Question re Map editor and Planet Pak 1.9

DavidG · #1 September 28th, 2003, 04:21 AM

OK so I spend hours making a map then download the Trek mod and then the Planet image pak and then wehn I load my map many images are all wrong. ie warp points are now planets. And when I load the TrekMap I also notice many wrong things like suns that are ringworlds. and when u click them the game crashes. Anyone know what's up with this?

P.S. With my map I found that when I deleted all the new planet images and then return planets.bmp to the original it look ok. ???

Captain Kwok · #2 September 28th, 2003, 04:28 AM

Did you make the map with the Mod files or with the default files?

DavidG · #3 September 28th, 2003, 12:11 PM

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Originally posted by Captain Kwok:
Did you make the map with the Mod files or with the default files?

with the default. Then I installed the planet pak.

DavidG · #4 September 28th, 2003, 04:03 PM

Arg this is getting wierder. Now When I click New Game I get a message "unable to load .... Planets/p0617.bmp". But If I quit and start a another New Game I don't get the message. If I quit that game and start New I do get it.

Happens every other time. I also get it when editing a race.

[ September 28, 2003, 15:04: Message edited by: DavidG ]

DavidG · #5 September 28th, 2003, 04:15 PM

Could someone please load this map up and see if it looks OK? I'm wondering if there is something wonky with my system. Look to see if the warp points look normal and the stars. (there should not be any ringworld images)

FederationSpace.zip

[ September 28, 2003, 15:17: Message edited by: DavidG ]

Slynky · #6 September 28th, 2003, 05:20 PM

Looks OK to me.

Fairly large map, about 1/3 of the systems empty, I see Earth has no atmosphere (LOL) but a moon, and there are no direct links to Heaven

Crusied around a little and checked several warp point connections and names and they seem to match up.

Not sure what ringworld images are but I saw one nebula and one of those brown pointy things (SW quadrant). Didn't check every system but about 3/4 of them.

Not sure what else to do.

DavidG · #7 September 28th, 2003, 09:02 PM

Thanks Slinky.

Do you have any of the planet pak images installed?

(PS A ringworld image is a small one the same size as the planet image. It looks like a ring around a star. On my system many of the images seem to get replaced with them)

[ September 28, 2003, 21:55: Message edited by: DavidG ]

DavidG · #8 September 28th, 2003, 11:41 PM

ARGGGGG This is frustrating. If I load my map in plain old unmodded SE4 it looks OK. But when I try to load in in the StarTrek Mod I get tons of images showing up wrong.

Edit: Woohoo Got it to work by deleting SectType.txt from the mods data folder. Although why sectype.txt would have any effect on a saved map is a bit of a mystery

[ September 28, 2003, 22:53: Message edited by: DavidG ]

Slynky · #9 September 29th, 2003, 12:08 AM

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Originally posted by DavidG:
Thanks Slinky.

Do you have any of the planet pak images installed?

(PS A ringworld image is a small one the same size as the planet image. It looks like a ring around a star. On my system many of the images seem to get replaced with them)

Sorry, just looked at it in regular SE4. I guess the planet paks change the look of the planets?

DavidG · #10 September 29th, 2003, 12:14 AM

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Originally posted by Slynky:

quote:
Originally posted by DavidG:
Thanks Slinky.

Do you have any of the planet pak images installed?

(PS A ringworld image is a small one the same size as the planet image. It looks like a ring around a star. On my system many of the images seem to get replaced with them)

Sorry, just looked at it in regular SE4. I guess the planet paks change the look of the planets?

WEll not they are not supposed to do that. Like all the image paks they just add new ones and should not effect the old images. Thats what is so confusing.