[Skin] The Calm Before the Storm

r0tten · Post by **r0tten** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:55 pm

y0 what up wit da downloadeazy for schneazlozly?

CamDaMan607 · Post by **CamDaMan607** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:57 pm

works fine for me

. don't forget bout this

SNM CamDaMan607 wrote:Well I was thinking about that too when I thought, what other map has water on it? Headlong!! It could be like the storm passed over through the sea and hit that area in headlong. Do you want to do that? I will help you w/ it too. Everything i said above too

r0tten · Post by **r0tten** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:58 pm

can someone upload it somewhere else maybe? like rapidshare or filefront or something, this has never happened to me before, i was just downloading stuff earlier off halomods and now i can't, weirdest thing ever.

theycallmechad · Post by **theycallmechad** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:17 pm

r0tten wrote:hmm if its ok with you i'd like to add this to the map pack i am making, it should be done soon and you of course will get full credit.

why is it telling me i am not authorized to view or download this attachment?

Sure, that would be just fine with me if you put it in your map pack. There's not many relic mods/skins out there, so it'd be a good edition, I feel, to any map pack.

also, I uploaded this on rapidshare for you.
http://rapidshare.de/files/15519644/Dune.rar.html

SNM CamDaMan607 wrote:Well I was thinking about that too when I thought, what other map has water on it? Headlong!! It could be like the storm passed over through the sea and hit that area in headlong. Do you want to do that? I will help you w/ it too. Everything i said above too

Honestly, though I think it'd be a great idea and would love to help you with it, I'm not going to be able to take over the whole skin for you. I can help you out with a few textures here and there, but I have too many other things I'm working on at the moment. Plus, Headlong is such a beast to skin... It burned me out the last time I did it. Good luck, though, and let me know if there's something spicific I can helpyou with. Should be a good theme.

DWells55 wrote:This + ScottyGEE's active rain scenery = h4x

Here's my stab at making a mainmenu description to match the picture:

This Halo Ring's artificial weather system created by the Forerunners is
evident on this island; home to the most intense and mysterious of
storms.

I once thought about ScottyGEE's active scenery rain on this too. He came out with his rain a week or so after I started this skin. The Only problem, however, is that relic won't open with insolance, so if he needs insolance to do that rain, it won't work. If not, well then if he chooses to he may.

Also, the description is great and well thought up. The only problem with that, though, is that there isn't a ring on the map anymore. It took away too much from the storm (Greennc's idea, one I support and appreciate) so it's not really on the halo. But again, it's a very well thought up writeup, and I really like the main menu picture.

CamDaMan607 · Post by **CamDaMan607** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:50 pm

ok cool. I'll work on it as soon as I can. Do you have AIM or Yahoo? Those are the only instant messengers i have. Just tell me what your screen name is and i'll add u and talk 2 you on there.

r0tten · Post by **r0tten** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:57 pm

yeah i have been looking for a relic to add to the map pack but its been kinda hard to find one, like you said it cant be opened in insolence so its hard to find a good mod/skin for it because people avoid it. i think your skin gives it a great new feel though. should make a fantastic addition.

HOCKEY FREAK4 · Post by **HOCKEY FREAK4** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:50 pm

Theycallmechad I love this skin its so amazing
Its not too different from the normal skin thats what i like about
Keep it up

DWells55 · Post by **DWells55** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:58 pm

theycallmechad wrote:Also, the description is great and well thought up. The only problem with that, though, is that there isn't a ring on the map anymore. It took away too much from the storm (Greennc's idea, one I support and appreciate) so it's not really on the halo.

Well, you could say the clouds are covering any view of the ring...

Where exactly is this supposed to be if not on a Halo? It's blatantly non-human architecture* since it has a huge resemblance to all the other Forerunner stuff, so it can't be on Earth. Give me some sort of idea where it is, and I can do another writeup. I love doing these, I've made them for all my MainMenu entries.

*There are theories amongst the Halo community that the Forerunners are human, and it's actually pretty interesting.

theycallmechad · Post by **theycallmechad** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:07 pm

Yeah, though I've not heard that theory from others, I happen to support that notion myself. Only humans are called reclaimers and can "reclaim" the key, and the "arc" happens to be on earth.

Anyway, you can say whatever you'd like to say about it. It dould look a lot like the clouds cover the ring up, and honestly, most people will never know that the ring's not even there. So, go ahead and say exactly what you said to begin with. I liked that writeup... it goes well.

Good work!

Trigger_six · Post by **Trigger_six** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:25 pm

theycallmechad wrote:Hey, you're welcome for the inspiration, but one problem: you can't open this map with insolance. It's VERY limited with what you can do with it. Even my skin was limited as I was able to use only the shaders that came on this map.

But there's dozens of other maps this would work GREAT with. Give one of them a try. I'm sure you can do a good job with it.

You know they invented Darkmatter

lol

CamDaMan607 · Post by **CamDaMan607** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:26 pm

I knew you could do it w/ Dark Matter but Dark Matter messes up your maps when do stuff in it. Certain things though. How do you inject/move stuff like in insolence w/ Dark Matter? Can you post a tut? thnkz!

xheadshotmastax · Post by **xheadshotmastax** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:06 pm

veeery nice skin.
so far the best relic skin i ever saw

r0tten · Post by **r0tten** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:29 pm

This Halo Ring's artificial weather system created by the Forerunners is
evident on this island; home to the most intense and mysterious of
storms.

it's too long i tried adding it to the main menu with that description and it cuts it off in the middle of "mysterious". come up with a ne one, i like the way you think!!!!!!!!! i need a good description for the map pack too.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:57 pm

Theres no need for insolence to have active scenery in the level, all effects etc are already in the map. AlthoughId need to use Paintbaillers chunk thing to add the rain and nother problem would be that ud only have...70 droplets of rain...its a big map...The only other option would be to do what tycko said, and thats to add chunks to the itmcs with different projectiles of varying sped nd arcs so itd be more random...

theycallmechad · Post by **theycallmechad** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:01 pm

Howdy. So, ScottyGEE, is this something to be considered then? If so, that would be sweet. It would add a neat-o feel to the map, I think. Also, it wouldn't have to be raining hard by any means: the storm is, after all, almost there, not actually there. The rain clouds look to be just ariving, and therefore would bring just a very light rain.

Anyway, if you'd like to do that, let me know. It would be great, but at the same time, I'd understand why you wouldn't want to: it would take a while to do.

r0tten · Post by **r0tten** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:04 pm

why don't you make hte rain "just arriving" like you said but only put it on one side of the map, near the hog. that way it looks like the storm is just getting there. also can you make the rain diagonal or just vertical?

nifebender · Post by **nifebender** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:33 pm

looks like i might be adding relic to my main menu.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:42 pm

It could be considered...Ive been fairly busy so Ive been putting off all projects i can think of. Although, it should be a relativley simple project if Dark Matter works with the added chunks, otherwise I'd probly just scrap the whole thing altogether.

As for the rain falling diagonally, it most certainly can. No offence intended but its active scenery meaning you can position it as you would any old itmc. You'll need a plugin that supports Pitch Roll and Yaw to be able to do it, and if you dont have that, insolence would as IFP's map out the whole tag, so it'd be a bit of trial and error (the easiest way to do that would be comparing a sword with a normal one coz it's pitch is like 1.57 or something).

So Theycallmechad, there is a chance of it happening, I could even include lightning and maybe even thunder in the distance, but don't take it personally if I don't do it.

theycallmechad · Post by **theycallmechad** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:52 pm

Dude, how can you talk about all the options then say "dont take it personally if I don't do it..."?

haha, no, I understand. It really shouldn't be priority over other things that really do matter (like real life things), but it would be cool if it worked. As for the diagnal rain... it would look sweet, but it would destroy the whole "calm" feel I tried to keep with this map. Also, for any lightning/thunder, That would be WAY sweet, but way off in the distance so as to not be too noticable unless you were looking out that way.

All these ideas...

ali954 · Post by **ali954** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:35 am

yea thats awesome. how did u get the pic where it circles around u tho.