Ok, i open up sapien, go into the hierarchy view window, go into objects/units/vehicles, then i click on edit types on the top of the hierarchy menu, click add, find the vehicles i want to add, i click "add tag(s)" and this shows up. "Not all selected tags could be added to the palette: You selected one or more files that couldn't be loaded correctly. Contact your nearest bungie programmer for assistance.

What is this? It always pops up when i try to load pretty much anything. Help please =)

I take it these aren't stock vehicles....

#1 open globals.globals and make sure you added the custom vehicles properly

#2 open up the vehicle tags and fix any missing tags (red stuff)

#3 post debug

How and where do i open up globals.globals? (im a beginner in halo mapping/modding)

first, you don't need to open globals.globals quite yet. but post the last paragraph of debug.txt here, and we can tell you what's wrong.

Ok heres the debug





10.27.09 01:12:18 sapien pc 01.00.00.0609 ----------------------------------------------
10.27.09 01:12:18 reference function: _write_to_error_file
10.27.09 01:12:18 reference address: 401b13
10.27.09 01:12:18 Couldn't read map file './sapienbeta.map'
10.27.09 01:12:18 CreateDevice succeeded with refresh rate = 0
10.27.09 01:12:19 Sound card doesn't meet minimum hardware requirements. Disabling hardware option.
10.27.09 01:12:21 Increasing sound decompression buffer size to 1048576 bytes
10.27.09 01:13:07 local player 0, weapon (0x0), deleted unexpectedly
10.27.09 01:14:34 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\creep.gbxmodel') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:14:34 couldn't open gbxmodel tag 'creep.gbxmodel'.
10.27.09 01:14:34 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\creep.model_animations') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:14:34 couldn't open model_animations tag 'creep.model_animations'.
10.27.09 01:14:34 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\creep.model_collision_geometry') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:14:34 couldn't open model_collision_geometry tag 'creep.model_collision_geometry'.
10.27.09 01:14:34 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\creep.physics') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:14:34 couldn't open physics tag 'creep.physics'.
10.27.09 01:14:34 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\sounds\engine\creep engine.sound_looping') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:14:34 couldn't open sound_looping tag 'creep engine.sound_looping'.
10.27.09 01:14:34 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\plasma_turret\creep_turret.weapon') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:14:34 couldn't open weapon tag 'creep_turret.weapon'.
10.27.09 01:14:34 failed to load vehicle tag 'vehicles\creep\creep'
10.27.09 01:14:55 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\creep.gbxmodel') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:14:55 couldn't open gbxmodel tag 'creep.gbxmodel'.
10.27.09 01:14:55 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\creep.model_animations') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:14:55 couldn't open model_animations tag 'creep.model_animations'.
10.27.09 01:14:55 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\creep.model_collision_geometry') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:14:55 couldn't open model_collision_geometry tag 'creep.model_collision_geometry'.
10.27.09 01:14:55 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\creep.physics') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:14:55 couldn't open physics tag 'creep.physics'.
10.27.09 01:14:55 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\sounds\engine\creep engine.sound_looping') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:14:55 couldn't open sound_looping tag 'creep engine.sound_looping'.
10.27.09 01:14:55 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\plasma_turret\creep_turret.weapon') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:14:55 couldn't open weapon tag 'creep_turret.weapon'.
10.27.09 01:14:55 failed to load vehicle tag 'vehicles\creep\creep'
10.27.09 01:15:01 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\creep.gbxmodel') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:15:01 couldn't open gbxmodel tag 'creep.gbxmodel'.
10.27.09 01:15:01 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\creep.model_animations') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:15:01 couldn't open model_animations tag 'creep.model_animations'.
10.27.09 01:15:01 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\creep.model_collision_geometry') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:15:01 couldn't open model_collision_geometry tag 'creep.model_collision_geometry'.
10.27.09 01:15:01 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\creep.physics') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:15:01 couldn't open physics tag 'creep.physics'.
10.27.09 01:15:01 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\sounds\engine\creep engine.sound_looping') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:15:01 couldn't open sound_looping tag 'creep engine.sound_looping'.
10.27.09 01:15:01 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\plasma_turret\creep_turret.weapon') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:15:01 couldn't open weapon tag 'creep_turret.weapon'.
10.27.09 01:15:01 failed to load vehicle tag 'vehicles\creep\creep'
10.27.09 01:24:58 file_open('tags\h2\vehicles\creep\creep.gbxmodel') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
10.27.09 01:24:58 couldn't open gbxmodel tag 'creep.gbxmodel'.

You aren't putting the tags in the correct directory. The "creep" folder should be in the tags\h2\vehicles folder.

Edit: wait, so i put the h2 folder in the vehicle tags folder? or in the tags folder? (btw, this error even happens when i try to open actor vars, does that mean they are in the wrong folder also?)
Edited by Halodude450 on Oct 27, 2009 at 11:28 PM

h2 folder goes in tags folder. And for actor variants, they're either in the wrong folder, or you're missing necessary tags.

ok, i got the shadow in the map (woot) now how would i save it and put it in game?

Save the scenario, and compile the scenario in tool.

How exactly do i use tool? I opened it up and it closed a second later.

Copy the command prompt, aka cmd.exe. It's located in C:/Windows/System32/ Find it, copy it, and paste it into your Halo Custom Edition folder. Then, run it. Then, type into it:
tool build-cache-file "directory"

Replace "directory" with your directory of the scenario file, starting from tags, but not including tags. So if my scenario was bloodgulchmod.scenario inside tags\levels\test\bloodgulch, I'd type:

tool build-cache-file levels\test\bloodgulch\bloodgulchmod

Edit: Ok, so i did what you said to do in tool, i think it worked, but i can't find where it saved the map. if there was an error, this may help





C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition>tool build_cache_file level
s\test\tutorial\Test Map
Couldn't read map file './toolbeta.map'
usage: tool verb <options..>
model source-directory
animations source-directory
strings source-directory
unicode-strings source-directory
bitmaps source-directory
bitmap source-file
structure scenario-directory bsp-name
structure-lens-flares bsp-name
structure-breakable-surfaces structure-name
collision-geometry source-directory
physics source-file
sounds directory-name platform<xbox,wav,ogg> ogg_only_value_flag<quality or bi
trate>
sounds_by_type directory-name type <round to 64 samples:yes/no>
build-cache-file <scenario-name>
windows-font
hud-messages <path> <scenario-name>
lightmaps <scenario> <bsp index> <quality> <stop threshhold>
process-sounds <root path> <substring> <gain+|gain-|gain=|maximum-distance|min
imum-distance> <value>
merge-scenery <source scenario> <destination scenario>
zoners_model_upgrade
import-device-defaults <defaults|profiles> <savegame path>

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition>
Edited by Halodude450 on Oct 28, 2009 at 12:07 AM

if your scenario is called Test map with a space in it, then use "Test map"
The space in name requires the use of " "

Edited by Maniac1000 on Oct 28, 2009 at 12:22 AM

You don't type tool build_cache_file. You type: tool build-cache-file
And yes, do what Maniac said above. Put it around the levels\test\tutorial\test map, so you type:

tool build-cache-file "levels\test\tutorial\test map"
Edited by Gamma927 on Oct 28, 2009 at 12:24 AM

Edit: ok tool worked, now where did it save the map? i check both the maps folder and the levels folder.
Edited by Halodude450 on Oct 28, 2009 at 12:36 AM

if it worked its in the maps folder.

it's not there 8(. I'll try again later. Thanks for the help guys, i made progress =D

if you ran tool as admin, then it should be in the maps folder (not the maps folder in your tags folder). If you did not run tool as admin, then it probably wouldn't appear in windows, but if you run halo you should see your map in the map list.