Millenium Falcon

This is just weird. I was thinking earlier today how cool it would be to forge an accurate millennium falcon. Looks great.

 

This is insanely accurate. It's so precise and big, this wouldn't have been possible in reach. Congrats.

 

awesome... is this done/final? I'd like to download it.

EDIT: Ok, I checked out the map. It has some Z-Fighting issues on some flooring and ceiling, which you really should fix. Z-Fighting should never happen in a forge map and it is always fixable. The interior doesn't look bad how it's designed and I wouldn't know how to get better looking floors, but there is no dynamic lighting which makes it look really blah. Halo 4 maps cannot be forged like previous Halos due to the lighting system, in my opinion if you want it to look good.

You should make some adjustments for the interior to look better. It would probably not make a difference putting windows on certain sides as not enough light would shine through, if any at all depending on the location of the Falcon. So I would suggest deleting some items to increase your budget to use 4 lights inside of the Falcon (they are a whopping $250 each). For example, you don't really need 3 tanks especially if they aren't drive-able as they are only an aesethetic in this map.

If you don't use dynamic lighting for an enclosed map, you need artificial gadget lights or it just looks terrible. It's mostly due to the color of the forge pieces and the lighting system, they turn a really ugly color. White lights would look best IMO, but anything is better than nothing. There are certain ways you could use the white lights on the ceilings in strategic locations to actually look like lights. Aesthetically, it would make the interior of the Falcon look much better. But again, this is just my opinion but I am sure others feel the same way about enclosed maps and dynamic lighting in Halo 4.

TIP FOR FIXING Z-FIGHTING: If you haven't noticed, pieces tend to slightly move in position when saving, exiting, and then reloading the map. If you don't want a piece to move all you have to do is hold it while you save and exit. Then the next time you reload the map, that piece you were holding while you saved will be in the exact precise position. Hope this all helps.

 

No problem my friend. It looks really nice though and I've been looking for maps just like this to use for a Banshee Dogfight gametype. It kinda sucks you have to delete the tanks... I'm not sure what else you could delete that wouldn't take away from the map.

One tip for lights is if you use the capture plates (I think that's what its called) and turn them upside down on the ceiling you can stick a white light in the center of it, sticking out halfway or more...and it looks like a real light on the ceiling. Or sometimes they look good in combination with the Terminal Lights (think that's the name) in the Dominion section. Or if you can think of something better that would be good too.

Those are the only two light tricks I have though. White lights seem to look the best in my opinion when trying to make real-looking lights. It's up to you though, experiment. Maybe 2 white and 2 other colors... I would definitely use a couple whites though at least.

 

this looks amazing man keep up the forge

 

instead of using white lights, try flagging the roof pieces and perhaps others to let naturall ight in.

spawn time = between 1 & 10
place at start = No

before rendering lighting in forge, you'll see it how it's going to be in game. LaForge in my sig has this trick to light up the corridors.

Good luck

 

I heard that trick doesn't work for people who join the game after it started? Either way it's a cool trick and he should do it anyway for more light. But white lights in addition couldn't hurt.

PantherineofGod: I don't know about adding special effects... they usually don't look good. Sometimes in Flood maps they can be beneficial to make the map dark and gloomy for indoor creepyness and some other instances. But for this map I personally wouldn't use them, but it's your call.

 

right, but if budget is a concern, that extra $250 in exchange for deleting a light is often attractive...

as for lighting trick not working for those who join mid-match, their loss! Shoulda show'd up on time! LOL

 

hahaha!!

well, I love lights...and dynamic lighting. I don't think budget is too much of a concern he has everything he needs mostly...seems like he made a lot of improvements too. I would like to see the dynamic lighting spawn trick though. I forgot about it. All he has to do is figure out the best places and pieces on the roof to remove to make it look good.

 

that was going to be my suggestion, as something similar happened on my level when using a turret on or near a delay-spawned ceiling. someone here helped me figure out that was the solution...

when I get a moment I'll DL and take a look

 

oh awesome! I love the idea of recreating star wars locations etc. into playable maps. I have even thought about picking a SWBF location to recreate, but hadn't decided yet. I would be willing to help and give advice where needed.

 

hmm... IDK, I can't say I care for that one in the video. Looks very plain. I'm sure it could be done better. oh well.