Lesson 1 - Creating the base map.

[GrnEyedDvl]

Russ check and see if it is creating map.rwm, if it is then its close but not quite right. Your error log should show some stuff.

[Russ Mitchell]

It creates it, GrnEyed, but the log says that it's missing. How's that for weird? Posted the log in the other thread.

[Wirapuru]

That's ok Russ, the log says it's missing but just for information sake, that means that the game is going to regenerate a new one based on your tgas, which is the wanted behaviour really. About the log, could you post like the last 10 lines of it? I suspect it's the same problem I had here once.

[Roman Knight]

I have completed all the files but the cfg tells me that "Medieval2.exe is not an internal or external command"

[GrnEyedDvl]

say what? New one on me lol

Are you sure your cfg file didnt get corrupted? Run MapClasscfgFixer.bat again and see if that fixes the problem.

btw I am on MSN tonight if anyone needs me.

[The Last Spartan]

I don't have the .cfg file extension. Does anyone know where to get one?

EDIT: GIMP is not working as well.

[GrnEyedDvl]

Its there, its just hidden because of the way you have Windows set up. Open the folder then click Tools, Folder Options, View, then deselect Hide extensions for known file types.

[The Last Spartan]

Still not working.

[GrnEyedDvl]

Gimp is not working? Did you extract and install it?

There IS a cfg file there if you have M2TW installed.

[The Last Spartan]

I extracted Gimp 2.3.1, but there is no installation. There is a file here that says "INSTALL", but it is identified merely as File, and I cannot use it.

M2TW is installed and in the Class Folder, there is MapClass.cfg, but I cannot run it.

[GrnEyedDvl]

you need to run the .bat file, the cfg file is just for settings.

Double clicking install should install gimp. If not then you downloaded the wrong package, make sure you get the Windows package.

http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html

[The Last Spartan]

Gimp is up and running, thanks for the link, mate.

[The Last Spartan]

Are the maps supposed to look like this?


By The_Last_Spartan

I know, I accidentally cut out NZ when I resized the image (I did resize canvas :p, oh well, too late now).

[GrnEyedDvl]

map_heights should look like that but without the white spots. There are examples in the top of the post.

[The Last Spartan]

I got it right then.

EDIT: When it prompts during a save, it asks to check off "RLE Compression" and "Origin at Bottom Left". Do I keep those selected or un-check the boxes?

[GrnEyedDvl]

Leave them as they are.

[The Last Spartan]

Okay. Ummm, what about those files in the Folder? like the textures files and such? Cause, I kinda used those files to replace the ones already in the Vanilla folder and when I tried to run the game, the screen just turned black and didn't load. I waited a good 30-40 minutes till I just manually shut down the computer.

[GrnEyedDvl]

You replaced vanilla files with mine??

[The Last Spartan]

Errr, yeah. I wasn't supposed to do that was I?

Cause, when I entered M2TW, after I did all the stuff, nothing changed except the radar (which had a black Australia map merged with the Europe and N. Africa map.

[GrnEyedDvl]

No you were supposed to set up the MapClass mod folder, I included instructions in several places. I hope you made copis of your files before you wrote over them.