ppfs and rars and serinitys

sunofthenight · Post by **sunofthenight** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:14 pm

alright im just gunna say it now, im a modding NEWB
im pretty sure theres already a post about this but i cant find it so ima ask
y is it all the files i download are in .rar or .serinity (or however u spell that one) and how do i turn them into a ppf so i can apply them using dot halo??

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:22 pm

Serenity are awesome, get Serenity 3.30 to use them, RARs are just archives like a .ZIP file--also useless because most of the time they contain Serenity patches which are already maxed-out on compression. Use 7zip or WinRAR to open (7Zip is free).

7Zip -- HERE
WinRAR -- HERE
Serenity 3.30 -- HERE

sunofthenight · Post by **sunofthenight** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:17 pm

ty bro
only problem is it says im not authorized to view or download the serenity link...
any other way??

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:36 pm

lol; log in and try again, or I should stop using my method of copying links. Its in halo 2 -> utilities stickied near the top.

sunofthenight · Post by **sunofthenight** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:20 pm

u rock, ty sooo much

i tried using it and im lost, what do i do?? patch is whatever serenity i want applied right??
and source map is the map i apply it to right??
i tried doing it and it said serenity 3.30 encountered errors and needs to shut down? what am i doing wrong?

onemore question cause im a newb (dont forget)
do i still have to resign maps if i just apply the patch, if so can someone post a resigner that ACTUALLY WORKS???
iv tried 4 diffrentones and none worked

DemonicSandwich · Post by **DemonicSandwich** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:44 pm

sunofthenight wrote:u rock, ty sooo much

i tried using it and im lost, what do i do?? patch is whatever serenity i want applied right??
and source map is the map i apply it to right??
i tried doing it and it said serenity 3.30 encountered errors and needs to shut down? what am i doing wrong?

onemore question cause im a newb (dont forget)
do i still have to resign maps if i just apply the patch, if so can someone post a resigner that ACTUALLY WORKS???
iv tried 4 diffrentones and none worked

Make sure you have .NET framework installed.

Most modding apps, Entity, DotHalo, Insolence, etc, have a built in resigner.

sunofthenight · Post by **sunofthenight** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:37 pm

yeah iv got .net but it still wont work

ill just tell u what i do and u tell me if im doing it right
iv got the serenity patch i want to use in the same folder as serenity 3.30 and the map i need
i choose the patch at it fills in the other 2 lines (source map and output map) for me
i click apply patch and it says source map doesnt match original and asks to proceed, i hit yes and it starts to uncompress or whatever it says for about a minute then says "created map does not match original, patch may not work".
i hit ok and it says finished. what am i doing wrong that im getting those 2 errors??

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:01 pm

make sure your using clean maps.

sunofthenight · Post by **sunofthenight** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:28 pm

what do u mean "clean"??
as opposed to what? dirty?
i used flashfxp to get it off my xbox (its containment) then i used serenity 3.30 to apply the serenity file from http://forums.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=56955
after i applied it i resigned it and it still wont work

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:33 pm

cleaned as in never been modified before.

sunofthenight · Post by **sunofthenight** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:36 pm

yeah, i applied the patch to a completly clean map, however ill delete it, and re-acquire the map and re-apply it just to be sure?
if that doesnt work, any other suggestions anyone?

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:58 pm

ummm; use another version of serenity?

sunofthenight · Post by **sunofthenight** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:08 pm

yeah im gunna try 3.20, see if that works
btw, when is adds the patch it renames the map to whatever the patch name was. do i keep this name when i put it back on my xbox or do i change it to the actual name (containment in this case)??

yup tried 3.20 and while it did still say source map didnt match original, it applied the patch without any problems
now my second question still remains, do i keep the name it gives me (nightwinder or sumtin like that, the name is the serenity file) or do i change it to containment before i put it back on my xbox??

destroyer69 · Post by **destroyer69** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:29 pm

If you added it to your mainmenu, then rename. If not, then just overwrite the old Containment.

sunofthenight · Post by **sunofthenight** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:43 pm

now ur just confusing me
added it what mainmenu?
i think im doing this all wrong...
heres what i do, tell me if its right
when i get the map, i got it from the harddrive on my xbox, from the save file (the map pack file i downloaded on xbox live). after i mod it, do i put it back into the same file and overright the old containment or do i put it somewhere else??

also whats all this about clearing my cache?? will that fix the "you failed to load this map" message i get when i try to play it??

and its okay that halo 2 isnt saved on my hd right??

McT0asT · Post by **McT0asT** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:16 pm

Save Halo 2 to your hard drive. Then, either rename your map to an old map(make sure you rename the original map), or look for a tutorial on how to add a map to your mainmenu. We can't tell you how to make it work like the maps you downloaded from Live, you have to run it from Halo 2 on your hard drive.