dinosaurJR's Halo Mod
 

Well, its good to be back...

Anyway,

I am currently working on a Halo conversion for A1, and intend to update this thread every now and then...:)

I am in a bit of a rush just now - Im heading on a snowboarding trip so details will be forthcoming - but know this - This mod will rock (at least I hope so).

However, to first things first - The name.

I have a few thoughts, but I would be interested to have some community input as well - many hands light work etc...

I am thinking;

Halo: Strategy Evolved

Halo: Armada Evolved

Halo: Fleet Commander

Halo: Fleet Combat

Which do you guys think is best? Im open to other suggestions?

More info in a week or so...

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So you are going to convert models from Halo to Armada?

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Nice too see you plan to carry on with this, I quite like the sound of Halo: Fleet Command, rather than Commander.

And IKS - from what I've seen, hes doing all the models and textures himself, no converting :)

Re: dinosaurJR's Halo Mod
 

Go with Halo: Fleet Command

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Number 3 sounds good

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kinda like one but i have to agree 3 is better...A1 huh glad o see its still kicking....cause thats all i mod :)

Re: dinosaurJR's Halo Mod
 

kinda like one but i have to agree 3 is better...A1 huh glad to see its still kicking....cause thats all i mod :)

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Ok, thanks for the help all,

Halo: Fleet Command...

Has a ring to it...

As for any converting etc... All models and textures etc... will be by me... does anyone remember the pain that Ultimate Dragon went through with his Halo mod? Just because there was a chance that some of the material was ripped?

So I state clearly that no materials used in this mod will come directly from any of the Halo games - although the Halo universe and all contents there in are the intellectual property of Bungie, all of the materials in this mod are by me - and some are even my own designs.........

But more later - I will post a complete list of what I plan to do later today - maybe tomorrow... I need to do some work after all...

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Oh, also, all of the A1 modders that are still at large - please keep checking in here, as I have very little experience of modding A1 - I may need your help...;-)

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Ok, here is the unit list as I see it so far... The stuff in red is yet to be started on, the stuff in black started but not finished - the stuff in green is in game and working well...(of course, there arent any green entries yet)

UNSC Unit List;

StationaryUnits;
UNSC Forward Support Command Post
UNSC Orca Class Anti Capital Ship Mine
Mobile Units;
UNSC Type 61 Support Frigate (new design)
UNSC C-307 Longsword Multi Role Attack Craft
UNSC Type 52 Attack Frigate (in amber clad type)
UNSC Type 43 Destroyer (iroquois type)
UNSC Thermopylae Class Advanced Cruiser (new design)
UNSC Avalon Class Missile Cruiser (new design)
UNSC Halcyon Class Reinforced Cruiser (Pillar of Autumn Type)
UNSC Marathon Class Heavy Cruiser
UNSC Trafalgar Class Dreadnaught (new design)
UNSC Prowler Class

Covenant Unit List;

Stationary Units;
Vectoring Node
Covenant Ogre Anti Capital Ship Mine
Mobile Units;
Support Ship
Needler Corvette
Jiralhanae Frigate (as in the book "Ghosts of Onyx")
CPV Class Destroyer
CCS Class Cruiser (Truth and Reconcilliation Type)
Reverence Class Super Cruiser (as in the book "ghosts of onyx")
Assault Carrier (As seen in Halo 2 & 3)

Flood Unit List;

Stationary Units;
Gravemind
Mobile Units;
Flood Hybrid Sentinel
Infection Form Ship

Forerunner Unit List

Stationary Units;
Maginot Sphere Remnant
Sentinel Production Facility
Resource Collection Hub

Mobile Unit List;
Onyx Sentinel Config 1 (Construction) (as in the book "ghosts of onyx")
Onyx Sentinel Config 2 (Combat Single) (as in the book "ghosts of onyx")
Onyx Sentinel Config 3 (Combat Pair) (as in the book "ghosts of onyx")
Onyx Sentinel Config 4 (Resource Collector) (as in the book "ghosts of onyx")

This is what I want to put into this mod so far... Im thinking of hero ships and map units too - but time will tell.

I will get to posting some images when I get time...

Of course, i'm open to some suggestions from the community as well...

Re: dinosaurJR's Halo Mod
 

Looks like a great list, can't wait to see some pics of what you've done :)

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Here is the first (of many I hope) updates to Halo:Fleet Command!

Just the four images so far...I do have many more models, just dont have time to take pics of them all right now...

First - the CCS;



A bit poly heavy - 2500 or so, but the whole point of this mod is that you wont have huge fleets...but more on that later...

Next - the CNC Needler Corvette;



This unit will act as an anti fighter ship - spitting hundreds of needler shards into space!

Next - Just a size comparison - Im not sure, but the CNC could do with being a little smaller?



Hm?

And last, A Covenant swarm!!



Again, I think the Seraph is too big...

more on the way!:cya:

Re: dinosaurJR's Halo Mod
 

Great models! can't wait to see more :)

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I'll be keeping an eye on this one for sure, looking good keep up the hard work. :D

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Good work man!

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Hey, thanks for the positive feedback guys! Also, Majestic! its good to see you round here again! I really should visit MSFC more often!

Just a wee update here, showing some of the UNSC models I have been building...

First, here is the Type 11 Corvette - fills a similar role to the Covenant Needler Corvette...



Its a little smaller than the UNSC Frigate, but has no MAC cannon...many many Machine guns though...

Here is a comparison with the Longsword model I plan to use...



I know - the longsword is a little inaccurate - I will probably play around with the shape a little - but I want 100's of these on screen at once - so they need to be low poly...

Next, lets play spot the Ship Class...






He (or She, It, They, whatever...) who can name all of the Ship Classes in these images wins my eternal respect (and possibly a cookie, but not Pie)

More on the way guys...:cya:

Re: dinosaurJR's Halo Mod
 

Thanks, yeah things are sure happening over there.

The mod looks awesome I love Halo, if only A1 worked correctly on my PC.

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Hey,

Less of an update and more of a question...

If I were to look into having the UNSC side with no shields, is it a simple case of in the units odf having;

shieldGeneratorHitPoints = 0
enginesHitPoints = 10
weaponsHitPoints = 10
lifeSupportHitPoints = 10
sensorsHitPoints = 10


or would the units continually have that ugly shields down sprite on them the whole time?

Has anyone experimented with shieldless vessles before?

Re: dinosaurJR's Halo Mod
 

Yeah. You also have to set "maxShields = 0" and "maxHealth = XXX" for it to work, though, IIRC. The Borg in my build don't use shields, and they don't have the shields-down sprite, work just fine, function without shields normally.

Good luck. :)

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Here is the state of play with the UNSC units so far...

UNSC Unit List;

StationaryUnits;
UNSC Forward Support Command Post
UNSC Orca Class Anti Capital Ship Mine
Mobile Units;
UNSC Type 61 Support Frigate (new design)

UNSC C-307 Longsword Multi Role Attack Craft

UNSC Type 52 Attack Frigate (in amber clad type)

UNSC Type 43 Destroyer (iroquois type)

UNSC Avalon Class Missile Cruiser (new design)

UNSC Halcyon Class Reinforced Cruiser (Pillar of Autumn Type)

UNSC Marathon Class Heavy Cruiser

UNSC Yamato Class Dreadnaught (new design)

UNSC Prowler Class


As you can see, things are progressing rapidly - though to be honest, this is the easy part. Modeling I can do, texturing too (hey, that rhymes) but I get a little lost when it comes to coding etc... I only just learned how to use spoiler tags, for gods sake!

Oh, and dont worry - the texture shown above is only a place holder, so I can see how the model looks when rendered by the A1 eng. I will do proper textures, I promise!

So, untill next time... (which should be soon...)

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Excellent models, great to see things shaping up so well, fantastic work :)

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Thanks Dan:)

Is it a bird? is it a plane? well...







Oh, and what do y'all think of the new official Halo: Fleet Command banner down below there?

more on the way guys!:cya:

Re: dinosaurJR's Halo Mod
 

Outstanding work, certainly going to download despite the fact that A1 sound doesn't work right on my PC.

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Same here, fortunatly it doesn't take too much work to get A1 mods to work in A2 :)

Fantastic work as usual :)

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Well, it has always been my intention for this to be an A2 mod...

It is just circumstance that has forced me to mod A1 for now... not to say that this mod wont be done for A1 - I want to have a version for A1 and A2... the A1 version will come first, and when I get my proper gaming laptop, and A2 version will follow...

Here is another one, fresh as of ten minutes ago;



Well, the UNSC and Covenant models are all finished, just the Forerunner and Flood models to go...

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Wow! That Prowler Class looks amazing!

The speed at which you're getting these models done is truly impressive. Will you be doing the UNSC orbital defense platform as well?

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Thanks dan! Im kinda proud of the Prowler too!

I had some time on my hands, end of last week...So I thought I would get as much done as possible.

Im back to my usual routine now, so things may slow a little...

But never fear, I'll get there eventually. As for the MAC platform - not sure, probably not for the release version, but maybe as a map unit? Or as an addon later? Or for the single player campaign? (yes, Im planning on retaining single player mode, Halo style! - your eyes do not deceive you...)

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If it's not too late here is some reference and inspiration material for you in this thread over at SFM.

UNSC fleet - Page 2 - Scifi-Meshes.com

Re: dinosaurJR's Halo Mod
 

Not at all mate, thanks fot the reference material!

Im currently working on texturing the Covenant Needler Corvette, but its slow going - Im on to the third texture ( I just wasnt happy with the first two - its tough being the 3d artist, the 2d artist, the concept guy, update guy, coding guy, general tea maker and dogs body and the mod leader all rolled into one, you know!)

but never fear, I plan to have it done by end of week...

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ok, sssssshhhhhh! dont tell anyone, but I did this at work today while it was quiet...

yes, I do have the best job in the world...



Its the third attempt at a covenant looking texture - what do you all think? am I going in the right direction?

Re: dinosaurJR's Halo Mod
 

Very cool, and very Covenant lol, I can't really see much more you can do with it, the colouring and everything looks about right.

Nicely done :)

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I agree with Dan, really nice work.

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hey, just another wee update.

Im planning on updating less in the future - possibly once a month, that way there will be more to tell you all about...

Sort of an official monthly update type situation...maybe bi - monthly...

Anyways,

I have completed the first UNSC capital ship texture...



Yes, those are sharks teeth - I figured if its good enough for WW2 pilots, its good enough for the UNSCDF... But the question is, which texture should I use?

I was thinking the clean one for a standard unit, the dirty one for a hero / map unit (I was thinking UNSC Avenger, if you get my drift...?)

Oh, and thanks for the help / feed back so far guys!:cool:

Re: dinosaurJR's Halo Mod
 

Thats an absolutely outstanding texture (and model too) there and I agree with your choice on having the clean one for the buildable and dirty for the hero. ;)

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Pretty much exactly what I was gonna say lol, well done indeed the ship looks amazing, and I agree with Majestic; clean for the buildable and roughed up for the hero :)

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awesome... now I need to find a copy of A1 so I can play this when it's done.

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Thanks for the positive feedback guys!

Even if you dont have A1 - it really doesnt take much to convert to A2...

I might even do it myself when I get my new laptop...

Anyways, here is what Ive been up to:)





I hope to have more done in the next couple of weeks:cya:

Re: dinosaurJR's Halo Mod
 

This mod is looking really, really cool.

I wonder what would happen if someone was to take the UNSC, the UFP, the Galactic Empire, the Colonial Fleet, and the Minbari and fling them into a meatgrinder...

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The Covenant Assault Carrier is quite possibly my favourite ship design from the Halo series, and you've done a fantastic job of creating it! I love the detal and the textures look excellent. Well done indeed! :)

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These are starting to look really good. Good news to hear you are thinking of an A2 version. It will be well worth the wait.

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Why thank you Dan! I have to admit though - it comes at a price - four 512x512 textures and 4200polys or so...

You will only have two of these max at any one time though - they will be stupidly powerful and extremely resource heavy.

Yep, this mod was originally meant to be for A2 - but moving to Norway and other factors meant that I only have an ancient Dell laptop to work with - but Im looking into getting an older Alienware or Rock laptop - nothing special - just enough to run A1, A2 and Homeworld2...

Good question! - You know that Majest(ic) over at MSFC has an A2 mod called Parallels, right (at least I think it was released?) It should have some answers for you...=p

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Looking great Dino, I am loving the work you are doing here and even though my sound doesn't work right for A1, I will still be playing and downloading this as it look like one memorable mod. :)

It unfortunately was cancelled but a lot of the material has or is going to be released over at MSFC once we get a major upgrade out of the way and upgrade our hosting package. ;)

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As for that meatgrinder... I did that minus the halo units of course and besides 4 months of hair pulling (I'm now quite bald at only 23 thanks to modding a2) it was really fun for like 2 weeks... then my perfectionist side came out again and I fiddled it into a "out of Memory increase swap file" hell. But oh yeah if you got the patience and the hair to try it, throw them together...

Awesome news on the a2 version i will definately be looking forward to that! Even my fiancee kicks my butt at the HALO games, i jsut stink at them for some reason, but i LOVE LOVE LOVE the books. So this is awesome! Keep up the great work!

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This looks really great! I should check the forums around here more often.

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Sorry to hear that Majestic - Parallels looked a really interesting mod... Good to hear that its not completely dead though, eh?

Cheers man! I reckon because of the way that glows, borg (read FLOOD) textures and such are done in A1 that this mod will actually run a hell of alot better in A2 - I just need to get myself a new computer...

Thanks man, please, check in as often as you like - all are welcome! I try to update as often as i have new content...

Speaking of which...

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Very nice - love the grey texture (never been a fan of purple, except Vimto...).

Flood as well, eh? That should be interesting :)

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Wow! love the CCS, both texture versions look excellent! Maybe use one as the standard buildable version (the purple one I think, since that one was seen in the games) and the grey one as some kind of armoured variant?

Either way the model and textures look great! :)

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Looking awesome, the purple one was see in Halo 1 and I think the grey ones were in Halo 2 and 3 so maybe use the grey ones as Dan suggested, that being upgrades or something using the fusion weapon.

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WOW. Looking good.

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Just wanted to run somthing by you all -









So what do you think?

Oh and thanks for the feedback guys - I promise that this mod will be worth the wait:cya: