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SHISHKA, OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN
Posted By: Miguel ChavezDate: 2/16/10 12:29 p.m.

In Response To: Re: The million dollar question (Shishka)


: Technically that's what I said, not what he said. And to be true: I just now
: had my morning coffee.

: -S

Brother, I love you man. Like bear-claw wuv you. Any old fart that can play the piano every bother you, ever, again, I'm all over him like white on rice. Hear me out, hear me out, HEAR ME OUT, I'll let you put the tip of your Nordic wang past my cuspids. WHATEVER YOU WANT.

Just do me this one favor. Please. Submit it to the tech folks in charge, hang little yellow post-its, scrub it in poop in the bathrooms, *ANYTHING*. "We've come FULL-CIRCLE w/ the Halo franchise, we're revisiting things, we're going to go out w/ a bang." ET CETERA ET CETERA ET CETERA. OKAY. I HEAR YOU! LOUD AND CLEAR. NOW CAN YOU HEAR ME?? ADD this feature and I'll buy TWO COPIES on launch day, just to prove that it helped increase sales by UNIT-ONE:

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When the user presses the start button during solo gameplay, the pop-up menu currently presents with these options:

CONTINUE
REVERT TO LAST CHECKPOINT
RESTART LEVEL
CONTROLLER SETTINGS
SAVE AND QUIT

Please add "QUIT" to this menu. This will prevent the auto-saved checkpoint from being moved from temporary drive space to permanent profile checkpoint-save space and drop the player back to the main menu. The last 'saved' checkpoint is preserved, regardless of how far back it was initially achieved.

TO BE CLEAR: Gaming starts. Assume initial start is CHECKPOINT A. This is the initial "SAVED CHECKPOINT" that is tied to the user's profile. If he were to turn the xbox off and on at this point, this C-A is where he would start.

Now during the course of gameplay, player hits CHECKPOINT B and CHECKPOINT C. These are currently in the 'temporary space' set aside on the drive. If the player were to NOW turn off the xbox (power-off, quit to dashboard, etc.) and restart the game, it would have FORGOTTEN C-B and C-C. Why? Because these were not 'permanently' assigned to the user's profile.

If the player actually dies in gameplay at this point, it will act as it normally has done over the course of 4 Halo games: it will revert to the LAST checkpoint, regardless of permanent or temp status.

HOWEVER the new behavior is that if the player has chosen to just *quit* the game gracefully through the start-menu, the checkpoints set in temp-space are forever discarded. Similar to the actions described above when the Xbox is forcefully turned-off, but made into less of a kludge and an actual function of the start-menu.

REASON: In order to increase playability and game longevity, players can 'hold unto' a particular checkpoint, continue to explore and have fun, and not worry about overwriting the checkpoint so it can be visited again at a later time. This would satisfy the portion of players that value deep exploration in campaign mode and attempts at setting up 'perfect scenarios' of their own design. "How many warthogs can I hoard into this one spot? How far away can I blast this turret? How far along can I take these 12 rocket-wearing marines deep into Covenant territory?" These questions can all be visited over and over and over again with ease if the option to not save a checkpoint upon quitting is allowed. I hope my attempt at explaining the mechanics of how this is done currently and the modifications needed are sufficient to demonstrate that it is not a tremendous code change and minimally impacts development timetables and scope. Also your mother said it was alright with her.
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I have a question...stan 2/14/10 1:12 a.m.
     Re: I have a question...Wildcard Tim 2/14/10 1:43 a.m.
     Re: I have a question...Hawaiian Pig 2/14/10 1:47 a.m.
           You almost gave me a seizure! Careful with that! *NM*Avateur 2/14/10 2:18 a.m.
     Re: I have a question...Rosco-128 2/14/10 1:52 a.m.
     Re: I have a question...Stuntmutt 2/14/10 2:38 a.m.
     Re: I have a question...Blackstar 2/14/10 7:35 a.m.
     I can explain. For once I feel smart!rolandk73 2/14/10 10:07 a.m.
     Re: I have a question...Ibeechu 2/14/10 10:28 a.m.
     The million dollar questionCody Miller 2/16/10 1:48 a.m.
           Re: You buying Reach now are you? *NM*Hedgemony 2/16/10 2:14 a.m.
           Re: The million dollar questionSimpsons Rule 2/16/10 6:09 a.m.
                 If the NES could do it, I'm sure the 360 can.General Vagueness 2/16/10 9:52 a.m.
                       Re: If the NES could do it, I'm sure the 360 can.Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 2/16/10 10:59 a.m.
                             Re: If the NES could do it, I'm sure the 360 can.General Vagueness 2/16/10 1:17 p.m.
                                   Re: If the NES could do it, I'm sure the 360 can.Cody Miller 2/16/10 1:27 p.m.
                                         If you read Deadpoolrolandk73 2/16/10 10:58 p.m.
                 Re: The million dollar questionShishka 2/16/10 11:11 a.m.
                       Easy solutionrolandk73 2/16/10 11:17 a.m.
                       Re: The million dollar questionCody Miller 2/16/10 11:26 a.m.
                             Re: The million dollar questionRoss Mills 2/16/10 11:53 a.m.
                                   Re: The million dollar questionCody Miller 2/16/10 11:56 a.m.
                                         Re: The million dollar questionGeneral Vagueness 2/16/10 1:36 p.m.
                                         Wow. Bitter and disgruntled much? *NM*Phoenix_9286 2/16/10 3:10 p.m.
                                               You don't know the half of it. *NM*General Vagueness 2/16/10 3:23 p.m.
                                                     Apparently.... *NM*Phoenix_9286 2/16/10 4:01 p.m.
                                         Re: The million dollar questionDocument 2/16/10 7:12 p.m.
                       Re: The million dollar questionnash--housewares 2/16/10 11:28 a.m.
                       Re: The million dollar questionGeneral Vagueness 2/16/10 1:20 p.m.
                             Auto-save nightmareRockslider 2/17/10 1:09 p.m.
                                   Re: Auto-save nightmareMiguel Chavez 2/18/10 1:19 a.m.
                                   Re: Auto-save nightmareThorsHammer 2/18/10 12:19 p.m.
                 Re: The million dollar questionEvil Otto 2/16/10 11:25 a.m.
                       Re: The million dollar questionCody Miller 2/16/10 11:28 a.m.
                             Re: The million dollar questionShishka 2/16/10 11:34 a.m.
                                   Coffee power-up confirmed in Reach! *NM*rolandk73 2/16/10 11:43 a.m.
                                   SHISHKA, OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAINMiguel Chavez 2/16/10 12:29 p.m.
                                         Re: SHISHKA, OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAINShishka 2/16/10 1:27 p.m.
                                         Re: SHISHKA, OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAINMercury 2/16/10 1:34 p.m.
                                               Re: SHISHKA, OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAINCody Miller 2/16/10 2:42 p.m.
                                         Re: SHISHKA, OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAINDocument 2/16/10 1:58 p.m.
                                               Re: SHISHKA, OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAINMercury 2/16/10 2:08 p.m.
                                               Re: SHISHKA, OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAINGeneral Vagueness 2/16/10 2:18 p.m.
                                                     Re: SHISHKA, OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAINnash--housewares 2/16/10 2:27 p.m.
                                                           Re: SHISHKA, OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAINDrDoctor 2/17/10 5:29 a.m.
                                                                 Re: SHISHKA, OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAINnash--housewares 2/17/10 7:44 a.m.
                                                     Ah, never mind.nash--housewares 2/16/10 2:42 p.m.
                                               Re: SHISHKA, OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAINMiguel Chavez 2/16/10 10:46 p.m.
                                         Needs to be QUIT WITHOUT SAVING, not QUITRockslider 2/17/10 12:32 p.m.
                                               NOMiguel Chavez 2/18/10 1:09 a.m.
                                                     Re: NORockslider 2/18/10 7:51 a.m.
                                                     Re: NOThorsHammer 2/18/10 12:11 p.m.
                       Re: The million dollar questionThorsHammer 2/16/10 10:41 p.m.
                       Re: The million dollar questionSimpsons Rule 2/16/10 11:37 p.m.
                             Re: The million dollar questionThorsHammer 2/18/10 12:38 p.m.
                 Yes please, QUIT WITHOUT SAVING *longish*Rockslider 2/17/10 12:14 p.m.
     Simple solutionGeneral Vagueness 2/18/10 1:56 p.m.



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