this is the PERFECT MAP for my next animation/home fantasy thank you

the map is Way Way to small

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hey is it possible if you make ravine?

Halo 4 is the first Halo game I have ever played, and my twin got it for his birthday when it came out. Ever since I playing around on the forge maps I was compelled towards the geological art. Forge island was my first inspiration to make a gmod map because it was so basic and easy to work with as far as its topographic simplicity.
So far the new custom water texture has proved unsuccessful primarily because there is a dire lack of internet tutorials on what not to do when making all the necessary tool textures/texture frames for custom water; I am still determined to circumvent.
I also have the Halo 3 forge map that I was recommended by a friend to replicate called, "The Guardian Forest", slowly in development now.

What did you think of Halo 4? btw, the map is pretty flawless, I didn't noticed any bugs or problems when I was messing around. Good luck on your goal, I beleive you'll be able to accomplish it :)

So, I am not new to making complex textures that reflect light and cast shadows at different angles. Becuase I am very new to making custom water, the .vmt programming is significantly more advanced (this meaning that the material requires a diffuse texture, an normalmap texture to refract light, a flowmaptexture, a flowmapnoisetexture that I still have no idea what it does but is still mandatory, and all the textures have to be animated with at least 20 frames to be realistic). I can show you a picture of the diffuse texture here: https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1627791124

Haio! How's the map coming? :o

- mat_specular 0
- map gm_forge_island (Load the map)
- buildcubemaps
- disconnect
- mat_hdr_level 0
- map gm_forge_island
- buildcubemaps
- disconnect
- mat_specular 1
- mat_hdr_level 2
- map gm_forge_island (Load a different level; it clears the texture cache)
- map gm_forge_island (Load the map again)

If anyone would like to run in HDR mode, follow these instructions (if the map allows you to edit lighting through the command console). @Dr. (Lytatroan) Razortooth 17, good thinking ;) Thank you!

If you have missing texture reflections, I reccomend you do mat_specular 0 in the console. Thank me later!

https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1551730338
It would be helpful to me to get some qualitative opinion about what the new Halo 4 forge island should include. I have a screenshot in this link which previews its progress:

YASSSSSS!

Yep.

Does that mean more space to fly around and stuff? :D

small announcement: Given that this map has been on the workshop for 434 days with area details close to none of the effects appearing to look similar to the Halo 4 game, I am going to update the map with many enhancements: water/ocean change, custom texture from the original map but programmed with light shadowing, maximum skybox size, and some boulders at the base of every anvil island.

I second this, if we we're able to go higher and farther this map would be even better! I use the Skyrim dragons and they fly into the boundarys all the time. I just hope that if you want to it won't be too hard. Again. Great map. :)

lol

could the top of the map be raised a little and spread the map wider and longer because when i use the halo vehicles mod they hit the top of the map on the biggest island and if people fly away from the islands they hit the boundary wall

Halo REACH had forge, and possibly had a much better Forge map than the Halo 4 one.

could you do forge in halo reach? idk

Forge World sounds better tbh

Jk but that would be chill

There is one more map that I want to make that has kept me dreaming the entire summer: Pandora, the world of Avatar (not an airbender). The passion originated from the new openning of Disney's Animal Kindom "Pandora" which consists of it's engineering marvel of floating mountains and landscape features which closely resembles that of the huangshan mountains. I have been doing extensive research on models of such an extra terrestrial planet, but tropical foliage is as close as it gets. I also am experimenting on rendering processes with the floating islands and how I would optimize them for efficient framerate.

I think I know ethanjackm from Colorado. He is my cousin. A little over a week ago he and his dad were hard working at installing porch lights and wiring light swichtes and testing the breakers at our new house in Colorado. It's nice to know my cousin now has gmod and I hope to see him soon.

Thanks for uploading the worst map from the halo series...

I still feel like this map could have more. Like I dont remember a lot from the map because the game was one of the shitest but I swear there was rocks at the bottom? If not then at least some grass on top? :*

savage

hey ethan, no one cares.

from colorado

its me ethan tayler i got gmod

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

"A map that now introduces you to one of my favorite forge maps from the videogame Halo 4 now brings a fun, build, and ocean scenic environment to the steam workshop"

That was almost coherent.

Almost.

ya make a halo reach forge map

Forge island may not even be able to be done due to how large it is.

Unless either scale of the map is lowered slightly or parts are cut off, might not be able to make it.
Who knows, I haven't ported the map yet :)

make one for halo reach forge map PLEASE

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YES!!! FINALY!!! A HALO 4 MAP!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!! 420/10 M8!

They look like perfect battle arenas for some NPCs.

MISSING TEXTURES!

Forge Island aka "we're sorry for shipping halo 4 with only one acctually good forge map"

amazing, good job

now all we need is forge island from reach

da anvil islands XD

i see the line of were the ocean ends.....i got huge ragdolls i use to make cool photos....and yea this will not work mabe u can make one were the backround is part of the map then i would say 10/10 right now....0/10 and im not even gunna try it

@mrbenio
That's why they're called "The Great Anvils"!

Not bad

Forge world was better!

cool

I'd rather take forge world any day than this example of 343's excuse for a sandbox.

this is really well done
i always loved the forge island map on halo 4
thank you for making this \/

I get it; the islands look like anvils, which are what forgers use as a base while hammering hot weapons into perfection. Very clever. {:)