another halo post!

Welcome to halo! The planet you will never forget... the 'halo-shaped halo' floating in cosmic space is always full of surprises... today we see about another surprise... After getting the high end PC (read last post) my hands was so eager to catch halo... This first screenshot shows ICE!! look at it... the shine the reflection of sky present up!!! simply awesome..




These pics show about the invisibility in halo... the first picture shows a "square pyramid (with a sphere in the middle)" (:P) which is nothing but the camouflage pack... the next three pictures shows the effects when you are invisible... You change into some kind of jelly like (not literally,ou look like it) and when you see something thru you, they appear distorted (some kinda the magic mirrors in carnivals)... The effect can be visualized better in the following picture...


The above pic shows the sniper effects.. The screen blurs[I have a pixel shader :-)] at the edges... you get the target elevation and target distance and a lot of other details...
The below one is a normal pic..
Now for the blurred one...

This is one of my favourite... look at the sun(i dunno if it's sun for sure.. have to read the book!!)... normally it's like this...when it is between the tress it's like this...

Some other instances....
Finally comes the reflections... i dont have to say how it will be...

See the pile of blue lights... they will glow alternatively and the reflection will follow it....!
I hope you enjoyed it... i will also like to share some other screenshots
with you in the next posts (one in each post whatever maybe it's topic.. start every post with a picture!)... Many screenshots like dying differently, the water falls, sea, the villains, their behaviour etc... post your comments!!!

salute the chief

I am dedicating my second blog to my hero, my chief "The masterchief".. his original name is Master Chief Petty Officer SPARTAN 117-John or simply chief.Masterchief is a fictional character in the game series HALO.
I first played this FPS 3 years back. I completed it almost 50 times. I never got and never will get bored. For the first time when i played this game my audio driver was out and consequently i played it without sound.The next time when i played it with audio it was simply mind-blowing. I began to appreciate the game when i started to delve into it's awesome graphics,projectiles,A.I and architecture. Every nook and corner of the virtual space was filled with art. I have posted some of them for you.
The next thing which beguiled me into this game is it's awesome story line. You can read the full story at this following link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_game. The game has enough twists for you to see your back thrice! You think that the game is over and *hogus pogus* something happens and you play five more levels (other half of the game).
Having a "holographic smart artificial intelligence" cortana inside your head, you walk or fly around Halo fighting with the covenants and flood and eventually 'kabooming' halo! The explosion spits metal all over the space,Cortana says from within 'Halo... It's over!".



He replies "I think we are just getting started!"