HaloMods "Classic" Read-only Archive

Posted: **Sun Jul 04, 2004 3:07 am**

Hi, im nooby to making maps so i decided to make a simple test map first. I made a box flipped the faces, labeled each one different, Set up the textures (with bitmaps) and the sky as _sky. Then i tessalated the ground 4 times (set to 0.0) then moved some of the faces around. Then made a box called it "frame" and linked the skybox (level) to it.

I exported as JMS, and put in this directory:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\data\levels\TestMap\Model

as "TestMap.JMS"

i also made another directory

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\data\levels\TestMap\Bitmaps

and put the ground texture in here. I then opened up hekter, and selected structure, and directed to the Testmap directory

( C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\data\levels\TestMap\)

but it just says

"HEKter version 1.0 by Kyle0654

> tool.exe structure levels\TestMap TestMap

building intermediate geometry..."

and nothing else happens. What have i done wrong?

Posted: **Sun Jul 04, 2004 4:18 am**

read the chimp read me, u skiped the editing step

Posted: **Sun Jul 04, 2004 4:54 am**

u mean the gbx tutorial? What did i miss?

Posted: **Sun Jul 04, 2004 5:37 am**

sry i keep thinkin of gmax

Posted: **Sun Jul 04, 2004 6:47 am**

Huh, running thru tool.exe i get this

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition>tool.exe structure Levels\TestMap\ TestMap

Couldn't read map file './toolbeta.map'
building intermediate geometry...
file_open('data\levels\testmap\\models\TestMap.jms') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '

So whats the problem?

Posted: **Sun Jul 04, 2004 10:30 pm**

make .bat's there so much easyer to do

Posted: **Sun Jul 04, 2004 10:58 pm**

Pottsy wrote:Huh, running thru tool.exe i get this

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition>tool.exe structure Levels\TestMap\ TestMap

Couldn't read map file './toolbeta.map'
building intermediate geometry...
file_open('data\levels\testmap\\models\TestMap.jms') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '

So whats the problem?

Drop the \ after TestMap
ie:
tool.exe structure Levels\TestMap TestMap

Posted: **Tue Jul 06, 2004 1:36 am**

and dont write data/ ...

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2004 3:25 pm**

also, rename the testmap\model folder to testmap\models
needs to be plural