map extractor

Noobzor · Post by **Noobzor** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:32 pm

is there a way to get the Bungie maps in 3ds format? If so, please help a mapping noob.

SPARTAN04 · Post by **SPARTAN04** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:05 pm

there is one way i know that you can get them into a .obj file. There really hard to get back into the game because there fliped all these different ways and its just really hard but anyway you have to get Sparkedit and then you open the Halo PC(Not Custom Edition) map file in spark edit. Wait for it to load and then press on file, and then "Export mesh to obj...." Then, import the .obj file into 3ds max or Gmax and you have to flip all the surfaces to be the right side up. you also might want to rotate all of the models up a little so it straight.

i hope i helped!

Noobzor · Post by **Noobzor** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:59 pm

how do I get sparkedit to work?

my maps aren't in the default directoy, so I changed where it is.
Still, it keeps saying "failed to decompress-the file was corrupt" when i try to open a compressed file, but when it's not compressed it says "seek failed on an unnamed file"

aaaaagh!

figured it out

OpsY · Post by **OpsY** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:20 pm

i don't know about that, but i'd like to add the original BSPs tend to have BSP errors

Malolo420 · Post by **Malolo420** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:12 pm

Or use this http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=2029, Imports it properly with UVW coordinates too.

SPARTAN04 · Post by **SPARTAN04** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 12:38 pm

wow, nice find. i didnt know about that.

Noobzor · Post by **Noobzor** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:48 pm

how do I get the Bungie maps in?
Ex. bloodguch.

Do i use the bsp converter?

Malolo420 · Post by **Malolo420** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:51 pm

Yes, or you can use spark edit but its harder in 3ds max.

Noobzor · Post by **Noobzor** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:43 pm

HOW do i use the bsp converter to get the maps?

SPARTAN04 · Post by **SPARTAN04** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:04 pm

why didnt you just read the read me?

BSP Conversion:
To convert a BSP -
1. Goto File-Open BSP
2. Select and open the BSP to convert
3. Select the options you want enabled
4. Click "Convert Model"

The resulting files will be located in the relative folder the BSP tag is found in. For example:
A BSP tag in:

C:\Pro........tom Edition\tags\levels\test\bloodgulch

will have its resulting files in:

C:\Pro........tom Edition\data\levels\test\bloodgulch

To import the BSP into 3ds Max -
1. Open 3ds Max
2. Goto File-Import
3. Change the file type to ".obj"
4. Select the newly created BSP mesh
5. When the import dialog box appears use the options as follows

Rotate Model - Unchecked
Texture Coordinates - Checked
Normals - Checked
Unify - Unchecked
Obj Smooth Groups - Unchecked
Smooth Group - 1
Vertex Scale - 1.0
Use Materials - Checked
Material Library - Use the filename under "Material Library"
on the BSP Converter
6. Click "OK"

To get the bsp you want just go into your halo custom edition directory and go to tags\levels\(map name) and then press on the scenario_bsp file or whatever.

Noobzor · Post by **Noobzor** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:13 pm

ummm i don't have any BSP tags in my bloodgulch folder.......

Super_Sunny · Post by **Super_Sunny** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:58 pm

Don't use SparkEdit, at ALL for any of this. Stick to the BSP Tag Converter. It'll convert a native structure BSP to .obj format with the UV's retained and no errors. Portalling, and other data can be retained as well.

The extracted BSP will be in the data\levels\test\BloodGulch folder.

Noobzor · Post by **Noobzor** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:59 pm

how do i get the bsp tags out of the maps????

Super_Sunny · Post by **Super_Sunny** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:01 pm

Use Halo Editing Kit Plus. HEK+, look for it at HaloMaps.org.

It can extract any Halo Map into it's full tag editable format.

Noobzor · Post by **Noobzor** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:08 pm

ok thanks-but some of the files make it lag.

it says "use options to increase scripting memory"
can anyone help me on that?

also, how do I get it to display the textures already on the map?