Who has problems with tool.exe read this first!

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:28 am

Ok,
everyday I enter the forum i see that many have the same problem as the others wit tool.exe.So i write this topic to help you with tool as good as i can:

1.Why use tool?go to www.cortana.org and under quick links download "urangutan".Its an easy way to build tags and the cache file.
Or use "HEKter" to create your .bitmaps tags.You get it under:http://www.levels4you.com/sections/halo ... hercat=125

2.If you don't want to download this stuff(but it's recommended)
make sure that your jms. file is in the right directory.
If there is "couldn't read map file '.toolbeta.map" ignore it it doesn't mean anything.

Ok i hope this help a little bit.

[users]axem · Post by **[users]axem** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:06 pm

it does mean somthing. it stops right there at toolbeta.map

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:26 pm

good but it is something very important?

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:27 pm

i don't know what your problem is sorry

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:30 pm

is your energy-sword in the folder data\weapons\energy-sword ?

[users]axem · Post by **[users]axem** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:33 pm

yea. ill get a pic of my directory

gamble · Post by **gamble** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:43 pm

try taking out the hyphen, i don't know why but i think that will work

[users]axem · Post by **[users]axem** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:29 pm

mopopo · Post by **mopopo** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:17 pm

where would we put a vehicle jms file if we wanted to convert it to a gbx model. plus how would i use hekter to do it?

mopopo · Post by **mopopo** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:17 pm

what do you mean Couldn't read map file './toolbeta.map' should be ignored i cant do anything because of it orangutang doesnt work (excuse my spelling)
and hekter doesnt work. is there a way to fix it?

Excal · Post by **Excal** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:54 am

Tool++. Google it.

mopopo · Post by **mopopo** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:45 pm

hey man thanks for the tool++ idea i tried it and it says tool command completed! but my model is still a jms file. do i have to change the extension to gbx myself of what? heres the source directory to my model if it helps C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\data\Vehicles\ufo\Models\teapot.JMS (this is where my model is) for the source directory should i just choose C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\data\Vehicles\ufo\Models ? cause it says tool command completed but nothing happened. plz explain very clearly waht to do.

[users]axem · Post by **[users]axem** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:06 pm

It spits it out in the tags directory. Not the data directory. And dont bump topics.

mopopo · Post by **mopopo** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:34 pm

what do you mean bump topics? and where in the tags directory?

[CAF]M808B · Post by **[CAF]M808B** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:51 pm

If you go to Halo Custom Edition/Data that's where the directory structure exists for .jms and .tga models and bitmaps, respectively, You compile them into tags, which are put into Halo Custom Edition/Tags

Xe-Bec · Post by **Xe-Bec** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:26 pm

tool is nice i like tool

mopopo · Post by **mopopo** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:12 pm

not to be rude or anything, you guys arent really helping me with this. please post tutorial or somethin for converting jms model to gbx. be very specific and detailed please. if you could do this it would be really REALLY appreciated.

tool is nice i like tool

is not really helpful.

mopopo · Post by **mopopo** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:15 pm

oh and make sure you include what directory to put the jms model and where the gbx model spits out

Excal · Post by **Excal** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:16 pm

Well read [CAF]'s post.

mopopo · Post by **mopopo** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:50 pm

(sigh) can anyone PLEASE just tell me what you did to get it work ?