tool.exe

Craig Koelling · Post by **Craig Koelling** » Thu May 12, 2005 5:48 pm

ok, i know how to get to too land all, but wtf is it for and how do i use it?i treid to use it in command prompt and i have no idea how to use it or why

Waverunner · Post by **Waverunner** » Thu May 12, 2005 6:51 pm

Copy cmd.exe into your halo CE root directory. Then click on cmd (in halo CE folder) and type tool and hit enter to see the commands you can do.

Pie · Post by **Pie** » Fri May 13, 2005 8:51 am

And if you need specific help with a certain comman, feel free to post here or talk to any of us privately

Waverunner · Post by **Waverunner** » Fri May 13, 2005 12:25 pm

Tool++ is also great if you don't want to type in tool in cmd to see how to format all of the commands. It is by monoxideC. I use it sometimes, but I know the commands pretty well now.

Craig Koelling · Post by **Craig Koelling** » Sat May 14, 2005 6:10 am

so is there anything that is really important that is necessary to do in tool?

Waverunner · Post by **Waverunner** » Sat May 14, 2005 6:11 am

Well, type the command in exactly correct, otherwise it won't work.

Craig Koelling · Post by **Craig Koelling** » Sat May 14, 2005 7:00 am

let me restste that, must i use any of the commands for my level to work correctly?

Waverunner · Post by **Waverunner** » Sat May 14, 2005 7:42 am

Yeah, in the course of making a map, you have to use Bitamaps, Structure, and Build-Cache-File. I don't think any other ones are required, except lighting (radiosity) which I usually just do in sapien. It CAN be done right in tool though.

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Sat May 14, 2005 7:44 am

do rdiosity through tool.
+=takes not much memory and its faster
-=in sapien it looks not so good

an emu · Post by **an emu** » Sat May 14, 2005 8:36 am

wat exactly is the command for radiosity in tool and do u have to save the lightmaps to someplace

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Sat May 14, 2005 8:42 am

tool lightmaps levels\whatever\whatever whatever 0 0.001

an emu · Post by **an emu** » Sat May 14, 2005 8:52 am

thanks ill try that