I'm new to the map making process for H2V and was wondering if someone could post, or post a link to where I could find the naming conventions used in Max for level creation. I don't want to finish up a map and be unable to compile because of issues with my names.

Halo 2 Vista Map Editor Help and Tutorial
http://h2v.halomaps.org/editor/

All that info and more is in the h2ek readme. it installs with the editer.

I honestly have never seen that before, but that was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you some much, both of you!

In the index: Materials Overview
http://h2v.halomaps.org/editor/index.htm?page=Materials1.html

Isn't that link just a copy of the h2ek readme that everyone already has? just wondering if that one is modified....

Yes it is the same it is just converted to HTML and placed on the web.

Alrite thanks for your help again guys, now I've gone and made a super simple map just to work with applying materials, and I have a few questions. Do I need to make a shader in Guerilla before I can apply it to the map or does the map editor make the shader for me when I compile the map?

As for the shader symbols two part question;

If I'am using a multi/sub material in Max do I apply the symbols to the actual multi/sub mat or the actual sub materials themselves?

And as for symbol placement should they be at the beginning or the end of the mat title?