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General Forums => Terrain Editor => Topic started by: FiLtH on January 27, 2006, 02:45:45 PM

Title: Map making 101 question
Post by: FiLtH on January 27, 2006, 02:45:45 PM

Ok..I havent read too much on the process, and really dont know where to get the best indepth info on map making. Where can I find the best info, and who is a good map guro I can ask questions of when I need help?

PS ( The need for help will likely be relentless) :)

Title: Map making 101 question
Post by: FiLtH on January 30, 2006, 12:12:29 PM

Ive heard the best way to start is take a bmp of the map you want and put it in the editor. I really want to start learning this stuff. What is step 1? Ive found it somewhat confusing.

Title: Map making 101 question
Post by: NHawk on January 30, 2006, 03:47:44 PM

You are correct in that easiest way to create a map is to import it into the TE. But, the map must be a 1024 x 1024 grayscale bitmap. Where grayscale 0 (black) = water (zero sealevel) and 255 (pure white) is the maximum elevation for your map.

This is generally what the BMP looks like, but 1/2 size...

(http://www.ah-terrains.com/public/example.bmp)

Title: Map making 101 question
Post by: FiLtH on January 31, 2006, 11:55:30 PM

For some reason it doesnt want to show me the bmp image in the lower right corner. Seems I have stuff overlaying down there. Like there are buttons underneath but I cant see them, except just the edges. I did manage tomake a small map and flew from my base to an enemy base and got killed by ack. Success I think. MAG!C helped me with some of the first step stuff...I got alot more out of his interpretation than I did the instructions, but Im a "draw me a picture" type of fella.

Title: Map making 101 question
Post by: NHawk on February 01, 2006, 05:57:58 AM

The answer to your map question is in this thread...

http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=164480&highlight=texsrc

If you can't see the entire TE, then increase your monitor resolution. When editing maps I shift my monitor to 1280 x 1024 from 1024 x 768.

Title: Map making 101 question
Post by: FiLtH on February 01, 2006, 08:15:45 AM

Thanks good info!

Title: Map making 101 question
Post by: Verbal on February 03, 2006, 05:04:52 PM

i've used the terrain/mapmaker for cnc generals zero hour. it was embedded on disk one. how do i access the terrain editor for ah2. and what skinz are legal to use in the game?

Title: Map making 101 question
Post by: Easyscor on February 03, 2006, 06:32:14 PM

Aces High II Terrain Editor
This package contains the Aces High II Terrain Editor, Object Editor, and Cloud Editor. These editors allow you to create custom terrains for online play in Aces High II.... (http://www.hitechcreations.com/download/dlteframe.html)

Title: Map making 101 question
Post by: Verbal on February 04, 2006, 07:28:11 AM

thanks for your help in locating it. just 2 more questions.

1. can i create skins there? it wasn't mentioned in the description.
2. i know the resolutio package will cause issues, but will the skin  
    downloads cause playing problems? right now i only have a 64MB video  
    card, an nvidia geforce fx, i believe. but i am running with 1G of RAM