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In-game Text Editing
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:45 am
by reanimation-06
im a new modder and i wanted to ask how would u change the ingame text that appears when u do an action.
like when u go close to a vehicle it says "Press E to drive "vehicle name""
or when u suicide it says "...... comitted suicide"
how can u change those texts to your own customs?
can anyone help me?
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:08 am
by fishface617
You have to hex edit the text strings, its quite simple. Look for a tutorial on this site, I know there is one here.
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:11 am
by reanimation-06
could u plz point out one to me
i have searched and i turned up no tuts in the search index
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:11 am
by 0m3g4Muff1n987
Just open the map up in a hex editor like HxD, Hex Workshop, groovy hex editor or XVI32, press ctrl+F. Then search for a unicode string for example, suicide. When you come across a string that says "%d committed suicide", change it to your liking. But here are some basic rules.
-DO NOT delete the little dots in between each letter or the strings will **** up. Just change the letters and it will show up the right way in halo.
-DO NOT make your modified strings longer than the original ones! If you have a shorter modification than the original, fill up the remaining space till the three dots that separate each string with spaces. For example, if you wanted to change the "committed suicide" string to "messed up", you'd type: "...&d. .m.e.s.s.e.d. .u.p. . . . . . . . ..."
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:20 pm
by FanTasY
0m3g4Muff1n987 wrote:Just open the map up in a hex editor like HxD, Hex Workshop, groovy hex editor or XVI32, press ctrl+F. Then search for a unicode string for example, suicide. When you come across a string that says "%d committed suicide", change it to your liking. But here are some basic rules.
-DO NOT delete the little dots in between each letter or the strings will **** up. Just change the letters and it will show up the right way in halo.
-DO NOT make your modified strings longer than the original ones! If you have a shorter modification than the original, fill up the remaining space till the three dots that separate each string with spaces. For example, if you wanted to change the "committed suicide" string to "messed up", you'd type: "...&d. .m.e.s.s.e.d. .u.p. . . . . . . . ..."
I have a question, would it be possible to change the strings for vehicles, such as a newly added vehicle (e.g. mongoose) from Halo CE. What I mean is can you change the string from reading <missing string here> to Press "x" to get into driver seat of mongoose.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:37 pm
by peterblue
Yes. It allows you to change names, and stuff.