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Subject: Map Customization

Have you ever seen the blast radius of an actual plasma grenade?

Make it easier to use, and less tedious. I don't spending ten minutes to drop an item where i want it then it just falls crooked or something. Make an actual grid where every item is built up into squares. Like Time Splitters 3 map creation, or even tony hawk...

  • 10.24.2009 10:34 AM PDT
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or better yet : have the B button as a "freeze" button, whether it makes objects floats, locks objects or just make them stay where they are.

  • 10.24.2009 10:36 AM PDT

Do realize that Halo 3's forge was first a map editor to allow you to drop weapons and spawns and vehicles on maps haphazardly. It was only later that they adapted it to become a map creator.

Given that the latter purpous is obviously more popular than the former, Forge is going to be amazing in Reach.

  • 10.24.2009 10:36 AM PDT

Have you ever seen the blast radius of an actual plasma grenade?

good because they have the most random items n useless crap you can put down in forge....soooooOOOo weird...

  • 10.24.2009 10:39 AM PDT
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This is a great topic! I agree with it. It's really hard to use forge, so I just change weapon placements. Even THAT is a bit hard. I think making it like Tony Hawk 3's map creator would be good, but keep the menu. I like the forge menu!

  • 10.24.2009 10:44 AM PDT

I think it should be more like Far Cry's 2 map creator.

  • 10.24.2009 10:46 AM PDT

Have you ever seen the blast radius of an actual plasma grenade?

Posted by: TW InKoGnIto
I think it should be more like Far Cry's 2 map creator.


Far Cry has a great map creator as well.

  • 10.24.2009 10:47 AM PDT

making everything squares would ruin forge. it is good the way it is. all the "useless crap" in forge has many uses, i have a feeling you might be talking about the golf stuff on sandbox, some maps utilize those to make certain parts of the map appear grassy, which can be really cool. and if everything had to be placed in squares, some minute details on current maps would be impossible. i dont think its a good idea. forge isnt that hard to use for most people. you just have to learn some techniques. ex: straight walls (very simple, but some think is hard) spawn a cube shaped item. place your wall against the side, delete the cube, wa-la straight wall. Also some angles would be impossible to make if a square system was used. NO SQUARES!!! the regualar grids like in halo 3 maps will be enough for me.

  • 10.24.2009 11:36 AM PDT

Here’s what Luke had to say about the differences in treatment between the Spartans and Elites in Reach:

“Instead of piece-by-piece customization like the Spartans, Elite customization is a full model swap with models selected from the various Elite classes appearing throughout the Campaign. There are all kinds of reasons for this, not the least of which is our continued emphasis on the Spartan as your identity in Reach.”

Give it a "VIZR" mode, where moveable objects are outlined by colors.

  • 10.24.2009 11:38 AM PDT

Have you ever seen the blast radius of an actual plasma grenade?

why not just make grass then.... and the soccer ball is for....?
Posted by: saml1997
making everything squares would ruin forge. it is good the way it is. all the "useless crap" in forge has many uses, i have a feeling you might be talking about the golf stuff on sandbox, some maps utilize those to make certain parts of the map appear grassy, which can be really cool. and if everything had to be placed in squares, some minute details on current maps would be impossible. i dont think its a good idea. forge isnt that hard to use for most people. you just have to learn some techniques. ex: straight walls (very simple, but some think is hard) spawn a cube shaped item. place your wall against the side, delete the cube, wa-la straight wall. Also some angles would be impossible to make if a square system was used. NO SQUARES!!! the regualar grids like in halo 3 maps will be enough for me.

  • 10.24.2009 11:46 AM PDT

What about a sandbox Grid and maybe the could make it where every map could offer sandbox level editing w/ different maps having different themes for more varied forging also allow the Spawning of every vehicle Weapon Equipment And map building Pieces (Walls Blocks Boxes Windows Crates & maybe a few open-able, Close-able Doors) so that players Genius Can truly rise and people can make awesome maps on places other than sandbox's desert. and maybe put spawn-able kill barriers and barriers so that map sizes can be limited or expanded and lastly make special classes of spawn-able Items like trees ETC that would add extra variety

  • 10.24.2009 12:46 PM PDT