Recently I have been trying to import a couple biped tags in to Sapien (http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=6226) without avail. I continually get the please contact your nearest Bungie Programmer Message and the tags fail to load. Anyway I can fix this or is there a problem with the tags? Thanks

Go to your Halo Custom Edition root directory folder. There should be an item in there called the debug.txt. Copy and paste the last paragraph of that here, that'll tell us what the error is.
Edited by Pepzee on Mar 11, 2012 at 01:07 PM

You'll have download some other tags first.
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=6131
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=4686
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=5997
Those tags should be enough to make it work.
Sources:I fixed this.
PS: DO NOT,UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES,RENAME ANY OF THE FOLDERS OR TAGS.
Unless you want to spend 10+ minutes renaming stuff and editing file paths,don't do that.
Edited by Dumb AI on Mar 11, 2012 at 02:26 PM
Edited by Dumb AI on Mar 11, 2012 at 02:27 PM
Edited by Dumb AI on Mar 11, 2012 at 02:31 PM

Heres the debug. I did all of what Dumb AI posted, but still get the error message. Heres the debug-




03.11.12 17:44:14 sapien pc 01.00.00.0609 ----------------------------------------------
03.11.12 17:44:14 reference function: _write_to_error_file
03.11.12 17:44:14 reference address: 401b13
03.11.12 17:44:14 Couldn't read map file './sapienbeta.map'
03.11.12 17:44:20 CreateDevice succeeded with refresh rate = 0
03.11.12 17:44:22 DirectInput: 'Acquire (keyboard)' returned (DIERR_OTHERAPPHASPRIO#-2147024891)
03.11.12 17:44:22 Sound card doesn't meet minimum hardware requirements. Disabling hardware option.
03.11.12 17:44:23 Increasing sound decompression buffer size to 1048576 bytes
03.11.12 17:44:36 local player 0, weapon (0x0), deleted unexpectedly
03.11.12 17:44:42 \halopc\haloce\source\rasterizer\dx9\rasterizer_dx9_widgets.c(959): D3DERR_DEVICELOST in hr (code=-2005530520, error=<can't get description>)
03.11.12 17:44:42 ### ERROR rasterizer_widget_get_occlusion_test_result failed
03.11.12 17:44:42 \halopc\haloce\source\rasterizer\dx9\rasterizer_dx9_widgets.c(959): D3DERR_DEVICELOST in hr (code=-2005530520, error=<can't get description>)
03.11.12 17:44:42 ### ERROR rasterizer_widget_get_occlusion_test_result failed
03.11.12 17:44:42 \halopc\haloce\source\rasterizer\dx9\rasterizer_dx9.c(659): D3DERR_INVALIDCALL in IDirect3DDevice9_SetSoftwareVertexProcessing(global_d3d_device, rasterizer_globals.using_software_vertex_processing) (code=-2005530516, error=<can't get description>)
03.11.12 17:44:43 \halopc\haloce\source\rasterizer\dx9\rasterizer_dx9.c(659): D3DERR_INVALIDCALL in IDirect3DDevice9_SetSoftwareVertexProcessing(global_d3d_device, rasterizer_globals.using_software_vertex_processing) (code=-2005530516, error=<can't get description>)
03.11.12 17:44:43 \halopc\haloce\source\rasterizer\dx9\rasterizer_dx9.c(659): D3DERR_INVALIDCALL in IDirect3DDevice9_SetSoftwareVertexProcessing(global_d3d_device, rasterizer_globals.using_software_vertex_processing) (code=-2005530516, error=<can't get description>)
03.11.12 17:44:43 \halopc\haloce\source\rasterizer\dx9\rasterizer_dx9.c(659): D3DERR_INVALIDCALL in IDirect3DDevice9_SetSoftwareVertexProcessing(global_d3d_device, rasterizer_globals.using_software_vertex_processing) (code=-2005530516, error=<can't get description>)
03.11.12 17:44:43 \halopc\haloce\source\rasterizer\dx9\rasterizer_dx9.c(659): D3DERR_INVALIDCALL in IDirect3DDevice9_SetSoftwareVertexProcessing(global_d3d_device, rasterizer_globals.using_software_vertex_processing) (code=-2005530516, error=<can't get description>)
03.11.12 17:44:43 \halopc\haloce\source\rasterizer\dx9\rasterizer_dx9.c(659): D3DERR_INVALIDCALL in IDirect3DDevice9_SetSoftwareVertexProcessing(global_d3d_device, rasterizer_globals.using_software_vertex_processing) (code=-2005530516, error=<can't get description>)
03.11.12 17:45:23 \halopc\haloce\source\rasterizer\dx9\rasterizer_dx9.c(659): D3DERR_INVALIDCALL in IDirect3DDevice9_SetSoftwareVertexProcessing(global_d3d_device, rasterizer_globals.using_software_vertex_processing) (code=-2005530516, error=<can't get description>)
03.11.12 17:45:46 file_open('tags\h3\characters\shaders\masterchief_armour.shader_model') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
03.11.12 17:45:46 couldn't open shader_model tag 'masterchief_armour.shader_model'.
03.11.12 17:45:46 file_open('tags\h3\characters\shaders\masterchief_visor.shader_model') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
03.11.12 17:45:46 couldn't open shader_model tag 'masterchief_visor.shader_model'.
03.11.12 17:45:46 file_open('tags\h3\characters\shaders\h3_mc_light.shader_transparent_chicago') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
03.11.12 17:45:46 couldn't open shader_transparent_chicago tag 'h3_mc_light.shader_transparent_chicago'.
03.11.12 17:45:46 file_open('tags\h3\characters\shaders\markvi_detail.shader_model') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
03.11.12 17:45:46 couldn't open shader_model tag 'markvi_detail.shader_model'.
03.11.12 17:45:46 file_open('tags\h3\characters\shaders\secondary_colors.shader_model') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
03.11.12 17:45:46 couldn't open shader_model tag 'secondary_colors.shader_model'.
03.11.12 17:45:46 failed to load gbxmodel tag 'h3\objects\characters\masterchief\mp_masterchief\markvi\markvi'
03.11.12 17:45:46 failed to load biped tag 'h3\objects\characters\masterchief\mp_masterchief\markvi (red)'

so how would I go about finding the shaders?

Seems like something is still missing.Besides that,something is very wrong with the rasterizer stuff.I recommend making the RvB bipeds yourself(using Guerilla to modifiy the Mark VI tags by Spartan 094.Basically,change the colors of the Mark VI biped).It would be much easier.If you want some pre-made ones,I'll give a link to it.
Edited by Dumb AI on Mar 11, 2012 at 05:54 PM

I think I could manage editing the tags with guerilla, although Im not sure how to change color

I will tell you.Open the biped then scroll down "Change Colors".To change colors,add a permutation.It's under "Permutations".C is for primary color.D is for secondary color.Just mix and match.

Edited by Dumb AI on Mar 11, 2012 at 06:08 PM