this has been a problem for may people. i have a windows xp, and when i click on sapien and click on the map i wanted to mod from HEK plus (for example, i mean clicking on a file like tutorial.scenario ) HEK only opens for a few seconds and then just closes (look this up on youtube if u dont belive me) please, help me! i wanna make an awsome AI map, but i cant! (btw, i want to MOD maps, not make them with 3DS max.)

Post the last part of ur debug.txt

And try running as admin and setting the affinity to cpu0

this is the last part of debug.txt:

03.05.11 17:03:22 sapien pc 01.00.00.0609 ----------------------------------------------
03.05.11 17:03:22 reference function: _write_to_error_file
03.05.11 17:03:22 reference address: 401b13
03.05.11 17:03:22 Couldn't read map file './sapienbeta.map'
03.05.11 17:03:22 CreateDevice succeeded with refresh rate = 0
03.05.11 17:03:24 file_open('tags\ui\editor\markers\normal\normal.gbxmodel') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
03.05.11 17:03:24 couldn't open gbxmodel tag 'normal.gbxmodel'.
03.05.11 17:03:24 EAX: 0x0000000B
03.05.11 17:03:24 EBX: 0x706C6101
03.05.11 17:03:24 ECX: 0x0000000B
03.05.11 17:03:24 EDX: 0x0012F331
03.05.11 17:03:24 EDI: 0x0012F2D8
03.05.11 17:03:24 ESI: 0x00000000
03.05.11 17:03:24 EBP: 0x0012F1B0
03.05.11 17:03:24 ESP: 0x0012F1A0
03.05.11 17:03:24 EIP: 0x7C90E514, C3 8D A4 24 ?????
03.05.11 17:03:24 EXCEPTION halt in .\editor_renderer.cpp,#189: marker.model_index!=NONE

'tags\ui\editor\markers\normal\normal.gbxmodel'
u need to get that tag using hek+

as for the other thing, idk

btw i tried opening tutorial.scenario (i did not used HEK plus; it was already there) by doing that affinity thing were u change it to CPU0 etc.... still didn't work. i dont know how to run as admin, and somtimes when i try to extract a map with hek plus it comes up with an exeption saying that a tag is bieng used by another person or program.....

right click sapien and run as admin. as for the hek+ issue, only run hek+ on its own. Post the last bit of ur debug

this IS the very last part of my debug thing:

03.06.11 12:13:28 sapien pc 01.00.00.0609 ----------------------------------------------
03.06.11 12:13:28 reference function: _write_to_error_file
03.06.11 12:13:28 reference address: 401b13
03.06.11 12:13:28 Couldn't read map file './sapienbeta.map'
03.06.11 12:13:28 CreateDevice succeeded with refresh rate = 0
03.06.11 12:13:29 file_open('tags\ui\editor\markers\normal\normal.gbxmodel') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
03.06.11 12:13:29 couldn't open gbxmodel tag 'normal.gbxmodel'.
03.06.11 12:13:29 EAX: 0x0012F2EC
03.06.11 12:13:29 EBX: 0x706C6101
03.06.11 12:13:29 ECX: 0x0012F35D
03.06.11 12:13:29 EDX: 0x0012F324
03.06.11 12:13:29 EDI: 0x0012F2D8
03.06.11 12:13:29 ESI: 0x00000000
03.06.11 12:13:29 EBP: 0x0012F1B0
03.06.11 12:13:29 ESP: 0x0012F1A0
03.06.11 12:13:29 EIP: 0x7C90E514, C3 8D A4 24 ?????
03.06.11 12:13:29 EXCEPTION halt in .\editor_renderer.cpp,#189: marker.model_index!=NONE

go to hek+
open some map.
to find normal.gbxmodel, click the plus on tags, then the plus on ui, then editor, markers, normal. then on the right side find normal.gbxmodel.
if the map doesn't have it, try another map.
keep trying maps until you find normal.gbxmodel
when you do, right click on it, extract to desktop or someplace easy.
then move that file to C:, Program Files, Microsoft Games, Halo Custom Edition, tags, ui, editor, markers, normal.
If you don't have any of these folders, make one. (If you don't have the editor folder, make new folder, and name it editor.)
open sapien again.
if it still doesn't work, post last part of debug.

i CANT find find the normal.gbxmodel file anywhere..... is it possible to send it to me?

go to program files,microsoft games,halo custom edition,tags,ui,editor,markers,
normal,open that normal folder.
you should see the normal.gbxmodel file.

if it's not there,you can either reinstall hek or post back and hopefully someone will send you
the file you need.

but seeing your've only started modding then that to me would mean your tags folder hasn't had much added to it,so i would just reinstall hek then,up to you.

http://www.mediafire.com/?sv827rb7yy8r9q9

here is my normal.gbxmodel

thanks, but it STILL dosnt work. when i click on tutorial.scenario in sapien, sapien still closes and HEK comes up for a sec, then closes. i did do the iffinity thing, but it didnt work. now here is the last part of the debug.txt:

03.15.11 17:11:22 sapien pc 01.00.00.0609 ----------------------------------------------
03.15.11 17:11:22 reference function: _write_to_error_file
03.15.11 17:11:22 reference address: 401b13
03.15.11 17:11:22 Couldn't read map file './sapienbeta.map'
03.15.11 17:11:23 CreateDevice succeeded with refresh rate = 0
03.15.11 17:11:23 file_open('tags\ui\editor\markers\normal\shaders\y.shader_model') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
03.15.11 17:11:23 couldn't open shader_model tag 'y.shader_model'.
03.15.11 17:11:23 file_open('tags\ui\editor\markers\normal\shaders\z.shader_model') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
03.15.11 17:11:23 couldn't open shader_model tag 'z.shader_model'.
03.15.11 17:11:23 file_open('tags\ui\editor\markers\normal\shaders\cyan.shader_model') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
03.15.11 17:11:23 couldn't open shader_model tag 'cyan.shader_model'.
03.15.11 17:11:23 file_open('tags\ui\editor\markers\normal\shaders\yellow.shader_model') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
03.15.11 17:11:23 couldn't open shader_model tag 'yellow.shader_model'.
03.15.11 17:11:23 file_open('tags\ui\editor\markers\normal\shaders\x.shader_model') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
03.15.11 17:11:23 couldn't open shader_model tag 'x.shader_model'.
03.15.11 17:11:23 file_open('tags\ui\editor\markers\normal\shaders\magenta.shader_model') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
03.15.11 17:11:23 couldn't open shader_model tag 'magenta.shader_model'.
03.15.11 17:11:23 failed to load gbxmodel tag 'ui\editor\markers\normal\normal'
03.15.11 17:11:23 EAX: 0x0000000C
03.15.11 17:11:23 EBX: 0x706C6101
03.15.11 17:11:23 ECX: 0x0000000C
03.15.11 17:11:23 EDX: 0x0012F1C9
03.15.11 17:11:23 EDI: 0x0012F2D8
03.15.11 17:11:23 ESI: 0x00000000
03.15.11 17:11:23 EBP: 0x0012F1B0
03.15.11 17:11:23 ESP: 0x0012F1A0
03.15.11 17:11:23 EIP: 0x7C90E514, C3 8D A4 24 ?????
03.15.11 17:11:23 EXCEPTION halt in .\editor_renderer.cpp,#189: marker.model_index!=NONE

your shaders are kaput (i love that word)

http://www.mediafire.com/?ucw6rter20uy4s9 there is my normal folder

Can someone help me plz

11.01.11 15:40:31 a hobo pc 01.01.00.0609 ----------------------------------------------
11.01.11 15:40:31 reference function: _write_to_error_file
11.01.11 15:40:31 reference address: 401b13
11.01.11 15:40:31 Couldn't read map file './a_hobobeta.map'
11.01.11 15:40:31 CreateDevice succeeded with refresh rate = 0
11.01.11 15:40:32 Sound card doesn't meet minimum hardware requirements. Disabling hardware option.
11.01.11 15:40:32 Increasing sound decompression buffer size to 1048576 bytes
11.01.11 15:40:45 the meter definition ui\hud\cyborg shield does not specify a stencil bitmap group.
11.01.11 15:40:45 the meter definition ui\hud\cyborg body does not specify a stencil bitmap group.
11.01.11 15:40:48 EAX: 0x002AA0D0
11.01.11 15:40:48 EBX: 0x00000101
11.01.11 15:40:48 ECX: 0x00000000
11.01.11 15:40:48 EDX: 0x00ADD580
11.01.11 15:40:48 EDI: 0x0012E3D0
11.01.11 15:40:48 ESI: 0x00000000
11.01.11 15:40:48 EBP: 0x0012E2A8
11.01.11 15:40:48 ESP: 0x0012E298
11.01.11 15:40:48 EIP: 0x77546344, C3 8D A4 24 ?????
11.01.11 15:40:48 EXCEPTION halt in \halopc\haloce\source\tag_files\tag_groups.c,#3157: #-1 is not a valid object_function_block index in [#0,#4)

Thanx

Go through all the tags you just changed and make sure your block indexes do not say -1. Its usually one of the funtions in the tank's vehicle tag. Just find someone and get the tank folder from them.

got that from here...
http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=57257

ally is right, that is a scorpion error. You extracted and overwrote your scorpion tags at some point, i assume, dont do that.

hey guys, since i got windows 7, it works :D! i