Halo 3 Mods: A Tutorial on Halo 3 Modding for Beginners

[unknown v2]

Quote: Originally Posted by II OneSin II

No. They both give you the files you need off your HDD.



Do I need container edits too? or is that like an extra program?

What?

Container Edits lets you extract the sandbox.map from the usermap to use in Sandbox. You can skip this step with Forge.

[II OneSin II]

How do you extract a .map file (what its asking me to do) from a usermap?
Or do I click (for a foundry mod) warehouse.map on container edits?

[Firestorm Jr]

Quote: Originally Posted by ScareCroe

I think the XPORT is just more Luxury, in the Sence that you can take your HDD off your Xbox and connect just the HDD to it. and XSATA is the Classic, but you need to either have your Xbox within a few feet of your PC or have a USB Extender like me but i prefer the Software that comes with XSATA.

So do you have to plug xsata directly into your computer?

[unknown v2]

Quote: Originally Posted by II OneSin II

How do you extract a .map file (what its asking me to do) from a usermap?
Or do I click (for a foundry mod) warehouse.map on container edits?

Open Container Edits, then click Open and open your usermap. Then hit extract and your set for Sanbox. You also have to inject the sandbox.map after you are done. If you use Forge, you don't have to extract the usermap though, you can edit it directly.

Quote: Originally Posted by Firestorm Jr

So do you have to plug xsata directly into your computer?

USB port?

[II OneSin II]

I forged to make this map, so i don't have to hit extract sandbox from container?
When i do it gives me the .map files so...?

[unknown v2]

No. Forge as in the application/.exe. Not in Halo 3.

You have to open the .map file you extracted in Sandbox.

[II OneSin II]

I hit extract sandbox from container and it gave me a list of the .map files.(not the usermaps) do I click the map the my usermap is in (for example - my map is on sandtrap so I click shrine?

do you have a link/code to get the forge application?

[unknown v2]

No, you have to enter a name and let it create a new file.

Here is Forge.

[II OneSin II]

Ok. does the name I create have to be .map or does it even need an extension (to get it into sandbox)

[unknown v2]

Yes. Sandbox maps have .map extensions(not the same as the large map files).

[Scare Croe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Firestorm Jr

So do you have to plug xsata directly into your computer?

Whats the Difference: Xsata and Xport

[Mast3rModder]

Finally got to use that link huh?

And yes If your to lazy to go to that link, you have to stick one end in your 360 and the other in your computer. If your computer and box are to far apart (like mine) You can get an extension caple from radio shack or get Xport instead.

[Scare Croe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mast3rModder

Finally got to use that link huh?

Lulz, yep

[Mast3rModder]

Thats the error screen I get when I try to Run Halo 3 toybox, forge, etc. This happened before I uninstalled .Netframework and I can't install it again. When I try it says "Product Already installed" Yes I ran it as administrator.

[luke7396]

right i am starting over again and my xport360 goes on my xbox harddrive, partion 3 then content but it doesnt open.... why?

HELP PLEASE!

[TechnoIV20]

not to put this tut down or anything b/c this is a nice one, but in here u say
"You can edit the location all of the editable objects on the map, switch out objects for another and multiply them as you wish."
can't u just forge and get the same results?

[Scare Croe]

Quote: Originally Posted by luke7396

right i am starting over again and my xport360 goes on my xbox harddrive, partion 3 then content but it doesnt open.... why?

HELP PLEASE!

Thats wierd... I dont know why that would happen

[Mast3rModder]

Quote: Originally Posted by TechnoIV20

not to put this tut down or anything b/c this is a nice one, but in here u say
"You can edit the location all of the editable objects on the map, switch out objects for another and multiply them as you wish."
can't u just forge and get the same results?

Hes explaining how to do it on the program.

[Sasquatch 45]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mast3rModder

Thats the error screen I get when I try to Run Halo 3 toybox, forge, etc. This happened before I uninstalled .Netframework and I can't install it again. When I try it says "Product Already installed" Yes I ran it as administrator.

This is what you were talking about...yeah, my programs run fine with vista...idk why yours aint...

[Xpargas]

Mast3rmodder download .NET framwork 3.5, i was using 2.0 and the samething happened then i downloaded 3.5 and it worked perfectly