Mapmaker Questions

[Tilt]

So near but so far

I cannot get Ground cover detail to show in Map maker and when I "export" and then move and name change to the proper folder then use the set terrain in the old editor (exit and save)I get a terrain file with no texture tiles. But some checks revealed that I had got a sea scape that was contoured to the exact (rescaled) profile of my original.

Things I think I did right!

Unchecked to .tar thingy in win zip.

Downloaded the .cfg file (but did I put it in the right place?)

Any ideas????

Also the AH terrain editoer continually defaults to 256 miles when I want to work at 512 miles!!!!!!!!!!!!  any suggestions??

Thx

Tilt

ps even tho I am not doing it right I can see just how potent this facility is............superb!!!!!!!

[NUTTZ]

You need to name your custom made tiles to te correct names ( EX: terr0000 is water) and put them into the same folder as the new map.

Also you'll need to continually hit "build terrain" on the left drop panel , this is what refreshes and "builds" the terrain. Also if the tiles show black , ya did something wrong ( usually saved as 24 bit instead of 8-bit) Recheck your size, the tiles NEED to be 256x256 pixels and 8-bit, any deviation from that your tiles will not show!!

Oh, and sometimes you can do EVERYTHING right and it still screws up! So constantly save your files.
Also, i still use the original TE, the TE2 doesn't save my elevation right.

So i use TE to design the maps and TE2 for the strats.


NUTTZ


 

Originally posted by Tilt:
So near but so far

I cannot get Ground cover detail to show in Map maker and when I "export" and then move and name change to the proper folder then use the set terrain in the old editor (exit and save)I get a terrain file with no texture tiles. But some checks revealed that I had got a sea scape that was contoured to the exact (rescaled) profile of my original.

Things I think I did right!

Unchecked to .tar thingy in win zip.

Downloaded the .cfg file (but did I put it in the right place?)

Any ideas????

Also the AH terrain editoer continually defaults to 256 miles when I want to work at 512 miles!!!!!!!!!!!!  any suggestions??

Thx

Tilt

ps even tho I am not doing it right I can see just how potent this facility is............superb!!!!!!!

[ 11-03-2001: Message edited by: NUTTZ ]

[Tilt]

Originally posted by NUTTZ:
You need to .......[ 11-03-2001: Message edited by: NUTTZ ]

Thx it was a corrupted tile file download.... have  re down loaded and expanded it and it seems OK except I have no farm tiles on the map........seems I have to add those........

What I do have in the AH editor is unusual effects just "off map" to the south I have a wierd mountain range that is basically spikes of this and that reaching to the heavens. Else where the terrain has a land effect of mixed tiles very much like the main terain map its self except flat at 0 elevation.

Choosing the 512 x 512 its annoying how little I can pan out to see the overall map plan............ I quite often get lost in what at the moment is largely a featureless landscape.

Slowly filling the rivers back in now..... its a pity they have to end in a corrupted tile.......

Tilt