because i don't have 3ds max yet i'd like to just mod the original maps (eg boarding action) by putting weapon, vehicle and scenery tags and ai and stuff like that. but how do i do this? the tutorial that comes with hek is not very detailed. When i try to open the map into guerilla it doesn't do it

http://forum.halomaps.org/index.cfm%3Fpage=topic&topicID=30944
You'll need these, it'll save you a bunch of time.
You'd be best off to reinstall HEK, then download that and combine with your tags. That'll give you everything you need, then just add your own tags to any random scenario.

i already have quite a few tags but what i need to know is how to open the map so i can edit it/which program needs to be used

You use Sapien for population.

does hek plus come with hek or is it seperate? Also, i downloaded gmax but it doesn't work. when i try to open it says to check my negative h command line

oh i get it. sapien for placing stuff. but in the tutorial it says just open the tutorial.scenario
i want to mod the original maps but they are in MAP format. So, what i need to know is how to get the original maps into sapien
Edited by Muscl3r on Jul 1, 2010 at 01:42 AM

HEK is separate from HEK+.

ok thanks i shall download it. but can someone tell me how to get the maps into sapien? or do you use hek plus?

Correct. Thank you that is what i needed to know

Installing + now and it says i need microsoft .net framework 4. Is this really needed?