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Offline MadWho

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Xhzjang Halo Font Editor Damage Control
« on: September 08, 2007, 07:55:45 AM »
Hopefully this will help someone restore their settings, I know it helped me.  Without further ado, or extreme technical details........

I have listed below the default settings with a new installation of Halo CE and how to change those back IF you used Xhzjang's Halo Font Editor.  These are the steps I performed due to my backup KSML files being corrupted.

I also have restored the default settings for ONLY the fonts, by copying the entire Content directory, c:\program files\microsoft games\halo\content, from a NEW installation on a PC that NEVER had Halo on it previously.  I then pasted it over my current Content directory of the Halo installation with the issues.  This DID NOT fix the box, etc. settings inside Halo, I had to follow the steps for all those as shown below.

These steps are listed in section order in case you only need to change one part.  If you need to restore ALL settings, just ignore where I repeat about opening the font editor and then the load data button, since these will have been completed.

WHEN your changes are restored to original settings, click Restore Backups button.  NEVER, NEVER, NEVER click this button again or you are likely to lose the ability to restore the original settings unless you back up this backups folder.

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Restore STANDARD FONTS

Open Xhzjang's Halo Font Editor
Click Load Data button
Click Font Type button
   In the "Font:" column, choose Arial Narrow
   In the "Font Style:" column, choose Regular
   In the "Size:" column, choose 8
   In the bottom left corner, click the "Color:" dropdown menu, upside down arrow, choose Black
Click OK button
In bottom right corner, click Apply Changes button then Exit button
Click Yes to the message concerning applying changes before exiting

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Restore Chat Box Color Settings

Open Xhzjang's Halo Font Editor
Click Load Data button
In the Chat Box Color Settings control area, click Font Color button
Select white
Click OK
Alpha setting should be 255
In bottom right corner, click Apply Changes button then Exit button
Click Yes to the message concerning applying changes before exiting

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Restore Positioning (Position Chatbox and Position Prompt + Edit areas)

Open Xhzjang's Halo Font Editor
Click Load Data button
In the Positioning control area, click Position Chatbox button
The chatbox area should appear in RED for you
Try to set the red area as close as possible to the red area you see below
   This is done by using the very small sliders you see on the left and bottom of the image
You will then continue with instructions below this image



Click the Accept button
Click the Position Prompt + Edit button
The chatbox area should appear in BLUE for you
Try to set the blue area as close as possible to the blue area you see in the image above
   This is done by using the very small sliders you see on the left and bottom of the image
Click the Accept button
In bottom right corner, click Apply Changes button then Exit button
Click Yes to the message concerning applying changes before exiting

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Restore Edit Box and Chat Prompt

Open Xhzjang's Halo Font Editor
Click Load Data button
Click Edit Box button
Select White
Click OK
Alpha should be 255
Click Chat Prompt button
Select White
Click OK
Alpha should be 255
In bottom right corner, click Apply Changes button then Exit button
Click Yes to the message concerning applying changes before exiting
« Last Edit: September 08, 2007, 08:07:46 AM by BFM_MadWho »
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Re: Xhzjang Halo Font Editor Damage Control
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2008, 01:44:58 PM »
It has also been suggested that you can go into the Halo programs Folder and then the "Redist" subfolder, and then open msxlmenu.msi. This reinstalls the in-game chat.


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