Cerebrum Halo CE Game Tracking

The Fuel Rod Gun in PC/CE has the same basic shape as the one in Halo 2/3 (just a different color, which doesn't really matter)


Two things:
1. Jcap, can you change the thread title to just "Cerebrum-Synapse Halo CE Game Tracking" ?
and
2. AvpDragon, we also need icons for Slayer, KOTH, CTF, Juggernaut and Oddball, a la http://www.bungie.net/images/Halo3St...ays/slayer.gif http://www.bungie.net/images/Halo3St...rlays/koth.gif http://www.bungie.net/images/Halo3St...rlays/flag.gif http://www.bungie.net/images/Halo3St...juggernaut.gif http://www.bungie.net/images/Halo3St...ys/oddball.gif (only they should all be PNGs... I have no idea why bungie continues to use GIFs for things like this...)

This is going to need a development board soon if work continues like this. The communication needs to be focused on certain things.

For the achievements, they need more thought on all of our parts before the OK is given for full production.

We need to consider things such as the medal color schemes, sizes, and organization of the content in the image. Also, something that needs thought is the shape of all the medals. Bungie's Halo 2/3 medals aren't all the same - each one has a different design to it.

For the achievements, taking the above into consideration, I was thinking maybe like this:

• The first level needs to be "easy and dull." Meaning, whatever the first milestone is, maybe 100 (they would ALL vary depending on the weapon), it would be a simple color. The first step in color could be the same for all weapons because it really isn't significant yet (let's just say light gray for now).
• The next level is where unique colors would begin to come in. Now, even though I say "unique color," I don't mean that every single medal will have a completely different look for the same level. All of the highest ones should have a similar theme, like the platinum color. However, each weapon would have a slight tint to that. So, the needler might have a pink tint, while the plasma rifle has a slight blue tint.
• They need to be scalable, and they need to look good at any size. When displayed on the site or in-game, they'll probably be about 64x64. That means you can't have much small detail, otherwise it would go unnoticed at that size. A good example to use is the number of small stars currently polar arrayed around the outside of the circle. If they were used, there would have to be fewer, but bigger. The symbol in the middle would probably have to be bigger as well.

For example, take the Triple Kill medal:
http://tiles.xbox.com/tiles/t9/PI/0I...fn5--n06s=.jpg
Notice how the stars around the perimeter are bigger and more spaced out.

I am really excited for this and do believe JCap is correct in saying it needs it's own dev board, and you guys deserve it too. This might actually make me start playing CE again lol.

Yes to the board :makememod:

Since the logo contest is over "pick one":
DEEhunter and MrBig:
[thumb]http://ascendantjustice.com/files/voc/followup/mendicantbias01.png[/thumb] [thumb]http://ascendantjustice.com/files/voc/followup/mendicantbias02.png[/thumb]
(Yes, I'm using the originals... they look better)

Chains:
[thumb]http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn229/1chains1/synlogocopy-1.png[/thumb] [thumb]http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn229/1chains1/cerebrumcopy-1.png[/thumb]

rentafence:
[thumb]http://www.majhost.com/gallery/rentafence/Userbars-Sigs/cerebrum.png[/thumb] [thumb]http://www.majhost.com/gallery/rentafence/Userbars-Sigs/synapse.png[/thumb]


I'm still going with DEEHunter / AVPDragon because I like the Halo theme and I've been using them already (and it's actually "precisely what I was looking for"), but rentafence's are good, too (we just need semitransparent versions)

Won't people start making achievement servers and achievement maps?

I'm fond of DEE and Big's designs as well. They're Haloish, and simple...they just seem to stick.

Chain's stuff looks pretty cool too, but I'm not sure if the Synapse icon is exactly fitting.

rentafence's are snazy and fitting (as they're quite literal)...however, I think they may be a little too detailed. MrBig's would at least transition well into an application icon and still look good at a higher res

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Originally Posted by DEEhunter

Won't people start making achievement servers and achievement maps?

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You need to register a server with us before running Synapse (it's a quick and simple process - fill out a form, get a key); we can then track each individual server and find ones that are breaking the rules. At that point, games can be nulled, servers can be blocked from submitting stats, etc. Probably won't ban on a first offense, but a scolding will be in order.

qe: I think we're ready for a separate board simply because we have multiple separate topics of discussion going on here:
- Cerebrum Development
- Medals and Achievements
- Terms of Services discussion and tweaking
- Synapse "Lite" implementation discussion (aka, Yet Another HCEL Thread)

I still think the logo contest was done wrong. It needed to be explained better. It really didn't help create a real logo for us - only a symbol from the Halo universe that doesn't mean anything.

I don't mind the first, but they really are too dull. If they could have been expanded on more, that would be OK. But the symbol by itself means absolutely nothing.

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Originally Posted by jcap

I still think the logo contest was done wrong. It needed to be explained better. It really didn't help create a real logo for us - only a symbol from the Halo universe that doesn't mean anything.

I don't mind the first, but they really are too dull. If they could have been expanded on more, that would be OK. But the symbol by itself means absolutely nothing.

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If you want, we can rehost it and you can describe things in more detail. Personally, all I was looking for was a public decision on an icon from the Halo universe that could represent the system, and that's what was delivered. If you want more than that, feel free, it's not just my project ;)

Linking CD keys? has it been started yet?