8 terrain textures instead of 6

#21

Quote:When you are defining your ETerrainMaterialBitmap within the EditorGui.gui file, you need to make sure that the texture file exists that you are specifying within the bitmap parameter

Quote:Note: You'll want to verify the bitmap paths for the default textures in EditorGui.gui to match your own development paths, else it will cause an error message in your console log.

#22 Hi,

I tried the "8 bitmap" change (manually since the link to the alternate source is not working). Worked great after a few adjustment in the texture window GUI.

-> I did this with the lastest 1.4 version.

Problems started when I attempted to switch to the "World Editor" view to place items once my new mission created using 8 textures.

The screen does not refresh, even the menu scrool stays on screen and moving themouse creates a smodge.

Anyone else got this result? Any hints on why and how to fix. I am just starting to explore torque, so consider my a newbie (but I do code for a living).

Nice day to all

GG

#23 @ Francois: See the top of this page to get the update for 1.4.

#24 @ Digital Dave: See the top of this page to get the update for 1.4.

I've put the 1.4 files in the folders described, but I have the same effect as Francois. No refreshing when choosing the upper menuparts Editor a.s.o

#25 @ Dieter and Francois:

Quite right you are. I've just updated the server files. I think they'll work for you now. Let me know, eh?

Be sure to use the 'DeleteDSOs' utility (in the root folder) before trying the updates just to be sure.

#26 Must be working....

#27 Yes Dave, this is working with my copy of the TLK 1.4

#28 Groovy!

#29 done with a fresh copy of TGE 1.4, and it works beautifully thank you for a very nice resource.

#30 You're quite welcome! Nice of you to say so.

#31 Here is a simple fix if you have TLK 1.4! It gives you 8 terrain textures without removing the lighting kit from your mission builder.

http://www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=10068

I am also working on a complete mission builder that allows you to to simply create RPG games. With a unique "drag-n-drop" inventory, npc class creation, screen play (story script editor), real time enviroment editor (random weather, time, date, night and day), schedual npc block, and a "switch objects prop" for seasons such as trees and grass. All of this can be done by adding 3 files to your engine directory and patching. After you compile, your mission builder will have 1 new menu item (RPG Creation Tool). You can then alter any scripts, ai, objectsActualy I have finished it I am just trying to figure out how to make a universal patch for TGE 1.4 or TLK 1.4. I just might make 2 diffrent patches...

The reason why I brought this up is because I have a slight detail map bug.... my editor patch allows for 16 terrain texture maps but it only details 8 of them. If someone could help me with this, my patch will work correctly!

#32 Hi Chad, thats great. Do you plan to release a pack for the RPG mission builder or something like this?
Sorry, but vannot do the coding for you in CC. Im only a bad scripter.

#33 @Dieter Eichert

I'm in the middle of fixing another bug I was totaly unaware of because I am new to torque... I havn't read a lot of the forums and I recently discovered a bug that I thought was my own code! But it turns out that the water block does not expand with the terrain block. I have read all the posts now about the fixes but I am running into branching bugs as I fix it.

Also, detail or bump mapping all 16 textures causes problems as well when switching from inter. to outdoor. I can fix this because I have a good idea how it works but I cant fix the water! I have no clue what to do. With TSE on the other hand I can make miles of water and land via Atlas.

I wont release the RPG builder as a resource until I fix the water cause it will just frustraight people if they are new to C++ and they try to build an island. If someone wants it to try and fix it on there own, they can have it right now though. I will upload it and provide a link

#34 @Chad Good luck with fixing it. Im sure some of the gentle guys here would help you soon.

#35 it would be neat if those textures were in a scrollable box so they wouldnt take so much space on the screen :)

#36 @ Juha

Hey thats something I didnt think of and I could do that. Give me a day to get around to it. I actualy got 12 textures now that work 100% but I shrunk the texture previews and there is no file description on them either so I have been thinking about a new way to display them.

#37 Chad,

How will the environment setup work? Will it allow computer time matching and/fixed or relative mission time?
I also thought of a synchronisation between Torque and one's local weather (as in flight simulators) as well as a completely random weather system on startup.

Then there is also the season texture changes, etc.

Anyway: keep up the good work coming! 8-)>

#38 this is a great resource...

is GG considering to include this changes for the next 1.4.1 type of release?
If it all works well I really don't understand why GG didn't do this before.
That is such cool change to have.

#39 I'm getting a crash that I can't track down when increasing MaterialGroups to 15 or 16...
@Trenton: are you sure you didn't change anything else??
the crash seems totally unrelated and is caused somewhere in winWindow.cc, in static LRESULT PASCAL WindowProc()... :?
it happens right when I start to load a mission, there is no console error and I dont know how to debug it since nothing seems to happen at all, it crashes right after
*** Stage 2 load
with a stacktrace that doesnt give me the slightest idea what might be going wrong :(

#40 Have you replaced the
MATERIAL_GROUP_MASK = 0x7
with
MATERIAL_GROUP_MASK = 0x31
in terrData.h ?
Because that made our game crash when we went from 8 -> 16.

class TerrainFile : public ResourceInstance
{
  public:
   enum Constants {
      FILE_VERSION = 4,			// Verion 3 = 8 Textures, Verion 4 = 16 Textures
      MATERIAL_GROUP_MASK = 0x31
   };

   TerrainFile();
   ~TerrainFile();