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Ok this is my little story about my adventures with tool.exe:
I fallowed that new video toturial for using the HEK package, when I got to the final stage in the process when the .map was going to be compiled tool.exe gave out, all I get is this message when I use the build-cache-file command:
EAX: 0xCACACACA
EBX: 0x035F50001
ECX: 0x0000040B
EDX: 0x0000000
EDI: 0x0012A634
ESI: 0x00000000
EBP: 0x0013A634
ESP: 0x0013A224
EIP: 0x7FFE0304m C3 9C 81 0C ?????
77E814C7 ?????
005F1EE2 ?????
EXCEPTION halt in \halopc\haloce\source\cache\cache_file_builder.c,#109
: <<unsigned long>scractch&31>

I have know idea what this means but i think it means tool can't find the file.

My splinter directory is in data\tags\levels The tutorial says to use this command
tool build-cache-file levels\splinter\splinter
have i done this and many many others!!!
please help me?

this prob wont help but its worth a try. get a GUI. I have toolrunner, it works 4 me.