Feral Heart

Help & Guidance => Game Help => Topic started by: jazminj323 on September 01, 2013, 10:00:49 pm

Title: mapmaking
Post by: jazminj323 on September 01, 2013, 10:00:49 pm
so i was following the map making tutorial and i was putting my map in game. but when i typed in the name of my height map in the world section and then went to type in the terrain mask name the game shut down. why did it do this and how do i fix it
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: zady on September 01, 2013, 10:06:22 pm
i have found my hightmaps hate to be .png files.

save it as jpg and try again.

make sure when you are typing it in to make it a .jpg not .png
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: jazminj323 on September 01, 2013, 10:16:01 pm
ok i will try it thanks
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: jazminj323 on September 01, 2013, 10:22:14 pm
I DID IT BUT THEN MY COMPUTER SAID THAT IT COULDNT FIND THE FILE?
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: zady on September 01, 2013, 10:28:04 pm
is it saved in the right place? did you type the name right? have you saved it in greyscale? is it 513x513?
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: jazminj323 on September 01, 2013, 10:31:35 pm
i dont know where is it supposed to be saved (this is my first maop) i know i typed the name right cuz i double checked like 5 times, and with my paint program i cant save in greyscale.
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: zady on September 01, 2013, 10:34:26 pm
media > terrains ??
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: jazminj323 on September 01, 2013, 10:43:02 pm
ya thats where i saved it
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: zady on September 01, 2013, 10:47:25 pm
would you like to do a join me so i can have a look and see if i can help?
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: jazminj323 on September 01, 2013, 10:48:14 pm
join me??? whats that
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: zady on September 01, 2013, 10:50:33 pm
it's something that allows you to share you screen with others

it requires a download

https://join.me/
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: jazminj323 on September 01, 2013, 10:52:10 pm
ok one sec then
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: zady on September 01, 2013, 10:53:20 pm
post me a link when you're ready
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: jazminj323 on September 01, 2013, 10:54:29 pm
actually sorry but thats something id rather not put on my computer
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: zady on September 01, 2013, 10:56:07 pm
oh? i'm pretty sure it's clean of viruses, it's commonly used by ALOT of people.
hmm...
i'm not sure there is any other way i can help if i can't see your files.
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: jazminj323 on September 01, 2013, 11:00:30 pm
its fine i think its just my computer ive made a request for the map now anyways
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: zady on September 01, 2013, 11:04:12 pm
Ok then, sorry i couldn't help
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: jazminj323 on September 01, 2013, 11:15:14 pm
its fine i think my computer just hates me lol
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: zady on September 01, 2013, 11:15:59 pm
that is a legit reason XD
Title: Re: mapmaking
Post by: jazminj323 on September 01, 2013, 11:23:45 pm
yup very 8D