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Re: AI Script
Posted By: Leviathan <levihoffmeier@gmail.com>	Date: 8/8/11 12:11 a.m.
In Response To: Re: AI Script (dmiller) : I was a mission designer on Halo, I am a designer at Bungie. : My favorite mission to play? Ugh. Too many. : My favorite mission to design? M52 AKA "New Alexandria". Scripting : that mission was pure bliss. By the time I started on Reach, I was : actually beginning to get a bit bored of Halo missions after Halo 3 and : ODST. New Alexandria was this super epic multi-parallel script/random : ordered monster that I imposed upon myself. I've always been a fan of the : 'overworld' concept. The mission and the artist working on it (Mick : Buckmiller) was right up my alley. I went over script limit twice. I had : to custom-write the Falcon rescue script, the 12 mini-missions and a : number of other major systems needed for the level- plus test the heck out : of it so that it worked randomly. On top of that, I (along with The : Package) put more Easter Eggs in those levels than I've ever done. I only : had to cut one easter egg- I actually got an ode to the game : "Joust" complete with four rideable Moa, Jetpack and Swords. : Unfortunately, the rideable Moa came in too hot and didn't make re-entry. : Another complicated script in that level was believe it or not the Music : script entering Sinoviet. I pulled off both New Alexandria and The Package : in a year- something I'm pretty proud of. You should be proud! That is a ridiculously good level, and I love playing it, and I often just boot it up when I'm waiting for someone or something, just to explore and fight random encounters. You basically squeezed a mini (though mini doesn't do it justice) -ODST game into the middle of Reach. The only question I can think of regarding the missions in Reach - what was the project's design principle behind invisible walls, instant-kill barriers, and 'return to battlefield' zones? Why use combinations of all three - why not just pick one? I remember New Alexandria has one side of the map bordered with an invisible wall, and one side an 'return to battlefield' zone, for example. Just curious. :)

Leviathan.Bungie.Org

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AI Script	scarab	8/5/11 4:50 a.m.
Re: AI Script	scarab	8/5/11 5:00 a.m.
Fixed: AI Script	scarab	8/5/11 5:26 a.m.
Re: Fixed: AI Script	Moorpheusl9	8/5/11 6:07 a.m.
Re: Fixed: AI Script	scarab	8/5/11 7:20 a.m.
Should've used Python *NM*	JDQuackers	8/5/11 7:30 a.m.
Re: AI Script	General Vagueness	8/5/11 12:30 p.m.
HaloScript	kornman00	8/5/11 3:17 p.m.
Re: HaloScript	scarab	8/7/11 9:06 a.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/7/11 1:17 a.m.
Re: AI Script	scarab	8/7/11 8:54 a.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/7/11 9:29 a.m.
Re: AI Script	Moorpheusl9	8/7/11 9:33 a.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/7/11 9:35 a.m.
Re: AI Script	scarab	8/7/11 10:12 a.m.
Re: AI Script	ZackDark	8/7/11 2:40 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/7/11 5:02 p.m.
Re: AI Script	Louis Wu	8/7/11 5:15 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/7/11 5:23 p.m.
Re: AI Script	scarab	8/8/11 3:34 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/8/11 9:51 p.m.
Re: AI Script	JonnyOThan	8/11/11 12:42 p.m.
Re: AI Script	scarab	8/11/11 4:32 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/13/11 2:21 p.m.
Re: AI Script	scarab	8/13/11 5:27 p.m.
Re: AI Script	RC Master	8/7/11 7:41 p.m.
Re: AI Script	ZackDark	8/7/11 8:30 p.m.
Re: AI Script	General Vagueness	8/7/11 8:36 p.m.
Re: AI Script	ZackDark	8/7/11 8:42 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/7/11 8:57 p.m.
Re: AI Script	Hyokin	8/7/11 9:21 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/7/11 11:03 p.m.
Re: AI Script	ZackDark	8/7/11 11:19 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/7/11 11:23 p.m.
Re: AI Script	Hyokin	8/7/11 11:20 p.m.
Re: AI Script	ZackDark	8/7/11 11:22 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/7/11 11:26 p.m.
Re: AI Script	ZackDark	8/7/11 11:27 p.m.
Welcome to the forums, Dan!	Hyokin	8/7/11 11:34 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/7/11 11:44 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/7/11 11:45 p.m.
Re: AI Script	RC Master	8/8/11 7:10 a.m.
Re: AI Script	Avateur	8/7/11 11:50 p.m.
Re: AI Script	Hyokin	8/7/11 11:57 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/8/11 1:17 a.m.
Re: AI Script	SonofMacPhisto	8/8/11 6:11 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/8/11 9:54 p.m.
Seriously dude, you're awesome *NM*	ZackDark	8/8/11 10:46 p.m.
Re: AI Script	ZackDark	8/7/11 11:50 p.m.
Re: AI Script	Leviathan	8/8/11 12:11 a.m.
I also share this question *NM*	ZackDark	8/8/11 12:13 a.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/8/11 1:21 a.m.
Re: AI Script	General Vagueness	8/8/11 1:34 p.m.
Re: AI Script	FyreWulff	8/8/11 12:41 a.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/8/11 10:54 a.m.
Re: AI Script	bluerunner	8/8/11 11:04 a.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/8/11 8:54 p.m.
Re: AI Script	FyreWulff	8/9/11 4:56 p.m.
Re: AI Script	Hyokin	8/8/11 11:09 a.m.
Re: AI Script	RC Master	8/8/11 1:40 p.m.
Re: Thanks.	Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316)	8/8/11 2:44 p.m.
Re: Thanks.	General Vagueness	8/8/11 5:25 p.m.
x3 thanks for awesome	SonofMacPhisto	8/8/11 6:06 p.m.
Combat sandbox and mission design	GhaleonEB	8/8/11 1:10 a.m.
Re: Combat sandbox and mission design	dmiller	8/8/11 1:26 a.m.
Re: Combat sandbox and mission design	dmiller	8/8/11 1:29 a.m.
Re: AI Script	Lord Friendship	8/8/11 12:33 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/8/11 8:55 p.m.
Re: AI Script	Gravemind	8/8/11 3:29 p.m.
Re: AI Script	scarab	8/8/11 3:49 p.m.
Re: AI Script	Lurono	8/8/11 6:52 p.m.
Re: AI Script	SonofMacPhisto	8/8/11 7:00 p.m.
Yes to both *NM*	Lurono	8/8/11 7:15 p.m.
Ok, I'm not nuts. Well, I am... but... n/m :) *NM*	SonofMacPhisto	8/8/11 7:22 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/8/11 9:42 p.m.
Re: AI Script	RC Master	8/9/11 9:34 a.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/9/11 9:47 p.m.
Re: AI Script	JonnyOThan	8/10/11 3:27 p.m.
Re: AI Script	RC Master	8/10/11 7:21 p.m.
Re: AI Script	ZackDark	8/10/11 10:37 p.m.
Re: AI Script	Hyokin	8/10/11 11:36 p.m.
Re: AI Script	ZackDark	8/10/11 11:59 p.m.
Re: AI Script	RC Master	8/11/11 8:30 p.m.
343i, hire him too! *NM*	Hyokin	8/11/11 10:02 p.m.
Re: 343i, hire him too!	RC Master	8/13/11 10:34 a.m.
Re: AI Script	ZackDark	8/11/11 11:02 p.m.
Re: AI Script	RC Master	8/12/11 7:28 a.m.
Re: AI Script	ZackDark	8/12/11 6:26 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/13/11 2:39 p.m.
Re: AI Script	FyreWulff	8/9/11 5:23 p.m.
Re: AI Script	Lurono	8/9/11 8:07 p.m.
The worst kind *NM*	scarab	8/10/11 1:03 a.m.
And a serious answer...	Lurono	8/9/11 8:13 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/9/11 9:39 p.m.
Re: AI Script	ZackDark	8/9/11 10:37 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/9/11 10:41 p.m.
Re: AI Script	ZackDark	8/9/11 10:45 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/9/11 10:47 p.m.
Re: AI Script	ZackDark	8/9/11 10:52 p.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/9/11 11:13 p.m.
Re: AI Script	scarab	8/10/11 1:28 a.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/10/11 9:18 a.m.
Re: AI Script	scarab	8/11/11 4:49 a.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/11/11 9:49 a.m.
Re: AI Script	Dagoonite	8/11/11 10:31 a.m.
Re: AI Script	RC Master	8/11/11 11:41 a.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/12/11 1:20 a.m.
Re: AI Script	RC Master	8/12/11 7:05 p.m.
Re: AI Script (ooh! Question!)	RC Master	8/13/11 5:52 a.m.
Re: AI Script (ooh! Question!)	dmiller	8/13/11 2:28 p.m.
Re: AI Script (ooh! Question!)	dmiller	8/13/11 2:34 p.m.
Re: AI Script (ooh! Question!)	RC Master	8/13/11 8:37 p.m.
Re: AI Script	General Vagueness	8/9/11 11:38 p.m.
Re: AI Script	mrbig	8/10/11 12:50 a.m.
Re: AI Script	dmiller	8/10/11 9:11 a.m.
Aww crap	RC Master	8/8/11 7:22 a.m.