Halo 2: MCC - H2EK Tutorial - Editing map geometry of the official maps (Extracting Map BSP)
106This is a tutorial to explain how get the "original" geometry data to load into Blender, thus you will be able to edit any desired change into the map's geometry, then turn it into a playable map file again!
Correction, I said the "lm" suffix was luminescence, it's actually lightmap render scale.
Oopsies, I forgot enable the portals when I exported the map. F.
Important Links:
- Blender -
https://www.blender.org/
- Halo Blender Toolset -
https://github.com/General-101/Halo-Asset-Blender-Development-Toolset
- Osoyoos Launcher -
https://github.com/num0005/Osoyoos-Launcher
- Halo 2 Texture Extractor (Color Plate Tool) -
https://github.com/SnowyMouse/halo2-color-plate-extractor
- A list of all Halo 2 tool.exe commands -
https://c20.reclaimers.net/h2/tools/h2-ek/h2-tool/
- Links to the specific tool.exe commands ran in this video -
https://c20.reclaimers.net/h2/tools/h2-ek/h2-tool/#extract-structure-data
https://c20.reclaimers.net/h2/tools/h2-ek/h2-tool/#structure-new-from-ass
Extra Informational Links:
https://c20.reclaimers.net/h2/tools/h2-ek/
https://c20.reclaimers.net/h2/level-creation/file-directories/
https://c20.reclaimers.net/h2/level-creation/
https://c20.reclaimers.net/general/source-data/materials/h2-materials/ - Prefixes and suffixes
Timestamps:
0:00 Installing Halo Blender Toolset
2:45 Official Halo 2 Editing Kit Download
4:42 Setting up Osoyoos
7:50 Extracting the BSP geo
11:17 Importing the BSP geo into Blender
12:32 Setting up the Blender scene
15:10 Fixing up geo for editing
16:29 Basic geo editing
17:45 Basic texture swapping
- optional Blender material stuff starts here -
20:16 Texture Extracting
23:15 Getting the extracted texture to render in Blender
27:12 "Advanced" material node setup (for scaling)
- optional Blender material stuff ends here -
30:15 Textured geometry manipulation tip
31:03 Exporting our new .ASS!
32:06 Compiling the new BSP structure file
33:14 Checking out our new BSP in Sapien!
34:38 Playing as a spartan in Sapien
35:38 Finalizing your .map file with Osoyoos
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