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

Spammy · Post by **Spammy** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:15 am

Hmmm. I get an "Attempted to read or write protected memory" error when I use the raw pointer autofixer after I've injected the BSP meta. I'm trying to convert earthcity_3b bsp from 03b_newmombasa. Maybe it's something about that BSP.

Lavix · Post by **Lavix** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:37 am

You should inject the BSP Meta after you have used the autofixer. Also, that BSP your trying to convert, im pretty sure it is to large to convert. I'll try it when I get home and see if I can do it myself.

Spammy · Post by **Spammy** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:46 am

Actually, you would have to fix the raw after you inject the BSP since it has to fix the pointers in the BSP tag. Also, there is no such thing as a bsp that is too large with this tool since it shifts all the data to inject the meta and raw(if needed).

ParaplegicSK8ER · Post by **ParaplegicSK8ER** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:13 am

so i think it would be great if you know some one that understanndes this and have some time could make me a picture tutorial plz thatnks

nice program i think cause i cant use it

Spammy · Post by **Spammy** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:25 am

Well, it must have been the BSP I was trying to convert. Something about it specifically. I just converted the Mainmenu to test it(BTW, it took me like 1/20th the time to do than just using the old tut and doing it manually...ahh convenience is great for us lazy people...)and it worked fine(other than the spawning below the map...But oh well

)

I'm gonna try another BSP and see if I can get it working.

shade45 · Post by **shade45** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:08 am

Awsome update cant wait to try it when i get back home

kornkidcrazy · Post by **kornkidcrazy** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:12 pm

Well I got the new mombasa bsp to be in waterworks, but whenever I attept to load the map on my Xbox my box freezes. Any ideas?

Blackfire · Post by **Blackfire** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:28 pm

kornkidcrazy wrote:Well I got the new mombasa bsp to be in waterworks, but whenever I attept to load the map on my Xbox my box freezes. Any ideas?

Me thinking you great modders might make noob mistakes sometimes, do you have the 1.1 patch on because you need it, the only other reason would be you did something wrong (like me)

TunesRus90 · Post by **TunesRus90** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:35 pm

Well looks awesome Shalted, except I have one question. Have you gotten a map to load after injecting a larger sbsp tag because as far as I know, no one has been succesful in getting a map to load after a larger sbsp tag has been injected, even when all meta/raw pointers have been adjusted correctly. I know that people have been able to add more sbsp raw data successfully but what about meta?

Also as a side note whatever happened to porting Incompetence to OSX?

kornkidcrazy · Post by **kornkidcrazy** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:36 pm

Blackfire wrote:do you have the 1.1 patch on because you need it

This explains a lot, my AU has been off since Xbox's picture trainer. Ill give it a try, thanks for the advice.

EDIT: It still wont work, but DM sees it fine. Ill work on the spwan locations, also, Shalted, those two fake tags (the ltmp and sbsp ones) that are created, to I keep them how they are, like the bsp one, keep it as a bsp?

Blackfire · Post by **Blackfire** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:39 pm

kornkidcrazy wrote:
Blackfire wrote:do you have the 1.1 patch on because you need it
This explains a lot, my AU has been off since Xbox's picture trainer. Ill give it a try, thanks for the advice.

Ok but as payback for my great help if it works I want a link to a beta release so I can try it out too

. (If you didn't get that I would like to help beta test) Anyway back on topic could someone please refine this tutorial like SilencedDeath did for Shade45's first one?

Shalted · Post by **Shalted** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:14 pm

Yes I have gotten a map to load with a larger BSP meta.

Caution: Make sure you inject the BSP in this order.
1.Inject Meta
2.Change Size & Magic
3.Fix Raw

If you inject the bsp after you change the size and magic, the program will think it's got more space to inject the BSP than it really has.

Blackfire · Post by **Blackfire** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:24 pm

Oh and another reason why things don't work sometimes is because you forgot to transfer the lightmap too. Trust me I know from experience.

Shalted · Post by **Shalted** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:20 pm

Blackfire wrote:Oh and another reason why things don't work sometimes is because you forgot to transfer the lightmap too. Trust me I know from experience.

No, the light map is actually part of the BSP, well... The BSP as you guys know it.

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:23 pm

Ooooh, aaaah, v4. =)

Nice update once again.

Spammy · Post by **Spammy** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:59 pm

Shalted wrote:Yes I have gotten a map to load with a larger BSP meta.

Caution: Make sure you inject the BSP in this order.
1.Inject Meta
2.Change Size & Magic
3.Fix Raw

If you inject the bsp after you change the size and magic, the program will think it's got more space to inject the BSP than it really has.

Ahh. That could possibly be the reason. In the tut is says fix magic and size, then inject meta, so I've been doing it that way.

Shalted · Post by **Shalted** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:14 pm

Spammy wrote:
Shalted wrote:Yes I have gotten a map to load with a larger BSP meta.

Caution: Make sure you inject the BSP in this order.
1.Inject Meta
2.Change Size & Magic
3.Fix Raw

If you inject the bsp after you change the size and magic, the program will think it's got more space to inject the BSP than it really has.
Ahh. That could possibly be the reason. In the tut is says fix magic and size, then inject meta, so I've been doing it that way.

Oops, I should probably fix that.

XxSilencedDeathxX · Post by **XxSilencedDeathxX** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:29 pm

When I fix the raw, the program just freezes. Its been frozen for 25 minutes now, is it supposed to take this long?

xStUcKx AbSiNtH · Post by **xStUcKx AbSiNtH** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:44 pm

XxSilencedDeathxX wrote:When I fix the raw, the program just freezes. Its been frozen for 25 minutes now, is it supposed to take this long?

i did a conversion for coagulation to the first old mombosa bsp and that part took only about 2 minutes for me

Juniorman030790 · Post by **Juniorman030790** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:52 pm

Does everything still work even if ADI screams at me and says META TOO EFFIN BIG! ABORTING!

I wonder what actually makes a map system link. What properties must a map have to be system linkable??? Is there a way to find out?