Loading in a Heightmap Causes Crashing

[ElectricBoogaloo]

Recently I've been wanting to make my own maps for fun, and of course to do that I need to make a heightmap so the land will be more interesting. However, every time I load one into FH the game crashes. I've made sure the image is .png, grayscale (Yes, grayscale MODE not RGB mode colored in grayscale), only one layer, and 513 x 513. Saved in the terrains folder and typed in correctly. Constant crashing. Anyone know how to help?

[VortexAlive]

I'm unsure why yours is not working but a heightmap should be:
Opaque (No transparency or alpha channel.)
Locked at 513x513 (So that the size can't be changed.)
Grayscale
Only 1 Layer (Make sure to Flatten the image.)

You can try using & modifying (copy and paste your heightmap into it) this:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/ausqlcih5y3qd3v/TestHeightmap.jpg
It's just a flat, standard heightmap for getting started... it has everything set up already.
You'll have to put it somewhere fh can find it though.
Also: You can change the .jpg to .png by using "file > save as" if you want to keep using .png, which makes the map smoother. =)

[ElectricBoogaloo]

I downloaded the blank heightmap and it worked flawlessly on FH. However, when I open the file in my program and draw in a little design and save that to see if it works, it just doesn't. Does program matter?

[VortexAlive]

As far as I know it does not matter what program you use, but they do work differently.
The file I gave you a link to was made using GIMP.

[ElectricBoogaloo]

I downloaded GIMP and heightmaps started to work. I guess that was the problem? Thank you for your help c:

[Yogurt204]

I downloaded GIMP and heightmaps started to work. I guess that was the problem? Thank you for your help c:

Oh, yeah. Whenever I make heightmaps, I use Gimp, so I would suggest trying to stick with that program for heightmaps, or masks. In my opinion, it's the easiest to use for that sort of stuff. I'm glad you got it all figured out though. Sometimes, it's so annoying when I would create a heightmap & forget that I had it in RGB mode but I would still have it colored gray, but it would crash my Feral-Heart & I would be so confused, haha. Make sure you always set it up properly before you start, to avoid mini tantrums like I went through, haha. I hope you have fun creating your maps!

[Warriorstrike]

I'm glad to hear that you got it working. I'll lock up your thread since the problem was fixed. c: