Hi. I've looked everywhere and haven't found an official declaration of whether modded maps are allowed to be posted on here. I've seen posts stating that modded maps aren't allowed, but checked and didn't find it in the posting rules. This is why I ask. The other day I was on halo.bungie.org and they had linked to the group HAL0Machinima.net. Following this link video to youtube will show you what I'm talking about. These individuals have set the maps to have hundreds of walls/rocks/vehicles etc to be used for creating maps. Are we allowed to use these templates? They're still available in their fileshare to download. Thanks for the information.
Modded maps are not allowed here. Glitched maps* are. If you're not sure, assume it's modded and don't post it. (* Meaning glitched within the Halo game engine to break object and budget constraints. To my knowledge this was far more possible in Halo 3 than it is in Reach - there were several well-known ways to glitch forge in Halo 3 to get more objects or a larger budget, and maps using those glitches were allowed here.)
can you tell me where that's at in the rules? some people are saying the same thing you are, but no one can provide proof it's not allowed.......
All I know is, modding is highly* frowned upon here. It may not get you a warning or infraction, but people still dont like it. Im pretty sure its because Forgehub is linked to Bungie and bungie is linked to Microsoft and Microsoft frowns upon modding. Glitches are okay though.
It may or may not be stated explicitly in the rules, but it's a general understanding around here which the mods are aware of and will enforce. Just look at this thread - the very last post in it, before he locked the thread, was from a mod. Forgehub is affiliated with Bungie (and therefore Microsoft by proxy); Bungie and MS don't allow people to use modded content on Live; therefore Forgehub will not let you use their site to promote modded content that could possibly get them in hot water. Whether it's a rule or not... it's a rule, if you follow me.