Problems with the Map Editor

kirbmasta · #1 07-02-2009, 07:21 PM

Ive been trying to make a map, but i dont have photoshop. So i went ahead and made one big image in paint, and then placed polygons under the image. The problem is, when i put it in any layer, it stops my ships from spawning. Instead, it has them spawn at the top, then proceed to die. The weird thing is, it works fine without the image (im inserting it with place sprite, not sure if thats the problem.)

So is this a bug, or am i just doing something really stupid?

lamster · #2 07-02-2009, 07:27 PM

The huge paint image probably has an auto-generated collision box (and hence planes spawn, think they're inside a huge solid block, and get pushed out / die). Right click the huge image and uncheck "collidable" -- similarly the collision-only polygons should have "visible" unchecked for maximum performance.

kirbmasta · #3 07-02-2009, 07:39 PM

ok, so now its letting my fly there, but the image is on top of the ship...

and the image is layer 1, the ships are layer 3

Maxzippoman · #4 07-02-2009, 07:49 PM

Put your image on a new "view" in view editor, and put that view under the game view

kirbmasta · #5 07-02-2009, 08:03 PM

thanks guys!

incase anyone cares or has suggestions, heres the map
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=a...4e75f6e8ebb871

kirbmasta · #6 07-02-2009, 08:31 PM

well, now im having trouble getting it on the experimental server

when i try uploading to bluehawk i get a formo.invalidfile error under my file i want to upload

as red as black · #7 07-02-2009, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirbmasta

well, now im having trouble getting it on the experimental server

when i try uploading to bluehawk i get a formo.invalidfile error under my file i want to upload

you're uploading it as an .alte file, export your map, then upload the .altx version.

After you export your map, it gets put in a file altitude>maps

upload that version of it.

nesnl · #8 07-02-2009, 08:55 PM

What game did you get your graphics from?

kirbmasta · #9 07-02-2009, 09:02 PM

i am trying to upload the exported .altx file though...it even works if i play practice against bots in altitude

and the graphics are from the original Sonic the Hedgehog for the genesis
i got the sprite sheet from http://www.spriters-resource.com/

EDIT: i tryed to upload it with an image that had nothing to do with the map...it worked...so i guess that was the problem