Parallax: Difference between revisions

Parallax has no actual terrain, but does have boundary markers which disappear during games.<ref name="Waypoint"/> In Forge, players can change the map's skybox to one of four appearances: 'Blue Planet', 'Halo Ring', 'Exosphere'  and 'Ascendance' - an unknown blue celestial body<ref group="note">Although the skybox's name refers to the object as a planet, it may actually be intended to be a star. The lack of a nearby sun to light the supposed planet suggests that the object itself is a sun emitting its own light.</ref>, the center of [[Installation 04]] (taken from the skybox of the map [[Truth]]), the [[Urs system]], featuring [[Sanghelios]] and its moons [[Qikost]] and [[Suban]] in the background (much like in the opening cutscene of the campaign level [[Swords of Sanghelios (level)|Swords of Sanghelios]]), and a cloudy area with mountains below (taken from the opening gameplay section of the campaign level [[Genesis (level)|Genesis]]), respectively. 'Ascendance' was added via the [[Hammer Storm]] content update on [[2016#February|February 24, 2016]]. This update also increased the map's play area boundaries by 20% horizontally and 45% vertically.<ref name="Hammer Storm">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-5-guardians/updates/Hammer-Storm '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Hammer Storm'']</ref>