Well, we can all hope that the Maps on the Anniversary Disk will have at least one or two forge focused map. Maybe a new forgeworld, and I heard Timberland is comming to console. This will likely be our new Forgeworld: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary - E3 2011: Debut Trailer | OFFICIAL | HD‏ - YouTube at 1:14
That's no more likely to be the "new Forge World" than Tempest was. Lotta hype, ultimately a dud on the forging front. I hate to admit it, but I think we won't see a true heir to Forge World until Halo 4.
Forging Updates needed Bungie has let go its claims on Halo so 343 better have got something new in Forge for us soon. When we look at the map in Halo 3 the controls were clunky but the detail and artwork was really good for ruins type of maps along with natural deserts. Halo Reach brought metal and natural things to the table along with actual terrains including ocean, river, islands, hangars, cliffs, mountains, valleys, caves. They added so much yet even that had its limits. Halo needs a better map editor as we do know that Halo can do better. Halo needs to have some more complex stuff. Instead of just one canvas like forge world by its self we could add several different canvas into one whole game to go the whole round of forging something like that will bring in big bucks and big supporters so 343 could be in for a great job. Past games that have been out before have had great map editors for example DOOM, you could make your own levels along with lots of terrain even though it was a competitor of Marathon it had a good editor of the time one of the best in the last 20 years but now we got better with Halo, FarCry then came in and got even more complex not only big maps but big levels could be built. From modern cities in America to rural plains of Africa almost anything was possible but the game didn't have so good graphics as it does right now. Halo has never been at this great of prime. Halo 3 had the ability to put all sorts of asthetics depending on the map as if they each was one game by its self. Isolation aloud different type of flood structures and aloud to add broken down sentinels. Vahalla aloud different types of trees. Now we could use more, different effects such as you could make it rain, you could make it sunny, cloudy, night time. Along with that Halo Custom Version for the PC was a map editor specifically for CE on the computer allowing for you to make even your own map but it was chunky and had a slow processer so they gave up the Halo PC. Still we can remember drawing awesome stuff like flying Star Wars X-wings around a modern city, transforming the sky into stars over Blood Gluch and adding a Death Star and making your own weapons. Halo also could use an editable terrain designer. Even Lego games from Lucasarts beats them at terain designing with their map editors for Indiana Jones and suff. What we need in Halo is several different canvas. Possible canvas include space, ocean and underwater, forests, deserts, caverns, cities, plains, mountains, hillsides, beaches, islands, and just empty boxes such as the indoor arena of sandbox and the colleseum of Forge World. They also need skins to add such as the weather, time of day, plenty of materials and objects such as human buildings, trees, roads, different ground textures. The ability to edit terrain is good so you could form mountains, and valleys. Adding working switchs like in Call of Duty where you can go to a switch and open or close a door or set off a bomb. Levels with enemies which would make it easier to make Machinamas it would be extremely fun and helpful. For example we could use for space placing Asteroids, you could build space ships and sattelites, and set places indifference where there is normal gravity and abnormal space gravity like on Anchor 9, Condemned, and Zealot. Another example would be to build a modern human city and actually have enough peices to make it work with stop lights and street lamps. So we will need quite alot of updates but working on such stuff would probably pay off eventually for both sides the productive company and buyer. The many buyers are satisfied with the product too have fun with it and the more copies sold the company is happy too making big bucks. Its kind of a win-win situation. So 343 and Microsoft probably need to think about this because their a little behind on somethings that people don't notice in the back are really good games. Farcry isn't that famous compared to Halo and CoD so if they want to stay on top 343 should start thinking like they care about their customers. If this goes well Halo will still be around for years to come because with something like and idea this big could keep someone interested for a very, very long time! I think I just summed up the whole entire discussion so I am off now good day!
I would like the forgeworld to be the same just with more objects and special effects. I wish under the fx category there would be things to make the map at nighttime, and fx to make it snow or rain and thunderstorm. along with those fx make it possible to change the terrain to snow and ice or all sand or all rocky from the grass. For other objects i would want there to be boats to go in the water to make use of the water more. Also i would want there to be more natural objects that you can forge like trees and bushes, Aswell as a giant rock wall because seastacks are disgusting and hard to make good looking rock boundrys. And to go along with the rock wall some other way to forge grass other than tin cup. And all the natural objects corrispond to the terrain you have set, like if it is snowy then the trees become snowy and the water freezes. and some way to forge water and make the water part when you build into it so you could make underwater tunnels that arnt filled with water unless you want them to.
*Sandbox v2 but with some new weapons. *Maybe a snowy area and such to that. I would like more objects to build with, in all sizes. Covenant walls (like pink, red and purple) and Human stuff. And, totally, I want more scenery stuff. Trucks, Cars, Forklifts and such, making something as a City map true. Just more realistic things and color.
New objects would be nice, but I'd prefer they fix the rotation system (to eliminate the shifting, and to make the actual rotation more intuitive), add an undo, and give increased coordinate precision (perhaps with a "coordinate snap" system like the rotation snaps, where you choose how many decimal points of accuracy you want) before adding new stuff. If they do add new stuff, they should give more variety in color, texture, and theme, as well as thickness (mostly for the blocks, because it would be nice if flat meant something standard, instead of 2x2 and 3x3 flat being so much thicker than 4x4 and 5x5 flat, or if maybe there was an option for thick versus think on the flat blocks).
i believe forge world is a beautiful map, with many interesting and odd terrains. i really just want a change in vehicles. more air vehicles. i want a pelican, a longsword that is not easy to fly (i hate when noobs get thier hands on a banshee!!!!). BUT!! i mainly want a spawnable ODST drop pod. no more stupid two barrier larges that always come apart. and usable button. u put it somewhere and you pick an object and tell it what to do when button is activated. spawnable sand, and a heavy weapon emplacement like an AA 20MM chaingun or a 40MM bofors type thing. and definately motor tubes of some kind [br][/br]Edited by merge: im sorry i forgot what i wanted most. A FREAKING BOAT!!!!! AND A FREAKING HALO 3 TROOP HOG OR SOMEOTHER FORM OF LARGE CAPACITY TRANSPORT!!!! [br][/br]Edited by merge: oh and all vehicles drive in first person