Ok so this is my new account "Sargent 0" derived from GirtheDoge. I've decided to continue modding CE because I want to buy something more reliable than an rgh xbox. I am working on a unique vanilla Halo ce tagset, in which every single character in the game is able to shoot any weapon. For example, you see a bunch of grunts holding energy swords or whatever weapon they don't normally shoot. I'll post videos on youtube for updates; this is going to be my first mod. anyways back on topic,(Btw im using this guys bug-free vanilla tags http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=6690) I open vanilla a30 in sapien and it doesnt load for some reason(I have all the vanilla singleplayer maps) it crashes. when i try to open the game right after a30 crashes in sapien, halo says that it failes to find the bitmaps,loc,sound files. heres the debug

>11.21.17 20:14:19 sapien pc 01.00.09.0620 ----------------------------------------------
11.21.17 20:14:19 reference function: _write_to_error_file
11.21.17 20:14:19 reference address: 401b13
11.21.17 20:14:19 CreateDevice succeeded with refresh rate = 0
11.21.17 20:14:19 Initializing 10 button 5 axis 1 pov joystick 'Controller (Xbox One For Windows)'
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device axis 258 instance number 1 - Y Axis to range [-4096,4096]
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device axis 2 instance number 0 - X Axis to range [-4096,4096]
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device axis 1026 instance number 4 - Y Rotation to range [-4096,4096]
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device axis 770 instance number 3 - X Rotation to range [-4096,4096]
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device axis 514 instance number 2 - Z Axis to range [-4096,4096]
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device button 4 instance number 0 - Button 0
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device button 260 instance number 1 - Button 1
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device button 516 instance number 2 - Button 2
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device button 772 instance number 3 - Button 3
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device button 1028 instance number 4 - Button 4
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device button 1284 instance number 5 - Button 5
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device button 1540 instance number 6 - Button 6
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device button 1796 instance number 7 - Button 7
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device button 2052 instance number 8 - Button 8
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device button 2308 instance number 9 - Button 9
11.21.17 20:14:21 Successfully initialized device POV 16 instance number 0 - Hat Switch to range [-4096,4096]
11.21.17 20:14:21 Could not initialize unknown device object 192 instance number 0 - Collection 0 - Game Pad
11.21.17 20:14:21 Could not initialize unknown device object 448 instance number 1 - Collection 1
11.21.17 20:14:21 Could not initialize unknown device object 704 instance number 2 - Collection 2
11.21.17 20:14:21 Could not initialize unknown device object 960 instance number 3 - Collection 3
11.21.17 20:14:22 Sound card doesn't meet minimum hardware requirements. Disabling hardware option.
11.21.17 20:14:23 Increasing sound decompression buffer size to 1048576 bytes
11.21.17 20:16:23 unit_extensions_block block has invalid element count: #1651888 not in [0,#1]
11.21.17 20:16:23 failed to load biped tag 'characters\pilot\pilot' (read error)
11.21.17 20:17:55 failed to load scenario tag 'levels\a30\a30' (resolve children error)
11.21.17 20:17:55 need to get the following tags:
11.21.17 20:17:55
11.21.17 20:17:55 game_load() failed.
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this is from os_sapiens debug. i cant find regular sapiens debug.
Edited by Sargent 0 on Nov 21, 2017 at 10:12 PM

I'm not familiar with the bug free tags.

Try using the program Refinery (on the general Halo CE forum). It extracts maps nearly perfect. Go ahead and use that to extract whatever campaign map you want.

Ok so I extracted every vanilla campaign map through refinery perfectly. I wanted to open up tutorial(from this guy http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=2096 i didnt have mine in my test folder for some reason) map that came with hek and sapien still crashes heres the crash report from os_sapien

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11.22.17 19:17:01 sapien pc 01.00.09.0620 ----------------------------------------------
11.22.17 19:17:01 reference function: _write_to_error_file
11.22.17 19:17:01 reference address: 401b13
11.22.17 19:17:01 CreateDevice succeeded with refresh rate = 0
11.22.17 19:17:01 Initializing 10 button 5 axis 1 pov joystick 'Controller (Xbox One For Windows)'
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device axis 258 instance number 1 - Y Axis to range [-4096,4096]
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device axis 2 instance number 0 - X Axis to range [-4096,4096]
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device axis 1026 instance number 4 - Y Rotation to range [-4096,4096]
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device axis 770 instance number 3 - X Rotation to range [-4096,4096]
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device axis 514 instance number 2 - Z Axis to range [-4096,4096]
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device button 4 instance number 0 - Button 0
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device button 260 instance number 1 - Button 1
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device button 516 instance number 2 - Button 2
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device button 772 instance number 3 - Button 3
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device button 1028 instance number 4 - Button 4
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device button 1284 instance number 5 - Button 5
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device button 1540 instance number 6 - Button 6
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device button 1796 instance number 7 - Button 7
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device button 2052 instance number 8 - Button 8
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device button 2308 instance number 9 - Button 9
11.22.17 19:17:01 Successfully initialized device POV 16 instance number 0 - Hat Switch to range [-4096,4096]
11.22.17 19:17:01 Could not initialize unknown device object 192 instance number 0 - Collection 0 - Game Pad
11.22.17 19:17:01 Could not initialize unknown device object 448 instance number 1 - Collection 1
11.22.17 19:17:01 Could not initialize unknown device object 704 instance number 2 - Collection 2
11.22.17 19:17:01 Could not initialize unknown device object 960 instance number 3 - Collection 3
11.22.17 19:17:02 Sound card doesn't meet minimum hardware requirements. Disabling hardware option.
11.22.17 19:17:02 file_open('tags\ui\editor\markers\normal\normal.gbxmodel') error 0x00000003 'The system cannot find the path specified. '
11.22.17 19:17:02 couldn't open gbxmodel tag 'normal.gbxmodel'.
11.22.17 19:17:02 EAX: 0x00000000
11.22.17 19:17:02 EBX: 0x706C6101
11.22.17 19:17:02 ECX: 0x00000000
11.22.17 19:17:02 EDX: 0x00000000
11.22.17 19:17:02 EDI: 0x0019F310
11.22.17 19:17:02 ESI: 0x00000000
11.22.17 19:17:02 EBP: 0x0019F1E8
11.22.17 19:17:02 ESP: 0x0019F1DC
11.22.17 19:17:02 EIP: 0x77552BAC, C2 08 00 90 ?????
11.22.17 19:17:02 EXCEPTION halt in .\editor_renderer.cpp,#189: marker.model_index!=NONE
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The HEK comes with a folder of tags that are used ONLY for the editor and are not used in maps. This is ui/editor folder. I have uploaded a copy of mine to my dropbox. Here ya go.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/q4z4vwn5sjs3xj4/hek_editor_tags.zip?dl=1
Edited by MosesofEgypt on Nov 22, 2017 at 10:23 PM

Thanks moss sapien succesfully loaded tutorial