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Saturday, October 11, 2003 |  |
Another Halo tourney in upstate NY
Nick the Roadie points out that Cyberjocks (near Buffalo, NY) is having another Halo tourney, coming up on October 18. Same rules as the last one we mentioned. (Louis Wu 14:55:07 UTC) (permalink)
A thought about PC mods
Small note for uploaders: there are a number of folks who've uploaded mods of existing maps to us, all (at this stage) involving simple hex editing of the mapfile to change weapons, or effects. It's great that folks are modding Halo PC before the official tools even get released... but we're having trouble justifying the bandwidth needs for such basic modifications. For example: someone recreated BOLL's 'Wheels on Fire' mod - except only the wheels part (and projectile impacts). The resultant zip file is over 5 megs... don't get me wrong, it's cool and all, but I'd rather wait until there are tools that can create a 5k patcher than house a 5 mb full map for a change this small. There are plenty of Halo mod sites on the net that can house these; we're going to wait until more complicated mods are available before we start our collection. Thanks! (Louis Wu 14:10:46 UTC) (permalink)
Gearbox DID add eggs.
First easter egg in Halo PC - confirmed. 'halo fan' sent in this image he captured while using the 'walk on walls' mod. Remember that the designer of Timberland is David Mertz - and his response to this discovery was amusement:
Hehe, it was a matter of time before someone found it, its hard because you have to go really, really high.
They actually are not jumping out of Timberland, Timberland has a really, really high maximum ceiling height so that the player can arc Fuel Rod Gun shots without them hitting the sky box.
I'd never noticed that last tidbit about Timberland... but then, I'm usually using the fuel rod gun to take out warthogs, not shell the enemy base. Good to know! (Louis Wu 10:15:38 UTC) (permalink)
Gephyro... What??
c0ld vengeance played a little bit of Gephyrophobia before writing today's Guest One One Se7en strip. I know exactly how he feels. (Louis Wu 09:38:35 UTC) (permalink)
FiringSquad looks at Halo
Another Halo review over at FiringSquad... they gave it 80%. Pretty honest review; worth a read. (It's quite negative in parts, but one gets the impression that the criticism comes from wanting to see something beautiful done right, rather than just to whine.) Hopefully, Gearbox is listening to some of the suggestions made in reviews like this one. (That is... if they can get past the negative tone. :) ) Thanks to Bullseye for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 02:02:51 UTC) (permalink)
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