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Monday, September 11, 2000 |  |
Halo Command UK being revamped
Peter Askam writes to tell us that Halo Command UK has been revamped with more content on the way. Stop by and take a look! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 20:23:30 UTC) (permalink)
Antebios has Halo bias (or vice-versa)
JosephAW noticed a computer animated short film ('Antebios') highlighted on the SciFi channel. The movie itself is visible on SfiFi.com's website... if you have a Macintosh, Netscape, and a (very) fast connection, the On2 link is pretty astounding. Otherwise, it's available in RealPlayer format. Joseph mentions it because the alien sounds a lot like the Covenant sound in the E3 trailer. (There are other similarities... the humans have projectile weapons, while the alien uses an energy weapon, the doors of the base used by the humans and the hallways in which they walk bear a striking resemblance to the ancient structure highlighted in the Halo movies... the alien (well, the 'good' alien) has hooflike feet, similar to the covenant... and more, if you want to watch it.) The film was made in 1998 by a French designer who (among other things) makes video games. Definitely worth a look, if you're on a fast connection! (Louis Wu 17:16:03 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI Team 7 day stats posted
Dink! The Halo SETI Marines fall one notch, victims of the unrelenting climb of Team Project Blue Book. On the plus side, Team Slashdot is only 500 units ahead... they'll fall soon. cae takes La Crunch Honneur this week, and limbofrog snags the Frogblast Award. The 7 day stats page contains all the details. (Louis Wu 14:49:57 UTC) (permalink)
Flash your stuff on Halo, the Game
Heh... tired of waiting for Halo? Play Halo, the Game! Battleground: Halo has put together a Flash 4.0 game in which you can kill your fill of Covenant and vie for the top spot in their Hall of Fame. (Be aware, though, that a couple of people have already put up four-figure scores... in a game where you get two points for killing a Covenant soldier.) Are you good enough? (Louis Wu 13:06:33 UTC) (permalink)
Unreal Engine gets a serious makeover
We usually stay away from the competition's news... but this movie is too good to miss. Epic Games (and specifically this article at Daily Radar) has released a movie showing some of the new features of the Unreal engine, including 3700-poly skeletal models, facial animations, improved level-of-detail (LOD) support, and large-scale terrain support. (The trees are quite nice!) The thing that got me most interested, though, was the 'seamless mixing of indoors and terrain'. Usually, there are separate engines handling indoor and outdoor areas, so that you generally have one or the other, but not both. (Watch the Halo E3 movie... most of it is outdoors, except for the sequences inside the ancient base. Entrance is through a single door... meaning the engine never has to render both indoor and outdoor scenes together. Then take a look at the Unreal tech demo, specifically around 1:20 or so.) Looks like Halo has some serious competition! (Louis Wu 12:58:39 UTC) (permalink)
Halo-World fully online
Red Hot Ryan sends word that Halo-World is fully up and running. Go check 'em out! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 12:42:19 UTC) (permalink)
HL Halo mod is now a Tribes Halo mod
The word from Haloplayers is that the folks who were talking about bringing Halo to Half-Life have decided that HL is too limiting, and have switched over to Tribes. Anyone interested in this project can join in this HP Forum thread. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 12:38:59 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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The Psyjnir Complex up for previewing |
Saturday's news in brief:
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