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|===-- AC's Conversions Map Pack Release --===| w/Patch

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 8:51 am
by angrycamel
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Final Release
Release Date: Friday Oct, 22 @ 2:21am EST

AC's Conversions Map Pack

Desc:
A collection of Xbox Single Player and HaloCE conversions to Xbox Halo Multiplayer supporting all game types.

Credits:
We all worked very hard together to get the maps supporting all game types and with all kinks worked out. Thanks to everyone for your patience while we got this Pack to the best that it could be. Now run HMPi and enjoy!

Maps created by the original modders and listed in the map menu.
Thanks to all of your hard work on these maps and for the permision to include them in this pack.
Thanks to all who helped make this possible:

The Swamp Fox
(GT)Juggler
ViperNeo
Spammy
Team Killer
rcm
Mr. Default
pokecancer
Reddog
Martijn
TigerHawk
MrHyperpenguin
tristanx
jake07777
mr.murder

Map Pack managment, compilation, and distribution done by AngryCamel.


Help:
For help with the HMPi installer, you can reference the FAQ that was built durring the questions of the HMPi initial release with NMP2 and CXE. It can be found here:
http://www.angrycamel.com/xbox/tutorial ... torial.htm


Download Locations:
This pack is, to put it in one word, huge! Weighing in at just over 370MB!

To spare my bandwidth on angrycamel.com, I am using a torrent once again, since it was wildly successful with the NMP2 and CXE release. I hope everyone remembers how to use them, if not visit http://www.bittorent.com for a brief refresher. For those who are early on in the torrent seeding process it may be a little slower as the torrent gets off the ground but please be patient as it is imperative for the success of the torrent that everyone keep the torrent window open so that the file can be shared with everyone else who wants to get it. Thanks for your cooperation on this.

http://www.angrycamel.com/xbox/sp2mp_Ma ... C].torrent

After installing the full pack onto your xbox, then run these patches for game demos link support. First run patch 1 then patch 2. (Default configuration of the patch requires NMP2 to be installed, if not then you must mod the ini files to your specific settings)
http://www.angrycamel.com/xbox/sp2mp_Ma ... atches.rar


Download speeds reported from the torrent are allready over 170k per second. Most are getting the 370MB package in less than an hour!
ENJOY!!!!


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Research Archive

Notice: This front page post will be updated as progress is made.

Last research update: Friday Oct, 8 @ 11:29am EST
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UPDATE (10-08-04): Added both CE maps back inot this MapPack to fill in the space. Hopefully in the future there will be enough CE conversions to make an entire MapPack out of them but as of now there is not.

Some may disagree with me doing this, but I believe it is better to release something that is complete before Halo 2 is out.

UPDATE (9-25-04): Removed both CE maps to be relocated to a CE -> Xbox specific MapPack.
Please participate by posting/testing new CE conversions in that thread as they become available.

Outdated : CE => XB Conversions MapPack: http://files.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=16324
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The Goal
My goal for this MapPack is to get every conversion compressing accurately and able to be played on system link with every game type possible supported. This may be a tall task but I believe if each of us that are capable to make these types of changes and fixes picks a map to oversee then it can happen quite quickly.

This conversion MapPack is to be used with HMPi (Halo Map Pack Installer) and installed effortlessly, just like NMP and CXE. All xbe big cache patching and build number stuff is handled automatically by HMPi, so there is no reason to work on any of that. Just the maps. :)

Please pick a map that you are willing to work on in the next couple days and post your choice in this thread. Once you have chosen yours, then it will be your responsability to get testing done as quickly as possible. Lets try not to have too many people working on any one map, as that can cause versioning problems when fixing stuff.

Things to answer when testing:
Does every game type will load with default game settings?
Does every game type will load with custom game settings?
Is the map compressable?
Is the map system linkable?
Is the map laggy on system link? If so, with how many players?

If you are the designer of one of these maps then are you available to do some work on them if needed? If so, can you post in here as well?

Thanks

AngryCamel
TeamNMP
TeamCXE


Things you will need:
Image TSF's xbe patch - Conversion Runner.rar


The master list of conversions:

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1) RampageImageAuthor: anyone Image
2) The Maw - Final RunImageAuthor: Team Killer
  • Thread: http://files.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=15146
    Image http://www.halomaps.com/forums/files/themaw.rar

    Permission Confirmed
    Compressable
    Syslinkable

    Supported Game Types:
    • Team Slayer
      CTF
      Oddball
      KOTH
      Rally
    Recomendations for Improvment:
    • Fix sniper spawning in CTF
    Fix log:
    TigerHawk
    • Now working KOTH, CTF, Oddball, Rally, and good teleport spawns
    Martijn
    • The maw now has blocked of tunnels, and I replaced some KOTH, Rally and Oddball spwan points that were inside of the tunnels. The map has warthogs and ghost.
    MrHyperpenguin
    • Sniper rifle now respawns correctly, but still doesn't work in CTF.
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3) Truth - Beyond The DarknessImageAuthor: pokecancer Image
4) The BetrayalImageAuthor: pokecancer Image
5) Heat v3ImageAuthor: (GT)Juggler Image
6) HangarX v2ImageAuthor: (GT)Juggler Image
7) The Library 2ImageAuthor: The Swamp Fox Image
8) Halo 2ImageAuthor: The Swamp Fox
  • Thread: http://files.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=12379
    Image http://www.halo-scene.com/request.php?228

    Permission Confirmed
    Compressable
    Syslinkable

    Supported Game Types:
    • Team Slayer
      CTF
      KOTH
      Oddball
      Rally
      • Place the rally flags on the map instead of in the air
    Recomendations for Improvment:
    • Warthogs instead of covie dropships
      Injecting buildingblocks and block of the part that is leading down through a hallway where the two banshees are. (And yes it is possible to inject them, I managed it myself)
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9) Silent CartographerImageAuthor: The Swamp Fox
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10) The Reactor RoomImageAuthor: The Swamp Fox Image
11) Frozen CanyonImageAuthor: Spammy/Martijn Gelissen Image
12) Xbox CE TutorialImageAuthor: ViperNeo
  • Thread: http://www.halomods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15143
    Image http://halofiles.org/directDL/xbox_tutorial.rar

    Permission Confirmed
    Compressable
    Syslinkable

    Supported Game Types:
    • Team Slayer
      CTF
      • - human weapons: flags wont spawn in
        - pistols: map freezes on load
        - snipers: you will play with only rocketlaunchers, and instead of the flag a rocketlauncher spawns in
        - no sniping: works fine
        - rockets: you will with FRG. and instead of the flag a FRG spawns in
        - rifles: flag wont spawn in, but in the place where the flag should be is a needler.
        - plasma weapons: flag wont spawn in, but in the place where the flag should be is a plasma grenade
        - shotguns: you will play with flamethrowers, and instead of the flag, a flamethrower spawns in. (BTW the environment can be set on fire, realy cool)
        - short range: a flamethrower spawns in stead of the flag, but there are shotties and pistols in the map also
        - normal: works fine
      KOTH
      • makes it freeze on load
    Recomendations for Improvment:
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13) New Mombasa ClassicImageAuthor: ViperNeo



Removed Maps
I have removed some maps listed below. They will not be included in the final MapPack, but I felt it important to leave the information about them in this post for others to reference.

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1) B40_a1 In BG Conversion V2 ImageAuthor:

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 9:07 am
by Echelon
Great idea. Good work, You have my full permission for the maw. Cant wait :D

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 9:26 am
by Scotty
Sounds good. Halo mp compressed for me using hht 4. I also converted it to pal before doing that (as i use that mainly.)

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 9:29 am
by angrycamel
Great news thanks, Scotty.

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 10:01 am
by angrycamel
OK I got Heat V2 from (GT)Juggler... thanks GT!

Still need Silent Cartographer, anyone?

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 10:15 am
by MacWarriorX
I can upload the silent cartographer (67.4 MB .rar file) if you give me a place to do so.

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 10:24 am
by angrycamel
Just got the Silent Cartographer Fix file on AIM from macwarrior.... thanks macwarrior!

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 10:54 am
by Martijn Gelissen
How about spammy's aotcr outdoor conversion
http://www.halomaps.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=206

Its compresseble, dunno about systemlink though

And I know that Lighting is working on a conversion: Reactor room, like this one for HaloCE:
http://files.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=3930
He told me he hasnt much time to finish it. Maybe TSF or Pokecancer can contact him and offer to help :!:

Great idea, a sp --> mp mappack
BTW is wyattsmith CXE forum down?

Martijn

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 10:58 am
by zonfar
sounds great!

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:05 am
by Martijn Gelissen
And this one by TSF?
http://files.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=11311

Dunno if this is aotcr v1.3 you talked about

Just willing to help
Martijn

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:09 am
by angrycamel
great idea about those SP conv maps you listed

and yes the CXE dev forum got shut down and probly wont be back up. There was some problem from the Florida storms.

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:24 am
by angrycamel
thanks a_madman, for sending me Silent Cartographer!

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:04 pm
by Martijn Gelissen
Hey forgot to tell,

I'm working on a mod for a sp --> mp map concersion (outdoor aotcr by spammy)

Dunno if ya need those to (maybe if you dont have 13 conversions)

Martijn

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:18 pm
by The Swamp Fox
i can make Halo MP compressable, but im not sure about system link. i have a 343 guilty spark map ready for release, but it doesnt work on system link and im trying to figure out why (although it does compress). I'm also thinging about a remake of the library, it looked like crap with the shaders i used.

And as an added bonus, the reactor room is almost finished, it compresses, but i have not tried system link yet.

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:31 pm
by angrycamel
absolutely amazing, TSF. Looking forward to the updates. With the two new ones you mentioned that will be 12 maps! One more for a complete MapPack!

Just so everyone knows... this MapPack is up for debate by anyone. If you want to see something changed... then change it and upload the ppf. I will not be rushing this since we need 13 maps anyways, so feel free to make suggestions and updates. The other thing is that the reason I want to make this is for online play. So taht makes me want to wait till all of them are syslinkable.

Thanks for taking to the idea so well

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:34 pm
by Martijn Gelissen
TSF is the man :!:

Cant wait for 343 gs and reactor room :lol:

Martijn

P.S
Will there be a link to sp --> mp conversions in CXE
So that you can switch between CXE and SP --> MP maps without reloading and evrything?

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:35 pm
by angrycamel
With the new HMPi (Halo Map Pack Installer) you will have the ability to link them to whatever you want. :O)

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:44 pm
by Anti-Entropy
spammy's outdoor aotcr does system link.

SWAMP FOX>That is so friggin sick dude. Thanks for all your amazing mods!

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 1:05 pm
by Martijn Gelissen
I suggest you use this patch for Silent Cartographer, its an update by spammy. It fixes a few bugs
http://files.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=15572

Martijn

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 2:26 pm
by angrycamel
Thanks Martijn... macwarrior sent it to me today actually. Allready in the mix :)
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