Heroic Map Pack FAQs: Satellites and Forging

by Dustin Burg { Nov 28th 2007 at 1:30PM }

Ever since the Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack was announced and discussed over at Bungie.net, we've been mulling over a few questions. Questions regarding some specific statements made in the Bungie.net article regarding how Forge will work with Foundry and if we'll be able to take our battles to the satellite dishes in Standoff. And thanks to Bungie super coder Archnos, he cleared up our Heroic Pack confusion over at HBO.

Firstly, Archnos confirmed that Forge editing will not act any differently with new map Foundry. No weird object manipulation, no new options, it'll all be the same. What is different and unique is a few new objects and the fact that nearly every object within' Foundry can be removed or relocated. So, that's how that works. The other hopeful question we wanted clarification on was whether or not we could "play" on the satellite dishes in Standoff. Sadly, Archnos confirmed that the massive dishes were only objects out in the distance and cannot be "played" on, but missile silos will be fair game. And we can't complain about that, seeing that missile silos are badass in their very nature, but we'd love to hop around on a giant satellite ... it has become our twisted obsession. A very twisted obsession.

Tags: bungie, bungie-studios, halo3, heroic-map-pack

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Big Filth @ Nov 28th 2007 1:42PM

nice! dlc is the stuff dreams are made of! still, cod4>h3

check out my beef with gamestop

http://thegreatgamer.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/beef-with-gamestop/#more-33

DemonGSides @ Nov 28th 2007 2:22PM

Stop pimping your shitty blog on X3F, and ask for a true link on their side bar. I'm betting that, with enough coercion, they might give in.

xenocidic @ Nov 28th 2007 3:38PM

there's a reason your posts about your blog keep getting the white-out treatment.

RudyHuxtable @ Nov 28th 2007 2:09PM

3 maps for $10? wow. We're all going to be nickel and dimed until all we have left is pennies.

Larry not allowed to say cheevo @ Nov 28th 2007 2:13PM

I think these maps look cool. Is it just me, or are the prices for these maps going in the wrong direction? I'm still trying to decide if I should purchase them or not. Any DLC is good times though.

NukeAssault @ Nov 28th 2007 2:55PM

You can always just wait till they're free. =)

Larry not allowed to say cheevo @ Nov 28th 2007 4:00PM

Yeah, that's what I'm trying to decide. Not that it's out of my price range, more of a "should I encourage and support this?". All I'm saying is, what happens when we are at 10 bucks per map? Meh, oh well! The maps look freaking awesome though, I will probably cave in anyway!

Drew @ Nov 28th 2007 2:40PM

Foundry, not Forgery.

And they're satellite *dishes*, not satellites.

Larry not allowed to say cheevo @ Nov 28th 2007 2:46PM

hahahaa, I thought it was a weird name for a map. Lots of Forge on Forgery! hahaha!

Intentless @ Nov 28th 2007 3:12PM

If they are real objects in the map someone will find a way to get a teleport on those... unless they block them with invisible walls. which even that isn't a guarentee.