Making a new campaign map.

[PROMETHEUS]

Do you mean, prometheus, that you did all the maps without testing them?

You have to edit at least
descr_terrain (this is only to put the correct dimensions of your new map_regions in pixels)
descr_regions
descr_regions_and_settlement_names_lookup
descr_strat

There are other files not so important for the campaign to run:
descr_disasters
descr_events
descr_mercenaries
description

If you want me to try to do the first scripts, please PM. In principle it should not be too hard for a 5 regions map.

THANKS I PMED YOU....

Default Re: Making a new campaign map.
Prometheus I might be mistaken here but I was under the impression that that heights file was suppose to be blue for the water and shades of gray for the land, yours seems to look brown.

This is a preview map that I altered in colours just to be more nice , the height map is still grey and blue....

[PROMETHEUS]

Thanks for ur help Monkwarrior, unfortunately seems that hotmail recognizes something in ur mail as a virus , could u try to upload what u edited somewhere else? Do u know what could be the problem?

[Monkwarrior]

Thanks for ur help Monkwarrior, unfortunately seems that hotmail recognizes something in ur mail as a virus , could u try to upload what u edited somewhere else? Do u know what could be the problem?

Yeah, I have the same problem some time ago with the hotmail addresses. All the zip, rar and exe files are recognized as virus, whereas Norton (in yahoo) and Norman (in my PC) say there is no virus in there.
I have no other place to upload it. Have you another e-mail address, yahoo for example?

[PROMETHEUS]

no anyway i relooked to the map , the size should be fine since is the double of the smaller ones plus one pixel more, the colour of the sea instead i have fixed since u where right there and i uniformized ..... tough my problem is inmaking the text files to make work 5 regions .....

[thelordskinner]

Hi every body!

I would like to learn how to make just a blank map but not edit the regions like COMPLETLY flat and all grassland?

[Myrddraal]

Hi thelordskinner,

Well to do that, just make map_heights.tga all dark grey (RGB 1,1,1)
and map map_ground_types all grassland

You can also get rid of rivers and volcanoes in map_features by just filling it with black

But you can save a lot of time by downloading Duke Johns basic campaign. Its not quite all grass, it has some sea at the edges. This would save you a lot of time...

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...04&postcount=2

[thelordskinner]

Thanks Man!

[thelordskinner]

Script Error in Data/world/maps/campaing/mod Descr_regions.,txt at line 482 colum 5 Could not find settlment name of Rome in Stringtable


Was The Error Message But I have Rome In The mod_regions_settlments.txt thingy in the Data/text folder!

[Monkwarrior]

Script Error in Data/world/maps/campaing/mod Descr_regions.,txt at line 482 colum 5 Could not find settlment name of Rome in Stringtable


Was The Error Message But I have Rome In The mod_regions_settlments.txt thingy in the Data/text folder!

Rome as settlement in Latium region must appear in descr_regions and descr_regions_and_settlement_names_lookup. Both files must be placed in Data\world\maps\campaign\mod.

After that, you can rename Rome in mod_regions_and_settlement_names (in text folder) as you want.

[thelordskinner]

Thanks!

[WhiteWolf]

Hi thelordskinner,

Well to do that, just make map_heights.tga all dark grey (RGB 1,1,1)
and map map_ground_types all grassland

You can also get rid of rivers and volcanoes in map_features by just filling it with black

But you can save a lot of time by downloading Duke Johns basic campaign. Its not quite all grass, it has some sea at the edges. This would save you a lot of time...

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...04&postcount=2

I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing any problems with this basic template?? I downloaded it and ran it just to make sure it works and all I am getting is a CTD every time (and I have made absolutly no changes). I have tried running it through the link provided in the zip as well as the through the provincial campaign and I get the same result.

I seem to have my map back up and running and a rwm file is generating however I think I am still missing some problems with the text files somewhere however show_err does not seem to be working either. Does anyone know of any issues that would cause a CTD, and leave no message from show_err, but still generate a rwm file???

[Myrddraal]

Well I downloaded it and it worked fine. R u using and edited unit text file? I believe the british and roman general units are used....

[WhiteWolf]

Well I downloaded it and it worked fine. R u using and edited unit text file? I believe the british and roman general units are used....

Hmmm as a matter of fact I am however my changes were with the models and not the entries in the export_descr_unit.txt file which if I remeber correctly is what the world map text file entries refer to, however I could be forgetting something here. Thanks this gives me another thing to check

[TheBladeRoden]

Hey, my new campaign map just has the original map so far. It worked until I tried increasing the canvas size of the maps. That's when it starts crashing with no error message. I'm no math wiz but these dimensions shouls work right?

map_regions.tga - 299x255
disasters.tga - 299x255 The same size as map_regions.tga
map_climates.tga - 599x511 Twice the size of map_regions.tga + one pixel
map_features.tga - 299x255 The same size as map_regions.tga
map_ground_types.tga - 599x511 Twice the size of map_regions.tga + one pixel
map_heights.tga - 599x511 Twice the size as map_regions.tga + one pixel
map_roughness - 598x510 Twice the size as map_regions.tga.
map_trade_routes.tga - 299x255 The same size as map_regions.tga
radar_map1.tga - 299x255 The same size as map_regions.tga
radar_map2.tga - 598x510 Twice the size of regions.tga

[Myrddraal]

Those are correct. And welcome to the forum Blade

What did you add in the expanded areas of the map? Just sea? Did you expand from the bottom left hand corner? If not did you change the coordinates of all the armies in descr_strat.txt?

Theres a check list for you to check

[TheBladeRoden]

ah, woops, in map ground types I made the are black instead of dark red. I shall see if that fixes anything

[TheBladeRoden]

Now is a good time to wish I had an edit button

[Myrddraal]

Its the workings of the forum. Your a Junior Member. Once you get a certain post count you'll get an edit button.... If I remember correctly its not a large count.

[Classic]

Well, i don't know if it is a well known stupid problem unknown only to me...
I have built an enlarged to north, east, south and west map.
The enlarging in west direction is minimum, two pixels.
Is not my first new RTW map, i used the common security-strategy, changing the things step by step ever testing and solving the various problems, but this one I never experienced (i don't know if I was lucky in precedent maps).
In the south west direction, in a map zone of the original one, not new areas, during the play, if i put the arrow cursor in the map or radar minimap too, a big red intense light appear on ground, and the game become really slow..
Sometimes there were two lights of the same coulour of the faction of the area.
When the cursor come away by this area, the game come back to the normality and the red lights stains disappear.
If the screen "watch" the area, but the cursor is distant from it, the land have the normal appearence, the problem start only when the arrow comes in this damned zone.
This is a not deeply reworked map zone, i only changed the provincial borders, not ground types, climates etc.
As said, i ever tested the map after all the changes, but i don't remember if i never controlled this specific zone, generally i concentrate my attention in the new areas, so i don't know if is a problem existing since first steps or is a new gift of the system...
Someone knows what is the problem... and the solution?
Thanks

[Myrddraal]

That is very wierd... Could we have some screenshots?

And welcome to the forum, I hope people here can help out

[Classic]

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[Classic]

Ok, I try again


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[Classic]

I read only now in posting rules that i can't post pics or images links... there's another way?

[Meneldil]

I do not think there's a problem if you post image with image shack

Anyway, about your problem, I know it does happen on some computers, and not on some others. It usually happens in corners (as well as some other problems such as province borders disappearing, dense forest becoming all black and river being buggy).

I don't think it happens with vanilla map, but it does with RTR map, mundus magnus and Diadochi TW on my computer.

[Monkwarrior]

I do not think there's a problem if you post image with image shack

Anyway, about your problem, I know it does happen on some computers, and not on some others. It usually happens in corners (as well as some other problems such as province borders disappearing, dense forest becoming all black and river being buggy).

I don't think it happens with vanilla map, but it does with RTR map, mundus magnus and Diadochi TW on my computer.

Yes, it is quite strange as in the north part of my map for Iberia: Total War the dense forests appear as black, and even the names of the settlement don't appear. However, after some turns they are visible in a correct form. In some cases it seemed to me that it was after building roads, but I'm not sure.

[Myrddraal]

Don't worry, theres no problem with posting images, where did you read that you couldn't?

Meneldil + Monkwarrior, you say you've had forests go black, but this looks a bit more serious. There are vast stretches of blue and red.... Have you seen anything like it?

[Meneldil]

Well, I had forests going black as well as the lag and colored fog you can see on the pics classic posted. All those problem seem to be related IMO.

[Classic]

I used imageshack few hours ago, well i try again...

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[richyg13]

Hi, im trying to make a new map of the americas (north and south) got everything done (or so it seems) but im still getting CTDs. only thing that crosses my mind is i have region areas that cross over into water ground types so i thought id ask if this could be causing the problem before painstakingly modding the land mass to fit the regions.

I have the show err command in the shortcut but no errors appear.

Any suggestions other than what ive thought of are welcome.

[Laridus Konivaich]

Landmass fitting the regions will not cause a CTD, they just look a bit silly.

Right dimmensions in desrc_terrain.txt?