Feral Heart

Help & Guidance => Game Help => Topic started by: animals_rule_1 on May 23, 2014, 05:36:14 am

Title: Map Help?
Post by: animals_rule_1 on May 23, 2014, 05:36:14 am

I really want to make a feral heart map, but I have a problem. I make my maps in Gimp, save them, Home> FeralHeart> media> terrains, then I try to load them in FeralHeart. I open it up> Tools> Map Maker> World> Terrain Height Map. Now heer comes the problem. It says my height map does not exist! It just goes back to default terrain. Please help me. I've been so excited.

Title: Re: Map Help?
Post by: Vespian on May 23, 2014, 05:43:58 am

Quote from: CloudFish on April 20, 2012, 10:31:38 pm

For your height map to work, make sure it's all of the below;

PNG. (Sometimes JPEG., depending on your computer).
513x513
Greyscale
Onelayer
No Alpha Channel

When you save it, save it as MapnameTerrain.png

And when you enter it into the height map dialog box; write exactly the way it's saved.

Also be sure that the height map is saved into the map folder.

For instance, go into Mapmaker first. Save the map as whatever you're wanting to call it, (FranceMap) for example.

Then when you're saving the PNG. file, save it into FH>Media>Terrains>Mapname (For me, it'd be FranceMap).

See if the followin' above will shed some light onto yer situation.

Title: Re: Map Help?
Post by: animals_rule_1 on May 23, 2014, 06:00:09 am

I did all that you said, the same message comes up. Cannot find PacksTerrain.png!

Title: Re: Map Help?
Post by: Vespian on May 23, 2014, 06:10:10 am

Hmm. I've peeked around the forums a bit more and found this. See if it helps ye':

Quote from: CloudFish on April 10, 2012, 06:24:55 pm

The map terrain should be placed in the folder with the name of your map. For example, if you're creating a map and it's named... The Ocean. There should be a folder in your Terrains folder called The Ocean, (this is considering you've saved that name in Map maker). This is where you should place the terrain and mask file. Make sure they're named as OceanTerrain or OceanMask for the example. Like Hal said, it's gotta be PNG or JPEG. Usually PNG is the desired file location.

Terrain should be:
Greyscale
PNG
513x513
No Alpha Channel
One layer.

If not, I'll continue to look around and offer suggestions until the problem is resolved.

Title: Re: Map Help?
Post by: animals_rule_1 on May 23, 2014, 06:18:36 am

Sigh. Still not working.

Title: Re: Map Help?
Post by: Vespian on May 23, 2014, 06:38:50 am

If ye' don't mind me questionin', is there a folder located in yer Local Disk (C:) > FeralHeart > Media > Terrains named Packs (assumin' this is yer map's name)? I was for sure the second quote would be of use. How problematic..
There should be a folder in the said location (Terrains) named after yer map. Since yer terrain (and/or mask) files are unable to be located by yer computer software, I have a haunch that said files either are nonexistent or are misplaced. They should be located inside yer map's name folder, labelled as Packsterrain.png and/or Packsmask.png. Are ye' sure ye' have the correspondin' suggestion precise?

If nein, take a look at this tutorial to see where ye' may have faltered:

>>Click here!<< (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=37343.0)

Title: Re: Map Help?
Post by: mnb1999 on May 23, 2014, 08:10:09 pm

can you tell me why i cant conect to the map server? i have clicked retry multiple times it just wont work...... :'(

Title: Re: Map Help?
Post by: Vespian on May 23, 2014, 08:24:28 pm

Quote from: megan on May 23, 2014, 08:10:09 pm

can you tell me why i cant conect to the map server? i have clicked retry multiple times it just wont work...... :'(

Let's not post unrelated problems on another member's help thread. Next time, it'd be better if ye' make yer own thread regardin' whatever situations ye' may have.
Regardless, I'll help ye' out by postin' a suggestion below:

Quote from: Red on August 07, 2011, 04:36:48 pm

Unable to log on/go online.

FeralHeart is mainly an online role playing game. This means if you want to get the most fun out of it, you'd need to be connected to the internet. Some people might have issues getting on the actual game, so here's a few things you can try if you have the game but aren't able to go online.

List of things to check:
1. Wrong username or Password?
2. Do you have the most recent patch?
3. Check so there's no security software blocking the game.
4. Make sure that you've a solid internet connection.

Wrong username or Password?
There's actually a "bug" in the current registration system, logging into the game can be a problem for some reasons. If you're unable to log in, and just get banned for 15 mins for getting the wrong pass, here's a few things that might solve it.

-The password is capital sensitive, so if you use a small letter where you regged with a big one, it will be the wrong pass
-The numpad on keyboards doesn't work. So you need to use the numbers above the rest of the letters
-some symbols doesn't work as they should and you need to change keyboard layout in order for them to work

If you are unable to fix this It's suggested that you reset your password on your profile here on the forum and set it to a new one without any complicated symbols or numbers, just letters. And if still no success, just create a new account here on the site, and follow This! (http://feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=10423.msg144688#msg144688)

Got the recent patch?
The game gets updated every now and then with new features or just fixes. In most cases when there's a new patch available users need to download it in order to play.

If you get a window when trying to log on the game saying "Please download the latest patch @ feral-heart.com" Then you simply need to download the latest patch from our "Official Downloads" and install it. Once that's done you can play the game again!

Is the computer allowing FeralHeart to connect to the internet?
Games like these needs to be able to connect to the internet, but sometimes windows doesn't know if the game/application can be trusted or it just skips adding the game to exceptions. If you aren't able to log on the game, this might be your issue.

Open up your control panel located in the start menu. Depending on which Operating system you use, and which layout it might look differently. But Windows firewall should be in the category "security" or just find the text "Windows firewall" or "Allow a program through windows firewall". This should take you to the correct place.

Once there you'll get a new window with a list of programs. Try to locate FeralHeart.exe in there and add it to exceptions by marking the checkbox. If you can't find it, and the game to the list by yourself by pressing add program.

If you don't understand how to do this still, ask someone else to do this for you.

Sometimes there might be something else blocking the program from accessing the internet. A good example of these are some Antivirus programs. This can vary a lot as well. But check up if by any chance your virus program might be blocking feralheart. And just not only by clicking the icon in the corner sayings "Nope!". Look in the advanced menus and preferences first. Only you can check this.

How's your internet connection?
Sometimes the internet connection of the users trying to play the game might be weak. This can cause you to not being able to connect or staying online for a longer time, many people might start blaming the game or server for this when it in fact might be themselves.

Here's a few things you can check:
1. Are you even connected to the internet right now?
2. Are you running any downloading/streaming programs?
3. Are there any other computers/devices using the same internet?
4. Are you currently using a wireless connection, if so, are you getting good signal?

Sometimes the internet connection can time out for various reasons and then jump back on again, so be sure to try a few times first.

Programs in the background
Downloading things or running streaming programs eats your bandwidth, and this bandwidth is needed in order to play the game, especially if you're using slower speeds. You can start by shutting off things like downloading programs and internet browsers. Maybe even IM programs such as MSN and AIM and try to play again.

Turn off extra devices
If you got more than 1 computer or other devices also using the internet, try turning them off if they're not in use. This will give you more bandwidth to spare.

On a wireless connection?
If you're using a laptop you might be using a wireless internet connection. These can sometimes loose their signal to the internet source. So try placing yourself closer to your modem, this might give you a stronger signal.

These things should solve the most connection problems!

End~

I advise that if the said suggestion doesn't work, ye' send me a PM and I'll do what I can to solve yer problem accordingly.

Title: Re: Map Help?
Post by: animals_rule_1 on May 23, 2014, 11:18:57 pm

It still dodn't work! D:

Title: Re: Map Help?
Post by: mnb1999 on May 24, 2014, 05:22:48 pm

Yeah failed to connect to map server

Title: Re: Map Help?
Post by: TheApplePie on May 24, 2014, 06:46:41 pm

It would be a good idea to make a new thread if you have a problem like Vespian said before. In this way, more people will look at it and try to answer.
You should probably check your internet connection and if it's low. Sometimes when there is a lot of users playing, a powerful connection may be needed to join the fun in game.

Also, check if  any of your security programs are blocking the game. Security programs such as; BitDefender Internet Security, Kaspersky Internet Security, AVG Internet Security may block you from joining and connecting to the server(s).