Adding Halo 2 Maps to the Mainmenu

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FuZ3

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11. August 2006 @ 13:20

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Adding Halo 2 Maps to the Mainmenu
By: ll FuZ3 ll

Things you are going to need:

- DotHalo: http://files.filefront.com/DotHalo+v10b3...;/fileinfo.html
- Xvi32: http://files.filefront.com/Xvi32RAR/;5387302;;/fileinfo.html
- FTP Client: http://files.filefront.com/FlashFXP+34+S...;/fileinfo.html
- Halo 2 Maps (Mainmenu.map and a Halo 2 level like Deltatap.map)

Getting Started

First open up Xvi32.

Then click "File" and then "Open"

Locate the map name.

Change the name to whatever you want.

Then click "File" and then "Save"

Then open up DotHalo and click "Open Map"

Then locate your Mainmenu.map and click "Open"

Then locate the [matg] Global tag

Click "globals/globals" It will take a while to load so just wait.

Then click on the "Multiplayer" drop-down list and select "12"

Then you need to fill out the blanks. For "Value" and "Next Value?" you should just put a random number. I used 250 because it's an unused number by the other maps that are accessable from the mainmenu. For "Name (English)" , "Name (German)" , "Name (French)" , and "Name" put the name of the map you want to show up on the mainmenu. Then for "Description (English)" , "Description (German)" , "Description (French)" , and "Description" put the description you want to show up on the mainmenu. For "Scenario Name" put what the name was when you hex edited the map. And last but not least for "Team Options" click "2 teams CTF/inf teams TS"

Then go back to the tags window and click "Save Changes"

Then click "Fix Encryption"

Then you can close the map and open CMR Map Resigner to resign your map that your adding to the mainmenu. Then you need to rename your Halo 2 map to whatever it's scenario name was so mine would be FuZ3.map and then FTP both your mainmenu.map and your other map into your E:/Games/Halo 2/maps folder. When it asks you if you want to overwrite the other mainmenu.map click "Yes"

Now that you have your map added to your mainmenu you want to be able to play them so you are going to need to disable your auto update.

So first you are going to need to FTP to your Xbox

Then you are going to need to locate the E:/TDATA/4d530064/$u folder and rename all three of the items like so

This is reversable. You can just take the 2's back out.

Then you can reboot your Xbox and run Halo 2. You will see your map has been added to your mainmenu!

FAQ

Q. - Why do I fail to load the map?

A. - As of right now, I have four things that would be reasons for your maps not loading:

1) It's corrupted because you modded it in a way so that it's unplayable.

2) You forgot to resign(new maps) or fix the encryption(old maps) of the map you are adding.

3) You screwed up when hex editing the map name.

4) You chose values for the map you were adding that didn't work. You may need to play around with these some more.

© ll FuZ3 ll


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