Official Entity Help Thread

[xxrobbiechaosxx]

Every time I try to open the Meta editor,
It does that.
I does it on almost every tag,
And I've tried different maps.
Help me, please.

[Woozy]

Quote: Originally Posted by xxrobbiechaosxx

Every time I try to open the Meta editor,
It does that.
I does it on almost every tag,
And I've tried different maps.
Help me, please.

Hmm..gotta ask the basic questions. =/

1st. Have you opened this map in any other programs, such as Dothalo or Insolence? Doing this may have damaged your tags, making them un-openable.

2nd. Have you set your map paths?


If no to one and yes to two, then what version of Entity are you using? I'll play around with it I guess.

[LD50]

map paths must be set other wise you wouldn't even open the map let alone attempt to open the meta editor, but it is weird that robbie has his entity in the same folder as entity's default folder Compaq users/etc
As for some inferior program causing the problem to the map possible but unlikely for every map
I'd say the entity you are using is fairly old I've tried 1 ,1.3,1.39,1.4 ,1.5
and 1.6 and I'd have to say fyi 1.39 is the most stable

[xxrobbiechaosxx]

I have 1.6 UE I've tried many other versions.
I don't like them.
Can I have a link to 1.9?
And...
No, I did not edit them in anything else.
They're clean maps.
I've tried alot of different maps, too.

[LD50]

sorry robbie I a bit too tired when I posted I spotted I'd put 1.9 when I meant 1.39 and I thought I'd corrected it but I must of dreamed that bit
As for how 1.39 and 1.6 differ there's some minor graphical differences but 1.39 is pretty solid compared to all others

[RvB rox]

finally someone with the same problem as me and for me there is not ANYTHING else open

[gopedertyper]

it says mainmenu. map and and set map paths << help please would be great!!! download link mainmenu.map also please

[LD50]

Get a fresh copy of the mainmenu.map shared.map and Sp_shared.map from your halo 2 disc get a new copy of net frame work from Microsoft get a copy of Entity 1.39 from zone's SP to MP BSP conversion tut (advanced tutorials) then set the map paths then tell me it doesn't work

gopedertyper I'm not helping you until you spell check your last post and put it in the form of an understandable question (an edit not a new post)

(100'th post woot!)

[gopedertyper]

haha...

how do you set up the map paths thats my main question

[alphasped]

can entity edit spawn coordinates?, for some reason my pc is too stupid to open playerspawns

[gopedertyper]

along with entity get aio v2 or 3<< i think its out and those two kick *** if you use em as a duo to kick moddings ***!

[xxrobbiechaosxx]

So u just kinda skip my question?
It's getting really annoying.
My friend is getting the same warning.

[LD50]

Gopedertyper look at page two of this thread near the bottom I explain how to set the map paths

Robbie I didn't skip your question I just didn't make it clear I was addressing you Other than a new net framework it could be that your plugins are the issue updating plugins is a bit of a pain first open entity>tools>format plugins direct entity to your halo 2 plugins which is entity UE v1.6>plugins>halo 2> ent then try your meta editor
then to update your plugins visit Halo 2 Plugins open your ent folder open biped.ent with notepad or text doc open the biped hyperlink @plugins.pheonic.co.uk/ copy all the text in the main window and paste it over all the text in notepad save and close thats biped updated you have to do this for all tags which takes time thats why I recommend just using 1.39 because all plugins are fairly recent and its the best all round, some people recommend other versions of specific mods (skinning etc)
http://forums.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=58976
entity 1.39 with most of the recent plugins

Alphasped you can edit spawn co-ords in 2 ways with entity (not just player spawns, weapons, scenery, objectives, obstacles)
the first method (favored by all) is using the BSP viewer and editing player (look it up)
the second method (not used too much) is opening the scnr tag opening the meta editor finding the player spawns part and entering the X Y Z co-ords by number alone

Don't use AIO any version, why learn 50 different modding programs, when in the end you'll want to use entity
My modding program list: Entity(for all modding), Sav3r(game type), CRM2(signing), H2G, H2C(BSP converting), Spff (if I have to) and scripttools (scripting)

Zone 117 where the hell have you gone?

[Woozy]

Ok, so, my spartan's body is invisible. I don't know what's causing it. I'll try to put pictures up (if I ever get the deswizzler to connect properly..), but, everything exept the head and gun are completely invisible. Non-existant even. It seems to happen after I inject/internalize certain bitmaps.. (One time after I skinned the banshee, the second time after I skinned the antennas (modding Ascension)), but that seems illogical and I'm 99% sure that it's not that. Though, I can't think of any other reasons why it would do this. Any help?

[LD50]

Really weird you should mention that woozy because I too have a modded Ascension but I don't skin at all,
everything on the map (Eg the biped) was normal (visible) until I tried adding some scenery (2 way teleporters) today to the net game reflexive (so non modders can see them) I've had this modded months now with the teleporters invisible (using redundant objective locations) with everything being fine
I finally got tired of explaining where the teleporters where and decided to put the scenery in and like magic everything but the gun and the bipeds head became invisible

I could have gone wrong but I don't really care it's just unusual that 2 people have the same problem on the same map when neither did anything to the biped tag

Ideas as to why please

Did you manage to fix your problem robbie? (don't post just to say yes or no just add your reply on to a "proper post")

Is zone 117 even reading this anymore?

[Zone 117]

Quote: Originally Posted by LD50

Is zone 117 even reading this anymore?

mb
It's just all these errors are retarded. I can't even imagine how you people come with these...
I hardly have any errors.
You guys must be doing everything wrong... like if there was a box that said enter a number from 1 to 10, you guys would enter "z"
=x

[gopedertyper]

can someone tell me how to recover a lost flag in bsp vierer for turf? cuz i straight up lost it while editing

[Woozy]

Quote: Originally Posted by gopedertyper

can someone tell me how to recover a lost flag in bsp vierer for turf? cuz i straight up lost it while editing

(In the BSP viewer..) Click spawns, click item collection, click the flag. It will put you in a view inside of a flag (will be hard to tell where you are) but that's how ya find it.

[LD50]

Ok then Zone time for proper question #2

How do I transfer scripts from a prescripted map to a non scripted map that will work with SoL's scripttools
(and not the method given @ halo mods, because coping the scripts reflexive to the clipboard then adding it to the netgame master chunk doesn't work with scripttools, and scripts that work on Zanzibar elongation etc copied over to non scrited maps freeze the map upon loading)

How would you do it please (tried and tested)

[Mizwax]

in entity if i want to duplicate something, i right click it. well it give two options, duplicate and duplicate recursivly. which do i use? im not really sure what recursively means.