In Response To: First Strike Update 6 (Crispy Spartan)
: [First Strike Update 6] - [Thursday 24.03.04]
: Hi there, and welcome to another tasty First Strike mod update. We hope you
: have a pleasant meal. For hors d'oeuvre, nibble away at these succulent
: factettes.
: There are an average of 41.36585366 posts per day on the First Strike forums
: (including developers)
: There have been 5 iterations of the Seraph fighter design.
: It is entirely possible to introduce two people, who you thought were
: strangers, only to discover that they already knew each other. It's a
: small net.
: I hope that didn't spoil your appetite, because there's a hot, nourishing
: main course on its way. Ah! here comes the waiter...
: This week Crispy rolled back into town, after a week's skiing. (He had a bet
: with himself that the HEK would be released while he was away. He lost his
: bet.) Refreshed, he has been attacking the level design with gusto.
: Sometimes realism is easier to achieve than at first you think. eg...
: Q: How do you design a fusion reactor?
: A: www.iter.org . The international fusion generator program has scaled
: plans, sections and elevations of a genuine fusion reactor design. I have
: a feeling that the ITER designers are closet Halo fans, because the
: interior of the reactor complex is an ideal battlefield for Halo's
: gameplay, with lots of height changes, niches and cover.
: Meanwhile, Chaos has been turning his pencil away from character design
: briefly, to concentrate on space vehicle design. We've only ever seen a
: handful of UNSC and Covenant spacecraft before. With the second half of
: First Strike taking place mostly in space-based locales, there will need
: to be handfuls more. Two current projects are designs for the Covenant
: Seraph fighter, and the UNSC frigate The Gettysburg. The Seraph in
: particular is being reworked nearly every day; there are so many ways to
: go about designing a Covenant fighter, we want to get the right one. The
: Gettysburg is almost all gun and engine, which is a lot of fun to design!
: In the 3d modeling department, Farsight has been iterating versions of a
: Covenant character model. He has been studying all the concept art and
: screenshots available to get the shape right. BOB has been testing out
: animation on this model, to see how to best make it move in an appropriate
: fashion. However, we will need to know the specifics of the animation
: format for the HEK, before we can make the bigger steps.
: The battle rifle and SMG have been naked for a while, but are now starting to
: recieve fresh skins. Vice and Iceman (no, they're not an 80's cop duo) (or
: professional wrestlers) have been painting up textures for thses two
: weapons. Whilst we do not have access to the flashy bumpmapping of the
: Halo2 engine, we are trying to get as high a level of detail in as
: possible.
: At last, we have work in progress on a public website. Nof and Merecatfish
: both have experience running websites, (Halo sites at that!) and so are
: putting together a proper place from which to spread the word about the
: mod. When we go live, expect to be able to view all past weekly updates,
: plus more background info and content, including concept art, articles and
: other goodies.
: This managed to leak onto the HBO forum a few days ago, but it is worth
: repeating here. Our sound man, Jatin, is putting out a casting call for
: all you Halo fans out there who think you can act (or growl, or whimper,
: or scream). There are a bunch of new characters in First Strike, some more
: talkative than others. Here is a comprehensive list of all possible
: speaking parts: Human-Male
: 1. Lt. Haverson
: 2. Locklear
: 3. Admiral Whitcomb
: 4. Flight Officer Mitchell
: 5. Longsword Pilot
: 6. Captain Keyes
: 7. Sergeant Johnson
: 8. Charlie Company Marine 1
: 9. Charlie Company Marine 2
: 10. Charlie Company Marine 3
: 11. Charlie Company Corporal
: 12. Governor Jiles
: Human-Female
: 1. Polaski
: 2. Longsword Pilot
: 3. Dr. Halsey
: Covenant
: 1. High Prophet of Truth
: 2. Tartarus
: Spartans-Male
: 1. Fred
: 2. Josh
: 3. Isaac
: 4. Anton
: 5. Li
: 6. Will
: 7. Master Chief
: Spartans-Female
: 1. Linda
: 2. Grace
: 3. Vihn
: 4. Kelly
: AI-Male
: 1. Ascendant Justice AI
: 2. Araquiel
: AI-Female
: 1. Cortana
: 2. Kalmiya
: We cannot guarantee the appearance of every one of these characters, but this
: list really illustrates the massive amount of voice work that could be
: needed.
: If you fancy yourself in any of these roles, pick a suitable line from the
: books, (or out of your head), and record yourself saying it in character.
: Send the resulting .wav .mp3 or .wma file to : JatinR2@aol.com with the
: subject line "Voice Sample". If we think you're suited to the
: role you auditioned for, or any other suitable role, we'll get back to you
: and start making you a star!
: Now, after feasting your eyes on that eclectic main course, take a moment to
: cleanse your palate before indulging in the candy-coated sweetness of the
: pudding.
: Lead 3d artist Farsight has put together a short trailer for the First Strike
: mod, with the aid of Kooky. It puts you in the mood with an old favorite,
: and then previews some of the concept and preproduction that we've been
: doing, set to all new original music from our composer, Steven Miller. The
: trailer is 2 minutes long and is available in three flavors, MPEG
: (27MB), Divx (9MB - be sure to have the latest version) and Windows
: Media 9 (5MB).
: We refuse to set release dates for anything, even the public website. But we
: can say that we aim to have next week's update appear on our new
: website. Hope to see you all there!
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: First Strike is a Single Player mod for Halo PC, based on the novel of the
: same name by Eric Nylund. All trademarks copyright their respective owners
: (Microsoft and Bungie, really...) Please contact Crispy
: (tomnewsom@fastmail.fm ) if you wish to contact us or help out (no time
: wasters, please!).
Nice. But what happened to Spartans Sam, James and Fhajad?
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