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wishing for a better map editor

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:56 pm
by halonerd12
ok. i've been thinking (again) about building a new halo map editor. the big thing about this one would be it automates different tasks. (halo ce map converting anybody?)

anyway i've also got (finally!) some programming experience. But i'm a little lost on how to read a halo map file. this is what i believe i would have to do:

1.) open the file as a binary file
2.) read the tags based on position
3.) change the tags.


i'm also not sure whether or not to just mod Eschaton's source. any tips or comments? i'd appreciate feed-back :D

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Re: wishing for a better map editor

Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:36 am
by Dirk Gently
halonerd12 wrote:ok. i've been thinking (again) about building a new halo map editor. the big thing about this one would be it automates different tasks. (halo ce map converting anybody?)
that is what Harbinger is for
Andrew_b wrote:Modding is not about making things easier, it is about modding

Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:21 am
by Altimit01
And here I thought you were ROUS for a bit. Check my site for a basic tutorial about how the map file is designed. Here