New HEK screenshot

maegus15 · Post by **maegus15** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:18 pm

If it comes from cortana.org then its part of HEK. Do you even know what HEK is? (Halo eliting KIT) It comes with more than 1 tool!

Pie · Post by **Pie** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:34 pm

ICEFIRE wrote:If it comes from cortana.org then its part of HEK. Do you even know what HEK is? (Halo eliting KIT) It comes with more than 1 tool!

oh yea, you know what you're talking bout (no sarcasm)

argrn · Post by **argrn** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:49 pm

will it work with 3dsmax6? and i read in a irc chat from the miccelanious section that someone from gearbox said it will be released mid april...

spider · Post by **spider** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:10 pm

Yes I am aware of what hek (Halo Editing Kit) is. And I do know that it comes with more than 1 program, it has a total of 4 programs.
Sapien
Guerilla
Blitzkrieg Exporter Plugin
Tool.exe
According to www.cortana.org

Now I have another question, do you remember when Sapien released the picture of their program? Well if you take a close look at it the map is the same map you are shown now in this post. If you look at the ground it has the same design. So that means that this map is already old and they already had it around, and acted like it is a new map. If you can't remember the picture here is the link if this picture does not load.

http://www.cortana.org/images/sapienimgs/sap_01.gif
http://www.cortana.org/images/sapienimgs/sap_02.gif

So why are they releasing a picture of a map they have already shown.

Spider

sharkface217 · Post by **sharkface217** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:30 pm

Chupathingy wrote:that looks like 3dmax to me, not hek, why didnt u just PS it and make it at least beleiveable
i have to agree with spider

maybe MS is worried about too many people dl'ing HEK all at once killing bandwitdh and all that, itll also take a long time to dl the file!omfg if it takes 1.2 g plus the 1.5 gig of halo thats almost 3 gigs add in the 3 gigs of halo stuff i already dl and thats 6 gigs! omfg!

anyway
later

ya, it doesnt look like a HEK!

argrn · Post by **argrn** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:39 pm

hek comes with a 3dsmax exporter.... thats showing that u can use the exporter.......

Dj Suppai Saru · Post by **Dj Suppai Saru** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:22 pm

Well I was starting to wonder about this when I saw the 3ds max part but thanks to spider I get it now. I never noticed that those two maps are the same one.

P.S. Spider, how did u notice that?

Retro_Boy · Post by **Retro_Boy** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:30 pm

Well, we can sure hope that the HEK is really coming out!!

Sam2 · Post by **Sam2** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:39 pm

That is a screen of 3ds Max, and (from what I have heard) the HEK will require GMax for custom maps. GMax is free but also less powerful. Its for making 3D characters and such in PC games.

3ds max is awsome, but GMax is free from http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/

jayman16 · Post by **jayman16** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:44 pm

Is the HEK just for Halo PC or can it be used for Halo NSTC as well?

sharkface217 · Post by **sharkface217** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:59 pm

jayman16 wrote:Is the HEK just for Halo PC or can it be used for Halo NSTC as well?

PC only, I think.........

MC117 · Post by **MC117** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:04 pm

that is 3dsmax

richie178 · Post by **richie178** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:12 pm

Look I think this could be 1 part of HEK or maybey just a plugin for gmax, they probely are just using 3D Max to make the plugin so they could package the plugin with HEK. Who really cares what they use to make the mesh of levels, as long as its free and it can xport into the right format for halo I'm happy and all the really good 3D moders out there use gmax any way, so they will have a head start and we can play and enjoiy there cool mods.

check out this: http://doublefire.halocity.org/battlerifle.html
I'm sure this was made in gmax

HunterXI · Post by **HunterXI** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:54 pm

ok, for everyone posting "That's 3DS max!", I will have to reiterate what like 9 people here have said: that is a screen of a map compiled with Sapien. HEK will feature the capability to import maps made in 3ds max or Gmax (hopefully) and compile it into a map. Spider pointed it out. READ HIS POST.

Soultaker52 · Post by **Soultaker52** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:12 pm

richie178, doublefire uses 3dsmax

peabnuts123 · Post by **peabnuts123** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:39 pm

it would be cool if it is for XBOX as well, that would rok (not that i have an XBOX

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Chupathingy · Post by **Chupathingy** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 4:11 am

theres really no way to work it on xbox:

1: you would have to have a modded box(MS doesnt like that)
or MS would have to realese its own ftp program and junk like that which i dont see them doing
2: the way halo xbox works is by loading maps onto a temp drive(x y or z) partition
3: new code would have to be made for halo xbox to support other partitions(so you would always have the map on your hdd)(Like the c or f or even G) xyz are temps, and get deleted play halo then play three other games and the halo cache will be gone!

but with hope those with hek and a modded xbox may be able to do it, sorta like replacing a mp/sp map with your new map, the only catch is youd have to modify the xbox dvd files(burn a copy) to recognize a new map

MasterNeoChief · Post by **MasterNeoChief** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:34 am

Chupathingy wrote:that looks like 3dmax to me, not hek, why didnt u just PS it and make it at least beleiveable
i have to agree with spider

maybe MS is worried about too many people dl'ing HEK all at once killing bandwitdh and all that, itll also take a long time to dl the file!omfg if it takes 1.2 g plus the 1.5 gig of halo thats almost 3 gigs add in the 3 gigs of halo stuff i already dl and thats 6 gigs! omfg!

anyway
later

You think Gren, the Admin of the site, will PS something so he gets attention???

Chupathingy · Post by **Chupathingy** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:04 pm

i never mentioned gren needing to PS it(nor did i accuse him of PS or lying)
gren just posted a pic from cortana.org which was posted by STEVE

who is this steve guy?

it still is a 3dmax window as it says in the pic, it may be a file for hek/sapien or whatever
if 3dmax is a part of hek then i cant wait to dl it for free but from what i hear 3dmax is $$$$$ and not going to be a part of hek, though it may be compatible

Halo_Xtreme · Post by **Halo_Xtreme** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 4:23 pm

The file that is opned says Tutorial15.max, this image shows a tutorial file opned up in 3d studio <it show sit as a standalone liscene in teh title as well>. The HEK could import this via its 3ds plugins for the files created in it, but from this SS its just showing what one of teh future tutoials for 3ds will look like.

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