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Subject: MC's armor not brown!!

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Posted by: sycomunkee
Ok, Bungie mentioned in an update that there is a new thing called precomputed radiance.

Now radiance is the light that reflects off of an object.

EXAMPLE of RADIANCE
take a white peice of paper, and place it in a well lit space.
Hover your hand over it and you will notice that the light will bounce off the paper
and give your hand somewhat of a white glow on your palm.

The desert is sand, sand is a light and very bright yellow/tan color, his armor is green and reflective. So when the sun's light hits the sand, the color gets reflected onto the cheif, making his armor look like it has a golden brown look to it.

Proof of what Bungie said about radience
Q
What kind of graphics can we expect from Halo 3?

A
Halo 3's graphics will include the features seen in the real-time trailer and more, these are rendered using a new graphics engine, making the most of next-gen features like HDR (High Dynamic Range) lighting, pre-computed radiance transfer, and much, much more. The game will also take full advantage of the Xbox 360's HDTV capabilities.


http://www.bungie.net/Games/Halo3/content.aspx?link=Halo 3Anno unceFAQ


oh and for the people that dont under stand, yellow and green make brown.

Kinda good theory.... But wrong. The reflective services are too real to be this unrealstic. The sand wouldnt affect his whole body such as his head. You would see some of his classic green color on certain areas if this were true...

  • 06.06.2006 12:03 PM PDT
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http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/Halo2/screenshots/h2_e3_07 .jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/games/halo3/screenshots/h3_e3200 6_ChiefVisor.jpg


There really isnt much color difference between the 2 different pics.. Radience is in Halo3 and its obvious. He is the same color as he was in Halo2. The only difference is that in Halo3 his paint looks like its a little more worn and faded.. but not by much.

If anything, it looks more real, and less cartoonish

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  • 06.06.2006 12:07 PM PDT
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Maybe he had walked through the desert for several days and then sand particles got onto his suit..... um, yeah.

  • 06.06.2006 12:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: sycomunkee
http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/Halo2/screenshots/h2_ e3_07.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/games/halo3/screenshots/h3_ e32006_ChiefVisor.jpg


There really isnt much color difference between the 2 different pics.. Radience is in Halo3 and its obvious. He is the same color as he was in Halo2. The only difference is that in Halo3 his paint looks like its a little more worn and faded.. but not by much.

If anything, it looks more real, and less cartoonish

I will agree with that just not the first post...

  • 06.06.2006 1:42 PM PDT

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I'm gonna call it ... Bungie harnessing the power of new hardware to employ a richer, HD color pallette to more accurately reflect their original vision.

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Posted by: Kilwan
Posted by: sycomunkee
Posted by: Mr Sickness
Good job...XD


i posted this because everyone sais his armor is a different color, and its not.


That is because this place is running rampant with idiots and glove hippies.


I feel your pain...bro

  • 06.06.2006 2:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: dansego
To the person (idiot) who was trying to compare mixing light to mixing paint.

Try mixing all the colours you own together, you get brown.

Then consider white light has every colour in it. idiots


Have you never seen what happens when two lights with colour filters converge? Its pretty similar to paint, I can tell you now. White light is pretty much the only difference.

So, who was saying idiot again?

Besides all this, and back to the main topic, when a green car drives through the desert, does it change colour like the MC has in the trailer?

I would say a car was probably shinier than the MC anyway, seeing as he'd probably want to limit how easy it is to see him. Therefore, unless it's mud and/or sand, which I seriously doubt as he'd change colour from cutscene to cutscene as you (the player) cannot see his colour when playing, then his armour has changed colour.


i disagree, i work with color's and texture samples for exterior applications and i can tell you that your surrounding area and the amount of sunlight greatly affect the appearance of things. MC armor is a kind of pale green, not a very dark or deep color. it would be very easy for it to reflect lighting if the game physics system allows such a thing. because i tell you right now, if i were to take a glossy pale green sample out to a huge sandy desert surrounded by sunlight it would take on a sandy color, plain and simple. that does not mean he hasn't had a color change, or new armor, but it doesn't mean he has either.

  • 06.06.2006 2:40 PM PDT

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