21:44, 31st Oct 2010
DonDustin: really awesome texture and useful for any sci-fi themed map

I knew I saw that texture before, you took it off Halo 1's PoA didn't you?

As with the other ones, the textures are shared between all the halo doodads, hence the size will be much smaller than it appears since you only have to import the textures once.

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read mate

@model: as awesome as the other ones

Great idea!

Only thing I might suggest is saving the skin at 256x256 sizing and setting the quality to 55% when converting to a blp. That way you can probably quarter the file size and people won't even notice the difference in game

@CW: The texture makes use of the large resolution through it's small details; many parts like the forerunner console textures would be blurred out if i reduced it due to their small size. Increasing compression rate is a good idea though, i did set it at 75 but didn't dare to go any lower in fear of loosing too much quality.

@IamTheReaper: Yes i did, it is what i tried to resemble, right?
About 40% of the textures in the "covenant.blp" are based on screenshotted images from halo CE, edited and overlayed in photoshop to fit into warcraft. I was not a very good skinner at the time i did this, so i always used the screenshot as a base. However, there is no THW policy for this as long as it is uploaded as a model texture, rather than a "skin", and as long as it isn't a direct rip from another game. By all right so, since a large part of the current model resources in the database would be rejected if there was such a rule.

Fingolfin said:

@CW: The texture makes use of the large resolution through it's small details; many parts like the forerunner console textures would be blurred out if i reduced it due to their small size. Increasing compression rate is a good idea though, i did set it at 75 but didn't dare to go any lower in fear of loosing too much quality.

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No worries! I can totally understand Especially if its going to be seen close up in perhaps cinematics or FPS maps

no actually, i think you are perfectly right on the compression, it's just that i don't bother to update all the uploads again xD

Anyways, i'd like to know which halo models you all want me to upload next; choosing from this bunch to start with:

I would say the one that looks like a doorway, and the floor(s). I would personally like to see more walls in the future. Keep it up.

Theese are the other UNSC wall doodads i have:



I guess we'll add them to the list. I think i'm going to upload the halcyon floor model now, it is pretty basic.

Those are great! Really good work Fingolfin. We all appreciate you uploading all these. Thanks.

Love 'em. 5/5, +2 rep. I vote for the frigate corridor.

Please tell me you are uploading those? Because you just might give me a reason to open the world editor.

hum...

Did you rip these from halo? If you did... skills!!! If you didn't, skills in modelling! AWESOME JOB!!! Looks exactly like the ones from halo!

lol.... He doesn't rip models.... If you think he does, you need smacked.

Uhm... if you take theese for rips, you are greately underestimating the skill of Bungie's modelers. lol.

Thanks anyways.