I have always been attempting to recreate halo 2's accension being mine and most of the community's favorite halo 2 map. It only just occured to me that the possiblity has finnally presented itself and has shown promising near exact gameplay. The solution to my quest.. Sandbox's skybubble!! I've been going through it in my head and have figured out i will probably be able to recreate nearly everything except the rotating obelisks in the center. We can still have the obelisks they just won't rotate.. I guess this thread is just my way of asking the communty's opinion on this idea, complaints if someone is already trying this, and i guess challenging someone to make one. Also i will try to get my friend Desert Rat to forge this with me since we are starting out own partner forgeship ( Desert Dig Productions his GT: being desert rat while mine being udigme3. ). I will edit this if he does not wish to take part in which case i will ask anyone who wants to help. Thank you for taking the time to read my idea and thread!
Ascension is too big I think. Especially after making the walls and stuff. You can try, but it seems too big. Hills won't look too good either, not with straight boxes.
umm i know the hills won't be ez to make but if i interlock them well enough i can give the rock effect. And have you seen the skybubble? its freaking huge! (that's what she said) ignore my attempt at humor.. But thank you for taking the time to comment on my thread the feedback is gr8ly appreciated.
I think what Kronos001 meant was that the map would be too resource consuming, not that the skybox's map boundaries were too small. With $1500, you could probably make it, but you'll need to be great at interlocking at an angle to make it look good (Ascension had that bowl in the middle, as well as the natural slanting of the ground). My advice? Your probably thinking of starting working on the map from one of the towers, but this is a bad idea. Work from the lowest point on the original map (closest to death barrier), but make sure that is elevated a tiny bit (you don't want people dying half a second after they jump off). For instance the rocket platform should be about 1-2 walls higher than the death barrier. Keep in mind that everyone is going to be making remake maps, if you're serious about this, you need to make your map stand out.
thanks for the advice and i have been adviced this idea is already being used by multiple people and i am actually committed to this and will do my best to make an accurate remake! I see what you're saying about the distance between you and the death barrier should be increased but i don't think i could do that for the entire map.. I agree with you about having to be serious because shortly after i merely started this project i came to a conclusion that this will be very difficult. thank you for you time to look at my thread!