[WIP] Halo CE - Cel-shaded (three 800x600 preview images)

PsiMatrix · Post by **PsiMatrix** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:59 pm

After seeing this map, I was inspired to do this:

I'm still referencing all the weapons but I should be finished soon. Thanks to Xavier for the original mod.

r0tten · Post by **r0tten** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:01 pm

looks fantastic, what map is it for?

nm, obviously blood gulch...

tebteb · Post by **tebteb** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:06 pm

Heh, my friend thinks its cute. Nice skinning.

IRONMAN. · Post by **IRONMAN.** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:10 pm

This is really cool, looks cartoony

MrBalll · Post by **MrBalll** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:13 pm

That looks pretty neat. Nice job on it.

PsiMatrix · Post by **PsiMatrix** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:13 pm

tebteb wrote:Heh, my friend thinks its cute. Nice skinning.

This is for Custom Edition using Xavier's mod as the template. Almost all these changes were entered using Guerilla. Mind-numbingly boring but worth it for the outcome.

I only wished I could've paid this tribute to him sooner.

The plan is to re-do all the Halo Multiplayer maps first since they're the easiest and maybe if my brain hasn't melted from al the text-editing I might try my hand at the SP levels. Of course time is the main restricting factor and I have precious little to spare

r0tten · Post by **r0tten** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:17 pm

PsiMatrix wrote:Of course time is the main restricting factor and I have precious little to spare

because you are leaving this planet tonight........

well i can't wait to play it, i think sp levels are cooler for stuff like this though, maybe after you haev finished a few you could talk to llama_juice (i think thats his name) about converting to xbox...

llama_juice · Post by **llama_juice** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:04 am

if he sends me the mapfile, I'll give it a go

check this one out though, http://files.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=19009

problem with me doing that one... is that it would just be a lot of work compaired to just converting it to xbox like I usually do... considering THAT pack is a PPF for bitmaps.map

Are you internalizing all your bitmaps? because the xbox has all its bitmaps internalized and it would be rather annoyying to have to do it manually

Casperlt1 · Post by **Casperlt1** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:27 am

Wow,that would nice to play on the xbox,hope you get that to work llama

PsiMatrix · Post by **PsiMatrix** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:13 am

r0tten wrote:
PsiMatrix wrote:Of course time is the main restricting factor and I have precious little to spare
because you are leaving this planet tonight........

No because the Devil has been filming for Doctor Who and he's a few weeks behind on the apocalypse

llama_juice wrote:if he sends me the mapfile, I'll give it a go

check this one out though, http://files.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=19009

problem with me doing that one... is that it would just be a lot of work compaired to just converting it to xbox like I usually do... considering THAT pack is a PPF for bitmaps.map

That one is the template and it's for the PC version...

llama_juice wrote:Are you internalizing all your bitmaps? because the xbox has all its bitmaps internalized and it would be rather annoyying to have to do it manually

... and this one is for Custom Edition so all the cel-shaded bitmaps are internal (i guess because all the original maps don't look any different).

I have to finish referencing the cel-shading for the weapons and then I'll be posting it to Halomaps and my own site space when it's ready. The version in the pictures is a biped-heavy one for a machinima series I almost abandoned but I'm working on a clear multiplayer one too.

CabooseJr · Post by **CabooseJr** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:36 am

if this is for Halo CE it will definetly be a download from me

PigFarker · Post by **PigFarker** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:00 am

Weird, im workin on Cel Shaded Halo 2 mod

-Treetoad- · Post by **-Treetoad-** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:29 am

After seeing the first one, I had to have more. I hope thi reaches the download section

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:33 am

Holy crap thats awesome.

Sniper_Wolf · Post by **Sniper_Wolf** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:14 am

I like this alot better than that last one.
Great job.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:49 am

how can it be better? you realize that Xavier had a Shite gfx card?

PsiMatrix · Post by **PsiMatrix** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:32 am

Sniper_Wolf wrote:I like this alot better than that last one.
Great job.

You do realise the irony of that statement? This IS the last one. Difference is this one is running on a 6800GT with a d3d9 active camo fix. Plus Halo Custom Edition has nicer shaders so while it looks better it's the same as the original.

I liked Xavier's mod so much that when I saw someone had converted the a30_b map with Cel-shading and having just learned how bitmaps work in Halo CE mapbuilding I realised I could do that for myself but with such a positive-respective response how can I not release them all? I realise it's two years later than I'd liked to have paid tribute to him but better late than never.

Monkey Terd · Post by **Monkey Terd** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:47 am

PigFarker wrote:Weird, im workin on Cel Shaded Halo 2 mod

Wute. Yay!

Halo 2 Rules!! · Post by **Halo 2 Rules!!** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:17 am

nice. however, i must say this. the mod you are referring to as xaviers is also mine.
Xavier did the characters, vehicles, and the weapons, while i did all the bitmaps for the levels (walls, floors, ground, sand, trees, water, etc)

PsiMatrix · Post by **PsiMatrix** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:14 pm

Halo 2 Rules!! wrote:nice. however, i must say this. the mod you are referring to as xaviers is also mine.
Xavier did the characters, vehicles, and the weapons, while i did all the bitmaps for the levels (walls, floors, ground, sand, trees, water, etc)

Apologies. This is the only place I have referred to it as solely Xavier's mod. A slight slip, nothing more. So noted for future reference and the eventual readme for Halomaps.

It's progressing really well. I've almost got a finsihed version of Blood Gulch ready. Just some final testing/tweaking and it should be go for release.

One of the comments on GearboxSoftware forums was..

Hunter wrote:I thought maybe as something nice to remind people of him, someone should take the MC model, put it in some sort of heroic pose, and give it either Xavier's favourite Halo weapon or the assault rifle if nobody knows what it was, and take the helmet off, and model a face to look like his, then scale the whole thing up, put it on a nice podium and put a little shiny golden plaque saying something like, "In memory of Xavier, our fallen brother".

.. whcih led to the attached image being created