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Impact
Map overview
Game:	Halo 4
Map file name (?):	ca_forge_bonzanza
Lore information
Map designation (?):	War Games Map_Set/: 449-2
Location:	ONI archaeological site on remote asteroid
Gameplay overview
Terrain:	Asteroids exposed to space, UNSC space station
Recommended number of players:	2-12
Recommended gametype(s):	Capture the Flag; Flood; Team Slayer;

Revision as of 15:48, June 5, 2022

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Collision craters rarely elicit the need for embedded teams, but the contents of this particular site demanded it.

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Impact is a Halo 4 multiplayer map intended for use as a space themed Forge canvas. It is one of four such maps to be designed and adapted to Forging.^[2]

Universe and lore

This observation outpost was established to examine the site of a spectacularly violent meteor collision recorded by an ONI patrol drone in 2547. When researchers first arrived, they were startled to find a non-native fragment of the impacting agent had actually survived and was of unknown origin. More recently, interest in the site has grown as the fragment has proven to have originated from long before the earliest of known Forerunner artifacts.^[3]

Overview

Layout

Impact is situated on two large, gray asteroids floating about in space. Smaller chunks are located around it and a singular, empty UNSC structure sits on the main rock. Although the map is set on small asteroids exposed to the vacuum of space, there is sound and Earth-like gravity.

Layout of the map. Note, this is a layout for a Forge map that comes with Impact.

Forge

It is mostly featureless, but this accommodates forging with structures that have a unique palette to the level. There is a small, holographic sphere that rotates in the center of the would-be floor in the UNSC base. This is, in fact, an in-map magnet that is used to easily place the Central Floor Cap object.

Trivia

The Halo 2: Anniversary map Nebula shares Impact's skybox.

Gallery

Concept art for the map.
Concept art for the map.
Concept art for the map.
Relay, one of the built-in Impact variants.
The secondary play space.
The asteroid belt seen from Impact.
A base in Impact

Sources

^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide
^ Exclusive Halo 4 Forge Mode Details
^ Halo Waypoint, The Halo Bulletin: 10.25.12 (Retrieved on Nov 16, 2012) [archive]

[VIS-1] Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide

[forge_details-2] Exclusive Halo 4 Forge Mode Details

[3] Halo Waypoint, The Halo Bulletin: 10.25.12 (Retrieved on Nov 16, 2012) [archive]

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 '''Impact''' is a ''[[Halo 4]]'' multiplayer map intended for use as a space themed [[Forge]] canvas. It is one of four such maps to be designed and adapted to Forging.<ref name="forge details">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOJ5lqXXtpU ''Exclusive Halo 4 Forge Mode Details'']</ref>
-==Description==
+==Universe and lore==
 This observation outpost was established to examine the site of a spectacularly violent meteor collision recorded by an [[ONI]] patrol drone in [[2547]]. When researchers first arrived, they were startled to find a non-native fragment of the impacting agent had actually survived and was of unknown origin. More recently, interest in the site has grown as the fragment has proven to have originated from long before the earliest of known [[Forerunner]] artifacts.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/25/The-Halo-Bulletin-102512-.aspx|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=The Halo Bulletin: 10.25.12|D=16|M=11|Y=2012}}
-Impact is situated on two large, gray asteroids floating about in space. Smaller chunks are located around it and a singular, empty [[UNSC]] structure sits on the main rock. It is mostly featureless, but this accommodates forging with structures that have a unique palette to the level.
+==Overview==
+===Layout===
+Impact is situated on two large, gray asteroids floating about in space. Smaller chunks are located around it and a singular, empty [[UNSC]] structure sits on the main rock. Although the map is set on small asteroids exposed to the vacuum of space, there is sound and Earth-like gravity.
+<gallery>
+File:HMCC H4 Impact Map.png|Layout of the map. Note, this is a layout for a Forge map that comes with Impact.
+</gallery>
+==Forge==
+It is mostly featureless, but this accommodates forging with structures that have a unique palette to the level. There is a small, holographic sphere that rotates in the center of the would-be floor in the UNSC base. This is, in fact, an in-map magnet that is used to easily place the Central Floor Cap object.
 ==Trivia==
-*Although the map is set on small asteroids exposed to the vacuum of space, there is sound and Earth-like gravity. This may be present because it is intended for the player to forge indoor space station style maps with their own artificial gravity and atmosphere.
+The ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' map ''[[Nebula]]'' shares Impact's skybox.
-*The map's description hints that the object being excavated could be [[Precursor]] or [[Ancient humanity|ancient human]] in origin.
-*There is a small, holographic sphere that rotates in the center of the would-be floor in the UNSC base. This is, in fact, an in-map magnet that is used to easily place the Central Floor Cap object.
-*Despite the large variety in Impact's exclusive Structure Pallet, many of the objects have serious issues that can sometimes render them useless. One of the largest examples is how the Station pieces have slight differences in size which results in creating complete maps with these objects very difficult.
-*The sheer size of the object known as "Silo 3" often pushes the player outside of Impact's death barriers when placed.
-*Along with sharing the skybox with [[Nebula]], the descriptions of the two maps may also imply they are the same location.
 ==Gallery==
 {{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
 <gallery>
-File:HMCC H4 Impact Map.png|Impact Map.
 File:H4 Impact Concept 1.jpg|Concept art for the map.
 File:H4 Impact Concept 2.jpg|Concept art for the map.