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Help & Guidance => Game Help => Topic started by: ShadowClasher on September 03, 2012, 02:35:57 am

Title: Heightmaps
Post by: ShadowClasher on September 03, 2012, 02:35:57 am: Yes, I've been asking alot of questions and I'm sorry for that. >.< I promise that this will be the last one for awhile at least...
Question: I wanna make a map and I have GIMP and everything. So, I went to make the heightmap and then finished it and blah blah. But when I typed the heightmap name (ExampleTerrain.png), a heightmap came up. But. The heightmap was the WaterMill Heightmap. DX
1. Is it a glitch?
2. Did I do something wrong making the heightmap in GIMP?

Thanks guys!
~J_De_Wafflez
Title: Re: Heightmaps
Post by: CreamWolf on September 03, 2012, 03:33:31 am: If you're using GIMP, make sure you used Export and not Save. Save makes a file only GIMP can read. Try clicking 'Export' in the File menu, and save it under a filename you could easily remember. Always use .png.
Title: Re: Heightmaps
Post by: Okami-Shiranui on September 03, 2012, 05:06:30 am: Hmmm. What did you save it as? Did you make sure it was 513x513 pixels? Had you made any changes to the Watermill terrain?
Title: Re: Heightmaps
Post by: ShadowClasher on September 03, 2012, 08:40:11 am: @Decessi: I'll try that, thanks!

@Glitchpatootie: I saved it as CloudPeakTerrain.xfc...Should I make it CloudPeakTerrain.png there or on the other saver? Yes, it was 513x513.
Title: Re: Heightmaps
Post by: CreamWolf on September 03, 2012, 05:44:08 pm: There's your problem! It has to be a .png file. FeralHeart doesn't read .xfc files.
Title: Re: Heightmaps
Post by: ShadowClasher on September 03, 2012, 07:18:50 pm: Ahhhh! Thanks guys! If I still have problems I might post again in this thread...but for now I guess teh case is closed.
Title: Re: Heightmaps
Post by: CreamWolf on September 03, 2012, 07:30:15 pm: xD Mhm. Feel free to refer to this thread if anything comes up. Glad to hear it works!
Title: Re: Heightmaps
Post by: ShadowClasher on September 03, 2012, 07:44:46 pm: Oh just one more question. xD Should the file name just be .png or should the whole file? I can't find if there's a way to change it to a .png file fully, but I can change the file name.
Title: Re: Heightmaps
Post by: CreamWolf on September 03, 2012, 07:48:47 pm: The whole file. Open the .xcf in GIMP and Export it as .png, so you have a file called, for example, heightmap.png.
Title: Re: Heightmaps
Post by: ShadowClasher on September 03, 2012, 08:13:16 pm: Ahhhh! Got it! Tested the terrain in Map Maker and it works awesome now. :3 Thanks alot guys!
Now just to figure out how to make a terrain mask...xD
Title: Re: Heightmaps
Post by: CreamWolf on September 03, 2012, 08:39:45 pm: x3 To make the mask, you can refer to this: http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=24162.0 (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=24162.0)
Title: Re: Heightmaps
Post by: ShadowClasher on September 03, 2012, 08:53:32 pm: :O PERFECT! <3 <3 <3
Thanks Decessei!
Title: Re: Heightmaps
Post by: CreamWolf on September 03, 2012, 09:17:33 pm: c: No problem. I'm here if you need anything else.
Title: Re: Heightmaps
Post by: ShadowClasher on September 04, 2012, 02:41:13 am: Nope, I think that's everything. :3 You have helped me make my first public map! :D Thanks again!

~J_De_Wafflez