to sell map packs anymore.
why would anybody pay for map packs when they could make their own maps that'll be just as good? even if they make matchmaking REQUIRE map packs, then we'll only play custom and have infinite fun anyway.

MS won't be gaining more money anymore. so they won't give us such a tool, ever ever.

(forge is NOWHERE near a FC2 editor. I can only add a mongoose on guardian... wow, impressive /sarcasm)

  • 09.30.2009 3:41 PM PDT

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-blam!- no! it would ruin the game. Bungie has specific makes made for forging, farcry 2 editing is too much,
1.noobs would make the most retarded maps ever
2.what zorgy said
i think forge is good how it is now, playes can edit maps made by bungie, or make their very own on maps like sandbox and foundry, ive seen countless good maps out there with forge
and what zorgy said.

[Edited on 09.30.2009 3:47 PM PDT]

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You are an idiot if you say no, unless you say MS won't allow it. There is no reason not to increase the customization. If you don't like it don't use it.

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Posted by: Newt831
no no no no no the far cry mapmaker is so stupid the halo 3 forge mode beats it in spades
The halo 3 forge only edits maps.Far cry actually makes maps.
He is just an idiot. He assumes Forge is better because he is a Fanboy.

  • 09.30.2009 4:25 PM PDT

I'd rather have a cam like forge but be able to edit terrain and other objects. Farcry's seemed almost 2d so you couldn't make very good tunnels and other details.

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Posted by: HaloXHierach
-blam!- no! it would ruin the game. Bungie has specific makes made for forging, farcry 2 editing is too much,
1.noobs would make the most retarded maps ever
2.what zorgy said
i think forge is good how it is now, playes can edit maps made by bungie, or make their very own on maps like sandbox and foundry, ive seen countless good maps out there with forge
and what zorgy said.

That was the most idiotic excuse as of to why something shouldn't be included in a game. People make retarded screenshots, videos, game variants and map variants. Do those cause you to have any trouble sleeping at night? Do they interfer with your ability to play the game? Are you forced to view/play on/play with these pieces of user created content?

@zorgy:
It's funny how you essentially copy and paste the same exact excuse into every map editor related thread, and then essentially abandon it before anyone can change your mind. Bungie has many ways to assure that players buy maps. For instance, certain Double EXP weekends already require the Mythic 2 maps, and most if not all playlists require DLC maps in general. Also, people who buy the maps days after they come out will still buy Reach maps days after they come out simply because they were made by Bungie.

@OP:
I guess that would be pretty good. What about these ideas?

[Edited on 09.30.2009 4:49 PM PDT]

  • 09.30.2009 4:48 PM PDT
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Changed my mind, I say no. I want a Crysis styled map editor. Its like the Far Cry 2 editor on steroids.

  • 09.30.2009 5:25 PM PDT
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Rawr Im a dino!

I would like to place buildings then. Like ones throughout the time period of halo and i would still like normal maps and the normal forge option

  • 09.30.2009 5:28 PM PDT

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First off I like the Far Cry 2 map editor, it was the reason I bought the game. Although, I feel it was not presented effectively; it didn't last for me. I was done after creating one map, whether that was because I didn't like the game as a whole, therefore making maps for the game was pointless, or the features getting boring, I don't know.

You see my idea is not necessarily a Far Cry 2 map editor. It still has that Forge feel to it. You are "Forging" existing maps not completely making new ones. Although you will almost be able to create a new map.

Basically, maps will serve as different canvases for your creations. Like Foundry and Sandbox everything in the map will be Forgable, but we aren't just talking about crates and blocks, we're talking straight up pick up a building and place it elsewhere.

Buildings and bases would be composed of smaller objects, that could be grouped together into a large one.

Pressing a certain button would take you to a white room like area(or area in the sky like viewing an object in Far Cry 2), where you would put together various objects, group them, and then go back to normal Forge.

There will hopefully be various objects to place. Along with plenty of other "Intractable" Objects, (such as gates, bridges, elevators, ect.) along with corresponding "buttons."

There may also be:
-The ability to edit objects in real time (like it is now) or you could pause it and edit objects with out the interruptions.
-Items will merge with terrain automatically and stay in place when paused.
-More forms of GravLifts/Man Cannons.
-Placeable glass objects (Windows).
-Placeable Deathbarriers/Invisible barriers that you can't walk through.
-More detailed item options.
-And lastly an "undo" feature.

A copy and paste option could hopefully be put into place so that you could copy one object at a time a paste it elsewhere, hopefully also in other maps.

*There may or may not be the ability to edit objects.

On certain maps you would also be able to place "weather emitters" similar to Filters these objects would cause various weather conditions (Snowy, Cloudy, Rainy). Along with "weather emitters" there would be something like time controllers that would make the map day, night, or morning.

You would also be able to set a screenshot as your map's "Cover Picture."

Although, a Far Cry 2 map editor isn't a bad thing, I don't see it happening. This will be more than enough to excite me and will hopefully even include some features that I didn't even think about. Either way Forge is something that keeps Halo 3 going today, therefore it must be addressed as a key part of the game.

Done.

[Edited on 09.30.2009 5:46 PM PDT]

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Posted by: TubbierPainter
go play farcry u f4gg0t, and stop making stuff that sucks/wont happen!!


Yes because infinite maps is a bad thing. Why are people so ignorant?

  • 09.30.2009 6:23 PM PDT

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Sorry, I misunderstood a post.

[Edited on 09.30.2009 6:30 PM PDT]

  • 09.30.2009 6:29 PM PDT

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I was the 2nd to last person to get kicked off Halo 2, see the thread Here

Far Cry 2's map editor is Amazing, if forge was like that there would be so much you could do. Our forging community would triple.
I really hope they add an advanced map maker like this.

  • 09.30.2009 7:43 PM PDT

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Posted by: joe campbell
Far Cry 2's map editor is Amazing, if forge was like that there would be so much you could do. Our forging community would triple.
I really hope they add an advanced map maker like this.

That is just the thing though, by making the editor so advanced you are making it for a specific use, certain uniqueness within maps would be lost and a lot of the maps would become too similar. The editor should be more detail oriented; this would allow for more unique customization. Sure more features are great, but you better have the right ones so that certain things don't become obsolete within the editor.

  • 09.30.2009 7:52 PM PDT