[Halo 2] Pointer Tool V4 and a SP->MP tutorial!

Samusaaron3 · Post by **Samusaaron3** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:33 pm

how do I tell what needs to be fixed?

Spammy · Post by **Spammy** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:09 am

"Some IDs in th BSP meta are still linked to the left over tags, so you have to swap them to either the BSP, or the lightmap depending on which one it is(Don't worry it's pretty easy to tell them apart). "

That is what you need to fix. The ID's will either link to the old Sbsp tag or the old Ltmp tag, which you have to switch to the new tag(s).

shade45 · Post by **shade45** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:59 am

Spammy wrote:"Some IDs in th BSP meta are still linked to the left over tags, so you have to swap them to either the BSP, or the lightmap depending on which one it is(Don't worry it's pretty easy to tell them apart). "

That is what you need to fix. The ID's will either link to the old Sbsp tag or the old Ltmp tag, which you have to switch to the new tag(s).

Yeah some bsp's have like 300 of those its not to hard to fix though.. just do a replace search in hex workshop for that id and replace with the id for the new bsp..

I still havnt gotten a chance to play with this new update yet

hopefully by this weekend i will.. then ill be able to help more with questions regarding the new update.. and maybe do a sweet bsp conversion

Spammy · Post by **Spammy** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:28 am

Maybe not if Insolence keeps up with the model data destroying...

t_mann05 · Post by **t_mann05** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:13 am

So is there a different way to fix the bsp raws than using the "fix" button in the pointer tool?

Shalted · Post by **Shalted** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:23 pm

Spammy wrote:Maybe not if Insolence keeps up with the model data destroying...

Hm... I might rewrite that part of my program, so it doesn't loop forever when it looks for the offset to inject the BSP... Won't be until later tonight though.

Zenaku213 · Post by **Zenaku213** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:43 pm

Noice app.

Samusaaron3 · Post by **Samusaaron3** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:25 pm

shade45 wrote:
Spammy wrote:"Some IDs in th BSP meta are still linked to the left over tags, so you have to swap them to either the BSP, or the lightmap depending on which one it is(Don't worry it's pretty easy to tell them apart). "

That is what you need to fix. The ID's will either link to the old Sbsp tag or the old Ltmp tag, which you have to switch to the new tag(s).
Yeah some bsp's have like 300 of those its not to hard to fix though.. just do a replace search in hex workshop for that id and replace with the id for the new bsp..

I still havnt gotten a chance to play with this new update yet hopefully by this weekend i will.. then ill be able to help more with questions regarding the new update.. and maybe do a sweet bsp conversion

Where do you find the BSP ID?

Pyroman · Post by **Pyroman** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:15 pm

He is talking about the BSP's lone ids.

Samusaaron3 · Post by **Samusaaron3** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:50 pm

"just do a replace search in hex workshop for that id and replace with the id for the new bsp.. "

Which ID does he mean?

Is it the Identifyer of the SBSP? The meta offset?

Shalted · Post by **Shalted** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:47 pm

Update: Added some code to (hopefully) ignore trashed models, hopefully this won't break it The rest of the program... And Added another bugfix where the combined BSP, Meta and index size wasn't big enough.(thanks pokecancer).

Juniorman030790 · Post by **Juniorman030790** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:50 am

Thanks For The Update. Maybe I can do that conversion I want to do soon.

t_mann05 · Post by **t_mann05** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:38 am

So it wont freeze now when i click "fix" after injecting the BSP?

PigFarker · Post by **PigFarker** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:07 am

Ugh, insolence keeps freezing when its at Relinking ltmp when transfering the magical BSP tag

TunesRus90 · Post by **TunesRus90** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:33 am

okay well I have all tags the sbsp needs besides the sbsp and ltmp in my map. UAT says its all proper and the map loads in halo 2 just fine.

So then I extracted the fake sbsp tag, injected it with the newest PT, then changed size and magic, and it screws up my map. No programs open it.

Also I tried going back (before injecting sbsp meta) and transfering raw data first, and its been sitting here for about an hour now.

Shalted · Post by **Shalted** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:44 am

TunesRus90 wrote:okay well I have all tags the sbsp needs besides the sbsp and ltmp in my map. UAT says its all proper and the map loads in halo 2 just fine.

So then I extracted the fake sbsp tag, injected it with the newest PT, then changed size and magic, and it screws up my map. No programs open it.

Also I tried going back (before injecting sbsp meta) and transfering raw data first, and its been sitting here for about an hour now.

You're supposed to inject the Conversion BSP tag, not the fake BSP tag.

TunesRus90 · Post by **TunesRus90** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:51 am

Shalted wrote:
TunesRus90 wrote:okay well I have all tags the sbsp needs besides the sbsp and ltmp in my map. UAT says its all proper and the map loads in halo 2 just fine.

So then I extracted the fake sbsp tag, injected it with the newest PT, then changed size and magic, and it screws up my map. No programs open it.

Also I tried going back (before injecting sbsp meta) and transfering raw data first, and its been sitting here for about an hour now.
You're supposed to inject the Conversion BSP tag, not the fake BSP tag.

Sorry I meant the conversion one. I was using the conversion one, and it still didn't work.

t_mann05 · Post by **t_mann05** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:17 pm

I wish someone would respond to my posts when i ask questions about this pointer tool that this topic is about.

Is it fixed yet or being worked on or what? Cuz it freezes when i press the fix button after injecting the bsp.

thanks

t_mann05

PigFarker · Post by **PigFarker** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:09 pm

Ok, insolence is really starting to piss me off, it just stops doing anything at Relinking the last tag.

Samusaaron3 · Post by **Samusaaron3** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:38 pm

Samusaaron3 wrote:"just do a replace search in hex workshop for that id and replace with the id for the new bsp.. "

Which ID does he mean?

Is it the Identifyer of the SBSP? The meta offset?