Feral Heart

Help & Guidance => Game Help => Topic started by: Kittycatty on July 08, 2012, 09:37:02 am

Title: Ok, 3 words; Gimp 2.8, Feralheart maps, Help!!!
Post by: Kittycatty on July 08, 2012, 09:37:02 am
 ;DHi Guys! Ok, so I was watching this vid today on how to make Feralheart terrain maps (video link is below) and the girl in the vid used Gimp 2.6. But, I had recently (actually just yesterday) got Gimp 2.8. The map making was a little different, different tools, etc... But, After I finally finished my map, the girl said it must be a .png file, but when i went into file options, .png wasn't there. I even looked through the online Gimp help book or whatever but it didn't really help :P
I looked through the comments at the bottom of the video, and some people had the same questions (about gimp 2.8) but none of those comments had been answered. Oh, and by the way, Once I DO finally get .png or whatever, and put in media-->terrains, how do I open it in the Feralheart map maker? I have LOADS of other questions about Feralheart maps, but thats for later. i think the reason it didn't work in Feralheart is because it wasn't png. Do I need to get Gimp 2.6 for it to work? It was really complicated for me to get gimp in the first place, (don't ask why ;)) and I don't really want to re-do my map. (I attached it to the post but I'm not sure if it worked) Now I did do Greyscale, and 513x513 size I just need help with how to open it and with the .png stuff. Please help!!! :o :o :o
here is the video link----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW06Rat6lq0
Title: Re: Ok, 3 words; Gimp 2.8, Feralheart maps, Help!!!
Post by: Colors on July 08, 2012, 11:19:19 am
Good evening! If you don't find the '.png' type of file when saving it, why don't you just change it's name to end in '.png'? It might work.
And do open the map in FH, you need to go to the map maker. On the open tabs, you'd click on 'worlds'. The first thing listed on there would be 'Terrain Height Map'. Under that, there's s space for you to type. Erase whatever is typed there and type the name of your map, for example 'HeightMap1.jpg'. If you didn't understand very well with my explanation, here's a useful tutorial: http://feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=18937.0%20newwindow (http://feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=18937.0%20newwindow)

Good luck!
Title: Re: Ok, 3 words; Gimp 2.8, Feralheart maps, Help!!!
Post by: Kittycatty on July 08, 2012, 03:05:31 pm
Ok, so I tried adding ".png" but it just said an erroor occured. It said in the instructions or whatever that you can't save it as any file thats not given.... So I'll just have to get Gimp 2.6 Oh  well....
BUT- I will certainly use the tutorial link you gave. Thanks!
Oh, PS. do you know how to add a movie/picture for your profile? Or the image bellow the text?
Thanks for your help! :D
Title: Re: Ok, 3 words; Gimp 2.8, Feralheart maps, Help!!!
Post by: Colors on July 08, 2012, 03:09:27 pm
Oh, I see. Well, if you need any help, just please, let me know! And yes, I do. Click on 'Profile' behind the 'Hello Alastar' on the begining of the page. Then click on 'forum profile information' under 'modify profile'. There, you can change your avatar and signature, that's the image/text located under what you type. Good luck!
Title: Re: Ok, 3 words; Gimp 2.8, Feralheart maps, Help!!!
Post by: Jayfeather55 on July 08, 2012, 03:12:38 pm
You have to go to {File->export} in 2.8. If you don't, you can only save it as a .xcf or whatever GIMPs file is :c I think it's obnoxious xD But yeah. File->export, and then choose .png.
Title: Re: Ok, 3 words; Gimp 2.8, Feralheart maps, Help!!!
Post by: Kittycatty on July 08, 2012, 03:14:17 pm
Thanks! Oh, and where the heck do I download Gimp 2.6? Because whenever I search it I either get Gimp 2.8, 2.6.11 or some other junk. help? :)
Title: Re: Ok, 3 words; Gimp 2.8, Feralheart maps, Help!!!
Post by: Kittycatty on July 08, 2012, 04:17:14 pm
Oh! Yes! I finally got it to work :D
Thanks Jayfeather55!! :D :D :D