Tested a skin-mod, now stuck with it.

[subtank]

To keep it short, I injected a custom skin by Jackle12 (the author, according to the readme) a few years back into HaloPC (not Custom Edition) to test it out. Now, I got tired of the skin and wanted the original skin back in the game.

Tried replacing the original bitmaps.map with the injected one; didn't work. Tried reinstall via repair; didn't work. Tried reinstall (by uninstalling); didn't work. Tried replacing using Custom's bitmaps; didn't work (oddly enough, the game works as if nothing changed).

So, suggestions?

p.s.
I have the link to the skin-mod... but to avoid people having my problem, I'll refrain from posting the link. :/

[Amit]

Well, reinstalling the game is basically deleting and replacing all the files involved. The bitmaps.map file should not show you skins you injected before.

Post a screenshot of the skin and give us the link too.

E: Give us the link so we can see what it does. I'm guessing it's a ppf injection? Nobody here plays Halo PC anyways, so we won't get stuck with this problem.

[Pooky]

http://www.modhalo.net/index.php?/topic/18351-restoring-your-map-files-if-you-mess-them-up/

[subtank]

Well, reinstalling the game is basically deleting and replacing all the files involved. The bitmaps.map file should not show you skins you injected before.

Post a screenshot of the skin and give us the link too.

E: Give us the link so we can see what it does. I'm guessing it's a ppf injection? Nobody here plays Halo PC anyways, so we won't get stuck with this problem.

It's this one: http://halo2.filefront.com/file/Halo_3_Gulch;85806


http://www.modhalo.net/index.php?/topic/18351-restoring-your-map-files-if-you-mess-them-up/

Didn't work. :/

E: Just to let you know that I also created a thread in Halomaps.org just for extra response. Thank god this didn't happened to Custom Edition. :/

[chrisk123999]

Check your user compatibly files, it's probably using the bitmaps.map out of there.

[subtank]

Don't have one... or at least not aware there is one. Vista Home Premium user.

[Amit]

Thank god this didn't happened to Custom Edition. :/

This would never happen to Custom Edition since bitmaps are stored directly in the map file itself.

[chrisk123999]

Unless you changed the security settings of the maps folder to all users or disabled UAC, there should be one.

[subtank]

Haven't touched UAC or made it available to all users (considering that there's only one account in this laptop). Assuming that it is stored in the compatibility files/folders, where can I located said files/folders?

[Pooky]

You can try just searching via windows explorer for bitmaps.map. If more than 1 entry comes up you know what your problem is.

[subtank]

Wow... found it AppData folder in some folder I don't know what it is used for. Deleted and skin returned to normal.

Note to self, Search function in Windows does work... thanks.