laghing_rabit's help thread

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Originally Posted by laghing_rabt

one I can't spell

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That's no excuse. You can use a web browser, like Firefox, that automatically spell checks what you are typing.

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Originally Posted by laghing_rabt

two I can take a screen shot I just don't know how to load it up onto the forum

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As I said before, Google is your friend. (Hint: Click the link, first result)

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Originally Posted by laghing_rabt

and three, I can only model, not do anything like tool or any thing like that, becuase I don't know how a the halo PROGRAM works so when something goes wrong I don't know why, I can barley understand the debug txt.

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As I said before, it does not take a programmer to learn how the HEK works so stop acting like it does. You have to post the exact error messages contained in debug.txt as well as clearly explain what you were trying to do. You are extremely vague and no one can help you. You see to be just jumping into using the HEK with no prior knowledge whatsoever. Have you even read the HEK tutorial contained in the Halo Custom Edition installation folder, because it doesn't seem like you have done anything at all.

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Originally Posted by laghing_rabt

also you come off like a jerk.(with holding some more colorfull language). I'm a noob I admit it so stop pounding that into me and help me out so I won't be an annoying noob

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You come onto the forum asking vague questions ('<zteam> tags', 'model exporting'), clearly not knowing what you are doing, and cannot even do one of the simplest of Internet tasks (upload an image). You are coming off as either a troll, or a person who truly is clueless and should try to learn the basics before trying to jump in head first.

What Spartan is saying is true, and although it may sound like he is a jerk, he really is a very nice guy XD

In any case, you should try reading the HEK tutorial before doing anything, heck maybe an internet tutorial (Wonder if it exists...)

well just replace those animations with something else using an animation editor...

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Originally Posted by laghing_rabt

one I can't spell.

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Spelling isn't the only thing...

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Originally Posted by laghing_rabt

two I can take a screen shot I just don't know how to load it up onto the forum.

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Dude, a 3 year old knows how to post a link and I have friends that are pretty much tech impaired and they still know how to upload an image.

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Originally Posted by laghing_rabt

three, I can only model, not do anything like tool or any thing like that, becuase I don't know how a the halo PROGRAM works so when something goes wrong I don't know why, I can barley understand the debug txt. also you come off like a jerk. (with holding some more colorfull language). I'm a noob I admit it so stop pounding that into me and help me out so I won't be an annoying noob.

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Try looking at tutorial before you make yourself look more like an ass. HEK comes with a folder full of instructions, help, clues, and EVEN a FULL LEVEL CREATION TUTORIAL! Halo requires no programing or scripting knowledge for beginners. Hell, it doesn't really need any modeling experience to get started, the tutorial it comes with will cover the basics. Noob or Pro, we're not going to stop pounding this into you, like my teacher pounds physic formulas into his students' heads, until you remember it.

=D This community is really nice to new members. Maybe it's because of all the spammers and noobs in the past that steered this community towards this treatment of new comers.

E: why doesn't ninja work anymore? :(

EE: It looks like you got your directory wrong. Try typing in a correct directory for the jms file.

I got the sparrow howk from CMTs tag release and it flies kinda wierd, like a helacopter. it sorta makes sense if it didn't have wings. I can't figure out how to change how it flies, from the vehicle tag. do I change it in the physics tag or is it in the gbx model, I would much rather it fly like a banshee or atleast a pelican, instead you have to look down to move fast, and not touch any thing to move. can some one tell me how to change its flight behavoirs?

I've read all the way through the official HEK tutorial, and whent through several tutorials specific for Gmax, many where for scenery which I was trying to make, so I'm not just jumpping in. when using tool to make the gbx model from the gmax model exported into JMS format I get message on tool that is not what I was looking for, it says I got the wrong directory but I typed it 5 diffrent times and checked my spelling, as I was saying I don't know why it still says I have the wrong directory, I'm no computer expert. I really hate command prompt. also I've uploaded images on forums before but this ones different.

I'm not normaly an ass but I'm really getting frustraited, and this is the only place that I can get good answers. btw, I do check my spelling all the time but I make somany mistakes that it doesn't help to much.

copy the debug text and paste it in your next post

The physics tag mostly affects the way the vehicle collides with objects, but to an extent it affects its flight behavior (weight, anti-gravity, etc). I messed with this for a while, but I didn't get very far, I just got it flyable (actually, I got it to fly pretty much exactly like a banshee, since I copied the banshee physics and vehicle tags). It looks like after I gave it back to CMT they tweaked it further.
You'll want to change both the physics tag and the vehicle tag to get it to work the way you want to. (Don't ask me for my tags because I cba to dig up the right versions).

The physics are very finicky. Half the time you'll get something like this for no apparent reason, and you'll just have to keep messing with it:

Tool does not allow spaces. Here's a few examples:

Your directory is for example:
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\Data\Scenery\Test Scenery\Models\testscenery.jms

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This is what you would type into tool for directory A:

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tool model scenery\test scenery

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Which is correct in tool, but you're directory is wrong. it should look like this:
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\Data\Scenery\Test_Scenery\Models\testscenery.jms

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From Data folder onward, don't use spaces, tool won't read them.
This is what you should type into tool:

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tool model scenery\test_scenery

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Set up your folders in your data like this:

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[type of item in halo, ie. scenery, weapons, vehicles]\[name of your item]

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In that folder have the following folders:

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*Models
*Physics
*Bitmaps
*Animations
*FP(if it's a weapon and inside FP, have a Models folder and an Animations folder)

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You don't have to stick to this format, but it's nice to have to organize your items.

He could type the directory inside quotes.