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Halo2 - Spht GUI glyphs translating
Posted By: Blayne <blayne@bungie.org>Date: 11/19/04 12:41 p.m.

In Response To: Halo2 Marathon Connection (more or less) (Hyp3r4ctive)

: During the level loading screen in single player with "HALO 2" in
: big letters, there are 4 streams of seemingly random symbols scrolling
: back and forth. upon further inspection (getting my face right to the
: screen) i noticed that the 2nd stream from the top (most visible) has
: symbols that bear a striking resemblance to the S'pht symbols

Indeed. I started a threat about this over at the Marathon Story Forum the day after Halo2 came out. Check out what Vid Boi was able to get:

http://forums.bungie.org/story/?read=36326

He screengrabbed (however blurry) images of the S'pht glyphs that scroll horizontally during the loadscreen. (Thanks Vid Boi!):



and



Now, compare those with the translation key I made form the existing S'pht font:



Although this font was constructed by a non bunge person (someone @ Bungie, years ago admitted that they lost the origional use to make the Marathon 2 terminal images) - it *could* shed some light on things.

Analyze! Decode! Get a better screenshot, and repeat!
-Blayne

The Marathon Fan Fiction Archive


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Replies:

Halo2 Marathon Connection (more or less)Hyp3r4ctive 11/14/04 9:08 p.m.
     LAN ConnectionsMatthew C. 11/14/04 9:17 p.m.
           Re: LAN Connectionsairboy1324 11/14/04 9:20 p.m.
                 Re: LAN ConnectionsMatthew C. 11/14/04 9:22 p.m.
                       Re: LAN ConnectionsHyp3r4ctive 11/14/04 9:49 p.m.
     Re: Halo2 Marathon Connection (more or less)FrogBlast 11/14/04 11:52 p.m.
           Re: Halo2 Marathon Connection (more or less)FrogBlast 11/15/04 12:02 a.m.
                 Re: Halo2 Marathon Connection (more or less)XLNC 11/15/04 12:12 a.m.
                       Re: Halo2 Marathon Connection (more or less)FrogBlast 11/15/04 12:20 a.m.
                             Re: Halo2 Marathon Connection (more or less)FrogBlast 11/15/04 12:54 a.m.
           Re: Halo2 Marathon Connection (more or less)team8799 11/16/04 9:33 a.m.
     Re: Halo2 Marathon Connection (more or less)Vid Boi 11/15/04 10:14 a.m.
           Re: Halo2 Marathon Connection (more or less)Hyp3r4ctive 11/15/04 7:17 p.m.
     Halo2 - Spht GUI glyphs translatingBlayne 11/19/04 12:41 p.m.
           Re: Halo2 - Spht GUI glyphs translatingCrispy 11/19/04 4:17 p.m.
                 Re: Halo2 - Spht GUI glyphs translatingCrispy 11/20/04 8:27 p.m.
           Extensive analysis shows...Vid Boi 11/21/04 4:41 p.m.
                 Re: Extensive analysis shows...Blayne 11/23/04 9:52 p.m.



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