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PPF Patches
Posted By: XLNC <hboxlnc@yahoo.com>	Date: 3/3/04 5:49 p.m.
In Response To: Beginner's Guide to Halo PC Hacking *TUT* (XLNC) PPF Patches For this tutorial, you will need the following: - PPF-O-Matic 3 - Helpful Halo Hacking Tool 1.3 - BOLL's PC Retail PPFs - WinRAR (ver 3.30+) PPF stands for Playstation Patch File. It started as a patch used to hack playstation games, but the method works for almost any type of file that needed to be patched. In Halo, PPF patches are applied to the .map files that are under the MAPS directory. With PPFs, it's possible to change many things in Halo. Some examples are, change Marines to Spartans, or increase speed of a vehicle etc. A good source of PPF patches is located on BOLL's site. He has patches for NTSC Xbox Halo, PAL German Xbox Halo, PAL Xbox Halo, Halo PC, and the Halo demo. Unload all the PPFs into the Halo\Maps folder. Example: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo\MAPS\PPFs. In this tutorial, I will keep the focus on Halo PC, but you can follow the same steps for Halo Xbox, once you have the cache files from the Xbox. There are currently two utilities you can use to apply PPF patches: 1) PPF-O-Matic 3.0. 2) Helpful Halo Hacking Tool 1.3 by Extion, HHHT1.3 for short. Installation is simple, you just unzip them in a folder. I will attempt to demonstrate how both can be used. PPF-O-Matic 3.0 This software is very simple to use, but the downside is that it's tedious to apply multiple patches at the same time. Nonetheless, simplicity can be a very good thing sometimes, so I will demonstrate how use it here. Also, in the following tutorials, I will use this program to explain how to patch. Once you know how to use HHHT 1.3, you could use that as well. First, determine which level you would like to patch. Let's say we want to patch Silent Cartographer (b30.map). Now think about what you want to do, say convert Marines to full functioning Spartans. - Open up PPF-O-Matic 3, and select the b30.map for the ISO file. - Select the Patch, b30_the_silent_cartographer-marines_to_spartans.ppf - Click Apply, and you're done. You should see this message. Helpful Halo Hacking Tool 1.3 by Extion. Now we will attempt the same thing in HHHT1.3, except we will apply two patches at once. This software can look complicated at first, but once you set it up, it's a great tool. We will apply Marines to Spartans patch, and a Homing rockets patch. Configuring HHHT1.3: Before you start patching away, you need to specify where all the required files exist, and also a backup folder where backups of your maps should be saved. As you can see in the picture above, I've selected the appropriate folder for Maps, Mods and Backups. Your path might be C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo, so choose carefully. Once you have that set up, you can start applying patches. Select Map. Once you select the map on the left side, all the patches that are available for that level in the mods directory will be listed on the right. - Now, select b30_the_silent_cartographer-marines_to_spartans.ppf, and click Add Selected. - Repeat once again with b30_the_silent_cartographer-homing_rockets.ppf, and click Add selected. - Click Apply and you're done. You will see this message above. There has been a backup made in the back up folder, by the name of b30.mapb. That's it. That's all you need to know about PPFs and how to apply them. Important Note: You will most likely have trouble if you load from a save game after patching. Restarting the level you were playing will make the patch work properly. [/PPF Tutorial]

Message Index

Beginner's Guide to Halo PC Hacking *TUT*	XLNC	3/3/04 5:49 p.m.
PPF Patches	XLNC	3/3/04 5:49 p.m.
Re: PPF Patches	L3FTY	3/3/04 10:00 p.m.
Re: PPF Patches	XLNC	3/3/04 10:16 p.m.
Re: PPF Patches	L3FTY	3/4/04 9:48 p.m.
Re: PPF Patches	L3FTY	3/4/04 11:01 p.m.
Need Help	K-Twizzy	3/27/04 1:18 p.m.
Re: Need Help	halofan141	3/27/04 1:25 p.m.
Halo Map Tools 3	XLNC	3/3/04 5:50 p.m.
Question	Neo-genesis	3/3/04 7:00 p.m.
Re: Question	XLNC	3/3/04 7:26 p.m.
And a problem	Neo-genesis	3/3/04 7:31 p.m.
Call me stupid, but...	Pico	3/3/04 8:06 p.m.
Re: Call me stupid, but...	XLNC	3/3/04 9:32 p.m.
Trainer	XLNC	3/3/04 5:50 p.m.
How to take HUDless Screens	XLNC	3/3/04 5:51 p.m.
I'm Impressed *NM*	Silvergrunt	3/3/04 9:19 p.m.
Credits	XLNC	3/3/04 5:51 p.m.
:)) I'm looking forward to some serious hacking! *NM*	'Nosolee	3/3/04 6:21 p.m.
Very nice, thanks! *NM*	Dr. Nick	3/3/04 7:35 p.m.