.MAP Firefight To Multiplayer Conversions

[OrangeMohawk 407]

Thanks to Matt for the video!

 

I'm going to start out by saying this is a work in progress. There is alot to do to get these conversions fully working, but I do plan on updating these regularly until they are fully functional.
 
What this is
This is a thread where I'll be posting progress and patches for firefight maps converted to multiplayer. Yes this requires a Jtag/RGH/DevKit. Everything except Unearthed and Installation 04 will require pre-loading.

 

Current Version - v0.3

• Locales added for in_game_multiplayer_messages and global_multiplayer_messages

v0.25:

• Multiplayer Globals and UI re-injected with the newest version of Injection Assembly to include stringids
• English locales for random_player_names and team_names added
• Monitor model properties revised to have shield vitality

 
v0.1:

• Fly around in forge (no forging or editing existing items yet, monitor's bipd and null's hlmt, so low shields will beep when you're in monitor mode)
• Play infection. I briefly tested Gun Game and Double Agent since Teancum posted his collection earlier and those seemed to be working, but everything else requires gametype labels which would require full forging capabilities to add.

After transferring the new maps to your console, you will find them listed as their firefight map name with "MP" before the name. I have it set up this way so they are all listed together and easier to find.
 
 

 
If you've read enough and want all the patches, here's a rar archive of them all.
Now onto each individual map...
 
Overlook

Download
 
Courtyard

Download
 
Waterfront

Download
 
Corvette

Download
 
Beachhead

Download
 
Outpost

Download
 
Glacier

Download
 
Holdout

Download
 
Unearthed

Download
 
Installation 04

Download
 
 
Finally, here's a link to the parent folder of everything on mediafire. New versions will be posted to the same folder.
 
Enjoy! Feel free to use these as a base for whatever mods you feel like doing. Just don't forget to give credit where it's due
 
 
Thanks to:
The Assembly Team for a great modding tool, and again for automating injection.
Lord Zedd for this post on porting UI and campaign maps to multiplayer (although you do need to null scripts for firefight ).
Akarias for briefing me on the essentials for firefight conversion.

Edited November 24, 2013 by OrangeMohawk
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[Zone 534]

Very nice!

[Zythara 24]

looks great, cant wait to see forge lists populated onto these maps.

 

if only we could reference forge_halo.map as a 4th reference map and have it all load properly to also populate it with the forge building blocks

[Zone 534]

looks great, cant wait to see forge lists populated onto these maps.

 

if only we could reference forge_halo.map as a 4th reference map and have it all load properly to also populate it with the forge building blocks

That would be a lot of work.

[Nate the Great 560]

This is really awesome! You know, Glacier makes a really cool multiplayer map.

 

 

Edit: 666th post!

Edited November 3, 2013 by Xevalous

[OrangeMohawk 407]

Very nice!

Thanks man!

 

looks great, cant wait to see forge lists populated onto these maps.

 

if only we could reference forge_halo.map as a 4th reference map and have it all load properly to also populate it with the forge building blocks

That'd be lovely! However, as modding progresses, I'm sure there will be more practical and easier ways to go about doing something like this.

 

This is really awesome! You know, Glacier makes a really cool multiplayer map.

Thanks, I think alot of the maps do, which is why I set out to convert them all Although I'd have to say Courtyard and Holdout are my personal favorites.

[Akarias 250]

looks great, cant wait to see forge lists populated onto these maps.

 

if only we could reference forge_halo.map as a 4th reference map and have it all load properly to also populate it with the forge building blocks

 

Can already be done

 

Think about it for a minute or to, keep it simple; its easy to work out.

[AMD 885]

Can already be done

 

Think about it for a minute or to, keep it simple; its easy to work out.

 

Prove it then. To my knowledge, there are two areas where shared cache info is stored in a cache file, and one of them wouldn't allow for a forge_halo.map reference without XEX modification.

[civil210 10]

So just to get this straight, from my understanding when you pre-load a map you can't play it with other people over Xbslink. So would Unearthed and Installation 04 work over Xbslink? I would actually really want to play 1 flag on overlook some day. 

[Zone 534]

So just to get this straight, from my understanding when you pre-load a map you can't play it with other people over Xbslink. So would Unearthed and Installation 04 work over Xbslink? I would actually really want to play 1 flag on overlook some day. 

I don't think you need to pre-load.

[Akarias 250]

Prove it then. To my knowledge, there are two areas where shared cache info is stored in a cache file, and one of them wouldn't allow for a forge_halo.map reference without XEX modification.

 

That's just complicating it, there's no need for extra XEX modification. Look at how we reference a SP map and load assets that are local to that SP map in other maps. 

 

In other words, treat forge_halo.map as a new cache full of extra tags to be used. This also relates to ripping a ff map to pieces to make room for new tags, without increasing load times and or memory issues.

 

Edit: After all this is what lead to the discovery of loading campaign.map ages ago, was trying out FF maps in MP when I stumbled upon the idea of it.

Edited November 3, 2013 by Akarias

[AMD 885]

That's just complicating it, there's no need for extra XEX modification. Look at how we reference a SP map and load assets that are local to that SP map in other maps. 

 

In other words, treat forge_halo.map as a new cache full of extra tags to be used. This also relates to ripping a ff map to pieces to make room for new tags, without increasing load times and or memory issues.

 

Edit: After all this is what lead to the discovery of loading campaign.map ages ago, was trying out FF maps in MP when I stumbled upon the idea of it.

 

Then do it.

 

EDIT: I have just been informed that I am a dumbass and that it's actually pretty easy to do. Welp, sorry for any confusion.

[OrangeMohawk 407]

So just to get this straight, from my understanding when you pre-load a map you can't play it with other people over Xbslink. So would Unearthed and Installation 04 work over Xbslink?

I haven't done any system link testing yet, so I can't say for sure one way or the other.

 

I would actually really want to play 1 flag on overlook some day. 

I'm confident that it will be possible eventually 

[JJIJR 666]

Then do it.

 

EDIT: I have just been informed that I am a dumbass and that it's actually pretty easy to do. Welp, sorry for any confusion.

Civilian Vehicles does it. Cart_electric (injected to forge world's raw) Forklift (campaign.map) Military_truck (Campaign.map) pickup_truck (campaign.map) Cargo_truck (m70.map) Truck_cab_large (m70.map)

 

I had to inject cart_electric (m20.map) because you can't have 2 references to another map's local raw without the other unloading.

[Zone 534]

Assets loaded from Campaign.map will not work over network games, only the host will be able to play. other clients might crash or wont see any of the injected tags. 

Oh yeah I remember we tested you patch and I couldn't see anything. 

[Akarias 250]

Then do it.

 

EDIT: I have just been informed that I am a dumbass and that it's actually pretty easy to do. Welp, sorry for any confusion.

 

Please don't make mistakes like that again

 

 

Assets loaded from Campaign.map will not work over network games, only the host will be able to play. other clients might crash or wont see any of the injected tags. 

 

I have a slight idea as to how we can get networked games working, but again its just  a theory atm and will be put into practise soon. I'm pretty dam sure it can be done.

[OrangeMohawk 407]

OP has been updated for release of v0.25:

• Multiplayer Globals and UI re-injected with the newest version of Injection Assembly to include stringids
• English locales for random_player_names and team_names added
• Monitor model properties revised to have shield vitality

Download

[OrangeMohawk 407]

Can you just send me this on a flash drive, i really dont feel like patching all these maps

If you ship it to me and pay for return shipping I can do that...

 

One more patch coming tomorrow to finish up non-forge related locales before work on the actual forge menus starts

[OrangeMohawk 407]

v0.3 (minor update)  is up:

 

Current Version - v0.3

• Locales added for in_game_multiplayer_messages and global_multiplayer_messages

Download

[misterbanshee 51]

are the forge menus where you can spawn all the stuff done ? 

[deadcanadian 271]

are the forge menus where you can spawn all the stuff done ?

heres a segment from the OP.

"Fly around in forge (no forging or editing existing items yet..."

[jackncrazyfish 19]

this is awesome great work!! its like a whole new bunch of dlc maps!

[misterbanshee 51]

Dang it no spawning yet I saw cliff side was my playground u spawn phantom pelican and all biped tags if I knew how to make forge menu I'd try to fix it lol 

[OrangeMohawk 407]

Dang it no spawning yet I saw cliff side was my playground u spawn phantom pelican and all biped tags if I knew how to make forge menu I'd try to fix it lol 

You can spawn. You just have to be on either the red or blue team. That's how the spawn zones were set up for firefight and I haven't fixed it yet.

 

If you meant spawning forge items, then that is not possible yet. I had an issue with the forge locales and did not want to force users to forge without knowing what they were creating.

[misterbanshee 51]

i saw gamecheat spawn stuff in cliff side lol idk how the heck he coded it though :/