Famous Halo

[FamousPker49]

FAMOUS HALO

OVERVIEW:
In a world of boring RTS, AoS, and tower defences, a new type emerged to
wipe off the dust. The shooter. This Warcraft III map uses a custom made particle system
that enables players to shoot at each other and effectively dodge
the others weaponry. This is Famous Halo.

FEATURES:
You can dodge, and you have to aim. This uses a projectile
system so you will only hit other units if your bullets/projectile
hit them. Toggleable camera system.

WEAPONS/CLASSES:

List of Currently Implemented	List of Planned
Rocket Launcher
Assault Rifle	Arc Cannon
Sniper Rifle	Gravity Gun
Grenade (would be given to all classes)
	Pistol
Grenade Launcher
	Flame Thrower

WEAPONS/CLASSES:

List of Currently Implemented	List of Planned
Death Match	CTF
Team Death Match

UPCOMING CHANGES/ADDITONS:

• Improve terrain.
  • Larger Map.
  • Improve bases.
  • Better hiding spots.
• MultiBoard/Scoring System
  • Respawning/Lives
• Balancing.

Credits:

• Hawkwing - Tester and Video
• Sabertooth - Tester
• HINDYhat - SEE and Additional Assistance
• Kimberly/Aznwhore - Masterchief model
• Kimberly - Masterchief Weapons
• WILLTHEALMIGHTY - Special effects

UPDATES:

11-7-08

• Fixed lag due to entity buildup.
• Set up for spell use to enable cooldowns on weapon use.

11-9-08

• HINDY optimized camera system

11-10-08

• Fixed Grenade and Grenade Launcher Bug
• Added Sniper Class

SCREENSHOTS AND FOOTAGE:

 

[Xarwin]

Looks nice but... Is that a helmet talking?

 

[donut3.5]

Woah, that looks pretty good. Competitor to ET even.
Although I didn't like the camping thing Add a divine shield for the first three seconds or something or else it will be gay.
--donut3.5--

 

[Hawkwing]

A cooldown has been added since the original footage. And Famous intends to add in "bases" where the two spawn points are, this will make camping harder.

Here is a list of my ideas. I've talked to Famous about most of these, some he agrees with, some he doesn't.

• Add quest log information.
• Add cooldown to attacks. (Done, previously planned)
• Enhance the terrain. (Done, previously planned)
• Add an adrenaline thing to help prevent camping. If a player is killed X times within Y seconds of being spawned he will get a temporary stat boost.
• Allow players to purchase items in their base.
• More to come...

Here are some ideas Saber and Famous have discussed.

• WTF Mode. This means there are no cooldowns.
• Make "Fire" an ability, so you don't move toward the target whenever you want to attack. (Done)

 

[FamousPker49]

For camping, the units will spawn in a base and then when ready be teleported to a random point or something. But the base will be impregnable.

 

[~Void~]

Looks pretty sweet. But shouldn't you use a Gravity Hammer instead of a gun? Or use both

 

[Hawkwing]

Yeah. A gravity hammer would be pretty sweet. But melee stuff would suck in this game. Trust me.

If units spawn in an impenetrable base perhaps they should be able to purchase items there and such. What do you think?

 

[Gilles]

Looking pretty good, but your intro implies that this is the first shooter, which is a lie, you liar.
Terrain seems pretty boring right now. I would except to see a little more from you, even in a WIP (get those new shots up!)

That camera is teh sex. Good job HINDY.

 

[Hawkwing]

Actually the terrain was just to test the system. It's been completely redone now.

 

[FamousPker49]

Some bit of terraining on my part. Saber and Hawk also helped. Saber did some arena terrain and Hawk a forest.

 

[Hawkwing]

Mhmm. I didn't know you'd be doing it like that. Okay, in that case, you need to do the following. Make a flag area for Team 2 on the far right of the Molten Arena, and make a flag area for Team 1 on the far right side of your forest.

Also, I did Grasslands, you did a forest.

 

[Sabertooth]

I thought the levels would be chosen ET or MaD Balls style, not spawning in a base and picking which area you go to! Spawning in that middle area is honestly pretty lame, but I guess until you get a choosing system in place (and I hope you do, Famous) I guess it's fine.

 

[Hawkwing]

I think it will be changed later, anyways. It's just for testing purposes as far as I'm concerned..

 

[ElectricSaiyan]

I'm really excited for this map. It looks promising.
Good luck guys

 

[Gilles]

All the shooter games I've played are made in forests. How about barrens?

 

[Hawkwing]

Good idea, tbh. But forests are a must have. Maybe we can convert my grasslands into a desert thingy.

 

[ElectricSaiyan]

Yeah! Like a blood gulch type of map I guess.

Lots of people will hate that I referred to it as that, but i think a map similar to it should be included.

 

[Hawkwing]

That's a great idea, actually.

 

[FamousPker49]

Well, basically, D:

What terrains do we want?
-Forest
-Barrens
-Arena
-???

On a Side Note: I was thinking of making a Star Wars version and I would do some snowy terrains and different shitz.

 

[gohan43]

whats wrong with referring to blood gulch? that was the best map and still is in the halo series lol i think more of a modern city would be cool

 

[~Void~]

Yeah. A gravity hammer would be pretty sweet. But melee stuff would suck in this game. Trust me.

If units spawn in an impenetrable base perhaps they should be able to purchase items there and such. What do you think?

Well there could be a close quarters map and you could be able to lunge.

I say make blood gulch and lockout (blackout). 2 best maps in halo.

 

[FamousPker49]

Okay, Ima have to look at some screenshots of Blood Gulch and Blackout.

 

[~Void~]

Well you can only truly get to know them if you play the maps. Screenshots won't do crap.

Blood Gulch: Halo 1
Coagulation (blood gulch with small changes): Halo 2
Lockout: Halo 2
Blackout (lockout with new skins): Halo 3

 

[FamousPker49]

Well, that's difficult since I havent played in months and my 360 has the red ring of death... D:

 

[Hawkwing]

Blackout and Lockout would both be extremely hard to make. And it probably wouldn't work well with the camera system and whatnot.

 

[ElectricSaiyan]

Uploaded a model of Blood Gulch if you want to inspect it close up to see what it's like. It's a great map. Lockout is another great one, but it would be hard with the camera system, as you already said.

 

[FamousPker49]

Oh wow, that's pretty cool you got into MDX, but anyhow, I am starting work on it right now.
EDIT: Well, I have all the terraining part of it done, from what it seems like, there aren't a lot of doodads necessary.

 

[gohan43]

for lockout, you would need the camera to automatically turn with the corner or move to the side while in a room which brings my question, will the rooms be able to go in or will they be roofless?

 

[FamousPker49]

I don't know if I am going to even make that one. Idk how rooms will do. We will have to see.

 

[Hawkwing]

I don't know if I am going to even make that one. Idk how rooms will do. We will have to see.

Blackout and Lockout would both be extremely hard to make. And it probably wouldn't work well with the camera system and whatnot.

Mhmm.

 

[gohan43]

the question goes for both maps since blood gulch has a cave and bases

 

[FamousPker49]

Well, I have added the CTF game mode, and completed the terrain for Blood Gulch, cave included. Although nobody is following this thread lol.

 

[Kwah]

Hrm, I R FOLLOWING!

But, this is actually starting to look really nice.

 

[Hawkwing]

There's quite a bit of weapons now, and several areas are under way, but the main focus now is implementing new game types.

 

[FamousPker49]

Alrighty, some majore progress.

-Fixed CTF
-Added King of the Hill
-Added Assault
-Created winning conditions
-In order to win the game, one team must win 3 matches, so after one game mode is complete that is a match. You can select same game mode over, or switch.

This means, that basically.... *shifty eyes* Testing may begin soon. *shifty eyes*

 

[gohan43]

sounds awesome! is their pics of blood gulch?

 

[greasontim]

Ever think of makeing just a single/two player Halo map and run thru the halo game?
its just a idea for later
Halo is a fun game i hope your turns out being a good game too

 

[FamousPker49]

Halo campaign would be rough, but uhm... Maybe I shall make some screens later. I have to leave as of right now. But I did work out a lot of kinks etc.

-Fixed King of The Hill death bug
-Fixed Easy grenade suicide.

 

[xenoche]

Will's effects are absolutely awesome, they add that impactual feeling an explosion should have. Has anyone had the opportunity to play this online yet? I'm curious because I found alot of alternative camera systems can make gameplay a little sluggish.

 

[Hawkwing]

There's no lag in this game. At least that I've seen. And we've played 3 players on B.Net.

 

[xenoche]

Now that is awesome. Could I ask whose camera system you used? Or have you made it from scratch?

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I'll be keeping an eye on this, a refreshing take on a wc3 shooter that, as far as I can see, has everything a shooter should encompass, fast game play and of course big explosions.

 

[Hawkwing]

Or you can subscribe to the thread and get a notification whenever someone replies. Bookmarking a thread is truly pointless.

 

[FamousPker49]

Well, I have added another playable area, and thanks to Hawkwing's help, I found and fixed a bunch of bugs with the game modes.

EDIT: I lied. Still a major bug I can't seem to work out.

 

[~Void~]

Well if you tell us the problem we can probably help you fix it

 

[Kwah]

We are amazing like that.

Anyway, this is progressing quite fast. I'm happy.

 

[FamousPker49]

Basically, it's with the King of the Hill mode. Red works fine and dandy and all, but for some reason Blue is leaving excess units on the hill, thus messing up the whole check to make sure only one team or w.e is on the hill. I MAY have fixed it, but I gota test to see for sure.

 

[FamousPker49]

Well, a few days ago, I did a few public full 6 man tests and basically all went well. So, expect something soon. Maybe. ;P

 

[cool_is_i]

Thats wicked!
and why does it say Master Chief [grenade launcher?]
does it have custom weps? or only weps from halo?

 

[FamousPker49]

It says that to denote what weapon is equipped. It will also have a mix of both.

 

[Palaslayer]

can u give me a link to the model of the trees u use in the map?