Tool not working

[Xiion]

i found out how to fix my problem with sapien (closes once i load a scenario) but my tool still doesnt work. also, is tehre a way to get teh bloodgulch scenario file? everytime i try to load the one i got, it sez i tried to load a non-scenario tag.

[halofun121]

Dunno if its to late for this, but make sure you arent double clicking tool.exe. This wont work. You have to CD into the Halo CE root directory. Say the HEK is in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition. Do this. Go To start, run and type cmd and hit enter. Type cd C:\ and hit enter. now type cd Program Files and hit enter. Now type cd Microsoft Games and hit enter. Then type Halo Custom Edition and hit enter. Then, type tool and hit enter. A list of commands will come up. You have to add command arguments to tool. For example, tool bitmaps makes bitmaps. Refer to tutorials for more on that. If your still totally confused, go into your WINDOWS/system32 (or Winnt depending on what Windows you are using) and copy cmd.exe and put it in your Halo CE root directory. Double click that and youll already be in that directory and just need to type tool and options. Again, refer to tutorials for better instructions.

[Xiion]

it still doesnt work. it just keeps me at the hce file directory in cmd. damn you ms-dos. i hate your syntax errors....

[UnlockedTitan]

put a shortcut of cmd on your desktop. next right click on it and choose properties. find where it says start in then type this in that area (if this is where your halo ce folder is, if not you know what to do, put the right one in, lol) C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition. after that start cmd and then type tool in and that should work !

[Xiion]

nope... still not working. this is the debug log error txt.
08.02.05 15:53:53 tool pc 01.00.00.0609 -------------------------------------08.02.05 15:53:53 reference function: _write_to_error_file
08.02.05 15:53:53 reference address: 42ca20
08.02.05 15:53:53 Couldn't read map file './toolbeta.map'

[halofun121]

take a log that tool.exe created in debux.txt(in your Halo CE root directory) and post tool's last log here.

[UnlockedTitan]

reinstall hek and then do what i said in my last post. something might have gotten corrupted

[Xiion]

should i put tool in a seperate folder? with all teh .dlls and cmd in it? or just reinstall?

[UnlockedTitan]

just reinstall everything to the halo ce directory. i had to reinstall 3 time for tool and sapien to work!

[Xiion]

reinstalled like 5 tims jsut now. still wont work. ill jsut have non-leakers use tool to publish my maps...

[UnlockedTitan]

when you changed the start in option on the cmd program did it look like this? c:\program files\microsoft games\halo custom edition

then when you start up cmd it should say this c:\program files\microsoft games\halo custom edition

now just type tool.

you do not need the exe file of tool in the hek file (but do not delete it)

[halofun121]

Ok, Ok.

If your on Windows XP, go into C:\WINDOWS\system32
If your on Windows 2000 or Windows NT, go into C:\Winnt\system32
If your on Windows 9x, go into C:\WINDOWS\system32 and look for the DOS executable.

Now copy cmd.exe from that folder to your Halo CE root directory(the folder with all the Halo stuff in it). Double click the newly copied cmd.exe in the Halo CE folder. A Command Prompt Should come up. type tool and hit enter. A list of options should come up. Then just continue to follow whatever tutorials you are following.

[Xiion]

nope. it says './toolbeta.map' not found... press any key to continue...'

then it closes. no matter what, it wont work. ive done ALL that you guys have sed and it jsut wont work.

[halofun121]

What OS are you using?

[Xiion]

im usign windows xp. also i tryed to install action replay but when i put in disk and hit auto play i got this error: "The Win16 Subsystem was unable to enter protected mode, DOSX.EXE must be in your AUTOEXEC.NT and present in your PATH" wtf does this mean and why do i get this message?

[halofun121]

im usign windows xp. also i tryed to install action replay but when i put in disk and hit auto play i got this error: "The Win16 Subsystem was unable to enter protected mode, DOSX.EXE must be in your AUTOEXEC.NT and present in your PATH" wtf does this mean and why do i get this message?

No clue....this isnt making any sense. Is your XP upgraded completely? Thats the last thing I can think of. The ./toolbeta map happens to me to but I can ignore it and tool will still work.

[Xiion]

i ahve upgraded my comp completly. this fuckin rediculous i hate errors. im just gonna save up for my alienware laptop. it should work then. oh and can anyone help me with my action replay install problem?

[UnlockedTitan]

maybe windows firewall is blocking the program. right click on tool and see i it has a box that is checked saysing something about not allowing th program.