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Re: Thoughts on the High Detail footage
Posted By: Otokam <ueno@its.caltech.edu>Date: 1/11/00 6:30 p.m.

In Response To: Thoughts on the High Detail footage (Mark Levin)

> Hmm... At last we see the fabled aiming system. It appears to be
> two rings, one somewhat more distant from the other, extending
> forward on the axis of the current weapon's line of fire. It
> looks very effective at the moment, I had no trouble seeing
> where the current gun was pointed.

The only problem I can see is the fact that the rings don't seem to extend to the maximum range of the weapon. If the camera angle isn't positioned perfectly, the second of the two rings won't necessarily point directly to the intended target. Maybe that's part of the challenge...

> We see two celestial bodies, a very large one and a smaller one
> off in the distance. Their position relative to the Halo might
> help to figure out the real layout of the system.

> There's a large, white object that doesn't quite look like the
> Covenant base in the Incite movie. Perhaps it's an escape pod
> from the Pillar of Autumn, but of course it could also be a
> placeholder.

> The interface is visible... While the Marine fires his small
> machine gun, the white bar second in from the right moves, and
> eventually dwindles to zero, at which point the Marine reloads.
> Yes! Clip management! Unfortunately the bar vanishes when the
> Marine switches to the minigun.

> The large circular display on the left seems to have several
> functions. It rotates along witht he camera, indicating
> direction, and the pattern within it seems to be more complex
> than a simple gleam. This can be seen later on as the pattern
> actually shifts while the jeep is bouncing along. Could it be a
> "live" birds'-eye view?

> When the MArine reloads his rocket launcher, he seems to take
> the rocket from the large boxy thing on the RL itself. Visible
> ammo after all?

No, I think he just turned it over to drop another rocket in. I don't think he actually took anything out of the Launcher itself.

> The BAT! The Marine can be seen running up to it, then climbing
> onto its hood and disappearing through the hatch. However, the
> cannon starts to move as soon as he touches the tank. This seems
> to indicate that the "climbing on the tank" sequence
> is not under the player's control; that the controls instantly
> switch to the tank as soon as he comes near enough; and that
> getting in or out of a vehicle will leave enough "dead
> time" to be strategically important. If you're trying to
> make a getaway, you'd better jump in something that doesn't take
> too long to start up ;)

Wow. The turret is more nimble than I thought.

> Then we see a grndsprctcrft showing us what it can do. The plane
> seems to be trying to go in the direction the camer's pointing,
> which keeps changing as the camera spins.

> Something hard to see as the movie fades out is that as the
> grndsprcrft swoops past, two flickering lights can be seen on
> it's front. Did we just miss a chance to see the craft's gun in
> action?

Didn't the aiming circles seem to be 'bent forward' a little bit? It looked like the aiming system takes into account the speed of its projectile, and 'leads' appropriately.

And were those rocket things being launched from the jeep?

Message Index



Replies:

New Detail Halo Only Clips at my Site!JosephAW 1/11/00 2:52 p.m.
     Re: New Detail Halo Only Clips at my Site!Manus_Lacatus 1/11/00 3:26 p.m.
           File and Link fixed...JosephAW 1/11/00 3:34 p.m.
                 Re: File and Link fixed...morlock 1/12/00 6:07 p.m.
           Re: New Detail Halo Only Clips at my Site!Tim 1/11/00 6:42 p.m.
                 Re: New Detail Halo Only Clips at my Site!Matt Gilford 1/12/00 5:47 p.m.
                       Re: New Detail Halo Only Clips at my Site!Chris Huff 1/12/00 6:53 p.m.
                             Re: New Detail Halo Only Clips at my Site!Chris Huff 1/12/00 6:56 p.m.
     Thoughts on the High Detail footageMark Levin 1/11/00 4:02 p.m.
           Re: Thoughts on the High Detail footageNijhazer 1/11/00 4:27 p.m.
                 Re: Thoughts on the High Detail footageJägermeister 1/11/00 5:38 p.m.
           You missed the coolest part...Ben Schodek 1/11/00 6:23 p.m.
                 Re: You missed the coolest part...Otokam 1/11/00 6:32 p.m.
                       seatbelts. NTBen Schodek 1/11/00 7:04 p.m.
           Re: Thoughts on the High Detail footageOtokam 1/11/00 6:30 p.m.
                 Re: Thoughts on the High Detail footageChris Huff 1/11/00 6:40 p.m.
                       Re: Thoughts on the High Detail footageMark Levin 1/11/00 7:22 p.m.
                       Re: Thoughts on the High Detail footageD. Michael Cook 1/12/00 8:03 p.m.
                             Re: Thoughts on the High Detail footageChris Huff 1/12/00 8:40 p.m.
           Haven't seen it yet, but...Forensic 1/12/00 7:57 a.m.
           Re: Thoughts on the High Detail footageNemesis 1/12/00 3:02 p.m.



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