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Subject: Tutorial for Modding Halo PC
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Poll: Did this tutorial help you?  [closed]
Yes for every thing!!!:  34%
(12 Votes)
No:  46%
(16 Votes)
For HMT:  9%
(3 Votes)
For HHHT:  0%
(0 Votes)
I want to add more info!!!:  11%
(4 Votes)
Total Votes: 35

Hi, this is a tutorial for modding Halo PC. I'll tell you what you need first ...

HMT (3.0 or 3.5)
HHHT (If you have any ppfs)

Yeah, I know there are others out on the internet, but this is my basic need for Halo modding. Now, we'll start the first steps ...

Part I: Backing up your maps

1. Back-up your map files!! Many people have posted things like "Can anyone give me maps?" and "Please give me spare maps!!!" These questions are what people say when they BORROWED the game.

2. To back-up your maps, there are two ways.

2.a. Go to your Halo directory. For example, C:/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Halo/MAPS/

2.b. On your desktop, right click the Halo shortcut and click properties. Then click FIND TARGET, and find the MAPS folder.

3. Make a new folder on your desktop or any where you won't forget, and copy ALL of your maps into the new folder. This is now your back-up folder.

Now you're ready for your modding.
Note: You must have the .net framework for HMT

Part II: HMT

1. Open HMT and go to your Halo map folder. Open up any map except for BITMAPS.MAP, SOUNDS.MAP or UI.MAP.

HMT I: Bitmaps

1. If you have a custom skin made by Photoshop with the .dds plugin, or by the image converter, you can inject bitmaps or extract them by ...

2. Open HMT.

3. Click on the + sign and look for the skin you want to inject or extract.

4. Click on SAVE TEXTURE and save it somewhere, or click on INJECT TEXTURE and look for the skin you were looking for.

HMT II: Projectiles

1. So you want to swap the assault rilfe bullet with a rocket, well, here you are.

2. ON HMT, click the + sign and look for the weapon you want to switch.

3.a. After you click on the weapon, click SWAP and find the other projectile.

3.b. After you click on the projectile you want, copy the number and paste in the weapon you want it to shoot.

4. Click SAVE, and you're done.

HMT III: Weapon

1. So you want to make the pistol a machine gun? Read on ...

2. On HMT, find weapon and click on the + sign.

3. Click on the weapon you want to change.

4. If you want to add zoom, look for zoom levels and put in the amount of zooms and how far it will go.

5. If you want to make the clip bigger, or add a clip, go the CLIP part and click on the arrow so it goes and shows how many clips there are.

6. Click 0 and change the clip.

7. The rate of fire? Click PROJECTILE and 0.

8. ROF is rate of fire. So the higher it is, the faster it fires.

There's more, but that's for you to figure out.

HMT IV: Models

1. Let's say you made a model for Halo in Milkshape 3D, or you downloaded a mod and you have to manually install the model. In HMT, click the + sign on MOD2 (PC Model)

2. Now scroll down to the model and if it's first person, click on the FP, or click on the other if it's third person. Note: Ignore the note it says when you load the third person model.

3. Click on 0 and click IMPORT MODEL and find the model as a .obj format. Click Yes and OK and there you go, you've injected a model.

4. If you wish to extract the model, click EXPORT MODEL for one, and EXPORT ALL for all the models in the section.

5. Save the models somewhere and you have now gotten models. Now when you want to place the original model back, replace the map, or just the model.

Part III: HHHT

1. Now time for PPFs.

2. Locate the ppfs and maps folder. Also make a backup folder and locate it.

3. Apply the ppfs and there you go.

4. To return the map back to normal, click on the maps and click REVERT SELECTED.

The end of it. Just post what you need more info with, and tell me what you like. Also, the numbers like 3.a. mean that there are alternate ways to do something. The capped words are words on the program. Well, good luck on modding!!!

P.S. Does anyone know what happened to my polls, What would you rather get killed by and How would you die? I know the second one is a repost because the first one got lost, but I really want to see the replies. Please give me a link, so I don't get the administrators mad for reposting over and over again!!

[Edited on 1/4/2006]

  • 12.01.2005 2:51 PM PDT
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nice tut! this should be a sticky, or at least referenced to in the guides sticky

  • 12.01.2005 5:09 PM PDT
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Do you have a tutorial of how to get the sword in caimpaign?

  • 12.01.2005 6:34 PM PDT
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i voted no. When it says open the HMT file, mine opens in word pad. Now i dont know -blam!- about modding. I dont think its working right. Someone help me?

  • 12.01.2005 8:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: queef58
i voted no. When it says open the HMT file, mine opens in word pad. Now i dont know -blam!- about modding. I dont think its working right. Someone help me?


Uhhh ... what do you mean HMT file? Do you mean Halo map files? I really don't know what you mean file. I'm guessing when you load HMT, is that right?

To other people who told me this was a good tutorial, thanks for the comments. ^_^

Alright ... I don't know how to make the energy sword usable, but tell me if you want to put one into another level. Hey, has anyone found my two other polls yet? Please, I want to see if any other people posted in them

[Edited on 12/2/2005]

  • 12.02.2005 2:08 PM PDT
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Great tutorial, but where to get HMT or HHHT? Secondly... mods are legal in PC, right? Thirdly... can you make a Halo shortcut (by copying the old one) and mod that one and use the other for backup?

  • 12.03.2005 5:51 AM PDT
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Hey, when you install Halo, there is an option to create a shortcut, install gamespy, and install for a users.

Do you mean mod a shortcut and turn it back to normal using the old shortcut. Did you read the part of BACKING UP YOUR MAPS?

It also is legal to mod Halo PC, but Halo 2 and Halo Xbox are ILLEGAL to mod, just look at the stickies and you'll see if you even read. I have no idea why Halomods have mods for Halo Xbox and Halo 2.

Links ...

HMT 3.5: http://halo.ogresnet.com/downloads/db/?mod=72

HHHT 1.4:http://www.download.com/Halo-Combat-Evolved-HHHT-Utility/3000 -7453_4-10292159.html?tag=all-titles-H-1

There you go if you don't have them. I'll make another tutorial if anyone gives me more information. Also, did anyone find my polls yet? If I have ever mentioned about HHHT 4.0, sorry, I messed up. It was HHHT 1.4.

  • 12.03.2005 6:42 AM PDT
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Yeah, I mean making 2 shortcuts / 2 Halo games: mod one, keep the other normal. Would this work? And thanks for the HMT and HHHT. Which is better?

[Edited on 12/3/2005]

  • 12.03.2005 7:13 AM PDT
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No, you can't have two shortcuts. You have to have one, and again, the game runs on your map files. If you mess up and don't have any backup maps, you're in trouble, just like what happened to me. You have to uninstall the game and reinstall the game and actually backup your maps.

Actually, they both do something different. HMT is a map modding program, and HHHT is a PPF applier.

  • 12.03.2005 7:29 AM PDT
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That's very cool. I'll have to try that.

  • 12.03.2005 5:05 PM PDT
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Thanks for the comments. Also, did you know this was my first tutorial?

  • 12.03.2005 5:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: Yin Yang
Posted by: queef58
i voted no. When it says open the HMT file, mine opens in word pad. Now i dont know -blam!- about modding. I dont think its working right. Someone help me?


Uhhh ... what do you mean HMT file? Do you mean Halo map files? I really don't know what you mean file. I'm guessing when you load HMT, is that right?

To other people who told me this was a good tutorial, thanks for the comments. ^_^

Alright ... I don't know how to make the energy sword usable, but tell me if you want to put one into another level. Hey, has anyone found my two other polls yet? Please, I want to see if any other people posted in them
This is a tutorial for modding Halo PC original, not the custom edition. That can be done with the Halo Editing Kit.

  • 12.03.2005 5:51 PM PDT
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Del Beano, I that was MeArbiter that posted about the sword. Also, it's possible, but there is no FP model of the energy sword. Get the 2.11 Beta trainer for CE and PC, and click on bump possesion. Then get an elite with a sword. Walk into him and there, you have the sword. So, MeArbiter, you can get it, but not for the MC.

Queef58, go to this link and maybe your problems are solved.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=262d 25e3-f589-4842-8157-034d1e7cf3a3&displaylang=en


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  • 12.03.2005 7:10 PM PDT
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ah, but his sword doesn't work. the best you can do to get a WORKING sword is to switch the third person model of the plasma rifle to the third person of the sword and give the plasma rifle an uber melee. (well, that's the easy version anyways). Now for the hard way, obtain the tags from halo CE for one of the numerous swords that have been made. PMI the tags into the map, and swap all the old tags of the old sword with the new one.

  • 12.03.2005 7:41 PM PDT
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Hmmm... nice idea. And do you need both tools to mod weapons, vehicles, projectiles and the like? That's what I want to do. Oh, and if I credit you, can I copy the tutorial onto Word or something so I remember it or put it on my clan site? Also, how do you make a new folder on the desktop? How do you use the backups if something goes wrong?

[Edited on 12/4/2005]

  • 12.04.2005 6:21 AM PDT
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Obaten, you are right, that is the way of getting an FP model of the sword, but note that you can't slash, just melee and fire, but does the Halo 2 sword really fire projectiles? If it doesn't, it will be changed to a energy sword with no shooting.

Besides all that, I've got some mods from these sites, check them out:

Timber Land 2 Mod: http://halo.ogresnet.com/downloads/db/?mod=134

Nitro's Halo 2 Mod 5.3: (Note: Bitmaps are messed up)
http://files.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=1223

Nitro's Halo 2 Mod 5.9 all Levels:(Can anyone send this to me in MSN?)
http://halo.ogresnet.com/downloads/db/?mod=132

TS's Coagulation PC:(Cool Halo Mod!!)
http://zealotmodding.co.uk/HostedFiles/Public/Coagulatio n_Mod_Ver.2.rar

Hey, I'll find more, but for the Halo 2 Mod 5.9, can any of you send it to me in MSN? When I open the rar file, I get a message that says it's corrupted. Also, if anyone has found my polls, please and thank you.

I'll fill in my messenger thing, and my messenger name is Ying, and the email is peeyello2003@msn.com, but DO NOT email me because it doesn't work.


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  • 12.04.2005 7:38 AM PDT
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WHAT?!?!? It didn't work! I followed instructions to switch projectile, and I played game, but no change! LOL never mind I was on backup maps! :) Oh and I found a mod on Halo.ogresnet.com... how do you use one? Download it and then...?

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  • 12.04.2005 5:04 PM PDT
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Sorry, some mods have maps you copy to the map directory. Don't the mods come with a readme file? You should read the readme file to see instructions.

  • 12.05.2005 1:55 PM PDT
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What do you mean by .net framework? I tried the map, it failed to work.

  • 12.05.2005 1:56 PM PDT

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Thats nice dear but itsnt it kind of iligal?
you know against international copyright laws?

or are you just hacking your own pc for the fun of it?

  • 12.05.2005 2:10 PM PDT
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Uh, he said it was legal. According to rules by moderators, they said only xbox modding is illegal. Or is Yin Yang lying to me? Anyway, wouldn't moderators bust in if illegal talk was in forums?

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  • 12.05.2005 2:14 PM PDT
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Yeah, they would bust, but Halo PC modding is legal. If it wasn't why would I write a tutorial on how to mod? Also, Grim Mouser, go to the link I told Queff58 to go to. If you have that, you need the framework for HMT to work. Like a computer. Pretend the framework is electricity, and the computer is HMT. You need electricity for the computer to work right? If you understand, you will understand that Monoxide (The creator of HMT needed the framework for it to work)

[Edited on 12/6/2005]

  • 12.05.2005 3:16 PM PDT
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Then will it even start without the framework? Mine starts, but mods fail. I followed instructions on how to mod the weapons, but it didn't work. Help me here: You said to: click swap, find and click on weapon you want to use as projectile, then PASTE IN THE WEAPON YOU WANT IT TO SHOOT. What??? I click on scorpian tank shot for pistol, it pops up next to SWAP. Where do you paste it??? I did all but the pasting part, ran Halo, but Bloodgulch (my mod test map) was not even available to play on!

  • 12.06.2005 1:07 PM PDT
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OK, here's what you do. The tutorial said there was TWO ways to do it. One way is copying the meta. After you copy the tank shell meta, you paste it in the pistol's number.
Otherwise, click on pistol and click swap. Then look for the tank shell. Note: You ACTUALLY have to click SAVE after you swap the meta, otherwise it won't work.

  • 12.06.2005 2:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: Yin Yang
OK, here's what you do. The tutorial said there was TWO ways to do it. One way is copying the meta. After you copy the tank shell meta, you paste it in the pistol's number.
Otherwise, click on pistol and click swap. Then look for the tank shell. Note: You ACTUALLY have to click SAVE after you swap the meta, otherwise it won't work.


What do you mean by paste it in the pistol's number? What number and where is it?

  • 12.09.2005 12:57 PM PDT

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