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Re: A note on scale
Posted By: Forensic <boyd@wam.umd>	Date: 1/6/00 10:44 a.m.
In Response To: A note on scale (L. Tankersley ("Cap'n Carnage")) > Regardless of whether it's 10,000 miles or 10,000 kilometers in > diameter, it's honkin' big. The Earth is what, roughly 8,000 > miles in diameter? I wonder if we should expect any planets to > pass _THROUGH_ the Halo during the game. And the moon > "Basis" orbiting Threshold must be close to 50,000 > miles in diameter going by the trailer movie. Assuming roughly > Earthlike density (probably not a good assumption, but whatever) > that would mean it (the moon) has approximately 360 times > Earth's mass, which makes it significantly more massive than > Jupiter (and not all that much smaller, either - Jupiter is only > about 90,000 miles in diameter). Yup, the diameter of the Earth is 7,926 miles. How in HELL are they going to find time to model all of that? And storing all that data? Great God! I'm thinking these editing tools must work on a fairly massive scale. I mean geez... I know these people have more level-building experience, but it took me weeks to model just my school in the BUILD engine, and that's just a billion billionth of the size of the earth. Or something. It's pretty damn tiny, is what I'm trying to get across. > L. Tankersley ("Cap'n Carnage")

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Halo stuff from the Expo	SiliconDream=PN=	1/6/00 2:35 a.m.
Addendum...	SiliconDream=PN=	1/6/00 3:21 a.m.
Re: Addendum...	Forensic	1/6/00 7:09 a.m.
A note on scale	L. Tankersley ("Cap'n Carnage")	1/6/00 10:28 a.m.
Re: A note on scale	Forensic	1/6/00 10:44 a.m.
Re: A note on scale	Tyrbiter	1/6/00 3:19 p.m.
Re: A note on scale	Otokam	1/6/00 3:32 p.m.
Re: A note on scale	Picky	1/6/00 5:23 p.m.
Re: A note on scale	Nemesis	1/6/00 5:47 p.m.
Re: A note on scale	Mark Levin	1/8/00 12:54 a.m.
Context-Sensitive Music?	Loren Petrich	1/7/00 1:50 a.m.
Re: Context-Sensitive Music?	SiliconDream=PN=	1/7/00 2:47 a.m.
ROFL n/t	CyberBob =PN=	1/7/00 3:55 a.m.
Re: Context-Sensitive Music?	Mark Levin	1/7/00 11:17 a.m.
Re: Context-Sensitive Music?	Butcher	1/7/00 4:31 a.m.
Re: Context-Sensitive Music?	h'biki	1/8/00 8:49 a.m.
Re: Context-Sensitive Music?	Butcher	1/8/00 12:50 p.m.
Re: Context-Sensitive Music?	Chris Huff	1/8/00 6:08 p.m.