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Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:27 am**

Engineer
Current Version: 1.17

Features

- Edit Any Halo 3 Map.
- Tag Extraction/Injection.
- Meta Editor.
- Support for Anthony's .CS Plugin System.
- Auto Updating System.

Latest Updates

- Fixed a bunch of small errors that have plagued Engineer for awhile.

Please Note:

This application is intended to further aid in Halo 3 modding research. As of this point in time there are no means for the general public to play modded map files!

Most updates will now be delivered through Engineers auto update feature. So if you want to stay up to date turn on automatic updates in the settings menu!

Any bugs can be reported to me here or through pm I will try and fix them A.S.A.P

Q and A:

Q: Engineer crashes as soon as I open it. What do I do?
A: Download and install the latest version of the .net framework.

Thanks:

- Anthony: Would of never gotten so much accomplished without him

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- Everyone contributing to Halo3 research and all who helped me test this app

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:28 am**

first post! lol jk

cool

EDIT: also, change your signature to this one, not the .8 version

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:29 am**

Thank you.
Good job shade Truly.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:29 am**

Nice job shade, I'm definitely gonna play around with this for a while

.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:34 am**

I haven't quite gotten to Halo3 modding yet but this looks fantastic. Although I don't have the proper equipment to mod Halo3 yet, i've been watching your progress and it looks great!

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:16 pm**

Is it just me or do like some plugins that are there don't load. Like the ugh!. And on every plugin with ID's it gives compile time errors for the ID's.
Ex:

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:23 pm**

LuxuriousMeat wrote:Is it just me or do like some plugins that are there don't load. Like the ugh!. And on every plugin with ID's it gives compile time errors for the ID's.

Its the plugins I forgot to include the new ones I wrote that work with the updated plugin syntax.

If you use these plugins here you shouldnt have a problem anymore.

http://forums.halomods.com/viewtopic.ph ... h&id=14854

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:43 pm**

Very nice.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:55 pm**

Pros..

Looks good..

Cons..

The 'About' needs updating: I thought this was V1?.. Also was just wondering how only Anthony got included in the 'Credits' section.. What about those who contributed to the research currently used with-in the application.. surely they all get a mention...
The Plug-in's are buggy.. but you've explained why, so hopefully the fix will be part of a future update then..
The blue-white gradient background of the meta editor flickers when scrolling.. which is actually quite annoying...
The BubbleBar wasn't used as efficiently as it could have been, as I find the text consistently difficult to read because of it over-lapping other text/gradients..
You are somehow displaying tag identifiers as longs, when they are shorts..
'Error Loading Map Preview' pops up all the time when trying to open a map after having opened one map, ever, in the application..
'Recent files' only displays the recent files once the application has been closed and re-opened.. Make's it redundant if you haven't closed the application in a while, but have done so to contained MDI children...

Overall.. Perhaps a little more love should have been considered!...

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:56 pm**

I love you shade, Mostly because I can edit the text since you released the source.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:56 pm**

First auto update has been released. You can force and update check by going to Help->Check For Update

Fixed:
- About menu updated
- New plugin versions included
- Preview image error fixed

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:46 pm**

Then it gets stuck at the "unpacking" screen.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:19 pm**

I got an error while updating.

Code: Select all

Could not load file or assemble 'Xceed.Zip, Version 3.6.7559.11410, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=ba83ff368b763c6' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot fine the file specified.

************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Xceed.Zip, Version=3.6.7559.11410, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=ba83ff368b7563c6' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'Xceed.Zip, Version=3.6.7559.11410, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=ba83ff368b7563c6'
   at ForgePC.Updating.UnpackUpdate()
   at ForgePC.Forms.Update.update_AsyncCompletedEventHandler(Object sender, AsyncCompletedEventArgs e)
   at System.Net.WebClient.OnDownloadFileCompleted(AsyncCompletedEventArgs e)
   at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFileOperationCompleted(Object arg)

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

If you could tell me where it downloads to I'm fine with updating manually.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:23 pm**

Xceed libraries forgotten in the package?

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:28 pm**

Tural wrote:Xceed libraries forgotten in the package?

Yea, but if you go to the source they're in the ForgePC\ForgePC\bin\Debug directory.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:17 pm**

This doesn't resign that seconds hash thing yet, right?

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:49 pm**

Zone 117 wrote:This doesn't resign that seconds hash thing yet, right?

why would you ask a dumb question like that?

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ok I fixed the update code so now we should have some nice progress while decompression the update as well

and yeah i test it good and hard and it should work now I will post the new version once I finish adding what Shade added for his last update

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Engineer 1.001 Update

Ok well it seems there was a few bugs when we launched the first 1.0 version, so of course here are some fixes and additions...

Added:
- Decompressing file progress
- Clean updated files
- New plugin versions

Fixed:
- About menu
- Preview image error

So again nothing major but this should allow us to deliver any bug fixes more often in the future

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:39 pm**

NVM

Edit: Also, I get an exception error while opening the plasma_pistol and spartan_lazer weap tag.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:50 pm**

Anthony wrote:
Zone 117 wrote:This doesn't resign that seconds hash thing yet, right?
why would you ask a dumb question like that?

I've been gone a while. Sorry =/

Posted: **Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:03 am**

Thanks Anthony

I apologize to everyone for the buggy launch but everything should go alot smoother from here

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