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Subject: Halo CE Map -> WPI Campus Map
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Hi, I wasn't really sure where to post this, so I apologize if I put it in the wrong place. Anyway, I and my three friends, Alex, Brad and Josh made a Halo CE map of our campus. This map is still a work in progress, but we have just released our first public version of the map. Below are some screenshots of the map. If you want to see more, you can check out our webiste, wpimap.com for screenshots, videos and to download the map itself for Halo CE or Xbox.

Download Link - WPI Campus Map

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Download Link - WPI Campus Map

EDIT: Put up smaller images, hoping that it would allow them.

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  • 05.24.2006 12:11 PM PDT
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You're not allowed to post images directly, you need to link them.

Anyway, this is pretty cool, I'll download it.

Is this to scale?

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  • 05.24.2006 12:43 PM PDT
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dude, that is some sweet map you got there! the scenery is awesome, the hogs look like actual race cars, and the buildings are near to perfect accuracy detailed. man, i say that's a good map for racing gametypes. nice job dude, keep up the good work. =)

you know, i have to admit, i actually had FUN watching the videos and looking at those screenshots. this is one awesome map.

  • 05.24.2006 12:48 PM PDT
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Wait, are you GT Juggler?

Nice map, but I never bothered to download it because I don't play CE that often.

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  • 05.24.2006 1:01 PM PDT
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(GT) Juggler is my roomate. We worked on the map together along with our other two roomates.

  • 05.24.2006 1:56 PM PDT
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Sweet! Tell him he rules and that his videos never cease to be awesome.

  • 05.24.2006 2:00 PM PDT
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I would make all of the doors accessible if I were you. I already have the map and its pretty cool, but the places need hallways inside all of the buildings to make it more urban styled combat. Thats what everyone wants now huh? After you make it you should make a modyfied version where it is the campus, but after it was bombed or shelled repeatedly.

  • 05.24.2006 2:00 PM PDT
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As it currently stands, the map is still a work in progress. One of our goals is to make all of the building accessible. There as a new version comming out in a few days. We decided that the map was a little to big to be playable on Xbox. When we tried to play it during a LAN, it lagged a little. To fix this, we decided that the map should be smaller. It is currently 75m farther from Red to Blue base on our map than it is in Bloodgulch. The new Xbox version is going to use the Campus center as blue base and the three buildings on the farthest part of the map will be removed to make the file smaller. If you want to be notified of new version information, then go to our webiste and sign up for the
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  • 05.24.2006 3:49 PM PDT
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thats -blam!- cool -blam!- ass -blam!- ill -blam!- download it -blam!- hole damn -blam!- nother -blam!- its -blam!- cool it -blam!- -blam!- looks like a damn school -blam!- its -blam!- nice -blam!- -blam!- -blam!-

  • 05.24.2006 3:51 PM PDT
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wow! that is one schweet map!

nice skin on the hogs and the flags!

great looking campus, too!

  • 05.24.2006 5:37 PM PDT
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Maw

Since you know how to make a map will you tell me how to make tool work?
Oh yes its in the right place...but how do i know its not a worm or pirate?

  • 05.24.2006 7:58 PM PDT

*I sense a disturbance in the forum*
Jaws on Zanzibar?
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purchase a leaf blower at any Sears store
After kim saying pc gamers are more mature:
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we r?

is this a college? It's -blam!- beautiful dude

  • 05.24.2006 8:37 PM PDT
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Tool is definately not a worm or a pirate. If you downloaded it (HEK) from a reputable source, then there should be no problem. If you want to redownload it you can go to halomaps.org or download it from wpimap.com.

To make tool work you will need to creat a batch file (*.bat) to run the program. To do this, navigate to the directory "Halo Custom Edition" on your computer, right click and hit New -> Text Document. You should now have 'New Text Document.txt', open it up and below are the lines of code you need to add to make it work.


This line of code is to compile the bitmaps for all your textures. It takes the tifs from your tifs directory and converts them into .bitmap files.
tool bitmaps levels\test\yourmap\bitmaps

This line of code takes in your .jms file from 3ds Max and compiles it
tool structure levels\test\yourmap yourjms

This line of code is used to compile custom made scenery objects and makes them into .scenery files. This is a bit more complicated, you shouldn't have to worry about it as sapien comes with all the scenery you'll need
tool model levels\test\yourmap\scenery

This line of code is used to render the lightmaps. The lightmaps decide how bright the textures on the bsp will be at speciffic locations. If you did not use this line of code, you would be unable to see any part of the bsp, you would just see all of your scenery objects and weapons floating in the air
tool lightmaps levels\test\yourmap\yourmap yourmap 0 0.999999

This line of code takes in all the compiled information from the other lines of code as well as the .scenairo file and all the scenery objects and combines them into a playable *.map file.
tool build-cache-file levels\test\yourmap\yourmap

When you paste in those five lines of code, you will need to replace 'yourmap' with the name of your map and 'yourjms' with the name of your .jms file with the .jms removed. Since you have not done a compile of the map yet, it is unlikely that you have a name for it yet. The answer on how to do this can be found it the Hek_tutorial folder in your Halo CE folder. You now need to click save as in Notepad and select save as type 'all files' and then save it as compile.bat. When you need to compile, you can simply click on this file and it will do the rest for you.

  • 05.25.2006 7:36 AM PDT
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Posted by: fastmatt
is this a college? It's -blam!- beautiful dude


Yes, that is our college, WPI.

  • 05.25.2006 7:37 AM PDT
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Yes, I am a hypocrite, and I'm sorry. I really do mean well, but I'm not running on all cylinders.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

That map is awesome.

  • 05.25.2006 9:18 AM PDT
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thats -blam!- cool -blam!- ass -blam!- ill -blam!- download it -blam!- hole damn -blam!- nother -blam!- its -blam!- cool it -blam!- -blam!- looks like a damn school -blam!- its -blam!- nice -blam!- -blam!- -blam!-
How about a nice, warm cup of STFU?

I think I'll try this map out Friday. It looks awesome.

  • 05.25.2006 1:15 PM PDT
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I'd like a venti cup of what he's having, please.

  • 05.26.2006 5:55 PM PDT