Syncing biped location

[Kavawuvi 7,026]

I put this together in about half an hour. It uses a SAPP plugin, a .dll, a HaloMD extension (could be rewritten for Halo PC/CE), and a very simple client-side mod made from Eschaton. I don't know if SAPP's no-lead will work with this, since it's not a player. Location and rotation are both sent to the clients currently.

 

http://protonnebula.com/misc-files/vids/bp0.mp4

 

 

Note: This is NOT an attempt at syncing AI, though I know people are going to say it is. All we're concerned about is the bipeds.

[Kavawuvi 7,026]

Here is a section of the silent cartographer being played. I suck at playing the campaign, and for some reason, it goes to legendary difficulty by default.

 

http://protonnebula.com/misc-files/vids/silent.mp4

edit: I may upload a full version of the level, soon, since this is a pretty short level.

[NeX 1,756]

for some reason that video is taking shitlengths of time to buffer and play for me. YT is fine, speedtest is fine. Is it because it's a direct upload?

[Takka 13,376]

for some reason that video is taking shitlengths of time to buffer and play for me. YT is fine, speedtest is fine. Is it because it's a direct upload?

It's a 107mb video, so it's probably maxing your connection.

[NeX 1,756]

In any case, it seems like animations are the key to making it look and feel correct. Is that possible/worth it to try to add functionality wise?

[Kavawuvi 7,026]

On 7/14/2015 at 1:06 PM, NeX said:

In any case, it seems like animations are the key to making it look and feel correct. Is that possible/worth it to try to add functionality wise?

 

Like this?

 

 

Sorry for bad quality. YouTube downscaled my video all the way to 360p.

 

edit: A scoring system would be pretty useful, here, similar to Firefight.

[NeX 1,756]

Oh GOD that is sexy. MOAR EXPLANUSHUN!

 

As it is, the only issue I can see for myself is the slight jerkiness I assume is due to latency/updating, but I'm not sure if that's really fixable. What do you think for the future of this style mod? I think this could breathe a really REALLY fresh breath back into the community as a whole, I'd love nothing more than to play some coop with people, especially if getting a regular campaign map ready for this is such a simple process...

 

Thinking about SPv3, SOI_7's campaign, firefight maps, gurgh. 

 

002 STAHP. My penis can only get so erect

[Kavawuvi 7,026]

As it is, the only issue I can see for myself is the slight jerkiness I assume is due to latency/updating, but I'm not sure if that's really fixable. What do you think for the future of this style mod? I think this could breathe a really REALLY fresh breath back into the community as a whole, I'd love nothing more than to play some coop with people, especially if getting a regular campaign map ready for this is such a simple process...

 

Campaign doesn't work so well with this at its present state, due to scripts and stuff. I could probably sync up all of the globals, at best. Firefight, though, would be perfect for this. The Silent Cartographer is a pretty simple campaign map with little scripts and only two BSPs, making it almost perfect for testing this mod.

[NeX 1,756]

So what is the likelihood that this will move out of the proof of concept stage into a real, workable, playable mod? Also, would it be something to integrate into the client for PC or only with MD?

[Kavawuvi 7,026]

So what is the likelihood that this will move out of the proof of concept stage into a real, workable, playable mod? Also, would it be something to integrate into the client for PC or only with MD?

It should be the same experience on Halo PC as it is on HaloMD, though I need to fix some annoying bugs before I get it out to the public. Objects sometimes get rocketed at calamitous velocities randomly when animations are modified, for example (this is instantly corrected when velocities are sent on the next tick, but it's a huge annoyance nonetheless).