help with map

Dragon013 · Post by **Dragon013** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 9:58 pm

hello im new mapper and have built a map but when i go to compile it i get no joy.i tested the compiler on a box room and player start and a light and it worked,so i think its my map .i also tested the compile on a test map i got with radiant it worked . i tried compiling my map in command promt and got no joy there either.so itell u what i made .its a terrain made from patches 512 by 512 half the size of the grid i then made mountains with it all round the edge and a few hills leading to a fort or a castle i built its not great but its a start o yeah then i put a box all round it and hollowed it then stuck a sky skin on it , then i added a player start and a light .i thought then to try and compile it but when i do it loads up mohaa and the console gives a error message :

LOCALIZAROIN ERROR: 'MOHAA Console' does not have a localizatoin entry

thats it hope u can help u think its got something to so with the terrain ?

noce one

Dragon013
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_-=WB=-_Cobra · Post by **_-=WB=-_Cobra** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 4:03 am

I'll have to see it to judge it on what the problem could be, but it could very well be your terrain based on whether your using Ez-gen or LOD. Oh, and the localization has nothing to do with your map, it's the localization file in your global folder that's causing that. The errors in your map will display before your map even compiles, take a look at them next time.

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 4:33 am

The localization error is not your problem. Localization means translating the text of the game into your native language. Those errors are normal and should be ignored.

The game can not load your map if no bsp file was made by the compiler. So, you need to make a log of the compile to see what error prevented it.

For MBuilder:

You can make seperate logs for all steps, or just the one you need. First make a folder named "Compile_logs" on C drive--make a shortcut to to it on the desktop if you like. Then in Mbuilder, click on "change" and put the additional code lines after your compile options. The text file can have any name you wish.

-v > C:\Compile_logs\log_bsp.txt

-fast > C:\Compile_logs\log_vis.txt

> C:\Compile_logs\log_light.txt

I have a shortcut on my desktop, so the logs can be trashed easily after looking them over. But, you can have the logs going any folder you like. Also, when using these logs, the details of the compilers will not be seen in the DOS window during the compile.

Dragon013 · Post by **Dragon013** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 8:50 am

yeah i did what u said about the log files it generated 3 files each with nothing in so i guess it didnt even try to compile.
wierd also for my terrain i mused thr LOD terrain.

hmmmmn the map is under a 1mb so if anyone wnats to try it i send it u
can use msn if u want let me no dudes ill post my msn then.

niceone

Dragon013

or i could upload it to www.bsts.tk

Dragon013 · Post by **Dragon013** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 9:09 am

i just freaken copyed over it with a blank map im a twat head and pissed of a bit, building a fort took me a while anyway ,it aint going to compile now.i will start again i recon u will be hearing from me shortly.

niceone for help

Dragon013

At0miC · Post by **At0miC** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 9:23 am

Ah, that's really shit! Poor you, how big was it?

Anyway, you could better make some backups next time about your maps.

good luck

Dragon013 · Post by **Dragon013** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 12:35 pm

hello again so after that mess up i buit a terrain the size of the grid using 512 patches wacked a box round it built a room in the middle a small box room with a player start and a light in it with a door to get out and a ladder on the side of the room.now i get a compile but the texture dont show on the big box around the terrain and the small box room aint there
wierd.

i must be going wrong someware

help

Dragon013 · Post by **Dragon013** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 12:41 pm

aha radiant made a backup automaticly thats nice of it

i have the fort back

but it still dont compile

any ideas on that would be good

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 1:46 pm

Any errors whole compiling will be writtenout in the black kommand window you get when compiling with MBuilder.

Do this to actually be able to see them as well:

1) Right-click on the window top bar and select "Properties".
2) Select the "Layout" tab.
3) Set "Screenbuffer size" height to... say 10000.
4) Press "OK".
5) Select "Save properties fore future windows with same title".

Now you should be able to scroll back up to any errors. ( And you can copy the text from thiswindow by using the right click menu inside the window ).

When you find the compile error, post it here if you dont understand it yourself.

kalashnikov · Post by **kalashnikov** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 2:09 pm

Do you have your mbuilder settings right. The links in the top right?

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:57 am

Here is something you can do to help us help you. In mbuilder, click to highlight your fort map. Then copy the batch file text, in the lower left window, and paste it here.

You may be using textures from one of the mod paks you have downloaded and put in main. If you add one of those textures to your map and then remove the mod pk3, they will vanish from your map as well. So, place all non-original pk3s in a temp folder in main while mapping. Also it is good to rename mainta to Xmainta, if you are not making a Spearhead map.

Dragon013 · Post by **Dragon013** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 7:58 am

hello

got the log files working i show u errors:

bsp :Terrain patch at (-7168,-8192): maximum height variation 756 > 510

vis:Error opening C:\PROGRA~1\EAGAME~1\MOHAA\main\maps\castleter.bsp: No such file or directory

light:Error opening C:\PROGRA~1\EAGAME~1\MOHAA\main\maps\castleter.bsp: No such file or directory.

thats for my castle/fort map

as for mods i have none i even took the no-cd out
i had a bad bug i formatted c drive the other day my pc should be clean.
and i dont see mainta anyware but i rember seeing oit somewere dos that apear after installing spearhead i havent done that yet.

niceone

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:06 am

Well, the second and third errors are because no bsp file was made. Here is how to fix the first error.

Highlight your LOD Terrain in the editor and hit key V. Everywhere you see a yellow dot, drag it down until it turns pink--yellow means it is too high. When all the yellow is gone, your map will compile.

Dragon013 · Post by **Dragon013** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 2:45 pm

niceone guys i think we done its on 97% how long does it take ?

Dragon013 · Post by **Dragon013** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:02 pm

yeha it worked took ages do u have to wait that long every time u compile?

nice one

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