Questions on Terrain and Map Image

[cajun]

Q#1: Where do I get more terrains? like palm forests, mountain terrain, frozen terrain etc?

Q#2: How do I "Make a map for my Map"?

I just got the editor working and don't know much about it can any1 help?

[pokie]

 Q#1: Where do I get more terrains? like palm forests, mountain terrain, frozen terrain etc?  

  Make them or get them from others who had made them.  Nuttz said he should have a site soon that he was going to make tiles available.

Q#2: How do I "Make a map for my Map"?
 

When in the Editor click Make Map set it for 512 X 512.  It will make a .bmp called MAP which you will find in "your terrain name" folder ( name of your terrain ).  You will need to rename this to the name of your terrain and change it to 256 color.

Pokie

[BenDover]

pokie, do you ever sleep or go to work?

[NUTTZ]

I got 20 or so Xeon chips laying around , I found a MoBoard that will take 4 of these for a server, But it's pricey, My cable will be installed next week, so i'm getting closer , just need a good Motherboard and OS system.

NUTTZ

Originally posted by pokie
When in the Editor click Make Map set it for 512 X 512.  It will make a .bmp called MAP which you will find in "your terrain name" folder ( name of your terrain ).  You will need to rename this to the name of your terrain and change it to 256 color.

Pokie

[pokie]

Sleep or work!!!   Whats that all about?  

Today is Victoria Day here BenDover, not sure if its a holiday for you or not.  If it is then happy VD to ya.


Hey Nuttz!  wasn't trying to hurry up your site     I know you have lots of things on the go.  The way I look at it, it will be done when its done!

Pokie

[BenDover]

hey, why don't we get that day off? I mean, she was the Queen of England, where's my bloody day off!!

ahem, excuse me, need pills now

[cajun]

Its not working for some reason... heres what I did:

Change it to 256 Color bmp, and rename it cajunsteammapv2 (the name of the map/folder)  

Do I have to move it or something?
The old "standard map" still appears when I host it.

[pokie]

 The old "standard map" still appears when I host it.

When you said "Host it" do you mean to tell me that you are able to build the terrain ( cajunsteammapv2.res ) and place it in AcesHigh and fly around in it? or did you mean when you open it back up in the editor.

Because here info from before:

1) The names of your terrain can't be more than 8 characters long.

2) I know you can use a "-" in the terrain name like ( Pokie-1.res ) but if memory servers me you can't use "." ( period ) and I bet some of the others like ! @ # $ % etc would give problems.

3) Once the .res file is made you can not rename it.

4) If you want to use a different name for your terrain then you need to rename the folder and all the files that the editor uses to make the .res file. Like the .TYP, .ELV, .OBA....ETC

Forgot to add:  

If you change the name of your folder and files, you'll need to open the curterr.cfg ( C:\Program Files\HTC\aheditor\settings ) with notepad and change the name there too so that its not looking for a terrain that no longers exist.  If not you could get an error and the editor could crash to desktop.  

Pokie

[cajun]

Yes the name is cajunsteammapv2 and I've played it on H2H.. But the old "Standard map" still appears, I changed the map to 256 color bmp after copied the .res file to terrains folder...

[BenDover]

there's your problem, you have to do it BEFORE you build the terrain


btw, i beat pokie to this one, hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[vorticon]

well i did something other than sit infront of my computer on victoria day

[pokie]

Originally posted by vorticon
well i did something other than sit infront of my computer on victoria day

vorticon, what did you do

Originally posted by cajun
Yes the name is cajunsteammapv2 and I've played it on H2H.. But the old "Standard map" still appears, I changed the map to 256 color bmp after copied the .res file to terrains folder...  

 I tried making a cajunsteammapv2 terrain and had lots of off and on problems.  I would strongly recommend renaming it to 8 characters long.

Gonna Post question to HiTech

Pokie

[cajun]

Originally posted by BenDover
there's your problem, you have to do it BEFORE you build the terrain


btw, i beat pokie to this one, hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Ok so I cant go back and add a map to a terrain I already built?...

Here's how I understand it:

I make the terrain then click "Make Map" FIRST then I click Build? But Doesnt Build make the folders and all? and If you dont click build where will it save the map if the folder hasnt been created yet?...

Im kinda confused...

[NUTTZ]

Hit make map and pick a size ( i use the middle option of the 3) then hit build, it will make a map into the folder called MAP (I believe) now you need to open this .BMP file in an art program and change it to 8-bit and rename it the same name as your map EX: I have a map named TARA it must be an 8-bit .bmp called TARA.bmp in the TARA terrain folder.


NUTTZ

Originally posted by cajun


Ok so I cant go back and add a map to a terrain I already built?...

Here's how I understand it:

I make the terrain then click "Make Map" FIRST then I click Build? But Doesnt Build make the folders and all? and If you dont click build where will it save the map if the folder hasnt been created yet?...

Im kinda confused...

[pokie]

Ok I'm going to call your terrain Cajun  

Make Map = only makes the .BMP file called MAP.BMP ( use the 512 X 512 ) and puts it into your  Cajun folder with all the other files.  You need to rename this MAP.BMP to Cajun.BMP and change it to 256 colour.

Build = only makes the .RES file, this compiles all the files that are in your Cajun folder.

Just open your editor again, make sure the Cajun.bmp is there and then hit BUILD.  It will make another Cajun.RES file.

P.S  
Where's BenDover?  
That's right!
I forgot!
He has a life

Pokie