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[COLOR=red][SIZE=7]this is not made my mikeo1112 i take no credit for this tut


Programs Needed:
1) Dot Halo
2) Photoshop CS2
3) H2IB (Halo 2 Bitmap Internalizer)
4) Entity or Insolence (Entity is preferred)
5) .DDS Plugin For Photoshop CS2
6) CMR 2

Misc Stuff:
1) Common Sense



Ok lets get started

1) Duplicating Tags

1) Open up the map you want to mod in Entity or Insolence.
2) Scroll down to the bitm tag, and find the sentinel beams bitm.
3) Decide how many things you want people to see and duplicate it that many times. I will be doing 10 weapons so i will duplicate it 10 times.
4) WHEN DUPLICATING MAKE SURE U ONLY DUPLICATE THE ORIGINAL ONE!!
5) once you are done duplicating close entity or insolence


2) Dot Halo

1) Open the map u are modding
2) Scroll down to the bitm tag
3) Find the duplicated sentinel beams, copy the meta
4) Find a weapon, I will use the Battle Rifle, and paste it over the weapons meta.
5) Save Changes
6) Now after saving changes hit the extract button, and save it to a folder called Bitmaps, and inside that folder make one for the map u are modding. And hit save, once its done u will get a message saying DONE.
7) Look at the DXT Number and remember it.

3) Skinning The Weapon

0) Open Photoshop CS2
1) Open the bitm by going to FILE, OPEN, and find the folder where you have the bitmaps.
2) Skin it however you want to, Be creative with it.
3) Save it as a .DDS file in the bitmaps folder, and make sure you remember the DXT number from before.
4) close PS CS2


4) Go Back To Dot Halo

1) Once your back in dot halo inject the bitm back into the weapon tag.
2) Save Changes
3) Fix Encryption


5) Open Up H2 IB

1) Open up the modded map
2) Find All The Skinned Bitmaps
3) Hit Internalize
4) Fix encryption


6) Resigning

1) Open the modded map in CMR 2
2) Hit Resign

FTP AND ENJOY!!!!!

Non-Modders Can See The Skins!!!!