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Subject: Ideas For Forge

War doesn't determine who is right. War determines who is left.

My two ideas that would be bot simple for Bungie to produce and consume little extra GPU usage, are as follows:

1. Weather effects - Like dusk, night, rain, lightning, fog, smoke/ash that can be combined, eg. Night and lighning. This would give better moods for certain game types than visual effects in Halo 3 did (Like gloom on zombie gametypes).

2. Second idea would also be spawned like an effect, but my idea is a 3D effect, that would render from 2 in game cameras a small distance apart, and combine the images to produce a single one, wher the differences are red or blue, and what is the same (Within a few pixels' tolerance) wpould remain colour. I git the idea from making several 3D photos using this method: http://ui32.gamespot.com/1535/splat_2.jpg

Post your thoughts on these ideas and your own. Mebbeh Bungie will include them in an update?! =P

[Edited on 10.01.2010 3:31 PM PDT]

  • 10.01.2010 3:29 PM PDT


Posted by: flyn21193
My two ideas that would be bot simple for Bungie to produce and consume little extra GPU usage, are as follows:

1. Weather effects - Like dusk, night, rain, lightning, fog, smoke/ash that can be combined, eg. Night and lighning. This would give better moods for certain game types than visual effects in Halo 3 did (Like gloom on zombie gametypes).

2. Second idea would also be spawned like an effect, but my idea is a 3D effect, that would render from 2 in game cameras a small distance apart, and combine the images to produce a single one, wher the differences are red or blue, and what is the same (Within a few pixels' tolerance) wpould remain colour. I git the idea from making several 3D photos using this method: http://ui32.gamespot.com/1535/splat_2.jpg

Post your thoughts on these ideas and your own. Mebbeh Bungie will include them in an update?! =P


#1 Do you mean Dynamic weather? Like being able to actively change it? That my friend, would require a <b>lot</b> more GPU.

#2 I don't want to have to sit in front of my TV wearing dorky-paper glasses bungie will most likely charge $20 for.

#3 Bungie will be making no more Major Updates.

  • 10.01.2010 4:11 PM PDT

War doesn't determine who is right. War determines who is left.

Not exactly dynamic weather: All it would need is a different shader effect(already on the forge), and particle effects (the rain, mist, smoke, etc. These particles would just cycle in a repeated pattern and remain unchanged by the players' actions. If you ever played Ratchet Gladiator and used the weather changer you'll know what i mean.

As for the 3D, most peopl already have paper 3d glasses, and to be able to play 3D on a non 3D tv would be a major plus in a game that would take maybe only a day to produce. All it would do is merge 2 camera angles into one picture, so again, not TOO graphics intensive.

Thirdly... maybe in a map pack? Reach is well in need of moar mappage, and the heroic for halo 3 introduced a hellovalotta new features, like objects that remain static and visual effects =)

  • 10.09.2010 12:10 PM PDT

War doesn't determine who is right. War determines who is left.

New idea: Bungie should add a quit option once the votes have decided and the map is loading. That way, people can quit (Though still be penalised) without having to wait till the match hass started. It's not as if people are going to dashboard from the lobby just to save people the annoyance of a 20 second black screen!

  • 10.25.2010 8:33 AM PDT

For Pony!!! :P

I've been hopping for the weather and day/night options for a long time.. I'm honestly really surprised Bungie never put it in there. o.O
I'm not really sure I understand what the second idea is so I don't really have an opinion on it.. :P

I've also been wondering how hard it would be to add AI, and maybe traps and hazards to maps. Yes this would probably require quite a bit more GPU usage or w/e, but it would make the maps a Lot more fun/challenging! ^.^

  • 10.25.2010 8:54 AM PDT

rf1

  • 10.25.2010 9:10 AM PDT

Bungie it wood be good if we had 3rd person view and a map which is blank plus flat and traps and message me bak thanks

[Edited on 10.25.2010 1:00 PM PDT]

  • 10.25.2010 12:58 PM PDT

War doesn't determine who is right. War determines who is left.

I think they've tried somewhat with traps and hazards in the form of fusion coils and kill balls, as well as the addition kill / soft kill boundaries, but a wider variety would definetly be better, especially AI. Maybe someday we will bear witness to the birth of Halo G-Mod! Until then I can't wait to test out Crysis 2, if it's anything like what I've heard of Farcry 2.

In response to the 3D effect, it is kind of hard to explain if you don't immediatly understand. It would be activated by spawning an "effect ball" and instead of seeing gloomy or pen and ink effect, the whole screen would have red and blue in the foreground (Two seperate views processed and overlaid as one). This would let you use cheapo red/blue glasses to experience Halo Reach in 3D.

  • 10.31.2010 2:18 AM PDT