I personally know how code and programs work, but I do not know much actual programming. As for halo, when I look at the Hex of maps I am at a completely loss as to what I am looking at if I do not have an offset list to use and compare with. I am trying to make some new mods that have never been tried or discussed before, and I would like to keep them in the dark because I work slow and don't have as much free time as some of these other modders around here. (In other words I want to be the first to make them.)
Thing is, while i'm rummaging through the endless code, more often than not I get very confused as to what exactly I am looking at, and I know people say many of the offsets were found by guess and check, editing random lines and seeing the outcome, but for what I want to do, if I tried that it would take me many years.
So, I was wondering if anyone could give me some tricks and tips on exploring this code if they know any at all. I will report back to you guys with my findings and my ideas if I decide to give up on them (or succeed.)
Thanks for reading this beast of a topic, any help would be appreciated.