- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
um dude those screenshots do look bad, take it from someone who knows (i am a texture artist [skiner] for the halo custom edition map team, CMT) and those screenshots are terrible. The shadow of the mongoose has pixelation, the grass texture tiles incrdibly bad, where the cliffs line up with the snow at the top is horrid, though these are pre alpha, I know these will get better.
Though, one thing I am VERY concerned about is the Spartan lasers first person model. That thing needs some serious loving, It's way too low poly, the texture is bland and lacks detail. T
he spartans, though the same model as Halo 2, is alot higher poly, more detail is actually modelled into the biped, rather than relying on normal/bump mapping to give detail.
For a 360 title, I'm expecting the textures for everything to be no smaller than 1024², the biped textures im hoping to be larger than 2048². Also about the very hi res screenshot of the halo 3 spartan, shown to us on the Happy Halo day(twas a good day :P) I think the model is way too shiny. It seems to shine like greese in places that would not normally shine i.e. the rubber parts of the armour. He looks a bit oily and greasy looking. Though I can tell by the detail put into him (hopefully no detail maps) that the rest of the content will scream sexy by teh time of the game shipping.
Also, a lovely addition would be REAL grass. It's the last in the series, the only one on 360, I would hate to see it have the same grass as the previous games. I'd love to see some mongii tearing through the fields of Valhalla, watching the grass part way and mud flick up as it goes <3 Would surely be full of win.
All of this said, it's a pre alpha build. I wasn't expecting finished game content, but please PLEASE fix the spartan laser 1st person, it doesn't look too far from Halo 1 graphics to me. spartan lasers and spikers are also currently being made for custom maps in halo Custom Edition, and they actually look BETTER than yours (wich at the moment is quite sad) so please fix it, though, I'm sure you guys are aware of it, and It's just a rough skin thrown together.
I wish the bungie doods all the luck for the future :D