Another Article about Halo PC

[djwguitarman]

Posted on Bungie's site, the folks at IGN got to go play Halo PC
There are alot of neat little titbits about the graphics improvments and this very tasty morsel about the modding cappabilities.

Nearly everything in the game is data driven so you'll simply need to find the relevant portion of the code, plug in your own values and start playing with the new mod. The range of options here is pretty broad and Randy explained that something as simple as tweaking weapon performance just represents the tip of the iceberg.

It's definatly worth a read.

[InTeRLoPeR]

From the way I read that it is easier to edit, in a way, then Jedi Knight. Which is has it good and bad points, but what can we do? ;D

[djwguitarman]

The way I see it, the list of things easier to edit than Jedi Knight is very long.

[InTeRLoPeR]

What I mean, it is simple to edit how the guns fire and stuff in JK. Cogs are really easy to make.

[djwguitarman]

***DROOL***

: (from the preview)
:
: Zooming in close to a grunt, we noted specular-mapping and bump-mapping
: effects on the grunt's gold-colored armor, giving it a glistening sheen
: over a very granular surface. Similar effects can be seen on the plating
: of many vehicles, such as the scorpion tank and the ghost.
:
: Is there now bumpmapping on the models?... I thought.. there were only
: bumpmapping on the enviroment in Halo:CE?...

: Or do I/they have bad eyes? Typo?

It's one of the things Gearbox has added. It was mentioned (and shown) in the IGN video preview last night.