Halo 5: Guardians Forge Wish List

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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There are a lot of things I personally want to see in Halo 5: Guardians, but as a custom map maker i enjoy having a lot of customization options with forge mode. Tools available, objects at my disposal, and a lot of them (even if they all aren’t used). But I have a Wishlist for my Top 10 things to see in Halo 5: Guardians Forge Mode:

  • Objects, Objects, Objects. I like having EVERYTHING at my disposal. I want to see more structures, more explosives, more Map Gadgets, more weapons, terrain and most importantly: More Vehicles. - AI Spawn Points. With Warzone, enemies can now be spawned and battled with. In Forge, I want to see this be a usable tool in Forge. Grunts, Elites, Hunters, Prometheans. Team changing, etc. NOTE: I am aware that Warzone will not be forgeable, however that doesn’t mean that aspects of Warzone cannot be, such as vehicles and weapons. - Maps designed for forge, not the other way around. Forge World 2.0, Forge Islands. Blank Maps as well! On the Xbox One, Halo 5: Guardians will have even larger canvas’ to work with. - Environment Control. Time of Day, Weather, Etc. All of this would be effective for creating a picture perfect custom map. Imagine A dusk rainy infected match. - More Map Gadgets. Halo 2 Anniversary had a very nice amount of Map Gadgets, but i expect more to come with Halo 5 Guardians. Doors, Shields, Artillery, Bridges, you name it. - With Map Gadgets comes Scripting. New Scripting options, such as Array (activate 10 broadcast channels when activated by a separate broadcast), Team Only, or When Destroyed, Etc. - Budget Count. This was a nice feature within Halo 2: Anniversary, allowing for more objects and with Halo 5: Guardians on Xbox One, that means even more objects. - Detailed Objects. Halo 4 brought detail to an extreme level with objects. Effect such as lights, movement, etc can all be added in Forge for Halo 5: Guardians. - Effects. Steam, Fire, Smoke, Sparks, Water Drips. These kind of particle effects can really set the mood for certain areas of a map, making it valuable for Forge. - UNSC AIRCRAFT. If I do not see a Hornet in Halo 5: Guardians due to some sort of “Time Constraint” or “Storage Problem”, I will be very, very irritated. NOTE: It can only be a Hornet, not a Falcon. Falcons are pre 2552, Hornets are post 2558. It COULD be a hybrid or variant of a Hornet, but its got be a Hornet.
    OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

  • Locusts would be a neat edition. Similar controls as the mantis actually, but rather than Stomping, it would go into Overdrive. - Piloting Phantoms and Pelicans has been a must for years. Xbox One could potentially be capable. - Elephants have always been fun. Bringing it to Halo 5: Guardians would be nice for a desert map. - Map Gadgets > Light-bridge Sml/Med/Lrg. Scriptable.These are ALL Strictly Forge and ALL Strictly my personal Ideals. Comments welcome.

  • Cryptex415

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Give me a bigger version of reach Forge world and I’m happy

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Add Skulls physics/abilities in trait zones.

I also thought for lighting a shadow light/ball effect.

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How about a working fileshare.

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add scarabs

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Don’t forget to say please!

I wouldn’t mind some colour. Just allow the objects to be coloured different colours instead of gray.

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> How about a working fileshare.

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Even if full AI teammates/enemies aren’t implemented, I’d still love to see auto-turrets, like the ones in Halo 4’s Dominion mode. Except I’d like a lot more, like heavy and light ground turrets, AA, and artillery. You should be able to change the team of the turrets or hook them up to switches to have your team take control of them.

Also, there should be a UNSC vehicle like you said. Though, a second-grade Falcon could be brought back. However, I’d rather see a Sparrowhawk in the game than a Hornet.

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Made a wishlist about a week ago on a similar thread.

  • Select background music for use in Custom Games. The soundtrack encompasses every track from the Halo series. Can be cued based on certain parameters. - Spawn AI allies and enemies, even those not present in Halo 5: Guardians’ campaign. Such as the Flood and Brutes. Adjust their behavior and difficulty. - Equipment from Halo 3 and Armor abilities can be made as map pick-ups should the player desire them (even Armor Lock). - Adjust weapons’ rates of fire, effective range, lunge distance, aim assistance, and so on. - Make your character left-handed. - Dual wield any and every weapon, toggle-able of course. - Being unarmed. - Dropping your weapon on the ground. - Walking on walls/ceilings. - Zero-gravity environments, with thrusters, would make for interesting space battles. - Toggle which Spartan ai - Johnson and Cortana could be alternate announcers. - Skulls. - CUSTOM GAME MATCHMAKING!!! - Adjust vehicle speed. - Third-person gameplay
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  • You should be able to change the texture of objects, e.g. Promethean, UNSC, Covenant, wood, old wood, concrete, steel, rusted steel. - A copy/paste feature. - As well as copy/paste you could save a group of objects so If you built an awesome watchtower and wanted it in another map, you could. - Like Gravity Zones in Halo 4, you could have a different special effect for each effect zone. - WaterI really hope somebody from 343i looks and this thread.
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I think it would be great if they could let us spawn MAC guns, like the mass driver at the end of Halo Reach.

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The only things I want are

  1. no limit to building but if there is a limit make it a limit that will be hard to reach.

  2. ai

  3. a large open area

  4. allow us to recolor the objects we place down

  5. weather system

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> There are a lot of things I personally want to see in Halo 5: Guardians, but as a custom map maker i enjoy having a lot of customization options with forge mode. Tools available, objects at my disposal, and a lot of them (even if they all aren’t used). But I have a Wishlist for my Top 10 things to see in Halo 5: Guardians Forge Mode:
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> - Objects, Objects, Objects. I like having EVERYTHING at my disposal. I want to see more structures, more explosives, more Map Gadgets, more weapons, terrain and most importantly: More Vehicles.
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> - I understand the want to have more, and I also understand that this is a wishlist, so I won’t be that harsh, but I really don’t see the point of more, and more, and more, and more. People are never happy with what they get, they will just want more. That’s just annoying and infuriating.
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> - AI Spawn Points. With Warzone, enemies can now be spawned and battled with. In Forge, I want to see this be a usable tool in Forge. Grunts, Elites, Hunters, Prometheans. Team changing, etc. NOTE: I am aware that Warzone will not be forgeable, however that doesn’t mean that aspects of Warzone cannot be, such as vehicles and weapons.
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> - No. Not going to happen, as I’ve said in multiple other ‘AI in forge’ threads. You can’t control them, because you don’t have a UI that allows you to do so. Stop it already with this.
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> - Maps designed for forge, not the other way around. Forge World 2.0, Forge Islands. Blank Maps as well! On the Xbox One, Halo 5: Guardians will have even larger canvas’ to work with.
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> - I think they have a certain type of forge map for ‘breakout’ that allows the raising/lowering/addition/ to the terrain, allowing for easy manipulation of the terrain, because it’s all one color, no need to worry about the grass, dirt, etc. But, I don’t want them to waste too many of the ‘total of 50’ maps they are making to be specifically for Forge, I’d rather them just continue to create new maps.
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> - Environment Control. Time of Day, Weather, Etc. All of this would be effective for creating a picture perfect custom map. Imagine A dusk rainy infected match.
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> - I don’t like this either. At all. Requests like this is just going balls to the wall in wishing, but I do understand it’s a wishlist, I just really get annoyed at the same crap in every one of these posts.
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> - More Map Gadgets. Halo 2 Anniversary had a very nice amount of Map Gadgets, but i expect more to come with Halo 5 Guardians. Doors, Shields, Artillery, Bridges, you name it.
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> - Meh, I could take or leave these.
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> - With Map Gadgets comes Scripting. New Scripting options, such as Array (activate 10 broadcast channels when activated by a separate broadcast), Team Only, or When Destroyed, Etc.
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> - Again, I could take or leave these, and doing this sort of thing ruins the ability to bring these maps to community playlists, due to the ‘hidden’ and easily deceptive nature of these. You could hide anything you want and ruin the even playing field.
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> - Budget Count. This was a nice feature within Halo 2: Anniversary, allowing for more objects and with Halo 5: Guardians on Xbox One, that means even more objects.
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> - ‘this means even more objects’, not necessarily, but I understand where you’re coming from, I just think people will never be satisfied, no matter how many they allow you to have.
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> - Detailed Objects. Halo 4 brought detail to an extreme level with objects. Effect such as lights, movement, etc can all be added in Forge for Halo 5: Guardians.
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> - ‘extreme level’, not really, they just allowed for lighting effects due to the engine they used. You have to rememeber, they just made a whole new engine, this may or maynot be as ‘extreme’ as you mentioned.
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> - Effects. Steam, Fire, Smoke, Sparks, Water Drips. These kind of particle effects can really set the mood for certain areas of a map, making it valuable for Forge.
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> - -Yoink-. No. No. No. No. This sort of -Yoink- will RUIN the maps people make, just like ‘backwash’ from before. They added too much, just ridiculous all around. Not necessary, at all. I understand WHY you want it, but the implementation isn’t a good idea. AT all.
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> - UNSC AIRCRAFT. If I do not see a Hornet in Halo 5: Guardians due to some sort of “Time Constraint” or “Storage Problem”, I will be very, very irritated. NOTE: It can only be a Hornet, not a Falcon. Falcons are pre 2552, Hornets are post 2558. It COULD be a hybrid or variant of a Hornet, but its got be a Hornet.
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> - ‘I will be very very irritated’ You didn’t give me what I wanted, I’ll be irritated that you didn’t do what I wanted. This sounds like a child. A spoiled child. Remember when I said people will never be satisfied? You just proved my point.
> OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
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> - Locusts would be a neat edition. Similar controls as the mantis actually, but rather than Stomping, it would go into Overdrive. No, Mantis was already annoying.
> - Piloting Phantoms and Pelicans has been a must for years. Xbox One could potentially be capable. ‘A must’. Sigh. Never satisfied.
> - Elephants have always been fun. Bringing it to Halo 5: Guardians would be nice for a desert map. Christ, no. WHY would this be necessary? WHY?
> - Map Gadgets > Light-bridge Sml/Med/Lrg. Scriptable. **Meh, might be helpful in certain situations, but again, the scripting this could be made far too intricate to be ‘fair’ if brought to community playlists.**These are ALL Strictly Forge and ALL Strictly my personal Ideals. Comments welcome.
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> - Cryptex415

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> Made a wishlist about a week ago on a similar thread.
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> - Select background music for use in Custom Games. The soundtrack encompasses every track from the Halo series. Can be cued based on certain parameters. No, considering you still need to be able to hear footsteps, gunfire, callouts, etc, this wouldn’t be a good idea.
> - Spawn AI allies and enemies, even those not present in Halo 5: Guardians’ campaign. Such as the Flood and Brutes. Adjust their behavior and difficulty. No. No. No. Christ, stop with the AI in everything. Stop trying to make AI happen.
> - Equipment from Halo 3 and Armor abilities can be made as map pick-ups should the player desire them (even Armor Lock). It took us 2 games, and YEARS to rid ourselves of armor abilities. No, for the love of God, Allah, Shiva, and all of the other nonexistent Goes, NO.
> - Adjust weapons’ rates of fire, effective range, lunge distance, aim assistance, and so on. …No.
> - Make your character left-handed. …Why?
> - Dual wield any and every weapon, toggle-able of course. -Yoink-. No. No. No. No. Stop it.
> - Being unarmed. I’m assuming for Machinima? Why do people expect Devs to cater everything to machinima that barely anyone watches?
> - Dropping your weapon on the ground. You can if you change the weapon, otherwise if they added this, people will be ‘accidently’ doing this all the time.
> - Walking on walls/ceilings. This isn’t a John Woo movie
> - Zero-gravity environments, with thrusters, would make for interesting space battles. Meh. You can turn down gravity I’d assuming, but not off.
> - Toggle which Spartan ai No.
> - Johnson and Cortana could be alternate announcers. No.
> - Skulls. Why would you need skulls?
> - CUSTOM GAME MATCHMAKING!!! As I’ve stated in multiple threads, the matchmaking abilities wouldn’t be possible due to the nature of Custom games being… custom. You can hide weapons, no one except YOU would know the layout, weapons, vehicles, etc. Not going to happen, ever.
> - Adjust vehicle speed. No.
> - Third-person gameplay This isn’t Gears of War. This is Halo. They toggle so you can use 3rd person while flying, driving, and using the turrets. That’s it. Stop trying to make third person happen.

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> There are a lot of things I personally want to see in Halo 5: Guardians, but as a custom map maker i enjoy having a lot of customization options with forge mode. Tools available, objects at my disposal, and a lot of them (even if they all aren’t used). But I have a Wishlist for my Top 10 things to see in Halo 5: Guardians Forge Mode:
>
>
>
>
> - Objects, Objects, Objects. I like having EVERYTHING at my disposal. I want to see more structures, more explosives, more Map Gadgets, more weapons, terrain and most importantly: More Vehicles.
> - AI Spawn Points. With Warzone, enemies can now be spawned and battled with. In Forge, I want to see this be a usable tool in Forge. Grunts, Elites, Hunters, Prometheans. Team changing, etc. NOTE: I am aware that Warzone will not be forgeable, however that doesn’t mean that aspects of Warzone cannot be, such as vehicles and weapons.
> - Maps designed for forge, not the other way around. Forge World 2.0, Forge Islands. Blank Maps as well! On the Xbox One, Halo 5: Guardians will have even larger canvas’ to work with.
> - Environment Control. Time of Day, Weather, Etc. All of this would be effective for creating a picture perfect custom map. Imagine A dusk rainy infected match.
> - More Map Gadgets. Halo 2 Anniversary had a very nice amount of Map Gadgets, but i expect more to come with Halo 5 Guardians. Doors, Shields, Artillery, Bridges, you name it.
> - With Map Gadgets comes Scripting. New Scripting options, such as Array (activate 10 broadcast channels when activated by a separate broadcast), Team Only, or When Destroyed, Etc.
> - Budget Count. This was a nice feature within Halo 2: Anniversary, allowing for more objects and with Halo 5: Guardians on Xbox One, that means even more objects.
> - Detailed Objects. Halo 4 brought detail to an extreme level with objects. Effect such as lights, movement, etc can all be added in Forge for Halo 5: Guardians.
> - Effects. Steam, Fire, Smoke, Sparks, Water Drips. These kind of particle effects can really set the mood for certain areas of a map, making it valuable for Forge.
> - UNSC AIRCRAFT. If I do not see a Hornet in Halo 5: Guardians due to some sort of “Time Constraint” or “Storage Problem”, I will be very, very irritated. NOTE: It can only be a Hornet, not a Falcon. Falcons are pre 2552, Hornets are post 2558. It COULD be a hybrid or variant of a Hornet, but its got be a Hornet.
> OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
>
>
> - Locusts would be a neat edition. Similar controls as the mantis actually, but rather than Stomping, it would go into Overdrive.
> - Piloting Phantoms and Pelicans has been a must for years. Xbox One could potentially be capable.
> - Elephants have always been fun. Bringing it to Halo 5: Guardians would be nice for a desert map.
> - Map Gadgets > Light-bridge Sml/Med/Lrg. Scriptable.
> These are ALL Strictly Forge and ALL Strictly my personal Ideals. Comments welcome.
>
> - Cryptex415

Yes yes yes yes, Locusts FTW, this vehicle should’ve been implemented by now.

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Why hornet? The phaeton and banshee are already 1 person flying air vehicles. The hornet is pretty much the same as the phaeton. They should make a new UNSC air vehicle that is more similar to the falcon. The only team oriented vehicle now is the warthog. Even the mongoose doesn’t require 2 people to kill anymore.

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> Effects. Steam, Fire, Smoke, Sparks, Water Drips. These kind of particle effects can really set the mood for certain areas of a map, making it valuable for Forge.

Did I… Did I just salivate a little? I totally did…

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I agree with like everything you said, my most tops are:
flyable phantoms or pelicans
drivable scarabs
more objects, not the same objects we’ve known since Reach
UNSC flying vehicle
and more!

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Different textures on objects. Forerunner, covenant, unsc, ect.

Terrain editor

If neither one of those two things are in forge, I’ll be extremely disappointed.

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Terrain editor, ai in forge, telling ai what to do, skybox editor