Official Halo 3 Thread

[p!tu]

I can only imagine the last 2 levels in Legendary!! DAMN!!! it was in normal ad it was a pain in the ass!!

 

[Fritz]

Re: Halo 3 running in 640p?

SOURCE - GameSpot

Halo 3 running in 640p?

High-definition graphics have always been a major selling point for the Xbox 360, but the biggest title on the system to date, Bungie's Halo 3, might not even meet the HD resolution threshold.

That's the implication made in this thread from the graphics-centric Beyond 3D forums. In early August, a user going by the handle "one" posted a picture of Halo 3 with a jagged edge highlighted. Combining a little math and Photoshop, the poster came to the conclusion that Halo 3 was actually running natively at 624p, and being upscaled to run at 720p.

Bungie didn't address the issue initially, but it continued to stick in the craw of some graphics aficionados, who eventually came to the conclusion that the game was running in 640p. Today they have their answer, as Bungie finally addressed the 80p gap in its weekly Web site update.

The studio admitted in the update that "Halo 3's vertical resolution, when captured from a frame buffer, is indeed 640 pixels," but offered a deeper explanation as to why.

"[Y]ou could argue we gave you 1280 pixels of vertical resolution, since Halo 3 uses not one, but two frame buffers, both of which render at 1152x640 pixels,"a Bungie representativewrote. "The reason we chose this slightly unorthodox resolution and this very complex use of two buffers is simple enough to see: lighting. We wanted to preserve as much dynamic range as possible, so we use one for the high dynamic range and one for the low dynamic range values. Both are combined to create the finished on screen image."

The approach helps to give the game a "real" feeling at a steady frame rate,the updatesaid, adding that the Xbox 360 can upscale the image to 1080p without a problem.

"In fact, if you do a comparison shot between the native 1152x640 image and the scaled 1280x720, it's practically impossible to discern the difference. We would ignore it entirely were it not for the Internet's propensity for drama where none exists. In fact the reason we haven't mentioned this before in weekly updates, is the simple fact that it would have distracted conversation away from more important aspects of the game, and given tinfoil hats some new gristle to chew on as they catalogued their toenail clippings."

Category: Bulletin
Posted by Polybren, Sep 28, 2007 3:55 pm PT

 

[The ill Jedi]

This is BAD ASS...

Real life Warthog

I think it was built by Weta and was being driven by Bungie employees.

 

[bagelsncheesey]

So maybe it can be me, Loki, Bagels and you. I'd like to try Legendary and have my ass handed to me by the computer.

Couldn't have said it better myself. We'll need lots of bubble shields for this one.

 

[DarkArtist81]

Couldn't have said it better myself. We'll need lots of bubble shields for this one.

I still have to learn how to work those things. I still have the old Halo moves but none of the new stuff.

 

[The ill Jedi]

I still have to learn how to work those things. I still have the old Halo moves but none of the new stuff.

Same here! By some miracle i was able to operate a Grav lift!

 

[bagelsncheesey]

Same here! By some miracle i was able to operate a Grav lift!

Dude the first time I used one, I walked into it, and was stuck on the ceiling

 

[bagelsncheesey]

I still have to learn how to work those things. I still have the old Halo moves but none of the new stuff.

Haha I don't know about that man, you were holding up real well for yourself during yesterdays matches. Kicking my ass all over the place

 

[Shropt]

So I'll be on tonight at 7pm EST. Anyone want to play a little multi before Chuck and Heroes start?

 

[Darth Caedus]

I still have to learn how to work those things. I still have the old Halo moves but none of the new stuff.

That's why I loved the beta in like may. you could practice on all the new stuff. if you go to the FORGE, you can use all the new weapons, there is a flame grenade which is actually flames and a bubble shield like barrier you can use.

 

[p!tu]

YO! this is a NEW Halo 3 short film by weta!! Its Freaking awesome!!!! Watch it

 

[Reinhardt]

that rocked!!!

 

[Fritz]

YO! this is a NEW Halo 3 short film by weta!! Its Freaking awesome!!!! Watch it

:eek

AWESOME!

 

[bagelsncheesey]

that was friggin awesome!!! i love the scene with the grenade stuck to the wall, then he throws it at the vehicle.

 

[Karma]

so what happens on 4th October?

 

[RogueJedi30]

Yesterday was awesome! My connection issues seem to have been fixed, so it was hours of pure Halo bliss. It seemed I had a big sign on my a$$ that said "DarkArtist81 shoot here!" Good on ya Josh!

I finally got to play with p!tu, Still not sure if he's was saying "peaches" or "b**tches" . But it's funny either way!

the CTF matches were insane! Next time we get a big group together, we should party up and try some big team battle matchmaker games. I think we got the skills to kick some serious bootay!

See ya all on live, oh and after 1 1/2 years this post should put me at 100 posts!

 

[p!tu]

YO! this is a NEW Halo 3 short film by weta!! Its Freaking awesome!!!! Watch it

 

[The ill Jedi]

That video is awesome, somebody posted it like 20 or 30 pages back D), but it's worth another viewing.

 

[p!tu]

That video is awesome, somebody posted it like 20 or 30 pages back D), but it's worth another viewing.

r u serious! its brand new!

 

[Darth Caedus]

r u serious! its brand new!

Didn't you know, Jedi's get vision. Visions of the past, other places, the future.....