Alright, I got Google Sketchup about a month ago and was just messing around and was thinking how cool It'd be if it could be put into Halo as a map. I researched and read up on it and found out it was the completely wrong file type(.SKP) I've tried tons of different programs and exported, imported, and converted my first(and only so far) map into all different kinds of files. Also I read somewhere (probably on here) that it has to be a .3ds file to work with Halo CE so i finally, after weeks, got it to that format, put it into the Halo CE maps folder and it still does not work... I really would like to know how to get it into a format that Halo CE can read because that would be really really cool to be able to play the maps I myself made and upload them onto here for others to enjoy. If you can help me out that would be great, even if it's just saying what file type it has to be. thanks

i'm not totally sure about google sketchup but i would think that if your file is in 3ds format then
you would have to compile the map in 3ds with your file.

http://forum.halomaps.org/index.cfm%3Fpage=topic&topicID=8579

You need to eventually get your model into 3ds max or Gmax, you can do that a number of ways.
From there, you export a .jms , then use the HEK to compile and edit.

alright i think i can get it into gmax but i tried downloading the HEK and it didnt work, any pointers there?

do you mean HEK didn't install and couldn't find your halo custom edition game?

it stopped in the middle of the download, i tried it a few more times but the same thing happened

just try to to download it again,i'm sure you have to have cookies enabled on this site
and also check that your internet connection isn't dropping out.

check this trouble shooter out,it's for downloading problems on this site
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?nid=320
Edited by ally on Feb 9, 2011 at 02:19 AM

tried all that :/ anywhere else you can download the HEK stuff?

i can put it on megaupload if need be,but HEK isn't a small file and will take a while for you to download.