Terrain Mask Issues....

[piertwinslumiere]

So I need to create a mask for a certain map. (I'm making a series of maps and linking them together. The other's worked but for some odd reason this map wont...) Anyway, here I am on Gimp coloring a new layer with those reds, greens and blues. I go to put it in game and it turns black!! I've been messing with it for the past two days. I even started over and it didn't work. (To see if I was missing anything. Of course I wasn't.) I also looked up the tutorial I learned from and went step by step. It still turned up black.

Can anyone help me solve this issue?

[CloudFish]

Make sure you're removing the height map from visibility or from the file completely. The only thing i can think of is the map maker is picking up something other than the red green and blue

[piertwinslumiere]

Would it help if I re-install the art program? (Gimp?)

[CloudFish]

Not really. I mean, if its /just/ that one terrain file you're having problems with, its seeming to be you're missing an area when you're making the mask. Deleting the height map layer and simply saving it as a mask should fix it. then once you've loaded up the map, you'll find some black areas on the terrain itself, these will be where you missed a spot when colouring in for the mask.

[piertwinslumiere]

Alright. Thanks.

[piertwinslumiere]

It's all terrains by the way. Any advise on that?

[CloudFish]

You mean it's making it black for all of them? Sounds like either the above mentioned problem or you're not typing it in right.

[piertwinslumiere]

Alright. Thanks.