With 343 currently working on the new forge mode I was thinking of things I would like to see added to it, or hope are going to be in it.
I was thinking it’d be amazing if Halo 5’s forge mode was more like Project Spark.
Allow players to place enemy spawns.
Allow players to change the time of day.
Allow players to record in forge without a hud ( useful for making videos ) ( Also allow those recordings to be used as cutscenes triggered at a certain point )
Allow players to record dialogue for characters like in spark
Just generally allow players to do what they can in project spark, These options could be placed under advanced options leaving the basic forge still easily usable for those that want the less complex experience.
These things and others I believe would be amazing for the game and it’s future, it’d allow fans to create their own story, their own missions they can share.
It’d allow them to create their own series like Rev vs Blue. The possibilities would be endless and the amount of content created by fans would be never ending.
Even if this is something you wouldn’t use, would you like to see forge be like this to see what the Halo community can create given more control?
Your forge additions beg the question “Why not play project spark?” Forge is a multiplayer map editor that has some serious potential of making cool, exciting, and new player created maps. I don’t expect forge to create fully fledged stories, albeit it would be cool, but doesn’t seem to be the goal of forge.
> 2717573882290912;3:
> Your forge additions beg the question “Why not play project spark?” Forge is a multiplayer map editor that has some serious potential of making cool, exciting, and new player created maps. I don’t expect forge to create fully fledged stories, albeit it would be cool, but doesn’t seem to be the goal of forge.
No but Fan creations have always been a big part of Halo, and there are a lot of people that enjoy making content within Halo. They can’t do that on Project Spark, on that you make your own game. But having forge be like Project Spark, allows players to make their own Halo Game/Stories/Missions/Firefights/Series etc
With more control like this, the gamers will be creating content for each other which give others more things to play, watch and do.
Those who write Halo Fan-fiction stories could actually bring their writing to life in the game, sharing it with millions. Xbox and Halo are meant to be about the community, to me this seems like it’d be a great thing for everyone.
> 2533274854450709;5:
> Great idea, just seems like tons of work on the developer side of things.
Oh it would be, but they do have one thing they could do. They could speak to Phil Spencer see if the team behind Project Spark could come in and help. I mean they have had a lot of experience with that and would make work go a hell of a lot faster.
Though if there is one thing about 343, when they do something, they like to do it big and make it amazing. I think a lot of the team there would probably enjoy forge being like this and seeing what the fans make.
They even may like playing the content the fans make themselves, they could even get ideas for future Halos through the fan creations like other Developers that allow mods in their games do.
This isn’t about what they have already said will be in it, this is talking about adding Project Spark like options to the game. Which isn’t touched upon in that thread.
Not exactly, but you’re talking about thinks you would like to see. That’s what that topic is about.
And maybe, there are some things coming , you don’t know about yet.
Just wanted to let you know
> 2533274822660093;9:
> > 2533274804288763;8:
> > > 2533274822660093;6:
> > > Already a thread with latest forge news updates on it;
> > >
> > > https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/6e35355aecdf4fd0acdaee3cc4156fd4/topics/the-big-forge-topic/11dd727c-4668-4513-bb85-8d6e4ddf7323/posts?page=2#post23
> >
> >
> > This isn’t about what they have already said will be in it, this is talking about adding Project Spark like options to the game. Which isn’t touched upon in that thread.
>
>
> Not exactly, but you’re talking about thinks you would like to see. That’s what that topic is about.
> And maybe, there are some things coming , you don’t know about yet.
> Just wanted to let you know
Well thankyou, I’ll keep an eye on that one too. ^^
I like your ideas by the way. Especially the recording in forge…
And for the dynamics you were talking about (day&night), there will be a lot to do with lightning, shadows, spots. You can, in fact, change the dynamics of the skybox. So each map can look different while using the same canvas.
> 2533274822660093;11:
> I like your ideas by the way. Especially the recording in forge…
> And for the dynamics you were talking about (day&night), there will be a lot to do with lightning, shadows, spots. You can, in fact, change the dynamics of the skybox. So each map can look different while using the same canvas.
This. additionally, take a look at Orion and Pegasus, they are both set at different times of day (at least in the beta, haven’t checked since then). I am almost certain that the feature is already in the game.
> 2533274822660093;11:
> I like your ideas by the way. Especially the recording in forge…
> And for the dynamics you were talking about (day&night), there will be a lot to do with lightning, shadows, spots. You can, in fact, change the dynamics of the skybox. So each map can look different while using the same canvas.
Thanks, I was just thinking that making maps is fun and everything but there are a lot of other things the community love to do, and making forge more like Project Spark would encompass all of those.
And as I mentioned about how other developers look at the mods people create for what fans might want for the next game, it’d give 343 some extra insight into the community.
The games they create inspire many different creations from people all around the world, maybe the stuff those people create can inspire 343 in return.
