[Mod][App] Onyx - Halo 2 Map Builder

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[Mod][App] Onyx - Halo 2 Map Builder

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Onyx - Map Builder
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After waiting many years for someone to come out with something that would make custom BSP a reality for Halo 2 I decided that I wanted to do something that would help make it a somewhat reality.

In partnership with -DeToX- we decided to bring something new and interesting to the table.
You can essentially model a custom map or object and use this application to fix the lack of collision.
Moving and sizing collision boxes in real time will make things a whole lot easier on everyone,

although it is still a lot of work, its a fun and unique way to mod. I hope everyone that is still modding Halo 2 will create something wonderful and fun with this application.

An example map will be included with the files below, you can look at this to see how and what you will do to create your map.

The map by default has 50 collision boxes and 100 placements, you can clone as many boxes or placements as you want using entity, the application will auto detect the new items.

The maps has many different helpful items, the HUD shows information about the map, there is also an X Y Z axis widget in the center of the map that will help you with placement.

Do not under any circumstances place anything over you player spawn, this will result in your player to not re spawning.

The collision test gun is in this map to help you get you collision as close to perfect as possible, when the projectile hits the collision box it will leave a permanent red dot, which will indicate the bounds of the collision.

The application with the map loaded.
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Collision testing gun and HUD.
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Collision Testing.
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A collision box.
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An example of what the collision of an object could look like after completion.
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1000 words...
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Special thanks to Xbox7887 for Revert GameState Code and to Neodos for phmo and coll research.
Enjoy.

Rar below includes:
Onyx Application
Onyx Map
Example Map(House)
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Video Tut Download(62mb)
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Very cool, I should mess with this when I get the time, possibly this weekend.
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This is prolly the most motivational picture...

...and i actually know what Yaw, Pitch, and Roll are now thx to my engineering handbooks class :D (i use a 2600+ page machinery's handbook for this class -.-)

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Just maybe if someone gets confused about yaw, pitch, and roll when it comes to rotaing models and collision, here is a picture, or a couple, i took of a small diagram from my machinery's handbook...

Yes, they are blurry, camers dont like close-up photos...

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to clear what the words are, starting from the top center and going clockwise (right -.-)...

Up
Aft
Pitch
Left
Down
Roll
Fore
Right
Yaw (center)
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cool.
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Now do a small map Dark ;)

Do you have to do the collision for each part like the roof and stuff?

Also how long does it take?

Make a new map :D

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This looks fucking amazing! Ive been at work for 13 hours and was going to go to bed now but after see this released, i think ill be up for awhile longer.
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:shock:

Very nice. I am going to start working on my pirate ship.
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By the look the the title, I thought it was a better H2Core... But this looks very interesting. I'm going to use it because I love RTH. :D
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Oh, my God! This is cool. Will use when I get back to modding. You have my download anyway dark!
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I know i probably sound stupid for asking, but I'm guessing you need working RTH for this to work? Could anyone tell me how to get working RTH? I apologize if this is against the rules
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Neodos just posted something for that on here a couple days ago, search for it.
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Alright thanks. But i did exactly what the instructions for it said, and my xbox gave me some retarded error
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Well create another topic and ask for help. Say what you did step by step and what error it gives.
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Are you telling me we can make a Walmart building with isles, registers, chairs, and a door. A completely new building with staircases and how about a skatepark? :D
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DoorM4n wrote:Are you telling me we can make a Walmart building with isles, registers, chairs, and a door. A completely new building with staircases and how about a skatepark? :D
Yes, yea, and yee
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wow how awesome

Its hard to use... Well for me it is. I can only make different sized boxes. Like how can I move vertexes?
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EDIT BUTTON
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You called m'lord?
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hahahaha^ :XD:

I am scared to download.
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A quickie tutorial would be nice.

RTH dont work in this build, at least not for me.
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Video tut added to main post.
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Darkshallfall wrote:
DoorM4n wrote:Are you telling me we can make a Walmart building with isles, registers, chairs, and a door. A completely new building with staircases and how about a skatepark? :D
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I am impressed.
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Now lets make a custom racetrack :D

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CaptainPoopface's Yaw, Pitch and Roll Tutorial

I'm glad because it wasn't lost in the update from phpbb2 to phpbb3
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a 270MB video tutorial, what is it in? 720p? lol
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