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Ask a question, get an answer.

First off, I just wanted to say that I think this forum deserves a Q&A topic, because the purpose of this forum was to talk about modding in general, and about mods in progress, not to flood it with question topics that have the question in the title. So this is the method I came up with...

PLEASE DON'T POST IF YOU'RE NOT POSTING A QUESTION OR AN ANSWER
  • When asking a question, use this format:
    Q: Question here.

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    [color=green][b]Q:[/b] Question here.[/color]
  • When answering a question, use this format:
    Q: Question here.
    A: Answer here.

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    [quote][color=green][b]Q:[/b] Question here.[/color][/quote]
    [color=red][b]A:[/b] Answer here.[/color]
    
Hopefully this topic can help some people out, and lower the number of random topics seen in this forum.

-DarkMetal
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there is too much flooding of help. but this topic will get way overly flooded too :wink:
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Q: How can I "fake" custom collision for a certain vehicle im working on :D.

Nice topic BTW! Should be stickied mr lamb.

As for flooding the topic...NO it wont if people arent aloud to post without an answer or question.. hints toward you. lol.
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Phoenix wrote:Q: How can I "fake" custom collision for a certain vehicle im working on Very Happy.
A: You can add attachments to the vehicle's hlmt to make the collision. If you want the attachment to be invisible you would need to null out the attachments model. The attachments are the turrets on the warthogs and other vehicles. That was how the Halo 2 motorcycle was made. I think there was a tutorial made for it so if you want you can search for it. I hope that answers your question.
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Q:How would I go about making the Jackal Shield more transparent from the first person perspective? Is there and alpha value I can change?

Also, I agree with what you said about this portion being more geared towards mods in progress type stuff however I find topics which have the question in their subject make it easier for people to search the forums, this in turn prevents the type of questions that piss people off (ie how come I can't load my map. Did you resign it? No how do you do that? etc..) Maybe the best answer would be to have an entire section dedicated to Q&A? IE. Forum index>>Halo 2 Xbox>> Q & A . I've learned over the years that you can have all the data/info in the world but if its not easily queried it isn't much good.

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Q: How do I make WORKING deathzones in a BSP conversion map?
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jacksoncougar wrote:Q: How do I make WORKING deathzones in a BSP conversion map?
A:Use a base map that already has death zones, then move those to your liking.
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Q: How would I go about adding health to objects, such as bipeds.


I'm trying to make it so that when Flood Juggernauts die, they explode.
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joe-mamma wrote:Q:How would I go about making the Jackal Shield more transparent from the first person perspective? Is there and alpha value I can change?
A: I'm pretty sure that the hlmt's are different for the first person perspective and the third person perspective so i would suggest trying to swap some of it's shaders and see if you can lighten it up without making it look different, if it doesn't matter whether it looks different then have a ball
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Dissolution241 wrote:Q: How would I go about adding health to objects, such as bipeds.


I'm trying to make it so that when Flood Juggernauts die, they explode.
A: In Dothalo there is a 'Health' Box (not 100% sure it'll work)
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joe-mamma wrote:Q:How would I go about making the Jackal Shield more transparent from the first person perspective? Is there and alpha value I can change?

A: Find the FP mode and eather do a shader swap or reskin it lighter. that should work!.
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Q:How would a "brighten up" a map?

Mine is really dark, but I dont want to change the lightmap...I like the skin colors as they are now.[/b]
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smokey wrote:Q:How would a "brighten up" a map?
A: You edit the lightmap in eather enthy or the uber lightmap tool. Just make it brigther!
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Q:How can I do that without making tons of colors everywhere?

When I added to the lightness, there were a bunce of colors...[/b]
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smokey wrote:Q:How can I do that without making tons of colors everywhere?
A. Edit the lightmap in the bsp viewer. I believe it allows you to edit each bitmap individually.
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WastingBody wrote:
Phoenix wrote:Q: How can I "fake" custom collision for a certain vehicle im working on Very Happy.
A: You can add attachments to the vehicle's hlmt to make the collision. If you want the attachment to be invisible you would need to null out the attachments model. The attachments are the turrets on the warthogs and other vehicles. That was how the Halo 2 motorcycle was made. I think there was a tutorial made for it so if you want you can search for it. I hope that answers your question.
Correction of Answer: wrong. attaching objects does not bring there collision, the custom collision on my bike was created by editing the phmo
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Q: I injected a skin and it turns black from far away. any ideas? And yes I did do the mip maps thing. Also how do you do attacemnts?


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SpecOp44 wrote:
jacksoncougar wrote:Q: How do I make WORKING deathzones in a BSP conversion map?

A:Use the new version of h2core when transferring a sbsp from sp. It doesn't matter what base map you use.
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hockey4life wrote:Q: Why doesnt my Dazzle 100 capture card work? I plug the AV cords from my xbox in, and through usb into the computer, but it doesn't work...?
This might be to do with the software! When ive been using a capture card ive had to mess around with the software settings so i get the xboxs signal!

Im not sure with a Dazzle tho!
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