Hi

[PaperPlunger]

Hello, I'm new here, but I'm not so new at modding.

My problem is with modding the maps. I have tried numerous things, but every time I patch it and put it back onto my xbox, it says you failed to load the map. I got two maps to work so far: Blue Relic, and FatalIce HellZone. PPF patches aren't hard to do, yet some are saying that I failed to load the map, which is very annoying. Serenity patches are hard for me, I just don't get it. I resign them, yet they still don't work.

Any tips?

[ledgendary]

By saying you resign then I don't know if your talking about fixing the Encyription or if you mean signing them. Next time (after you fix encryption) then sign it with a map resigner Open it up select the map file ( the one you patched) then click sign map.
and with serenity patches, click the apply tag, the first box you pick the serenity patch that you downloaded, then you click the map the you want to patch and second ( the output source ) you name the map like, if you were patching relic, you would name the patch, relic.map in another folder then click appy patch. so then when you go to FTP it you go in that folder were you saved the output map. ( in this case would be relic.map )
hope this helps

[PaperPlunger]

ok, for Repression for Containment, I got the map from my xbox, applied the serenity, with output as repression.map, I then proceeded to CMR it, and then Encryptomatic it. I shoved it on the xbox named Repression.map, but it failed to load, containment is gone BTW, I replaced it with Repression, but it still says it's there in the choose map part. I don't have the whole Halo 2 copied to my xbox, but i'm in the process of getting it on there. Just wondering because it's still not working...

[ledgendary]

You have to rename, Represion.map to containment.map so the xbox can reconize it

[PaperPlunger]

Ok, so I renamed it to containment.map, but now the xbox recognizes it, but it is still the same old containment map. Why the **** is this happening???

[ledgendary]

So it loads now?

[PaperPlunger]

the modded map does, but it's not modded..?

[ledgendary]

Are you sure sending the right one over?

[PaperPlunger]

yes, I sent the output map over to it

[ledgendary]

What map are you modding?

[PaperPlunger]

containment

[ledgendary]

What patch are you putting on?

[PaperPlunger]

repression

[PaperPlunger]

once I get this, I'll be able to fix the other ones I want too

[ledgendary]

umm I don't no whats wrong but don't double post click the button instead

[PaperPlunger]

soo annoying


so for serenity patches, I add the patch to the patch part, the original map from ex. desktop, and then a renamed original from another directory? Then patch it, then make it say FANTASTIC with the encryptomatic, and then for the last part before putting it back on I CMR it?


EDIT

Do I put the source map or the output mapp in?

[PaperPlunger]

Quick question, sometimes when I use serenity, I get a file called serenity.tmp

do i rename that to the map? and use that one? What is it?

[Samurai JM]

lol thats y i hated serenitys the first time i used them too

the way i do it is this:

patch = the serenity file
source map = a copy of the original map you wish to mod(just copy it into a new folder) MAKE SURE YOU COPY THE ORIGINAL OR IT WONT WORK!
output map = the SAME map as the source. just copy the path from the source over to the output box and say yes to overwrite it

this always worked for me so hope this helps

EDIT: also the .tmp should go away once the serenity finishes patching. it just means its in progress patching it

[MrBalll]

Paper use This to add the maps to your main menu. It's a lot easier on you.
Also Legendary don't talk about CMR.

[ledgendary]

Yea, sorry I just reallized what It was really used for.