Hi I would know how to create the name of a weapon when such halo 3 AR appears to take
Pickup to MA5 Assault Rifle
and vehicle
Press E to enter the M000B5 TANK ASSAULT
things like that if there is a tutorial that mentions as do please let me know or if there dijanme as they only offer please

Get this program:
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=1049
Use the program to navigate to tags\ui\hud\
open "hud_icon_messages.unicode_string_list"
Add a new entry
type M000B5 Assault Tank
This new entry will have a number. Remember this number.
Save
Open your vehicle tag
At the top of the vehicle tag, there should be an "export to functions" box
underneath that, look for "hud text message index"
Input the number from before.

If you want to edit a weapon, do the same thing, except open "hud_item_messages.unicode_string_list"
Add a new entry
Type the name of your weapon
Add a new entry
Then type "Picked up %d rounds for [your weapon]"
Open your weapon tag
Scroll down to "message-index" (This is a little beneath "PREDICTED RESOURCES"
Type the number of your entry there
Edited by UnevenElefant5 on Mar 7, 2011 at 08:20 PM

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=2874 download it and click load list

and find hud_item_messages.unicode_string_list
it should be here \halo custom edition\tags\ui\hud

ok once you load the list click add/insert item and it should say change me now just type in what you want it to say. now don't save it yet look at the number to the left of it and write it down, over write the original list you opened.now go to your weapon and go to message-index and type that number on there.

for the vehicles find this: vehicles_options_labels.unicode_string_list
\halo custom edition\tags\ui\shell\main_menu\settings_select\multiplayer_setup\vehicle_options_edit
and open it and create add\insert item type what you want and remember the number and over write the original list and open your vehicle and type the number where its says export functions and go down to hud text message index and type it there


not first lol
Edited by milkkookie on Mar 7, 2011 at 08:09 PM

Hi thank you very much helped me a lot now I have a problem
since I put
the text index
and for the weapons of Halo 3 I'm using hud_smg_icons.bitmap
is a mess are not the icons in order ye seen a tutorial on how to make them but I give with Control + c to copy and Ctrl + v to paste in paint and will not stick sapien image with the Battle rifle MA5C or would like to know you type or press keys to copy and paste to paint XD sapien

I tried doing this for my battle rifle but tool gave me an error, and I don't know how to fix...
i searched google but there weren't any answers...

the tag 'ui\hud\hud_item_messages' was the wrong group type ('string_list' instead of 'unicode_string_list')

I checked that it was a unicode string list, and it was, so i tried again, but it gave me the same error. Help please.

@ OP
The bitmap containing pickup icons is referenced in the default.hud_globals (or globals.globals, someone correct me if I'm wrong; too long since I last did this)

Indices for this are located at the bottom of each weapon_hud_interface tag.
@spartan314