The Origin of Halo

kearney · Post by **kearney** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:40 am

er, what's wrong with 3rd person games? Bungie came out with Oni for both the Mac and PC at the same time (if memory serves me right) and I still think that was the best game ever.

Shoot, the only reason I still have a G4 is to play Oni. Anyways, the original Halo was supposed to be only online. Humans vs. Elites. I don't know if there was single player mode (I'm guessing there was) but in addition to the warthog there were a lot of cool vehicles, and my guess, no flood. Or if there were Flood, we all team up to defeat the flood and become best friends in the process.

HERE ARE THE ORIGINAL PICTURES OF HALO BEFORE MICROSOFT GOT THEIR HANDS ON IT
http://picasaweb.google.com/yenrak

and click the gallery titled 'ORIGINAL HALO' and not, 'MY GIRLFRIENDS BOOBS'

Anyways, in looking at these old photos and Halo on the xbox (and subsequently Mac & PC) the graphics really aren't that different. In fact, it doesn't look like microsoft had to do any programming. well, bungie rather. My guess is, microsoft had Bungie take out all the good parts, and leave a stripped down version.

Post by **Altimit01** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:56 am

Halo is a good game. Bungie made it pretty much the way they were going to anyway, but with an actual deadline and a little bit of tweaks in the file structure (monolithic, zlib compressed, all for xbox compatibility). Btw, the macworld demo was scripted and didn't have fully working AI so MS might have done something decent with a little prodding. Microsoft didn't really change anything about the game except for where it was released. But now bungies on their own again so we'll see what they end up doing (hopefully a new game for the mac). I find it weird that they still have ©Microsoft on their website though.

TaxiService · Post by **TaxiService** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:26 am

Altimit01 wrote:But now bungies on their own again so we'll see what they end up doing (hopefully a new game for the mac). I find it weird that they still have ©Microsoft on their website though.

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AMEHAEHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH OMGOMGOMG I CANT STOP LKAUGHGHHAHHEHJAAAA AGHHGAHA I CANTNTYPOE HAHAHHAHA

._. it is impossible. bungie did sell its soul to microsoft.

kearney · Post by **kearney** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:53 am

Acccording to bungie's website, "...Microsoft will hold a minority equity interest [in Bungie]" So, Bungie's not free yet.

But, it would be nice to Bungie start creating games for the Mac again.

TaxiService · Post by **TaxiService** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:11 am

bungie SOLD ITS SOUL to microsoft.

it will not more be free again, we should ask to god, but he doesnt exist...

stupid god, why dont you exist...

Moxus · Post by **Moxus** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:18 pm

I think Bungie should start converting the Halo series (including CE) for Mac, now that they're mostly under their own power. Return Halo to the system it was designed for.

-=Moxus=-

Post by **Altimit01** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:47 pm

Except CE is a gearbox thing.

This unsupported version of the game...

. It's really a damn shame. Plus MS still has a good strong grip on at the very least H2 and H3.

Mota-Lev · Post by **Mota-Lev** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:59 am

TaxiService wrote:bungie SOLD ITS SOUL to microsoft.

it will not more be free again, we should ask to god, but he doesnt exist...

stupid god, why dont you exist...

Stupid taxi he exists, he just has no time for games.

Grrrr hate you. It was the way I was raised, blame my parents.

Moxus · Post by **Moxus** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:02 am

Altimit01 wrote:Except CE is a gearbox thing.
This unsupported version of the game...
. It's really a damn shame. Plus MS still has a good strong grip on at the very least H2 and H3.

Oh well... 'Tis a shame though...

-=Moxus=-

TaxiService · Post by **TaxiService** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:50 am

Mota-Lev wrote:Stupid taxi he exists, he just has no time for games.

Grrrr hate you. It was the way I was raised, blame my parents.

sorry mota, i should think before write things about gods (not sarcastic or something like)

kearney · Post by **kearney** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:49 am

er, I feel stupid, but what is CE

Post by **Altimit01** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:16 am

Halo CE: custom edition.

Click and despair

A standalone free PC game that is halo but with one minor difference. It plays maps that were created with the HEK. What is the HEK? Why it's the in-house development tools somewhat stripped down that allow for the creation of new tags (weapons, animations, vehicles and all sorts of other cool things are tags or sets of tags), the creation of new bsps (that's map geometry to you), the creation and inclusion of scripts (that's right, new AI, cutscenes are other silly abilities) and finally, the pin-point placement and creation of spawn points using something far cooler than sparkedit.

kearney · Post by **kearney** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:22 am

Altimit01 wrote:Halo CE: custom edition.

Click and despair

A standalone free PC game that is halo but with one minor difference. It plays maps that were created with the HEK. What is the HEK? Why it's the in-house development tools somewhat stripped down that allow for the creation of new tags (weapons, animations, vehicles and all sorts of other cool things are tags or sets of tags), the creation of new bsps (that's map geometry to you), the creation and inclusion of scripts (that's right, new AI, cutscenes are other silly abilities) and finally, the pin-point placement and creation of spawn points using something far cooler than sparkedit.

*AWED* Wow, now that's cool. And, wow, you know a lot. While it does seem cool, for some reason it seems not as cool as just modding the original game/app maps.

TaxiService · Post by **TaxiService** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:24 am

hhehehe, Altimit is like a source, a library...

i'll give you 343 award!

(i'm too tired to photoshoppin now... see ya in 17 hours)

Moxus · Post by **Moxus** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:55 pm

Yes, Altimit is very knowledgeable alright... nice definition Altimit!

I can also say that there are at least 2 maps I'd like to make.... one is possible to do outside of CE (but I need SparkEdit PC), and for the other I would definitely need HEK.

-=Moxus=-

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