Feral Heart

Help & Guidance => Game Help => Topic started by: HoloBlackRose on January 16, 2012, 01:40:45 am

Title: Height Map Problems
Post by: HoloBlackRose on January 16, 2012, 01:40:45 am: I've done everything that everyone's told me on how to make a height map, and I made a new folder, called it FeralHeart, and made a 'terrains' folder in it. I'm not sure if I have to connect it to the game and if so, how? I saved it as -.png, put it 513 times 513 pixels, and I don't have a grey-scale setting on any of my digital art programs, so I only used shades of grey. When I saved it and tried to enter it on Height Map-World, it said it couldn't find my map. Any help would be appreciated, thanks! ;)
Title: Re: Height Map Problems
Post by: HoloBlackRose on January 16, 2012, 01:53:20 am: Yeah, my luck to not have anyone answer my post....-.-, and me to have answered some people's.
Title: Re: Height Map Problems
Post by: Ingredient on January 16, 2012, 02:02:16 am: You shouldnt need to make a FH folder it should be in Compaq C. Also you do need a program that would let you use greyscale mode, thats probably why its not working.

Try using GIMP its free and it has a greyscale mode.

http://www.gimp.org/ (http://www.gimp.org/)
Title: Re: Height Map Problems
Post by: HoloBlackRose on January 16, 2012, 02:03:30 am: OK, thanks.
Title: Re: Height Map Problems
Post by: Ingredient on January 16, 2012, 02:40:25 am: No problem
Title: Re: Height Map Problems
Post by: HoloBlackRose on January 16, 2012, 02:43:16 am: OK, I got gimp, made the map, put it in png, grayscale and five hundred thirteen times five thirteen pixels, but what is a Compaq C folder (sorry I'm not that brilliant with computers.)?
Title: Re: Height Map Problems
Post by: Ingredient on January 16, 2012, 02:57:28 am: Quote from: Rose on January 16, 2012, 02:43:16 am
OK, I got gimp, made the map, put it in png, grayscale and five hundred thirteen times five thirteen pixels, but what is a Compaq C folder (sorry I'm not that brilliant with computers.)?

Go to My Computer>>Compaq C>>Feralheart>>Media>>Terrains then save it in your map folder.
Title: Re: Height Map Problems
Post by: HoloBlackRose on January 16, 2012, 04:00:43 am: I don't have a "My Computer" option, and I looked at just "Computer," and searched through it, but I couldn't find any 'Compaq C.' I also searched up Compaq Connections, but no results came up.
Title: Re: Height Map Problems
Post by: Ingredient on January 16, 2012, 08:50:27 am: Im sorry my mistake its in Computer not My Computer and no you wont find Compaq C by searching for it ive tried. If you cannot find Feralheart in Compaq C then you have probably installed it somewhere else. I had this problem before on IW so you might need to re-install it so the folder ends up in Compaq C, if you dont know how just ask.
Title: Re: Height Map Problems
Post by: HoloBlackRose on January 16, 2012, 03:30:17 pm: nvm found it
Title: Re: Height Map Problems
Post by: HoloBlackRose on January 16, 2012, 03:31:56 pm: Wait I found it, nvm that last post o3o.
Title: Re: Height Map Problems
Post by: HoloBlackRose on January 16, 2012, 03:56:40 pm: Wait, by map folder do you mean the one called fhmaps?
Title: Re: Height Map Problems
Post by: Ingredient on January 17, 2012, 12:13:27 am: No, after you save your flat map in Map Maker a folder will appear (In the Terrains folder) with the maps name on it. It just keeps everything orginised, you know what i mean?
Title: Re: Height Map Problems
Post by: one_that_got_away on January 17, 2012, 12:35:17 am: im having sort of the same problem,but i used GIMP and greyscale,but it said it couldnt load the terrian for the map...why is that?
Title: Re: Height Map Problems
Post by: Ingredient on January 17, 2012, 12:47:28 am: 1. Must be in greyscale mode
2. 513x513 pixels
3. Saved as a .png, saved in the "Terrains" folder (I would save it in your maps folder to keep it neat)
4. Try saving it as YOURMAPTerrain.png (Its how i save mine)
5. On the World tab type it in the Terrain box where it says DefaultTerrain.png