The G.O.O.F. Project submission thread-Forgehub needs YOU

[ezekeil20five17]

GET OUT OF FOUNDRY

O.k. look I realise that foundry is the only choice for certain maps but lately forgehub has become FOUNDRYHUB and this needs to change.

Halo 3 is one of if not the best looking games to date and most of the people here spend most of their time forging and then playing on the most visually boring map I cannot look at the same walls and the same grey green and brown colours anymore.ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE!

What I want to do is compile a guide that shows the world outside foundry to these agoraphobic shut-ins who may not be aware of the vast potentail that lives outside foundy

I need YOUR HELP,if like me you think that forgehub is becoming foundryhub here is your chance to show others what lies beyond those grey wall and green boxes I need from you

SCREENSHOTS
Have you looked at the skyline and thought wow then take a pic showing the beauty of halo

TIPS AND GUIDES
Noticed something interesting on a map?Have a technique you want to share?Do you know something about the non dlc maps someone else might not?

NON FOUNDRY ITEMS
DO you know of a cool way to use radio anteni?Got something interesting you do with power cores?{I have!!}submit new ways and means of forging out side foundry

THE BEST NON FOUNDRY MAPS
Have you thought outside the {double} box and made a non foundry/dlc map?submit a breif description and a link


I also want to hear from the mods/loyals on this one because a hell of a lot of people {not me} want to see thier maps featured so always go with foundry as 90% of featured maps are foundry ones{something else that needs to change,unless you want to change the name to foundryhub}.Maybe some of you are foundry addicts and would like a breath of fresh air

Below is a few examples of the sort of thing forgehub needs
The Moon or

The Sun?


UNDERWATER COMBAT

As you may or may not know the beach on high ground can be easily "broken into" by pushing a r.node out there and then saving and quiting its very interesting as it add an underwater section to the map
I have used this to create a d-day style assault map,a grenade fishing minigame and a couple of other things
It also provides another area to take weird pics if that floats your boat{all puns intended}this was a simple coils explosion I wasn't even trying to do anything


POWERFUL POWER CORES

As you can see here the warthog has been fired way up in the air this took nearly all the fusion coils on standoff to achieve However roughly 4-6 power cores would give you the same result,try it the force generated will surprise you

BIRDS OF PREY
A simple areil cat and mouse minigame GET SOME AIR{not advertising I don't care about downloads all I care about is useful feedback}

link in the sig





MAPS SHOULD BE MORE THAN INTERLOCKING AND MERGING THE SHOULD BE ABOUT IDEAS AND VARIED GAMEPLAY

So submit your maps tips and pics and maybe we will drag {probably kicking and screaming} a few foundry addicts out into the sun and then maybe,just maybe every second or third map won't be on foundry

POST YOU SUBMISSIONS HERE AND I WILL COMPILE THE BEST INTO ANOTHER THREAD REMEBER PICS ARE WORT A THOUSAND WORD AND VIDEO IS PRICELESS!!

THANK YOU


P.S. I have the dreaded RRoD so I will add more pics as soon as I am able

[FlipStik]

Definately a great Idea, my two current maps I'm making are on Foundry, and I'm still going to help my friends with their Foundry maps and all, but I will always work with Foundry, but I'm just gonna work with Foundry MUCH less often. Great idea, more people need too look outside the cramped warehouse and see the giant icy barren of Avalanche, the grassy landscape of Valhalla, and the largely open Standoff.

[stin10]

you know what would be cool, a nonfoundry day. basically a special day at forgehub where you can't post maps that are on foundry, we could have contests, and prizes and it would be sweet.

[ezekeil20five17]

Originally Posted by stin10

you know what would be cool, a nonfoundry day. basically a special day at forgehub where you can't post maps that are on foundry, we could have contests, and prizes and it would be sweet.

a great idea stin anything that can be done should be done

Originally Posted by FlipStik

Great idea, more people need too look outside the cramped warehouse and see the giant icy barren of Avalanche, the grassy landscape of Valhalla, and the largely open Standoff.

That it to a tee you hit the nail right between the eyes + rep for you

This IS a quote but I left the name off

"you managed to interlock a non foundry map"

this guy needs help STAT

I hope to see submissions from you both

[Zombiesteve77]

I really like the idea of this. I have to admit, it is pretty saturated with Foundry maps but that can only be because of it's sandbox design. Using new forging methods on older maps would be really good to see some new material and a change of scenery. I am working on a non-foundry map at the moment, but i cant reveal anything about it yet. Its been delayed at the moment because of my work, college etc.

Its been suggested that i should submit my two screenshots into this so here they are:
Space Snowbound
Galaxy

[Squiiddish]

So are you just looking purely for competitive or normal gameplay maps off of Foundry, or screenshots, or minigames, or what? What exactly do you want here, anything not on Foundry?

I agree with this wholeheartedly, but I don't really think that this "problem" is gonna be solved any time soon. For people that want to start from scratch and build a really complex and technical map, its basically Foundry or nothing. It's the only map where Bungie just throws us a big open cube room and says "Go for it." As much as I love Avalanche and GT and all that, Foundry isn't dying anytime soon.

[ezekeil20five17]

Originally Posted by Squiiddish

So are you just looking purely for competitive or normal gameplay maps off of Foundry, or screenshots, or minigames, or what? What exactly do you want here, anything not on Foundry?

yes screenshots showing the amazing and varied colours OUTSIDE foundry

Maps of any sort just not on foundry some non dlc would be great

and tips on uses for items that aren't in foundry

I do think that if you want to make a "technical and complex" map then foudry is the way to go but I want to show that you don't have to make that sort of map

I do think it is like trying to turn back the sea but either you are part of the solution or your part of the problem

[DarkReaper]

you are right, but I still voted no

My reason-
Foundry is the only map that has the necessary objects to make maps

We can't make allot of great stuff on other maps unless it's been done before

don't worry though on 01/06/09 the Mythic Maps will come out and we will be having tons of great real maps with Sandbox since we can delete down to grid lines and add terrain, weather, and other great stuff

[MattDGiant]

I hosted the Pre-DLC Competition in hopes to cure FH of it's Foundry-addiction. I got people working on Last Resort, which is a neat change from Foundry. I also got a few really good maps out of it. This is a great idea for a thread, nice work.

[nealsaviking]

Ligos Artemis
it's in my sig. Cool Avalanche Infection map that uses strategy and, although it does encourage camping, no base is overpowered and Zombies actually have a huge advantage.