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Offline LissyLuvsYou

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Map Maker Not Working
« on: April 10, 2013, 01:53:44 am »
Hello. This is my first time making a map on FH. I have looked at many tutorials for making the height map, then putting it into the map maker. I used Paint.NET. I made sure I had the measurements right and saved it as a .png file, but every time I try to put it in map maker, FH crashes. I don't know what I am doing wrong, so please help me.

Also, I could not find the Greyscale of Paint.NET, so I used B&W. I read online that it was the same as Greyscale. If that's what's wrong, can you tell me where Greyscale is?

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Re: Map Maker Not Working
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2013, 02:35:22 am »
I do not believe black and white is the same as greyscale. In which case, you'll be needing GIMP.
www.gimp.org
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To greyscale in GIMP you merely go to Image >> Mode >>Greyscale

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Re: Map Maker Not Working
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2013, 07:16:55 am »
Paint will not work because it does not have a Grayscale Mode, using grey colours will not work. That is most likely why Feralheart would be crashing. You need a program such as GIMP or Photoshop to be able to make heightmaps.

Go to the link Ruby has posted and download GIMP. When you want to save your image as a .png you have to go File>> Export to and then type in "mapnameTerrain.png" to make it a .png image :)
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