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Map Maker Crashes: Height Map Issue? Not sure.
« on: June 14, 2013, 03:12:41 pm »
Alright, so I have browsed the map-maker issues and topics for a while now, and no one seems to have the same issue/working solutions. So I spent the past half an hour making a map, and I had the wrong size. I re-scaled it to 513x513, and re-saved. I don't normally have issues, but I can say the following:
The image is grayscale.
The image is a 513 square.
I have the temp.map file.
And the map is in the right folder.

Any suggestions? Here's the screenshot of the name, you know. Proof.


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Re: Map Maker Crashes: Height Map Issue? Not sure.
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2013, 03:29:40 pm »
make sure that you have absolutely no color in the map at all, try resizing to 512x512 or flatten the image incase theres any little stray things. also instead of saving directly to the folder, try saving it to your desktop first then move it to FeralHeart<media<terrains and then load it on the map maker and see what happens. if all else fails... you can look in the map maker tutorials and check to see if you had done anything wrong in the making that altered it somehow.

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Re: Map Maker Crashes: Height Map Issue? Not sure.
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2013, 05:21:10 pm »
Well, as I said before and as the picture states, the image is grayscaled, meaning there is no color. Not sure what you mean by 'stray things' but I have flattened the image. I resaved it as a different name and path and moved it back to the folder, and still, it would not work. I make maps all the time, and I am 99.9% sure that I did not make mistakes, Everything is normal. All the tutorials I have watched in the past say 513x513, and 512 did not fix the issue. Thanks for the help anyways.


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Re: Map Maker Crashes: Height Map Issue? Not sure.
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2013, 05:48:04 pm »
hmmm odd, im not sure usually doing the things i suggested would help O_o"" dunno could be an internal error or something

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Re: Map Maker Crashes: Height Map Issue? Not sure.
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2013, 07:20:51 pm »
In your title did you end the Terrain at the end of it? Like for example, 'woy2Terrain.png'? If not, that's probably your problem.

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Re: Map Maker Crashes: Height Map Issue? Not sure.
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2013, 08:28:30 pm »
Alright, thanks for the help Thrillex, but I never do that with my other maps and they always work. I tried it anyways, but it still crashed. If you would like anything further, I could make a video. I made sure to end it in png and everything, perhaps I will just need to start from scratch again. Bummer.


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Re: Map Maker Crashes: Height Map Issue? Not sure.
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2013, 05:40:06 pm »
When I make maps, I'll use the height and masks from the WaterMill file. When you open those in Gimp (If you use Gimp :o) It should all be set right. Just export the finished height/Mask map to the terrains folder named as something else. That's how I do it. I hope this might help! ;)

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Re: Map Maker Crashes: Height Map Issue? Not sure.
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2013, 05:44:29 pm »
Oh! If you do use gimp, make sure the Alpha Channel is off; transparency of layers. That will crash it. Yeah! I got this Lol.

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Re: Map Maker Crashes: Height Map Issue? Not sure.
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2013, 02:25:14 pm »
Oh! If you do use gimp, make sure the Alpha Channel is off; transparency of layers. That will crash it. Yeah! I got this Lol.
Thank you very much! That was the issue. The Alpha Channel was on. Thanks a bunch! +Floof


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