Covenant Engineer

Deus · Post by **Deus** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:31 pm

While I was probing through some of the map files I found a Covenant Engineer character. I know I'm not the first to see this, but I have never seen it before, and I'm curious.

I'm new to this stuff, but how 'ready' is it for play? Does it handle AI well or anything? Really just any information on it would be awesome (I had read about these dudes in the Halo books, so I'm curious)

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:40 pm

I haven't heard of anyone actually testing the AI, only throwing the biped out there. I'm too lazy to check, does it have an animation trigger tag or actor/variant tag to go with the biped?

MadManiak · Post by **MadManiak** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 2:29 pm

Dan!! wrote:does it have an actor/variant tag to go with the biped?

Yes, it does, and it seems that they use the plasma rifle.

[FnI] Xkal · Post by **[FnI] Xkal** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 2:51 pm

should test that puppy out...

DremolitoX · Post by **DremolitoX** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:59 pm

i put one in bloodgulch, and was surprised when i found out they pop when they die!

Tack122 · Post by **Tack122** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:24 pm

intresting...

Locke · Post by **Locke** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:32 pm

DremolitoX wrote:i put one in bloodgulch, and was surprised when i found out they pop when they die!

Mabey flood of somekind.But after reading books,this seems really odd.

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:20 pm

???
How could they pop? They don't have a collision model.

Tack122 · Post by **Tack122** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:26 pm

give them one possibly?

get a carrier form model... that might work

DremolitoX · Post by **DremolitoX** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:27 pm

i injected both the engineer biped, and the engineer actv. i put the engineer in the gunner seat of the warthog, but odd thing is is that if you shoot the warthog and not at the engineer, it simply falls off. but if you shoot at the engineer, it pops like a flood carrier form. try injecting one and see for yourselves.

DremolitoX · Post by **DremolitoX** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:29 pm

and take a closer look at the engineer`s biped in hht. it does have a collision model.

Tack122 · Post by **Tack122** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:31 pm

wouldnt using a health pack or a grenade to spawn it work better?
can you send me a copy of the map with the engineer in it already?... i dont feel like going through pmi and all that this late

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:35 pm

The collision model can't collide though.

Bullets go through it.

Tack122 · Post by **Tack122** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:36 pm

i still say edit the meta/xml to make it use the flood carrier as the collision model... then give it more health and other stuff...

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:38 pm

Then it would pop.

It pretty much looks like the flood anyway.

Tack122 · Post by **Tack122** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:39 pm

yea i know thats what im getting at...
it also might work to put it in ce make ur own stuff... but then the ai wouldnt be able to transfer... unless somene figured that out and i didnt hear

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:43 pm

You'd also have to reskin the model and reanimate it.

Tack122 · Post by **Tack122** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:45 pm

yea... to much work... im to lazy
anyways i have no idea whatsoever how to make and work bones lol

DremolitoX · Post by **DremolitoX** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:49 pm

Dan!! wrote:The collision model can't collide though.
Bullets go through it.

nope.not true. bullets can impact it

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:51 pm

Hmmm.
Maybe I should check again. I was almost certain that they can't.