itt: sel begins unwrapping cliffs, makes shitty map better

[Mass]

!!!CHALLENGE!!!

anyone who can make a badass, fucked-up looking alien cactus that is approximately the same size, shape, and visual interest of a pine tree scenery is a god

or draws a good picture of one, that would be good too

[jcap]

I think a forest would look awful. Halo looks like complete crap with its basic ground textures. Without an engine like Halo 3 and it's RBG blending, you can't make a map that's grass and rock look good, especially when it's huge.

A desert would only look good if you put enough effort into making a ton of stick trees. You'd have to emulate The Ark as best as possible, and nothing short of that.

I actually still like the idea of snow. The waterfall would still be able to stay, but in the distance, you would see all ice glaciers and stuff. Think about how Avalanche is in Halo 3. The map is beautiful. Snow would be good if you placed snowy trees throughout the map, although I don't know if Halo, being so young, would have fully grown trees within a few weeks of time. If you look at Avalanche in Halo 3 and aim for that beauty, you can really make it look nice. Likewise, if you target The Ark, you can make it look beautiful that way too.

[StankBacon]

What about melting snow like portent has?

that's what i was thinking only reversed, since it will be snowing

if done right, that could look really good

[Cagerrin]

I actually still like the idea of snow. The waterfall would still be able to stay, but in the distance, you would see all ice glaciers and stuff. Think about how Avalanche is in Halo 3. The map is beautiful. Snow would be good if you placed snowy trees throughout the map, although I don't know if Halo, being so young, would have fully grown trees within a few weeks of time. If you look at Avalanche in Halo 3 and aim for that beauty, you can really make it look nice. Likewise, if you target The Ark, you can make it look beautiful that way too.

Scratch my idea, this is far better.

[English Mobster]

Avalanche is ON Alpha Halo II, iirc.

[il Duce Primo]

Mass and me learned from experience how meh snow can be. Snow is just white and shades of grey. It's even worse than doing a desert. Atleast a desert has some orange and reds in it. Honostly, I would go with the traditional Halo look with not too many trees.

[English Mobster]

Mass and I learned from experience how meh snow can be. Snow is just white and shades of grey. It's even worse than doing a desert. Atleast a desert has some orange and reds in it. Honostly, I would go with the traditional Halo look with not too many trees.

[/nazi]
If you take some stock Halo textures and add snow to them, I think it'll look great, but I'm not so knowledgeable about snow as much as I am about urban environments.

[Sel]

I really liked the desert idea because it was fairly unique to halo maps, I also like the idea of a lush forest, but honestly halo 1's engine is so limited, it wouldn't look that great, deserts give you a little leverage with the fact they don't need to be packed full of vegetation to look good. The same is true for snow, but I'm not keen on that either because it's a lot less original.

[Horns]

The only thing about snow, is there are sooooooo many maps out there that are snow. Same thing with forerunner maps. There so many of them out there. I want something new and different that's not just the same thing the last guy put out.

[Siliconmaster]

The only thing about snow, is there are sooooooo many maps out there that are snow. Same thing with forerunner maps. There so many of them out there. I want something new and different that's not just the same thing the last guy put out.

I do want to point out that though there a lot of forerunner maps, not all of them are actually good looking.

New and different is always good though.