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Bungie updates on Halo 3 progress: water, weapons, multiplayer

Posted Mar 11, 2007 at 09:13PM by Ceasar S. Listed in: News, Halo 3, Games Tags: Bungie Studios, Halo 2, Certain Affinity
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Bungie's having a field day with H2O, adding whole new water effects for that superb splashy effect you've probably already seen in Baywatch (wait, you do watch it for the water, right?).  In fact, an effects artist has been focused on waterfall effects, with the bubbly foam, misty sprays and all that (wet) jazz. Vehicles and biped characters will all affect the water, from ripples to outright water spewing.

Weapons will sport some really nifty tricks to add that polished finish you've been wanting on your assault rifle for so long. And weapons on the ground now stand out, having some significant size increase as if it were telling you, "You know you want to shoot me...yes you do."

The shine finish comes at a minimal processing overhead cost so there won't be any noticeable frame-per-second drain on your beloved plasma screen. They've also been testing out some old and new maps, from a map codenamed Jub Jub to two new maps from Certain Affinity. But these are for Halo 2, which should be coming out to PC fans soon.

And those with depth-of-field (DOF) gripes with Halo 3's new visual repertoire on the Xbox 360, Bungie makes it clear: "We would never implement something in multiplayer that artificially obscured the player’s ability to decide what he or she was seeing." DOF is that photo-realistic blur effect you'd get when you focus your eyes on one thing and force the other to become some bland blob in the distance.

Bungie will be adding DOF effects to make Halo 3 look oodles better than the Mona Lisa, but it shouldn't deter you from picking off that frustrating sniper three clicks away. Most effects will need you to be stationary for a moment, so your eyes actually spot the effect. So no more complaints about the game blurring objects in-game, okay? And here, use this to wipe that smudge on your screen.

And, no, split-screen is not making a farewell performance in Halo 3. In fact, if you got anything bigger than your daddy's plasma tube, you'd love the new look of HD in split-screen. But there won't be any handicaps for folk who keep looking at the wrong half.

And remember Bungie's note on the mic-hogging, ear-bleed inducing players who shoot off more from their mouths than from their in-game pistol? Well, Frankie demonstrates how he can just plaster on some duct tape over their annoying muzzles, in less than a second:
  1. Annoyed by player
  2. Press BACK button
  3. Right stick to select annoying player
  4. X to mute
Voila. Fragging heaven without the ear bleed. Plus you can still hear teammates calling for reinforcements a few feet away.

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   by FIRST (Unregistered) - 2007-03-11
 » FIRST
FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this looks gay


   Re: zx (Unregistered) - 2007-03-13
 » Will sell consoles
This game is going to sell huge amounts of 360s, its looking better all the time.
   by Second (Unregistered) - 2007-03-11
 » second
your mom looks gay

   by th (Unregistered) - 2007-03-12
 » DoF is stupid
Unless it's done right (hasn't happened yet) DoF is just an annoyance. Glad to see Bungie isn't going to completely overdo DoF like Call of Duty 3 (go outside in real life and focus on one thing in the distance, and tell me everything else is as blurry as it is on CoD3, it's nothing like that)

QJ why do you keep mentioning plasma screens ("so there won't be any noticeable frame-per-second drain on your beloved plasma screen", "if you got anything bigger than your daddy's plasma tube")? Who in their right mind would buy a plasma screen for video games? Plasmas are sh*t for playing games like Halo which have the HUD always active. Unless I'm out of the loop and screen burn-in has been SEVERELY reduced plasmas are still not a good choice for gaming.


   Re: at (Unregistered) - 2007-03-12
 » :|
Burn in isn't really a problem with newer plasmas. I bought a plasma mainly for sports because LCDs generally don't perform well in fast motion sports. Even if I could trade my plasma in for a LCD (which are more experience), I wouldn't. Black blacks, white whites and smoother motion. I think the pro and cons between the 2 kinda make them even and it just comes down to what's more important to you.

   Re: pappillow (Unregistered) - 2007-03-12
 » you're stupid
CoD3's DoF has no problems at all. I always aim where I'm looking, because normally where I'm looking, I'm gonna shoot. Plus the DoF only comes into effect when you use ADS (LT). I really could care less.

And by the way, plasmas HAVE had advances, and screen burn isn't as big a deal as it used to be. And if you're so worried, just play a RGB DVD every time you're done for an hour, and it'll be good as new. One more thing, they're only mentioning plasmas as a TV, not advertisement or anything. It's not that big a deal.

   Re: th (Unregistered) - 2007-03-12
 » Huh?
I'm stupid because CoD 3's DoF sucks? I never mentioned it as a problem for me in-game, I always look where I'm aiming as well and am pretty decent at the game, just saying it's completely unrealistic :/ Treyarch went a little crazy with it, I'm just glad to know Bungie won't be doing the same
   by gfd (Unregistered) - 2007-03-12
 » ds
oooo man i just jizzed in my pants.

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   by brb (Unregistered) - 2007-03-12
 » One Word:
BIRNG IT. Technically IT is you and you dont matter so yeah, its 1 word and nothing else.

   by darkninja (Unregistered) - 2007-03-13
 » Dof
hopefully this dof effect will be an option
along with a lot of other neat addons bungie is coming out with

   by kgb (Unregistered) - 2007-03-13
 » lll
plasmas are way cheaper than LCD, thats why u buy them unless your a rich ***** =)

QJ prob mentions it cause ppl will be more likely to have a massive HD plasma than an LCD of the same size.

Plus I reackon they look better in bright rooms than LCD and have better contrast.

After the first few hundered hours burn in is no longer a problem. My 50" HD plasma has no burn in and I play frequently. I got some from a HUD when I first bought it and ***** myself but it went away after a week or 2.

Fk yeah Halo 3 is the game im waiting for. Gonna look mad in HD.



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