Single Player films

Gruntlord5 · Post by **Gruntlord5** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:43 am

Does anyone know what i would have to do to change my character from master chief to a grunt? would it be like modding a multiplayer save film, and if so what values do i change?

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:15 pm

I was unaware that single player films were even capable of being accessed...

I sincerely doubt the possibility, for a grunt may not have certain animations for the gun Master Chief / Arbiter was using at the time.

Not to mention, I'm relatively certain they're not accessible...

Eaton · Post by **Eaton** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:28 pm

Aumaan Anubis wrote:I was unaware that single player films were even capable of being accessed...

I sincerely doubt the possibility, for a grunt may not have certain animations for the gun Master Chief / Arbiter was using at the time.

Not to mention, I'm relatively certain they're not accessible...

You can get single player films off of your Xbox 360 the same way you get multiplayer ones. I have a few on my PC.

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:32 pm

ORLY NOW?

Cools. I had no idea. Good luck, GruntLord.

haloflames · Post by **haloflames** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:34 pm

Did this work for anyone yet? Just curious

SPARTAN-OMEGA · Post by **SPARTAN-OMEGA** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:20 pm

Yes Im pretty sure it does but it causes freezing because of animation problems

Gruntlord5 · Post by **Gruntlord5** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:49 pm

SPARTAN-OMEGA wrote:Yes Im pretty sure it does but it causes freezing because of animation problems

my film does not call on those animations, because all my guy does is shoot a needler and plasma pistol, tebag, and jump up and down.
i know its possible( detox told me)
but he did not specify what i was to change or what to replace it with.

vid3ogameaddict · Post by **vid3ogameaddict** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:30 am

No, I highly doubt their is even a grunt model in the map even if you could swap it.

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:36 am

Gruntlord5 wrote:
SPARTAN-OMEGA wrote:Yes Im pretty sure it does but it causes freezing because of animation problems
my film does not call on those animations, because all my guy does is shoot a needler and plasma pistol, tebag, and jump up and down.
i know its possible( detox told me)
but he did not specify what i was to change or what to replace it with.

Then you have no idea how picky the Blam! API is when it comes to continuity problems.
For the people wondering, you can access the films, and always have been.
You cannot record a clip of said film, though.
What did he change? He swapped the bipd... what else would he have done?

vid3ogameaddict wrote:No, I highly doubt their is even a grunt model in the map even if you could swap it.

Have you ever modded Halo?

Gruntlord5 · Post by **Gruntlord5** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:50 pm

Veegie wrote:
Gruntlord5 wrote:
SPARTAN-OMEGA wrote:Yes Im pretty sure it does but it causes freezing because of animation problems
my film does not call on those animations, because all my guy does is shoot a needler and plasma pistol, tebag, and jump up and down.
i know its possible( detox told me)
but he did not specify what i was to change or what to replace it with.
Then you have no idea how picky the Blam! API is when it comes to continuity problems.
For the people wondering, you can access the films, and always have been.
You cannot record a clip of said film, though.
What did he change? He swapped the bipd... what else would he have done?

vid3ogameaddict wrote:No, I highly doubt their is even a grunt model in the map even if you could swap it.
Have you ever modded Halo?

well that i DO know, i was wondering what i change to what. I know i have to use a hex editor, but i have no idea what i am supposed to change to what.(hex wise)

Eaton · Post by **Eaton** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:03 pm

You would find the Grunt's identifier in Johnson or Engineer, find the Masterchief's identifier in the film, and overwrite the Masterchief identifier with the Grunt's.

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:05 pm

Eaton wrote:You would find the Grunt's identifier in Johnson or Engineer and replace it with the Masterchief's.

You got it backwards.

Eaton · Post by **Eaton** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:08 pm

Veegie wrote:
Eaton wrote:You would find the Grunt's identifier in Johnson or Engineer and replace it with the Masterchief's.
You got it backwards.

Whoops, that I did. Fixed.

unknownv2 · Post by **unknownv2** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:17 pm

No, doing that won't get you anywhere at all.

Gruntlord5 · Post by **Gruntlord5** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:30 pm

yeah, thats what i already tried, it dosent show anything. it says there is no match.

Eaton · Post by **Eaton** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:37 pm

Oh... Sorry, I have never personally tried. Then what is the proper way?

unknownv2 · Post by **unknownv2** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:42 pm

Eaton wrote:Oh... Sorry, I have never personally tried. Then what is the proper way?

That's the point, nobody knows. I doubt it's even possible.

Gruntlord5 · Post by **Gruntlord5** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:04 pm

well detox told me it was possible in a pm, but failed to specify how.

-DeToX- wrote:
gruntlord6 wrote:I know you are very busy with your research, but I am not nearly smart enough to figure this out on my own and was wondering if you could help. I wanted to mod a sp film so I was a grunt, so I tried to change the identifier for the master chief with a grunt, it didn’t work, so I checked the research on film modding. I soon realised that I was doing it completely wrong. But I do not know what to change. Can you help me?
There's an indicator for what biped you are around your armour and such I beleive. If you edit it correctly it should work.

I never really messed with films much, CON mods don't interest me much.

And I don't mind helping, I like helping people, any time you need help, tell me.

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:25 pm

The player profile block.
The first byte I believe determines whether you're an Elite or Master Chief in MP.
Conversely it does the same for determining what biped you are in SP, if I remember right.

CompKronos · Post by **CompKronos** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:41 pm

overhauled for clarity:
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So veegie, previously you've pointed out (^^) that there is a byte that determines what biped you will be in a video in single player campaign. My question is then two parts

1)Does the byte identify the biped by something like: Masterchief is 0x01 so if the byte is 01 then the biped is master chief. Defines a byte to correspond to specific predetermined bipeds.

2) (now basically irrelevant anyway): Does the byte(s) actaully reference the biped tag that the respective person is?

sorry, i hope the message is a little clearer now.