HOME In the tutorial it says for me to use the tutorial map and download it. Should I use that or should I already have made one of those?
In the tutorial it says for me to use the tutorial map and download it. Should I use that or should I already have made one of those?
You have to download the tutorial and work your way right thru it - theres a lot more files and stages involved than the ones you've prepared so far... the tutorial contains all of these and by working your way thru you'll learn how they all fit together and rely on each other... plus it'll help you get the tools installed and your P:\ drive build environment established... once you've done all of that you'll have a definitely working setup. Then you can mimic what you did in the tutorial, but substitute your own heightmap, mask & sat files...
It's a fairly involved undertaking getting everything setup to start with, plus theres several interrelated config files to deal with, ground textures and rvmats... setting up Visitor to suit the size of terrain you're making... the tutorial will gently introduce you to these basics, plus provide a structure and support files you can adapt and reuse...
Theres no real substitute for working your way thru the Tutorial...
B
So why did I make my own sat and mask files be4? What other file do I need?Originally Posted by Bushlurker
So we could suggest you do the tutorial?
Really though, B is right. The best way to sort this stuff out is to complete the tutorial. Then you'll have a pretty good oversight on things, and a good working base. Until you can see the global picture of how it all works together, you can't really develope each of the individual pieces accurately. Simply due the fact that they interact with each other in many different ways. So having a global perspective on things is beneficial. Plus having everything working and in the right places helps. Alot
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Last edited by Gnome_AS; Feb 5 2011 at 20:09. Reason: grammar
you might to do Sgtaces tutorial first, and get that tutorial island working, and then do Alexies tutorial's as it makes things a lot easier. And of course if you run into a problem, someone has probably already answered it so make sure you have a good look around.
Ok, I completed the tutorial and it was fairly easy due to him giving me all the stuff I needed :P.
My problem is though, I don't know what else I need now. I have a Mask_lco.png and a sat_lco.png that I made with L3DT. What else do I need besides those, and how do I get them? Can I get the rest of the stuff I need from L3DT?
Also, should I use the same options ace used in his tutorial or something else?
like i said before, use alexies tutorial as it goes through all of the stages from beginning to finish
Where do I find this tutorial at?
Clicketh the image in Bushlurkers signature ... alternatively click here and look in the tutorials.
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"Error loading (pathname)\sat_lco.png"
I get that when trying to import the satellite pic. At first I had the same thing with maplegend.png but rechecked my paths and found an error. No error with sat though. What might be the problem?
EDIT
Also, some of the lower elevation areas are being mistaken for water. How do I fix this?
Last edited by Acoustic; Feb 7 2011 at 02:14.
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