1st Time Attempt here...HELP!

[Tuck]

OK...I figured I had no right to whine about the unrealistic features of certain maps if I wasn't gonna try to come up with one myself...if that makes any sense.  SOOOOOOOOOOOO, I'm figuring out the TE program, and it's driving me nuts.

Can anyone offer any start up suggestions?

Also, am I wrong in believing that you can import .bmp maps into AHTE, then work with them?  I've tried to import several different .bmp's, and the program crashes.  What gives?

Again...any startup suggestions, input, so on would be greatly appreciated!  

[ramzey]

For bitmaps its MOST inportand to convert them to indexed color mode in your bitmap editor. /indexed =256 colors/
 
If u do this , TE should stop crash.

And u are try to import bitmep from \texsrc directory , in your terrain project directory? not by import?


ramzey

[Voss]

Image size should be 1024x1024x256 black and white (256 color greyscale), and it should import that without crashing.

[Tuck]

thanks for the input, guys.  

ok...making progress...i think.

i changed the bmp to 1024x1024 on 256 color.  now when i try to import it, it doesn't crash, but it doesn't show up either.  

a case of beer maile to the one(s) who make it make sense to me.  hehe

[pokie]

Originally posted by Tuck
thanks for the input, guys.  

ok...making progress...i think.

i changed the bmp to 1024x1024 on 256 color.  now when i try to import it, it doesn't crash, but it doesn't show up either.  

a case of beer maile to the one(s) who make it make sense to me.  hehe

As far as I can tell the import only makes the .ELV ( elevation ) file and not the .TYP ( type.. land texture).  I maybe doing something wrong and can be corrected.
So all you'll have when you open the TE is all Water Textures.  If you place your mouse cross on different spots you should see the different elevations

Here's a program by AKWabbit that works good.  It gives you both .ELV and .TYP files.

http://www.accesswave.ca/~tscott/AH-stuff/AH-Editor&Stuff/AKBmp2map/akbmp2map.exe

Here's a little help file that I put together for it.

http://www.accesswave.ca/~tscott/AH-stuff/AH-Editor&Stuff/AKBmp2map/AKBmp2Map-Help2.zip



Pokie

[NUTTZ]

the map you need to make the elevations from is a 1024X1024 GREYSCALE! not 256 index'ed. The clipbaord map needs to be 256 color:)


NUTTZ

Originally posted by Tuck
thanks for the input, guys.  

ok...making progress...i think.

i changed the bmp to 1024x1024 on 256 color.  now when i try to import it, it doesn't crash, but it doesn't show up either.  

a case of beer maile to the one(s) who make it make sense to me.  hehe

[Mugzeee]

Am i to understand that the Clip Board Map...is the one that should show up in the "MapWindow" of the terrain Editor?
Or is it only the Grid MAp that will show up there?\
Thanks

[Tuck]

nuttz....thanks for that bit o' input.  helped....i think.  hehe

pokie...that link you posted for the program you were saying would allow me to do both elevation and texture crashes my system...tried it about 4 times last night.  keep getting a windows error message thingie that screws my system...any ideas?

is it possible at all to import a map into AHTE that will allow me simply to put ah textures over it...repaint the map i import, so to speak?

[NHawk]

Originally posted by Tuck
is it possible at all to import a map into AHTE that will allow me simply to put ah textures over it...repaint the map i import, so to speak?

You can import a map in the TE itself and all surfaces will be water. You can then add textures manually. BUT, it takes much longer to do it that way.

[gatso]

Originally posted by Tuck
nuttz....thanks for that bit o' input.  helped....i think.  hehe

pokie...that link you posted for the program you were saying would allow me to do both elevation and texture crashes my system...tried it about 4 times last night.  keep getting a windows error message thingie that screws my system...any ideas?

is it possible at all to import a map into AHTE that will allow me simply to put ah textures over it...repaint the map i import, so to speak?

Bmp2map is brilliant. you need a 1024x1024 pixel 256 colour greyscale image. White being 'high' ground and pure black being 0 altitude water. I believe there is a sample image in the AKbmp2map folder... Have a look at it and then try building a map using that image. You should get the idea.

Gatso

[Tuck]

can ya tell me where to get the program?

i've tried the link that's posted in pokie's response, but when i try to open it (the program from that link), it crashes my system.

is there another place to get it?  i'm thinking maybe it's a problem with that paticular .exe file on my system.  i dunno.  

[Tuck]

can ya tell me where to get the program?

i've tried the link that's posted in pokie's response, but when i try to open it (the program from that link), it crashes my system.

is there another place to get it?  i'm thinking maybe it's a problem with that paticular .exe file on my system.  i dunno.  

[gatso]

Tuck, the .exe you download is just a self extracting .zip. I just downloaded it no problems.

Which .exe exactly is crashing your system?

Gatso

[Tuck]

i used the link in pokie's earlier reply in this posting.

i click on it....download it, and when i try to open it.......it opens to 100% then fries my system, giving me a critical windows error thingie.  tried it several times.

where can i find it unzipped?

[pokie]

Originally posted by Tuck
i used the link in pokie's earlier reply in this posting.

i click on it....download it, and when i try to open it.......it opens to 100% then fries my system, giving me a critical windows error thingie.  tried it several times.

where can i find it unzipped?

I would say that maybe it didn't download properly.

Download it again and then double click it.

I just download it and tried it and it worked ok.

Pokie