Descension

The Swamp Fox · Post by **The Swamp Fox** » Sun May 08, 2005 10:52 am

Where did you get the idea ADI could do any of that??

jakob187 · Post by **jakob187** » Sun May 08, 2005 3:11 pm

Alright. I'm new to all this, but I want to play that Halo 2 map that Swamp Fox created. That thing looks absolutely awesome. However, I only have a regular Xbox (not modded) and Halo 2. HOW DO I DO IT?! I have to play this. HELP!

Anti-Entropy · Post by **Anti-Entropy** » Sun May 08, 2005 3:48 pm

Cause you made it

522Viper · Post by **522Viper** » Sun May 08, 2005 6:10 pm

forsberg94 · Post by **forsberg94** » Sun May 08, 2005 7:12 pm

sorry I'm a noob but I was wondering how you can get this map to work if you don't want to rename Ascension. I want to keep the original Ascension, but also have this new one to choose from. Please help thanks in advance.

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Sun May 08, 2005 7:15 pm

forsberg94 wrote:sorry I'm a noob but I was wondering how you can get this map to work if you don't want to rename Ascension. I want to keep the original Ascension, but also have this new one to choose from. Please help thanks in advance.

I'll write a tutorial, keep checking the Tutorials Submissions section.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Sun May 08, 2005 8:17 pm

http://files.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=31955

The Swamp Fox · Post by **The Swamp Fox** » Mon May 09, 2005 1:36 am

jakob187 wrote:Alright. I'm new to all this, but I want to play that Halo 2 map that Swamp Fox created. That thing looks absolutely awesome. However, I only have a regular Xbox (not modded) and Halo 2. HOW DO I DO IT?! I have to play this. HELP!

You can't play it without modding your xbox in some way. Doesn't have to be chipped, but has to at least be modded.

Krush · Post by **Krush** » Mon May 09, 2005 3:05 am

...which is something I am going to have to do after seeing the movie on this map.

Prophet of halo · Post by **Prophet of halo** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:55 am

Wow this is pretty nice i give a 10/10 sweet dude

Prophet of halo · Post by **Prophet of halo** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:55 am

Wow this is pretty nice i give a 10/10 sweet dude

eclipsecpu · Post by **eclipsecpu** » Mon May 09, 2005 1:58 pm

Wow what a suck a$$ map. I dont know if you got
a bunch of clan members or friends to reply on here
but wow. ok where do i start, 1st let me say yeah the graphics in the sky are ok, but what benefit of game play do we get? non. ok 2nd non of the weapends have been moded or no new weapends, the single pod flyer sucks in 3rd person cant see what your shooting and the ray blast is only for 2 seconds. and the random blue lights are a bit anoying. Ok go back fix this map becuase this map was created what seems like 100% noob. Take this construtive critisisim go back and make it worth playing. If i wanted to look at a good pitcure i would look on line or go to a art musuem. This is Halo2 and if you know what that means fix it!

Lightning · Post by **Lightning** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:01 pm

.. dont diss TSF

It wasnt bent for gameplay, it has many, MANY firsts seen in the halo 2 modding community.

Anti-Entropy · Post by **Anti-Entropy** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:55 pm

eclipsecpu wrote:Wow what a suck a$$ map. I dont know if you got
a bunch of clan members or friends to reply on here
but wow. ok where do i start, 1st let me say yeah the graphics in the sky are ok, but what benefit of game play do we get? non. ok 2nd non of the weapends have been moded or no new weapends, the single pod flyer *** in 3rd person cant see what your shooting and the ray blast is only for 2 seconds. and the random blue lights are a bit anoying. Ok go back fix this map becuase this map was created what seems like 100% noob. Take this construtive critisisim go back and make it worth playing. If i wanted to look at a good pitcure i would look on line or go to a art musuem. This is Halo2 and if you know what that means fix it!

1)Learn to spell
2)I guess the FRG is an old weapon?
3)Are you being funny?

4)Go die somewhere nOOB (100%)
5)You release somthing better

The Swamp Fox · Post by **The Swamp Fox** » Mon May 09, 2005 3:59 pm

eclipsecpu wrote:Wow what a suck a$$ map. I dont know if you got
a bunch of clan members or friends to reply on here
but wow. ok where do i start, 1st let me say yeah the graphics in the sky are ok, but what benefit of game play do we get? non. ok 2nd non of the weapends have been moded or no new weapends, the single pod flyer *** in 3rd person cant see what your shooting and the ray blast is only for 2 seconds. and the random blue lights are a bit anoying. Ok go back fix this map becuase this map was created what seems like 100% noob. Take this construtive critisisim go back and make it worth playing. If i wanted to look at a good pitcure i would look on line or go to a art musuem. This is Halo2 and if you know what that means fix it!

Ouch...Well...The fuel rod gun certainly wasn't in the map before I edited it, nor the sword... And I didn't modify them because they are balanced enough as it is. It's basically a scenery mod, with a fuel rod gun, explosive thingies, a few grav chairs, and if you have a problem with it, don't play it. But still...ouch for the 100% n00b comment, I would just love to see you try to make something that even compares with this mod...visually or technically. And by the way, I'm not in a clan. I'm getting support for this mod because people genuinely like it, and because they know how much hard work on mine and TF6's side went into making this mod.

So in summation:
1. Congrats on being the first moron on which I have to publicly display my discontent with
2. There are very few good mods for Halo 2, I'd like to think this is one of them
3. Try to make something this good, see how long it takes and if anyone likes it
4. Put a fuel rod gun with textures, a model, and animations with the correct projectile, and I'll be impressed
5. Learn to spell and use grammar...

Iron_Forge · Post by **Iron_Forge** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:31 pm

eclipsecpu wrote:ok where do i start, 1st let me say yeah the graphics in the sky are ok, but what benefit of game play do we get? non.

Well, first off, half the games in the downloads forum (by the way, this is the outstanding mods section ;o) are just new skins...I don't see you off flaming all of them about their lack of benefits...

eclipsecpu wrote:ok 2nd non of the weapends have been moded or no new weapends, the single pod flyer *** in 3rd person cant see what your shooting and the ray blast is only for 2 seconds.

Actually, there are new weapons added...And no, none of them were modded...Some of us are under the assumption that Bungie spent considerable time making the weapons balanced, who are we to argue with them without an equal amount of time put into our new weapons?..And, contrary to what you may believe, making everything shoot rockets is not the bestest best thing since two for one night down in the red light district...

eclipsecpu wrote:and the random blue lights are a bit anoying.

Well, I agree with you there...But like most effect mods, the people who made them think they're cool, and there is bound to be those that agree with them...You can't please everyone, so you might aswell do what appeals to you, it is afterall, your mod...Course, how hard could it be to remove the effect rather than flaming?..

eclipsecpu wrote:Ok go back fix this map becuase this map was created what seems like 100% noob. Take this construtive critisisim go back and make it worth playing.

See, now, I don't think calling something 100% noob is "constructive critisism"...Especially on the 10th page of a thread where the mod has considerable positive feedback...Constructive critisism usually has tact and respect for effort...And to be fair, I can't recall demanding someone to go back and make their mod appeal to you ever going over well...

eclipsecpu wrote:This is Halo2 and if you know what that means fix it! :?

I'm not sure I follow this...Halo 2 is a game, this is a modding forum, for, mods...So no, I don't know what that means...

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:42 pm

Yeah, I'll have to agree with Iron_Forge with this one...

Anyway, lets try to get back to the actual "discussion" now, shall we?

DreadShackal · Post by **DreadShackal** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:56 pm

AND before a ppf *** comes here complaining about the map, you go ahead and try ppfing it, tell me how it works. Have fun with that!

Well I did make a .ppf for it, and it works too. Only thing is the .ppf is about the same size as the map for some odd reason. And I would also have to post a small tutorial to show people how to add bytes to their ascension map. So its kinda a lost cause. But..it can be done

The Swamp Fox · Post by **The Swamp Fox** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:38 am

Yea, the reason that it is the same size as the map is that PPF tracks differences...The map is byteshifted near the beginning. This means every byte after it, except a few 00's and cd's, will be affected by the shift. That way, very few of the bytes are still the same, so PPF will have a lot of tracking to do, and it's not worth the time it takes to make and use the PPF.

DreadShackal · Post by **DreadShackal** » Tue May 10, 2005 2:24 am

hmm..so i wonder if it would be any smaller if i added the bytes to ascension at the beginning rather than the end. Doubt it would make much of a differance...but hey...I tried