...And We Have Liftoff

[jcap]

In October 2007, we made the decision to expand the existing community at H2Vista.net. In fall 2006, we launched the website in anticipation of the future modding community of the upcoming Games for Windows Live title, Halo 2 Vista. With the colossal failure the game turned out to be, the community we all built and were a part of was beginning to fade away. It was clear that if we didn't do anything about it, it would soon diminish into nothing. So we did.

Several months, long nights, and motivational speeches later, we have Modacity. With Modacity, we hope open the door for the discussion and development of content for several games and engines. Most of today's popular games on the popular engines of Blam!, Source, Unreal (full section coming soon...), and CryEngine are supported.

In addition to a revamp of the forums, we also have also revamped the subsections of the website. All members now have the freedom to create their own personal blog. Everyone is entitled to one blog with a custom URL. Members may use the blogs for anything - personal lives, map teams, or even portfolios. Several themes are pre-installed for members to choose from, and even more themes will be installed in the future. The blogs are still a rough work in progress and are being rolled out slowly over the next week. Currently, the blogs are invite only, and users will be able to sign up in their user control panel under "Manage Blogs." The H2V wiki has disappeared from the navigation, but still remains accessible at its old URL. The Modacity Wiki is being completely reworked to be useful and manageable, unlike the prior one.

With the expansion of the website, we also have promoted several members to staff. Sections are now going to be moderated by specific mods to concentrate focus on those areas. Conscars and Phopojijo are now welcome aboard the Modacity Staff, and several other members will be promoted to section mods within the coming days.

Today, on April 1, 2008, we launch Modacity. Thanks to you, the community, this is all possible. When the Crysis forum was created, you showed and expressed that you would appreciate and use the sections we expanded to. Your suggestions of new forums, exactly as we had laid out, only helped reinforce our decision to expand. Minor changes will occur to the website over the next few days as we continue to iron out the bugs. Again, thank you for your continued support, and we hope you enjoy the new network.

If anyone has any problems logging in, CLEAR YOUR COOKIES.

[p0lar_bear]

First person to bitch about anything gets it in the face. vBulletin and Wordpress have done anything and everything they can to hinder my progress and generally piss me off.

EDIT: But please, if there is a major problem, please do let us know. I'm just blowing off steam after finishing thus far.

[Zeph]

Hey, what I wrote was better.

[jcap]

Oh, hello. I didn’t notice you there. Welcome to Modacity, formally known as Halo 2 Vista.net. All information from H2V (accounts, threads, avatars, etc.) has been brought over to the new site for this expansion. New features include the addition of several new forums and the addition of blogs.
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Modacity has been in development since around July of 2007 after hearing the Hired Guns were going to be moving on with new projects. However, when the fall semester began, serious work on the project slowed to a halt. We had plans to put just the new forums online in October, but we are lazy procrastinators. After months of delays, here we are. Surprisingly, the staff has been hard at work to get the site where we want it. You can expect new functionality to appear slowly, but surely, from now on.
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For those of you who have stuck around H2V.net despite the games shortcomings, I offer my thanks. Without knowing we would have a good user-base, Modacity would never have seen the light of day. After seeing post after post of users demanding forums for different engines, I know this is a welcome change. So pick up whichever SDK you prefer, start modding/mapping, and spread the word.
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->-<!--[endif]-->Zeph and the H2V.net Staff
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Are the times screwed up for anyone?

[InnerGoat]

yes

[Rob Oplawar]

*perks up ears*
*sniffs the air*
*walks in circles a few times*
Yes, this will do nicely as a new home.
*claims a piece of turf and curls up to nap on it*



I'm back, babay!

Took you long enough to get the site up. Odd that you decided to put it up on April 1st...

edit: btw, I know you said no complaining, but I just have to say:
damn you for once again murdering my free time. I was doing so well away from the forums.

ee: also, yeah, it's way too bright. The edit page has much better contrast than the view thread page.

[Kalub]

Yup, its about 3 hours ahead for me.


Anyways, bright site is bright

[Mass]

well, polar might give it to me in the face.

I hate how bright this place is.

I love everything else, and I'm glad this happened.

[InnerGoat]

Just dim your screen you babies

[legionaire45]

Needs moar grey theme to match with my UI tbh .

I can get used to this. xD.