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September 23, 2011 Link to this post
The Art of Halo Custom Edition
Dennis Powers let us know that the Halo CE community has a new resource - it's a website called 'The Art of Halo Custom Edition', and it's devoted to highlighting some of the more aesthetically pleasing fan creations. If you want to be kept informed, they're fully ready to help - an email newsletter, a Twitter account, and a forum are all there for you.
(Louis Wu 13:10:52 UTC)
September 5, 2011 Link to this post
Halo Custom Edition - A New Kind of Swamp
Dennis Powers sent word of a project from Slap Happy to enhance the Halo Custom Edition environment with new plants - some really intricate stuff! (There's an additional video showing some detailed work-in-progress that didn't get linked in the Halo Maps forum post.)
(Louis Wu 16:22:27 UTC)
July 10, 2011 Link to this post
Lumoria Episode 2 Gameplay
Higuy sent word that the TM Mapping Team has released new info about Lumoria Episode 2 - the campaign mod they're making for Halo: Custom Edition. Swing by Halomaps for a full update - including a new trailer! (Louis Wu 15:36:01 UTC)
July 5, 2011 Link to this post
Spreading the Tech
Elzarthebam found a small article on Gamerzines in which the Saber Interactive CEO suggests that a PC port of the Halo: Anniversary edition isn't an unreasonable idea. Given that the PC platform already has Halo: Custom Edition, this seems... well, maybe like a misallocation of resources. (Louis Wu 12:41:24 UTC)
May 20, 2011 Link to this post
Project Lumoria Updated
Subtank stopped by yesterday with word that Project Lumoria (a Halo: Custom Edition mod) had updated their single-player map... and MatthewDratt, a member of the TM Mapping Team (the group behind this project), followed up with a download link from Lumoria's own website (along with a new trailer for the project showing off the improvements). Check it out! (Louis Wu 14:45:27 UTC)
February 19, 2011 Link to this post
How The Elite Got So Unlucky
Okay, so if you watch two videos on YouTube today, add this one to your list. Jamie T let us know that he did a prequel to The Unlucky Elite. Really neat use of Halo Custom Edition, and some pretty funny moments. Go check it out! (GrimBrother One 18:50:55 UTC)
December 27, 2010 Link to this post
Fireworks on Halo
Slap Happy has put fireworks into Halo Custom Edition - pretty fun! Thanks, MatthewDratt.
(Louis Wu 11:30:47 UTC)
October 28, 2010 Link to this post
Halo CE News Roundup
Our man in the field send us a list of some cool goings-on in the Halo CE community:
- Precipice has been updated - you can watch the whole video, or you can jump in about 40 seconds for the good stuff.
- If you have an ATI 5 or 6 series card, you can have anti-aliasing in your Halo. Wow.
- Halo Custom Edition is getting bots - awesome!
- If you're a .NET programmer, BlamLib will let you interface with Halo's Tag System. Definitely tech-heavy... but pretty amazing!
- Ifafudafi's Plasma Pack 3 does really funky things with needles. Go look.
- Project Epsilon is Inferno's single player map based on the character Agent Washington from Red vs Blue. It has voice acting and custom animations!
- Someone built a Target Locator in Halo CE. No visuals yet (it's a pistol)... but ti's just as deadly as the Reach version. Pretty snazzy!
Sort of incredible how much stuff is still happening - and how much of it is GOOD. (Louis Wu 21:48:50 UTC)
August 7, 2010 Link to this post
Return of an old friend
Sad that the Blind Wolf never made it into any shipping Halo game? Check out this Halo Custom Edition video. Thanks, Dwood. (Louis Wu 17:39:14 UTC)
July 24, 2010 Link to this post
Halo Custom Edition News
We heard from Dennis Powers about a bunch of new maps from the Community Mapping Team (CMT G3 Vestigial, CMT G3 Ruins, CMT G3 Mousetrap, and CMT G3 Augur), along with 240692 from Jepr (inspired by Narrows) and Pitfall by MoooseGuy (unique water feature). These are just a few of the 68 new files added in July. We also heard from Higuy about Lumoria - there's a new video showing off the map along with news and screenshots to fill out the details. Pretty impressive! (Louis Wu 20:51:42 UTC)
July 21, 2010 Link to this post
Halo CE3
MattDratt stopped in with word of Halo CE3 - the upcoming Custom Edition Entertainment Expo. There's a trailer (volume is really, really low - I couldn't actually hear most of it), and a website with more info. Check it out! Update: audio's been improved in the trailer here. Thanks, MattDratt. (Louis Wu 12:49:47 UTC)
July 6, 2010 Link to this post
Halo Custom Edition News - the HaloMaps version
Dennis Powers sent us some statistics, and some intriguing creations, all seen at Halomaps.org recently. Since January 1 of this year, almost 300 new files have been added, and they're averaging almost 300,000 downloads/month - not bad for a 7-year-old product! Stuff you might want to look at: Noobyourmom has created a single-player campaign with role-playing elements in it - Halo Covert Ops currently has six maps (one | two | three | four | five | six) where you play as an ODST and are given a mission where you can make choices that determine the game play and storyline. Very cool! In addition, he mentioned another few maps worth taking a look at (some we already highlighted last month - this is just the new stuff):
- Sandtrap Classic by Jesse
- CMT Cliff Run (beta) by CMT
- Tlmp Harbinger by Inferno and Snafubar
- Dtsp by DSalimander (custom single-player)
- Campagne2 by Ozhimer (custom single-player)
Go browse - tons of stuff! (Louis Wu 11:44:10 UTC)
June 24, 2010 Link to this post
Massive Halo CE News Roundup
Our Halo CE watcher has sent along a pretty amazing update of what's going on around the Custom Edition community - explore these links!
- Ifafudafi released a video showing off the new particle effects he's added to the Plasma Pistol (along with tons of interesting commentary)
- ShadowSpartan has been working on a real-time Tag Editor; check out the video to watch the interface in action. No more text editing, saving changes, firing up Halo, looking at the change, quitting, re-editing, etc - now you can see your changes as you play. Pretty cool!
- Siliconmaster's Precipice is getting awfully pretty!
- CtrlAltDestr0y2 has been playing with the flamethrower effects - nice work! - and has added a feature that not even Halo 3 had: destructible projectiles.
- Project Lumoria continues to evolve - check out the latest pics, they're gorgeous.
- There's a cool Firefight-type map that gives you credits for finishing waves, which you can use to purchase weapons - interesting!
- An open letter to the developers of Halo 2 Vista has been written - some thought-provoking views in there.
- And finally, some fans are putting together a virtual convention to celebrate the community - nice!
There's an awful lot of life in this community; go see what folks are doing! (Louis Wu 14:08:59 UTC)
June 3, 2010 Link to this post
CMT Spv2 Map Dump
There's been a bit of discussion about campaign-oriented Halo Custom Edition creations recently - and ArteenEsben posted a bunch of links today to content he just uploaded that you can check out. Awesome! (Louis Wu 17:36:16 UTC)
April 25, 2010 Link to this post
3 Years and 11 Maps...
Wanna see what one guy can do with the Halo Custom Edition engine? Check out 3 Years and 11 Maps, from Inferno - there's a video which gives you a taste of the work done, but you should download 'em and play 'em to REALLY appreciate the work. (Louis Wu 23:10:17 UTC)
April 20, 2010 Link to this post
Halo Custom Edition News
Sad that Halo 2 online play is shut down? Go check out this trailer from dsalimander - it's an alpha build of H2 Midship... in Halo Custom Edition. Looks amazing! (Also got word of Project Ambry, a pretty slick-looking Forerunner-based map - check out the thread for pics!) (Louis Wu 13:21:30 UTC)
March 5, 2010 Link to this post
Project Lumoria
Wow. There've been a few forays into single-player gameplay with Halo: Custom Edition - but mostly they've been recreations of the standard Halo PC campaign levels, or small tests. Check out Lumoria - a full campaign experience from the TM Mapping Team. It's not available for download yet, but the link above should show you where they're going. Exciting stuff! (Louis Wu 14:06:23 UTC)
December 20, 2009 Link to this post
Halo CE Promo
Kibbles pointed out a promo film made for Halo Custom Edition a couple of months ago - it's pretty slick! Just two minutes long, but shows off a number of great maps. Go watch! (Louis Wu 20:44:04 UTC)
September 24, 2009 Link to this post
The Pit - in Halo CE
Over at NeoGAF, Botolf noticed that someone's remaking The Pit in Halo Custom Edition - looks great!
(Louis Wu 15:38:32 UTC)
September 22, 2009 Link to this post
Bringin' it back
Botolf posted a bunch of screenshots over at NeoGAF of an ODST-inspired Halo Custom Edition multiplayer map. (The last one is rather poignant.) The map's not available yet, so for now it's just the screenshots - but go look! (It's not his map, he's just posting the pics.) (Louis Wu 12:26:11 UTC)
September 8, 2009 Link to this post
Halo CE and H2V Map Updates
Dennis Powers let us know about new stuff at HaloMaps... The Halo Custom Edition archive jumped by 120 new submissions during August, bringing the total to 4,333 files. Highlights of the new stuff include Maridia (Public Beta) (Metroid total conversion), TM Immolate, and Garden CE (very cool-looking). The Halo 2 Vista Map Archive got 22 new maps, including a remake of Ratrace, another of Hang 'em High, and original stuff like Glass Horizon and Dissemination Beta. Check 'em all out! (Louis Wu 17:35:41 UTC)
August 26, 2009 Link to this post
OpenSauce 2.0 SDK Release Candidate
Connor Sauve let us know that the OpenSauce SDK 2.0, a package of tools from Kornman to help folks build Halo Custom Edition content, has been released - swing by Modacity to read about what it does, and to grab a copy. If you do ANY dabbling in the creation of content for Halo Custom Edition... you should grab this. (Louis Wu 10:45:07 UTC)
August 5, 2009 Link to this post
Halo Custom Edition Update - July 2009
Dennis Powers sent us a Halo Custom Edition update from Halomaps - more than 100 files were added during July, including the CMT SPv2 beta (mentioned earlier today), the Ring of Life videos (mentioned the last couple of Mondays), and some new maps - single-player maps like Rio Firefight and Salisp, and MP maps like Abandonment, Paradis Perdu, and Destiny. Go check 'em all out! (Louis Wu 20:18:40 UTC)
August 5, 2009 Link to this post
CMT SPv2 A10 Public Beta
Dratt, on our forum, and TheGhost, via email, were nearly simultaneous about letting our community know about a new release of the Custom Mapping Team's SPV2 mod. You can check out the public beta by downloading the first map, The Pillar of Autumn, at Modacity. (You will, of course, need Halo: Custom Edition, a free add-on to HaloPC.) Dratt also pointed out a mirror at Halomaps, and a few screenshots he cherry-picked from XFire.
(Louis Wu 12:39:51 UTC)
June 2, 2009 Link to this post
Retro Halo Gaming
rapture brings you back to the old days, with an announcement of a voice server
and a dedicated Halo PC (non-Custom Edition) server up and running, full of old-school HBO regulars. Join 'em! (Louis Wu 03:54:51 UTC)
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