Optic

[Amit]

Hmm. Well what does the HAC 2 version of Optic have if not stats tracking? I really don't care about the medals in-game. I just want to know my stats and I don't know how to write lua scripts so I'd be shit out of luck?

[Btcc22]

Well what does the HAC 2 version of Optic have if not stats tracking?

It's more about customisation for the players. Everything is done through Lua scripts so players can make their own medals/achievements/whatever they can come up with and distribute them to other players to use. The bad news is that it makes stat tracking tricky to the point where it's probably not worth trying to add it as a feature tied to Optic*. The good news is that you should be able to continue using Sehe's Optic, pending update, if you wish.

Some Halo 3/Reach/4 examples scripted entirely (including animation) through the Lua API. 56k beware:

*it's not actually Optic. It's a completely brand new system from the ground up. It's just the players know what Optic is so the name has been adopted for maximum confusion.

[Rentafence]

The new chat looks great. Is that part of the new version of HAC2? Also would there be a way to offset text about players killing each other to like the top right of the screen so the chat doesnt get clogged with stuff that isnt actually player chat?

[Btcc22]

There's a test version available if you use the "custom_chat 1" console command.

The plan is to enable the customisation options (like splitting kill and chat messages up) once the medals are ready to be released for testing. I just didn't want to enable them too early on and end up with players having to remember a whole slew of extra console commands to be able to configure things.

Since the chat uses the same system as the medals, I may add the ability to hook Lua scripts up to it so you'd be able to customise it any which way (within reason).

[Rentafence]

Oh wow. And you're able to hook it into its own menu like that without a custom mainmenu.map?

[Btcc22]

Yep. How well it'll work with drastically custom UIs remains to be seen though.

[Kornman00]

Excuse me good sir, but isn't there a master server you should be slaving away on fixing ?

[Btcc22]

Excuse me good sir, but isn't there a master server you should be slaving away on fixing ?

Everything's good, if you know what I mean.

[Rentafence]

[Amit]

It's more about customisation for the players. Everything is done through Lua scripts so players can make their own medals/achievements/whatever they can come up with and distribute them to other players to use. The bad news is that it makes stat tracking tricky to the point where it's probably not worth trying to add it as a feature tied to Optic*. The good news is that you should be able to continue using Sehe's Optic, pending update, if you wish.

Some Halo 3/Reach/4 examples scripted entirely (including animation) through the Lua API. 56k beware:

*it's not actually Optic. It's a completely brand new system from the ground up. It's just the players know what Optic is so the name has been adopted for maximum confusion.

Well now that you show me shit like that, I'm reluctant to let the medals go. And I'd start calling it something else if I were you. Maybe just call it the "award system." I think HAC 2 will replace Halo Chat V2 as well? Does it prevent the no-text glitch from occurring? I really hope OS v3.1.1 stable works with this.

Sehe, would it be possible for you release an "Optic Lite" version that removes the medals from Optic so I can continue using Optic for stat-tracking, but use HAC 2 for the medals?