itt: sel begins unwrapping cliffs, makes shitty map better

[Sel]

about an hour left right

still awake, dunno how long it'll last

Go ross, you can do it!

[rossmum]

i think i can make it another 3-4 hours alright so long as i keep my brain busy and get some adrenaline going every now and then

past that it's anyone's guess

[Sel]

There was a lot of flak given to the desert theme in the test today, so while I know this community can barely agree that breathing is a good idea, I'm going to ask for some opinions on what you think the map atmosphere should be. There is now a poll attached to this thread for this purose.

Nothing visual is final yet, neither is the desert, so vote for whatever you think would look best.

[Timo]

Most CE maps are forest themes, be different. If you can get a nice light/heavy snow effect going then a snow map. If not, desert is fine.

e: It seems that my Print Screen key is broken so I can't show you parts of the map I don't like :C

[ZeRk`]

Desert, only if possible could you make it not a solid color, and it varies a little? It would make it lessss bland.

[Higuy]

I think Forest would be great.
It's easy to replicate in the Halo engine and easy to not make it look boring either, unlike a desert theme. Though Desert can look good, like shown in Halo 3, it took alot of work and environmental effects to get it not be so boring. ( same with everything else, but this one seems like it would need ALOT of nice stuff for a good atmosphere other then a super pretty sky, and great architecture.) Snow is always cool, but im not much of a fan of it really, and it probally wouldn't look very good with the awesome sky you guys have now.

[Rook]

Snow or desert, I'll decide and vote later

[Con]

What about melting snow like portent has?

[Cagerrin]

Snow... probally wouldn't look very good with the awesome sky you guys have now.

Meh, it worked in Halo 3.

Which incidentally, is how I'd see a snow version of this. Have it overlooking an area like this, rather than the waterfall, and use Jcap's suggestion from page 58.

[Siliconmaster]

I'm a fan of desert if you can add bushes and stuff to make it more interesting. As for forest, I think that would also look cool, even if a lot of Halo maps look like that.