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Here, you can find a list of any old pages which have been replaced, removed, or are otherwise no longer being updated. It is entirely possible that these links will break over time. If any of the links below fail to work for any reason, you are encouraged to submit a bug report. Chances are, the page still exists somewhere - we just moved it during some mass organization effort. Please keep in mind that these pages are NOT being updated. Many of them WILL contain outdated or inaccurate information. They were removed/replaced for a reason. Homepages Initial Temporary Homepage (v0): https://elaztek.com/legacy/index-v0.html/ Homepage v1: https://elaztek.com/legacy/index-v2.html/ Homepage v2: https://elaztek.com/legacy/home_2019/ Homepage v3: https://elaztek.com/legacy/index.html/ Error Pages 404: https://elaztek.com/legacy/404_legacy/ 404 (Alternate, never finished): https://elaztek.com/error_pages/404/ Soon™: https://elaztek.com/error_pages/soon/ Policies and Documents Community Guidelines: https://elaztek.com/legacy/community-guidelines/ Raven Runner Privacy Policy: https://elaztek.com/legacy/rr_privacy/ Raven Runner Terms of Service: https://elaztek.com/legacy/rr_tos/ File Submission Guidelines: https://elaztek.com/legacy/submission-rules/ Rank Information: https://elaztek.com/legacy/rankinfo/ Informational Pages About Elaztek Studios: https://elaztek.com/legacy/about-us/ Early About Section About Elaztek: https://elaztek.com/legacy/about/about_elaztek/ Careers: https://elaztek.com/legacy/about/careers/ Game History: https://elaztek.com/legacy/about/game_history/ Publications: https://elaztek.com/legacy/about/publications/ Style Guide: https://elaztek.com/legacy/about/style_guide/ About Section v2 (Retired in 2023) About: https://elaztek.com/legacy/about_v2/index/ Our Vision: https://elaztek.com/legacy/about_v2/vision/ Projects: https://elaztek.com/legacy/about_v2/projects/ Legacy Projects: https://elaztek.com/legacy/about_v2/projects_legacy/ History: https://elaztek.com/legacy/about_v2/history/ Company Pages Projects: https://elaztek.com/legacy/elaztek/projects/ Redeem Code: https://elaztek.com/legacy/elaztek/redeem/ Trademarks: https://elaztek.com/legacy/elaztek/trademarks/ Games and Projects Project: Infinity Nameplates: https://elaztek.com/legacy/infinity/nameplates/ Elaztek Launcher Data Collection & Logging: https://elaztek.com/legacy/products/launcher/launcher_telemetry/ Blamite Game Engine Material Website Homepage: https://elaztek.com/projects/blamite/blamite_legacy/index.html/ Homepage (weird business license page thing): https://elaztek.com/projects/blamite/blamite_legacy/index-business-unused.html/ Team Application: https://elaztek.com/projects/blamite/blamite_legacy/team-join/ Version History: https://elaztek.com/projects/blamite/blamite_legacy/versions/ About/Overview: https://elaztek.com/projects/blamite/blamite_legacy/about/overview/ 2021 Website Recent Commits: https://elaztek.com/projects/blamite/commits_v1/ Homepage (v1): https://elaztek.com/projects/blamite/index_v1/ Databases Helpcenter Under Maintenance Page: https://elaztek.com/legacy/helpcenter_ve/ Old Wrapper (now empty, made using Visual Editor): https://elaztek.com/legacy/helpcenter_new_ve/ Old Wrapper (now empty, has sidebar): https://elaztek.com/legacy/helpcenter/ Product DB Product Page Test: https://elaztek.com/legacy/products/generic/ Product List Test: https://elaztek.com/legacy/products/generic_list/ Product DB: https://elaztek.com/legacy/products/pdb/ Forms Blamite Team Application: https://elaztek.com/legacy/team-join-blamite/ Application Portal: https://elaztek.com/legacy/team-join-hub/ Project: Infinity Team Application: https://elaztek.com/legacy/team-join/ Miscellaneous Pages Official Downloads: https://elaztek.com/legacy/official_downloads/ Chaotic United Landing Page: https://elaztek.com/legacy/cu_landing/ Game History: https://elaztek.com/legacy/game_history/ Test Pages 404 Random Phrase JS Test: https://elaztek.com/legacy/test/404_jstest.html/ Answers DB (broken): https://elaztek.com/legacy/test/answers/ Articles (default with Pages/IP.Content): https://elaztek.com/legacy/test/articles.html/ IP.Chat Unavailable Page: https://elaztek.com/legacy/test/ipc-err/ IP.Chat Test Page: https://elaztek.com/legacy/test/ipc-test/ Music Test: https://elaztek.com/legacy/test/musictest/ Release Notes: https://elaztek.com/legacy/test/release-notes/ UI Demo: https://elaztek.com/legacy/test/ui_demo/ Data Files Launcher (NTClient) Changelog (ntclient_versions.json): https://elaztek.com/external/launcher_helpers/ntclient_versions.json Latest News Post Data (update.html): https://elaztek.com/external/launcher_helpers/update.html Foundation Mod Manager Source Info (fmm_src_info.json): https://elaztek.com/external/platform_data/fmm_src_info.json Mod List (mods.json): https://elaztek.com/external/platform_data/mods.json Forum Archives: https://elaztek.com/forums/forum/63-archive/

Boy, this is different, huh? As you can probably already tell, we've done some work on the Elaztek website - some of which is long overdue. Let's jump right into it. New News First and most obvious at this point, our News & Announcements section has gotten a major overhaul. Up until now, all announcements were done through just a subforum, much like how it's has been (and will continue to be) done on Chaotic United. However, for Elaztek we wanted to do something a bit more. In order to make the News-reading experience just a bit nicer, we've made the font size larger than the normal font size you'll find on Forums. You'll also be able to view all the thumbnail images for each announcement when browsing through the archives. For any announcement posted before this one, you'll find a purple book icon in the bottom right of the article when viewing articles in the list, as well as a big block at the bottom of the page content. That allows you to view the original forum topic that the announcement linked to. There usually won't be much real reason to need to do that - since all the announcements are already migrated into the News system anyway, but hey. Previously, we had a really hacky system for getting news to work with our homepage. And it all has to do with those little brief text descriptions. You know - that little quick half-sentence below the announcement title. For this announcement, it's "New year, new website.". You see, there is no system to add arbitrary fields and data to a specific forum topic (or any forum topic, for that matter). But if you recall, our news has had those little blurbs even before this change. So how does that work? Well, this news system you're currently reading this on is a custom database, a feature of our forum software called IPS Community Suite. Through the Pages application, we can use these Databases for virtually anything we want - and we'd been using this one as an intermediary layer between the homepage and the News & Announcements subforum. Without getting too technical, the process for posting a new Announcement was this: Post the announcement on Forums Go to the Beta News page and post an announcement, with a link to the topic, the blurb, and the announcement image Go to the list of announcements in the Beta News page, and unfeature the 2nd most recent announcement Feature the new announcement It may not seem like much, but compared to just posting the announcement and having it be a one-step process? That was absurd. This also neatly leads into the next focus of the redesign (which actually happened before we overhauled the News section). Homepage Redesign Yes, the homepage has a brand new look (mostly). In addition to adding the new Blamite banner underneath the Recent News section, we've removed the old Calendar and Releases sections. But why, you may ask? Well, the reason they were added was because, at the time, we really liked Bungie/Installation 01's website. Our current forums theme is still largely modeled after that design, and the homepage was made to look extremely similar to theirs as well. Since then, however... our tastes have changed a bit. Along with that, we just didn't like how the homepage was sort of forced into mimicking that look no matter what, even though it really didn't fit our needs. We had no real use for the weird calendar thing, nor did we have any need for the Releases section. So, with our new homepage, we just dropped them. The content they reference all still exists (and if you visit the old homepage, those will still work), but they don't serve much real purpose on our new homepage. As implied above, the earlier News setup was also part of that. However, instead of moving News entirely back to Forums, we instead opted to make the News system its own thing - and giving it some healthy improvements to help it stand out. New About Page(s) Another thing that we somehow went this long without creating is a proper About page. Fret not, as we've now introduced one. On the about page, you can find a list of all current and previous projects (most of which were just ideas that never got off the ground, but y'know), some history of Elaztek, and other neat information. You can find that page by clicking here. Dust and Echoes For those of you who were around in 2018, you might recall a project we had called Galactiminer Evolved. For those unaware, this was a dusted-off version of an older project called Galactiminer. Among other things, we actually launched a Kickstarter campaign, which unsurprisingly didn't even come close to succeeding. As of 2019, we formally placed it on indefinite hold and have been focused entirely on Blamite ever since. Thing is, it seems that we forgot to add a proper notice on Galactiminer's own website - whoops. As of now, that's been fixed. The Galactiminer website will remain online for the foreseeable future, although account creation has been disabled on that site - making it read-only. Additionally, while this isn't related to anything Elaztek - since Bungie announced that they were taking down http://halo.bungie.net, we took it upon ourselves to make a mostly-complete archive of that website. It doesn't include stats, and some dynamic content won't work. But the bulk of the website itself is there, with care taken to ensure that their old news posts were fully preserved. You can browse our archive at http://bnetarchive.elaztek.com, today and for as long as we exist (unless Bungie lawyers come to complain). Signing Off That's all we've got for now, folks. I'll leave you with a couple screenshots of the current state of the Guerilla rewrite - be sure to join our Discord to see updates as they happen.

This page is incomplete and not yet being enforced. As such, the policies outlined below are not yet in effect. In the interest of ensuring that users that enjoy our games can keep doing so tomorrow, next year, and decades from now, the following policy has been put in place and is effective for the duration of the lifetime of Elaztek Studios. Last modified: 1/20/2021 The TL;DR (for your everyday joe): Any official downloads should always be available. Users should always be able to choose what version of our games they play. They should always be able to tinker with them, create content for them, and modify them to their heart's content. If we decide that we want to move forward and leave a previous project behind, we must honor that project's legacy and history. Any downloads made for it must remain available, users must be able to keep submitting new content, and if the game requires online servers to function, those servers should be placed into the hands of the community to keep them going in our place. In the event that we are no longer able to do business (and we can't just revert to being a hobbyist group), everything we've ever made should be released to the public. If we cannot continue operation, we must take all steps possible to ensure that our work and legacy don't die with us - to ensure that the community can, if desired, carry the torch forward. Preserving the past is a key part of what we do, it's been a key part of the operation of Chaotic United for many years, and too many other studios neglect to maintain their legacy projects - eventually resulting in them fading away to time. We aren't about that. If you're just a member of the community scrolling by - hey there. Make sure you hold us accountable if we ever steer too far from these guidelines. If you're part of the company, the full detailed policy can be found below. The Nitty-Gritty (required reading for team members and applicants): Dedicated Multiplayer Servers Whenever possible, any games which contain a multiplayer component should include (either with the game content or as a free download on the website) user-operated dedicated server software. This software should be able to be used by any user to host a 24/7 private server. Whenever possible, any games which contain a multiplayer component should include a Server Browser, which allows the user to browse through these self-hosted servers. User-hosted servers shall not be blacklisted or removed from the server list, excluding only cases where the server host is in direct violation with any of our policies or any licenses that are part of the game (ie, the game's EULA). The user should be able to, at any time, download outdated server versions for use with outdated game clients. Post-Launch Updates and Patches Post launch updates should be offered through the game client and/or launcher, as well as a separate download on the website if possible. The user should be able to, at any time, choose to remove these patches or install an outdated game version. Outdated game versions should be blocked from public matchmaking, but should be allowed to connect to community-hosted servers of the equivalent version. Updates should, whenever possible, be minimal in filesize and be able to be applied as a patch on top of the previous game version. User Generated Content User submitted content must remain available, even if their account becomes suspended. Only user content which itself violates policy can be removed. Removed content should remain accessible to company and site administrators for potential future review and restoration if desired. In the event of user content removal, the user must be allowed to submit an appeal and have the appeal heard and considered. End-of-Life/End-of-Support All game or engine downloads must remain available for download. This includes the Blamite Editing Kit, patch/version history, server software, and any other software needed to play and create content for the game. All existing game or engine licenses should be honored indefinitely, or all downloads must become free to all registered users on the Elaztek Studios website. Any user content submitted that depends on a specific game or engine version must remain available for download, and new content must be able to be submitted. In the event of a version of Blamite reaching end-of-life: All engine documentation must remain available. At minimum, a download archive of the documentation must be available. Alternatively, a download can be omitted if Elaztek-hosted documentation remains online. In the event that Elaztek-hosted documentation becomes broken, unusable, or goes offline, a complete offline download must be made available. Online-Only Services Games which cannot operate without a connection to an online server should be avoided whenever possible. The following guidelines exist in the event that a creative vision requires the presence of an online-only component. No game content should be retroactively locked after its release. In the event that a game's content demands become too great, all possible efforts should be first made to remedy these technical burdens without removing content. In the event that content must be removed, it should be removed in such a way that allows for the user to re-download it separately in order to continue playing the content. Major content expansions should not be removed from any download or purchase mechanism. The following procedures should be followed towards the end of the game's life-cycle: Online servers should remain online as long as possible. If the need to terminate online servers becomes required, the server software must be released to the public. Additionally, a final update/patch must be released to allow the game to easily connect to 3rd-party servers. All game content must remain purchasable and/or downloadable. Content creation tools should be released to the community. In games developed with Blamite, the full Blamite Editing Kit should be released, with no restrictions on functionality and no crucial tools omitted. Contingency Plan The following is a fallback plan to try and execute as effectively as is feasible in the event that Elaztek Studios were to ever be unable to continue business operation. Unlike other parts of the policy, it does not need to be followed to the letter - because there is the likelihood that, should the company reach this stage, it may simply be impossible to meet the requirements. However, if possible, as much of the following should be completed as possible. An incomplete execution of the following plan is better than having all of our hard work turn to dust and fade away. Should the company fall on hard times and be unable to continue business operations, efforts should first be made into downscaling into a volunteer operation, similar to how it started. This means that the CEO(s) or upper management at the time take it upon themselves to continue hosting services out-of-pocket, funding them through means such as an alternative job elsewhere. Every effort to preserve the company should be taken and pursued, except in cases which would compromise the company's integrity or core values. The ultimate determination on how to proceed in such a circumstance falls on the company Founder, or the highest ranking CEO at the time in the event the Founder is no longer overseeing the company. Feedback should be considered from all existing employees. In the event that the company is determined to be unable to continue operating in any capacity, business or otherwise, and the company is decided to be permanently shutting down: All possible efforts must be made to ensure that all intellectual property, software source code, software binaries (including outdated versions), documentation, and game content are released to the public under the most permissive licenses possible. All possible efforts must be made to ensure that any and all FREE community-created content is released to the public. In the case of PAID content, the decision on how this content is to be released should fall to the content author. In the event that the author cannot be contacted, their paid content should be treated as free content under the assumption that the author has stopped maintaining their content. A webpage providing access to all of the above should remain online for 1 year at minimum, with at least 90 days notice before permanent shutdown. Every effort should be made to instruct users on where to locate the content after that date. If a community operation arises with the goal of continuing to offer Elaztek software downloads and/or support, every effort should be made to ensure that they follow the guidelines specified within this document, and that they are in possession in all released materials before permanent shutdown. All existing forum and website content should be preserved using a read-only website for as long as possible. In the event that hosting existing web content can no longer be performed, existing topics, users, and polls must be preserved through one of the following two methods: A Specific Community Preservation Group In the event that you wish to exchange the data with a single, trusted, and respected member of the Elaztek community for the purposes of preserving forum content, the content may remain unaltered, including hidden and staff-only content, except as desired. All public content must remain unaltered and intact. The General Public In the event that data cannot be handed off to a specific group, the following content and SQL tables should be released to the public: Forum Topics Forum Posts Forums and Forum Categories Polls Downloads Categories Downloads Files Downloads Reviews and Comments Website Themes Pages Databases Pages Records Any other tables or data that is part of a public-facing webpage or content Before releasing the data to the public, care should be taken to ensure the following are REMOVED: IP addresses Email Addresses Payment and Billing Information (if applicable) Street Addresses (if applicable) Other personal information (if applicable) Hidden and Staff-only Content Failure to abide by this policy may result in termination from the company. Each and every policy listed does not have any limitation. Every policy listed should be considered as effective from the date of introduction for the duration of the company's lifespan.

Elaztek Studios' roots can be traced all the way back to 2013, when the founder of the company first created a "company" named Haloman Development - abbreviated as HMD. Galactiminer and Project: Infinity can both be traced back to those origins, though very little real development wouldn't come until many years later. Unlike Elaztek or Chaotic United's modern websites, which are more or less custom built - that is, run on a proper webserver with full control over site content and applications - these older websites were created using Webs (webs.com), which is an easy-to-use site builder service. They offer very limited control over what you can do, but are intended to make it so that those without the knowledge or experience to operate their own webserver were able to create a basic website. Those websites got very little development and were officially retired once Elaztek Studios was launched. The websites have since only been maintained enough to ensure they continue to exist (in other words, periodically logging into the Webs account to ensure they weren't automatically removed). However, on November 11, 2020, Webs announced that they would be shutting their doors and migrating all content over to Vistaprint - the parent company of Webs. However, only Premium Webs customers would have their content migrated over. Those who didn't have premium websites were told that their site would no longer be viewable or editable: In order to preserve the old websites (as awful as they are, seeing as they were made by a 13 year old), the websites were mirrored using WinHTTrack and will be hosted on our own webserver going forward. You can find all 6 Webs sites that were previously operated by haloman30 below, though not all of them were related to Elaztek. Additionally, a 7th site that was part of CU's history but wasn't hosted by haloman30 was also archived - and is also linked below. Please keep in mind that, again, the quality of the websites are terrible. They were made by a 13 year old and, as such, contain some pretty dumb stuff and weird claims - and have been unaltered from those early iterations. Additionally, keep in mind that these websites are read-only. Several of them used to contain account and forum functionality, but these are dependent on Webs' backend systems - which are not available for these archives. As such, logging in, registering, or any other user content will simply do nothing. Think Wayback Machine. Enjoy - if you can. Elaztek Studios Haloman Development Archive URL: http://haloman30.com/archives/webs.com/halomandev.webs.com/index.html Original Webs.com URL: https://halomandev.webs.com/ Galactiminer Archive URL: http://haloman30.com/archives/webs.com/galactiminer.webs.com/index.html Original Webs.com URL: https://galactiminer.webs.com/ Project: Infinity Archive URL: http://haloman30.com/archives/webs.com/infinityproject.webs.com/index.html Original Webs.com URL: https://infinityproject.webs.com/ Chaotic United Chaotic United Archive URL: http://haloman30.com/archives/webs.com/chaoticunitedserver.webs.com/index.html Original Webs.com URL: https://chaoticunitedserver.webs.com/ United Alycraft Archive URL: http://haloman30.com/archives/webs.com/unitedalycraft.webs.com/index.html Original Webs.com URL: https://unitedalycraft.webs.com/ Hurricane Gaming (HurricaneCraft) (not owned by haloman30) Archive URL: http://haloman30.com/archives/webs.com/hurricanegaming.webs.com/index.html Original Webs.com URL: https://hurricanegaming.webs.com/ Other HaloFanZone Archive URL: http://haloman30.com/archives/webs.com/halofanzone.webs.com/index.html Original Webs.com URL: https://halofanzone.webs.com/