Hi! I started Halo CE modding yesterday and I've got a little question...
Because for the first day, creating a whole map is way too complicated, I tried editing a map.
I converted a model_structure_bsp to a .obj, imported it to 3ds max, edited it and reexported it. Now I want it back in the map, but it's still .obj. Can I convert it back to .bsp? Do I have to create a new map for it? How do I do it?

Thanks

No, just save it as .3ds, export as .jms and then run tool

Thanks, but both didn't work.
I got the following error in tool.exe:

building intermediate geometry...
EAX: 0x00000000
EBX: 0x014B6A01
ECX: 0x00000000
EDX: 0x00000000
EDI: 0x0018F298
ESI: 0x00000000
EBP: 0x0018F170
ESP: 0x0018F160
EIP: 0x76F60C22, 83 C4 04 C2 ?????
EXCEPTION halt in .\intermediate_geometry.c,#444: triangle->material_index>=0 &&
 triangle->material_index<old_material_count

hi,
it might be your material numbers you've set are not correct, you may have to reapply your multi/sub objects. but do look for incorrectly applied textures.

what are you using gmax, 3ds max or something else as your modeling program?
and what are you using to export the model?
Edited by ally on May 13, 2012 at 02:33 PM

I'm using 3ds max 2012.
I imported the .obj, but it didn't have a multi/sub object, just some standard objects.
Textures were wrongly mapped, now I have to learn how to map from spline.
I'm using the JMS exporter script.

//Still doesn't work ;)

why would you have to learn how to map/model using the spline tool,
to fix materials?
anyway if you want to learn to model using the spline tool...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qmsHEPq7VI
Edited by ally on May 14, 2012 at 11:38 AM

Thanks, but that's not my problem! It's still the problem in my post above.

Thanks :D

You need to use multi materials ( i think this is true of any exporter other than blitzkrieg)
and/or
There are polys that have no material id# and are therefore untextured.

Thanks, but there aren't any polys without id and also it does import all materials as standard instead of one multi/sub, the coordinates are gone too. Fixing the materials with a script doesn't even help in any way :(