Halo 4 shaders are different from the other games and we have had a bit of a hard time getting the scripts to figure out what bitmap goes in what slot (diffuse, specular, normal, ect) so what it dose at the moment is looks at the shader and places the first bitmap into the diffuse slot so you have some idea as to what bitmaps it uses. What I am guessing it has done for complex is place the normal map in the diffuse slot. You will need to go in and manually fix it. You can look at the shader what bitmaps it calls and, using some logic, you can figure out what goes where.
(Pro tip: the names of the materials in max are the tag names of the shaders)



I really have no idea what's going on here or what it is you are doing to be honest... Never herd of that error before... Maybe give me a step by step of what you are doing so I can understand better?

I genuinely think your pc has developed a soul.

To crush it, backup all your files. Reset your pc to the day you switched it on. And keep that virus raper in check.

When I started using a 3dsmax 2014, it gave me loads of crappy stupid errors. After 3 months of being frustrated, I just backedup all my files. Reset it back to factory settings and discovered that a dxd39.dll file had not been included in the system which is what max required to run.

So I downloaded and installed the dll and now all is well.
Edited by ASCENDANTJUSTICE on Jul 17, 2014 at 06:55 AM

Umm....What?

Also, I noticed an issue with extracting normal maps as a DDS file format. The texture comes out as a black background with no normal information at all.

Is this normal for DDS file formats? I ran into this issue with the Halo Reach Warthogs textures.

My computer doesn't even like DDS formatted normals in any program, so it could be something with the file format itself? Try extracting normals as a TIF or PNG and see how that runs

Not all bitmap formats convert properly to DDS, that is why TIF is the default and should be the format you are using unless you are doing some crazy silly stuff.

At a certain point, ppl are just going to get tired with your problems.

Just saying, take my advice.

And people are going to get tired of your snide remarks. I am one of the Adjutant Program testers. Finding possible issues with the program is my job. So I am sorry if you can't understand that. Also, I don't take advise from people who are smart alecks.

Anyways....

I am exporting the DDS files as DXT5 File Formats. Which from what I can tell is the standard file format for exporting. It's also what I was recommended to use. So that's why I am unsure what might be causing the Normal maps to show up as black when using DDS.



From what I can recall, you need to install a plugin from Nvidia's website. Not sure if they still provide it, but that's how I fixed that issue.
Edited by videoman on Jul 18, 2014 at 10:35 AM

Well I have to say, being a programmer I'm not sure why you can't fix your own pc problems.

*sighs* Look, you apparently don't know how to read. So why don't you just stop right there. You will only make a fool out of yourself if you continue. And to be honest, I am not looking to have an argument over the internet. It's just stupid and pointless.

I'm simply stating, as an individual it seems a little out of place, that you worked on something as awesome as adjutant but can't seem to fix little menial errors.

It's like being able to restore a car, but not able to restore push chair?

And you also need to really just stop while you can. You are acting rather immature and under the actual age that is required to actually sign up for being on these forums.



That is probably one of the dumbest things I have ever heard come from a human being. I don't think you know what it even means to be a Program Tester. Our job is to find problems and issues with programs. Pretty much we are asked to break it (if we can) and then report back the problems we find/found. You obviously can't fathom what my job is, so you might as well just stop now.

I still maintain, that it seems fishy.

And apologies for any ummmm, whats the word..........gosh darn it........

Hurt caused.
Edited by ASCENDANTJUSTICE on Jul 18, 2014 at 11:03 AM

Well.. if it dose not convert, it dose not convert. I'm not sure who recommended to you to use DDS, but i recommend TIF.

As for you guys other problems, can you stop spamming my thread with them?

Sorry.

(Didn't you mean "as for you guys with your other problems" ?)
Edited by ASCENDANTJUSTICE on Jul 18, 2014 at 11:13 AM

I mean whatever I posted lol.. Still in bed posting from an ipad so give me a brake -_- haha

You can Ipad post? Well there is your solution phone posters!

Anyway, i'm peering beyond the cloudy mist of now, and looking to the epic future.

Are you adjutant guys planning on making a ripper for Bungies destiny?

Yeah, the forum works really well on ipad lol. At the moment we have no plans of adding support for any more titles, this may change but no work has gone into anything so if we decide to go down that path it will be a while from now.

Actually on that note, have you looked into furthering support for current titles (as in new features or refined features)

Where can I find a really good Halo 2 extractor then.

I'm guessing you meant Entity. Found it on Halomods. Looks promising, thanks for the help.
Edited by Bungie LLC on Jul 23, 2014 at 06:20 PM

So, BSPs now are working, are you looking how to extract animations now?

No, not at this time.

So I have a "genuine" problem.


When searching for maps in the "open" browser. Adjutant doesn't seem to recognize Halo3 Odst maps as the .xbox360files which it wants to open.

However it recognizes Halo reach map files fine. Am I doing anything wrong>?


(I got the H3odst files from mattdratts webbie)

What?

Adjutant woks with .map files.

Hey! how to extract files from halo 2?! and animations?

This program does not deal with Halo 2 at all, and there is no public program to get animations from any game past Halo 1.

What map?

Alright, alright I'll man up. The problem was I was being stupid.

I hadn't unziped the h3 odst files.

Yes I suck.

Sorry for the false alarm.

Sorry.

Trying to extract Halo 4 sounds and im going through the help page thing. it says "To extract sounds from Halo 4, you will need the soundstream.pck and soundbank.pck files found on the game disk"

Do you have any idea how I would be able to obtain these two files specifically?

They used to be available on the XboxDB FTP (it went down again)

Matt does not have them.

does anybody here have them and would be willing to send me a copy (That I could also forward to matt)?

i will try and upload them to mediafire, it may be a short while as they are collectively 1.3 gigs
Edited by killzone64 on Aug 6, 2014 at 05:35 PM

Eww Mediafire, Mega is much better...