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Re: Halo goodness, not so good anymore.
Posted By: Praxus <PlasmaStorm@home.com>	Date: 8/30/01 4:47 p.m.
In Response To: Re: Halo goodness, not so good anymore. (Matt) I agree, I have been working on mods for a long time, which you can compare to the complexity of games. Anyway people do not understand that when you need to fix bugs they think you guys are always doing something big, but mostly now you are owrking on small aspects of the game that needs to be fixed to just give it that write edge that people will love. Now to the Screenshots... just to take a screenshot is kinda stupid. You need to have the right angle at the right time with the right lighting and everything or it won`t look awsome like the Halo Screenshots do which are awsome. Keep the stuff coming Bungie cause i understand you guys ;) : Oh, that's definitely not true. Were the rest of the team not working their : asses off I would have nothing to write about. : The lack of major new stuff in the Halo Updates is largely because most of : the stuff we're working on now is spoiler-heavy. As for the rest, there : are only so many ways I can say "bug fixes." : There is more involved in taking good screenshots than running around a map : and entering the screenshot command. Other people do it that way and you : can always tell. We try to make our screenshots tell a story - preferably : not The Story Of The Guy Who Had To Take 120 New Screenshots But Really : Wanted To Go Home. So we take our time and look for the right situations, : the right camera angles, etc. It's a trial-and-error process. We have tons : of screenshots that will never see the light of day because they're not : good enough. : Having said all that, we know that the dearth of screenshots is a problem and : we're trying to remedy that. Mr. Screenshot himself, Joe Staten, is : awfully busy these days, so a few more of us have learned how to take : screenshots and are trying to find some good ones. When we find them, : you'll see them. : As for video, we talked not too long ago about another Bungie-style trailer. : The big problem is time. The Cinematics guys would have to do it (because : nobody does it better) and they're working 18-hour days as-is. When their : workload lightens up a bit we can start thinking about it. There's some : other, shall we say, "video-related" stuff in the works that I : think Halo fans will enjoy, and it's not too far off. Keep an eye on the : Bungie Store. And then of course there are the TV commercials. : Finally, one key point that was sorta glossed over in the last paragraph: : everyone is working really, really, really hard right now. Inevitably when : we are in crunch mode, communication with the outside world slips lower on : the priority list. Even for me - and I've got a light load compared to : others. Just when I think I can get back to the forums, someone comes to : me with something that needs to be done tomorrow (rewrite this UI text) or : something huge (Halo launch party) and the regular schedule once again : ceases to apply. : Take heart - it won't last much longer. : -Matt

Message Index

Halo goodness, not so good anymore.	Hethal	8/27/01 8:12 p.m.
Re: Halo goodness, not so good anymore.	vector40	8/27/01 8:37 p.m.
Re: Halo goodness, not so good anymore.	Dan Rudolph	8/28/01 1:03 a.m.
Re: Halo goodness, not so good anymore.	Matt	8/27/01 9:03 p.m.
Re: Halo goodness, not so good anymore.	Hethal	8/27/01 9:44 p.m.
Oh, and, ah, Matt...	vector40	8/27/01 10:07 p.m.
Re: Halo goodness, not so good anymore.	Mumbles	8/27/01 11:27 p.m.
Re: LNTPTFFTL	•M	8/28/01 12:01 a.m.
Re: LNTPTFFTL	Mumbles	8/28/01 1:13 p.m.
Re: Good point	Hethal	8/28/01 5:04 p.m.
Re: Good point	vector40	8/28/01 9:31 p.m.
I have the product you desire	Dorram	8/28/01 12:56 a.m.
Re: I have the product you desire	Louis Wu	8/28/01 1:23 a.m.
Re: Halo goodness, not so good anymore.	Picky	8/28/01 11:26 a.m.
Re: Halo goodness, not so good anymore.	�stro ~ the Space Duck	8/28/01 6:28 p.m.
Re: Halo goodness, not so good anymore.	hob	8/28/01 10:03 p.m.
Re: Halo goodness, not so good anymore.	vector40	8/28/01 11:17 p.m.
Re: Halo goodness, not so good anymore.	Praxus	8/30/01 4:47 p.m.
Re: Lesson to learn	Hethal	8/30/01 6:04 p.m.
Re: Halo goodness, not so good anymore.	John Denton	8/27/01 10:51 p.m.
Re: Halo goodness, not so good anymore.	vector40	8/27/01 11:14 p.m.
Re: Halo goodness, not so good anymore.	Omniscient	8/28/01 8:33 a.m.