Glad this topic picked up an interest.
Since my last post here i've been doing a ton of research, and have finally come to a conclusion on how to accomplish this.
@Waev
You wouldn't use HMT, you would use a 3D application like, maya or 3ds Max (I use both).
@JK-47
Basicaly, yes. I will be putting halo into cryENGINE 2, but not quite as simple as that. And, yeh, this will require to practically rebuild halo.
@bcnipod
Brilliant, I'd appreciate his email address, thanks
@Trek2112
Great that your interested, I'll need all the help I can get.
Now cryENGINE 2 isn't easy for the average guy to obtain. Crytek only licence it to proffesional game companies, and then there's the minor fee of 500k. But, the company just released the mod sdk for Crysis, and with it, you can (and people already are) perform a "Total Conversion".
A total conversion is usualy, taking a game, using the provided SDK (software development kit) and wipe the original game clean, and make your own.
Crysis is extra helpfull with the provided level editor, named "Sandbox tools". Google it and you'll see some briliant videos of it's power. It's the same level editor used to construct Crysis, and it's included with the game.
Putting halo into this, is going to be back breaking. The artistic side of things (the 3d models, the animation, the textures) can easily, yet time consumingly be done. But for coders (and I'm no coding wizard) have kinda left me clueless.
You would have to take the coding from halo, or replicate it, to make this game work, or else master cheif will be running around with Maximum armor, or Maximum speed etc.
Point is, we can take bits and bobs from the original halo, and use it to cut corners. But I would imagine that some parts will need to be replicated.
Like I said, it's easy for the artists, because there's access to all the models n stuff, which can be modified to greater detail. But when it comes to coding, I'm not even sure how you get access to halo's functions that make master cheif, do what he does.
As for Legal matters, I do believe that I'm crossing a boundry. It's like making our own version of halo, and microsoft own the game, the characters and stuff (not sure how it's split with bungie).
Anywayz. In the end, it should make halo, look like halo 3. For your PC. I love the idea, and am very determined to succeed. But hell no, can I do this alone.
