Halo-like maps?

by tman_elite on 12/01/2007 06:21, 104 messages, last message: 09/03/2022 15:41, 60908 views, last view: 05/18/2024 16:34

I was just wondering, wouldn't it be cool if some people made some maps similar to those from Halo 2 and Halo 3? For example, I think a level like Valhalla from Halo 3 would be really cool. Also a map like Lockout from Halo 2 would be sweet. There's a whole bunch of Halo maps that would make great Sauer maps.

I'd try to do it, but I would fail miserably. I suck at mapping stuff...

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by Julius on 12/01/2007 10:13

pardon my ignorance, but since I have no idea what these maps are, it would be nice to explain *what* exactly makes these maps good and suited for Sauerbraten.

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by JadeMatrix on 12/01/2007 16:01, refers to #1

I don't play Halo, but my impression is that some may work for Sauer. The slow run + vehicle speed /2 ~ run speed in sauer, so stuff like the famous Blood Gulch might be OK. Those other maps, I have no idea.

Blood Gulch on Halopedia:
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Blood_Gulch

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by James007 on 12/01/2007 17:51

leave the halo maps in the halo universe :P

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by ATIRULE on 12/01/2007 19:38

DELETE THIS^ Retarted Thread please

If What Halo maps make then your self
if you don't know how or can't Don't ask us about it :P

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by slider on 12/01/2007 19:40

Anyone spot the troll in this thread...hmm....I wonder

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by SheeEttin on 12/01/2007 22:05

Lockout's been done... it isn't that great.
I've don't think I've ever played Halo 2 (though I may have), but if I imagine playing this map in it, it'd work there. Not so much here.

Here it is: http://www.quadropolis.us/node/706

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by tentus_ on 12/01/2007 23:55, refers to #6

Nothing in the Halo maps made me think "ooh, cool." In point of fact, some of the Halo maps rank as the worst maps in all games ever in my book. I would hate, hate, hate to see the Coagulation map redone- I find it to be the most overfanboyed map in existance.

Halo is a console game, in the way that makes me cringe, and its quality is on par with that basic premise. Why would we imitate something so inferior to begin with?

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by tman_elite on 12/02/2007 03:36, refers to #7

I didn't say to imitate the gameplay or anything of Halo, I just said that some of their maps could be remade to be great Sauer maps. I agree that Halo has some terrible levels, but there are some really good ones too.

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by w 400% on 12/02/2007 04:33, refers to #6

thats such a low quality map it shouldnt even count.

using mapping concepts from halo would be a better idea then just copying a map.

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by tentus_ on 12/02/2007 07:41, refers to #9

Concepts like what? Crates? A train that *gasp* kills you if you're dumb enough to stand in front of it? Maybe glowy arrows pointing to the flag for people who can't learn how to navigate?

I just can't think of a single original idea in Halo that was good. Everything in the story was ripped from Larry Niven, and anything even remotely different in the gameplay was poorly done. We should be striving to be distinct from games like Halo, not remakes; we should be looking for a style of mapping that is original and fun, and build up a library from that.

Don't misinterpret me- I'm all for individual people having their own styles. But looking to Halo as an inspiration for a central theme is a terrible idea.

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by w 400% on 12/02/2007 20:06, refers to #10

Map themes from the original halo would be fine. Maps like longest, boarding Action or most of the other non-vehicular ones would work fine in sauerbraten. Like in Boarding action, having two ships with teleports between them is not a bad idea for sauerbraten. Or having an entire map center around one tiny corridor, which always turns into a nadefest..

and i personally would like to see a map like Damnation.




This does not involve copying the map and it certainly has nothing to do with the story. it doesnt even have anything to do with the game-play of halo.

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by SheeEttin on 12/02/2007 23:26, refers to #11

I hated Boarding Action. Didn't make any sense.

Just thought I'd share that.

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by JadeMatrix on 12/03/2007 16:37, refers to #11

I've thought of doing a map like that (Boarding Action). But it's low on my to-do list.

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by kurtis84 on 12/03/2007 22:54, refers to #13

Halo is Halo...Sauer is Sauer. Let Halo die, and just make FRESH maps for sauer. Have some imagination, we don't need to copy from old games! :)

My 2 cents.

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by JadeMatrix on 12/04/2007 02:45, refers to #14

lol... "Let Halo die..."

But seriously, Halo an old game? H3 just came out, like, a month or two ago and you call the series old?

But I agree. Take geartrooper's new hudguns — that's what should be happening to the entire content.

All the above makes less and less sense to me every time I read it. XP

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by SanHolo on 12/04/2007 20:17, refers to #15

Well, Halo 3 is Halo 2 with nicer graphics, Halo 2 is Halo with nicer graphics and Halo is Marathon with much nicer graphics...

So, Halo is an old game with some rejuvenating cream on top, but it'll die soon. Hehehe. ;-)

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by shadow,516 on 12/04/2007 20:35, refers to #16

It will never die. It is our punishment for letting Bill Gates get within 50 feet of a game console.

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by JadeMatrix on 12/04/2007 21:14, refers to #17

>.< Apple should've made a console first. I don't know the entire history, but Bungie games used to be primarily for Mac.

7 plus 3 = my favorite Oo

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by fsdfsdconorhfjksdhfjksdhfjk on 12/05/2007 04:43, refers to #18

JadeMatrix: Apple *did* make a game console way before. Apple Pippin.

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by JadeMatrix on 12/05/2007 13:50, refers to #19

Considered in the top 25 worst tech products of all time... probably why I never heard of it.

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