[CE => XB] Conversions MapPack - TESTERS NEEDED

angrycamel · Post by **angrycamel** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:49 pm

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

Last update: Sunday Sept, 26 @ 3:17am EST

The Status
The community currently has not seen a release of more than 3 CE to Xbox conversions that I know of personally. If anyone knows of anymore please post them in this thread to be included in the pack. Before you ask Fissure Falls is not being included since it was allready in NMP2.

As new CE maps are released please make them available to this thread by posting a link to the forum thread where the mod was released.

The Goal
My goal for this MapPack is to get every CE conversion compressing accurately and able to be played on system link with every game type possible supported.

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

Please test and post reviews as new CE maps become available.

Things to answer when testing:
Is the map compressable?
Is the map system linkable?
Does every game type load with default game settings?
Does every game type load with custom game settings?
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:

TSF's xbe patch - Conversion Runner.rar

The master list of conversions:

1) Xbox CE Tutorial

Author: ViperNeo

Thread: http://www.halomods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15143
http://nmp.hxbdev.org/files/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:

2) New Mombasa Classic

Author: ViperNeo

Thread: http://files.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=16212
File: http://www.nitrous.halocity.org/NMCx.rar
Mirror1: http://storm.prohosting.com/vextor99/NMCx.rar

Permission Confirmed
Compressable
Confirmed Syslinkable

Supported Game Types:
- Team Slayer
  CTF
  Oddball
  - - Ball does not spawn durring play
  KOTH
  - - Freezes on load
  Rally
Recomendations for Improvment:
- Fix the MC's shaders
  Give FRG a texture (I believe now its only in split screen)

TheTyckoMan · Post by **TheTyckoMan** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:28 pm

don't know how many people check the forums so, ViperNeo wants to know what map people want to be converted next. here's the Link

zj695000 · Post by **zj695000** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:14 pm

im glad this is a new set btw, i think it will get more attention this way.
i think you should convert the most popular maps. the top _? downloads.

jake07777 · Post by **jake07777** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 9:46 pm

Confirmed system link, me and a few friends played NMCX on XBC the other day an it worked great, but the only problem is the flamethrower if u kill someone with it the boxes go out of sinc. So system link, yes, famethrower, no.

angrycamel · Post by **angrycamel** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 10:09 pm

jake07777 wrote:Confirmed system link, me and a few friends played NMCX on XBC the other day an it worked great, but the only problem is the flamethrower if u kill someone with it the boxes go out of sinc. So system link, yes, famethrower, no.

Yeah this is a known problem with the flamethrower if I am not mistaken. It was removed from Fissure Falls for NMP2 because of that reason, right?

Either way thanks for the data.

Streaker · Post by **Streaker** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 11:53 pm

I would lke to see Ice world in there too. Its nice and small and made using A CE object. These map conversion are great but they are getting entirely too large for reasonable xbc size games. I know its impressive when you make something huge, but I'm all about replay value. And lets be honest who plays sidewinder anymore? Nobody because its too big and drags on.

Also these maps come precompressed right? So since viperneo is obviously the man, all he's gotta do is replace a different compressed map with every conversion and the mappack will make itself right?

Martijn Gelissen · Post by **Martijn Gelissen** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:07 am

thetyckoman wrote:don't know how many people check the forums so, ViperNeo wants to know what map people want to be converted next. here's the Link

If you go to this link you see a topic from (I believe it was swese, dunno for sure) about camtrack arena and that it is "in production" so!

Martijn

Scotty · Post by **Scotty** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:14 am

Excellent. I am glad you took up 2bitwhores idea. I think this should be converted.

[files]Cornfield · Post by **[files]Cornfield** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:23 am

will this install be able to go over the NMP2/CXE easy install thing you guys did? how will they both tie in thanks. again great you guys are doing.

Echelon · Post by **Echelon** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:32 am

Just so you know...you first need permission to convert someones map(im talking in referance to snakes map) Just so you all know

mrhyperpenguin · Post by **mrhyperpenguin** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 5:15 am

you could fix all of those probs of the conversions by injecting the bsp, models, bitmaps yourself again over wizard

Digital71 · Post by **Digital71** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 11:03 am

angrycamel wrote:
jake07777 wrote:Confirmed system link, me and a few friends played NMCX on XBC the other day an it worked great, but the only problem is the flamethrower if u kill someone with it the boxes go out of sinc. So system link, yes, famethrower, no.
Yeah this is a known problem with the flamethrower if I am not mistaken. It was removed from Fissure Falls for NMP2 because of that reason, right?

Either way thanks for the data.

I actually found the flamethrower, but it's invisible, there's no HUD animation for it, and it doesn't do anything.

AnIdeaCame2me · Post by **AnIdeaCame2me** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:46 pm

yo SON, convert the HALO PC MAP..........

it looks like HALO (2nd level) .. and has sidewinder type bases.

that wud be HOT, SsSss HOT

angrycamel · Post by **angrycamel** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:07 am

can you post a link to what your talking about?

mrhyperpenguin · Post by **mrhyperpenguin** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:45 am

i think its timberland

GeneralChurch · Post by **GeneralChurch** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:43 am

i do belive u should convert uh Night Camp CE cause theres no new weapons and just the normal set for vehicles all some rhinos maps also lost cove and mabey warton cove would be sweet

Mr_Slaughtr · Post by **Mr_Slaughtr** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:33 pm

Dear God, please convert the map called Island Hop. It is the single greatest CE map I have ever played.

Lightning · Post by **Lightning** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 5:45 pm

Hypothermia! lol, this is a possibility....http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/sh ... t=1#348410

jake07777 · Post by **jake07777** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 6:55 pm

Sounds good, i agree with lightning that map should surely be converted

tristanx · Post by **tristanx** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:54 am

lightning... that one would a great choice