Author Topic: Problem With "Make Map" (Read 1534 times)

McFarland · « **on:** July 18, 2007, 03:50:49 PM »

When I make a map in the TE, it does something odd to the land squares. Where they overlap into other squares, it cuts the overlaps off and then places them in a different square. Anybody know what causes this or how to fix it?

Raptor · « **Reply #1 on:** July 18, 2007, 07:04:27 PM »

Save your map before using the "create map" function. After you make the map, close the TE and open it again. Create Map simply creates a bitmap file of your terrain.

McFarland · « **Reply #2 on:** July 18, 2007, 11:19:08 PM »

It's doing it on the bitmap image, not the terrain. I save the terrain, and open it again, and it still does it. I'll post the images here.

McFarland · « **Reply #3 on:** July 18, 2007, 11:32:22 PM »

No, this isn't the entire bitmap image, but this is what it is doing to the maps. This one is zoomed in to show detail.

rogerdee · « **Reply #4 on:** July 19, 2007, 04:48:58 AM »

i take it u are saving it as 8 bit using the windows paint program?
i have this problem too ,have u got another art program u can use to shrink the bitmap to a jpeg?

Xjazz · « **Reply #5 on:** July 19, 2007, 05:18:01 AM »

Hi

I had same problem with 8mile * 8mile CB map.

The left side shows the actual 'Make map' result and right side shows edited version.
Manual fixing didn't took too much time, thanks for very small map size.

McFarland · « **Reply #6 on:** July 19, 2007, 06:44:32 PM »

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Originally posted by rogerdee
i take it u are saving it as 8 bit using the windows paint program?
i have this problem too ,have u got another art program u can use to shrink the bitmap to a jpeg?

I have Microsoft Picture It vs. 7.0, and Microsoft Paint. That's the only two programs I have that I can view it in. Will it work as a jpeg image? According to Denholm's tutorial, it has to be 256 color bitmap...

Denholm · « **Reply #7 on:** July 19, 2007, 06:46:22 PM »

I have never gotten .jpg or .jpeg files to work.

McFarland · « **Reply #8 on:** July 19, 2007, 06:48:29 PM »

It's doing this straight out of the TE, changing the file type doesn't do anything.

Denholm · « **Reply #9 on:** July 19, 2007, 06:51:53 PM »

Ask XJazz for detailed information on how he edited his bitmap image exported from the TE. That will be sure to help you fix your issue.

McFarland · « **Reply #10 on:** July 19, 2007, 06:56:09 PM »

Well, I was thinking about making a large map, and it seems that editing a large map would take forever, but I'll ask him. It's better than nothing.

Edit: By the way, some other people may have the problem, so it would be better to post the info here, instead of by PMing.

Denholm · « **Reply #11 on:** July 19, 2007, 07:00:06 PM »

Just so you know, I never mentioned to PM him, I said to ask him.

McFarland · « **Reply #12 on:** July 19, 2007, 07:09:07 PM »

Well, usually asking someone refers to PMing, but I can see now my mistake.

McFarland · « **Reply #13 on:** July 21, 2007, 12:38:12 AM »

I knew I was forgetting something...

Xjazz, how did you edit your bitmap image?

OOZ662 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 21, 2007, 02:14:42 AM »

This issue appears anywhere there are coastlines for some reason. You can notice while you're working by placing a square of grass (or any land) over a water square. There aren't any coastlines on it. When you save and re-open, they're suddenly there. I have a feeling these are related.