Rather than continue to hijack the other thread, now that I have permission to post here, I will do a proper introduction. My GT is the same as my username here: Maximus IL. H4 is my first Halo, and my first FPS since Wolfenstein and Doom (I went the strategy / sports game route when Quake came out). I built Doom levels with college buddies, which was great fun, so I figured I'd try Forge. I've been Forging since January and probably have 80 hours or so of actual Forge time. In all that time, I've only really made 1 map - but I've remade it from scratch now 3 times, with each major version having undergone many modifications. So far, everything I've produced has been unplayable crap. Here's to changing that trend! I plan on posting a map for folks to review here fairly soon. Please do not hold back with comments - I have a pretty thick skin. While "lulz my cats butt hole cud of made a better map than that POS u stoopid n00b" is not particularly constructive, it will also not put me off. Brutally honest is better. I have a couple of questions that I'm not sure where they would go, so I will post them here: 1. Does 343i have any contact (even informal) with any of the members here? 2. If yes, where would be the appropriate place to leave feedback concerning the Forge environment to help improve it for the next Halo? Forge is certainly way better than the hacked Doom level makers, but there are some fairly major issues that I would like to see changed for the future. Anyway, glad to see that a place like this exists. TL;DR: I'm a n00b who will be posting n00b maps.
Hello again, Max! I suppose I'll go ahead and answer your questions first. I. Yes. II. I don't know of any place to leave feedback or suggestions. I saw a poll a while ago that I think Warholic made, though I'm not sure where it would be. Glad to see a new face. I look forward to seeing what all of your attempts in forge had yielded you. The way you describe your process, you sound a bit like me these days.
Hello again again. In case you can find a place for it, I posted my Forge concerns at Waypoint here: https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2626126_Forge-Enhancements.aspx#post2626126 But Waypoint seems far more concerned with gameplay than with the maps on which the game is played. So I'm not sure how helpful it is to post something meant to be seen by 343i there, as most of 343i's interaction on Waypoint is concerned with gameplay issues. Their Forge guys may not visit there much.
Lol. No, actually. I've accumulated 20 days of playing time in MP, so I'm quite satisfied. Though, POD is a pain sometimes. But I'm still pretty bad at playing, so some of the finer points are irrelevant for games at my level.
If the 360 page elite thread means anything, 343i won't see it I'd expect them to pay more attention to Forgehub than Waypoint honestly. In terms of forge at least. Anyway, Welcome to forgehub!