I started this awhile ago and with the Halo Wars and Halo 3 and Halo 2 Vista coming out I remembered it. Most of what I have now is borrowed from other MODs, but is suitable. I would however really like it if any unit creators could point out available units or make some original ones. Anyone good with graphics could certainly help with techs and buildings. Also sombody who is good at map making is needed to make a suitable map for possible campaigns.

Needed Units

Master Chief(Dual SMGs)
Marine(Battle Rifle)
Wathog
Guass Warthog(rocket launcher)
Scarab
Scorpion
Wraith
Pelican
Banshee
Elite(Energy Sword)
Grunt(Needler)
Hunter(Well duh... Fuel rod cannon built into armor)
Prophet(leader)
Ghost
Brute(Brute Shot)
Comander Jacob Keyes(Magnum)
Maranda Keys
Technician
Jackals(Plasma Pistol w/ shield)
Flood(spider guys, mushroom heads, and the marine flood guy)
Sentinel
Shadow
Spectre
Drones(plasma pistol)
(I relize this is a big list, but many of these may exist in one form or another)


Buildings

Halo or Sacred Ring(wonder)
Earth Defense Platform
Cairo Station(wonder)
The Index(wonder)


Leader Heads

Heretic Leader
Prophet
Human Leader(a president probably)
Flood leader


Tech Icons

Mirk Suits
Advanced Space Travel
Interplanetary Collinization
Plant Defense Platforms


Recources

Plasma



Current Files in Use:

Plasma Resource and Tech (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=115303)
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads9/plasmaresource.gif
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads9/Plasma_tech_preview.gif
Mirk Suits Tech (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=115312)
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads9/Mirk_Suits_preview.gif
Advanced Space Travel Tech (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=115311)
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads9/Advanced_Space_Travel_preview.gif
Planetary Defence Tech (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=115309)
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads9/Planetary_Defense_preview.gif
Two ships(one for land based unit one for space based(Made by Muffins)) (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=115262)
http://lawfreak.primalfusion.net/images/bigss.gif
http://lawfreak.primalfusion.net/images/lilss.gif



So far these people have been a big help(made units, given suggestions, etc..):

-Muffins :)
-Bezerk Leader :)
-Bluemofia :)



thxs

Just noticed the other Halo mod idea and this wouldn't be a ripoff of the campaign this would just use the units and buildings to make something like it. I would also make a campaign though with the Flood against everyone, heritics against covenant, and humans against all except heretics and maybe an aliance between the heritics and the humans

You'd probably be better off working with civilizationisme on a Halo mod, since I don't foresee there being so much 'creative disagreement' that two mods are necessary.
Halo units would most likely be useful for other scifi mods, as well, unit-makers...There is at least a Mars mod and my own mod that could probably apply such units.

I just saw that forum and that is what I'm thinking of doing.

so does anyone have a suggestion?

Did you try recruting people from the old one?

I will hunt them down I guess.

I have started thinking of how to do a good map for this mod. It would be something like ringworls that chizzy made but on bothe diagnol sides would have space as ocean. Otherwise I need ideas from yall.

I made a halo.

*Preview *

http://forums.civfanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=48956&stc=1

cool. I think we will make new terrain or use existing stuff to make it more spacy

Well I'm glad to see how much suport this mod gets.

You forgot the shadow and specter.

true and the sentinels

Instead of using a map like Bluemofia's you can make a long thin map with X- and Y-wrapping. The minimap won't look like a halo but the map will work like one. BTW in HALO is the outside of the world habitable too?

That is a good idea.
Also I will need some tech icons:
Mirk Suits
Advanced Space Travel
Interplanetary Collinization
Plant Defense Platforms
etc

So are there any suggestions are units or buildings or... anything...

How about don't you make hunter able to bombard and the attack B is the whacking with the shield. And mabey you could make orbital drop troopers be a little better than the marines. The technnicians could be the human workers and have low defence, the covenant workers or engieneers have no defence cause all they do is fix and build. The flood should have no workers and the infection forms are able to enslave to warrior forms. The carrier forms should be cruise missile units. But one question. What does the prophet do?

And will this do for the Mirk suites:

http://www.xfaktor.no/spill/halo2/bilder/bilde53.jpg

Somebody please make that unit :D
BTW Grey Fox is making HALO units, according to his sig.

It's suposed to be an orbital drop shock trooper and suppolidly better than the marines and the marines shouldn't be able to paradrop and we have to make ODSTs able to paradrop and the Master Chief. And with that we have to make a drop pod both for humans and covanant and it has to cost very little. I also suggest that you make the elites have plasma rifles and have honor guards, gold elites, and black elites have energy swords. The special ops elites should have carbines and the special ops grunts should have fuel rod cannons. And you forgot the drones that have plasma pistols.

Could I see the tech tree?

I like the orbital drop unit! Definity has to be made!
Excellent Ideas. Going into the mod if possible!
Right now the tech tree is waiting for icons...

So the mirk suite icon is the ODSTs
You didn't add the Drones to the list and what does the prophet do?

Would this work for the ODST? (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=802184&postcount=1)

So the mirk suite icon is the ODSTs
No it would be a Mirk Suit(what the MC wears)

You didn't add the Drones to the list and what does the prophet do?
Just did, the prophet is a leader

Would this work for the ODST? (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=802184&postcount=1)
For now that might do, but it could use some fixing up.

Would this do for the Advanced space travel?

http://nikon.bungie.org/screenshots/haloplayers.1005/pillar_of_autumn.jpg

And would this work for Planet Defence Platform?

http://www.galaxy-force.com/defenses/pics/inspect.jpg

Yes and yes, just resize them and I'll use them.

PS. You are in the credits as of now

And will this do for the Mirk suites:
Sorry missed that and yes that is good, just resize that too.

Here's the Defence platform

http://70.85.81.229/2917/0/upload/p278260.jpg

Here's the Advanced space travel

http://70.85.81.229/2917/0/upload/p278285.jpg

Here's the Mirk suite

http://70.85.81.229/2917/0/upload/p278297.jpg

Hope it's the right size.

Thanks for adding me to the credits. :)

Here's the small Mirk suite

http://70.85.81.229/2917/0/upload/p278862.jpg

Here's the small Defence Platform

http://70.85.81.229/2917/0/upload/p278876.jpg

Here's the Advanced space travel

http://70.85.81.229/2917/0/upload/p278892.jpg

What sizes are needed for these things? Can they be saved in a different format besides .jpg? If you can do them as a .png they will be much clearer.

Current Re-size sizes

Defence platform
LG: 96x96
sm: 41x39

Advanced space travel
LG:148x108
sm: 39x39

Mirk suite
LG:102x96
sm:40x39

If you post the size that you need and what format you want them in I can resize these in a sec.

Pedia icons are 128x128 and 32x32, .pcx format.

I'm going to end up getting myself involved in this mod if I don't stop posting random little comments :crazyeye:

I got these techs resized already you can see them in post numero uno

Here's something to replace the AA animation.

New Sam Animation (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=112106).

Use these for other USCN ships.

Muffins ships (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=115262).

Don't know what to use this for, but it's interesting enough.

thingy (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=105812)

Anything from Pentagenesis is scifiish
Pentagenesis (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=102263)

the Modern legion by kinboat fulfills your requirment quite nicelly- it even bears strong resemblence to the orbital drop shock troopers from the game "Halo"
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=2339070
It's a great unit too :D

Scarry flood dude. Just make him have a gun or something.

zombie (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=76102)

Space ship of some sort...

really old ship, preview dosen't work or something. (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=74841)

Good luck with your mod. Any units based on Halo would be great.
Hope it translates well to strategy, too. :)

Would this do for Interplanetary Collinization?

http://swi.starwarsclub.org/corporations/rsd/rsdp.jpg

BTW for the human units we'll propably have to have multi units for marines and ODSTs. For the covanant the multi unites should be the grunts, the jackles, and the drones.

From the Mars Mod Techs:

Tech Icons (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=115346)

BTW, if we use M-units, the regular units still need to be made, thus it would just take longer. Duh.

well at least it would be more reallistic because jackles usually travel in fours, grunts, marines, and ODSTs are in squads.

BTW Drive By Master made this and wanted me to post it.

http://70.85.81.229/2917/0/upload/p286386.jpg

I think we will use single units as they look better in game than m-units

Oh yeah, and for everyone that thinks it is stupid to base a mod on a first-person shooter ... this mod is only based on it some aspects like a few of the units. It wont be the same missions or any thing like that just the units and some of the tech tree and buildings.

hey, im new to the modding thing but im really good with animation, i believe i can get ahold of the unit creation if someone would suggest what programs work best to make units, and where to get them, maybe then i can help out with this halo mod

GIMP or PSP(Paint SHop Pro) and Flicster(in utilities forum) Just goole the other two

I'm making some headway on this mod but am still waiting for some major suppor from people. Any unit maker that has any spare time please make a unit or two, or put on our to do list. Please...

would there be another programs to use with GIMP and FLICster. I figured out how to make my own units now, but the way im doing it is taking to ling for it to be useful. Any suggestions?

You need a good 3d animation program to make the actual animations, and then use GIMP and FLICster (or Civ3FLC) to turn it into a FLC. Some good ones are POV-Ray (free, text-based), Blender (free, hard to learn), OpenFX (not free), and a few others that are used here.

You can do it without a 3d tool but it might take longer

cough cough, its dusty in here, I dont want to have the third failed halo mod o please help

People don't seem to like to post in preview or brainstorm threads unless they see new graphics or charts or whatnot smattered throughout it. You should try your hand at making more static graphics for this mod and posting them here. I'd offer to help, but the idea doesn't appeal to me. If you can give me some tech names/buildings or the like that would apply to other sci-fi mods which haven't already been done, I'll try to stick em in me next icon pack.

Theremisn't enough support for this right now so until there is more this mod is hibernating

Just remember that everything you do, you primarily do for your own pleasure(out of lack seeing it done by others), and give it as much time as you think.
Ususally people don't flock right away in any mod, it's progressive. At times it will feel nothing is being done.

Keep it open so people who just found out about it and might want to help can. Might help if you post on Halo related boards. People from there might want to offer some help here. Also try to have not too many expectations.
The point is for the mod to become, not to be the best ever.(Even if so, this will be till the next super mod comes).

I know but I cant even get the graphics so...
So feel free to make some graphics :cool:

There are some excellent graphic creators here.
You could always go and ask them to do the graphics, they might agree to help. Even if you get one graphic from each one it's a gain.

I have so much to do myself on other projects and so limited time, I can't really help. But others might be more available. Also, see what you can get from released mods, as in loan(with credit of course). I find it stupid to work on something that's 80% similar to what yuo want just to get the added originality.

In any case that's a modding community's purpose, in my mind, to help eachother(but not be overtly demanding).

Instead of making the Index a Wonder, you could make it a flag unit that you have to try to capture it and take it back to your capital. But then I guess you won't have as many wonders..

that is a good idea I might use

how about having the mausoleum of the arbiter as a wonder for the Covenant, and it produces an arbiter unit every x turns that you cannot build. the human equivilant could be the Spartan II Training program or something, that produces Master Chiefs every x turns. both units would be the best troops in their own armies, and have special abilities and extra HP and so on

you could also have jackal snipers (armed with a particle beam rifle, stealth attack, able to bombard, lethal land bombardment) and elites with plasma rifles or covenant carbines, then being upgraded to sword-wielding elites or something.

just one question: you're not planning for plasma to be the only resource, are you? coz i know that if plasma is all that was required, i'd always build elites, brutes and hunters, and never worry about building grunts and jackals

I just found something that may be useful for the unit graphics.

http://adam.lastchancemedia.com/halogen/

Hey guys, I started this MOD awhile ago and then just stopped. I still have all the files, but have lost my Conquest CD. I do want to revive this MOD and can work on it but will need other people to test it, until I get a new copy. ATM the first post really sums up what I have now. This MOD is not using any original units as of yet, but some of the units we have found will work pretty well.