Hey guys, if you really want to try this out, you should take a look at darkshall falls forge 2.0 mod, it does most of the important things for halo 3 sandbox. Non collidable and floating platforms always, lets you make some pretty sick maps. Ohh and you need a jtag.
This thread still seems to be on track, just piping in to cast my vote for Halo Editing Kids since it harkens back to our roots
IMO all we need is an explicit sub-forum on Modacity to make this 'official'. I'd volunteer to mod, but I'm pretty busy what with work and all. But yeah, we just need a gathering place for this Forge Collective so people know where to go to get help on their project, join somebody else's project, or share their work/ideas.
For that matter, I propose that Reach be split off into its own section, with a subsection for this group/collective/thing. Having Halo 3, ODST, and Reach all in one section is ludicrous with all the features Reach has to offer. It was ok when Reach was just a blip on the horizon, but now it's just as big as the other games, if not bigger.
Originally Posted by thehoodedsmack
We can actually create a boatload of accounts, like 20+, which are all sequential in name to host files. You don't need to have gold to copy an item to your file share, just to play in multiplayer (I think?).
Unfortunately silver accounts can't place anything in their file share. Otherwise, that would be a brilliant plan.
We should just have everyone have their own stuff on their own file share and link to them. There will be a ton of redundancy, because we'll all have most, if not all, of the variants saved to our hard drives. If something happens to an account, we can put the files up on another person's file share. Hopefully, we'll have a lot of people that are in it just for the opportunity to play custom games and not really interested in making content.
We're going to have to come up with some criteria for submissions, because we won't be able to test everything that gets shat out. We just won't have enough testing bandwidth. So, unfortunately, we're going to have to devise a few hoops to jump through, to help separate the wheat from the chaff. Above all, it has to be fair and impartial. We don't want politics to disenchant potential contributors.
We want to attract talent. Our shared history in Halo CE gives us a leg-up, but I don't think we should use that as our calling card. People might want to join -- sign up at these forums -- that had nothing to do with Halo modding. We should embrace that. The more talented designers we have, the stronger the brand will be, and the more fun we'll have testing and playing.
Regarding the name, I now think it should be simple, and evocative of quality. There has to be a visual component to it, so maybe we should narrow it down to a few candidates, make an insignia for each one, and then vote based on the name and insignia combo.
I'm against HEK, because it's confusing. People are going to think we hacked the HEK to work with Forge and I can just picture all the idiots we'll attract ("plz send hek forge or i has hax thx bye"). Secondly, I don't like "kids". It has negative connotations, especially in the Halo community ("bad kids"). And again, who knows where this thing ends up? When it's all said and done, the CE pedigree may be so watered down that we have to come up with something else for HEK to stand for. Or like IGN, deny that it stands for anything at all. Let's just cut that potential problem off at the legs and use something else.
I have less of a problem with Modacity Forgers Guild, but I do have problems with it. Promoting Modacity is fantastic, but we can do that by making this place our base of discussion. Putting Modacity in the name is going to limit the potential. They'll look at it and think, "Oh, I don't know about Modacity, this must not be for me." just like someone might skip over the Cincinatti Roofers Co., because they don't live in Concinatti.
So, you chop off Modacity and you have "The Forger's Guild". Simple, evocative of quality... one problem: many of us haven't touched Forge yet. We know mapping, but we don't know Forging. We didn't suffer through H3's Forge the way others did. It would just feel phony and disingenuous to take that name. Mappers Guild, maybe? Eh.
Right now, I'm thinking along the lines of stuff like: Black Label, Par Excellence, Ready for Primetime, Center Mass. Nothing cute. We don't have to provide hints at where we come from or what we do. Just something synonymous with "good job" that we can apply to our maps.
"Hey, have you checked out the newest Black Label map variants?"
And can you see how some idiots might think we're "official"? Instead of pestering us for a Forge HEK that doesn't exist, they'll go around thinking our maps are Bungie-approved. That is what you call Moron Judo -- using their own ignorance against them. I will not lose sleep if that happens. As long as we don't actively try to trick people, I don't see anything wrong with a little ambiguity.
And yes, if you were wondering, I do overthink things.
"Noble Variant(s)". Name covers both map and game types (which in most cases goes hand in hand). Also pays homage to the fact we're about Reach, because Forge 2.0 puts 1.0 to shame. To shame. RIP 1.0.
Also sounds kinda official IMO.
I quite like HEK
99.9% of halo players don't know what HEK is.
Last edited by Futzy; July 27th, 2010 at 01:06 AM.
Sapiens? It hearkens back to the CE roots the community has, and is relevant to forge in that they're similar what with the world population thing.
I like it. It's a bit of a gamble, because Bungie might release a Noble Map Pack to avoid having to use Mythic twice. But that's a gamble that's probably worth taking.
E: Instead of Noble Variants, how about Noble Customs?
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