Halo 2
Tool's bitmaps command converts
TIFF
(.tif), TARGA (.tga), JPEG (.jpg), and Windows bitmap (.bmp) image
files into compact Halo 2
.bitmap
files that can be loaded and drawn by the game engine. Image files
that are intended to be used as Halo 2 .bitmap files must have
pixel dimensions that are powers of two—that is, the length and
width are any of 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, or 2048
pixels long.
The bitmaps command operates on an entire
directory, scanning for and converting any file type that it
recognizes within the folder specified by the input
parameter.
Syntax
C:\<Halo2ArchitectDirectory>\H2Tool
bitmaps <directory>
Parameters
<directory>: The location
of the directory containing image files that Halo 2 Tool will convert into
.bitmap files. This parameter can be relative
("scenarios\bitmaps...") instead of absolute (C:\...") as long
Halo 2 Tool is run from a
valid Halo 2 directory
structure.
Example
This example will result in .bitmap files that are created or
reimported into the C:\Halo 2
Work\tags\scenarios\bitmaps\multi\gladiator\ directory, provided
the source directory contains valid image files.
C:\<Halo2ArchitectDirectory>\H2Tool bitmaps "C:\Halo 2
Tool\data\scenarios\bitmaps\multi\gladiator"
If
successful, Halo 2 Tool
will create .bitmap files in
the \tags\ folder off of the specified folder's base directory and
set up any additional subdirectories needed. If an image file
already has a corresponding .bitmap file in the \tags\ directory
structure, it is reimported using the potentially updated
compression settings specified in the existing .bitmap file. New
image files create .bitmap files using the default compression
method.
Errors and other notable events encountered during the conversion
process are reported on the command-line screen and recorded in
debug.html, found in the base directory of the image files that are
being imported.
