Halo: Reach Forum
This topic has moved here: Subject: ODST Invasion development thread
  • Subject: ODST Invasion development thread
Subject: ODST Invasion development thread
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

Dolphins, man. Dolphins. They are gonna take over the world, and kill us all, man! THEY'LL KILL US ALL! Oh no, they will start with Gondile. Haha, hell if they are gettin' me! No way man, I'll kill 'em. I'll kill them all!!!

I'm uh, done with reach but


damn this is looks like such a good map, almost makes me want to come back

  • 11.05.2011 9:33 PM PDT

Join Halo Haven for all things related to Halo 4


Tell her that If you jingle my bells, Ill promise you a white Christmas - Call Me Venom
The world can't end next month. My yogurt expires in 2013 - Princess Cadence
If Apple invented a car, would it have windows? - Xxembers


Posted by: ANCIENTZOIDIAN
Well the map looked interesting, but the territories do need to be further apart. Also I see the offense spawn causing some trouble. If that team gets pushed back enough then they could get obliterated as spawning the way you did causes damage. They'll be easy targets for spawn killing.



Thanks for the feedback. I'm working out all the issues with spawning. I need 3 spawn hives cause I only have one

  • 11.06.2011 1:21 AM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

Posted by: Horse Repairman
RC RuNz the internet. Like the superintendent.

Posted by: SouthPoIe
Clone is an internet God.

Posted by: DerpRoids
RC Clone is the anti-thesis of a lurker.

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
Posted by: ANCIENTZOIDIAN
Well the map looked interesting, but the territories do need to be further apart. Also I see the offense spawn causing some trouble. If that team gets pushed back enough then they could get obliterated as spawning the way you did causes damage. They'll be easy targets for spawn killing.



Thanks for the feedback. I'm working out all the issues with spawning. I need 3 spawn hives cause I only have one

Is this one the winner, then?

  • 11.06.2011 10:11 AM PDT

Join Halo Haven for all things related to Halo 4


Tell her that If you jingle my bells, Ill promise you a white Christmas - Call Me Venom
The world can't end next month. My yogurt expires in 2013 - Princess Cadence
If Apple invented a car, would it have windows? - Xxembers


Posted by: RC Clone
Is this one the winner, then?


I'm gonna build it on the glitched canvas and see how it'll look. I have a version that I like better because it's 1 territory. For the beginning, I want all the action to be closely-knit, so I'd rather have 1 territory than 2.

  • 11.06.2011 10:27 AM PDT

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
For the beginning, I want all the action to be closely-knit, so I'd rather have 1 territory than 2.
Would 1 territory be too easy for the defending team to babysit?

  • 11.06.2011 10:44 AM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

Posted by: Horse Repairman
RC RuNz the internet. Like the superintendent.

Posted by: SouthPoIe
Clone is an internet God.

Posted by: DerpRoids
RC Clone is the anti-thesis of a lurker.

Posted by: Chief Bigwig
Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
For the beginning, I want all the action to be closely-knit, so I'd rather have 1 territory than 2.
Would 1 territory be too easy for the defending team to babysit?

Not when the attackers spawn so close to it already. It will be hectic 6 on 6 action, instead of the slower 3 on 3 action we usually see.

  • 11.06.2011 10:53 AM PDT

Posted by: RC Clone
hectic 6 on 6 action
Oh, so what invasion should have been from the beginning?

  • 11.06.2011 11:02 AM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

Posted by: Horse Repairman
RC RuNz the internet. Like the superintendent.

Posted by: SouthPoIe
Clone is an internet God.

Posted by: DerpRoids
RC Clone is the anti-thesis of a lurker.

Posted by: Chief Bigwig
Posted by: RC Clone
hectic 6 on 6 action
Oh, so what invasion should have been from the beginning?

Yes.

  • 11.06.2011 11:05 AM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

If you like Armor Lock, you are a troll.

The map in the OP has no elevation change at all. I think if you're going to rebuild it you should have some elevation change, otherwise everyone is just fighting on a flat plane.

  • 11.06.2011 11:16 AM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

Posted by: Horse Repairman
RC RuNz the internet. Like the superintendent.

Posted by: SouthPoIe
Clone is an internet God.

Posted by: DerpRoids
RC Clone is the anti-thesis of a lurker.

Posted by: R0bin L0pez
The map in the OP has no elevation change at all. I think if you're going to rebuild it you should have some elevation change, otherwise everyone is just fighting on a flat plane.

He's already gone through, I think, at least 5 redesigns since the OP video. That was just to show what the aesthetics of the map will be and that he knows what he's forging.

  • 11.06.2011 11:20 AM PDT

Join Halo Haven for all things related to Halo 4


Tell her that If you jingle my bells, Ill promise you a white Christmas - Call Me Venom
The world can't end next month. My yogurt expires in 2013 - Princess Cadence
If Apple invented a car, would it have windows? - Xxembers


Posted by: R0bin L0pez
The map in the OP has no elevation change at all. I think if you're going to rebuild it you should have some elevation change, otherwise everyone is just fighting on a flat plane.


Already been done. Video was just to show the design.

I've been working on this for over a year. I'm not going to make a novel mistake like forgetting elevation changes.

[Edited on 11.06.2011 12:37 PM PST]

  • 11.06.2011 12:32 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

only goat can get a hot topic about a map that's not even out yet. can't wait to see the finished product.

  • 11.06.2011 12:49 PM PDT

If you still are having the drop-in spawn for the spartans with the damage as they land, their is an easy solution. When players fall on an embankment with Reach's physics, they sometimes slide off of it keeping their momentum. If you place a slope with the right angle underneath the landing area, then you can keep the fall, remove the damage, and have them thrown forward into the fight for faster action. It might take some experimentation to find the right angle or to make the slope fit with the aesthetics, though.

  • 11.06.2011 1:13 PM PDT

Join Halo Haven for all things related to Halo 4


Tell her that If you jingle my bells, Ill promise you a white Christmas - Call Me Venom
The world can't end next month. My yogurt expires in 2013 - Princess Cadence
If Apple invented a car, would it have windows? - Xxembers


Posted by: frgt to link gt
If you still are having the drop-in spawn for the spartans with the damage as they land, their is an easy solution. When players fall on an embankment with Reach's physics, they sometimes slide off of it keeping their momentum. If you place a slope with the right angle underneath the landing area, then you can keep the fall, remove the damage, and have them thrown forward into the fight for faster action. It might take some experimentation to find the right angle or to make the slope fit with the aesthetics, though.


Wow that is very interesting to know. I'll have to try this out.

  • 11.06.2011 1:19 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

Make it so the slide right into battle. that'll be so cool!

  • 11.06.2011 1:28 PM PDT


Posted by: Vespera34
Make it so the slide right into battle. that'll be so cool!

Lol, it's gonna be a spartan dispenser. Can't believe I forgot about that. Although I still think there would have to be more than one.

[Edited on 11.06.2011 1:43 PM PST]

  • 11.06.2011 1:41 PM PDT

Join Halo Haven for all things related to Halo 4


Tell her that If you jingle my bells, Ill promise you a white Christmas - Call Me Venom
The world can't end next month. My yogurt expires in 2013 - Princess Cadence
If Apple invented a car, would it have windows? - Xxembers

I think one will be fine. Just as long as the drop isn't too bad.

  • 11.06.2011 2:47 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

Posted by: Horse Repairman
RC RuNz the internet. Like the superintendent.

Posted by: SouthPoIe
Clone is an internet God.

Posted by: DerpRoids
RC Clone is the anti-thesis of a lurker.

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
I think one will be fine. Just as long as the drop isn't too bad.

How's it going now?

  • 11.06.2011 3:31 PM PDT

Join Halo Haven for all things related to Halo 4


Tell her that If you jingle my bells, Ill promise you a white Christmas - Call Me Venom
The world can't end next month. My yogurt expires in 2013 - Princess Cadence
If Apple invented a car, would it have windows? - Xxembers


Posted by: RC Clone
Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
I think one will be fine. Just as long as the drop isn't too bad.

How's it going now?


i'm trying a more asymmetric design, because adding height to either of the ones I was working on yesterday (like the one in the OP) will be detrimental to the original design.

Asymmetric is the way to go, which sucks because I'm not an asymmetric forger. All of my maps thus far have been symmetrical (except for the invasion ones for obvious reasons)

So we'll see where it goes.

  • 11.06.2011 3:35 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

Posted by: Horse Repairman
RC RuNz the internet. Like the superintendent.

Posted by: SouthPoIe
Clone is an internet God.

Posted by: DerpRoids
RC Clone is the anti-thesis of a lurker.

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
Posted by: RC Clone
Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
I think one will be fine. Just as long as the drop isn't too bad.

How's it going now?


i'm trying a more asymmetric design, because adding height to either of the ones I was working on yesterday (like the one in the OP) will be detrimental to the original design.

Asymmetric is the way to go, which sucks because I'm not an asymmetric forger. All of my maps thus far have been symmetrical (except for the invasion ones for obvious reasons)

So we'll see where it goes.

So after all those previous designs you are now going to try forging in a territory you do not know well?

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

  • 11.06.2011 3:37 PM PDT

Posted by: CultMiester4000
I'm not really an Apple person (Bananas forever) but damn, that's kinda sad.

Superb work!

I'm just mad at a few things;

#1- Entirely made of Forge blocks; it would've been better if you used the terrain a bit to make it more visually engaging.

#2-WTF first spawn (Fall damage off spawn)

#3- It looks cramped in places, essentially inviting grenades to be spammed.

[Edited on 11.06.2011 3:40 PM PST]

  • 11.06.2011 3:40 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

Posted by: Horse Repairman
RC RuNz the internet. Like the superintendent.

Posted by: SouthPoIe
Clone is an internet God.

Posted by: DerpRoids
RC Clone is the anti-thesis of a lurker.

Posted by: ParagonRenegade
Superb work!

I'm just mad at a few things;

#1- Entirely made of Forge blocks; it would've been better if you used the terrain a bit to make it more visually engaging.

#2-WTF first spawn (Fall damage off spawn)

#3- It looks cramped in places, essentially inviting grenades to be spammed.

1 he wants the city feel and most of the terrain he doesn't like the shape of.

2 He wants you to fell like ODSTs getting dropped in.

3 He spawns us with low or no grenades depending on the loadout.

  • 11.06.2011 3:45 PM PDT

Join Halo Haven for all things related to Halo 4


Tell her that If you jingle my bells, Ill promise you a white Christmas - Call Me Venom
The world can't end next month. My yogurt expires in 2013 - Princess Cadence
If Apple invented a car, would it have windows? - Xxembers


Posted by: RC Clone
So after all those previous designs you are now going to try forging in a territory you do not know well?

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-


So far so good. I'm looking at this image


Posted by: ParagonRenegade
Superb work!

I'm just mad at a few things;

#1- Entirely made of Forge blocks; it would've been better if you used the terrain a bit to make it more visually engaging.

#2-WTF first spawn (Fall damage off spawn)

#3- It looks cramped in places, essentially inviting grenades to be spammed.


I'm gonna try and incorporate a patch of grass from the quarry into my design. Which means I wont be building in the skybox anymore :/

I want players to drop into the city and experience some form of damage because it's ODSTs. But if that's too confusing to players I'll probably just make a pelican for them to spawn in.

Also, the reason why I don't use terrain anymore is because I want that initial drop. Otherwise I'd have started them in vehicle combat like old versions. The first concept designs had a huge vehicle battle in the canyon before entering the city.

I'm starting out with 1 nade per player; however, I'm also taking consideration into small spaces.

The video in the OP is just to show off some of the aesthetic models I've made. I'm too lazy to edit the OP to clarify :P

  • 11.06.2011 3:54 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

Posted by: Horse Repairman
RC RuNz the internet. Like the superintendent.

Posted by: SouthPoIe
Clone is an internet God.

Posted by: DerpRoids
RC Clone is the anti-thesis of a lurker.

I edited my first reply to try and help.

  • 11.06.2011 3:58 PM PDT

Join Halo Haven for all things related to Halo 4


Tell her that If you jingle my bells, Ill promise you a white Christmas - Call Me Venom
The world can't end next month. My yogurt expires in 2013 - Princess Cadence
If Apple invented a car, would it have windows? - Xxembers

Looking at this again gives me a great idea.

I'm gonna have players decide whether they want to be in the territory, or up in that building fighting the Elites on the bridge. I'm gonna put windows in the building too so they can help shoot enemies who rush the supply cache. This way we see designated teamwork. If 5 "ODSTs" want to rush the building, the last guy should be capping the territory. his buddies will then be able to give him cover.

I gotta get creative with walls though. I still don't wanna use the glitched canvas.

[Edited on 11.06.2011 4:02 PM PST]

  • 11.06.2011 4:01 PM PDT