.:: Tutorial: How to Apply Serenity Patches ::.

cuttersoccer22 · Post by **cuttersoccer22** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:38 pm

danget it wont work like on the output map when u pree the 3 little dts is it supposed to say save or open

Wanted Dead The1stRanger · Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:12 am

OK I am doing exactly wha is told. I put the patch for the map, then the original map, then output map, another copy of the original from DESKTOP...NOT WORKING! mmmm....when I choose the Waterworks.map (map I am modding) from a different directory, different folder, It says file already exist, do you want to replace it? Yes, Or No.
Do I have to SIGN the map also? I do that and well, yeah...still nothing. I am confused!!!!
AIM...WantedDEAD1222

Lavix · Post by **Lavix** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:34 am

Ok lets say you wanna patch water works with The Hive. Heres hwo you would go about doing it:

Open Serenity and put a clean waterworks in output. Put another copy of the original map in original. And then put the patch the you got for the map in the patch. You thenpatch the map. And yes you will need to sign the map.

Also, if th emap contains skins or some thing sare renamed then youll need to format your X,Y, & Z drives.

Wanted Dead The1stRanger · Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:10 am

Um, well, this is no use now cause I accedently formated the E:\ drive. Yeah, is there a way to fix that. The .maps, all of them, are still on my CPU, but nothing besides the mods and stuff exist on my Xbox.
Anyway. A clean map file would be the .map file...One without any modifications to it. And output map, I use the same thing. The maps are skinned so is there an extra something I have to put or do?

GSWAT · Post by **GSWAT** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:43 am

so once u have it all done with wat u said, how do u put in on ur xbox, is there a certain wire??

Wanted Dead The1stRanger · Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:50 am

Ok, I found out how to do it. I put the patch in the Pacth place...Source map is teh original map...output map EX: Gimini2.map....Go to The sig thingy...Sign the Gimini2.map go to FTP and then what? drag and drop Gimini2.map to E:\Games\Halo 2\Maps ??????????

tyrant78 · Post by **tyrant78** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:39 am

i have alot of trouble using these serenity patches,

i can use ppfs just fine, but i try applying it and every time i get a fail to load map screen

now after i apply the patch i tried fixing the encrpytion then resigning, ive tried just resigning nothing seems to work, does anyone use specific program when encrpyting serenity patches any help would be great

Zigen · Post by **Zigen** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:16 pm

u dont encrypt patches...but if ur meaning the map use tf6 encryption tool

tyrant78 · Post by **tyrant78** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:21 pm

im using version 2.0 is there a newer one? will this have any effect im uploading some screen shots of what i do, see if there is something wrong

Zigen · Post by **Zigen** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:25 pm

erm it must be the person's map who made the patch...or your maps. either of the two

Pyroman · Post by **Pyroman** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:56 pm

Use the TF6 Encryp. Signature...it works everytime for me

Titanium_Nitrous · Post by **Titanium_Nitrous** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:28 am

the whole problem is sig not serenity or patch. i finally found on the boards by metal mulisha a nice one. u need a updated encryption signer otherwise the map won't load.

P.s :: no hard feelings infection::

Zigen · Post by **Zigen** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 1:03 pm

^^^^

tyrant78 · Post by **tyrant78** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 6:18 am

i thought i had cleared the cache, and i guess there was a file still in there after i cleared that everything ran smooth

crossfire244 · Post by **crossfire244** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:19 pm

what does the world really mean? serenity...

harris6191 · Post by **harris6191** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:16 am

Maybe you should look in a dictionary.

Serentiy - a disposition free from stress or emotion.

Boydster · Post by **Boydster** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:07 pm

When I apply these things to the mainmenu.map and fill in the main menu info if it's not already there, can I use any type of picture or only .dds?

EDIT: I'm assuming only .dds because there is no drop down thing for 'all files'. So how does one go about making a .dds file?

EDITx2: I have tried everything to get serenity patched maps to work. I'll outline the steps I took and see if you guys can help.

1.) Put the patch in the first box...put the original map in the second box....and in the third I select the desired directory and type the name of the new map.
2.) I then enter the name of the map in the area for the main menu. No description or image.
3.) Click apply and it successfully creates the modded map and edits the mainmenu.map file.
4.) Sign the modded map with the TF6 thing.
5.) FTP it and the edited mainmenu.map to the maps folder.
6.) Clear cache
7.) It tries to load for a long time and then it goes back to the normal pre-game lobby saying I failed to load the map.

What did I do wrong? It seems like it should work. I've tried it over and over again to no avail. Please help...

thermalpenguin · Post by **thermalpenguin** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:23 pm

@Boydster:
DXTBmp is a program that allows you to convert jpegs and i think bmps to .dds
and for the other way around, convim will convert .dds to jpeg.

SurfingSpartan · Post by **SurfingSpartan** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:10 am

^^^ what a fag

DeepFriedSushi · Post by **DeepFriedSushi** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:35 pm

Well, I'm having a problem with serenity. An error message pops up and says that it's unable to read beyond the end of the stream. What does that mean?

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.:: Tutorial: How to Apply Serenity Patches ::.

im lost

still no luck

ok i got it to work

iron forge made the thing