Halo Community Program (the HCP) launching soon!

Community Recruiting
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(Note: if you would rather read the important parts, seek out the bold areas of this post)

The HCP foundation will be launching today, within a few hours at the latest. Very little has to be added and touched up; keep an eye out for the download!

Hello community of Halo! I’m a long-time Halo player, and after many years of being in the clan community, most notably the community groups you can find on Facebook, I’ve decided to attempt to make my contribution to the entire community and single-handedly create a tool the will hopefully be useful and widely spread across the player base of Halo 5 that own a computer; a program that emcompasses nearly everything relating to Halo 5 and the Halo community. While this is primarily intended for those who participate in clans, it can certainly appeal to casual players as well.

The program has been in development for approx. 2 months now, and is being given very delicate attention and design. This will not be like quite a few of previous community projects that have been talked about, but never happened; instead, this is being given full attention, and will be publicly available the same day Halo 5 launches.

Here are just a few key features it will bring:

  • A list of all clans publicly advertised, along with vital information regarding them, such as history, ranks, how to join, clan-specific maps, and more. Note that all the information included is information that has been made publicly available, so no worries about the program revealing sensitive information, and any clan that doesn’t want to be included can easily opt out. - A list of all maps within Halo 5, including map layout, weapon spawns, tactical loopholes and locations, and many other features that will make anyone use the map effectively. - A comprehensive guide that will walk everyone through the game mechanics, forging, creating a clan, campaign levels, and give basic advice to any newcomer Halo players. - And many, MANY more features that will be kept as a surprise. In total, there are about 70 different sections so far in the works. - NEW! Now that 343i has announced an API in the works, I just may be able to incorporate it into the program, and if so this means that the program will allow LIVE gamertag data feedback. Want to see that leader’s K/D, or maybe see what playlist the members do most? It could be possible!While I alone am programming, designing, documenting, and making (most) graphics of the program, there is indeed a small handful of others who are helping the program grow. On top of that, the program is intended for the community, which means anyone who takes interest in helping to form it become the #1 stop for anything Halo can indeed contribute!

I know there isn’t much proof in words, so here is a link to show just a teaser of what the program looks like:
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I will be keeping most of the HCP updates on that page, but this post will also receive updates for anyone that doesn’t use Facebook for any reason. If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback on the program, do not hesitate one second to say something. This program will be covering Halo 5 primarily, but may end up covering Halo 4 (Xbox 360), Halo: Reach, and Halo: MCC as well.

If you wish to contact me, please do that either on this site, or on the program page. Please do not try to contact me on my Xbox LIVE account, main reason being this program has my undivided attention, and thus I will not be on XBL much until I can consider the program to be thorough enough to be given less attention.

You can also inquire about the community itself here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Halo5Clans/

Happy gaming everyone!

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Bump (hopefully these won’t be needed too frequently).

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When I see HCP all I can think of is the Hypnotize Camp Posse with Three 6 Mafia LOL. Anyways, seems like a good idea.

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> Bump (hopefully these won’t be needed too frequently).

bumps are frowned upon around these parts, so be careful

though I kinda just gave you one :wink:

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Don’t bump threads, or your thread might be locked for it. :stuck_out_tongue:
Also, don’t expect many people to participate in your thread immediately, it’s only been an hour or so.

If all else fails, you might have better luck over in the Community Creations, General Discussion, or Recruiting forum sections. Just ask a moderator to move the thread.

Anyway, this seems like an interesting idea. I wasn’t exactly expecting it to be an actual program with graphics and everything.

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> Don’t bump threads, or your thread might be locked for it. :stuck_out_tongue:
> Also, don’t expect many people to participate in your thread immediately, it’s only been an hour or so.
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> If all else fails, you might have better luck over in the Community Creations, General Discussion, or Recruiting forum sections. Just ask a moderator to move the thread.
>
> Anyway, this seems like an interesting idea. I wasn’t exactly expecting it to be an actual program with graphics and everything.

I apologize. Haven’t been here much at all. O.o

I considered community creations, so if this fails, that’s where it will go.

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> > 2533274939958452;5:
> > Don’t bump threads, or your thread might be locked for it. :stuck_out_tongue:
> > Also, don’t expect many people to participate in your thread immediately, it’s only been an hour or so.
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> > If all else fails, you might have better luck over in the Community Creations, General Discussion, or Recruiting forum sections. Just ask a moderator to move the thread.
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> > Anyway, this seems like an interesting idea. I wasn’t exactly expecting it to be an actual program with graphics and everything.
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> I apologize. Haven’t been here much at all. O.o
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> I considered community creations, so if this fails, that’s where it will go.

Best of luck to you!

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This is a cool idea so I’m pinning this for you for now. But please no bumps. As the others have pointed out, it’s against the rules.

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> This is a cool idea so I’m pinning this for you for now. But please no bumps. As the others have pointed out, it’s against the rules.

Alright, awesome. Thank you. ^.^ I haven’t been on the forums much, so wasn’t aware of the bumping rule. I’ll avoid it in future topics.

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> 2533274796457055;8:
> This is a cool idea so I’m pinning this for you for now. But please no bumps. As the others have pointed out, it’s against the rules.

Hey can I recruit for my Halo 5 Guardians clan?? or are we only allowed to talk about topics but not ask, seek, advertise… err this seems like a very very grey area… cause we are supposed to bring the community together by meeting new people and gaming with them… is that not what clans do?? bring people together and game out like one big happy family? I mean as long as we agree not to bring our politics and BS here?

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This is great so far, Id like to know, how will the forge aspect be implemented into this?

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> This is great so far, Id like to know, how will the forge aspect be implemented into this?

Forge will have two stages; the first stage will cover what we already know, and include all that I can possibly dig up on it. This alone may cause update notifications quite a few times a week.

Once Forge releases, they’ll be a pause in HCP Forge updates to type up a tutorial/docs to be as specific as possible on how to use it very well. I’ll be sure to include clear images, links to online tutorial videos, and hopefully tips and tricks on designing architecture and impressive scripts and contraptions.

I’d like to get the support of as many ex and current FoF members as possible, but that’s a worry for a later date.