Forge objects appear in custom game

Discussion in 'Halo and Forge Discussion' started by Nutduster, Jul 2, 2013.

  1. Nutduster

    Nutduster TCOJ
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    I stumbled on something by accident earlier today. Not sure if it's useful to anyone or how this quirk might be exploited, but anyway - I fired up my new map in a custom game of CTF just to run around on it with a friend, and then noticed that my respawn zone objects were floating in mid-air. I was confused and thought I was still in forge, but no. It took me a bit to figure out what I'd done: I had accidentally tagged the first zone I placed as "CTF FLAG RETURN" instead of just "CTF" like I usually do, then I cloned all the other zones from that first one. However, the flag did not spawn on them - I had flag stands set up and properly tagged, and the flags spawned there. So basically they just looked like respawn zones, but in a custom game.

    Untested theories:
    - You might be able to do this with any forge object (hills, respawn points, cameras, kill and safe zones) to similar effect
    - If so, you might be able to pull off some interesting aesthetics this way, or make an aesthetic map that previously was only possible when viewed in forge mode
    - And there might be other gametype-specific tags that produce the same results - I haven't tried any yet. May never get around to it since I'm not an aesthetic forger and don't see any practical application of it in my own maps, but I thought I'd throw it out there. I could see other tags with a physical component (e.g. oddball spawn) doing the same thing, perhaps.
    - Unfortunately I can't think of a scenario where it's likely this effect is NOT gametype-specific. I can't imagine that CTF tag does anything outside of a CTF gametype, so regardless of whether the gametype-specific setting is true or false, it still probably only works in CTF. That's my guess anyway.
     
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  2. Elliot

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    Pretty interesting find. So late into Halo 4 too. Not much more I can say really :p It could maybe be used for colour coordination with bases, but then again it will only work in CTF :/
     
  3. Nutduster

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    I was thinking I might add a skull-and-crossbones aesthetic to my map in some dangerous place. With the size of the zone set to nothing, of course... don't want to make it TOO dangerous.
     
  4. Aschur

    Aschur Wubba lubba dub dub
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    I actually noticed this recently as well, and ended up using upside down extraction decals as flag returns (just looks nicer and doesnt **** with movement like the flag stands)

    Interesting that it isnt just that piece that acts weird, that I didnt know, just thought it was objective relatd objects.
     

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