The Old Man
2002-08-31, 23:25
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nix
Joined: 04 Aug 2002
Posts: 25
Posted: 04 Aug 2002 03:11 pm Post subject: textures, easygen, loss of patience
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i'm having some weirdp roblem with textures relating to easygen. firstly, i've tried extracting the "Terrain textures" from the pak0.pk3. the problem with this is that while i read that there are supposed to be 23 textures in the stone directory alone, i only have one single "terrain' folder texture (a cliff), andl ike four "stone" folder textures. i've got the game of the year version of the game, is there another file that the textures might be in? anyone know where i could just download them?
secondly, once i use the limited number of textures i have, i get the error "cannot find image for shader' for EVERY terrain texture i use during the compile phase, leaving me with a map that has just a checkerboard and a sky. what am i doing wrong? where do i need to place the textures? i have them in the texture folder, etc, but nothing is working and it's driving me NUTS.
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Midnight_Oil
Joined: 04 Aug 2002
Posts: 59
Location: Maine, USA
Posted: 04 Aug 2002 03:25 pm Post subject:
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Textures missing from the stone folder, not sure. The missing textures error always comes up during the compile not sure why but it can be ignored. Sounds like the metashader script is in the wrong place. Be sure it is in the main/scripts folder.
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nix
Joined: 04 Aug 2002
Posts: 25
Posted: 04 Aug 2002 03:44 pm Post subject:
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it is in the scripts folder. this is why i'm puzzled. textures are in the textures folder, in the subdirectory named the same as my map. the shader is in the scripts folder, the alpha is in the main directory, and the map is fine also. i may just give up on easy gen and find another route.
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Midnight_Oil
Joined: 04 Aug 2002
Posts: 59
Location: Maine, USA
Posted: 04 Aug 2002 05:33 pm Post subject:
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pcx in main folder, ok. did you move the stone forlder after making the alphamap? When I installed easygen it made a subdirectory of maps/ textures and scripts. I have to move everything after making terrain or I get grey boxes too. Dont give up there is an answere : )
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nix
Joined: 04 Aug 2002
Posts: 25
Posted: 04 Aug 2002 05:55 pm Post subject:
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move them where exactly? and thanks for your help.
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Midnight_Oil
Joined: 04 Aug 2002
Posts: 59
Location: Maine, USA
Posted: 04 Aug 2002 06:12 pm Post subject:
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When it saves the shader for example, puts it in main/maps/scripts
I have to move it to main/scripts for it to work. It saves the pcx and map in main/maps/maps I have to move the map up one level and put the pcx in the main folder. I dont know why it does that, probly set my paths wrong when I first installed it.
nix
Joined: 04 Aug 2002
Posts: 25
Posted: 04 Aug 2002 03:11 pm Post subject: textures, easygen, loss of patience
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i'm having some weirdp roblem with textures relating to easygen. firstly, i've tried extracting the "Terrain textures" from the pak0.pk3. the problem with this is that while i read that there are supposed to be 23 textures in the stone directory alone, i only have one single "terrain' folder texture (a cliff), andl ike four "stone" folder textures. i've got the game of the year version of the game, is there another file that the textures might be in? anyone know where i could just download them?
secondly, once i use the limited number of textures i have, i get the error "cannot find image for shader' for EVERY terrain texture i use during the compile phase, leaving me with a map that has just a checkerboard and a sky. what am i doing wrong? where do i need to place the textures? i have them in the texture folder, etc, but nothing is working and it's driving me NUTS.
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Midnight_Oil
Joined: 04 Aug 2002
Posts: 59
Location: Maine, USA
Posted: 04 Aug 2002 03:25 pm Post subject:
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Textures missing from the stone folder, not sure. The missing textures error always comes up during the compile not sure why but it can be ignored. Sounds like the metashader script is in the wrong place. Be sure it is in the main/scripts folder.
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nix
Joined: 04 Aug 2002
Posts: 25
Posted: 04 Aug 2002 03:44 pm Post subject:
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it is in the scripts folder. this is why i'm puzzled. textures are in the textures folder, in the subdirectory named the same as my map. the shader is in the scripts folder, the alpha is in the main directory, and the map is fine also. i may just give up on easy gen and find another route.
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Midnight_Oil
Joined: 04 Aug 2002
Posts: 59
Location: Maine, USA
Posted: 04 Aug 2002 05:33 pm Post subject:
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pcx in main folder, ok. did you move the stone forlder after making the alphamap? When I installed easygen it made a subdirectory of maps/ textures and scripts. I have to move everything after making terrain or I get grey boxes too. Dont give up there is an answere : )
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nix
Joined: 04 Aug 2002
Posts: 25
Posted: 04 Aug 2002 05:55 pm Post subject:
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move them where exactly? and thanks for your help.
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Midnight_Oil
Joined: 04 Aug 2002
Posts: 59
Location: Maine, USA
Posted: 04 Aug 2002 06:12 pm Post subject:
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When it saves the shader for example, puts it in main/maps/scripts
I have to move it to main/scripts for it to work. It saves the pcx and map in main/maps/maps I have to move the map up one level and put the pcx in the main folder. I dont know why it does that, probly set my paths wrong when I first installed it.