I was trying to find out if you play as any character in HCE like Link

Yes Sir you can play as any existing character (in game already)
or make a custom character(biped rigging).

can u tell me how?

Sure either bump possession in a map,or just navigate to your globals and change the biped to any of your choice or "simple method" just open the masterchief biped and change the model animation and collision geometry to whatever other biped you want for example,


characters/masterchief/masterchief.biped

(you will see after you open masterchief,biped)

model:characters/masterchief/masterchief
animation graph:characters/masterchief/masterchief
collision geometry:characters/masterchief/masterchief

change those to character/elite/elite

note models end in .gbx_model


Note this is off of memory those might not be exactly correct but you should get the idea.

The default character is the Spartan Biped and you can choose multiple colors in slayer games or between red or blue in ctf style games. That is the default setting for most maps.

There are no external Biped model files like in Half Life or UT all models are incorporated into he map itself. The editing kit allows you to make changes to the default biped in the map you are making however it is not a simple matter of swaping one for the other because you have to make or correct the animations for the existing characters in the game. If you want to add a new character you need to make all the animations both first person and 3rd person for the new biped model as well as create the model. This requires knowing how to 3D model the character, animate it and compile it into the format needed to include it in the map.

Edited by Dennis on Jun 10, 2010 at 05:16 PM

Look i downloaded a tag of link from zelda, where do i put it in the halo custom edition folder and than how do i play as link
all i want to know is if i can play as link in story mode...
Edited by Kampoz13 on Jun 10, 2010 at 05:19 PM

Section: Download Files Halo CE Biped Tags

Tags are the game Assets such as scenery objects, weapons, vehicles and the like. Each object's information is contained in a "tag". These tags CANNOT be added to existing maps (*.map files) and are only used during the map creation process. Tags MUST be compiled into the maps during creation. Refer to the HEK tutorial for additional information.



Making/Modifying Halo CE Maps

How do I Make Halo CE maps
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?nid=406

How to Modify Halo CE Maps
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?nid=412

The Halo CE HEK (Halo Editing Kit) Tutorial
http://hce.halomaps.org/hek/

Section: Tutorials
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=1&sid=23

Programs

Halo Custom Edition Game - required
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=410

Halo Custom Edition V1.09 Patch update - required
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=4987

Halo Custom Edition (CE) Editing Kit - optional
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=411

Halo Editing Kit Plus as of 12-17-06 - (HEK+) - optional
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=2289



If you want maps that you play as link search has found some:
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?search=play+as+link
Edited by Dennis on Jun 10, 2010 at 05:24 PM

yes sir you can do what I said,

place the folder in halo ce tags folder it should tell you were to place it.

Then change the globals

it's under globals.globals in your tag folder.

that way when you start a new map the player biped is set to link.

note pre compiled maps dont work like that,you have to recompile the .scenerio with your new globals.

when i installed my game it didn't come with this "tags" folder

you have to install the HEK.

so after I install the HEK can I put Link in a storymode map?

well once you edit him in to the map you can.

Can you tell me how to do that?
or is there some tutorial?
Edited by Kampoz13 on Jun 10, 2010 at 08:49 PM

Yes. Please read my previous post. I know it is longer than 2 sentences but if you read it you will understand.


Edited by Dennis on Jun 10, 2010 at 11:36 PM

Halo Custom Edition is not simply a 'drag and drop, now it's in the map!' game. You have to download HEK, as people said, and do some other fancy things that...aren't too complex, but take just a bit of learning.

Can i use Halo Map Tools?

i have one very simple way to do biped changing in existing maps.
USE LETHARGY!!
i used it to play as an elite combat specops on cmt's a30v2

I usually hate Dennis and stuff, but are you even reading his posts? Like, at all? You should.

halo map tools is for halo Combat Evolved, not Halo Custom Edition. please tell me you at least have halo Custom Edition installed.
and yes. READ DENNIS' POST.

I am reading Dennis' post but he is mainly telling me what to use. I want to what to use and how to use.
and yes I do halo custom edition installed.

Ok so what is the minimum number of programs I need?

Edited by Kampoz13 on Jun 11, 2010 at 11:13 AM

If you want to just play a map thats already made, then download the maps Dennis posted, extract the .map from the .zip , then put the .map in c/prog files/msoft games/haloce/maps

then run the game.

or you could read some tutorials on how to mod a map.

search the main site for making a map/modding a map tutorial.

REMEMBER, USING SEARCH YIELDS FREE BEER!

I want a campaign map that has the twilight princess link instead of master cheif

did you even look up how to do this before you came here? did you even try before you came here? no? thats what i thought. we know what you want, and have told you how to do it. dont scream at us to do it for you.

yep i did.......

how do i add link to a map with sapien?
Edited by Kampoz13 on Jun 11, 2010 at 02:15 PM

Programs

Halo Custom Edition Game - required
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=410

Halo Custom Edition V1.09 Patch update - required
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=4987

Halo Custom Edition (CE) Editing Kit - optional
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=411

Halo Editing Kit Plus as of 12-17-06 - (HEK+) - optional
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=2289


Making/Modifying Halo CE Maps

How do I Make Halo CE maps
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?nid=406

How to Modify Halo CE Maps
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?nid=412

The Halo CE HEK (Halo Editing Kit) Tutorial
http://hce.halomaps.org/hek/

Section: Tutorials
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=1&sid=23



Just like the sauce: Its in there!

nvermind dis stuff is too hard........sorry

i knew that was gonna happen in the end.

Wow, so you had them write out all of this, then in the end its too hard to that's it? Yes it's hard but thats why these guys here are so awesome, they do amazing things with it, and in the end it pays off in some way or another.

I concur with the aformentioned statement about awsomeness....

Is there a step by step tutorial of this?

just watchthe tuts. it may take a few days/weeks or even a few months for u to learn all of it but once u do its easy as hell

so where r these tuts at?

there: http://ghost.halomaps.org/

and there: http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=1&sid=23

Scroll up, D-man posted like 1010213913 of them.