Marathon Remake

[ultama121]

I noticed recently that some people on Halopc.net are remaking Marathon into Halo CE. The following posts were by thinkreddie at Halopc.net.

First Post:
I read a topic on the bungie forums requesting a remake of Marathon.
Finally, an idea for a Halo project came to me. Remaking Marathon as a series of Halo CE maps would be beyond awesome.

So, I've decided to try and recruit a team for the job.
We'll need:
1- A modeler, to create biped models, scenery, weapons, and BSPs.
2- A Model Rigger, to rig the models for animation.
3- An animator, to animate bipeds and third/first-person views of the weapons.
4- A skinner, to skin the weapons/bipeds/level mesh.
5- Somebody who is experienced in UVW mapping.
6- Somebody who can tag all of the custom content.
7- Somebody who can populate and build the levels.
8- An uber scripting specialist.
9- A sound person who can comile dialogs, sound effects, and background sounds.

I may have missed some, let me know if I did.
Anybody interested? I can probably take on number 6 or 7.

EDIT: I forgot about sounds. Yes, we'll need somebody to make some sound tags.

Second Post:
Here's the roster so far:
1- Matooba, Evil_Monkey
2- Matooba
3- Matooba
4- Sgt Botley???
5- Sgt Botley???
6- thinkreddie, ledhedgn???
7- thinkreddie, ledhedgn???
8- (nobody yet...)
9- (nobody yet...)

We need more!

Well, thought I might as well make Modacity aware of this project.
Edit: Almost forgot the original URL
http://halopc.moddercentral.net/halo...er=asc&start=0

[n00b1n8R]

Wasn't illegal cheatsman doing this like a year ago on the halomaps forums?

[Saggy]

Oh wow, Halopc.net. I didn't think DECOY would bother starting it up again after the last two times it got hacked. I remember when it was just a .tk site.

Honestly though, I don't know if these guys have the skill and patience to make something like this happen. Maybe they've changed, I don't know. Have to wait and see how it turns out I guess.

Also, I wasn't trying to bash on anyone there with that last statement but it's been a while since I've seen any of their stuff, so I haven't seen if they progressed from the last time I was at HPC.net.

[/minirantthatnooneprobablycaredabout]

[SnaFuBAR]

No big deal. It's just an idea, they've done nothing. I really don't see the point of a thread notifying people of another idea thread on another website that is based on still someone's idea thread on yet another website.

[Darqeness]

I started working on a model for a .44 magnum a few months ago. Problem with remaking Marathon weapons is the accuracy. The only two side-on images is the in-game sprite (which is useless for plane modeling) and the manual illustration. A lot of the detail has to be improvised.

Also, people may not agree on the biped. There are so many different artworks of the cyborg that no one will agree on one set. The most detailed, accurate versions are the Security helmet and shoulders in Halo 3. As for the rest of the body though it will have to be improvised.

I've done an English assessment on Marathon so I'm very familiar with the storyline and characters.

[kid908]

sounds like a good idea that's going nowhere. as of right now.

[Masterz1337]

^ IAWTP

[ShadowSpartan]

sounds like a good idea that's going nowhere. as of right now.

That happens with most of the projects. I doubt to see this take off anytime soon, but maybe they will prove me wrong.

[Matooba]

Sad, so very sad is there nothing better to chat about. Trolling for insults now, whats next?

[Malevolence]

Sounds like if the project gets finished it'll be pretty awesome. I can't really contribute anything to it, so sorry, but I'll definitely be keeping an eye open for the updates on this. Also, ModderCentral.com, the intro with Breaking Benjamin "Blow Me Away", I saw them in concert. =D