hi im new and i have a problem, well two actually. One involving gamespy and one to do with sapien.

I downloaded coldsnap and hugeass and i put them in the maps folder and then started the game up but when i tried to create a game, i did all the ussual stuff gametypes maps ect. but when i went to click on 'start game' it would not work, it was as if i didnt press it all. So then i thought i'd have a go at joining someone else, but when i went on the join an internet match option, there were no names of any server. I clicked on 'Get list' but a message came up saying 'Could not connect to GameSpy Master Server. Please try again later' something roughly like that. So now i cannot join matches, let alone create one myself and now i cant play on my map if it ever gets completed bringing me onto the next problem.

Whenever i try to start up Sapien, i pick the scenario file for my map and it loads like it should (i think so anyway) but then all these wierd windows come up like 'output window' and 'tool window'. there is also what looks like my map in i window called 'hierarchy view' but i can not see the picture as the other blank windows are in the way. I cant move them because the mouse arrow also disapears. It just used to freeze like that, and id have to press ctrl+alt+delete to get rid of it, but now, itcloses itself down after 5 seconds or so.

Please if anyone could help or this has happened to them and they've fixed it id like to know why and how i can fix it. Thanks in advance.

harsh. i was confused about the windows when i first began too, but you do need them. its more complicated than you think it is, no matter how complex you think it is.

I never had problems with the windows.... Use the HEK tutorial lol, it works wonders. (http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/hek_tutorial) All I had problems with for a bit was getting tags to work lol, I dl'ed them and they were all screwed up..

that wasnt what i meant. i meant his predicament is harsh

i mean that sapien shuts itslef down before i get a chance to do anything i open up the scenario and then it stays open for a few seconds then it just shuts doen automaticly

like he said before, sounds like some of your tags are messed up. open up halo ce direcrtory, find debug.txt and scroll to the bottom (if you need to scroll at all). copy and paste the last paragraph here, and maybe one of us can interpret what the error is

god damn that stupid ma2b assault rifle

here ya go

06.23.07 11:17:26 sapien pc 01.00.00.0609 ----------------------------------------------
06.23.07 11:17:26 reference function: _write_to_error_file
06.23.07 11:17:26 reference address: 401b13
06.23.07 11:17:26 Couldn't read map file './sapienbeta.map'
06.23.07 11:17:27 CreateDevice succeeded with refresh rate = 0
06.23.07 11:17:30 Sound card doesn't meet minimum hardware requirements. Disabling hardware option.
06.23.07 11:17:31 Increasing sound decompression buffer size to 1048576 bytes
06.23.07 11:17:45 the model 'weapons\ma2b\ma2b' and the collision model 'weapons\ma2b\ma2b' don't match (node counts don't match)
06.23.07 11:17:45 the object 'weapons\ma2b\ma2b assault rifle' will not be collidable
06.23.07 11:17:57 the model 'weapons\ma2b\ma2b' and the collision model 'weapons\ma2b\ma2b' don't match (node counts don't match)
06.23.07 11:17:57 the object 'weapons\ma2b assault rifle\ma2b assault rifle' will not be collidable

where do i put the weapon tags and vehicle tags anyway? I put needle grenades in the scenario and there are no problems
Edited by Ultramarine 45 on Jun 23, 2007 at 06:28 AM
Edited by Ultramarine 45 on Jun 23, 2007 at 06:29 AM