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Welcome
Introduction
About the Halo 2 Map Editor and its Tools
What's new in Halo 2 Editing
Technology Overview
The Halo 2 for Windows Vista Engine
System Requirements
Definitions & Terms
Definitions & Terms
The Development Environment
Map Editor Contents
Map Editor Installation
Additional Tools and Utilities
Development Tools Overview
.ass Exporter
Halo 2 Tool
Halo 2 Guerilla
Halo 2 Sapien
Halo 2 Map Editor Launcher
Using .ass Exporter
Using .ass Exporter
Using Halo 2 Sapien
Asset Manipulation Gizmo
Halo 2 Sapien Game Window
Halo 2 Sapien Menus
Placing Objects
Placing Lights
Spawn Zones
Decorator Brush
World Ruler
Reset Object Z Height
Gravity Lifts
Teleporters
Sound Effects
Kill Trigger Volumes
Adding Extra Vehicles & Turrets
Game Types
Game Types
Assault
Capture The Flag
Juggernaut
King of the Hill
Oddball
Slayer
Territories
Using Halo 2 Guerilla
Sky Boxes
Sky Light Values
Starting Equipment
The Object Palette
Description Text
Location Text
Map Shots
Using Halo 2 Map Editor Launcher
Using Halo 2 Map Editor Launcher
Halo 2 Tool Level Creation
Halo 2 Level Creation
Import Structure
Generate Lightmaps
Import Descriptions
Creating Unicode Strings
Building Cache Files
Halo 2 Tool Texture Creation
Import Bitmaps
General Level Design Information
Design Style Guidelines
Technical Design Rules
Design Suggestions
Player Statistics and Metrics
Equipment List
Weapons
Vehicles
Multiplayer Level Design
Getting Started
Tutorial 1: Creating an Environment in 3ds Max
Tutorial 2: Exporting an Environment from 3ds Max
Tutorial 3: Importing an Environment to Tag Format
Tutorial 4: Placing Spawn Points Using Halo 2Sapien
Tutorial 5: Creating and Editing Environment Tags Using Halo 2 Guerilla
Tutorial 6: Synching Tags and Launching into the Game Environment
Portals
Additional Resources
Links
Console Command List
File Specifications
.ass File Specification
Credits
Appendix
Sample .ass file

Credits

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MGS “Hired Gun”

Project Lead

Jo Clowes

Developer Lead

Jim Geist

Content Lead

Matt Van Gorder

Test Lead

Evan Brandt

Developers

Limin Gu

John Ketchpaw

Mike Scavezze

Dan Longley

Kevin Weston

Test “Hired Gun”

Jaydeep Mehta

Wes Walker

Contract Program Manager

Shogo Ishii (Excell Data Corporation)

Contract Artist

Colin Riley (FILTER)

Contract Designer

Deunan Berkeley (Sakson & Taylor)

Contract Developer

Paris Chavez (Volt)

Clint Levijoki (Volt)

Mark Mihelich (Excell Data Corporation)

Eric Roberts (Volt)

Jay Vandewark (Net Objectives)

Contract Tester

Paris Chavez (Volt)

Microsoft Game Studios

GTO Test

Nathan Clemens

Paul Gradwohl

Isaac Hunt

Doug Jelen

Ferdinand Schober

Mike Yurka

TNT

Hiroki Kobayashi

Benjamin Steenbock

Dave Templin

Contract Testers

Tara Brannigan (Volt)

Christopher Gaffney (Volt)

Bungie

New Contributors

Domenic Koeplin

Jim McQuillan

Allen Murray

Colm Nelson

Matt Priestley

Joseph Tung

Contractors

Kevin Paul (Sakson & Taylor)

Jeremiah Pieschl (Volt)

Stosh Steward (Sakson & Taylor)

Pi Studios

Emory Au

Chuck Carson

Christian Easterly

Robert Erwin

John Faulkenbury

Adriel Goddard

Kenn Hoekstra

Ally Kates

Cameron Lamprecht

David Mertz

H. William Roeske III

Jeremy Statz

MGS Additional Support

Management

Matt Gradwohl

Sean Jenkin

Mike Pietraszak

Anibal Sousa

Jeff Spradling

WingGX

Shane Evans

Contractors

Jyllian Bloomer (Kelly Services)

Marketing

Craig Evans

Publishing

Steve Barnes

Kyle Emtman

Dana Fos

Melanie Henry

William Hodge

David C. Holmes

Philip Hove

Greg B. Jones

Kathy Kim

Chris Lassen

Dave Luehmann

Jason Major

Fred Norton

Jay Ong

Randy Pagulayan

Bonnie Ross Ziegler

Phil Spencer

Doug Startzel (LUX)

Todd Stevens

Jim Veevaert

Localization

Shu-Liang Balzac Chang

Yoonhee Jung

Jae Youn Kim

Kazuyuki Kumai

Yasmine Nelson

Legal Corporate Affairs

Don McGowan

Dan Lear

Geopolitical Strategy Group

Paige Williams

Xbox Game Developer Support

Mark Subotnick

Jeff Sullivan

SWI

Kevin Brown

Games for Windows – LIVE

Chee Chew

Kareem Choudhry

Aaron Culbreth

Jonathan Hildebrandt

Drew Johnston

Bryce Jones

Greg Keyser

Aaron Khoo

Martin Sleeman

Ryan Steffen

Tyson Storey

Bryan Thompson

Rod Toll

Bungie Halo 2 Credits

Project Lead

Jason Jones

Executive Producer

Pete Parsons

Engineering Leads

Charlie Gough

Chris Butcher

Michael Evans

Ben Wallace

Design Leads

Paul Bertone

Jaime Griesemer

Art Director

Marcus Lehto

Writer, Director of Cinematics

Joseph Staten

Composer, Audio Director

Marty O’Donnell

Multiplayer & User-Interface Lead

Max Hoberman

Producers

Michel Bastien

Hamilton Chu

Curtis Creamer

Test Manager, Producer Bungie.net

Harold Ryan

Engineering

Hao Chen

Bernie Freidin

Bart House

Damian Isla

Jason Major

Eamon McKenzie

Mat Noguchi

Adrian Perez

Stefan Sinclair

Greg Snook

Luke Timmins

Additional Engineering

Damien Neff

Mission Designers

Tyson Green

Rob Stokes

Additional MissionDesign

Hardy LeBel

Stephen Okasaki

Cinematic Designer

CJ Cowan

Lead 3D & Effects Artist

Shi Kai Wang

3D Artists

Eric Arroyo

Travis Brady

Robt McLees

Juan Ramirez

Additional 3D Art

Kelly Rains

Animators, Game & Cinematic

Bill O’Brien

Mike Budd

John Butkus

Nathan Walpole

Additional Animation

Jeremy Fones

Stacey Moore

Lead Environment Artists

David Dunn

Christopher Barrett

Single-Player Environment Artists

Frank Capezzuto

Vic DeLeon

Tom Doyle

Justin Hayward

Paul Russell

Michael Wu

Mike Zak

Additional Single-Player Environment Art

Chris Lee

Lead Multiplayer Environment Artist

Chris Carney

Multiplayer Environment Artist

Steve Cotton

User Interface

David Candland

Art Production

Paul Clift

Effects

Steve Scott

Matte Painting

Eddie Smith

Audio Lead

Jay Weinland

Sound Designer

C Paul Johnson

Test Leads

Doug Boyce

Jamie Evans

Zach Russell

Test Tools Engineering

Aaron Lieberman

Luis Villegas

Roger Wolfson

Software Test Engineers

Mike Cody

Ryan Hylland

Travis Chen, intern

Bungie.net Lead

Brian Jarrard

Bungie.net Team

Tom Gioconda

Lorraine McLees

Frank O’Connor

Bungie Webmaster

Additional Bungie.net Support

Christopher Barney

Zoé Brawley

Claire Jennings

Matt Soell

Bungie Princesses

Alta Hartmann

Amanda Anderson

Additional Support

Steve Abeyta

The Ant Farm

 – Titles & Trailers

J. David Atherton

 – Digital Recording Engineer

Dawn Hershey, C.S.A.

 – Casting Director

Jim & Esmerelda McQuillan,

 – Making of Halo 2 Documentary

ReelFX, Creative Studios, Inc

 – Additional Cinematic Animation

Michael Salvatori

 – Additional Music &

Audio Production

Steve Vai

 – Appears courtesy of Epic Records

Lee Wilson

 – Storyboard Artist

Cinematic Cast

(in alphabetical order)

Dee Baker

 – Gravemind

Julie Benz

 – Miranda Keyes

Hamilton Camp

 – Prophet of Mercy

Tim Dadabo

 – 343 Guilty Spark

Robert Davi

– SpecOps Leader

Keith David

 – Arbiter

Steve Downes

 – Master Chief

Robin Atkin Downes

 – Prophet of Regret

Miguel Ferrer

 – Heretic Leader

John Michael Higgins

 – 2401 Penitent Tangent

Ron Perlman

 – Lord Hood

Kevin Michael Richardson

 – Tartarus

David Scully

 – Sergeant Johnson

Jen Taylor

 – Cortana

Michael Wincott

 – Prophet of Truth

Artificial Intelligence Cast

Ken Boynton

 – Brute

David Cross

 – Marine

Tim Dadabo

 – Marine

Chris Edgerly

 – Brute

Orlando Jones

 – Marine Sergeant

John Kassir

 – Marine

Andy McKage

 – Marine

Marty O’Donnell

 – Jackals, Hunters, & Flood

Brian Posehn

 – Grunt

Laura Prepon

 – Marine

Michelle Rodriguez

 – Marine

David Scully

 – Elite

Pete Stacker

 – Marine Sergeant

Joseph Staten

 – Grunt

Norm Woodel

 – Elite

Additional Voices by

The Bungie Auxiliary Players

Casting & Voice-Over Production Services

Blindlight

Microsoft Halo 2 Credits

User Testing

John Hopson

Randy Pagulayan

Xbox Marketing & PR

Chuck Blevens

Jen Martin

Cameron Payne

Genevieve Waldman

Orlena Yeung

Localization

Peter Fitzpatrick

Kyoung Ho Han

Mitsuru Kitamura

Robert Shih-Wei Lin

Victoria Olson

Jason Shirley

Xbox Platform & Xbox Live

Mei-Mei Bong

Michal Bortnik

Sam Charchian

Tony Chen

Michael Courage

Brent E. Curtis

Tristan Jackson

Daniel McGillicuddy

Boyd Multerer

Anthony Smith

Jason Strayer

Van Van

Additional Test

Adrian Brown

Jeremy Fischer

Domenic Koeplin

Matt Shimabuku

Justin Jones

Manual Design

Jeannie Voirin

User Experience

Caitlin Sullivan

Matt Whiting

Special Thanks

Robbie Bach

Matt Case,

Lev Chapelsky

FASA Studios

Ed Fries

Nick Gray

Shane Kim

Peter Moore

Stuart Moulder

Alex Seropian.