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Saturday, August 9, 2003 |  |
Happy Hacking Mirror Madness
Okay, okay... due to some oddnesses, there are now THREE QuickTime versions of BOLL's Happy Hacking video. There's a 15.8 mb, 320x240 version - medium quality. There's one that's 18.3 mb, 320x240, high quality. And there's one that's 400x300, 26.9 mb, high quality. You can find The smallest one at C.O.E.R.C.E. and Team Ice, as well as BOLL's server. You can find the smaller screensize, higher-quality version at BOLL's server and files.bungie.org, a new bandwidth source we've brought online. And you can find the larger version also at BOLL's server and files.bungie.org. Enjoy! (Louis Wu 22:18:25 UTC) (permalink)
That's it. My brain's all over the wall.
I've run out of expletives. Check this thread. (There IS an Engineer model in the game... I'll be damned.) (Louis Wu 11:27:43 UTC) (permalink)
My heart's gonna explode.
Okay, I lied - it's ALMOST time for bed. First, a new Halo PC screenshot, straight out of Gearbox - the flamethrower. Wonga. (Thanks to KookyBastard for noticing.) (Louis Wu 03:07:16 UTC) (permalink)
The Kobayashi Maru Approach
lol - he just won't stop. When Halo first came out, one of the earliest disappointments was that there didn't seem to be any way to get a flyable Banshee on the level Halo. You could (if you were lucky) knock an Elite pilot out of his craft... but you wouldn't be able to get in. Hopes rose again when Halo Hacking first hit the scene... until it was discovered that even after bumping an Elite, you couldn't climb into a Banshee. BOLL wasn't willing to give up, though - he's used Pfhorslayer's replacement hacks to swap Foehammer's first Warthog on that level for a Banshee... and THAT, you can fly. Is it time for me to hack my Xbox? (I think it's bedtime... too much excitement for one day.) (Louis Wu 02:59:18 UTC) (permalink)
Friendly Fire
mrsmiley points out that the newest strip of Halo Babies is up over at Halobabies.net. #4 looks at what happens when marines get overexcited... this strip rocks. (Louis Wu 02:50:56 UTC) (permalink)
When Rockets are Cheap...
Okay, so BOLL decided to run with the info he learned yesterday about hacking Halo... and created a 4:42 long look at some of the absurd (but oh-so-cool) things you can do now. Want a LAAG gun that shoots Master Chiefs? You got it. How about rapid-fire rockets? Heck... how about plasma grenades? This has to be seen to be believed. So here's the deal. BOLL's put up three different copies for you to grab; they're all 320x240, and the same length, they just differ in compression:
- QuickTime (high framerate, 19.7 mb download)
- DivX (29.8 mb download)
- QuickTime (higher quality, lower framerate, 22.5 mb download)
In addition, I re-encoded the first version to be quite a bit smaller, without much loss of quality; you can grab the re-encoded version (15.7 mb) from two places:
To make matters even MORE confusing, BOLL is in the process of uploading the original (1.6 GB) version to our ftp folder; once we've got it, we'll create one or two QuickTime versions. One will be the same filesize as the existing movie (~15-20 mb), but much higher visual quality, the other will be larger (both filesize and screensize). If you only want to download once, you might want to wait until tomorrow. This one is a must-see; even if you're not excited by the hacking scene, it's a hoot to see how much damage you can do when you're standing in a tower of 3 dozen master chiefs and your assault rifle fires frag grenades... Update: Nick yanked his mirror last night. However, Team Ice has tossed it up; you can grab it from this page. (Louis Wu 02:33:25 UTC) (permalink)
Screens are just old
Update on yesterday's new screenshots at 3DCenter - according to SketchFactor, they were using a pre-beta build of the game (something that really should not be done when writing a review of a game about to be released, especially without explicitly announcing that's what you're doing). The lack of detail is NOT attributable to the video cards - it's attributable to a game that's not ready for prime time yet. Disregard any speculation on my part about what Halo PC will look like on lower-end video cards. :) (At least until next week...) (Louis Wu 02:19:06 UTC) (permalink)
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