[H1&2] HEK plus made SteelIXB

Halobox · Post by **Halobox** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:30 pm

Credits goes to : SteelIXB

Great add-in and update plug in

NOTES:

I'll cut out all the crap about this program and say a few things:

########### KNOWN BUGS ###########

- Clicking on a column header in a listview while a context menu is open causes the menu to stick.

- Some tags in Halo CE maps do not extract. This is because they are not in the map. They are actually default tags and are not needed to be extracted.

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=== And back to the crap... ===

Ok, so you've just opened HEKPlus for the first time and don't know where to start.

1. Well, the user interface is as simple as it can be. On the menu, go to File > Open, or use the toolbar and click the Open button.

2. Choose a Map to open. It can be any map from Halo 1 or Halo 2. Please note that Halo 1 Xbox compressed maps are not currently supported, but will be later on.

3. Browse the map.

=== Using the tag extractor: ===

Instead of repeating myself, look at the Tag Extraction Queue panel in HEKPlus. Click the button with the help icon in it and read up on how to extract.

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GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:54 pm

Sweet, trying it out now.

link_36p · Post by **link_36p** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:59 pm

What all can it do so far and what do you plan on incorporating in the future?

tjc2k4 · Post by **tjc2k4** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:02 pm

This tool is mainly for Halo PC/CE/1, it can't do much (anything) for Halo 2 (at the moment).

link_36p · Post by **link_36p** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:03 pm

wow there this looks awsome, great job steel dude..... why didnt he release it himself?

Can it do any raw extraction?

Xiion · Post by **Xiion** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:08 pm

so what exactly does this do? is it like promethues and sparkit and HEK? put together all into one program?

SuperSunnyIsSoDelight · Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:20 pm

No, it is not. It is a program that is able to convert tags out of Halo PC Maps, Halo CE Maps, and Halo Xbox Maps into HEK Format. You can also add a password to your maps if you want to protect them.

It can recover lost tags if you have released a map but lost your tagset.

Also, do not mix SparkEdit and the HEK. It already has Sapien which is a full-time Halo Engine rendered populator.

Btw, he did release it himself.

http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/sh ... 133&page=1

Halobox · Post by **Halobox** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:25 pm

The main interesting thing in this prog is the add-in plug In the update manager you can DL an addin sample source code in vb.NET/C#/J#

So imagine the possibilities...

At first bitm viewer will be create i suppose and, lol we can dream a inject.extract BSP model, add in

:):)

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 7:21 pm

So, judging from what Sunny said, is this the famed "tag-convertor"?

UnlockedTitan · Post by **UnlockedTitan** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 7:26 pm

yes, which means a lot of people are going to post tags that arnt even theirs

link_36p · Post by **link_36p** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:35 pm

SuperSunnyIsSoDelight wrote: Btw, he did release it himself.

http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/sh ... 133&page=1

Its locked.......... and the mods reason didnt seem very clear... maybe the 27 pages? lol

SteelixB · Post by **SteelixB** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:49 pm

Enjoy.. :p

Halo 2 is not yet fully supported, as the main focus was getting support for Halo 1 first. However, it can open Halo 2 maps no problem. Really, all that needs to be done is plugins do be made for Halo 2.

DECOY · Post by **DECOY** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:54 pm

Thanks very much!

You Rock!

UnlockedTitan · Post by **UnlockedTitan** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:15 am

will we be able to extract all tags from halo 2 maps once it is complete?

SteelixB · Post by **SteelixB** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:14 am

No. Since there is no editing kit for Halo 2, what's the point in extracting the tags? Besides, I have nothing to compare original Halo 2 tags with compiled Halo 2 tags.

Ombre · Post by **Ombre** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 5:17 pm

Good job with the program, now all i have to do is learn how to use hek,

yea i read the whole 27 pages, pretty good read, the argument reminded me of when the scripting info for halo was released.

UnlockedTitan · Post by **UnlockedTitan** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:28 pm

what new features are in the new version (the one where you have to install it from the setup.exe file)

SteelixB · Post by **SteelixB** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 8:12 am

It's written basically everywhere. On the update checker, it gives a description of the features, on the website's version history, and on the official release post on gearbox forums.

Website: www.haloimpulse.com/cmt/steelixben

UnlockedTitan · Post by **UnlockedTitan** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:36 pm

why all of a sudden did you make HEK plus a setup.exe file and make it install files in the program files folder? what happened to your old "click on hek and its the updated one."

SteelixB · Post by **SteelixB** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:47 pm

A setup is much more practical for updates.

"click on hek and its the updated one."

what do you mean?