- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
A couple nights ago I was digging through past threads looking for something and I came across one in which someone was asking for help making their own maps. He said he had downloaded Gmax but the Blitzkrieg exporter doesn't work for it. People then told him he had to get 3DS Max.
Well, I recently encountered this problem myself, ya'see, even if you get the student discount, the thing costs about $800. I don't have that money to throw around, especially on something I may get fustrated and quit on.
But I was also browsing through some useful Halo tools on my favorite mod/map site and I found a map exporter that works for Gmax! So now, you can download Gmax and the exporter and start making maps for FREE.
You'll have to make an account at the site but that's free too. They've got a huge collection of maps, some good, a lot cheap, and some pretty cool mods so it's worth it.
http://www.levels4you.com/sections/halopc/index.l4y?othercat= 125
The file you want is about halfway down the page, called Chimp 1.4 GMAX (Level exporter)
Recommended you download the Halo Editing Kit as well, it comes along with a very useful HTML that has an extensive tutorial that teaches you to make a rather small but potential map.
Any problems, questions, or you need help finding the Editing Kit, pm me. I'm just learning the whole mapping biz so don't espect me to be a guru on the subject. :P