mmmm, halo 3 had some noticeable cubemaps and halo reach had more subtle cubemaps. in halo 3, there was a cubemap for the armor(very lightly applied, most visible in dark areas), a cubemap for most(if not all) non-brute covenant weapons(carbine, PRifle and needler are most noticeable) and cubemaps were abundant in most halo reach vehicles and scenery(phantom especially). oddly enough, the reach scenery cubemap looks like a modified plasma rifle cube(speculation) and most covenant weapon cubemaps from halo 3 seem to be the halo 1 visor cube slightly recoloured. unfortunately, I think adjutant has an issue with most of reach's cubemaps as some come out as a series of bars.
Edited by master noob on Mar 28, 2013 at 12:17 PM

Ah, you mean those bitmaps under rasterizer that are like 1 pixel big or 1x20 pixels, or the ones that are an unknown format?

Figures. I've also noticed its impossible as far sa I can tell to apply certain bitmap/traits right. For example, on the space banshee, the self illumination doesn't have its own submat, so trying to apply self illumination causes parts of the model to light up that shouldn't, even with the self illuimination map in use.
Edited by jabberwockxeno on Mar 28, 2013 at 03:17 PM

Anyways, I know we can't extract shaders, but is there a way to replicate them in max?

Obviously is people here can make shaders for CE stuff, we have an understanding of them. Is there something in max that can be used to much the same effect, on top of the materials?
Edited by jabberwockxeno on Mar 28, 2013 at 04:39 PM

Halo 4 extraction plugins:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ohuhgi81k69gq4s

April fools.

Would have been funny too.

But no, it's coincidental.

Whether or not it's an April fool's joke, the plugins are real. However, plugins have nothing to do with extraction, contrary to what many people seem to believe (in which case these are useless anyway).

Well if Gravemind says that it's useless and not used for extraction then what's its purpose? If it's not an 'April fools' joke, which I think it is.

Would the whole folder help?

http://www.mediafire.com/?eku9afa91rmqmn8

I'm going to let other people test it, i'm currently on my phone. But if I had my laptop and were at home then I would.

It's legit.

Okay, so how do you use them in Adjutant?

Im totaly thinking the same thing!
I cant open any halo 4 map's

Edited by jackrabbit on Apr 1, 2013 at 02:41 PM

I get a "unsupported file type or file is in use" when I try to open an H4 map.

Unless I am missing something

same hear!
and if you need any help gravemind
I have dev kit and know how halo works!
Edited by jackrabbit on Apr 1, 2013 at 02:45 PM

Yeah me too.

Surely, it's just an April Fools Joke

@ Gravemind I can see your application wont use these plugins at this curent time and read that you say halo 4 is not going to be supported anytime soon, but I can also see that you put alot of work in wile testing these plugins and the small amout of reserch you have done could be quite useful to the developers working on Assembly

Ither these plugins are a total joke or gravemind has broken 343i's raw pageing file algorithm?

however intresting to see these plugins im gessing thay are for another app?
gravemind says thay are real but useless.

just because the code is not working in his program dosent exactly make it use less?

Im alittle confused??? as to answers? what is this exactly? dose this meen you know the first bitmap index in halo 4?

<struct name="Sequences" offset="112" visible="True" size="64">
<string name="Name" offset="0" visible="True" length="32" />
<int16 name="First Bitmap Index" offset="32" visible="True" />
<int16 name="Bitmap Count" offset="34" visible="True" />
<struct name="Sprites" offset="52" visible="True" size="32">
<int32 name="Bitmap Index" offset="0" visible="True" />
<float32 name="Left" offset="8" visible="True" />
<float32 name="Right" offset="12" visible="True" />
<float32 name="Top" offset="16" visible="True" />
<float32 name="Bottom" offset="20" visible="True" />
<float32 name="Reg Point X" offset="24" visible="True" />
<float32 name="Reg Point Y" offset="28" visible="True" />
</struct>
</struct>

^


Assembly already has all its own plugins. Also, that bitm plugin is exactly the same as Reach.

You were both in on it. Y u do dis

No, I think you have misunderstood my post.

I am merely coming to the conclusion that it was a joke based on yours and my own attempts to get it to work.

I have nothing to do with it. Sorry for the misunderstanding

I meant Tdog and gravemind, not you.

This is long overdue, but finally here nonetheless.

=======================================================

v3.1.0.0
-Added sound extraction
    -Preview sounds before extracting
    -ToWav is REQUIRED for .wav extraction and previews
    -Read "Raw Extractor > Sound Extractor" in Help for more information

=======================================================

Don't forget to read the help file, and towav is in the OP.

Great Work!

Hey, just tested this out some. It seems like any sounds that towav cannot read do not play or save. This includes all the cinematic sounds and 20% of the level specific dialog sounds for the maps I tested. Are you aware of this?


Working great on the halo 3 odst sound and music files!
Edited by Banshee64 on Apr 8, 2013 at 12:12 AM

Is there additional settings for the exporter thing?

Tool refused to compile any of the .wav's. (wrong type of wav?)

You shouldn't be trying to compile wav files without knowing the bitrate and compression. If anything you should convert every file to the proper ADPCM codec and bitrate before trying to compile.

It's kind of hard to convert bitrate when the only method I know is manual which is time-consuming (I have like 60 dialog sounds here).

I use a batch program called format factory. But the best program you can possibly use is the Windows XP sound recorder. Format Factory is one of those shareware programs that bugs you until you buy it, but If you buy it, it gets the job done fast.

If you use Windows 7, you can automatically figure out what the bitrate and whatnot is. As for converting it, you could use a program like Sony Vegas or Audacity (Audacity is free, so that might help)

The xma to wav conversion is done by towav, so I can't control the specifics of the output. The best thing to do would be to use something that can batch convert the wav files to ADPCM, like Banshee64 said.

Also, automatic updating got broken in that last update, I fixed it and updated the exe. You'll have to do a forced update to fix it.

Holy poop (profanity filter? haha) I can't believe it, sound extracting! Gotta test it out ASAP.

Anyways, why I came to this thread again: Has anyone managed to get this model into 3ds max? I just get an error when I try to import it as an EMF file and importing it as .obj works, but there's (pretty much) no texture.
I mean, you can see it all nicely in Adjutant, so I have no idea why it shouldn't be working for 3ds max.
(m35.map - objects\vehicles\human\unsc_fleet\unsc_stalwart_class_frigate\frigate destroyed\frigate_destroyed)

Should work fine, make sure you have the newest version of the EMF script (3.3). If you don't, just generate it using Adjutant.

Man, you're the best! That was the problem, I'll make sure to update my EMF script more often in the future. And the sound extraction works perfectly! I can't express how thankful I am that you've put down your time and created a tool like this.

Disregard, I'm a tool.
Edited by Rosanna Weyland on Apr 8, 2013 at 06:22 PM

hey gravemind i get an unhandled exception when trying to update. could you possibly post the link to download the latest version?