Feral Heart

Help & Guidance => Game Help => Topic started by: swiftkill0317 on August 15, 2012, 09:47:03 pm

Title: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: swiftkill0317 on August 15, 2012, 09:47:03 pm
so i made a map pair on gimp and the mask will work but the height map wont. i used greyscale its a png and i saved it as _____terrain.... i need help!!1
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: Raphilion on August 15, 2012, 09:54:05 pm
Did you type the name right as in capital letters and lack thereof?
Also did you flatten image or layers? I don't know much about the flatten thing, but apparently if you don't, it can sometimes cause errors
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: swiftkill0317 on August 15, 2012, 09:57:03 pm
yeah i did flatten it and all... and cpitalized it....and its 513 by 513
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: Raphilion on August 15, 2012, 10:07:38 pm
Hmm ok.. then I'm afraid I don't know what to say anymore XD Sorry I couldn't help you. Hopefully somebody else can
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: swiftkill0317 on August 15, 2012, 10:17:36 pm
>.< thx anyway... i still wonder if i flattened it the right way... dont ask how ive forgoten cuz i made this map like 2 months ago...
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: kaylaserket on August 15, 2012, 10:22:37 pm
Heightmaps have to be 513 x 513, .png, grayscale, only one layer and always one layer so flattening images won't work and no alpha channel.
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: swiftkill0317 on August 15, 2012, 10:35:22 pm
alpha channel?
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: SoulRevenge on August 15, 2012, 10:44:36 pm
Make sure that when you earse it theres nothing transparent underneath it, also make sure there is no transparency right now.
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: kaylaserket on August 15, 2012, 11:01:22 pm
alpha channel?

In gimp, go to Layers then Transparency Then Remove Alpha Channel.
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: Bloo. on August 15, 2012, 11:03:42 pm
Right click on the layer (should be the only layer you have) and look towards the bottom. If you have the option to "remove alpha layer" then do it.
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: littlepinksprite on August 15, 2012, 11:07:15 pm
That was an issue which I was stuck on for a looong time. I used layers with alpha channels for all my height maps I made in gimp, and restarted them so many times trying to isolate the issue. I hadn't for quite a while.
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: swiftkill0317 on August 15, 2012, 11:25:25 pm
also the map maker wont let me move around the full map... it only shows me 1/20 when i move around but the birdeye veiw shows the full map...wht should i do?
the alpha channel has been off the whole time!!! man....>.< ive tried as much as i could come up with...
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: SoulRevenge on August 15, 2012, 11:35:07 pm
Ooh! Heres something that works for me~ x3. I forgot to add it.. XDD

Copy-paste the heightmap that you made into the Watermill terrain- after opening that up of course.
After you rename 'watermillTerrain.png' to '_____Terrain.png', click 'save as' and flatten the layers, then try to open it up.
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: swiftkill0317 on August 15, 2012, 11:41:48 pm
ill try it....wish meh luck!
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: kaylaserket on August 15, 2012, 11:43:50 pm
So it's probably the one layer thing. When you get done with the heightmap, flatten it and then copy it and paste it into another document, making sure it's 513 x 513, grayscale and no alpha channel. Then export it as however you want it, but as a .png. Flattening or merging the layers does not work, it has to be one layer all throughout the process.
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: swiftkill0317 on August 15, 2012, 11:45:14 pm
*sigh* it didnt work....
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: kaylaserket on August 15, 2012, 11:46:26 pm
If you can't get it to work, if you have the heightmap you can send it to me and I can get it so it will work.
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: swiftkill0317 on August 15, 2012, 11:48:07 pm
i think flatening is the problem soooo....how do u flatten it???XD
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: swiftkill0317 on August 15, 2012, 11:50:02 pm
btw....^^ thx 4 helping!!all of u....^^
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: swiftkill0317 on August 15, 2012, 11:53:31 pm
....Grrr....>.<....
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: Bloo. on August 15, 2012, 11:56:24 pm
Dun triple post just clickie "modify" button. To flatten it just right click the top layor and click anchor
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: swiftkill0317 on August 16, 2012, 12:00:52 am
>.< not working.....mehhh....
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: swiftkill0317 on August 16, 2012, 12:11:42 am
hisssss this is sooo annoying....murrr....
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: kaylaserket on August 16, 2012, 12:21:41 am
Marina, I got your PM but I don't know if you'll get mine so send the heightmap file to [email protected]. I'll send it back to you when I got it to work.
Title: Re: my height map tht i made wont work!!plz help
Post by: Grosskatze on August 16, 2012, 09:01:24 am
My friend told me you have to copy-paste the mask and the terrain into media-terrain-textures. i hope that is helping you. Because i have got the same problem. i try to load my height map (one is very big the other is 513 513) and fh crashes. -.-'