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

TunesRus90 · Post by **TunesRus90** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:01 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?

With the method in the tutorial, the sbsp will still point to non-existant sbsp and ltmp tags. So to fix this, first get the Idents for the SP sbsp and ltmp and the MP sbsp and ident. then endian swap them. To do this go to the converter tab in PT and paste the indent into the 'hex' box. Then select 'make' and hit 'Generate Pointer'

Do this for all 4 of the idents (MP & SP sbsp and ltmp idents) and write them all down.
Then open the sbsp meta in hex workshop and click Edit>Replace
For 'Find' put in the endained SP Ident, and for Replace put in the endianed MP sbsp Ident. Then click 'OK'. Repeat this for the ltmp.

Now open up PT and inject the sbsp meta (assuming that it injects right which I can't get it to do)

Anyways now for my questoins. Do you have any idea why the sbsp injecting screws up the map? Also why does it freeze when I try to fix raw? Finally, what should we do about the ltmp meta?

t_mann05 · Post by **t_mann05** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:32 pm

Anyways now for my questoins. Do you have any idea why the sbsp injecting screws up the map? Also why does it freeze when I try to fix raw? Finally, what should we do about the ltmp meta?[/quote]

We all seem to have the same problem...........i want to know if its being worked on currently. Anyone know?

Samusaaron3 · Post by **Samusaaron3** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:23 pm

thank you TunesRus90!

ali954 · Post by **ali954** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:03 pm

if tryed this like 15 times and i cant get it. some1 needs to make a video tut

PigFarker · Post by **PigFarker** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:41 am

Ok, here is Pointer Tool 3.5, it seems to fix raw pointer in a snap.

xzodia · Post by **xzodia** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:44 am

i tried that earlier but it didnt fix the lone ids so i wasnt sure it had even done anything

Samusaaron3 · Post by **Samusaaron3** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:21 am

PigFarker wrote:Ok, here is Pointer Tool 3.5, it seems to fix raw pointer in a snap.

I was able to fix the raw pointers, but now in Halo 2 it says "failed to load map"

Whats wrong now?

PigFarker · Post by **PigFarker** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:26 am

Samusaaron3 wrote:
PigFarker wrote:Ok, here is Pointer Tool 3.5, it seems to fix raw pointer in a snap.
I was able to fix the raw pointers, but now in Halo 2 it says "failed to load map"

Whats wrong now?

Yeah, like with my incorrect build, you need to sign map, but any app that you try to sign with, even pointer tool, it gives you an error, meaning its corrupt.

Samusaaron3 · Post by **Samusaaron3** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:29 am

PigFarker wrote:
Samusaaron3 wrote:
PigFarker wrote:Ok, here is Pointer Tool 3.5, it seems to fix raw pointer in a snap.
I was able to fix the raw pointers, but now in Halo 2 it says "failed to load map"

Whats wrong now?
Yeah, like with my incorrect build, you need to sign map, but any app that you try to sign with, even pointer tool, it gives you an error, meaning its corrupt.

I was able to sign the map with TF6's encryptor tool.

It still says failed to load map.

TunesRus90 · Post by **TunesRus90** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:28 am

well I dont know if PT 3.5 works for raw pointers as I haven't tried it yet, but even if it does then you would still need to inject sbsp meta and since PT 4 doesn't seem to be working then you can only inject sbsp meta which is smaller than the original, leaving you with a minimal selection.

xzodia · Post by **xzodia** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:28 am

xzodia wrote:i tried that earlier but it didnt fix the lone ids so i wasnt sure it had even done anything

did you do that?

PigFarker · Post by **PigFarker** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:32 am

TunesRus90 wrote:well I dont know if PT 3.5 works for raw pointers as I haven't tried it yet, but even if it does then you would still need to inject sbsp meta and since PT 4 doesn't seem to be working then you can only inject sbsp meta which is smaller than the original, leaving you with a minimal selection.

You can just change the size of the BSP

PigFarker · Post by **PigFarker** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:35 am

Also, is it just me, or does insolence freeze at Relinking the ltmp, llightmap bipm, or SBSP? How do I fix this?

xzodia · Post by **xzodia** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:42 am

its just you or you map it worked fine when i did it

TunesRus90 · Post by **TunesRus90** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:42 am

PigFarker wrote:You can just change the size of the BSP

No you can't.

you would have to shift meta and fix a lot of pointers, which would take forever by hand. Therfore you can only do bsp's that have a smaller sbsp meta.

PigFarker wrote:Also, is it just me, or does insolence freeze at Relinking the ltmp, llightmap bipm, or SBSP? How do I fix this?

I'm pretty sure insolence can't transfer those types of tags correctly, so just null the references to them in the conversion sbsp tag before you try to transfer it.

Shalted · Post by **Shalted** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:24 pm

TunesRus90 wrote:
PigFarker wrote:You can just change the size of the BSP
No you can't. you would have to shift meta and fix a lot of pointers, which would take forever by hand. Therfore you can only do bsp's that have a smaller sbsp meta.
PigFarker wrote:Also, is it just me, or does insolence freeze at Relinking the ltmp, llightmap bipm, or SBSP? How do I fix this?
I'm pretty sure insolence can't transfer those types of tags correctly, so just null the references to them in the conversion sbsp tag before you try to transfer it.

It works for me every time I do it. Unless you did something to screw up the map, it should have no problem injecting and shifting the map.

XxSilencedDeathxX · Post by **XxSilencedDeathxX** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:25 pm

TunesRus90 wrote:
PigFarker wrote:Also, is it just me, or does insolence freeze at Relinking the ltmp, llightmap bipm, or SBSP? How do I fix this?
I'm pretty sure insolence can't transfer those types of tags correctly, so just null the references to them in the conversion sbsp tag before you try to transfer it.

How would you do that? Everytime I look at the dependencies it doesn't show them all or give me an error and than keep loading it, than give the error, reload, error etc.

TunesRus90 · Post by **TunesRus90** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:31 pm

XxSilencedDeathxX wrote:
TunesRus90 wrote:
PigFarker wrote:Also, is it just me, or does insolence freeze at Relinking the ltmp, llightmap bipm, or SBSP? How do I fix this?
I'm pretty sure insolence can't transfer those types of tags correctly, so just null the references to them in the conversion sbsp tag before you try to transfer it.
How would you do that? Everytime I look at the dependencies it doesn't show them all or give me an error and than keep loading it, than give the error, reload, error etc.

just do what I did in the tutorial above, extract the conversion tag's meta etc. Except swap all the ltmp references for some random small tag, then swap all the sbsp references for another random small tag. Then after insolence transfers the tag, swap them for the sbsp and ltmp tags in the map you transfered the conversion tag to.

XxSilencedDeathxX · Post by **XxSilencedDeathxX** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:36 pm

Ok, I can change the ltmp tag fine, but when I try and change the tag class of the sbsp one it gives me an overflow error and it still freezes in insolence.

Spammy · Post by **Spammy** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:08 pm

When ADI freezes when trying to switch the tag class, I use h2x to switch the fake sbsp.