Stay on topic: Lumoria: Episode Two.

The cutscenes are becoming epic :O

too bad its still over 1.76M in space to compile

Oh the pain. I dread that more than red triangle errors.

ohhhh, you have this problem too!!! i hate this limitation! >:O

remove things that are not relevant to the game and/or reduce the size of some data files
Edited by ChBgt909 on Aug 12, 2012 at 10:17 PM

You know open sauce would get rid of all tagspace errors you have, and let you have the map be a single one instead of 2. There would be no performance impacts on your map, if you're not using shader extensions.

The only way your going to fix this is by splitting up the bsps even more or downgrading the quality of the mod.

OS version pleeeeeeaaaaaaaaase :) (in addition to whatever other version you do)
Edited by Masters1337 on Aug 12, 2012 at 10:17 PM

I agree with masters a OS version would be nice to see.

Combining the maps as of now is already to late.
You will still probably not see an OS version

There is a difference between optimising visual aspects of a BSP due to editing kit limitations, and actually churning out a downgraded map. Note that I say map and not mod, as it is not a mod to an existing map.

As I recall there is a version of Tool that will allow you to bypass some of the tagspace issues, sometimes succesfully. I imagine OS just does something similar. We just need something like that instead of having to force the players to use OS just for one BSP.

actually I sent higuy tool pro about a hour ago or so.

It will exception when the total value of the maps tags and bsp space are loaded into memory. So the largest bsp will still break the map.


I'd still like to see Higuys sexy bsps in all their glory, instead of a degraded one. My apologies on calling it a mod, force of habit
Edited by Masters1337 on Aug 13, 2012 at 01:28 AM

yeah I just talked to mattewdratt about it and he told me the same thing, but he said that higuy is working on the tag space issue right now.

Goin good. 10% with cinematic H and then 70% on G and then I'll be done

Lol, do recall that there was a point in time where we actually considered using OS if you were going to OS-ify the classic tagset.

It look like crap. applying filters to make the normal maps to simple objects would be fine.. but doing it to something like the guns just looks gross.

Thats why you don't use the original assets, and make better looking ones.

Can you take a picture to show the difference between the original halo ones and your new water bumps?

Because to me it seems that no matter what kind of water bump I put, they don't get much different (except if you have a really flat normal map). I've tried so many different water bumps and they all look extremely similar. I tried to use a more detailed water bump and then even tried to use a random bump map from halo 3 just to test the system (halo 3 mongoose bump, I believe), however the results all looked extremely similar (hardly distinguishable).

EDIT: no pics needed. Saw your pic in another thread and it looks very very weird. Still, don't know why my bumps are messed up though.
Edited by XlzQwerty1 on Aug 14, 2012 at 11:03 PM

i always messed with these settings and always got better-looking water:

"reflection map"
"ripple animations velocity"
"ripple scale"
"ripple mipmap levels"
"ripple mipmap fade factor"
"ripple mipmap detail bias"
Edited by ChBgt909 on Aug 14, 2012 at 11:22 PM

the trees lack shadows

70% with cinematic G
60% with cinematic H
0% with cinematic I

Cinematic H was split into two cinematics (H & I). You'll never notice, but that's how it is for development.

Higuy if you need me just message me on FB I got off xfire cause I'm in a bad mood
Edited by MatthewDratt on Aug 15, 2012 at 06:47 PM

I am so tired



very close to done. Matt dratt, finish your dang cutscenes god dangit!

- Higuy

Does this mean the last tagspace issue is resolved?

yes I was told my matthew dratt that there was scenery that was only there for a cinematic
but how the cinematic worked out you never saw it so just unneeded unseen tags.

Lucky break :-)

hmmm, vury pretty!

Can't wait for Episode 2! This one screenshot alone just looks insanely awesome... O.O

EDIT: You know what? Let's jump in the bandwagon. Now I'm gettin' #lumoriagasm
Edited by renegade343 on Aug 17, 2012 at 11:51 PM

I have to ask: did inspiration from Lumoria come from the The Knowing Foreruner AI in the Halo: Helljumper comics?

http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/The_Knowing

I know Lumoria is more of a map and library, but there are some similarities between the two.

No, if there are similarities they are merely coincidental. Our story was designed by Lodex and I and then expanded on and improved by Isaac Frankel for EP2.

If you're good with particles can someone create a HUGE explosion for lumlum?

Large Explosion is way to tiny. I need like 20 of those

I herd Bobblehob likes particlez.

Im on it >:D

Teasing...
Foreboding..
Can't waaaiiit!

I wasn't teasing. I seriously needed someone to make a huge explosion

For a section of the Forerunner building thingy to go down in flames,right?

what do you mean? like high rez? like planet sized? nova sized? what do you mean by huge?