Homebrew Discussion Halo online pc port possible?

[ColdDay]

Would it be possible to port halo online to the switch?
If it is possible how would one port it over?

 

[ColdDay]

Would it be possible to port halo online to the switch?
If it is possible how would one port it over?

Because I actually want to port it over and learn more about coding along the way.

 

[coppertj]

do you know any coding languages?

 

[ColdDay]

do you know any coding languages?

I am really good at python and i know barely anything about C++, seeing as my teachers aren't really teaching that :/.
It probably sounds stupid of me to even try though

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do you know any coding languages?

but i'm willing to give it a try, I just need someone to help me understand how to port.

 

[Shawnm355]

would love to see that. just make sure you port over the single player. lots of lonely games who just want single player. but would love to see your work.

 

[Techjunky90]

I do not believe that is possible. As far as I am aware there is no open source code.

 

[Biduleman]

Halo 3 and Online sources were never leaked or completely decompiled. A open-source PC mod was released, but it only hooked into the game, so still no full sources. So, there is 2 ways to do it: either you emulate the Xbox 360 on the switch (not likely to happen, we're just getting Xbox 360 emulation on PC) or you remake it from the ground up.

Remaking it would mean:

• extracting ALL the assets from the game,
• recreating the engine from scratch (Halo 3 has a proprietary engine, meaning it doesn't use Unreal, Unity or Cryengine but its own thing, built from the ground up)
  • This decides how everything interact together, like visuals (3D rendering, shaders, lights, AI, collision detection, physics, etc), audio, controllers, etc.
• integrating the assets in the engine (need to script how everything work, where everything spawns, where are sounds coming from, lights positioning, how guns work, etc)
• redoing the netcode
• UI and stuff
• and probably more stuff that I'm forgetting

So, with all that said, this is not a project for a beginner. If you REALLY want to, you'll have to start smaller: make a small game from scratch, then add sound, then add 3d, etc.

Good luck on your journey, becoming a game dev is not an easy task.

 

[coppertj]

emulate the Xbox 360 on the switch

I think you just figured out the answer to his question.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/in-home...rite-pc-games-to-your-nintendo-switch.526108/
Just stream the Xbox 360 to the switch (or rather stream the halo PC port to the switch )
Why go through the hassle of trying to port something that's not even open source?