I JUST downloaded HEK yesterday, and I'm a noob. All I'm looking to do right now is edit the pistol for use in all SINGLE PALYER CAMPAIGN maps. How do I accomplish raising the damage to immensely high levels? I've attempted just editing the bullet.damage_effect tag, but when i save and load the game, the pistol hasnt changed any. What step(s) am I missing? Please be descriptive, as I may not understand anything you say. Remember that I just DLd yesterday.

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/

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition>tool.exe structure levels\a10 a10
Couldn't read map file './toolbeta.map'
building intermediate geometry...
file_open('data\levels\a10\models\a10.jms') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot
find the path specified. '

What can I do to fix this?

You need to have the scenario file before you can compile. The source files for the campaign are not included with HEK; you'll have to obtain them through downloading or through tag extraction with HEK+.

Okay, I have HEK+ already, which is the funny part. i just didn't know what it did. lol. However, when I run it, it becomes unresponsive once i try to click the
File Edit Help
sort of thing.

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate, 32 bit.
Pentium 4 processor
2 GB RAM
Diamond ATI Radeon 5XXX series video card.

(Don't hate the processor, I'm on an e-Machine)

Anything i need to do to fix this problem, as well?

EDIT: I also have tried using Halo CE Tag Extractor (the one with the Devil as the icon) and had the same exact problem.
Edited by Nny666 on Jun 29, 2010 at 02:35 PM

I've had this problem--- right-click the HEK+ exe and go to properties> compatability tab. Set it to run as windows 200, if you can. Also disable visual themes, OR run in low-color. THESE will disable the shadowy effect used on the menus. (If you're not running as admin, do that too.).