Twinreaper

Just call me Mac...lmao And yeah I will be here for quite a long while, that is until people get tired of em and kick me out!

Yes. Reballing is the last thing you want to do though. You should first try to re-flow the solder joints of the gpu. In most cases, it is not only the GPU but also the CPU that can cause the RROD. Not enough info is yet known about all the direct causes, but it is widely accepted and guessed that all issues stem from the GPU. In some cases, it has been found that certain capacitors cause it as well. In any case mate, good luck! Re-balling and reflowing are not fun chores.

A halo 4 beta would not be released until about the 4th milestone in development, which is a little less than 4 months before release date. All games usually release a test beta a couple weeks to a month before they they spend the last 2 to 3 months working on bugs. Then they ship it off to the disc center to be manufactured roughly 3 to 4 weeks prior to release. If we see a special beta like we did with ODST, more than likely it would come with another game, or possibly another title possibly being developed by Saber Interactive. I know all official words have said no to this, but they have only been very short no responses. This is usually a tell tale sign of something actually going on....

The whole bloom thing is all wrong. The bloom everyone talks about is a simple HUD widget reticule. yes the reticule blooms, but that little expanding and contracting reticule is not what controls the weapon. All weapon characteristics except for damage modifiers are controlled and layed out in the [weap] tag. At no point ever, has the reticule ever been anything but a visualization to the player to allow them to see where they are aiming. The "bloom" removal, is done using MegaloScript. MegaloScript executes a simple set of memory edits to adjust weapon tag parameters and disable the blooming the of the reticule. If you were to disable the reticule from blooming as the only change, the weapon would still fire the same. We all remember the blind skull right? There is no HUD or reticule present, yet the weapon fires the same. That is because the HUD and reticule are simple extensions of the weapon itself and do not control anything. You could replace the HUD on the DMR with the HUD from the needler, and the wepaon would still fires the same. Hope that clears it up a bit.

Even though I really don't feel like replying to anymore of your really dumb posts, I can answer that one easily. If you bothered to play the game thru and actually watch the story at all, you would know that Carter was sevearly injured during the transport of Six and Emile. He was going to die anyway seeing as there was no medic support. The mission was was a one way trip from the beginning. So rather than die slow and alone somewhere, Carter decided to make sure the pelican hit and took down the target himself. Using armor lock would not have been an option, as his armor took too much damage, and more than likely was not functioning. Don't you think if he could have used it, and survived the whole ordeal and made it off Reach or had a chance to support Six or Emile a little longer he would have? Seriously man, pay attention to the story and the events as they unfold as a whole. I'm completely ignoring the Reach blowing comment, seeing as how that is a simple minded person's opinion, with no fact or direct argumentive referrence included. But please, continue to flame away and ruin what reputation, if any, you ever had here or with the Halo community.

I can remove and or change the language easily enough. no problem there. I'm not sure where to post them though. I guess just include them in the dropbox so I can get to them easily I guess?

Welcome to the 343i forums Dark. It's true we are all a friendly bunch, most of the time.....(watch out for this one ^) But seriously, welcome. if you ever need anything don't hesitate to ask!

Pre-ordfered and counting down. Along with the pre-order, depending on where you ordered, you get a bonus extra. For us who ordered at gameStop, you get exlusive MC avatar armor. All pre-orders come with the Grunt Funeral Skull as a bonus. Check with the retailer you pre-ordered for more information on extras though. They all vary a lot.

How is he wrong? He's logical? He doesn't understand at all how the physics simulation system or the collision detection works. Tell you what smartass, tell me what version of what app they used for physics and collision and how exactly it works and then try to tell me I am wrong about his ignorance. Like I said, I could write a 3 page essay on everything he said, and point out and extract actual game data to prove he is wrong. Nobody here ever argues with me on specific game data because they know I am right. Further more, this ****** is standing in front of wall with a home camera spouting off. He has no right to criticize nor insist upon in any aspect the shortcomings or high points of any video game. That much is painfully clear. His supposed points about plot twists, climaxes and plot devices is basic and elementary. I could easily compare a dozen or so high rated Emmy award winning movies and shows to B rated movies, and point out the same plot devices. This is just some sad tired person tying to insist upon everyone else that his opinion is somewhat law, and we are all too dumb to realize that soemthing we like is crap. Well, I got news for this guy and anyone else that agrees with him. People like what they like. Just because you disagree with a point of view does not make you wrong. You can't just walk in here, start ****, and expect to walk away peacefully. Especially when you are going to be this blatently disrepectfull to the Halo Community , 343i, Bungie and the numerous smaller studios that help bring us this entertainment. This guy in the video can conscider himself officially f*cked and put on my "to-do" list, as well as the rest of the ignorant followers of his. Good day and good night!

No, there will be no new weapons. In order for 343i to put new weapons or anything else brand new into the game, would require them to add those things to the resource map files, and links into the map files individually. Doing so would also require them to resign and reship all new files which means having to download a new version of the game or buying a brand new updated retail disc. Said weapon from Halo 1, is simply just MegaloScript altering in memory, the damage fields and firing radius of the Reach pistl. Just think of the weapon as a standard Reach pistol or heroin.

Ok since the last call for shooting the short teaser got cancelled, I am going to attempt to do this part solo with the help of my son. We will do all the body acting and I will try to edit everything to a workable standard. What i need is for everyone to record their lines and send me a link to the sound files. I REPEAT, PLEASE RECORD YOUR LINES AND POST A LINK FOR ME TO DOWNLOAD THEM. They can be in any format. Please use this link below to download the teaser script and record only the lines that you are to say. Said voices needed are... - Zed - Spectral - John-117 - Someone that can do the voice of Caboose well. If for any reason any of you cannot do the voices we can have someone else do them. Anyone wishing to be an extra for voices if need be, please sign below. Now, I realize that putting a link for the script up is not the wisest, s I am counting on you guys in the community not to spoil the suprise and not download it unless you are involved in the show. Spoiling things will only lead to your own misfourtune here on the forums and severly piss us off! You have been warned. Thank you! http://"http://www.freewebs.com/twinreaper/teaser_script.rar" For some gay reason you have to *right click* and save as a .rar file for this to wok. I'm too tired to up it as an attachment. laters!

I've seen a lot of things change over the past 10 years. I watched the community in it's infancy, and seen the culmination of what it is now. As stated previously, a lot of the community was made up of 20-something guys and some in between 13-17. Taking a look at the community now, a lot of us have grown up and moved on, or have had our play time sevearly deduced. There are a couple things in my opinion that have lead to the slight decline in the community. #1. Lack of PC support. As the community gains newer younger members, most parents are not in a rush to spend money on a console simply because their kid wants to only play a Halo game. I have seen this before when playing Halo PC. Most people on there have not played Reach or halo 3 yet becuase their parents wont let them or spend the money. Brining Halo titles to PC would open up the market a bit and give COD, Gears, BF a run for their money and allow younger community members to play newer titles. #2. As previously stated again, the game market has caught up. It took a while but it happened. Halo no longer holds it's own in the FPS market compared to the newer and better formatted games around. Games like Crysis have outdone Halo in terms of LOD and poly count for models. This allows a better visual experience. #3 World economics have played a huge part in the declining video game sales this year and prior. People have limited amount of money now, and when deciding to make a purchase, want to ensure their purchase has significant replay value as well as a long time coming support and expansion system. In terms of support, the entire CoD and MW series has Halo beat in terms of new added content. When faced with a choice.....loads of content plus new content vs silly new achievments......the bonus content and future content coming, will always win out when a purchase decision is made. #4 An overlooked and understood portion of the video game world is the dreaded 7 year gap. That is the time in which it takes software to fully complete it's uphill to run to match and properly support the hardware market. When the 360 first came out, the software the game companies had to work with as well as Microsoft, was bleak. The hardware the 360 ran on was not fully supported and lacked full features and abilities that we see in games like Reach and the upcoming BF and CoD titles. Unfortunately for everyone, game companies don't make money just sitting around waiting for proper or better software so they can make a game. Sometimes we just get stuck with a sub-par title or things we don't like. Beleive me, I am sure Bungie would have loved to have made a great ending Halo title that brought the 360 to the very brink of exploding, but the support is just not there yet. it's almost there...almost. This is another reason why the Halo ciommunity has seen a decline. When newer games come out, they have benefitted from ahving a better development resource base. Reach was mostly finished up in early 2010. Development for it basically ran from early 2009 to 2010. Games like BF and MW3 have had production times ranging from 2009 to 2011. So obviously they have had a better support base for the consoles in terms of development tools. I do believe however, that Halo 4 will be the title that re-ignites the Halo community to it's former glory. When H4 makes its appearance, it will be utilizing DX11 or possibly DX13 shader and xenonlib support, which is just about bursting the seams on the 360 hardware. We should be provided a game that has the best resource pool to choose from and it should be able to deliver a visual expereince like we have never seen before. Also keep in mind, that since this is 343i's first standalone linear Halo title...we are still unsure of how well they will keep the map files encrypted. I hate to say it, but modding and hacking can really breed a huge community. If not for the myriad of Halo 2 apps that we had to mod, change and rebuild map files, it would not have been as popular...that is a cold hard truth. Is it just me, or do all my posts seem to turn into a novel of sorts?!?

Ah it's ok. I'm about at socially awkward as you can get...

Man, what happened? Take a look over at wetpaint.com. Wetpaint is the primary website provider used by Halo 1 clans like when I was in [CñR]. It's a pretty good site to use. Also you could try looking at Spruz.com. I have used that one as well for clans and stuff.

Np Lulz. Normally I would pull out techical game data from the tag set used in the game to slam and humiliate most people who post this kind of stuff, but you sir are much different. You actually have a good concept of the game and the way it plays. Your ideas and observations make your point valid and null and void from any type of slander. We need more people like you around here. I am soooo tired of the ones we normally get who just bash the game all day. In most cases if people played more with the same passion they have for hating the game, they might actually learn to like it.

Small change in plans. When I scheduled this for tonight, I had completely forgot that tomorrow is my 12 year wedding anniversary. I ahve to work tomorrow so me and the wife made dinner plans. We have to re-schedule this for maybe tuesday. Sorry about this guys...but the wife comes firts.

I never noticed that the player movement field was increased beyond the other weapons. Interesting and real good find Lulz.. I never use the sword much so I prolly didn't catch it for that reason. The bloom issue is a bit more complicated though. In order to create the changes they needed to answer the call of a majority of the community, they had to alter a total of 7 different fields of weapon data to achieve the effects you see now in the TU. Unfortunatly, those 7 fields are all inderectly liked, but must be changed in order for the changes to work properly...so my guess is, we are stuck with what we see. I never did see any issue with the jump height but you do bring up a valid point with it. I may have to see about digging into a few things to see if I can uncover the jump height they set compared to the previous titles. Good finds and points though. Much more effort than most of the comlaint threads floating around lately. Kudos!

Figured I would show some love to those who still play halo 2 PC. This is the latest beta version of my from scratch interpritation of the firefight map Crater from Halo 3 ODST. Usually I keep all my H2MT (Halo 2 Map Team) beta releases strickly within the confines of Montsrmoose, but I just couldn't resist sharing with you guys. After you click the link, look for the file called Crater_ODST_Beta_v3.rar. Sorry there are no pics, but it's late. I may post up a Sapien flythrough vid later though. Enjoy peeps! https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=3E553768043B2519&id=3E553768043B2519%21342#!/?cid=3e553768043b2519&sc=documents&uc=1&id=3E553768043B2519%21342

Sounds like a plan. I guess the only way to truly find out, would be to have everyone in the lobby, switch their netwrok settings to "local" and see what happens? ***EDIT*** Nevermind, I almost completely forgot there is a way around it. Everyone who is gonna body act just needs to get a hold of a copy of XBC. For those who don't know, XBConnect is a tunneling app for the pc, that allows you to system link over an internet connection.

I do have one small concern, and it invloves the lowering of your weapon. To my knowledge it only works when you are in "local Network" mode. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that mean if we wanted to do a proper machinima Web Show episode, that we need to have our xbox's system linked...like we all have to be in one spot...not across the world?

Could not agree more. It seems as though they took the most popular played maps from the now when they decided on what maps to redo. TBH, Chrilon, Gephyrophobia, Danger canyon and Infinity should have been included. Turf was an epic slayer and assault map.