The features afforded by Open Sauce are made possible by loading a .dll into the game which lets custom code be executed - and by making actual modifications to the editing tools for the same.

Some things such as post-processing can operate stand-alone with things that the OS team decided to support within the program (bloom, motion blur and FXAA are examples of built-in features), or externally with raw .fx files that you can specify to be loaded by the game at runtime with OS' various configuration files. However, most of these can be more finely controlled by using OS' editing tools to build maps specifically designed to use these features. For example you may wish to set up custom bloom settings for a particular map; more avdanced usages of these systems like the VISR effects that have been demonstrated require a bit of finesse and ingenuity to pull off even with the additions made by OS and its tools.

Other features require support to be manually added to maps in order to be taken advantage of; things like vehicle boarding necessarily require extra data to work and so you can't use them without making a map that specifically allows and provides the needed resources for them. OS doesn't do anything magical and its features tend to supplement what is already in the game not replace it. Generally speaking you need to put in work on your own and get to know the tools just as well as you know the standard HEK to get the most out of it.
Edited by teh lag on Jan 19, 2012 at 02:18 PM

Seems HCE starts but then closes immediately when opening with Open Sauce's d3d9.dll in the file location; however, when I remove d3d9.dll from the HCE's files, HCE starts normally.

Could something else be interfering opening Open Sauce?

Do you use Xfire, Steam, or any other in-game app?

Yes they are turned off.
Edited by Propast on Jan 19, 2012 at 02:35 PM

With all this good stuff coming out soon we all need to start stepping up our game people, make things more like Garry's mod then maybe people will come back to Halo CE again.

See if I can start making custom maps again.

I might start to learn 3D modelling soon. Need to revise for boring exams atm though, so I'll see if I can start on a map after half term, or maybe after the summer holidays if I have even more GCSE work.

I really hate GCSEs. I wish I'd started mapping last year -.-

*facepalm*
All because somebody is too lazy to type a few commands?

no im not lazy i dont understand the commands for build-cache-file-ex

Kirby gave me the dll and shaders i needed, and now halo just exceptions when i try to open it.

Then learn. Just like everybody else.

os_tool build-cache-file-ex "" false false false <scenario-path>
only one I've ever changed is the last false to a true (compiles map as .yelo, should bypass space requirements, but I believe they only load as SP)


Make sure your HCE is 1.09 (which is probably why it wasn't copying those files in the first place)

try regedit 'ing
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Halo CE
to have the version as 1.00, then run haloupdate.exe in your HCE folder, then after it updates, see if it works.

When I have xfire in the background, and I'm typing a command into tool, the OS xfire thingy error pops up, but the command still goes. Do I just ignore the xfire thing?

I think the best course of action is in fact to not have XFire on while you're running OS as has been said repeatedly.



Nothing's going to come free of effort. You need to be willing to put in some serious work to make the most of these features.

(Also you don't need to recompile animations just for adding markers)
Edited by teh lag on Jan 19, 2012 at 07:06 PM

i got it installed and it works just fine, ingame the menus and stuff are there, but i dont really understand how to use it, i open os_guerrila and there is no special yellow tags or anything, its like normal guerilla, am i missing something?

Could my problem of excptioning be coming from my graphics card? if it's to weak then could that be causing it?

hey know i can open the menu options ingame of open sauce

waffles could you upload your d3d9.dll mine's seems to not to work

then how do i make os to work cause i've been waiting for this for a long time and now i cant use it ! >=E

Have you tried re-installing?

And are you using 32 bit comp or 64 bit?

32 bits and i dont want to reinstall my halo ce and i have reinstalled os three times

i cant even find the globals or anything, im confused

Halo 3 rips with phong and normals go go go.

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5282/1screenshot00.jpg
omg normals!
Edited by DeathKillsPro on Jan 19, 2012 at 11:00 PM

So I played around with the h2 spartan using OS and I really like just slapping on the normals and walla a almost near h2 looking spartan. I know the visor isn't correct because it has to much depth to it. This gunna be a good year.

Every time I compile my map I get:

failed to load scenario tag 'levels\starwars\starwars-beta.7'
tag data 'hs_syntax_data_definition' too large.
failed to load scenario tag 'levels\starwars\starwars-beta.7'
need to get the following tags:

Now if I save and compile the map using regular map tools, it compiles fine. I only get this error when I save the game with sapienOS and compile with toolOS.

It's probably the .7. tool will look for the name of a .scenario file that matches what your input was. you can't have dot's in there or it will change the file type to something tool can't read.

I just tried, unfortunately that didn't fix the issue.

I'm overlooking something. I just tried to build the tutorial map in TooLOS and I get the same error.
Edited by hoboscience on Jan 19, 2012 at 11:23 PM

FTFY

Me want Halo 2 Spartan with AR.

Make some videos of this people, I already made one about this epic stuff........just need to make it HD now in sony v...

Just throwing normals and specular at everything is too much fun.

Nope.avi. You may have "posted" part of the article, which has been revised a couple times since then, but you didn't include the entire content (esp the links). I hope this kind of half assed work doesn't extend into your work on the LMT project.

ATTN halomaps users: Only refer to the original article and the Halomods thread for OS for full and up to date information.

Also be sure to consult our project's wiki, as it has things such as a Getting Started page, a FAQ , and various other guides. As time goes on, more and more information will be added to the wiki. Major updates on such can be found in the Halomods thread for OS.


Only use tags saved/created by the OS HEK with the actual OS HEK. The OS HEK upgrades normal limits (eg, see bold in your quote) that the stock HEK can't handle.

*fixes links*
*exits halomaps*
Edited by kornman00 on Jan 20, 2012 at 04:21 AM

These are all invalid links -_-'

EDIT> nvm... maybe Google Code is just down right now
EDIT> and halomods...
Edited by OrangeJuice on Jan 20, 2012 at 03:44 AM

Fixing, give me a minute...with all these different forums, each one uses a different URL bbcode spec. I quoted each URL, and previewed the post. It came up in blue so I thought it was good to go.

All links work now ! :D I have a question, there are tuto who explain how make shaders with OS ?

uh im going to mess around with the shader extensions (especially with specular), well this is what i got after slapping normals on shaders



just a test but hey it does look nice with normals on it