CRYTICFARMS TUTORIALS
Contents:
I. Updates
II. Introduction
III. Meta swapping for COMPLETE IDIOTS
..A. Vehicles
IV. Backing up maps for dummies
V. SparkEdit for dummies
..A. Basic Functions
..B. Basic Controls
..C. How to use SparkEdit
....1. Moving Scenery
....2. Moving Vehicles
....3. Deleting Objects
....4. Duplicating Objects
....5. Adding teleporters
I. UPDATES
GMT +5:00 Nov. 7 2007 4:20: Meta swapping for COMPLETE IDIOTS.
GMT +5:00 Nov. 7 2007 4:35: Vehicles swapping and Backing up maps for dummies Added
GMT +5:00 Nov. 7 2007 4:44: Made Table of contents, Update section and introduction
GMT +5:00 Nov. 7 2007 4:54: SparkEdit for dummies typed until the section split
GMT +5:00 Nov. 7 2007 5:19: SparkEdit for dummies 25% Complete
GMT +5:00 Nov. 7 2007 3:38 Completed SparkEdit for dummies
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II. Introduction
Well... I'm cryticfarm and I'm creating a collection of tutorials for modding the Retail version of the game, Halo: Combat Evolved.
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III. Meta swapping for COMPLETE IDIOTS.
NOTE: Don't complain if this doesn't work on vista, cause it's you frigging fought.
I highly suggest not meta swapping in a release (people will kill you with flames) but to help you create movie or something...
Anyways, this is gonna be pretty detailed.
1. Double click on the HMT icon.
2. Wait for it to pop up
3. Press file
4. Press open
5. Go to your halo maps directory.
6. Press on the map
7. Press open
OR
6. Double click on the map your working on
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8. Press the plus on one of the following things.
BIPED
PROJECTILE
SCENERY
VEHICLE
Were gonna make a pistol shoot cyborgs for movie maybe.
9. I'm gonna open the biped tag
10. Now click on the thing you want, I want cyborg's.
11. Highlight the META (Funny number thingy near the top)
12. Hold CTRL
13. Hold C
14. Find the [proj] tag
15. Open the weapon you want the thingy to pop out of
16. Highlight the META
17. Press CTRL
18. Press V
19. Press save
20. Press the little X in the corner of the app.
21. Double click on the halo icon
22. Wait for halo to pop up
23. Press multi player
24. Press Create lan
25. Load the map
26. Find the weapon you swapped it with
27. Hold E
28. Press the left mouse button.
29. CELEBRATE!
A. Vehicles: Well, if you haven't noticed, the vehicles spawn on top of you and you die.
Well there is a way to prevent this.
Also, this is gonna be less detailed assuming you know the extreme basics.
1. Download the 64 plugin pack stickied above this topic.
2. Extract the plugins to your HMT plugins folder (...\HMT 3.5\Plugins
3. Open HMT and you map
4. Open the weapon you had your vehicle swapped in
5. On the triggers box, press the arrow and select zero
6. There is a new section where it looks like:
7. Now change the X co-ordinate to 20
Umm... I think you should know the rest.
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IV. Backing up maps for dummies
You can get them off your disk but... ya
1. Go to you halo maps place. ...\Halo\MAPS
2. Right click>New>Folder
3. Make the name backups or something
4. Go back and copy you original maps
5. Go to you backups folder and paste
6. This may take a LONGGGGG time.
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V. SparkEdit for dummies
1. Open sparkedit and open your map in it by going to File>Open and select you map from you halo maps directory
NOTE: If it's all grey, go to Tools>Options and change C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo\MAPS\bitmaps.map to YOUR bitmaps.map
2. You will notice that your map is well, in the window
SECTION SPLIT
A. Basic Functions
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/7783/toolsgz6.jpg
Select Allows you to select objects
Translate allows you move objects
Rotate allows you to rotate objects
B. Basic Controls
W-Move Camera Forward
S-Move Camera Backward
A-Move Camera Left
D-Move Camera Right
Shift-Move Camera up
Space-Move Camera down
Right Mouse button+Drag-Look Around
TAB-Change Edit Mode
SELECT MODE:
Left Click-Select object
CTRL+Left Click-Select multiple objects
TRANSLATE MODE:
Left click+Drag-Move left and right
CTRL+Left click+Drag-Move up and Down
Left and Right Arrows-Move Object left and right
Up and Down Arrows-Move Object forward and back
PageUp and PageDown- Move Object up and Down
ROTATE MODE:
Left Click and drag-Yaw
CTRL+Left Click+Drag-Pitch
CTRL+ALT+Left Click+Drag-Roll
C. How to use SparkEdit
1. Moving scenery
Today, we are gonna move a pace of scenery.
1. Open you map in SparkEdit
2. On the right, select the tab that says edit
3. Change the first drop down to "Scenery"
4. Now go to you selection tool and select a object
5. Go to the translate object tool and well... move you object. Controls are above.
6. Now go to file>save changes and be Happy
2. Moving vehicles
Well, why not do vehicles?
1. Open you map in SparkEdit
2. On the right, select the tab that says edit
3. Change the first drop down to "Vehicles"
4. Now go to you selection tool and select a object
5. Go to the translate object tool and well... move you object. Controls are above.
6. Now go to file>save changes and be Happy
And well it's the same for everything else.
3. Deleting a object
Deleting ****
1. Select a object
2. On the tool bar on the top, press the second button from the left
3. Save
4. Duplicating a object
Duplicating ****
1. Select a object
2. On the tool bar on the top, press the first button from the left
3. Save
5. Adding a teleporter pair
Alot of people screw this up so READ
1. Go to Tools>Add teleporter pair
NOTE: The one that point to the other one is the entrance. The one that point no where is the exit
2. Move them to you liking
NOTE: If you test this, you will notice that you teleporters are invisible
3. Duplicate the teleporter shield from one somewhere else in the map
4. Move it to your entrance
5. Do the same for you exit
