well, the kind of tools we use are sapien, guerilla to edit things in-game just like halo combat evolved use spark edit and hmt
we use an application called
tool to convert data that is readable by normal PC applications into
tags that are files only readable by the tools i mentioned before
we use 3d modeling programs like 3ds max and gmax to make the map's environment and 2d programs like Photoshop, paint shop or gimp to make textures that can be used in the game
the tools you use are (as far as i know) exclusive to
Halo Combat Evolved, while we use tools and applications that are exclusive to
Halo Custom Edition, they may seem the same for some people but, believe me, they are a lot different, and i'm sure that most of the members here don't know how to use them
with luck, someone who knows how to use them will show up and help you, but, if you're not lucky you can find a Halo Combat Evolved modding forum and ask what you want to know, or make some research in many websites (like Google or YouTube) and find your answer.
Good luck and i'm sorry that some users were rude to you... and for my bad english xD
~EDIT~
i didn't read the whole thing, but it seems that this forum has a tutorial section, you should take a look:
http://www.modhalo.net/index.php?/topic/14641-need-help-putting-aivehi-etc-in-with-sparkedit/ Edited by ChBgt909 on Jul 26, 2012 at 11:57 AM