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Matt's Halo Update 10/13/00
Posted By: Matt <matt@bungie.com>	Date: 10/13/00 7:45 p.m.
In defiance of expectations, I’m actually writing this update thingy. And this week it’s at bungie.org, because I love those guys. At some point I’m going to have to decide on a permanent home for these dispatches. Actually I have one in mind already, but I can't tell you what it is yet. :-) - Did I mention last time that we’re interviewing like mad? It’s still happening. - We’ve been looking at the floor plans for our new space, and things are starting to come together. Amusingly, just like the last time we moved, we completely forgot to allocate any space for a storage closet. Trying to rectify that. Lots of windows in our new space though. - We’re coming up on the end of a major engine rewrite. We’re now very close to having the indoor areas kick as much ass as the outdoor areas, and consequently the game will be split more evenly between them (previously the outdoor stuff was going to seriously outweigh the indoor stuff). Whether you’re outside or under a roof, in Halo things will look better than anything else out there. - Jason is splitting his time between AI work and story work with Jaime and John. The AI stuff is still in the planning stages, but it should be very cool. The aim is to make it the most fun AI to play against (or play with, if it’s on your side). - There’s also a new rasterizer in the works so we can take advantage of all the cool Xbox features. "Per-pixel everything," said Chucky, with a characteristically depraved grin. - By the way, we’re all very disappointed that none of you took the time to post a "Happy Birthday Chucky" message even though we made it a news item on www.bungie.net. Chucky’s doing well, considering – right now we’re much more concerned about Jason’s habit of dumping his lunch on himself – but we were hoping for a little support from you guys. - Rob assures me that my personal favorite tool of destruction, the mysterious "wall-hugging hippo," still exists. Thus we end on a high note. :-) -Matt

Message Index

Matt's Halo Update 10/13/00	Matt	10/13/00 7:45 p.m.
Re: Matt's Halo Update 10/13/00	Jex	10/13/00 7:56 p.m.
Break the Berlin Wall!	Redox	10/14/00 1:07 a.m.
Re: Break the Berlin Wall!	Luke	10/14/00 1:49 a.m.
Re: Matt's Halo Update 10/13/00	Tom Bombadil	10/13/00 9:50 p.m.
Do you have a problem with your name? nt	CyberBob =PN=	10/14/00 2:46 a.m.
Who is this Tom guy?	Myrch	10/14/00 11:02 a.m.
The guy you share an email addy with. nt	CyberBob =PN=	10/14/00 3:21 p.m.
Re: Who is this Tom guy?	instigator	10/15/00 12:08 a.m.
Re: Who is this Tom guy?	Myrchlamydia	10/15/00 9:53 p.m.
Re: Who is this Tom guy?	instigator	10/15/00 10:09 p.m.
Re: Who is this Tom guy?	SiliconDream =PN=	10/16/00 4:05 p.m.
Re: Who is this Tom guy?	Myrchlamydia	10/16/00 10:05 p.m.
Re: Who is this Tom guy?	Baggataway	10/17/00 2:24 a.m.
Sacré bléu!	Pierre LaCoucatine	10/14/00 2:04 a.m.
Distressing, very distressing. (nt)	carb	10/14/00 3:10 p.m.
Re: Matt's Halo Update 10/13/00	Dan Rudolph	10/14/00 8:48 a.m.
Re: Matt's Halo Update 10/13/00	[OF/CO] hYlAnDeR	10/14/00 10:46 a.m.
im glad to hear about the insides!	[[[willhaven]]]	10/14/00 3:27 p.m.
Re: im glad to hear about the insides!	mattD	10/14/00 6:37 p.m.
Re: im glad to hear about the insides!	Nights	10/14/00 8:40 p.m.
Re: im glad to hear about the insides!	mattD	10/14/00 9:48 p.m.
on portals...	[[[willhaven]]]	10/16/00 3:27 a.m.
Re: on portals...	Dan Rudolph	10/16/00 9:02 a.m.
Re: on portals...	ydnar	10/16/00 1:23 p.m.
Totally OT	Louis Wu	10/16/00 1:50 p.m.
:) n/t	ydnar	10/16/00 2:28 p.m.
Re: on portals...	Loren Petrich	10/16/00 11:56 p.m.
Re: on portals...	[[[willhaven]]]	10/17/00 6:26 p.m.
Re: on portals...	Mark Levin	10/16/00 9:16 a.m.
Re: Any Chance of getting some screenies?	Massa	10/14/00 4:39 p.m.
Re: Any Chance of getting some screenies?	StarHawk*IG*	10/16/00 1:54 p.m.
Re: Matt's Halo Update 10/13/00	Judge	10/16/00 1:40 p.m.
Re: Matt's Halo Update 10/13/00	Smokey	10/16/00 1:52 p.m.
Re: Matt's Halo Update 10/13/00	Judge	10/16/00 1:55 p.m.
Re: Matt's Halo Update 10/13/00	Matt	10/16/00 4:31 p.m.
mHalo Mods on Xbox?	ZeroRage	10/16/00 3:32 p.m.
nope.....	JuJu	10/20/00 11:32 p.m.
Xbox VS PC	Devil Warrior	10/16/00 7:39 p.m.
Re: Xbox VS PC	Dan Rudolph	10/16/00 9:46 p.m.
Re: Xbox VS PC	CreedoG	10/16/00 10:03 p.m.
Re: Xbox VS PC	lummie	10/16/00 10:50 p.m.
Re: Xbox VS PC	Dan Rudolph	10/16/00 11:15 p.m.
Re: Xbox VS PC	jon	10/17/00 1:29 p.m.
Re: Xbox VS PC	Scorpion	10/16/00 9:58 p.m.
Ahem	mattd	10/16/00 10:10 p.m.
Re: Ahem	Dan Rudolph	10/16/00 11:16 p.m.
This differences in speed, its a trade off	Fieldcar	10/16/00 11:30 p.m.
Re: This differences in speed, its a trade off	spitfire	10/18/00 11:35 a.m.
Re: This differences in speed, its a trade off	Dan Rudolph	10/18/00 2:03 p.m.
Re: Xbox VS PC	Platon	10/17/00 3:00 a.m.
Re: Xbox VS PC	turkey3	10/17/00 10:47 a.m.
Re: Xbox VS PC	qirex	10/17/00 7:08 p.m.
Happy Birthday afterwards, Chucky	HonK_DICE	10/17/00 2:06 a.m.
Release dates!!!!!!	bungiefanfromwayback	10/17/00 1:52 p.m.
Re: Release dates!!!!!!	mattd	10/17/00 2:23 p.m.
Um, no	Mark Levin	10/17/00 3:42 p.m.
Um, could you be more vague?	Pumpkinhead	10/17/00 10:45 p.m.
Re: Matt's Halo Update 10/13/00	Pumpkinhead	10/17/00 11:07 p.m.
Re: Matt's Halo Update 10/13/00	Louis Wu	10/18/00 9:20 a.m.
Re: Matt's Halo Update 10/13/00	Pumpkinhead	10/18/00 4:44 p.m.