allright i guess you all think : HA! an other noob who can't do any thing without help.
but the thing is that tool will not open. and when
it opens it stays open for a split second and then closes

im using vista

please help me i can use 3ds max and i want to make halo maps but the crap ive been through just to export a map and now this?

by open do you mean that you have tryed to open it by double clicking on it like it is a applaction?

if you have tool dosn't work like that.

you first have to open the commad prompt
then navagate to the halo ce root dir and the type in the commad you wont.
ie tool.exe bitmaps levels\test\tutoral\bitmaps

if you wont a applaction that you dont need to open the command promt download this applaction which will run the commands for you. http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=578
Edited by killer kiwi on Jul 15, 2008 at 04:29 PM

thanks killer kiwi you are a life saver

but i took the tif file into guerilla and it said "you need to set your working directory."
Edited by randomteddybear on Jul 16, 2008 at 08:12 AM

thank alot im new at this but it seems to work

wow, vista is always the issue. i made a couple of models and they compiled fine, and converted many bitmaps.
I have vista, and I wish people would stop putting down my os!!

One thing i did that helps alot and saves time is to copy my actual command prompt aplication start>search> type in "cmd", should be somewhere in c:\windows\system32 or somethin), and copy it to your halo ce directory. then when it opens, the hale ce directory is already there, and you can just type in tool.exe bla bla bla. My original command prompt was wierd and wouldn't let me get t the halo ce directory but this fixed that. Tool++ is also great!

Try using Tool++.
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=578

by the way... the command you are using is:

tool.exe bitmaps levels\coldsnap_valley\bitmaps\ground

try tool.exe bitmaps levels\coldsnap_valley\bitmaps

for the bitmaps command in tool... you type in the source directory not the source directory + the specific file as you did in

tool.exe bitmaps levels\coldsnap_valley\bitmaps\ground

you dont have to type tool.exe you can just type tool its much easier
you cant open tiffs in geurilla, they must be compiled itno bitmap format