Feral Heart

Help & Guidance => Game Help => Topic started by: xXSandyXx on May 14, 2017, 06:18:50 pm

Title: My game keeps crashing!!!
Post by: xXSandyXx on May 14, 2017, 06:18:50 pm

Hello i have a problem...
I Would love to make Terrains but theres a problem

When ever I put my Terrain File Name in my game crashes... My Laptop is a decent one and it doesnt really crash much

Is there anyway i could fix this problem???
 :'( :'( :'(

Title: Re: My game keeps crashing!!!
Post by: Kuri on May 14, 2017, 07:33:57 pm

Commonly the terrain you entered is slightly transparent when that happens.  Have you double checked for that?
(Common fix is to use GIMP or other photoshop-like software to remove the transparency by literally clicking "remove transparency" and press another button like "flatten image".)

Title: Re: My game keeps crashing!!!
Post by: Bawfle on May 14, 2017, 07:34:26 pm

I just recommend you go through these steps and make sure that you have done them all correctly. I also recommend you use PhotoShop or GIMP in order to create your height map, always. Though, if you choose other art softwares, just be sure to use PhotoShop or GIMP and open a new canvas as shown in the image above. Then copy and paste the image you made elsewhere into Photoshop or GIMP, and it will become and save as a grayscale image once you do so.

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Height Map Requirements:
▸ The canvas size must be 513x513pixels, or 1025x1025pixels. Either size works.
▸ Your image must be in grayscale. This does not mean use grayscale colours/shades. Your canvas/height map must be set to grayscale as shown here in PhotoShop (works the same way in GIMP):

(https://i.imgur.com/1KH1DW6.png)

▸ The height map must not have any Alpha Channel/Transparency. As shown in the image above, the background contents is shown as white.
▸ Before saving your map, be sure to merge all the layers by right clicking the top layer and selecting 'Merge Down/Layers'. This is only if you've used layers to create your details.
▸ Your height map should be saved as a .png format, not as anything else.

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Terrain Mask Requirements:
▸ The canvas size must be 513x513pixels, or 1025x1025pixels. Either size works.
▸ Your image must be in RGB (Red 225, 0, 0 Green 0, 225, 0 Blue 0, 0, 225) colours. Use those colours exactly.
▸ Your canvas/height map must be set to RGB colour using the same method in the image above, only selecting RGB colour instead of Grayscale.
▸ The terrain mask must not have any Alpha Channel/Transparency. As shown in the image above, the background contents is shown as white.
▸ Before saving your map, be sure to merge all the layers by right clicking the top layer and selecting 'Merge Down/Layers'. This is only if you've used layers to create your details.
▸ Your terrain mask should be saved as a .png format, not as anything else.