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mike323

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15 April 2005 02:50 (UK time)

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Meteor 2 Mod
By mike323323

I am planning to make a Halo 2 Meteor 2 mod. I have been working at it already for about two months and I have been recording sound effects and taking top-view shots of the Warthog, Ghost, and Banshee.
Halo 2: Meteor 2 (H2M2) will include all of the weapons from Halo 2 except the Beam Rifle (AKA Covenant Sniper) because I can't think of any way to make a purple glowing line.
My goal is to make this mod as close as possible to Halo 2. I really have no idea about when it will be done, but once I get most of the objects and maps done, I'll post a date and submit it to Meteormods.com.

Edited: 15 April 2005 02:52

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Assain

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15 April 2005 20:45 (UK time)

I can see everthing...comming...to and end...

Lol, j/k seems like you have things comming underway pretty well. Sounds like a pretty good mod.

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16 April 2005 03:09 (UK time)

I knew this would happen. My friend wanted me to make this mod but it would be too much wasted effort being the fact that I don't have the game to copy from. Yet, I support your mod all the way and I'd dl it the first day its done.

I do have several sfx too, I have the battle rifle, frag grenade, SMG, bashing sounds (you probably won't need that) LAAG (Warthogs mounted gun) I may have more but can't think of any at the moment.

It would be hard to match Halo though, The weapons have special qualities that make them different from each other in ways M2 can't match. Like the neadler for example (It shoots little crystals that stick to people, then explode, for those who havent played Halo) Not to mention grenades and how the game doesnt have any real "health" only you can survive a short amount of shots until you die when your shield won't recharge.
All I am saying is that it would be complicated.

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Edited: 16 April 2005 03:19

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mike323

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16 April 2005 19:59 (UK time)

I'm aware it would be complicated but I'm only making it as close as possible. Here's some weapons I have so far:

Human
-Pistol
-SMG
-Battle Rifle
-Sniper Rifle
-Rocket Launcher
-Shotgun: Probably not going to be included unless the final version of M2 has a spray option.
-LAAG warthog
-M68 Gauss warthog

All of the above are easy and simple to create with M2 now.

Covenant
-Plasma Pistol: If the charge up idea is included with M2 eventually, it will use that if not it's just a weak, simple plasma gun.
-Plasma Rifle: Rapid plasma gun
-Needler: Rapid plasma gun (can't stick or home)
-Particle Beam Rifle, Carbine: Not included, wouldn't be realiztic enough.
-Brute Shot: Grenade Launcher
-Sentinal Beam: Extremely fast fire rate, with long red glowing projectiles, extremely fast, each projectile does little damage.

Vehicles
-Ghost: hovercraft with dual plasma cannons, no rotating turrets
-Banshee: plane with dual plasma cannons, no rotating turrets
-LAAG Warthog: vehicle with LAAG rotating turret
-Gauss Warthog: vehicle with Gauss rotating cannon (very fast shell)
-Scorpion Tank: tank with roatating cannon
-Wraith: Hovercraft with lots of armor, nonrotation cannon

Not included:
Shadow
Spectre

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mike323

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18 April 2005 05:59 (UK time)

<a href="http://img230.echo.cx/my.php?image=h2m2prev13iu.jpg">Preview with the Sentinal Beam</a>

Edited: 18 April 2005 06:00

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Assain

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18 April 2005 22:19 (UK time)

WOW thats very well done. It looks almost as if its a real beam weapon (as in its not shot like a projectile is).

Might I comment on the banshees/ghosts (cant rember lol

), they look almost right from the game.

Your pretty good at making graphics, although the player sprite could be done alittle less one-colored/circular and more blocky (as thier suits arnt anywhere near close to having rounded edges).

GJ!

I have an idea for a beam like weapon... how about for the sprite, it would be an EXTREMELY thin and small red line.. barly noticable, but the "beam" would just be a bunch of elipsle lighting on one projectile, and when you fire the gun it fires at high ROFs, and looks almost like a red laser show

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mike323

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18 April 2005 23:47 (UK time)

Thanks assasian, the beam in the screenshot was taken about 20 seconds after I made the first 'try' of it, as you notice, the hud is the top down view (because I can't figure out how to enable the sentinal beam as the weapons on map in H2)

More screens on the way!

PS The ROF in the screen is 50 and the problem is the higher the ROF, the farher spaced the projs are

Edited: 19 April 2005 04:25

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mike323

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19 April 2005 04:04 (UK time)

More screenshots:

<a href=http://img252.echo.cx/img252/2921/h2m2prev26sd.jpg>Preview 2</a>
<a href=http://img252.echo.cx/img252/2852/h2m2prev36hr.jpg>Preview 3</a>
<a href=http://img252.echo.cx/img252/9353/h2m2prev48pm.jpg>Preview 4</a>
<a href=http://img252.echo.cx/img252/3361/h2m2prev50ug.jpg>Preview 5</a>

Edited out the stupid *erm* XXX ads (stupid ImgHst)

Edited: 22 April 2005 01:29

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Assain

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19 April 2005 21:22 (UK time)

Wow this mod seems like its comming underway pretty well! I suggest you wait for M2 released, before you make your maps unless you dont mind redoing them for the M2 changes

Your sprites look very well too.

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mike323

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19 April 2005 22:41 (UK time)

Thanks, and yeah, I will wait for the final version of M2 to come out before making maps (the sectors are still indestructible), although I did try making a ship map, but I need more units now.

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James Bunting

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21 April 2005 10:52 (UK time)

Don't worry too much about the map thing, any changes required are generally very minor.

So far I have noticed about 4 sectors being slightly changed in shape (like a corner cut off or something) during the entire SP campaign.

That first screen shot looks very nice, I am still waiting for the others to load lol.

One plus for you is that you will be able to ride on vehicles as well as in them. There may a limit of one player per ride on vehicle though.

....

The other images have loaded now, very nice weapons and the tanks (whatever) look great too. I bet you are glad that I took the time to code up rotating turrets support lol.

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mike323

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22 April 2005 01:25 (UK time)

Thanks all!

Well, right now I'm kinda mad at ImgHst.com for deleting my account and replacing all my images with an "EMPporn" ad, sorry for this, as I will have to use the previous hosting services.

Also, what does the "target" value set in game.ini? If they're shooting at you?

PS. Yes I'm very glad you put in rotating turrets James, makes the warthogs look very realistic!
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If anyone could find me a side-view of the sentinal beam, it would be great

Edited: 22 April 2005 01:47

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James Bunting

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22 April 2005 22:58 (UK time)

"target" means that side will not be shot at by the other sides. It also means that they don't shoot anyone else.

Basically its for neutral sides.

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mike323

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24 April 2005 02:45 (UK time)

Oh, ok. I don't think there will be a neutral side in H2M2, but I might make a flood side. The only thing is they will be extremely hard to capture.

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mike323

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25 April 2005 22:44 (UK time)

Update
Map Info

H2M2 will not have halo 2-authentic maps, or even maps along the lines it. I plan to make this a separate version of Halo 2, with the same weapons.

That being said,

I'm just about finished with the first level, it will take place at the edge of some mountains in which you will infiltrate and find out what happened to Capt. Key's daughter who was captured and your team has reason to believe she's being held in these mountains.

Screenshots coming soon!

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mike323

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28 April 2005 06:02 (UK time)

Update
OK, I have decided on the weapon selection. Here's the list:

Human
Pistol
SMG
Battle Rifle
Sniper Rifle
Rocket Launcher
Covenant
Plasma Pistol
Plasma Rifle
Needler
Brute Shot
Mounted
LAAG
Gauss Turret
Plasma Cannon
Tank Cannon
Not included
Shotgun*
Sentinal Beam*
Beam Rifle (Covenant sniper)
Brute Plasma Rifle*
Energy Sword
Covenant Carbine
Fuel Rod Cannon*

*subject to change...if I find some good pics of any of these they might be included later on or as a patch.

As disappointing as it is, I have decided to remove the sentinal beam and shotgun from the game UNLESS the final version of M2 has a shotgun spray mode and/or a faster projectile fire rate.

Map Updates
The first map is done for H2M2. It's the one I asked the scripting question about and I'm picking up C pretty well (the syntax is so FINICKY and CONFUSING lol!!!)
It takes place in the mountains as I said, with some new textures that i pulled right from H2. Basically, its just weaving your way through hills taking down covenant and watching marines do their job too. This map is very similar to Delta Halo.

AI Updates
So far I only have 6 covenant because the grunts and jackals are EXTREMELY hard to capture at a top view. The list so far is:

Enemies
- Blue Elite (Plasma Pistol)
- Blue Elite (Plasma Rifle)
- Blue Elite (Needler)
- Red Elite (Plasma Pistol)
- Red Elite (Plasma Rifle)
- Red Elite (Needler)
- Ghost
- Banshee
Allies
- Marine (SMG)
- Marine (Battle Rifle)
- Warthog (LAAG)
- Warthog (Gauss)
- Scorpion Tank (hehe, VERY fun vehicle

)

I need to turn in now so i'll post screenshots in the morning.

Edited: 10 May 2005 00:01

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05 May 2005 02:42 (UK time)

Those vehicles and weapons are kickass! Ive had soundfx for a while but i was grounded and couldnt email them for a while, but I hope you don't have 'all' the soundfx I'm emailing. That brute shot in the first preview looks familiar, did you take that from a Halo2 mod for soldat? What is your mail adress anyway? and do you have sfx for the plasma rifle and covenant carbine? I'd like to have them.

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Edited: 05 May 2005 02:44

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jayjay

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06 May 2005 19:44 (UK time)

its pretty cool good luck with it
it would be cool if sum1 made a countr strike style mod

Edited: 06 May 2005 19:45

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mike323

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08 May 2005 22:24 (UK time)

OK, sorry everyone for the lack of screenshots, I'll be taking them soon.

Update
Lets see, two maps have been completed so far, and I'm working on my third. Actually for now I'm going to wait for the final version of M2 before I finish the thrid map. I think it will be much easier to create when M2 is finished.

@ Papercut: Thanks man, its coming along great. I have all the SFX I'll need, but thanks for offering. (I'm not going to use the carbine anyway.) Oh and my email is mikeMX3000@yahoo.com

@ jayjay: Dunno, I don't play counter-strike but I might consider it for my next mod.

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mike323

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09 May 2005 00:10 (UK time)

Update
Screenshots!

<a href=http://img67.echo.cx/img67/1497/h2m2prev89bw.jpg>Preview 6</a>
The selection of objects (so far)

<a href=http://img29.echo.cx/img29/7794/h2m2prev92po.jpg>Preview 7</a>
The selection of weapons and powerups (so far)

<a href=http://img29.echo.cx/img29/3659/h2m2prev101sb.jpg>Preview 8</a>
A screenshot of a test level I named 'patterson square.'

<a href=http://img29.echo.cx/img29/9213/h2m2prev119ha.jpg>Preview 9</a>
A banshee attacking

<a href=http://img29.echo.cx/img29/2829/h2m2prev127tm.jpg>Preview 10</a>
mmm...me getting pasted by a banshee (notice my low health)

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me_mantis

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09 May 2005 03:31 (UK time)

looks more fun than halo2 =D

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mike323

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09 May 2005 05:39 (UK time)

lol, thanks a bunch...sometimes it is because sometimes halo 2 can be cheap IMO

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Knasp

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09 May 2005 16:36 (UK time)

Nice work.Any plans for multiplayer?

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mike323

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09 May 2005 23:54 (UK time)

In fact, yes. As far the resemblance to halo 2's maps go, campaign would be way too hard to replicate...instead multiplayer will flourish with similar maps to the real Halo 2.

So definately, I think mulitplayer will turn out pretty well.

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10 May 2005 18:27 (UK time)

I like the projectiles, I'm glad people are getting fancy with dynamic lighting, Thats a key factor for appealing to peoples eyes

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Assain

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10 May 2005 20:45 (UK time)

I did edit the explosion's lighting once and it looked very neat, although i decided to just leave it be, as you couldnt really tell the diference when you actually saw them in game (things happened too fast), OR, it didnt look good with the bullet shots. WHCIH REMINDS ME: See the thread about bullet projectiles in Suggestions I just made!

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mike323

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11 May 2005 01:39 (UK time)

Update
The first Multiplayer map is done. It's Coagulation and it's pretty dang similar.

<a href=http://img1.echo.cx/img1/5262/h2m2prev131wk.jpg>Screenshot</a>

Gallery Up!
A ImageShack Gallery of all my screenshots is up.

mike323323's H2M2 gallery
<a href=http://img1.imageshack.us/img_viewer.php?g=h2m2prev26nw.jpg>Go >></a>
<a href=http://img1.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=h2m2prev26nw.jpg>All Pictures</a>

Edited: 11 May 2005 01:44

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Armageddon1212

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15 May 2005 22:10 (UK time)

Keep up the good work! I play Halo2 on Xbox live alot and my favorite map is cuagulation. It looks pretty similar. Good work.

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mike323

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19 May 2005 03:45 (UK time)

OK everyone, I made a site for H2M2. We will continue discussion here, and I will tell you when to check the site.

<a href=http://www.freewebs.com/mikesmidi/downloadsindex-h2m2.htm>Halo 2: Meteor 2 official site</a>

Edited: 19 May 2005 03:46

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Assain

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19 May 2005 17:03 (UK time)

It looks very... erm nice.

Well, truthfully, all that came up was a cool looking orange-blackish sidebar. The rest was just blank white, and IE said all loading was "done".

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mike323

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19 May 2005 22:25 (UK time)

Really? Thats interesting...its just tables and text...all of it...

I don't know what to say, I've tried it on all kinds of computers so far and its ok...if you want the actual HTML document, you can email me at mikeMX3000@yahoo.com

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mike323

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21 May 2005 16:56 (UK time)

Update
I have switched the site to GeoCities, so the new link is

<a href=http://www.geocities.com/mikemx3000/h2m2.html>http://www.geocities.com/mikemx3000/h2m2.html</a>

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Assain

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22 May 2005 03:14 (UK time)

Yay! Your new site works (no cool side bar thouhg

).

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mike323

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23 May 2005 04:56 (UK time)

Good!
The freakish orange and black scrollbar I thought was overdoing it a bit, but the site looks decent anyway.

Oh and I think the scrollbar scripting had messed up the rest of the page with freewebs.

Update
Campaign

The single player mode is about 1/3 done (the maps and scripting). The first estimated date I'll lay down for completion of single player might be sometime in July.

Edited: 23 May 2005 04:57

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James Bunting

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24 May 2005 23:36 (UK time)

Hope M2 v1 is out by then lol

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mike323

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25 May 2005 01:16 (UK time)

me too

I hope I don't finish H2M2 before M2 comes out because I'd hate to have to redo some huge thing because I missed a feature...

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mike323

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01 June 2005 06:32 (UK time)

Update
A few campaign map names:
Tutorial
Interlude
Grasses
Interlude
Old Highway
An Unhealthy Collusion
Purple Beast
Home at last

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mike323

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04 June 2005 21:54 (UK time)

Update
The intro is ready. It is the actual Bungie logo from actual Halo 2.

Also, i'm having trouble with the H2M2 page, so don't expect it to change

Offcial Campaign Progress Bar
- [OOOOOOOOOOOO------------] +
Maps done: 6/9

Edited: 08 June 2005 23:50

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mike323

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08 June 2005 23:50 (UK time)

Hmm...I hate to be double posting so much but its the only way to bold the date so people will see this...but the campaign bar has been updated.

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