Halo PC Q&A

[Jul 07, 2003, 10:19 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

HomeLAN Fed's Halo PC Q&A talks with both Bungie's Michel Bastien and Gearbox Software's Randy Pitchford about the upcoming PC version of Halo. Here's a bit from Randy that helps explain why this port has taken so long:

We got the net code up to speed by starting over and re-writing it. Halo for Xbox was not designed to be played over the internet – we spent nearly half of our time on network programming and we think it’s going to be well worth the investment. What do you think? Do you think people will want to play Halo over the internet? Since we’ve gotten it running, it’s all I can think about…

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Jul 10, 2003, 17:22

tallone

http://www.gamespy.com/e32003/feature/pc/1001764/index.shtml "When we first started the project, we expected that the whole game would become too easy when controlled with a mouse and keyboard. We had planned and scheduled game designers' time to rebalance the skill levels. Prior to that rebalancing, but some time into the project, one of the programmers disabled the auto aiming code from Halo. If you've played Halo on the Xbox, you may not even realize that there is auto-aiming code. That's because it's done differently than what you're used to. In other games you're used to the weapon sort of automatically firing away from the center of the screen at enemies that may have not been perfectly lined up. With a mouse and keyboard this particular auto-aiming scheme didn't work out very well and had to be disabled. The result was magical -- the game was balanced. The skill levels all felt good and what could've been hours of work that no one would've noticed could now be redirected towards cool stuff like new multiplayer content and rules. Woohoo!" This comment was edited on Jul 10, 17:28.

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Jul 7, 11:16	Halo PC	Loiosh
	2.	Jul 7, 11:36	Re: Halo PC	ReDeeMeR
	4.	Jul 7, 11:47	Re: Halo PC	Darken Rahl
	10.	Jul 7, 12:49	Re: Halo PC	The Truth
	31.	Jul 7, 19:19	Re: Halo PC	Fletch
	3.	Jul 7, 11:41	Hmmm.	Vincent Murphy
	5.	Jul 7, 11:48	Re: Hmmm.	Darken Rahl
	6.	Jul 7, 11:51	Re: Hmmm.	Quboid
	7.	Jul 7, 12:22	Re: Hmmm.	quazz
	8.	Jul 7, 12:24	Re: Hmmm.	Darken Rahl
	32.	Jul 7, 19:22	Re: Hmmm.	Fletch
	34.	Jul 7, 19:40	Re: Hmmm.	[VG]Reagle
	9.	Jul 7, 12:37	LOL	Darkhand Brackstone
	11.	Jul 7, 13:14	Halo Net	FuriousBroccoli
	13.	Jul 7, 14:26	Re: Halo Net	SirOvenMitt
	14.	Jul 7, 14:38	Re: Halo Net	Darken Rahl
	17.	Jul 7, 14:57	Re: Halo Net	Plissken
	18.	Jul 7, 15:02	Re: Halo Net	Darken Rahl
	19.	Jul 7, 15:08	Re: Halo Net	Plissken
	35.	Jul 7, 19:48	Re: Halo Net	Fletch
	43.	Jul 7, 23:18	Re: Halo Net	Darken Rahl
	55.	Jul 8, 16:27	Re: Halo Net	Fletch
	59.	Jul 9, 00:56	Re: Halo Net	Darken Rahl
	61.	Jul 9, 01:43	Re: Halo Net	Fletch
	62.	Jul 9, 02:39	Re: Halo Net	[VG]Reagle
	64.	Jul 9, 09:02	Re: Halo Net	Fletch
	63.	Jul 9, 08:45	Re: Halo Net	Darken Rahl
	65.	Jul 9, 09:16	Re: Halo Net	Fletch
	67.	Jul 9, 14:12	Re: Halo Net	Darken Rahl
	68.	Jul 9, 19:04	Re: Halo Net	[VG]Reagle
	69.	Jul 9, 21:44	Re: Halo Net	fredrickson
	75.	Jul 13, 02:22	Re: Halo Net	Scottish Martial Arts
	76.	Jul 13, 15:05	Re: Halo Net	[VG]Reagle
	33.	Jul 7, 19:32	Re: Halo Net	Fletch
	15.	Jul 7, 14:41	Re: Halo Net	MindTrigger
	12.	Jul 7, 14:22	weeps	N
	16.	Jul 7, 14:55	Gearbox makes me worry...	MuzixMon
	20.	Jul 7, 15:12	Too little too late	Gryphin
	21.	Jul 7, 15:19	Re: Too little too late	Darken Rahl
	37.	Jul 7, 20:06	Re: Too little too late	Fletch
	38.	Jul 7, 21:32	Re: Too little too late	Ralphus
	22.	Jul 7, 15:27	Re: Too little too late	Halsy
	23.	Jul 7, 15:42	Re: Too little too late	kyleb
	25.	Jul 7, 16:10	Re: Too little too late	Darken Rahl
	24.	Jul 7, 16:04	I'll buy it.	Cartman
	26.	Jul 7, 16:59	RAAAH	ExcessDan
	27.	Jul 7, 17:14	No subject	Bunko
	28.	Jul 7, 17:32	Halo	Vladislav
	29.	Jul 7, 17:43	No subject	BlouZb33
	30.	Jul 7, 18:43	Re: No subject	Shataan
	36.	Jul 7, 19:52	color me entertained	tallone
	39.	Jul 7, 21:34	Re: color me entertained	Fletch
	40.	Jul 7, 21:38	No subject	ExcessDan
	41.	Jul 7, 22:17	Blah....	zuul
	42.	Jul 7, 22:45	Re: Blah....	ExcessDan
	44.	Jul 8, 01:32	Just remember	WarPig
	45.	Jul 8, 02:00	Not interested.	chacro
	46.	Jul 8, 04:12	Heh...	MacD
	47.	Jul 8, 04:35	No subject	tallone
	48.	Jul 8, 04:41	Re: No subject	tallone
	49.	Jul 8, 07:35	re: not interested	BlouZb33
	50.	Jul 8, 10:52	Re: re: not interested	tallone
	51.	Jul 8, 11:18	Re: re: not interested	Darken Rahl
	52.	Jul 8, 11:51	Re: re: not interested	ReDeeMeR
	53.	Jul 8, 11:53	Re: re: not interested	Darken Rahl
	54.	Jul 8, 15:26	Why parts are missing	Cryo
	56.	Jul 8, 17:27	No subject	Dink
	57.	Jul 8, 21:56	Re: No subject	ReDeeMeR
	58.	Jul 8, 22:54	Re: No subject	tallone
	78.	Jul 16, 13:58	Hey MacD!	tallone
	60.	Jul 9, 01:03	Re: No subject	Fletch
	66.	Jul 9, 12:22	Hey, tallone!	MacD
	70.	Jul 9, 23:55	No subject	TeaZer
>>	71.	Jul 10, 17:22	Re: No subject	tallone
	73.	Jul 11, 20:21	Re: No subject	Xenos Overdrive
	72.	Jul 10, 18:55	No subject	D4rkKnight
	74.	Jul 12, 08:42	Halo	Damien Delaney
	77.	Jul 14, 10:27	I have a question.	Smellfinger