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December 24, 2003 Link to this post
Mac Halo Review at MacGamer
Holy missed opportunities, Batman! Somehow, I managed to overlook a massive review of Mac Halo over at MacGamer about a week ago. Corey Tamas gave it a 99% when all was said and done. PC reviewers have almost universally complained about performance, and have downgraded the PC version accordingly. MacGamer claims that the Mac version runs up to 25% faster than its Windows counterpart (I'm not sure how this was measured, given that it's hard to find reference platforms to compare) - so a much higher rating for the Mac version seems reasonable. There are also 60 (count 'em, 60) new screenshots to look at; some of the multiplayer ones show the difference between how chat is shown on the two platforms. Worth a read... sorry I missed it! (And where were the REST of you macheads, anyway?) (Louis Wu 12:26:25 UTC)
December 24, 2003 Link to this post
The Bungie Factor - now on the web
Back in June, The Discovery Channel aired a special called 'The X Factor' (we posted a press release for it on June 16). Since then, it's aired a number of times (and, indeed, will air again, on Discovery Times, this morning, at 2 am, and again tomorrow, Christmas Day, at 10 am and 6 pm) - but a web version has been elusive... until now. (Dan Chosich created a beautiful one when it first aired, but yanked it because of legal concerns, and since then, we've had some difficulty contacting the legal department of the Discovery Channel.) Thanks to the great help of Jim McQuillan, the filmmaker behind the special itself, we can finally bring you a hi-res, gorgeous version of the Bungie portion of this special. It's a 6 minute clip, in QuickTime format, with a DV-quality screensize of 720x480, and a filesize of about 92 mb. We currently have mirrors up on Mythica.org and files.bungie.org, and Two Degrees has once again seeded their P2P network, for those looking for the fastest downloads. For people who might be slightly more bandwidth-challenged, we've also created a 360x240 version that weighs in at just over 27 mb, which is also mirrored at Mythica and files, and has a Two Degrees peer-to-peer seed. We're happily adding any mirrors we can find, so if you've got the bandwidth, grab a copy, post it, and send us a link; we'll add it to the Bungie Factor Mirror List. Again - this gives behind-the-scenes info on the making of Halo, and the ideas behind Halo 2... definitely worth a viewing by any Halo fan. Update: Rockin'; our first mirror is up already. Thanks to That Weasel! (Link is on the Mirror page.) (Louis Wu 00:11:50 UTC)
December 23, 2003 Link to this post
SparkEdit 2.5 - now with flames!
Wonga. SparkEdit 2.5 has been released; it now supports model viewing, object property viewing, BSP mesh property viewing, object rotation, and more. Grenadiac posted a screenshot on our forum - looks great! (Supports Xbox and Halo PC.) (Louis Wu 02:13:15 UTC)
December 22, 2003 Link to this post
MC on the Big Screen... sort of
Lotus222 reminded us that MacGamer's Giveaway from last week (3 copies of Halo to the best three 'Master Chief goes to Hollywood' photoshop jobs) has been completed. After seeing the winners, I'm wishing I'd finished my 'Enter the Master Chief' pic... (Louis Wu 20:07:55 UTC)
December 22, 2003 Link to this post
RvB interview at machinima.com
Geoff Fink (gfunk) and Gus Sorola (guS) , of Red vs Blue, have been interviewed over at machinima.com today; if you're interested about how they got their start, and where they're going, go read this! Thanks to Hugh Hancock for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 14:56:06 UTC)
December 22, 2003 Link to this post
New Game at Halo Universe
Halo Universe has a fun puzzle posted right now; It's Flash-based, and takes 10 screenshots and breaks them up into smaller squares. You have to put them back together in the right order. The game is timed, and I think this may be part of the problem; I tried to finish it, but got stuck on level 8. There were several levels where I didn't even have access to the pieces until more than half the time was off the timer... and this happened with that level, twice. Nonetheless, it's quite enjoyable, and if you're closer to Germany than I am, you may not have any trouble like this at all. The text is all in German, but you really don't need to understand German to figure out what to do. (Louis Wu 14:50:35 UTC)
December 20, 2003 Link to this post
Want another Halo league?
T3muJin wrote to us to ask us to get the word out; apparently, The Stronger Than All League stated if enough interest was shown in Halo PC, they would start a league for the game. If you're interested in a league where you can play on set nights and times (as opposed to the random environment of the ladder sites), you should post a note in this forum thread. (Louis Wu 11:18:59 UTC)
December 20, 2003 Link to this post
Homefront update
News on the Battlefield 1942 mod Homefront, for those keeping track of this stuff; there are new screenshots posted (some are rather bizarre, if you ask me), and a release set - Christmas Eve at 6 pm EST. Thanks to MADDA CHEEB for making me look. (Louis Wu 11:06:14 UTC)
December 18, 2003 Link to this post
Wow. Just... wow.
Okay, so this one's WEIRD. Late last week, we got mail from Billy Oliva, talking about a bizarre glitch in Truth and Reconciliation (the third campaign level). Right after entering the ship, he came across a stack (literally) of covenant, piled up against a door, waiting to attack. he sent screenshots... but they were small, and not great, quality-wise. I held off, because I wanted to see if I could reproduce this. 24 hours later, we received ANOTHER mail, this time from AfroRyan, claiming to have found the same thing, in the same place. I was really suspicious, because not only did he send similar pictures, but they were the same (non-standard) size, and with the same filenames as those sent by Billy. (Afro, I apologize for not believing you. :) ) Then, 24 hours later, Ben Roth posted pictures he found on the Gearbox forums, showing THE SAME THING. Both Billy and AfroRyan sent in saved games... but it took me until today to find time to reinstall 1.03 (1.031 hosed saved games, so I couldn't use them). I made films from both saves - but the one you'll see came from AfroRyan's save, because he had TWO piles of baddies, not just one. I took much more footage than can be seen in this film... but most of it is useless; if you get too close to the piles, framerates drop into the low single digits, you can't tell you've thrown grenades until they explode (usually ON you), and there's no way to manouver. The save I was given was on Easy - you'll see why that's a GOOD thing after you watch the movie. Here's the movie; 45 seconds worth, enough to show you some out-there piles o' baddies. It's QuickTime format, 640x480 (so you have a good view), and weighs in at just over 10 mb. You can also grab AfroRyan's profile (with the savepoint inside) - 2.1 mb - if you want to play with it yourself. (You MUST work with HPC 1.03, not 1.031, to use this. Drop the unzipped folder into your savegames folder, and you're set to go.) Thanks to both these guys - Billy was first with the notice, but again, his bucket-o-covies was smaller, so I didn't use it. I'm guessing something was accidentally changed during the 1.03 patch development process... because I saw no reports of ANYTHING like this before now. (Louis Wu 00:57:05 UTC)
December 18, 2003 Link to this post
Bungie, eat your heart out.
XLNC once again rocks the Casbah with some spectacular screenshots; he got somewhat creative with the hacking, and the end results are simply stunning. Check 'em out. (Who needs dev tools, anyway?) (Louis Wu 00:39:10 UTC)
December 16, 2003 Link to this post
Massive Wallpaper update, part 1
Okay, I want to apologize. The Wallpaper backlog was getting ridiculous. In fact, it's so big (in terms of number of images) that I can't post them all at once. Every time I started to put together an update, I'd check the uploads folders and my email, and find another handful... and suddenly, I'd find something else to do. Well, it's not going to get smaller unless I actually POST some of them, so I'm going to put up the first batch of 20. Submission dates range from November 20 through December 1. Some are awesome. There'll be more tomorrow. Again, apologies. (Louis Wu 20:39:40 UTC)
December 15, 2003 Link to this post
Start the week with words
Little bit o' Fanfic this Monday - 19 in all, actually:
- Out of Phase 2, by BlackValkyire
- A Spartan's Path-chapter 6, by Myth
- MAROONED Chapter 7, by Steve Ollett
- A Marine's Life part 1, by Shadowfox
- Eldar Counsels Log Part 4 Ode to Joy: the Heavens are singing, by Blue Angel
- Halo 2: The Forgotten-Part Two, by draGUN_man03
- Tides of Destruction(Part 1, Incoming), by teemus
- Neverland: Answers for the Unasked Questions, by SOS.Odin
- The fall Of Cote d'Azur: Part 1, by thisdopeknows
- Shadow Ops II: Chapter Three, by Agent Shade
- Long Time Gone Part 7, by grylsy
- It's My Time -MC Rap-, by AmokTheClown
- A Fighting Chance, by Howard the Duck
- A Conclusive History of the United Nations Space Command: Chapter Three, by witelancer
- Inferior and Proud, by CoLd BlooDed
- A Spartan's Path - chapter 7, by Myth
- A Spartan's Path - chapter 8, by Myth
- A Spartan's Path - chapter 9, by Myth
- Battle for Tectron: Chapter 1- A Helljumpers story part 1, by Helljumper
Read, Read, Read! Stop makin' love! (Wait...) (Louis Wu 19:13:20 UTC)
December 15, 2003 Link to this post
Halo Basics movie at CPL
In preparation for Tuesday's opening of the CPL Winter Event, MFA Video Productions has released a new 47 mb video showing the basics of Halo (weapons, vehicles, basic strategy). It's aimed at folks who've never played before. It's 47 mb, in WMP9 format, with a screensize of 512x384. You can find it on CPL's home page at the moment. (Louis Wu 14:45:51 UTC)
December 14, 2003 Link to this post
Santa Claws - moist.
Wow. Yesterday was spent at a Halo lanfest in New York, hosted by the gracious Miguel Chavez at the Selkirk Gallery in Manhattan. I'm sure there'll be some writeups soon, and nukedude got some pretty good video... but there's a game I want to point out: it was team oddball, rockets, on Hang em High, with one ball and 15 minutes needed to win. The kill numbers were ASTOUNDING. Here was the screen I was playing on (40k) - and I'm adding this one because Jynx, the high kills guy, didn't have enough balltime to make the first one. I'll be slowly working my way through piled-up mail and forum stuff over the course of the day, in between Christmas preparations and dealing with the new snow... but I wanted to say that even though I didn't get home until after 3:30... it was a blast. An absolute blast. (Louis Wu 15:24:51 UTC)
December 12, 2003 Link to this post
IMG reviews Mac Halo
Gossip sent in another IMG link - this time, they've reviewed Mac Halo. They gave it a 9.25/10 - higher than most sites have been reviewing Halo PC. The reviewer was playing on a Dual 2GHz G5, so it's not gonna be of a lot of use to folks with computers closer to the minimum specs, in terms of judging how it'll run for them... but overall, it looks like Westlake did a fantastic job with the port. 12 screenshots, with framerates listed in the corners. (Louis Wu 22:28:13 UTC)
December 12, 2003 Link to this post
Halo50K Finals - Downloadable, finally
Back in September, we pointed out a pretty cool film over at Video CD Productions; it was the final round of the Halo50K tournament, TDT vs DM, 3-cap CTF on Battle Creek. It showed the entire match from the Dream Team's screen, complete with audio commentary by the players. The only problem was... it was streaming, and it was in WMV format. Well, thanks to the kind folks over at Video CD Productions, we're happy to be able to bring you this video in downloadable form; there are two flavors. Both are 400x300 (larger than the original), and both weigh in at a bit over 30 mb. There's a 33.5 mb QuickTime, and a 31 mb WMP7 version, with downloads at both files.bungie.org and mythica.org. If you want to watch truly coordinated team play (a seven second flag capture, start to finish, for example), check this movie out.
(Louis Wu 03:03:40 UTC)
QuickTime: mythica | files.bungie.org WMV: mythica | files.bungie.org
December 11, 2003 Link to this post
More pretty pictures
SketchFactor spread a little love on the fans, in the form of three HUGE (1920x1440) screenshots, in tif format; you can find 'em in this forum post. The first two are 6 and 8 mb, respectively, and uncompressed; the last one is a bit banded, but only 1.4 mb. All three are worth grabbing, if you want some gorgeous screenshots to turn into Wallpaper, or something. (Louis Wu 19:19:17 UTC)
December 11, 2003 Link to this post
AYBE II - It's On, Baby.
I can't say I'm thrilled with the subtitle, but the event itself has me all aflutter. Blackstar has put up a news post (and a trailer) for Are You Big Enough II, a lanfest planned for Summer 2004 in Andover, MA. Are You Big Enough (the original) was held LAST summer, and featured an enormous 40 foot projection screen for playing Halo on. The trailer is 22.4 mb, in mpeg-4 format (divx-encoded), and shows off Blackstar's mad moviemaking skillz... Thanks to Alexis for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 10:07:11 UTC)
December 11, 2003 Link to this post
IceTeks reviews Halo PC
There's a review for Halo PC at IceTeks, as mentioned by Blue's News. (Thanks, Ash.) Notable for the pretty low-res screenshots... (Louis Wu 09:07:18 UTC)
December 10, 2003 Link to this post
Performance Tweaks begin appearing
One of the 'under the hood' changes in the 1.03 Halo PC patch is that Anisotropic filtering is enabled by default. This is a function of higher-end video cards, and it makes the graphics crisper... at a pretty big price, performance-wise. If you've got a good graphics card, and saw a huge framerate drop when you started playing 1.03, you might want to check out this post by Gearbox programmer vatoloco, over on the Gearbox forums. It'll walk you through disabling the feature. (Louis Wu 21:41:04 UTC)
December 10, 2003 Link to this post
Now THAT'S grandeur.
XLNC posted three spectacular screenshots today - 1600x1200, no HUD, no weapons. (He explained how he did it in this post, if you want to make your own.) Wow. (Louis Wu 15:39:00 UTC)
December 9, 2003 Link to this post
Halo PC 1.03 - Server now available!
The Halo PC 1.03 patch is now available for the Halo Dedicated Server; grab it from Bungie.net. (That article also contains links to the full 1.02 server, if you don't already have it (this patch is not standalone; it requires 1.02), and the mapfiles, if you don't have those.) The client patch will be available starting at 1 pm PST (9 pm UTC). The readme for the server is available in RTF format from Bungie.net, or in HTML format here at HBO. The wait is over! (Louis Wu 19:06:57 UTC)
December 8, 2003 Link to this post
Homefront nearing completion
Whoa. The Battlefield 1942 mod 'Homefront' (mentioned a few times in our news) is almost ready for release... and it's looking pretty good! There's a 36 mb movie (encoded with XVid) available for download, and some hi-res screenshots, all over at the Homefront site. (Thanks to Ross Mills for pointing it out on our forum.) (Louis Wu 17:02:30 UTC)
December 8, 2003 Link to this post
Halo in 2D
sir_zyn posted a note on our forum this weekend about a 2d Halo project he and some friends have started. A screenshot is linked at the bottom of the post. Take a look, leave them input! (Louis Wu 14:39:28 UTC)
December 8, 2003 Link to this post
Articular Consideration
Rams, from Battleground: Halo, writes to say that they'll be adding two new feature articles each week, on Mondays and Thursdays. They start off with Two Betrayals, dealing with the team-killing problem in Halo PC. They've also organized the existing collection of articles already on the site. Finally, they're accepting guest articles if anyone would like to share their views on Halo, the Halo community, or any fan creations. (Louis Wu 14:08:40 UTC)
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