[TUT] Black base GeForce8 Fix

[Slapzy]

[TuT] Black Base fix for GeForce 8 graphics card
Brought to you by the Halo Reconnaissance Unit
Fix found by Jonathan
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1. Open Eschaton

[not necessary]
2. Click the dependency swapper
Click the bitm carrot
Scroll down and click the levels/b30/bitmaps/detail metal scratches tag
Memorize or copy the offset
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4. Click the hex editor
Locate the offset A567E0
After some 80 00 80 00's or so, you'll see a 08 00 00 00
The 08 is the number of mipmap levels
Change the 8 char to 6

5. Save and enjoy!

For those who cant read...
Direct link to tut with screenshots...
coming soon... when i get somewhere with wifi that lets me freakin upload >.<

also credit is given cause he gave me some ideas for my mod

[seabeast]

I'll believe it when it works.

EDIT: The full tag for metal scratch is levels/b30/bitmaps/detail metal scratches.

DOUBLE EDIT: Oh. Mah. God. It worked! Yeeeeessss! Again! xD

[Slapzy]

also i believe fixes the white flashes in campaign mode (b30) ? might be the radar fix tho...
i figured it out too, lol a few days ago, i just didnt get a tut uploaded... fuel got there first, lol

i'm working on making the water look more realistic now its gettin there

[seabeast]

It does?! That's amazing! I hated that so much. Oh it's shooting me! Then you can't see anything and fall off the edge and die. >_<

[Slapzy]

LOL, exactly...
Actually I think it might be the radar that causes that glitch
Which can be fixed by swapping the matg dependancies for the ui/radar can't remember exactly... To ui/shell/bitmaps/black... I think... Typing on iPod so I ain't positive on the tags

Hope this helps

[Fonzeh]

fucking awesome.

[G[v]N]

I believe the offset is A567E0. Might wanna edit the tut to save some time for the modders:

1. Open a hex editor
Find A576E0 (offset of levels\b30\bitmaps\metal scratches)
After some 80 00 80 00's or so, you'll see a 08 00 00 00
The 08 is the number of mipmap levels
Change the 8 char to 6

2. Save and enjoy!

[TaxiService]

=.= what the fuck. jonathan just did the same thing yesterday... =.=

[Modzy]

=.= what the fuck. jonathan just did the same thing yesterday... =.=

I heard that too. o_O

And it works.

[TaxiService]

god dammit! i mean, i told he that he had to release it publicly, but he don't ever go on forums! D: argh...

[Slapzy]

yep, he told me just to edit the mipmap levels... so i started messing with em, and got it to work...
guess i shoulda mentioned his name in there... i was in a hurry and on ipod... and guess i forgot, lol
i did however give him credit in the text file i created that i was gonna upload, (has screenshots) but i couldn't stinking upload it... coffee shop wifi sucks....

yeah, i know that Jon browses the forums, but he hasnt actually made a post in a long time.... O_o

I believe the offset is A567E0. Might wanna edit the tut to save some time for the modders:

1. Open a hex editor
Find A576E0 (offset of levels\b30\bitmaps\metal scratches)
After some 80 00 80 00's or so, you'll see a 08 00 00 00
The 08 is the number of mipmap levels
Change the 8 char to 6

2. Save and enjoy!

actually the byte you'll want to change is at A567E8 i believe...

[G[v]N]

You believe? I did that in Hexedit and it worked. Unless you're misinterpreting that crossed 0 (stupid font Hexedit uses) as an 8.

._.

[Slapzy]

nah, i was on an ipod atm, and didn't have access to my computer to make sure, i cross-referenced another offset i was working on accident
my bad

oh... and i use 0xED for most of my hexing...
http://www.suavetech.com/0xed/0xed.html

[Dirk]

I loooooove how i was the one that actually told jon about all these shader fixs, but i get no credit for tell him how to do it. And yes i do have the logs to prove this :\

[Slapzy]

^ O_o i didn't know that

well, nice find then rooty

got any fix's for the water in b30? i've got it to look a litte better, but it's stil not as great as i want it