- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Basic things you need to make a Halo Custom Editon Map:
1) Halo editing kit and all the tools within.
2) Gmax or 3D Studio Max since they are the only programs that have plugins you can use to export Halo-compatible models with. Of course, you could use another program to model (I use Blender a lot), but you would ultimately have to skin and export the map with one of these since exporting from other programs have limitations.
3) An image editor that supports the .tif/.tiff file format and alpha chanels. This would be something like PSP, Photoshop, or The GIMP. Just get the latest version of what you choose because I know all the programs I listed here work. The procedure for doing alpha-masks in GIMP is a bit different than Photoshop though.