tool "couldnt read map file'.\toolbeta.map'" help

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tool "couldnt read map file'.\toolbeta.map'" help

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i made my map in gmax exported with bluestreak made the jms fie with notepad went to command prompt halo root directory, typed "tool.exe" then all the commands came up. i followed the tut that came with HEK and it said "tool.exe structure levels\test\tutorial tutorial". i did that then this came up:
Couldn't read map file'.\toolbeta.map'
building intermediate geometry...
building collision geometry...
### ERROR couldn't update edge #4045 <red>.
then it went thourgh a long list of those and ended with:
### ERROR failed to build collision geometry.
### ERROR failed to import collision bsp.
what did i do wrong? i know it sounds boring cause its tool but someone plz help me out.
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Couldn't read map file'.\toolbeta.map' comes up all the time don't worry about that, find edge #4045 and fix it. Its probably overlapping a face or something.
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Import the WRL file that tool gave you in your Halo CE root diretory with CHIMP. (Im not sure if there are any others)
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Ahh I didn't know about that, that will help me greatly.
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