This is the Bungie Weekly Update for February 16, 2001, written by Matt Soell.
Bungie Update[edit]
This morning the Seattle region saw its first substantial snowfall in several years. Up to ten inches in some areas, if you believe the Seattle Times. The collective response to a little snow in this land of gas-guzzling four-wheel-drive SUVs fitted with ski racks was to scream like little girls and hide in the basement. The schools are closed, the parking lots half-empty, and the Microsoft hallways almost bereft of life. But did a few paltry inches of snow prevent Bungie from showing up to do the requisite day's worth of ass-kicking? Hell no. Thus, in the Bungie spirit of standing tall and strong while our so-called peers wuss out with muttered excuses, I begin this week's Halo update.
- Shadows work now, though they're not finished. The shadow of a tree (yes, The Coolest Tree Ever In A Videogame) swaying in the wind, for example, isn't quite right. Should be fixed soon.
- The transparent water shader is in, and while that isn't finished either it looks beautiful already. One of the planned improvements is depth fogging.
- Collision models have permutations now. This means that character models with permutations - a different head shape or longer arms, for example - will react appropriately when shot.
- The Jeep kicks up dirt again. It'll kick up other sorts of debris as appropriate, though that code isn't in yet.
- Those of you who've expressed a concern will be happy to hear that we're testing lens flares.
- Controller support is 90% there.
- We've started working on the HUD. After much debate the team came up with a design that everyone likes.
- Matt got contrails working again.
- Holograms mostly work - there's still some debugging to be done. Shiek showed me a hologram of a structure floating in midair, which cast soft, glowing lines on the ground and walls of the room as it spun. Sweet.
- The chain gun for the Jeep is now fully textured. Rob is working on a new gun intended for fodder-type opponents; the geometry is almost done and texturing should be another couple of days.
- The script for Halo's single-player campaign is about 30% done. (Don't confuse this with the story itself, which is more-or-less finished at this point, and should completely satisfy those of you who like Bungie games for the story.)
- Chucky got the super-hi-res screenshot code working. I can't imagine what we'll use it for. ;)
Early Bungie Weekly Updates
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2000
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10-05, 10-06, 10-13, 10-20, 10-27, 11-03, 11-10, 11-18, 12-01, 12-08, 12-15
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2001
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01-20, 01-26, 02-02, 02-09, 02-16, 02-24, 03-02, 03-09, 03-16, 03-23, 03-30, 04-06, 04-13, 04-20, 04-26, 05-04, 05-11, 05-25, 06-01, 06-09, 06-15, 06-22, 06-29, 07-06, 07-13, 07-20, 07-27, 08-03, 08-11, 08-17, 08-24, 08-31, 09-07, 09-14, 09-21, 09-28
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