Forge Island Available for Download Now!

You read that title correctly! 343i really outdid themselves this time. Not only do we get a free map, but it's ahead of schedule too! You can download it from the Xbox Live Marketplace now! Gogogo.​

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If you haven't been keeping up, here's a sample of the new forge pallet you'll be seeing in Forge Island. Now, here's the real question. WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS?! If you haven't already booted up Halo 4 by now and started downloading this bad boy, I highly suggest you do so.​

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Also, I heard that some of you apparently have this thing called school? Not exactly sure what you mean by that, but in case you can't download the map right at this very moment, go to this page and you'll be able to queue the map for download, so as soon as you turn your Xbox on, it'll be ready to go!​

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For those of you who don't know how to download it, click here. Also, click here for some of the new features they added!

 

aw yeah trees

 

I'm really excited for this. While I was a little dismayed at first at some aspects of the terrain, they definitely outdid themselves with the rest of it. The new rocks and trees are amazing, as well as the fact that you can go down to water level. Not to mention that it was released free of charge almost 2 weeks early. This was a huge surprise, now I need to forge. And forge. And forge.

 

GREEN SCREEN ROOMS! worst thing to be stuck in

 

Played around on this a bit. The bottoms of the island are pretty good to forge round, and the fact that you can forge in water (sort of) really opens some ideas up.

 

Already made a map that's up to testing stage. Still no idea why 343 gave it to us so early, but I'm soo glad they did!

 

Dax also owes me 100 dollars because this isn't anime. Everyone here is a witness.

Wonder how many will get FH features.

 

The rocks and Trees look frickin epic.
Time to go make my battleship dominion game >=D

 

Damn I need to get into forging again!

 

Also, if you want to make stumps and poles, use the trees. Just turn them upside down.

 

Also, if you want to make stumps and poles, use the trees. Just turn them upside down.

Fun with logs.

 

Also, if you want to make stumps and poles, use the trees. Just turn them upside down.

Not tall enough to fit my purposes

Just gonna place lots of rails.

 

Well I'm happy

 

This sounds amazing! It almost feels wrong to get something as a good as a two-week-early DLC release

 

AWESOME!!! Now we can make maps that's really big!!! Now, who will remake Blood Gultch for matchmaking?

 

The sky box is the tallest yet, at over one kilometer high, and stretching way out over the water.

This canvas will support Run for Cover from Zeus well (I began putting such a map together, but lack time to do it justice). The trees make for excellent soft cover for such a game.

Also some of the blocks are flat gray again!!! I predict nice clean maps.

 

I tried use 20 of the flat rocks.
Immediately broke the dynamic lighting.
Stupid.
I was trying to make a cool "Slender Forest" map. -__-

 

I tried use 20 of the flat rocks.
Immediately broke the dynamic lighting.
Stupid.
I was trying to make a cool "Slender Forest" map. -__-

I used up every rock and tree on my first map, as well as a number of other parts. Lighting was fine.

 

I don't know why it broke then. I surrounded the smallest island with the rocks, the topped it with them. I was then going to add some effects and fill this small cavern with trees, but the lighting was broken after I set the rocks.

 

the positioning of the sun and the length of the shadows don't match up. while the shadows say that the sun is rising the sun looks like it is mid to late morning