[Hippo]

A whole bunch:

Starting with Halo PC, you need WinRar to pull the maps from the .cab files (unless you do a full install)... Then you need a program caled Halo Map Tools (HMT) (v3.0 or later, since only new versions have extraction utilities), 3D Exploration (3DX) to convert the files from .obj (Lightwave object file IIRC) to a .3ds mesh, and then you need 3DSMax (any version i'd suppose, though i use 6) to import the new object.

I'm not sure where to get 3DX, since it supposedly costs $300, and there aren't many places you can find the beta version.

HMT can be found at Halomods.com

Winrar is at www.rarsoft.com

Any you need the full version of HPC, since the demo doesn't have single player maps in .map form, and ripped copies won't do, since HMT needs the patched version of HPC to work...

[Jetmech Jr.]

Originally posted by Hippo


Tn'R?

 

He means the Truth and Reconciliation, a covenant cruiser

[Hippo]

ah... nope... thats scenery too... same with the cruiser in keyes, which is a different one according to the books...

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Hippo
.obj (Lightwave object file IIRC)

That would be a Wavefront object format. Lightwave uses LWOB1 and LWOB2, which are .lwo files.

For what its worth, Max should have an importer for .obj files. They're pretty much the standard 'tween' format these days. Everything reads .obj.

[Hippo]

but it doesn't... odd...

[Nico]

Originally posted by Hippo
ah... nope... thats scenery too... same with the cruiser in keyes, which is a different one according to the books...

The Truth and Reconciliation is a part of some levels too, that doesn't count?
Btw, one could wonder why Halo2 is subtitled Truth and Reconciliations...
"has nightmares about Halo2's plot being raped by floods wandering the galaxy aboard an infested covenant ship"

[Hippo]

Originally posted by Venom


"has nightmares about Halo2's plot being raped by floods wandering the galaxy aboard an infested covenant ship"

Ah, you've read the book too?

Originally posted by Venom


The Truth and Reconciliation is a part of some levels too, that doesn't count?

When you see it, if its not whole, its just a partial wall shaped like the visible portion... the rest is all halways and hanger bays

[Taristin]

Someone should model it...  Also.. get the PoA out for us too!

[aldo_14]

Hate to sound negative, but that's a rmarkably crap looking bomber for a professional model.

[Hippo]

Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Someone should model it...  Also.. get the PoA out for us too!

I'm working on it!... I can grab it from the hencly named level, where its used in the cinematics, but i'm inquiring in different halo forums how to do so...

[karajorma]

Originally posted by aldo_14
Hate to sound negative, but that's a rmarkably crap looking bomber for a professional model.

I thought that when I saw the model in the game. In fact I actually thought that I've seen models here that are better

[Taristin]

*wishes he had more time tonight to play with the LS, and make it in game ready*

[Taristin]

Originally posted by karajorma


I thought that when I saw the model in the game. In fact I actually thought that I've seen models here that are better

There were of very well made meshes here. Everything in the design a destroyer thread, for example...

[Nico]

Originally posted by Hippo


Ah, you've read the book too?



When you see it, if its not whole, its just a partial wall shaped like the visible portion... the rest is all halways and hanger bays

Nope, haven't read the books, just a wild guess based on the game events.

As for the T n R, I'm positive you see the complete ship in 3D in some level ( the one when you start dropped from a Pelican and try and board the ship for the first time ).

[karajorma]

I'm not knocking the quality of stuff on here but it's worrying when it's so much better than the stuff made by a professional because pretty much everyone on this board is an amateur.

Hell much as I like the Pillar of Autumn's design I found it rather simplistic.

[aldo_14]

To be fair, the beauty of the PoA is its simplicity - it's a big hexagon, which actually helps make it look big and imposing.  Something more complex, and the detail can detract from the overall model.

[Hippo]

Originally posted by Nico

As for the T n R, I'm positive you see the complete ship in 3D in some level ( the one when you start dropped from a Pelican and try and board the ship for the first time ).

Ok, I popped open the map in a program that can view (and only view ) the maps and grabbed some screens of it...



That what you mean? Well, thats scenery too, but when i figure it out, i can probably pull that too...

Unfortuneately...

This is the top of the model:



Thats what i meant by:

"its just a partial wall shaped like the visible portion"


Earlier i posted on a Halo modding forum, and i'm working on contacting the guy referenced to figure out how to do this...

You can find it here:
http://www.halomods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=74380#74380

[Knight Templar]

Meh. I like em' both.

And err.. again, I have a half done PoA model, although it's not built exactly to standard. I'll post it up whenever I decide to finish it.

And Hip, your first link to the mesh is spelled wrong.

[Hippo]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
Meh. I like em' both.

And err.. again, I have a half done PoA model, although it's not built exactly to standard. I'll post it up whenever I decide to finish it.

And Hip, your first link to the mesh is spelled wrong.

First it was missing a letter, now the letters are in the wrong places... Doh!...


I know you're doing the PoA, I'm just making the exact models available... There were MANY UNSC frigate and destroyer configurations, and if anything will ever happen with them, we'll need a bunch of different types...

[Knight Templar]

err.. I'm not saying saying don't try to get it out of the game. Just reannouncing my creative genius.