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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 10.02.09

Posted by: urk
You've just crossed over into...The No Chopper Zone.



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So urk, or anyone at Bungie, if myself and three other fine gentlemen post a rather sweet high score on Lost Platoon, but one of us was in the Chopper for say....an entire Set, would you not count that score? Because you're "No Chopper Rule" confuses me on that part.

  • 10.02.2009 9:46 PM PDT

Nihilism (from the Latin nihil, nothing) is a philosophical position that argues that existence is without objective meaning, purpose, or intrinsic value.

Put simply in the words of Nietzsche as "the will to nothingness".

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Posted by: urk
You've just crossed over into...The No Chopper Zone.



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So urk, or anyone at Bungie, if myself and three other fine gentlemen post a rather sweet high score on Lost Platoon, but one of us was in the Chopper for say....an entire Set, would you not count that score? Because you're "No Chopper Rule" confuses me on that part.

It's a joke, he's joking. Don't you get that?

  • 10.02.2009 10:39 PM PDT

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Posted by: urk
float ComputeESM( float2 vShadowMapUVs, float fReceiverDepth,
float fCascadeIndex )
{
// Filtered look up using mip mapping
float fOccluderExponential = tCascadeShadowMaps.Sample(
sShadowLinearClamp,
float3(vShadowMapUVs,fCascadeIndex)).r;
float fReceiverExponential = exp( -fESMExponentialMultiplier *
fReceiverDepth );
float fESMShadowTest = fOccluderExponential * fReceiverExponential;
return saturate(fESMShadowTest);
}

Make any sense to you? Yeah, me neither. Mip Mapping, yo. Mip mapping.


I'm assuming that was either C# or C++. I could make sense of most of it, but I'd have to see it in context to work it all out 100%. :)
That's got to be C++, better yet managed C++.

I read the light publication, and holy algorithm batman, that's a lot of code!

[Edited on 10.02.2009 11:49 PM PDT]

  • 10.02.2009 11:30 PM PDT

Alright so if you use a chopper in firefight your score wont count or you guys are taking the choppers out? And how can a ODST hold a turrent and walk the same speed of a Spartan when he holds a turrent.

These are the questions that haunt me. lol

  • 10.03.2009 12:26 AM PDT

shut up I have recon dude and have a life

  • 10.03.2009 12:27 AM PDT

what r u talkin bout ?

Recon? who cares

Its all bout Flamming head

  • 10.03.2009 12:34 AM PDT

-blam!- the Free World!!!!

Jeez, only 60,000 with the 'conz? You better check your sources...

  • 10.03.2009 12:40 AM PDT

Posted by: spartaks88
Alright so if you use a chopper in firefight your score wont count or you guys are taking the choppers out? And how can a ODST hold a turrent and walk the same speed of a Spartan when he holds a turrent.

These are the questions that haunt me. lol


turrent? I don't recall turrents being in the game...

  • 10.03.2009 1:06 AM PDT

Nothing to see here, move along.

Posted by: XxXAlesanaXxX
I played a game on easy with the chopper 5 million + score and it never showed up on B.net. When I play ODST and click on my name the Solo score shows but it still has yet to show up on the site. Did this at least 3-4 days ago.

That's what you get for playing on easy. N00b!



  • 10.03.2009 1:17 AM PDT

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Methinks a marathon on Firefight is required.

A proper marathon, with no vehicles. Alpha Site, awaaaaaaaaaay!

  • 10.03.2009 1:34 AM PDT

thanks for the clarification on that sick score. when can we expect to hear something about Reach?

  • 10.03.2009 1:37 AM PDT

don't send me group invites

how do you make the mp3's into ringtones?

  • 10.03.2009 1:37 AM PDT

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Posted by: thezerofire
how do you make the mp3's into ringtones?
Download them, and transfer them to your phone using a USB cable supplied with the mobile. Once you've transferred it, on your phone, go to the settings panel, and look for Sound Settings. In that menu you should see the options for ringtones. Select this, and then select the option for sound. Just scroll through until you find it.

It's easier on my phone because it's so old. All of what I said varies with make and model.

  • 10.03.2009 1:41 AM PDT

Thanks for the sounds. Was going to snag them myself from the game but this made it much easier. Thanks!

  • 10.03.2009 1:59 AM PDT
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Wort wort wort

Yeah the chopper ain't realy fair.
So no chopper in my contest either.

Luage

[Edited on 10.03.2009 2:33 AM PDT]

  • 10.03.2009 2:32 AM PDT

Formally Rogue Spartan

Urky urky urk urk could we pleeeaaassseee have the telephone ringing for our phones too? I REALLY want that as my ringtone.

[Edited on 10.07.2009 1:55 AM PDT]

  • 10.03.2009 3:24 AM PDT
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No Matchmaking update?

;(

  • 10.03.2009 4:23 AM PDT

So are you saying that if we are in a team and we are trying to get a high score or get endure that we should not use chopper,
but u should be able to use another to help you win.
your saying that the two choppers quys, spartan lazer, and sniper set up shouldn't happen if u want to for high scores or are you saying solo

  • 10.03.2009 4:53 AM PDT

JSway

When ever I sign on line and I go on halo 3 I play with someone who has recon and they dont have the the vidmasters completed and they arnt in bungie. They are always terrible and my team always beats them. I just dont think they deserve recon.

  • 10.03.2009 4:57 AM PDT

Tank Beats Everything!

Awww, where's the point of using the chopper if you are gonna sit back and use it as a turret? It's all about splattering them in your grill, then use it to get close to the wraiths to board them and take it out. And its overwhelmingly fun during the bonus round to be firing and splattering through the hoards or grunts. It may not bode well for your life expectancy, but you can rack up a crazy amount of points if you do it right.

But we did get to that point with all the choppers. We've had choppers just gathering on the front side of the building that my friends and I dubbed it "the parking lot" when calling out where the enemy drop location is for that round.

  • 10.03.2009 5:26 AM PDT
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Do not waste your tears, I was not born to watch the world grow dim. Life is not measured in years, but by the deeds of men.

Posted by: goldhawk
We should know better, because we are better.

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  • 10.03.2009 6:00 AM PDT
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Do not waste your tears, I was not born to watch the world grow dim. Life is not measured in years, but by the deeds of men.

Posted by: goldhawk
We should know better, because we are better.

bull -blam!-

  • 10.03.2009 6:01 AM PDT

"never judge a book by its movie"

Hey guys,

Any idea on when we can see the return of Team Melee? It has been a fair long time since that was given a run.

cheers.

  • 10.03.2009 6:19 AM PDT

I wanna get one of those ringtones!

  • 10.03.2009 6:21 AM PDT