Feral Heart

Help & Guidance => Game Help => Topic started by: Frightful on February 04, 2012, 08:46:29 pm

Title: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Frightful on February 04, 2012, 08:46:29 pm
Whenever I try to put a height map in a map that I am working on, it freezes and makes me close FH and restart it.  Terrain maps work fine, but height maps have never worked.   Yes, I did follow the official manual and I saved it as a png.  I worked on it with my friend over the phone, and hers worked but mine did not.  I've also tried making a new Heightmap, but it still won't work.  Any help would be appreciated. 

Please no stupid comments like, "Have you restarted your computer?" or "Have you looked over the Manual again?"  I wouldn't be posting this if I hadn't.
Thanks in advance!
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Ramine on February 04, 2012, 08:49:52 pm
Make sure it's in greyscale, this is a common mistake and it has to be 513x513
Also, I would count ''have you looked over the manual'' as a stupid comment, the manual was recently updated and the info is more helpful.
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Frightful on February 04, 2012, 08:52:08 pm
Quote from: Ramine on February 04, 2012, 08:49:52 pm
Make sure it's in greyscale, this is a common mistake and it has to be 513x513
Also, I would count ''have you looked over the manual'' as a stupid comment, the manual was recently updated and the info is more helpful.


It is greyscale and 513 x 513.  What I meant about that is like, "Did you use GIMP or PS?" kind of thing.
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Ramine on February 04, 2012, 08:56:28 pm
Odd, it should work just fine.. Well then I do recommend you look over the manual, lol. Or some member made tutorials. xD
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Frightful on February 04, 2012, 10:24:20 pm
Hmm...read over it, but nothing ):  Anybody else?
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: lol_lions on February 04, 2012, 10:28:14 pm
Make the hieghtmap in GIMP or Photoshop, Make sure it is GREYSCALE. For GIMP, go to Image, Then mode, And hit Greyscale, then save it. The size must be 513x523.
For Photoshiop im not sure how to do this.
Also, Heres a mistake i made for my first map. The Hieghtmap must go into C:/FeralHeart/Media/Terrains NOT your maps folder inside terrains. NOT in pictures. also, it MUST be PNG.
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Frightful on February 04, 2012, 11:51:11 pm
Quote from: Crystal(lol_lions) on February 04, 2012, 10:28:14 pm
Make the hieghtmap in GIMP or Photoshop, Make sure it is GREYSCALE. For GIMP, go to Image, Then mode, And hit Greyscale, then save it. The size must be 513x523.
For Photoshiop im not sure how to do this.
Also, Heres a mistake i made for my first map. The Hieghtmap must go into C:/FeralHeart/Media/Terrains NOT your maps folder inside terrains. NOT in pictures. also, it MUST be PNG.
It is greyscale and the right size.  I did put it in Terrains and it is a PNG.
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: DarkMist on February 05, 2012, 01:28:45 am
I've had this problem before, and when I asked for help on it, here's what I was told to do:

Open up the heightmap
click Save As, s ave it as a .jpeg image
Click save as, save it as a .png again
Say yes to write it over if it asks if you want to replace it if there's already a .png of that image in your folder
Go in game, type in your heightmap, make sure that it ends in .png
It should work if you do that. If not, I dunno what to tell you; It worked for me.
Hope this helped!
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Frightful on February 05, 2012, 05:25:36 pm
Quote from: DarkMist on February 05, 2012, 01:28:45 am
I've had this problem before, and when I asked for help on it, here's what I was told to do:

Open up the heightmap
click Save As, s ave it as a .jpeg image
Click save as, save it as a .png again
Say yes to write it over if it asks if you want to replace it if there's already a .png of that image in your folder
Go in game, type in your heightmap, make sure that it ends in .png
It should work if you do that. If not, I dunno what to tell you; It worked for me.
Hope this helped!

Thanks so much, but it didn't work, even when I tried it again.  Do you think you or anyone else can get on join.me to walk me through it again just in case if I missed something?
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Paradoxx on February 05, 2012, 11:26:15 pm
I'm having the same issue. It's driving me nuts xD
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Sashastriker on February 05, 2012, 11:40:16 pm
Did you make sure it was a .Png image? And it ended in Terrain? Example; RandomTerrain.png {Don't forget the .Png!}
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Frightful on February 05, 2012, 11:45:04 pm
Quote from: Sashastriker on February 05, 2012, 11:40:16 pm
Did you make sure it was a .Png image? And it ended in Terrain? Example; RandomTerrain.png {Don't forget the .Png!}
Yes, I did.  I named it "StoneclanTerrain.png"
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Kieva on February 06, 2012, 01:06:38 am
I had this same problem too. If you have any like say... You have a medium grey color, then put a white shape fully filled there with no gradual decline of color. Try replacing the white with a less whiter color.
I did this and it started working again. c: Make sure to keep a backup of your origional heightmap though!
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Frightful on February 11, 2012, 08:23:43 pm
Quote from: Kieva on February 06, 2012, 01:06:38 am
I had this same problem too. If you have any like say... You have a medium grey color, then put a white shape fully filled there with no gradual decline of color. Try replacing the white with a less whiter color.
I did this and it started working again. c: Make sure to keep a backup of your origional heightmap though!

Yay! Thanks so much!  You really made my day. (:
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: MetaKnight101 on February 11, 2012, 09:32:17 pm
try to save the height/mask somewere else on your comp, then delete if from your terrains folder and put it back in. restart feral heart after that (i do this if its not working and then it works for me)
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Ingredient on February 12, 2012, 12:15:11 am
Make sure...

-513x513
-Greyscale mode (very imnportant)
-One layer only
-Saved as a .png format
-Saved in the terrains folder, try saving it in your maps folder too

Unfortunately if none of these work, re-starting your map is the only choice left. I sometimes take that choice.
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Candystar on February 13, 2012, 08:45:13 pm
I have ths problem.What do you mean "restarting your map"?
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: xCandyx on February 23, 2012, 12:48:19 am
i have the same problem, but its a little differnt when i click on it i get the directx opion screen, then when i click ok i get a black screen and that error pops up, ive done everything nothing works same with impressive world :\
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Silvermoon22 on February 23, 2012, 12:56:32 am
I'm having the same prob it's drying me nuts e3e
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Soratha on February 24, 2012, 09:14:51 pm
Try flattening it. ;)
Flattening is removing layers (I think some people call them "Alpha Channels"). If you are trying to make your hightmap specific, and use another image on top for a guide, the other image is another layer. I think making specific maps mostly how that happens.
My friend had that problem when they did their hightmap (crashing), so I tried flattening it, then it worked perfectly.
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Wolfexpert79 on February 24, 2012, 09:38:29 pm
another way to fic the problem is copying and pasting the original height map in a new 513.513 grayscale map and giving it a whole different name. this fixes my problems sometimes
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: LonelyStar on March 22, 2012, 01:01:38 am
I'm having the same problem. If you ever find a solution, please tell me xD.
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: Ouuka on March 23, 2012, 03:53:44 am
Heightmaps must be

png image
grayscale
513x513

and if using GIMP this is IMPORTANT!!!

Right click on your image layer in gimp and  REMOVE ALPHA CHANNEL~
Title: Re: "FeralHeart.exe has stopped working," on HeightMaps
Post by: woodswolf on April 16, 2012, 11:57:39 pm
Quote
another way to fic the problem is copying and pasting the original height map in a new 513.513 grayscale map and giving it a whole different name. this fixes my problems sometimes
Thanks! This worked for me. Good tip.