FAQ: The HEK

Discuss HaloCE modding with the HEK tools here. For help, go to the Help Desk forum above.
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Post by noalias »

that didnt answer my question
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Post by HunterXI »

this might help some people. I found it on the GB forums.

If, in Sapien, you open a scenerio tag, and it closes very fast, you might have a conflict with your screen color mode. Your Desktop MUST be running with 32 bit colors... right click on the desktop, select properties, pick the Settings tab, and there should be a section named "Color Quality" there, with a dropbox in it. If it doesn't say "Highest (32 bit)" in that dropbox, change it to that. If your computer can't run at 32 bit color, well then you're fucked...

If it is at 32 bit color, and it still has the same closing problem, well them I have no idea... try renamig the scenerio file to something else, I guess...
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Post by SargeDavid »

well i cant open sapien ether and im running with 32highist.are any of u who has the same problem that its not the color quality run a video card that is not up to halos standeds"T&L thing.maybe 3d"because that may be a case.
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Post by HMC Helljumper »

Ok I am having some trouble making animated scenery. I have made an animation using pathdeform, and the scenery travles along a line. But I don't know hwere to go fromt here. I thought you exported it as a .jma file and a .jms but I did that and I dont see any file there. Only the .gbxmodel.

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Post by DHalo »

Sheesh, It's been about 2 months and my sapien still won't function. 2 different scenarios won't function. My color is on 32 bit. And the scenarios don't have any numbers in them. ANY IDEA HOW TO FIX IT?
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Q: is there a way to de-compile a map to a .scenario file?
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hee he ho ho!
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Post by McFarlane »

Edwin wrote:Q: is there a way to de-compile a map to a .scenario file?
When HMT 4 comes I'm sure they finnaly made it so you can save it as the original tag...
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Post by HellAngel »

I try to load Sapien and heres what happens:
1. Open Sapien
2. Open up Tutorial
3. It loads for about 5 seconds
4. Closes
It worked before, any tips?
That happens to me too. my labtop has all top of the line sh*t. im running on 32 bit, and it still closes relly fast. please help me!!!
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my map files give exception error

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i followed the tut and made my .map but when i try to play it i get a exception error. and i get this with a few other peoples maps too.
here are a few of the maps that give me this error.
DEEP
FACTORY
JUMP
MEGADOOMER
MOON
about 30 maps work fine but 5 or so do this
does anyone know why this happens or how to fix
also when i load tool.exe it says can't find toolbeta.map, no big deal runs ok still i think.

and for those of you with this prob, goto windows\system(32) and copy the cmd.exe and paste it into your halo ce folder this will get around the navagation, and let you run tool.exe easy
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Post by Waverunner »

this is a great faq

thank u for making it!
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Question

Post by [NC]b00m »

WHERE DO YOU GET THESE PROGRAMS? lol I am clueless with this stuff. I wanna make my own map, but I don't know where to get this stuff.

PS - Where/how do I get 3DS Max?
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Post by Sonictag »

Get 3ds max trial at www.discreet.com or you can download gmax which is free.
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Post by BEEF!!! »

http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/sh ... t=1#209149
You can go there to download Halo CE, HEK, and one helluva headache :wink:
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Post by Pie »

sonictag wrote:Get 3ds max trial at www.discreet.com or you can download gmax which is free.
And to export as .jms (for mapping) you must get the

Blitzkrieg Plugin (3ds Max)
or the
Chimp Plugin (gmax)

Chimp is known to have issues though...
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Post by SunnySharma »

Works pretty fine. If you guys need anymore help, PM any of us!
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Post by jaso »

this is probely gonna be a stupid answer to this but here goes, i have haloce and it works fine, i download HEK and when i went to install it, i get a message saying "the parameter is incorrect" and i cant install it. keep in mind this is a fairly new computer with good specs. i also have dail-up, so i'm not about to download it again! :evil: please help :!:
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Post by t3heford »

I just downloaded HEK, and 3ds max 7, and according to HEK i have to go into the c:\programfiles\microsoftgames\halocustomedition\blitzkrieg\ and then copy the blitzkrieg.dle file, and paste it into the plugins for 3ds max7, but then, when i start up 3ds, i get an error sayin,"blitzkried.dle failed to initialize, because the specified procedure could not be found. I have tried this many times, and the same thing happens. What am i doin wrong?
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Post by an emu »

u need to get the blitzcreig exporter for max 6/7. download it at http://www.cortana.org//tafs/files_patch.taf
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Post by Ecoli »

Update: It seems that some one has made a tool to do this for you... http://files.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=6140 good job nizon!
That thread isn't there any more, where can I get the tool?
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