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Subject: Agree?
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Poll: Agree?  [closed]
Yes:  77%
(23 Votes)
No:  10%
(3 Votes)
I Can't Read:  13%
(4 Votes)
Total Votes: 30

Halo 1 and Halo 2 had no RSA Map Encryption.

Halo 1 had no map protection while Halo 2 had a simple CRC Checksum. Without a doubt Halo 1 and 2 were the best community driven games. showing sites like iBotModz, se7ensins and HaloMods coming out to say "Hai".

But Halo 3, it used an amazing RSA encryption. How this works, there is a Private Key and a Public Key. The Public Key is in your xbox that checks if the file had been resigned with the Private key. The Private key is inside Bungie and they resign the maps before release. Now, why the -blam!- are you using this stupid peice of -blam!-?

This is an amazing example of Halo 2 modding.

Why don't bungie go back to the cool Bungie, and stop being the pricks Microsoft made them? I still play Halo 2 mods on XBC with friends, it's easily more fun and more customizable than Forge. Even though Forge is sick ;).

Now, the reason Bungie and the rest of the community hate modders is because they cheat. NO. This is wrong! Modders make amazing maps, amazing varients and the community fun that Halo thrives off. Cheaters on the other hand, manipulate the game to get a 50 or something stupid. Hate them, no us.

So, Bungie. Here is an idea.

Matchmaking: Have a RSA map encryption check, if you fail this check kick them out of matchmaking lobby and ban them till they remove the mods (Simalar to Halo 2).

Custom Games/Forge: Have no check, let the community have fun, and also, remove that thing, if you have a diffrent .map people can't join and stuff.

Campaign: Disable achievements if the RSA check has registered a faulty .map.



Now Bungie, read this and think. Do we want the community to have fun again? Do we want to kick ass again? Do we want to take over the world again? And Kick CoD in the ass?

What was that? You do? Yeah, i thought so. :)

[Edited on 10.04.2009 8:06 AM PDT]

  • 10.04.2009 5:24 AM PDT

I only mod the games I love, I've never modded any over game.

I agree! Bungie should make Halo 3 Customizable! Punish the cheaters, not the modders!

  • 10.04.2009 8:07 AM PDT
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Agree.

H3 CE please.

  • 10.04.2009 8:09 AM PDT

I agree! Bungie listen to the community!

  • 10.04.2009 8:10 AM PDT
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You left out one thing. How exactly would one play a modded map?

  • 10.04.2009 8:13 AM PDT

With a soft modded xbox, as you don't technically mod the xbox's hardware you are not breaching microsofts terms etc and it won't void your warrenty etc.

EDIT: I shouldn't have used the word softmod, wrong context ;).

-xDansomee.

[Edited on 10.04.2009 8:23 AM PDT]

  • 10.04.2009 8:15 AM PDT

Athrun Zala 02
Bungie are the best!

Modders know when to give up.
Cheaters dont know when to stop.

  • 10.04.2009 8:16 AM PDT
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It's not that easy. There are no "softmods" available for the Xbox 360. I won't go into detail, but if there were softmods available, the RSA checks can be bypassed.

  • 10.04.2009 8:18 AM PDT

By soft mods I mean xsata, xport or a transfer kit.

EDIT: I shouldn't have used the word softmod, wrong context ;).

-xDansomee.

[Edited on 10.04.2009 8:22 AM PDT]

  • 10.04.2009 8:21 AM PDT
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Still won't work. Maps are on the disk. You can't access those with a transfer device.

  • 10.04.2009 8:22 AM PDT

Athrun Zala 02
Bungie are the best!

Dev kits are fun :)

  • 10.04.2009 8:25 AM PDT

Haha, I agree... But im too poor to buy one :P

  • 10.04.2009 8:26 AM PDT
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Bungie don't need to worry how.

  • 10.04.2009 8:36 AM PDT

Don't let great things be lost in the forums. Dare to go past page one and explore.

I agree...

  • 10.04.2009 10:42 AM PDT
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Xsatas and Transfer cables to mod is technically illegal.

Your not supposed to go into the contents of your Hard Drive.
Therefore the norm of players would not be able to mod, let alone there on your disc.

But if bungie makes this official, Ill say you can send patches through bungie.net

But I prefer Halo 3 Custom edition, and H3EK (Halo 3 Editing Kit)

And believe me

-H3Tool (A good tool, that doenst complain)
-H3Gueirlla
-H3Sapien

I'd use al;l day just to make giant AI fights lol.

I have study H3 scripting using Alteration, so I can do that too. plus HCE scripting.

Map Mines is my favorite :3 (Death Barriers)

The ability to create custom content.

Think of your own guns, and vehicles,and levels.
Halo 3's "-Blam!-" engine is incredible compared to Halo 1 and Halo 2 (It's actually called "blam".)



[Edited on 10.04.2009 4:11 PM PDT]

  • 10.04.2009 4:10 PM PDT